Earlier this month, Katie Miller launched her new podcast with a specific origin myth. Miller, a former Trump administration official and wife of Stephen Miller, declared that by creating a lifestyle podcast for conservative women, she was filling a hole in the media ecosystem.  “For years, I’ve seen that there isn’t a place for conservative […]

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In 1990, Playboy published an interview with Donald Trump in which the future president offered his thoughts on foreign affairs, the death penalty, and why he puts his name on everything. He also reflected on the meaning — or, perhaps, meaninglessness — of life. “Life is what you do while you’re waiting to die. You […]

Donald Trump has declared war on the Federal Reserve’s independence. On Monday, the president ordered the removal of Lisa Cook from the central bank’s Board of Governors. Cook, an economist appointed by Joe Biden, holds one of the 12 votes that determine whether the Fed will raise or lower interest rates.  Trump wants a central […]

Over the past 15 years, the idea of giving everyone a “basic income” has been heralded as a promising solution for economic justice and even ending poverty. The California Democratic Party adopted it into its official platform back in 2018, and Andrew Yang ran on the promise of basic income during his 2020 presidential bid. […]