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Trump’s surgeon general nominee reveals her hostility to harm reduction
During his Senate confirmation hearing in January 2025, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. slipped what seemed to be a nicotine pouch into his mouth, replacing a spent one that had been lodged…
Trump announces U.S. Navy will escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz
I am so sick of hearing about the Strait of Hormuz: But hear about it we must, since President Donald Trump has decided—in a fit of either prudence or provocation (why not both?)—that U.S. Navy ships will escort vessels…
What Anthropic’s Pentagon spat and Claude Mythos tell us about AI
One of the more encouraging developments in artificial intelligence is that some of the people building it have started acting like it might be dangerous. Not in the Skynet sense or the HAL 9000 sense or even the "oops,…
Trump’s Iran war isn’t a surprise—hawks spent decades pushing it
The Strait of Hormuz is straight out of a storybook. Named for an ancient Persian god, the 24-mile-wide waterway flows between jagged cliffs, inlets that look like a desert version of Scandinavian fjords, and multicolored…
Trump’s power to fight Iran without approval ends today under War Powers Resolution
On February 28, President Donald Trump authorized military strikes against Iran. It has now been over 60 days since the first bombs fell. Legally, that means Trump must either cease operations or get permission from Congress…
Cole Tomas Allen is a deeply disappointing would-be assassin
On September 5, 1975, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a member of the Manson Family cult, stood a few feet away from President Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California, pointed a pistol at him, and unsuccessfully tried to…
The James Comey indictment looks like vindictive prosecution
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) this week indicted former FBI Director James Comey on two felony counts of threatening the president. The case stems from a May 2025 Instagram post, in which Comey shared a photo of…
Lindsey Graham wants you to pay $400 million for Trump’s new ballroom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5kOKcvCm2I Remember when President Donald Trump vowed that his brand-new White House ballroom would be built using private funds and cost the taxpayers absolutely nothing? Sen. Lindsey Graham…
This Supreme Court case could determine the fate of more than 1.3 million migrants
The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday on challenges against the Trump administration's end of temporary protected status (TPS) for 350,000 Haitian and 6,000 Syrian nationals. The outcome could have wider…
Defending the White House ballroom, the DOJ files a Trump tantrum masquerading as a motion
After the Secret Service stopped a would-be assassin at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night, President Donald Trump and his allies said the incident demonstrated the urgent need to complete the enormous ballroom he wants…
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