Donald Trump is going after Barack Obama for treason, claiming the former president meddled in elections, even though there's zero evidence supporting the allegation. Obama probably didn't have to fight back, but his team issued a statement last week denouncing it all as "outrageous" and "bizarre." Well, it just got even more ridiculous—Trump said Obama "owes" him "big" for presidential immunity. Esquire's political columnist Charles P. Pierce expounds on the exhausting back-and-forth here. – Chris Hatler, deputy editor Plus: |
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The president hinted that it doesn't protect the people around him, though. |
The other day, during one of his interminable voyages through the stalactite-thick canyons of what's left of his mind, the president paused for a moment to contemplate one of his latest obsessions—namely, that Barack Obama committed treason in investigating Russian ratfcking in the 2016 election. (No joke. I think he's actually going to try this one.) During this particular "episode," however, he was asked about whether the former president would avail himself of the gift of presidential immunity that the carefully manufactured conservative majority on the Supreme Court gave to the current president. This seemed to spark some random neuron into brief life. |
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There was something going on in my mouth, a thing on the side of my tongue. During a routine teeth cleaning in early 2024, the dentist didn't notice. I pointed it out to another doctor twice, and he was like, "Yeah, you're fine." My primary care doctor called it a just a growth or plaque. But flavors were muted. I couldn't taste the nuances of chocolate, the product that my wife, Elizabeth, and I make for a living. Elizabeth had a vision for chocolate that connects people to where cocoa is grown, paired with seasonal local produce. So, I quit my job and joined her full-time near the end of 2023. We did everything ourselves: sourcing, making, and selling the product. But as I began to lose my sense of taste and noticed the growth on my tongue, things got challenging. I bounced around different doctors until I finally decided, This isn't right. |
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When superhero movies were unbearably bad—I'm talking Thor riding a chariot pulled by screaming goats bad—everyone from Kevin Feige and James Gunn, to Martin Scorsese and Tom Hanks started talking about "superhero fatigue." The gist? Audiences were tired of them. I mean, we absolutely were—Marvel served us a near-constant stream of the stuff in theaters and on Disney+. To say that weekly installments of She-Hulk were the breaking point is an understatement. The main problem with superhero fatigue, though, is that it put the blame on the viewer. Fans weren't exhausted by superhero movies. They were just tired of watching the bad ones. But this summer, superhero movie studios—and their paying audience—are finally changing their tune. Offering fans a brand new starting point, DC's Superman starring David Corenswet grossed over $500 million at the box office since its release on July 11. Meanwhile, Marvel's stand-alone The Fantastic Four: First Steps already raked in $218 million in just three days. So, are superhero movies back? To me, it feels less like a question and more like a statement. Yes, superhero movies are back. Whether you like it or not. |
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