What is the FBI doing? Since the start of the Trump administration, the FBI has ramped up their use of polygraphs, or lie-detector tests. Used in the past to suss out whether employees can be trusted with secret information, the FBI under Director Kash Patel has a new application for polygraphs: Sniffing out whether employees […]
Netanyahu’s Peace Prize stunt:Â Yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a letter nominating President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize due to the “pivotal role” Trump has played in establishing greater diplomatic ties between nations in the Middle East. The American president has “created new opportunities to expand the circle of peace and normalization,” […]
The TSA ends its stupidest rule ever after 20 years of pointlessness: The Transportation Security Administration has started to phase out its rule requiring travelers to take off their shoes before going through security after, oh, just 20 years of forcing everyone to show off their ugly toenails in public. Per The New York Times, “the […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President Donald Trump today: It’s the first meeting since the U.S. and Israel struck Iran, and the two leaders intend to talk through what sort of nuclear deal the U.S. should pursue with Iran, as well as what a possible ceasefire in Gaza could look like and how […]
President Donald Trump’s domestic policy agenda advances: At 3:30 a.m., House Republicans advanced the policy bill. “After a day and night of paralysis on the House floor, and haggling and uncertainty in the Capitol, Speaker Mike Johnson scored a preliminary victory in his bid to overcome resistance within his party when the House voted to […]
Elon Musk promises new political party:Â Like Larry David opening up a spite store, so too will Elon Musk start a spite party if President Donald Trump’s domestic policy bill passes. “If this insane spending bill passes, the America Party will be formed the next day,” wrote Musk on X. “Our country needs an alternative to […]
Domestic policy bill gets lambasted: “The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country!” wrote Elon Musk on X, referring to the version drafted by Senate Republicans. This is basically Groundhog Day: The last time Musk critiqued his former BFFs in the Trump administration, […]
Is Eric Adams actually a good orator? “This is a city not of socialism,” said New York City Mayor Eric Adams in a speech yesterday, referring to his challenger Zohran Mamdani’s recent win in the Democratic primary. “I’ve been to socialist countries. This is a city where you can come as a dishwasher and you […]
Does Zohran Mamdani’s win have implications for other Dems? “Nearly 20 incumbent House Democrats who are either running for reelection or haven’t announced their 2026 plans are facing at least one primary challenger,” reports Axios. Democrats across the nation and in Congress in particular are trying to figure out whether to read socialist Zohran Mamdani’s New […]
Zohran Mamdani is the presumed winner of New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary:Â Technically, ranked-choice votes will take a week to fully tabulate, with the final results being declared on July 1, but second-place Andrew Cuomo has formally conceded to his opponent. Zohran Mamdani, a self-proclaimed Democratic socialist who advocates a rent freeze, hiking taxes on […]