There’s a French theory from Roland Barthes that addresses the symbolic meaning of what he describes as the “spectacle of excess.” That’s exactly what President Donald Trump’s birthday blood sport was, writes The Atlantic’s Gal Beckerman. Beckerman calls it “pure, distilled Trump. No previous Americ…
Democratic candidates running in red states and hoping to flip districts are warning against “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” the president’s and his supporters’ name for reflexive anti-Trump sentiment.“Arguing about Donald Trump, somebody people voted for probably three times, isn’t going to be very c…
On Monday, a new Supreme Court announcement complicated the fate of a settlement paid by the Department of Justice to an ally of President Donald Trump, turning down a request by Trump 2016 advisor Carter Page to revive a lawsuit filed against former FBI director James Comey and others. The Trump ad…
President Donald Trump turned 80 this weekend, and according to his one-time biographer, it was far from a celebration for him, as his advancing age has him anxious and shutting down his own administration’s plans to tackle voter concerns about it head-on.Trump is the oldest person ever elected to t…
President Donald Trump’s political career has brought a number of significant electoral gains for the Republican Party, but now, according to NOTUS, some are growing panicked as it appears “he doesn’t give a s——” about helping them anymore.In a report published Monday morning, NOTUS detailed a telli…
On Monday, a top Fox News columnist apologized for defending President Donald Trump’s decision to host a cage fight on the White House lawn. The change of heart came, he said, after a fighter’s offensive statement about former First Lady Michelle Obama.“I’ve defended the administration’s America 250…
The Kennedy Center board is forging ahead with a new plan to keep President Donald Trump’s name associated with the center for the arts, per a new report from CBS News, after their previous gambit went down in flames.After Trump installed a new board of loyalists to the venerated Washington D.C., in…
On Sunday, it was announced that the United States and Iran had finally struck a peace deal to end the war President Donald Trump started nearly four months ago. Analysis of the outcome is still pouring in, but according to Republican strategist Steve Schmidt, two things are immediately clear: not o…
The UFC event held on the White House grounds for President Donald Trump’s birthday generated no shortage of controversy before it took place, and now, in the aftermath, a wildly offensive remark from one of the fighters is dominating the headlines — and per a report from CNN, we also know how Trump…
Election denial has become characteristic of President Donald Trump’s political movement, with him and his allies consistently promoting conspiracy theories to explain away their electoral losses. The latest example has involved Republican claims that the Los Angeles mayoral primary was stolen. Now,…