Portraits of an Administration
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One-hinged takes. Optimistic nihilism. Just trying to make it make sense.
A Lord of the Rings cover band called West Folds 5
A Lord of the Rings cover band called EntSYNC
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Flock of Smeagols
December 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
A Lord of the Rings cover band called West Folds 5
Pete Hegseth, plastered against the wall, shaking with horror. Several of the little green army men toys he was playing with have turned their heads to stare unblinking at him.
December 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Pete Hegseth, plastered against the wall, shaking with horror. Several of the little green army men toys he was playing with have turned their heads to stare unblinking at him.
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A class war Thanksgiving greeting from the early 20th-century socialist newspaper Appeal to Reason.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A class war Thanksgiving greeting from the early 20th-century socialist newspaper Appeal to Reason.
Sean Duffy, fore and middle fingers pressing hard into his temples, staring hard at the latest burning helicopter wreck on the Reagan Intl Airport tarmac. He wills it all to disappear. Stubbornly, it persists.
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Sean Duffy, fore and middle fingers pressing hard into his temples, staring hard at the latest burning helicopter wreck on the Reagan Intl Airport tarmac. He wills it all to disappear. Stubbornly, it persists.
Mike Johnson, panting, clamps his hands over his mouth and crouches, back against the wall of the cloak room. An enormous, mucus covered MSNOW microphone slowly rounds the corner. It opens and a second smaller microphone extrudes towards his face.
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Mike Johnson, panting, clamps his hands over his mouth and crouches, back against the wall of the cloak room. An enormous, mucus covered MSNOW microphone slowly rounds the corner. It opens and a second smaller microphone extrudes towards his face.
Kristi Noem, in an oversize flak jacket and wrap-around sunglasses, unrolls a blueprint in the mobile office of her newest concentration camp. It's schematics for the scream extractor in Monster's Inc.
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Kristi Noem, in an oversize flak jacket and wrap-around sunglasses, unrolls a blueprint in the mobile office of her newest concentration camp. It's schematics for the scream extractor in Monster's Inc.
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The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
JD Vance eats alone at the long table in his estate's dining room. He chuckles at something the AI Chatbot on his phone says. It is propped up on the seat where Usha used to sit.
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
JD Vance eats alone at the long table in his estate's dining room. He chuckles at something the AI Chatbot on his phone says. It is propped up on the seat where Usha used to sit.
Howard Lutnick, shoulders slumped, presses hard on a bubble of indigestion in his solar plexus. He stands in front the "Trade War General" costume Fox News has laid out for him along with another $22 bottle of Pepto Bismol.
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Howard Lutnick, shoulders slumped, presses hard on a bubble of indigestion in his solar plexus. He stands in front the "Trade War General" costume Fox News has laid out for him along with another $22 bottle of Pepto Bismol.
Pam Bondi, working late in her home office under a pool of desk lamp light. She compulsively tugs her unwashed hair and sighs as she once again opens the folder labeled "good attorneys".
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Pam Bondi, working late in her home office under a pool of desk lamp light. She compulsively tugs her unwashed hair and sighs as she once again opens the folder labeled "good attorneys".
Tulsi Gabbard grips the frame of the door to the 8th floor conference room and steps back. Her staff knows she refuses to meet in any room with windows.
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Tulsi Gabbard grips the frame of the door to the 8th floor conference room and steps back. Her staff knows she refuses to meet in any room with windows.
Scott Bessent, dozing off in the lobby of his hotel in Davos, smiles. He is daydreaming of an imaginary number that doesn't make anyone mad at him.
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Scott Bessent, dozing off in the lobby of his hotel in Davos, smiles. He is daydreaming of an imaginary number that doesn't make anyone mad at him.
Jared Isaacman with a fresh haircut, pressing his forehead against the window overlooking the Cape Canaveral launch pad. "Rocket ships. Rocket ships," he whispers to himself.
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Jared Isaacman with a fresh haircut, pressing his forehead against the window overlooking the Cape Canaveral launch pad. "Rocket ships. Rocket ships," he whispers to himself.
Kash Patel, tense and sweating, teeth grinding, fists balled above the keyboard of his FBI office computer. A dozen men in dark suits and dark expressions crowd behind him, expectantly. One the screen is a single prompt. PASSWORD?
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Kash Patel, tense and sweating, teeth grinding, fists balled above the keyboard of his FBI office computer. A dozen men in dark suits and dark expressions crowd behind him, expectantly. One the screen is a single prompt. PASSWORD?
Pete Hegseth wakes, naked save for his Tap Out hoodie. He stares, bleary eyed, at the fresh MOLON LABE tattoo just above his penis. He cannot recall getting it.
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Pete Hegseth wakes, naked save for his Tap Out hoodie. He stares, bleary eyed, at the fresh MOLON LABE tattoo just above his penis. He cannot recall getting it.
Linda McMahon angrily snaps her fingers at the homeless boy she has just decided to adopt.
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Linda McMahon angrily snaps her fingers at the homeless boy she has just decided to adopt.
Karoline Leavitt, frozen in front of the studio's makeup mirror, staring wide eyed at where her cross necklace has fallen upside down for the third time this morning
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Karoline Leavitt, frozen in front of the studio's makeup mirror, staring wide eyed at where her cross necklace has fallen upside down for the third time this morning
Marco Rubio, eyes downcast, mouth a thin line, folds himself into the large valise that will be loaded into the cargo bay of the Qatari golden plane.
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Marco Rubio, eyes downcast, mouth a thin line, folds himself into the large valise that will be loaded into the cargo bay of the Qatari golden plane.
RFK Jr., over the ear headphones blasting Tony Robbins affirmations, squints at the blood lab results he has administered to himself. He is pregnant.
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
RFK Jr., over the ear headphones blasting Tony Robbins affirmations, squints at the blood lab results he has administered to himself. He is pregnant.
Tom Homan, arms wrapped around a sack of $50k in cash, crouching low between a stack of Epstein files and Venezuela invasion plans, hoping everyone forgot about him
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Tom Homan, arms wrapped around a sack of $50k in cash, crouching low between a stack of Epstein files and Venezuela invasion plans, hoping everyone forgot about him
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Bondi will do to the Epstein files what Barr did to the Mueller report. Get out ahead with a nothingburger summary before the real thing drops.
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Bondi will do to the Epstein files what Barr did to the Mueller report. Get out ahead with a nothingburger summary before the real thing drops.
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Last week, John Fetterman once again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote supporting a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from millions of Americans, including over...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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They hate being ridiculed⤵️
October 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
They hate being ridiculed⤵️
I remember this Seinfeld episode
Former Trump lawyer says she will remain as New Jersey prosecutor despite court decision reut.rs/4kZJXin
Former Trump lawyer says she will remain as New Jersey prosecutor despite court decision
President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, Alina Habba, said on Thursday that she would seek to remain as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey despite a judicial decision this week not to extend her appointment.
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July 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I remember this Seinfeld episode