Craig Schlanger

Her long search for herself ends in a Syracuse tragedy: A vet’s life on an ‘identity rollercoaster’ The death of Elisa Rae Shupe, the first person in the U.S. to gain legal recognition of a nonbinary gender, shocked the nation's trans community.

Tales from Trumpland

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Donald Trump put a 10% tariff on Heard and McDonald Islands. That'll teach those penguins.

April 2, 2025 (Wednesday) Just five months ago, on October 19, 2024, The Economist ran a special report on America’s economy.

Not so tariff-ic

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We’re trying to pass a state budget that can help address the NY housing crisis, but it’s tough when you’re up against a hostile power in your own country. I’m pushing for a revolving loan fund to make financing cheaper, but if building costs spike, 🤷🏼

Fact check: Trump’s false claims about tariffs and trade President Donald Trump made a series of false claims about tariffs and trade – most of which he has made before – in the Wednesday speech in which he announced a sweeping set of global tariffs.

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This is really the whole ball game right now, *particularly* among the institutions that make up civil society.

(my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)

My last tentative reason for nauseous optimism Friends,

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Dear Leader’s mind is a tumbleweed-strewn hellscape scenes from Donny’s batshit Los Angeles visit

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Rep. Jason Crow: "I don't want to hear Donald Trump or JD Vance or anyone else in this administration talk about backing the blue, talk about supporting law enforcement, when they just released over 1,000 cop beaters."

As usual, Lindsey knows better, but his lips are permanently affixed to Trump's ass.

I agree with this.

remarkable to me that far from seeming cool or masculine zuck seems like an even bigger loser — the kind of nerd who preemptively gives his lunch money to the bully and thanks him for the opportunity

elderly golfer admits he can’t do shit about lowering prices congratulations, MAGA, you got taken for a ride

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The Presumption of Innocence Has Nothing to Do With Pete Hegseth’s Confirmation Trumpworld is warping an important concept from criminal law beyond recognition.

I wrote this piece with @dahlialithwick.bsky.social & @mimirocah1.bsky.social on the claim that Pete Hegseth is entitled to a Presumption of Innocence over allegations of sexual assault. But Senate confirmation hearings aren’t criminal cases & that claim doesn't hold water slate.com/news-and-pol...

Can Dem politicians resist preemptively sucking up? Finding middle ground is not the goal. Fighting for the people who sent you there is. You are obligated to listen to them regardless of where that lands you in relation to Trump. For a few weeks at least just STFU.

Canadian MP Charlie Angus just sounded off on Trump.

"So yes, they are our neighbors, but we've stood up to them. We're in a different situation with Trump, a convicted predator, who's seriously undermining the democratic process in the US. And he thinks he can just push us around. He insults us."

Here's an idea for the Democrats: Have a victim or two of Assad's torture chambers testify at Tulsi Gabbard's confirmation hearing.

This is your daily reminder that this really did happen.

Give a man a fish. He feeds for a day.

Teach a man to fish. He feeds for a lifetime.

Teach a billionaire to fish. He buys all the lakes and rivers and then charges you to fish them.

Apropos of everything Trump…

Ok I subscribed.

"Yes she is corrupt but she isn't Matt Gaetz" is the strongest endorsement I've heard so far for Pam Bondi's AG nomination.

YouTube video by MeidasTouch 🚨Trump ANNOUNCES New AG Pick…with a BRIBERY TWIST?!

So let's discuss those bribery allegations against Trump's new pick for AG, Pam Bondi...

Gaetz the fuck out of here, Matt and say hello to Pam Bondi, Donny’s longtime corruption-buddy

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This is exactly right. Trump’s big advantage is that he’s playing tic-tac-toe without a pencil but somehow convinces people he’s multiverse time-travel chess.

YouTube video by MeidasTouch Biden OUTMANEUVERS Trump with URGENT PLAN to STOP HIM

President Biden is aggressively ensuring that all remaining infrastructure and semiconductor investment is made before Trump takes office since Trump stated he will stop these initiatives in favor of tariffs (taxing us). I report on it here today youtu.be/f49_yKmRfqQ?...

Pay attention to Oklahoma.

Bibles in classrooms isn't the big story.

The same legal teams behind the seeding of Dobbs are driving a case to create religious schools fully funded by the public & they've already petitioned the Supreme Court.

Understandably, everyone was focused on the election.

Goodbye Morning Joe. Shame on Joe and Mika. Meidas has taken your place.

I am sad I had to write this, but goodbye Morning Joe. It was fun while I knew you. Going to Mar-A-Lago to grovel for Trump is not something I can forgive. Perhaps others may. Not me. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Trump Is Filling His Cabinet With Loyalists Prepared to Gut Federal Agencies Trump’s cabinet picks set the stage for corporations to run roughshod over the US public amid rampant deregulation.

Trump's cabinet picks all have two things in common; they have all professed complete loyalty to him, and share the aim of completely undermining the regulatory and oversight functions of the federal government.