Billionaires bring nothing to the table. So why do they control the world?
Billionaires bring nothing to the table. So why do they control the world?
As the FIFA World Cup captivates the world, a look at how rulers from Roman emperors to Donald Trump have used sporting spectacle to project power, distract the masses, and silence dissent. As the world burns, we look to sport for a distraction. With the FIFA World Cup in full swing, the greatest show on …
When the world’s biggest oinker called seasoned White House correspondent, Catherine Lucey, “piggy,” the world was horrified.
Of the many stains on the soiled toilet-paper roll of horrors Donald Trump has delivered, I don’t know why this one upsets me so much. But it does. And I know I’m not alone.
Zohran Mamdani puts the social in socialism and rides a blue wave to victory. He’s got the MAGA faithful sweating in their too-tight pleather hammer pants. Trump called New York’s newly elected mayor Zohran Mamdani a “little communist,” and a “communist lunatic.” For Ted Cruz he’s a “literal, Karl Marx-quoting, America-hating jihadist.” Mamdani’s biggest crime? …
Why the No Kings movement needs to keep its head. On 18 October, two percent of America’s voting-age population took to the streets to tell President Donald J. Trump to, respectfully, fuck off. Their message was simple. No Kings. Not now. Not ever. That’s important. But it’s not enough. Resistance on that scale sends a …