What Happened to QAnon?

As conspiracy theories went, it was quite a silly one — reveling in its own esotericism. Advocates of QAnon did not compile evidence as much as seize upon random data points that seemed menacing in their collective surrealism. The idea of “the storm,” for example,...

Are We All Living in the World Roy Cohn Created?

Even after he was a registered sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein was a popular dinner guest. His power, money, craggy good looks (a mashup of Leonard Cohen, Loudon Wainwright III, and Warren Beatty), and ability to get into the right parties made him attractive despite...

Donald Trump Took Liberal Icon George Soros’s Money

The pair’s relationship goes back more than a decade. In 2004, Soros lent Trump a cool $160 million to help with the construction of Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reported. At the time, some Chicagoans were skeptical that Trump...

Only the Best People

Are the men/women surrounding Trump a case study in weirdos? Some of these folks are his Twitter ‘influencers’ while others have worked for him while POTUS, and yet others convicted of crimes. We may add to this list from time to time. 1. Alex Bruesewitz...