Ad Policy Peter Thiel, president and founder of Clarium Capital Management LLC, during the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 10, 2026. (David Paul Morris / Bloomberg via Getty Images) We all love making fun of fascists. But Dr. Bret Devereaux makes an art of it. Bret is…
Just a few weeks after it was reported that Donald Trump was unsatisfied with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s progress codifying his vaccine conspiracies into national health policy, the president signed an executive order radically remaking the nation’s childhood immunization schedule. Speaking from the Oval Office on Monday, Trump told reporters he was “proud…
We are fortunate to live at an incredible moment in history. In the next few years, people will be able to use superintelligence beyond human capacity to create and discover extraordinary new things, build new businesses, express new ideas, learn new concepts, and advance our health and quality of life. As we get closer to…
Despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent on environmental cleanup, more than half the yards in a section of Omaha, Nebraska, that used to surround a lead smelter still have enough contamination to cause high blood-lead levels in kids, according to tests by the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica. The findings were consistent across the…
In a private call before his confirmation vote, the AG said Trump officials are working to make the decision ending the national right to abortion “permanent in every single state.” In a private call before his confirmation vote, the acting AG said Trump officials aim to make the decision ending the national right to abortion…
There’s a concept in sports called “working the refs.” Basically, it means whining, moaning, and complaining so that you get better calls. Maybe some wheedling, maybe even some good old-fashioned palling around. The only times it’s really, truly effective, however, are when the refs are already on your side, for reasons fair or foul. Donald…
Since he returned to office, President Donald Trump’s administration has upended foreign aid. It’s labeled well-established, long-running programs as “not aligned with American interests” and slashed their budgets. Still, the billions of taxpayer dollars Congress has allocated for foreign aid programs must be spent; lawmakers have insisted the government continue to fund humanitarian aid, global…
The Weekend Read / August 8, 2026 In recent years, the online right has contested adaptations of epic in order to make an argument about masculinity. The Odyssey is their latest target. Ad Policy Still from The Odyssey.(Universal Pictures) As the credits rolled at the end of The Odyssey, the Long Island cinema burst into…
Back in early March at an Exxon in northern Virginia, a man at the pump beside me looks over as we wait for our tanks to fill. He gives me a cautious nod. “Boy. High gas prices, huh?” he says, conversationally. “Yup,” I offer in return. “Well, it’ll go back down now that the war’s…
