After the release of Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl, TikTok had some expectedly strong takes.  One popular TikTok claims that Swift’s album is a “case study in moral collapse” full of lyrics that demonstrate “pathological self-involvement” and “an absence of self-identity.” The user’s tone is confident, but their analysis is largely speculative. Another […]

Click here to read this story in English. HELODRANON’NY RANOBE, Madagasikara — Ny haran-dranomasina (vatohara) izy tenany dia tena tsara tokoa. Miaina any amin’ny dimy kilaometatra miala ny morontsiraka izy ireo, any amin’ny rano lalina manodidina ny dimy ambin’ny folo metatra, ary dia toy ny tany mikitoantoana misy loko mavokely, manga, ary volomboasary, mipetraka ao […]

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump is trying to pay himself $230 million in taxpayer money. Wait, what? The payment, which was first reported Tuesday by the New […]

In a recently leaked group chat, it was revealed that a Republican operative named Paul Ingrassia referred to himself as having a “Nazi streak.” The leak is just one among many recent signs that this kind of radical and incendiary rhetoric has become increasingly normalized among some up-and-coming Republican staffers. But Ingrassia wasn’t just any […]

It’s hard to think of a more dramatic question than the issue before the Supreme Court in Trump v. Illinois.  President Donald Trump wants to use federalized troops to quell protests outside an immigration detention facility near Chicago. Two federal courts have ruled that federal law does not permit Trump to do this. But the […]