donald trump
weird thing
Inside the “Big Weirdo” Political Strategy That Democrats Are Using to Taunt Republicans
Taking the high road hasn’t worked for the Democrats. Progressive strategists have realized that it’s time for the party to get petty.
By Kase Wickman
Politics
Trump Doubles Down on Authoritarian Claim That Christians Will Never Have to Vote Again If They Elect Him
“You have to vote on November 5. After that, you don’t have to worry about voting anymore.”
By Bess Levin
Style
JD Vance’s Name Change Is Just One More of His Battles Against Periods (This Time, His Own)
What’s in a name? When you’re “JD Vance,” who is building his brand on deleting women’s rights, it’s complicated.
By Erin Vanderhoof
Politics
Trump Claims Women Get What JD Vance Meant About “Childless Cat Ladies,” Aren’t Offended by It
Meanwhile, newly unearthed footage shows Vance declaring that people who don’t have children are more “sociopathic,” “psychotic,” and “deranged.”
By Bess Levin
SUCCESSION DRAMA
Rupert Murdoch’s Family Battle Proves He’s Losing Control
The media mogul is scrambling to protect Fox News from three of his politically moderate heirs. It’s a sign of Rupert’s waning influence. “Murdoch is no longer the pope,” one political vet says.
By Clive Irving
Politics
Hundreds Turn Out for Kamala Harris in Florida Enclave That Hasn’t Voted for a Democrat Since 2000
The VP appears pretty popular in the Villages.
By Bess Levin
in the loveseat
John Oliver Called JD Vance’s Campaign to Ask If He’d Ever Had Sex With a Couch
After a joke about Vance’s (fictional) fondness for futons went viral, the Last Week Tonight host added his voice to the chorus: “If you ask me to draw a man that f--ks his couch, 10 times out of 10, I’m drawing this guy.”
By Chris Murphy
Politics
Trump Was Totally Not Being Serious When He Suggested He’s Going to Appoint Himself President for Life: Republicans
This is a guy who loves democracy, after all.
By Bess Levin
2024 Election
Republicans Want to Bring Women Back to the 1950s
From abortion to birth control to no-fault divorce, female autonomy could be utterly demolished if Donald Trump returns to power.
By Molly Jong-Fast
speak now
Will Taylor Swift Endorse Kamala Harris?
After President Joe Biden ended his campaign for reelection, the world waits to see if Miss Americana will deploy the Swifties to vote for Vice President Harris in November.
By Kase Wickman
I DISSENT
The Supreme Court is “Actively Undermining” Democracy: Elizabeth Warren
The senator’s comments come as President Joe Biden is slated to announce reform plans for the nation’s highest court on Monday.
By Katie Herchenroeder
IT WAS A JOKE
J.D. Vance Says Remarks on Kamala Harris and “Childless Cat Ladies” Were “Sarcasm” In Interview with Megyn Kelly
And his comments on parents getting more voting power? Merely a “thought experiment.”
By Katie Herchenroeder
The Big Comfy Couch
J.D. Vance’s Mythical Couch Tryst Is a Fact-Checker’s Nightmare. Stephen Colbert Explains Why.
During his Late Show monologue, Colbert roasted Donald Trump’s running mate for the untrue (?) sofa-billy elegy currently delighting the internet.
By Chris Murphy
2024 Election
Can Kamala Harris Make Joe Biden’s Campaign Her Own?
The vice president has inherited her boss’s sprawling 1,300-person campaign apparatus. Some insiders are worried that Harris needs stronger allies. “She basically has Biden’s team right now,” one says. “She needs some people in that room who are her people.”
By Chris Smith
paging melania
Melania Trump, Utterly Silent on So Much Else, Plans to Tell Us Allllll About Her “Extraordinary Life”
The former FLOTUS will share a publisher with RFK Jr. and Alan Dershowitz for her tell-some memoir.
By Kase Wickman
inside the hive
Will America Finally Put a Woman in the White House?
NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Ali Vitali discusses why the cards are stacked against non-white, non-male hopefuls like Kamala Harris, who is already deftly navigating the misogynistic minefield of presidential politics.
By Brian Stelter
claws
Jennifer Aniston Slams J.D. Vance’s Resurfaced Remarks About “Childless Cat Ladies”
Aniston, who has been candid about her own struggle to conceive, also criticized Trump’s running mate for voting against the Right to IVF Act: “Mr. Vance, I pray that your daughter is fortunate enough to bear children of her own one day.”
By Savannah Walsh
a what?
For Kamala Harris, First Came Charli XCX. Then Beyoncé. Now the Campaign Is Chappell Roan-ing.
Pop quiz: presidential campaign or amazing night out dancing?
By Kase Wickman
2024 Election
How Trumpworld Is Coping With the Kamala Harris Boom
In just days, the vice president has raked in more than $100 million, scored countless endorsements, started a social media phenomenon, and secured enough delegates for the nomination. “She has been totally dominating,” marveled one GOP strategist.
By Gabriel Sherman
on blast
Beyoncé Gives Kamala Harris Her Blessing to Use “Freedom” For Campaign
It's a diplomatic gesture from Queen Bey to Madam Vice President.
By Kase Wickman