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Guy Maddin’s Surreal Summit at the End of the World
October 16, 2024
Between its isolated setting, discreetly charming characters, and ultra-bourgeois trappings, Rumours is clearly a movie made under the sign of Luis Buñuel, the Spanish master whose shadow falls over...
Finally, Trump’s Alarming Mental Decline Has Become a Big Media Story
October 16, 2024
Is the media finally figuring out how to cover Donald Trump’s profound mental unfitness for the presidency? First, CNN’s Jake Tapper dressed down a Trump surrogate for whitewashing his...
Trump Completely Trashes Autoworkers in Disastrously Bad Interview
October 15, 2024
At the Economic Club of Chicago Tuesday, Donald Trump took a shot at a voting bloc he definitely needs to win in November: auto industry workers. While being interviewed...
Trump Makes Most Extreme Tariffs Threat Yet in Catastrophic Interview
October 15, 2024
Donald Trump made his most extreme proposal yet on tariffs while speaking on stage Tuesday at the Economic Club of Chicago: He would consider a 2,000 percent tariff on...
Trump Lashes Out at Live Fact-Checks During Disaster of an Interview
October 15, 2024
Donald Trump’s sit-down interview Tuesday with the Economic Club of Chicago went completely off the rails as the Republican presidential nominee struggled to offer concrete answers to a business-minded...
Trump Falls Flat on His Face When Told His Plans Will Wreck Economy
October 15, 2024
Donald Trump was asked about his economic plans during an appearance at the Economic Club of Chicago on Tuesday—and he lashed out when he couldn’t come up with a...
Not Out of Africa
October 15, 2024
Will believers in the Athenian conspiracy be persuaded by these and other historical arguments? Perhaps some, like my student, will realize that Elizabeth Taylor’s skin color was not the...
Trump Makes Startling Putin Confession in Train-Wreck Interview
October 15, 2024
In a disaster of an interview on Tuesday, Donald Trump was happy to brag about his friendship with Vladmir Putin, admitting he continued the relationship with the Russian leader...
Trump Newest Rant on Harris and Cholesterol Was Wild Even for Him
October 15, 2024
During a late-night posting binge after midnight Tuesday, Donald Trump bragged about his health and medical exams while attacking Kamala Harris. Trump claimed that Harris “is dying to see...
Even Team Trump Is Freaking Out Over His “Enemy From Within” Comment
October 15, 2024
Even Donald Trump’s MAGA allies are in disbelief over the Republican presidential nominee’s recent comments.Several leading Republicans have outright refused to acknowledge direct quotes from Trump’s weekend interview with...
The Washington Post Covered That Bizarro Trump Rally the Right Way
October 15, 2024
At a town hall in Oaks, Pennsylvania, on Monday night, Trump was expected to engage with preselected attendees and answer their questions. Instead, after two individuals required medical attention,...
Ex-Trump Official Issues Dire Warning on “Enemy From Within” Comment
October 15, 2024
Mark Esper, who served as secretary of defense during Donald Trump’s presidency, is warning that the former president’s threat to use the military on the “enemy from within” shouldn’t...