Less than a year ago, I was a successful director and screenwriter in Moscow. Now, I spendmy sleepless nights in New York City, trying to find airline tickets for my friends to escape Russia before they’re sent to the front lines or arrested. I was about to begin making a …
Read More »Trump Wants McConnell Out for Failing to Stop Him From Screwing Up the Midterms
“I think if [Republicans] win, I should get all the credit,” Donald Trump said in an interview immediately before the midterms. “And if they lose, I should not be blamed at all.” Now that the results are in and Republicans suffered historic losses this election cycle while failing to flip …
Read More »Elon Musk Picks a Fight With the Wrong Senator
If Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk is going to antagonize U.S. senators, he might want to think twice about taunting Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), who sits on numerous subcommittees with oversight into his companies. After a Washington Post reporter was able to create a verified Twitter account impersonating Markey on …
Read More »With Herschel Walker, the Stupidity Is the Point
About half of Georgia voters cast a ballot for Herschel Walker on Tuesday. Most of these voters wouldn’t trust Walker to run the check-out at a Family Dollar. But that’s the whole point. Herschel Walker has repeatedly proven himself to be stupid. Herschel Walker’s voters aren’t necessarily stupid. That’s too …
Read More »'We're Not a Cult' Says Senator Who Won't Commit to Not Voting for Cult Leader
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) blames Republicans “closely aligned with the former president” for the party’s losses in the midterms. But he refused to commit to not supporting Donald Trump should he run for the presidency again. “Those that were most closely aligned with the past, those were the ones that …
Read More »Blake Masters Joins the Ranks of MAGA Wipeouts
Incumbent Senator Mark Kelly has defeated far-right Republican challenger Blake Masters, AP reports, denying conservatives a seat they sunk millions into and dealing yet another blow to former President Donald Trump’s endorsement power.Kelly’s win puts Democrats just one victory away from sealing control of the chamber and with Vice President …
Read More »He Won 2 Percent of the Vote — and Could Decide Who Wins a Senate Seat
Chase Oliver had to fit his campaign for Senate into the spare hours he had left over after his two day jobs. The 37-year-old ran the operation out of his basement, with four staffers, and help from friends. Every Saturday morning for the last several months, he would wake up …
Read More »Serj Tankian: Armenians Are Defending Their Homeland From a Brutal, Putin-Backed Autocrat's Army. Why Won't the World Help?
The same September week that a mass grave was discovered in Izium, Ukraine, Azerbaijan launched brutal attacks on the sovereign territory of Armenia, killing hundreds. The first event was on the front page of The New York Times, in The Washington Post, and on CNN, and denounced by world leaders …
Read More »Tucker Carlson Tried to Play Election Kingmaker. It Went Terribly
Tucker Carlson has a type. He likes hardline nationalists who can cosplay anti-elitism while pretending they didn’t go to an Ivy, or have an heiress mother, or have the richest people in the country funding their campaign. He likes the kind of candidate who blends hateful nativism and a fear …
Read More »Trump Spreads Rumors, Threatens Allies in All-Out Attack on DeSantis
The Republican Party’s midterm flop has accelerated the power struggle between Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis, and if Trump’s latest moves are any indication, the 2024 GOP primary is about to get real ugly real fast. Trump on Thursday evening posted a screed about “Ron DeSanctimonious” —his new moniker for …
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