Culture & Media

M.I.A. Got Booted Off Kid Cudi's Tour

Four shows, then a Republican rant about 'illegal' immigrants in Dallas. Cudi cut her. She says he's gaslighting.

May 6 · 3 min read
Culture & Media

Lively And Baldoni Settle

Settled two weeks before trial. Lively walked the Met Gala carpet hours later. Nobody admitted to anything.

May 6 · 3 min read
Geopolitics

Project Freedom Just Got Paused

Project Freedom launched Monday. Iran hit an Emirati tanker hours later. Trump paused it Tuesday. Blockade stays.

May 6 · 3 min read
Geopolitics

Trump Pulls Troops From Germany

5,000 U.S. troops are coming out of Germany. Trump says many more are coming. Republicans are openly worried.

May 6 · 3 min read
Geopolitics

Iran Hangs Four In A Day

Four protesters were hanged in Urmia and Mashhad on Sunday. Human rights groups call it the 1988 playbook.

May 6 · 5 min read
Geopolitics

Rubio Goes To The Pope

Rubio meets Pope Leo XIV Thursday in Rome after Trump called the first American pope "weak" and "terrible."

May 5 · 5 min read
Geopolitics

A Drone Lands Near The Kremlin

A Ukrainian drone hit a luxury Moscow high-rise 7km from the Kremlin, days before Putin's Victory Day parade.

May 5 · 4 min read
Culture & Media

Whitney Leaves Mormon Wives

She announced her departure from a Broadway stage. Her stated reason is acting. Is Taylor Frankie Paul the unstated reason?

May 5 · 4 min read
Geopolitics

The Ship No One Will Let In

There are three dead from a suspected hantavirus outbreak. 149 still on board the MV Hondius. Cape Verde won't let them off.

May 5 · 4 min read
Culture & Media

Was Devil Wears Prada 2 Any Good?

$233M worldwide. 86% on Rotten Tomatoes. A- CinemaScore. Critics still disagree on whether it's any good.

May 5 · 4 min read
Culture & Media

Bezos Buys The Met Gala

He gave $10M, thereby becoming the lead sponsor and honorary co-chair. Mamdani, Streep, and Zendaya all skipped.

May 5 · 4 min read
Culture & Media

Olivia's SNL Jab At Jake Paul

She mocked his Netflix boxing matches in her hosting monologue. He said "proud of you fr." Then it got interesting.

May 4 · 4 min read
US Policy

62%

Trump's disapproval hit 62%. The Iran war polls worse than Iraq did in 2006. Trump: "best poll numbers I've ever had."

May 4 · 5 min read
Culture & Media

Tucker Goes To Maine, And To War

He broke with Trump, defended Vance, denied calling Trump the Antichrist -- then the reporter played the tape.

May 4 · 5 min read
Geopolitics

UAE Quits OPEC

First major exit from OPEC in decades. Six days after a Treasury swap line with Scott Bessent. 60 days into a war where the UAE has taken 537 ballistic missiles, mostly alone.

Apr 29 · 5 min read
Culture & Media

Vaguebook Like You Mean It

Channing Tatum posted a random poem about brain-and-heart divorce hours after his ex got engaged to Harry Styles. Cry for help, manipulation, or PR move?

Apr 29 · 4 min read
Geopolitics

Xi Goes Soft On Taiwan

He hosted KMT chair Cheng Li-wun in Beijing, talked patience and family, and skipped 'One Country, Two Systems.' All this three weeks before Trump shows up.

Apr 29 · 4 min read
Geopolitics

Yes Means Yes, EU Edition

The European Parliament voted 447-160 to push for an EU-wide affirmative-consent rape law. Italy and Hungary don't have one, and the EU might not have the power to make them.

Apr 29 · 4 min read