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Late-night hosts recapped Trump’s national address and further insights from chief of staff Susie Wiles’s interviewLate-night hosts discussed – or ignored – Donald Trump’s surprise primetime address and dug further into the explosive new interview the White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles. Continue reading… More
As more of the Epstein files are released, reminding us of US President Donald Trump’s close association with Jeffrey Epstein and the young people he abused and trafficked, as well as the president’s ongoing array of misogynist insults and actions (like calling journalist Catherine Lucey “piggy” and name-calling Marjorie Taylor Greene to the point where… Continue reading Is Trump the New Nero?
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The wife of the Trump adviser aims to entice conservative women into Maga – but like much of the rest of the movement, her sales pitch is fundamentally lackingWhen Katie Miller, the wife of Donald Trump’s powerful adviser Stephen Miller, interviewed Pete Hegseth on her podcast last week, she didn’t ask him about whether the war secretary had ordered the US military to kill the shipwrecked survivors of an airstrike. She didn’t ask him about the settlement he paid a woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her. Nor did she ask about allegations of alcohol abuse, or the accusation that he had made his ex-wife so terrified that she hid in a closet.Instead, when Hegseth and his wife, Jennifer Rauchet, appeared on the Katie Miller Podcast, the titular host asked questions like: “If you could write one Hegseth family rule on that whiteboard, what is that?” Continue reading… More
By using music from SZA, Sabrina Carpenter and Olivia Rodrigo in ICE videos, the government is playing a game of rage-baitLast week, as the Trump administration was engulfed in controversy over its illegal military strikes near Venezuela (among numerous other crises), a Department of Homeland Security employee – I picture the worst sniveling, self-satisfied, hateful loser – got to work on the official X account. The state-employed memelord posted a video depicting Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) officials arresting people in what appeared to be Chicago, celebrating the humiliation and incarceration of undocumented immigrants as some sort of patriotic achievement. The vile video borrowed, as they often do, from mainstream pop culture; in this case, a viral lyric from Sabrina Carpenter’s song Juno – “Have you ever tried this one?”, referring to sex positions – overlaid on clips of agents chasing, tackling and handcuffing people, cheekily nodding to all the methods in ICE’s terror toolbox.Carpenter, as a pre-eminent pop star, was caught in an impossible position. Say nothing, as her friend and collaborator Taylor Swift did weeks earlier when the White House used her music in a Trump hype video, and risk appearing as if you condone the administration’s use of your art for a domestic terror campaign (the administration hasn’t yet used Swift for an ICE video, but I’m sure it’s coming); or engage, even if to honestly express your utter disgust, and risk bringing more attention to objectionable propaganda designed to provoke a response. Continue reading… More
The Indian diaspora has built remarkable success stories. It leads universities, global corporations and technology frontiers. Yet when it comes to public life, it often stays quiet, not from indifference, but from a familiar caution that weighs on every word. That silence may seem harmless, even rational in a polarized environment, but in truth, it… Continue reading Why the Indian Diaspora Must Find Its Civic Voice
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This Devil’s Advocate is worried. My professional activity requires the emergence of recognizable personalities who exhibit saintly behavior. Like a recruiter in a modern enterprise, my job is to weed out the weak candidates, note the flaws in their CV, and thereby permit the truly performing ones to become identified and vetted. The trend in… Continue reading In the Marketplace for Saints, the Pickings are Slim
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Virginia Roberts Giuffre — one of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s most vocal and prominent victims — was born in Sacramento, California, in 1983, but soon moved with her family to Palm Beach County. When she was 16, her father found her a side job as a towel girl in the spa at the Mar-a-Lago… Continue reading Nobody’s Girl: Virginia Giuffre’s Memoir Reached Libraries Six Months After Her Suicide
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Like many of us during these days of a frenetic, never-ending news cycle, I tend to watch a lot of news. But as of late, I’ve repeatedly noticed something that has left me scratching my gray head. Why is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) disproportionately focused on American news? American stories dominate Take, for example,… Continue reading The American Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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On October 19, 2025, the Louvre, a legendary museum of human history and culture, was the site of a brazen theft. Within minutes, burglars had made off with invaluable treasures, resorting to simple methods: freight elevators, angle grinders and scooters. This stunning burglary has raised many questions, not only about the security flaws that enabled… Continue reading The Louvre Burglary: A Symbol of the French Government’s Slowness and Indecision
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