What the hell happened in politics this week? Esquire's legendary blogger Charlie P. Pierce has answers |
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The Cynical Mind Can Come Up with Several Reasons Why Trump Wants to 'Clean Out' Gaza |
Ethnic cleansing always has been part of urban renewal, in one form or another. In related news, the president announced that he was reversing a policy of the previous administration and releasing 2,000-pound bombs to Israel. The cynical mind recalls that Dauphin Prince Jared Kushner long has had the hot eyeballs for Gaza as a possible resort/destination casino and that he has his Saudi windfall to make it happen. |
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The new-old president's now-rescinded (maybe, who knows?) executive order freezing federal spending this week threw local and state governments into chaos, especially regarding Medicaid—which was the point, I suppose. This puts Republican governors in a tough spot. They know the impact of this uncertainty on their constituency, but they also don't want to be seen as crossing El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago in public. And it's not just local governments that are being whacked; so are nonprofit organizations that work in communities all around the states. |
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His explanation for the drastic 180 he's pulled on reproductive freedom—and, it seems, on stem-cell research as well—was complete gibberish, as he repeated, over and over, that "every abortion is a tragedy." He denied having said some of the wilder things he was reported to have said, only to have the Democratic members of the committee bring out the receipts. Under questioning by Republican senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Kennedy evinced an abysmal ignorance of how Medicaid actually works. |
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth didn't wait long to hear His Master's Voice and snap to. The mission of the Department of Defense is to revenge itself against its commander-in-chief's pursued tormentors. We have just rolled out the first of the new Gerald R. Ford–class aircraft carriers. However, the DOD has set sail on the Pequod. |
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The latest in the family-fun game Sucker the Rubes comes straight out of the stalactite-ridden mind of our new-old president. I swear to God, I believe he thinks he ordered General Patton to march with him into the Sierra Nevada and turn a really big golden spigot. And he can sell T-shirts of himself turning the big golden spigot to all the aforementioned people, who are suddenly mystified by the price of eggs and the skyrocketing cost of Meemaw's insulin. And they can wear them to the next rally that will cost their little towns three times the town budget for security, for which they never will be repaired. |
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