On the mental servitude of MAGA There is a kind of slavery that leaves no marks on the body. No chains. No auction block. No overseer with a whip. The enslaved party moves freely, speaks freely, votes freely. They hold jobs and own property and even wave flags that say the word “freedom” in bold […]
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Let us be precise about what happened. The New York Times and the Washington Post reported that classified American intelligence assessments show Iran has retained roughly 70 percent of its prewar missile stockpile, roughly 75 percent of its mobile missile launchers, operational access to 30 of its 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz, […]
Don Colossus
They call it Don Colossus. A 22-foot bronze statue at Trump National Doral golf course in Miami, draped in gold leaf and surrounded by palm trees, dedicated with prayers and tears by evangelical pastors who held a phone to a microphone so the president could bless his own monument by speakerphone. Truly, we live in […]
On a beach in North Carolina, a man photographed some seashells arranged to spell out a number. He posted the photo to Instagram with the caption, “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.” Then he deleted it.That man is now facing federal indictment for threatening the life of the President of the United States.The man […]
There is a story being told in certain corners of American media, and it goes something like this: the Left is violent, the Right is not, and anyone who suggests otherwise is a propagandist or a fool. Let us test that story against the facts. Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States […]
Brutus Stood in the Light
Last night, a man named Cole Thomas Allen armed himself with a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives, booked a room at the Washington Hilton, and charged a security checkpoint outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. He told law enforcement what he wanted: to shoot Trump administration officials. A Secret Service agent was shot and […]
On April 23, 2026, Donald Trump posted the following to Truth Social: “The Southern Poverty Law Center, one of the greatest political scams in American History, has been charged with FRAUD… If it is true, the 2020 Presidential Election should be permanently wiped from the books and be of no further force or effect.” Not […]
On April 16, 2026, Sean Hannity announced on Fox News that he no longer considers himself a Catholic1. Twelve years of Catholic school. Seminary. Latin mass. Daily prayers. Gone. Not because of the decades of clergy sexual abuse that shattered tens of thousands of lives. Not because of the systematic cover-ups from the parish level […]
The Meek Shall Not Inherit the Earth, Apparently
The Pope told the world to choose peace.Donald Trump called him weak.This is where we are. Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pontiff in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, stood in St. Peter’s Basilica and delivered a prayer vigil against war. He denounced what he called a “delusion of omnipotence.” He called on […]
Let me begin with a confession that should not have to be made: I am relieved. Not proud. Not impressed. Not moved to any celebration. But I am relieved that a two-week pause exists where there was none — that the word “ceasefire,” however fragile, however dishonored by the men who negotiated it, has replaced […]