Trump’s Weird Music Fest Is Donezo

More than a few artists announced for the Trump-backed Great American State Fair are pulling out.

If you’re having trouble viewing this email, view in browser What the hell happened in politics this week? Esquire's legendary blogger Charles P. Pierce has answers  In a Shocking Twist, Musicians Are Deciding That Playing Trumpstock Is a Bad Career Move More than a few artists announced for the Trump-backed Great American State Fair are pulling out. Read More Turns Out Not Everyone Is as Eager as SCOTUS to Make Gerrymandering Great Again Two states of the old Confederacy, of all places, blew up Republican plans to rug-pull voters with last-minute map changes. Read More Gavin Newsom’s Delightful Plan to Tax the Hell out of the MAGA Slush Fund The California governor is vowing a 100 percent tax rate on any payouts. This is the kind of imaginative grassroots pushback the national Democratic party needs. Read More Bombing the Hell out of Iran Sure Is a Weird Way to Celebrate Peace with ... Iran Right as things were—by Trump’s telling—just about sewed up, the strikes resumed. The art of the deal! Read More The Pentagon Knows the True Threat of Climate Denialism. Too Bad It Can’t Do Anything About It. Newly uncovered documents reveal that the military very recently identified potentially dire geopolitical consequences of climate change. Then a climate denier moved into the Oval Office. Read More Follow Us Unsubscribe | Manage Preferences | Privacy Notice | CA Notice at Collection Esquire is a publication of Hearst Magazines. ©2026 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This email was sent by Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3779