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The Paranoid Style of Jeffrey Epstein Has Come for Us All
There’s a pattern to Epstein’s consumption of ideas and to the kinds of people he found compatible. It wasn’t a wish to brush shoulders with the famous and well-regarded—generic...
There’s Only One Way to Eradicate Trumpism for Good
One of the weirder journalistic spectacles of the Trump era has been watching mainstream news organizations parachute into the hinterlands to try to understand the voters who ushered in,...
Trump Reveals Ominous Plot for 50 Years of Rigged Elections
But recently released emails from 2014 reveal that the counsel’s fondness for the “international man of mystery” inspired her to loop him into the inner sanctum of the federal...
Obama Lawyer Asked Epstein for Advice on Private White House Dealings
But recently released emails from 2014 reveal that the counsel’s fondness for the “international man of mystery” inspired her to loop him into the inner sanctum of the federal...
The Reason Trump Hasn’t Attacked Iran Yet Will Blow Your Mind
Is Donald Trump delaying action in Iran so he can go to the Winter Olympics?This week, the so-called peacemaker president has assembled the greatest amount of air power in...
Trump Has Assembled Record-High Military Presence Near Iran
“Mike Tyson, boy I tell ya, Mike has been loyal to me. Whenever they come out, they say Trump is a racist, Trump’s a racist, Mike Tyson says, ‘He’s...
What Today’s Democrats Can Learn From Jesse Jackson
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. Jesse Jackson died this week at age 84....
FCC Attempt to Kill Stephen Colbert Interview Completely Backfires
The Trump administration tried to prevent late-night television host Stephen Colbert from airing his interview with Texas state Representative and Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico, but the attempt has...
Rhode Island Hockey Game Shooter Had Nazi Tattoos
The far right is using the murder of a mother and one of her sons to attack transgender people, completely ignoring the fact that the shooter had massive Nazi...
Christian Nationalists Are All in on Trump—and Vice Versa
As compared to “skeptics” or “rejecters” of Christian nationalism, adherents and sympathizers are also more likely to agree that “because things have gotten too far off track, true American...
