2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (188+ words) A self-described “history nerd” whose “happy place” is inside library archives, Westervelt opens her narrative by recounting how the American Petroleum Institute, the oil industry’s U.S. trade association, came into being. Collective amnesia about deteriorating conditions is also seen…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (166+ words) After Canada’s reciprocal tariffs kicked in this week, Donald Trump spiraled on social media. He posted a deranged map suggesting he wants to annex all of Canada. He posted a demented visual of himself domineering over Canada’s prime minister. And…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (299+ words) Charlie Kirk’s assassination—and the days immediately following it—saw the ultraconservative agitator go from a tertiary character in MAGA’s youth culture war to an avatar for the right’s ultimate vision for America. He became a patron saint for persecuted…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (35+ words) newrepublic.com Liza Featherstone is a contributing editor at The New Republic and the author of Divining Desire: Focus Groups and the Culture of Consultation (2018)....

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1712+ words) The following is a lightly edited transcript of the September 9 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Amanda Marcotte: Thanks for having me. Sargent: OK, so Trump unleashes all these crazy Truth Social posts in the last…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (211+ words) Donald Trump unleashed a barrage of angry, unhinged threats over the last few days. He posted a map of all of North America—including Canada and Mexico—under conquest by the United States. He angrily threatened to cut off all…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1479+ words) The Trump administration is moving to strip a rule barring private equity officials from engaging in “pay-to-play” schemes with government officials. The Securities and Exchange Commission is planning to revoke Rule 206(4)-5 under the Investment Advisers Act, arguing that it chills…...

6+ day, 23+ min ago   (1171+ words) Corey Lewandowski, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s close adviser and rumored boyfriend, used his position at the department to attempt to make some money for himself. The Wall Street Journal reports that while Noem was still part of President…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (407+ words) You must be as excited as I am for this week’s GOP midterm convention. I’m being serious—well, kind of. I’m excited because a midterm convention is such a preposterous notion, such a display of desperate, indulgent, Napoleonic vanity, it…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1418+ words) On this cusp of Labor Day, when election campaigns kick into fourth gear, I don’t want to jinx anything, but I have to say it: The voters are going to barber-strap Donald Trump in the November midterms. The first is…...