Donald J. Trump

During her confirmation hearing to become a federal judge in July 2020, Aileen Cannon, like virtually every GOP nominee, described herself as an “originalist.” Originalists claim to be paragons of judicial restraint, devoted to limiting…

Is America coming apart at the seams? A new Generation Lab poll of rising college sophomores conducted for NBC News confirms that young Americans are segregating themselves along partisan lines.And as Axios notes, 46 percent of…

When trying to put Donald Trump’s norm-breaking existence into perspective, it has become a cliche to ask, “What if so-and-so did it?”This intellectual exercise helps us bypass our partisan blinders. For example, what would you have said…

Seth Meyers returned to Late Night this Wednesday after taking a week off to recover from his second bout of COVID. And while he couldn’t cover everything he missed while he was away, he was not going to let the opportunity go by to make…

This past week, the Jan. 6 Committee investigating Trump’s incitement of—and inaction during—the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol embarrassed the former president by airing outtakes of his speech he was to deliver the following day,…

There’s a famous story from 1992’s election season on Saturday Night Live. Dana Carvey’s iconic impression of President George H.W. Bush was already well established and his castmate Phil Hartman was playing challenger Bill Clinton. But…

On Sunday evening, John Oliver dedicated the top of his must-see series Last Week Tonight to the ongoing Jan. 6 committee hearings—specifically the testimony of John Eastman, Trump’s legal adviser at the time of the insurrection.“Eastman…

A prophetic protector has become a political panderer.Back in December 2016, Sheriff Joe Lombardo of Clark County, Nevada, called for restrictions on high-capacity gun magazines.“I’m a very avid hunter, I was in the military myself, and…

Former President Donald Trump’s fear of getting hit in the face with a pie was so severe that he repeatedly instructed security guards to savagely beat any hooligan who tries, his ex-attorney recently testified behind closed doors.The…

A rare thing occurred on this bonus episode of The New Abnormal podcast. Hosts Andy Levy and Molly Jong-Fast listened to an audio clip of Donald Trump crapping on Mitch McConnell’s popularity, and they agreed with him, sorta.The clip in…