Category: Politics

Tobias Lütke is rich. Very rich. His company, Shopify, is worth about $154 billion. But apparently, wealth isn’t enough; he wants to rewrite the rules of democracy. This week, Lütke took to social media to endorse a system that would strip voting rights from anyone who doesn’t pay income tax. He called it a “good […]

Remember the pandemic? People died. Businesses collapsed. Meanwhile, America’s top doctor was apparently staring in the mirror, practicing his autograph. Newly leaked diary entries from Dr. Anthony Fauci reveal a man utterly consumed by his own celebrity during the height of the COVID-19 crisis. Yet, if you get your news from the corporate broadcast giants, […]

The bombs paused over the weekend, but the rhetoric didn’t. Senator John Kennedy wants more. Appearing on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, the Louisiana Republican made it clear that the White House isn’t losing sleep over the two-week-long bombardment of Iranian infrastructure. In fact, Donald Trump is enjoying the show. “The president likes the […]

Europe is burning again. It’s the same grim summer ritual, only this time, the flames are moving faster than the tourists can run. Cap Ferret is empty. The picturesque peninsula on France’s southwest coast, usually packed with wealthy vacationers, became a bottleneck of panic as authorities ordered a total evacuation. Hundreds fled by boat across […]

He’s back. Joe Manchin, the 78-year-old political escape artist who spent decades playing both sides of the aisle, is refusing to fade into a quiet retirement. A year and a half after walking away from a Senate he deemed hopelessly broken, the West Virginian is launching a new venture: the Independent Leadership Council. It is […]

It’s the usual geopolitical playground drama, just with higher stakes. Beijing decided Friday to slap export controls on 14 European entities. Why? Because Brussels dared to penalize 14 Chinese firms in its latest round of anti-Russia sanctions. Tit for tat. Under the new rules, Chinese companies are banned from shipping “dual-use” goods—gear that can run […]

Donald Trump is losing his temper. Again. This time, Senate Majority Leader John Thune is the target. The White House issued a blunt warning on Thursday: the president’s patience has evaporated. The fight is over the SAVE America Act, a controversial voting bill currently gathering dust while lawmakers pack their bags for the August recess. […]

Wars never end where they start. The current slugfest with Iran began with grand illusions of regime change and surgical strikes on nuclear sites. Now? It is a dirty, grinding street fight over a wet ditch. The Strait of Hormuz. This narrow strip of water controls the global economic thermostat. Iran wants the dial. The […]

Moscow wants more meat. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy claims Russia is prepping to absorb another 30,000 North Korean soldiers into its war machine. The infrastructure is already being laid. According to Zelenskiy, Russia’s Voronezh region has been quietly preparing to receive the new arrivals since June. This is not a new trick. Pyongyang already shipped […]

Working the friendly skies didn’t keep him safe. Federal immigration agents cornered Lorenzo Thompson, a Southwest Airlines flight attendant, right in the middle of a shift at Nashville International Airport on July 14. The charge? Overstaying his welcome by nearly three years. He is Jamaican. According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Thompson touched down in […]