Artificial henchmen
A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related | Why won’t Musk stop the flood of child sexual abuse material on X? Source Powered by WPeMatico
Trump prepares to cash out his crypto grift
President Donald Trump is cashing out his crypto grift, and honestly, the only surprise here is how long it took the Trump family to abscond with all of their corrupt gains. What good is all of that money if Trump can’t spend it? According to The Washington Sun, Trump and all three of his large adult sons have taken a preliminary step toward running away from their own crypto… Source Powered by WPeMatico
JD Vance handles a heckler about as well as you’d expect
JD Vance hit the stump in Kansas on Monday for Republican Sen.—and alleged scumbag obstetrician-gynecologist—Roger Marshall. The vice president’s coma-inducing oratory received a small injection of energy when a heckler interrupted the proceedings to point out what a scumbag Marshall was. “You know, the last time, the last time I gave a speech and we had a guy who was interrupting… Source Powered by WPeMatico
Elon’s mommy says the media is paid to lie about her precious boy
Echoing her child’s habit of promoting conspiracy theories, Elon Musk’s mother is claiming that news outlets are being paid by mysterious unnamed figures to report negatively about her billionaire son. Maye Musk made her allegations Monday during an interview with the New York Post’s “Pod Force One” podcast as part of her media tour to promote her new book. During the conversation… Source Powered by WPeMatico
Sydney Sweeney promotes gambling and misogyny all in one ad
If there is one thing actor Sydney Sweeney is a professional at nowadays, it’s agreeing to be in extremely polarizing ads. The MAGA darling upset more than just a few with her recent nearly nude ad for the sports-focused prediction market Novig. “It’s game day,” the actor wrote in an Instagram post on Sunday, pressing a football to her breasts. In the series of racy content… Source Powered by WPeMatico
Running out of gas
A cartoon by Pedro Molina. Related | GOP’s midterm hopes sink as gas prices soar… Source Powered by WPeMatico
Republicans radiate tone-deafness at Trumpapalooza
Congressional Cowards is a weekly series highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—no matter how disgraceful or lawless his actions. President Donald Trump held his long-awaited midterm convention in Dallas this week, in which the immensely unpopular Republican standard bearer did nothing to help his party’s fortunes in November. Source Powered by WPeMatico
Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled. It’s worse in states with abortion bans.
By Andrea Suozzo and Agnel Philip The number of women who died after an ectopic pregnancy has spiked in recent years, a ProPublica analysis found. The mounting deaths in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data have drawn little scrutiny or response. Such deaths typically occur in the first trimester, after a pregnancy fails to properly implant in the uterus and begins to… Source Powered by WPeMatico
Something’s plummeting …
A cartoon by Jack Ohman. Related | GOP’s midterm hopes sink as gas prices soar… Source Powered by WPeMatico
How old is too old to serve in Congress?
Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. The word gerontocracy, meaning a government run by old people, dates to 1830, when the average 20-year-old man was not expected to live past his mid-40s. As such, people back then were unlikely to imagine what… Source Powered by WPeMatico