Soon Trump won’t even have to leave DC to golf on the taxpayer’s dime
President Donald Trump took a little tour of his plethora of hideous pet projects around Washington, D.C., over the weekend. According to The Associated Press, he “surveyed several of his construction projects around the nation’s capital,” which is something we now pretend is totally normal for the president to do. After his field trip, Trump went on Truth Social to tout his little golf…
Deport SCOTUS
A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related | How the Supreme Court just made life tougher for tortured immigrants…
Trump tries to spin his failing Great American State Fair
President Donald Trump is attempting to portray his celebrations of America’s 250th anniversary as a resounding success, but reports from the National Mall, site of the “Great American State Fair,” show a low turnout. “Do you think people appreciate what a fantastic job we did in building and operating the Great American State Fair at the National Mall, packed with happy people…
Trump’s propaganda history trucks may soon visit your neighborhood
Buckle up, because President Donald Trump has taken his whitewashed historical account of U.S. history on the road. Across the nation, six extremely patriotic, federally funded “Freedom Trucks” are making stops at schools, public events, and elsewhere to share a Trump administration-approved version of history. The trucks are fitted with a “Wall of Heroes” and intertwined with Christian…
RFK Jr.’s CDC doesn’t care if its policies kill
There’s really no better way to put it than that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants people who use drugs to die. Last Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped new guidance on health programs at state, local, and tribal levels, demanding they agree to a list of “priorities” by July 1. One of those will lead us to abandon efforts we know can…
Thanks, GOP: Student borrowers face massive bills this week
Millions of student borrowers will see their bills significantly increase on July 1 as new regulations put in place by President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans go into effect. On that day, the Trump administration’s Repayment Assistance Plan will go into effect, replacing the Saving on a Valuable Education plan put in place in 2023 under former President Joe Biden.
Gold member
A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related | Trump set to make another historic celebration all about himself…
The legality and inhumanity of 2 new Supreme Court rulings
Ahead of their summer break, the conservative-stacked Supreme Court has been issuing back-to-back decisions related to immigration. From the state of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians to denying entry of green card holders, what the justices decided has a large impact on the state of the nation. While these cases have a chance at being contested by legislation to come out…
Todd Blanche’s strategy of ignoring the courts isn’t working out so well
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche seems to be getting a bit high on his own supply, deciding that those pesky lower courts can’t tell him what to do. Bold strategy, Todd. Let’s see if it pays off. Well, it’s not paying off for him when it comes to the Epstein files, that is for sure. Earlier this year, independent journalist Katie Phang sued Blanche over his complete refusal to follow the…
18 months in detention and still fighting for medical help
Locked up after living in L.A., an immigrant has suffered rectal bleeding for months. “Sometimes I think they want to kill me here.” By Kate Morrissey for Capital & Main A year and a half after going into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, José is still experiencing rectal bleeding. An immigrant from Guatemala who lived in Los Angeles for more than two decades…
Swamp creature
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Trump fails miserably to throw America a birthday party
Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. In his second term, Donald Trump scored one of the biggest gimmes in presidential history: His term included America’s 250th birthday. How easy it should have been to unite the nation—at least a little…
Salute to disservice
A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Related | Musk would rather sue than hear about how many kids he’s killed…
Efforts to end school vaccine mandates hit a wall in Florida
By Kerry Sheridan, WUSF, for KFF Every state, along with Washington, D.C., requires children to obtain certain vaccinations before they can attend school or childcare. These mandates date back decades, and many public health experts consider them a foundational defense against infectious disease. Since the summer of 2025, Florida leaders have aimed to make the state the first to…
Few Republicans dare to defend Trump’s Reflecting Pool debacle
President Donald Trump has spent more than $16 million to restore the Reflecting Pool between the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument, only for the dark blue coating to peel off and the refilled water to become overtaken by algae just days after the project was completed. Trump then ordered the arrests of people who allegedly dared to touch the peeling paint floating on the pool’s…
Credit where credit is due
A cartoon by Tim Campbell. Related | Trump threatens to sue over reporting on Reflecting Pool scandal…
No, your drinking water isn’t contaminated by abortion pills
Anti-abortion advocates, including Republican lawmakers and state officials, want the EPA to review mifepristone as a water contaminant. By Jenae Barnes for The 19th Anti-abortion advocates, including Republican lawmakers and state officials, want the EPA to review mifepristone as a water contaminant. Scientists say there’s no evidence it harms the environment or people.
Reflections and deflections
From dead ducks to some mysterious organization of vandals, everyone seems to have it out for the Reflecting Pool ever since President Donald Trump completed his totally-not-shitty renovations. The algae-covered mess has become quite the eyesore for Washington, D.C., but the hideous puke-colored stain has turned out to be the perfect metaphor for the shit show that is Trump’s second term.
Beyond denial: How oil execs shaped a landmark climate study
BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation. By Maddie Stone, Drilled; additional reporting by Amy Westervelt, Drilled, and Katie Worth, ProPublica It is rare that a single scientific paper shapes how people think about a challenge…
Black music, white musicians, and integration
Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 250 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope you’ll find some familiar tunes and perhaps an introduction to something new. We are coming to the end of Black Music Month. Sometimes the artists featured here are not Black but are known for…