You Told Us What It Means to Be an American—and It’s About More Than Trump
RomoloTavani/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s a fraught time to live in America. Its borders have become militarized war zones, while larger existential questions loom just under every news story: Who has a right to be an American? And why? This Fourth of July, we were reminded by abolitionist Frederick…
When the TV Cameras Are Off, Does Donald Trump Still Exist?
This is Donald Trump’s nightmare: the cameras are rolling but nobody is paying attention to him. Like Schrodinger’s cat, his entire nervous system both exists and doesn’t exist simultaneously at times like this. Only when the opportunity to insult someone arises does the Trump wave function collapse, allowing the vacant expression on his face to…
Trump Shocks the Normies in Brussels
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here are headlines from the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post this afternoon: This is an example of how Donald Trump has hacked the media. On the one hand, he did say this, and he’s the president of the United States. You have to give…
Quote of the Day: I Wanted Bacon, Dammit
When the general says “breakfast,” this is what he’s talking about. Capiche? Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From White House flack Sarah Sanders, asked why Chief of Staff John Kelly looked disgusted this morning when President Trump opined that “Germany is totally controlled by Russia”: He was displeased because he…
Guess Who Benefits From Republican Tax Cuts?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In news that will shock no one, the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy has tallied up the results of all the Republican tax cuts since 2000 and concluded that … most of it went to the rich. The average rich household today pays nearly…
It’s Not Your Imagination, the Middle of a City Is Hotter Than Anywhere Else
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The year is 2018. Cities are hot. Really, really hot. Thanks to something called the “urban heat island effect,” cities like Los Angeles and New York are literally the hottest places to…