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Donald Trump Is Finally Cracking Up for Real

Angelo Carusone and Aaron Rupar share a distinction that we imagine many Americans would happily cede to them: They have likely watched more Donald...

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New Republic

Molly Jong-Fast

I Tried to Become My Mother and Ended Up Becoming Myself

I’m realizing that a sort of gooey sitcom resolution is not in the cards for my mother and me.

10.05.2026 30

The New York Times

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I Love My Dyslexic Brain

Donald Trump’s insults alway say more about him than the people he is trying to mock.

23.03.2026 40

The New York Times

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Now We Know What All Those People Got From Epstein

He knew how to give self-important people what they thought they deserved.

08.02.2026 150

The New York Times

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Brooklyn Beckham Is Doing His Best

Sometimes you have to tell your own messy story.

24.01.2026 30

The New York Times

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Who Are the AWFULs? Trump Hates Them, So They’re Doing Something Right

19.01.2026 30

New Republic

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The Epstein Files Should Not Have Been Released This Way

The fight was supposed to be about releasing them. But the way it’s being done seems designed to obscure the truth.

25.12.2025 40

The New York Times

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This Year, the Billionaires Give Thanks for Trump

This year, it’s not about giving back; it’s about getting yours.

28.11.2025 10

The New York Times

Molly Jong-Fast

Trump’s ‘Great Gatsby’ Party Did Not Accept SNAP

It’s the roaring 2020s!

04.11.2025 30

The New York Times

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Democrats Need to Chill About the Electability of Women

Why Mikie Sherrill’s chances in New Jersey are much better than you might be hearing.

22.10.2025 20

The New York Times

Molly Jong-Fast

What Chuck Schumer Can Learn From Bad Bunny

The Democrats need to understand that woke can be good business.

04.10.2025 30

The New York Times

Molly Jong-Fast

Let’s Not Make America Gilded Again

Julian Fellowes and Donald Trump both have frothy visions of the Gilded Age. But why would we go back to it in real life?

10.08.2025 40

The New York Times

Molly Jong-Fast

Canceling Stephen Colbert Isn’t Funny

Mocking Donald Trump will not destroy him.

19.07.2025 30

The New York Times

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