Gary O’Donoghue Chief North America correspondent Listen: ‘I don’t like dwelling’ on the assasination attempt, Trump tells BBC Donald Trump makes a habit of calling reporters out of the blue. The US president seems to prefer an off-the-cuff telephone conversation to a sit-down interview on camera. On Monday evening it was my turn. And I’ll...
Thomas Edsall is a NY Times columnist who I’ve come to see as the doomiest of doomscrollers. His columns almost never contain any good news for anyone. What they do often contain is a lot of hot takes from university professors around the country and today’s installment is no exception. What makes this intersting (to...
    In 2018, some activists, appalled by woke nonsense being published by academic journals, submitted nonsensical research.     One paper claimed researchers “closely and respectfully examined the genitals of … ten thousand dogs” to learn about “rape culture and queer performativity at urban dog parks.”     ...
As Ed said earlier today, the Abrego Garcia Case Keeps Getting Worse for Dems. Yesterday, a second request for a protection order was revealed, this one from 2020. What it shows is that, according to his wife, Abrego Garcia was an abusive bully who like to break things around the house (doors, televisions, phones) when...
As you probably remember, Mayor Sheng Thao of Oakland was recalled last November after an FBI raid of her home last year. Thao had denied any wrongdoing but she was indicted in January. All of that set up a special election to replace Thao which will take place tomorrow. There are about a dozen candidates...