Subterms
Interview Lisa O’Kelly Four years ago, the author predicted that Trump would transform the US into an autocracy. Now, Gessen believes the country is in a revolutionary moment Read an extract from Masha Gessen’s Surviving Autocracy ‘They both have this contempt for excellence, they both have a hatred of government’: Presidents Trump and Putin at […] More
With their focus on the present and occasionally on the future (for the visionaries and innovators), Americans have never been enamored of history as a subject of study. They have preferred simply to ingest the simplistic myths transcribed in textbooks produced in Texas that offer them that minimal satisfaction of knowing they share with other […] More
How US K-pop fans became a political force to be reckoned with Expect more online raids of the kind that drowned out a racist BLM backlash and humiliated Donald Trump, experts say Empty seats at Donald Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after K-pop fans registered for tickets with no intention of attending. Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty […] More
1 / 5 stars 1 out of 5 stars. Steve Carell is lacklustre as a political strategist for the Democrats in this flaccid film that sits on the fence Unfunny … Rose Byrne and Steve Carell in Irresistible. Photograph: Daniel McFadden/Focus Features via AP Jon Stewart made his reputation as a smart political comedian and […] More
Donald Trump Video of Trump disembarking Marine One after lower than expected turnout as his campaign rally has been captioned, narrated and set to music in memes Trump returns to the White House in Washington DC after his rally in Tulsa Saturday. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock Considering that there are few aspects of his job that Donald […] More
Matilda, help! I have come across something called Elite/Alt TikTok. Have Elon Musk and Grimes renamed their baby? Ha, no. So, to understand Alt and Elite TikTok you first need to understand how TikTok started. In the beginning, the platform was essentially a bunch of genetically blessed teenagers lip-syncing to popular songs and repeating the […] More
John Bolton Judge allows publication of tell-all but slams author’s behaviour Aide: ‘That guy should turn in his seersucker suit for a jumpsuit’ The Room Where It Happened: a broadside to sink Trump? John Bolton – wearing a seersucker suit – waits in the Oval Office in July 2019. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA White House […] More
Tom Petty Family says late singer stood against ‘racism and discrimination of any kind’ Tom Petty performing at the 2008 Super Bowl. Photograph: Jeff Haynes/Reuters The family of Tom Petty has issued a formal cease and desist letter to the Donald Trump campaign over its use of his song I Won’t Back Down at a […] More
