What Casey Means and MAHA Want You to Fear
If you close your eyes and imagine an up-from-the-bootstraps embodiment of boomer triumphalism—the ambitious young technocrat of a systems novel by Don DeLillo or Thomas Pynchon, sprinting…
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JD Sports CEO Calls Foot Locker Acquisition ‘Positive’ for Market, Calls Out Trump’s Immigration Policy for Slowdown at Shoe Palace
Following last week’s surprise news that Dick’s Sporting Goods would acquire Foot Locker in a deal worth $2.4 billion, JD Sports chief executive officer Régis Schultz is sounding off on…
The President Who Became a Prophet
On April 1st, the day before President Donald Trump’s tariffs cratered global markets, House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters “to trust the President’s instinct on the economy.” In the…
Barry Blitt’s “Soft Landing”
For the cover of the May 26, 2025, issue, the artist Barry Blitt chose to depict President Donald J. Trump’s enthusiasm for any way that he and his family can profit from his position as a…
How Donald Trump’s Crypto Dealings Push the Bounds of Corruption
Imagine that someone in a position of great political power created a hundred billion raffle tickets and made them available for public purchase. If you buy the tickets, eventually you…
A Day in the Live-Streamed Life of Donald Trump
In Donald Trump’s first term, he reinvented many things about how the job of President was done. The strictly scheduled day of his predecessors—the rigid procession of fifteen-minute…
Donald Trump Says ‘James Bond Has Nothing to Worry About’ Amid Movie Tariff Concerns: ‘And You Know, Sean Connery Was a Friend of Mine’
Donald Trump said at a recent press conference that James Bond movies will not be impacted by his proposal to put tariffs on movies made overseas. The 007 franchise calls England its home…
Kennedy Center Director Slams ‘Les Misérables’ Actors as ‘Vapid and Intolerant’ For Threatening Boycott of Trump Performance: ‘Will No Longer Fund Intolerance’
The Kennedy Center is fighting back against a group of actors who threaten to close the curtain on Donald Trump. On Wednesday, CNN reported that 10 out of the 12 actors in a “Les…
How Trump’s Tariffs Could Derail the Cannes Film Festival
Tom Bernard isn’t just lugging his tuxedo with him when he travels to the Cannes Film Festival this month; the Sony Pictures Classics co-president is also stuffing his suitcase full of…
Wikipedia Has Put a Few Precious Words on T-shirts
CHOICE WORDS: The opposite of a MAGA hat just might be a slogan T-shirt from German sustainable brand Armedangels. The Cologne-based firm has cooked up a collaboration with the Wikimedia…
USTR Says ‘Unfair’ Trade Practices Are Undermining U.S. Apparel and Textiles
The Office of the United States Trade Representative commemorated National Textiles Day on Saturday with a grouse. Well, several grouses, to be more exact. All appeared to lay the ground…
Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s Hollywood Tariff Plan: ‘Next Year, The White Lotus is Gonna Be Set At a Hampton Inn’
Donald Trump‘s confusing — and still not altogether clear — plan for bailing out Hollywood was the subject of many a late night monologue on Monday night, including on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”…
Jon Stewart Slams Trump’s Comments About ‘Toy Rationing’ Pencils and Dolls: ‘A Depression-Era View of What Kids Play With in 2025’
On this week’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart went after Donald Trump for comments suggesting that children may have to settle for fewer toys in his economy. Stewart opened his…
Shares of Disney, Netflix and Other Studios Fall After Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on Movies ‘Produced in Foreign Lands’
Shares of entertainment companies including Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global took a hit Monday as investors assessed Hollywood’s potential exposure to President…
Seven Major Questions About Trump’s Plan to Tariff Foreign Films
President Trump announced a plan on Sunday night to slap a 100% tariff on foreign-produced films — prompting a slew of questions in Hollywood. Starting with: Huh? Runaway production has…
President Trump Says He Will Implement 100% Tariffs on Films Produced Outside the U.S.: ‘The Movie Industry in America Is Dying’
Donald Trump took to Truth Social Sunday to announce he is “authorizing” the Department of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative to impose a 100% tariff on “any and all”…
The White House Posts AI-Generated Image of Trump as a Buff Jedi: ‘Happy May the 4th to You All’
The official White House X and Instagram accounts on Sunday posted an AI-generated image of Donald Trump as a beefed-up Jedi in celebration of “Star Wars” day. The post read, “Happy May…
‘SNL’ Mocks Trump’s First 100 Days in Office: Donald’s the Next Pope, A Pardon For J.K. Rowling and Elmo Is Apprehended by ICE
Donald Trump praised his own accomplishments and signed a slew of new executive orders in the cold open of the May 3 episode of “Saturday Night Live.” James Austin Johnson reprised his…
Trump Posts AI-Generated Image of Himself Dressed as the Pope
President Trump shared an AI-generated image depicting himself as the leader of the Catholic Church, coming as the Vatican’s conclave to select the next pope is set to commence next week.…
As Trump’s Family Crypto Business Gains Steam, Ethical Concerns Mount
As the leaders of World Liberty Financial, a crypto company part-owned by US president Donald Trump and his family, fan out across the globe to try to win new business, critics have raised…
Brendan Carr Is Turning the FCC Into MAGA’s Censoring Machine
The formal agenda of the Federal Communications Commission's open meeting this week seemed well in line with its normal wonky pursuits. There were items on satellite broadband, a licensing…
Trump’s Quest for Crypto Riches Is a Constitutional Scandal Waiting to Happen
“Whether it’s a utility token or a memecoin, it’s not regulated by the SEC,” says Lisa Bragança, attorney at Bragança Law and former branch chief at the SEC. Therefore, to avoid the…
Trump Falsely Claims ‘60 Minutes’ Admitted to ‘Crime’ of Editing Harris Interview
President Trump said his $20 billion lawsuit against Paramount Global and CBS, which alleges “60 Minutes” deceptively edited an interview with then-VP Kamala Harris, is “a true WINNER.” He…
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Wife Has Her Own Global Career Experience
It’s unlikely that “What are you wearing?” will be welcome words for Diana Fox Carney, an economist and climate policy specialist. As the wife of Canada’s newly elected prime minister Mark…