Tech bro is watching you
A cartoon by Drew Sheneman. Related | Trump team rolls out creepy scheme to get your private medical data…
Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal charges in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday to federal stalking charges in the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione, 28, entered the plea at a hastily scheduled hearing in Manhattan federal court, resolving one of two cases against him in connection with Thompson’s death. With this guilty plea, his lawyers could seek to have the state case thrown out on double jeopardy…
August 14: Trump blows through billions … and more!
6 minutes agoWalter EinenkelThe GOP message on affordability? “trans stuff and allowing men in women’s sports.” Copy linkShare on FacebookShare on XShare via email 7 minutes agoWalter Einenkel“He’s a marginally failed real estate developer with multiple bankruptcies…” Sen. Mark Kelly has a message for warmongering Trump. Copy linkShare on FacebookShare on XShare via email 8 minutes agoEvan…
Yet another Trump fan has a FAFO moment
Sometimes, MAGA voters actually do learn. Take Randy, who has undergone quite the evolution on his Facebook page. (Please don’t pile on with comments on his page.) Back in 2024, in between photos of him hunting, the Arkansas resident was posting stuff like this: Or this nugget, in September 2023: So, you know, a typical red-state deplorable. And come hell or…
Top cardiologist puts Trump’s iffy health under the microscope
A high-profile heart doctor is raising concerns about the White House’s failure to fully disclose President Donald Trump’s health issues, and Trump’s team is lashing out in response instead of leveling with the public. Dr. Jonathan Reiner made his case in an op-ed published in the New York Times on Thursday. Reiner is a professor of medicine and surgery at George Washington University and…
Years after he quit smoking, a lung cancer scan saved his life
By Paula Span for KFF Dennis Schmidt started smoking as a teenager, when that was so unexceptional that his Catholic high school designated outdoor “senior smoking quarters,” where students in their final year could take cigarette breaks. He smoked a pack of menthols daily for nearly 40 years. As a registered nurse at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and a former Air…
Hair, apparent
A cartoon by Jack Ohman. Related | Trump’s new ‘do raises hairy questions about his health…