Politics With Charles P. Pierce
Marco Rubio's Department of State has Zoomed Right Past McCarthyism
the latest from the shebeen
An Algorithm Is Now Making Prison Decisions in La.
An algorithm (!) is now the state's turnkey.
Fired Cops Are Picking Who Gets Deported by ICE?!
A former Milwaukee cop, who now works as a contractor for ICE, signed off on wrongly deporting a Venezuelan makeup artist.
A Wing-Nut Sh*tstorm Is Brewing in Texas
Ken Paxton, the king of the clean getaway, against John Cornyn, the charisma-challenged incumbent and, quite possibly, the most maladroit Texas politician since God was a boy? Thank you, Election Jesus!
Trump Is Targeting Former Officials Who Defied Him
The president signed memorandums targeting two former officials from his first administration.
It’s Uh-Oh Times for Newsmax
For one thing, it can’t seem to buy a decent alibi for itself.
Yet Another Oil Spill by the Keystone Pipeline
Even before the most recent rupture, this leaky funnel already had dumped out more than a million gallons.
Trump’s New Tariff Plan: Pause, But Hit China
There’s no galaxy-brained master plan at work here. Just pure id.
The White House Froze Vital Funding for Farmers
Because natural soil improvement is too woke or something.
RFK Jr. Wants to Get the Fluoride out of Our Water
Fluoridation is considered one of the great public-health breakthroughs of the past two centuries. Under Trump, it’s back to being a political football.
A Weird Theocracy Is Spreading Through the Gov’t
Speaker Moses is lucky that Jesus wasn’t taking requests during his budget meeting.
Meet Randy Fine, the GOP’s New Troublemaker
In a chamber full of noisy buffoons, he might be the noisiest.
A Scary New Supreme Court Ruling
Chief Justice John Roberts and his conservative colleagues upheld the White House’s right to skip the judicial process and ship folks off to countries like El Salvador.
RFK Jr.’s Policy Decisions Make No Sense
Elon Musk and His Money Got Whupped in Wisconsin
Harvard Is Trump’s New Ivy League Shakedown Target
