Large crowds of veterans gathered on Capitol Hill Friday afternoon to protest President Trump’s proposed budget cuts. BREAKING: MASSIVE large crowds have gathered for the Veterans March to Stop Trump’s Cuts in Washington D.C. this afternoon. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/Ozzg4nSMIp — Lucas…
The attacks on Elon Musk’s businesses — from X’s cyberattack to violence on Tesla vehicles — indicate a strange feeling that is only increasing. In this episode of The Spectacle Podcast, hosts Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay discuss a flurry…
The headline over in NPR back there in the stone age of early February was this: “Elon Musk is barreling into government with DOGE, raising unusual legal questions.” The story reports: Elon Musk has launched a campaign from inside the…
On Monday, you might have noticed that X, which has become our national online town hall, went down. It was exceedingly wonky most of the morning before returning to normal function in the afternoon. Why? A cyberattack. By Monday afternoon,…
Despite heavy government (that is, taxpayer) subsidies, sales of automobiles driven by batteries rather than gasoline haven’t taken off nearly so quickly as their advocates had hoped. Ostensibly, the benefit of driving electric cars is that they don’t emit CO2,…
Social Security is as big as government programs get. Naturally, even a glance at it with DOGE’s magnifying glass found plenty that seemed — charitably — not quite right. “According to the Social Security database, these are the numbers of…
Let’s suppose you’re a fitness trainer — I know, this isn’t a brain space most of us occupy frequently — and you’re faced with a morbidly obese patient who is in denial about his failing vitals and pitiable condition. Your…
Elon Musk’s DOGE sent out a “controversial” email to all federal employees, asking them to respond with five productive things they did last week. The request seemed to baffle and anguish federal employees, while average Americans saw it as a normal…
A desperate email hit my inbox today: a husband, voice breaking through text, juggling care for his sick wife, aging parents, and his own failing health. “Any help for home caregivers?” he pleaded. The answer stings: almost none. While 65…
