Why ‘town halls’ are a sham
Of all the frauds and indignities that are foisted on the American people every presidential election cycle, the ‘town hall’…
Trump’s enemies badly want him to survive coronavirus
President Trump is being helicoptered to Walter Reed Hospital following his coronavirus diagnosis. The media are following the story closely…
Which drugs should Biden take?
With the first presidential debate now just hours away, President Trump continues to insist that Joe Biden take a drug…
Why is the media downplaying the Hunter Biden story?
Remember the Ukraine impeachment drama? No? Cockburn can hardly blame you. But believe it or not, less than nine months…
Woke capital is winning the left
Cockburn attempted to celebrate Labor Day by doing no work whatsoever, and he would have succeeded if his friends hadn’t…
The media’s wavering burden of proof
President Trump spoke mildly in defense of Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse on Tuesday, saying that the 17-year-old seemed to be…
Honest Abe? Lincoln Project hit with plagiarism allegations
The Lincoln Project may soon have to change its name to the ‘Don’t-Link-Back Project’. The anti-Trump political action committee has…
Who really wants to delegitimize the election result?
On Thursday afternoon, prior to the final night of the Democratic convention, four New York Times opinion columnists gathered to…
‘Republicans’ at the DNC
The Democratic Zoomvention is nearly complete. Cutting away all the pageantry typical of a party convention has done a great…
Four moments from the cutting room floor of Monday’s DNC coverage
Rather than the initially planned four-day knees-up in Wisconsin, the 2020 Democratic National Convention began with a two-hour virtual broadcast…
Joe Biden’s Weak Ass Policies
Finally, Joe Biden has submitted himself to the test of a rigorous interview. Unfortunately it wasn’t conducted by Axios’s boomerang-slinger…
Steve Bannon’s army of lookalikes
Stephen K. Bannon positioned himself as the godfather of a new American political movement. Now he’s cultivated the aesthetic of…
Tom Wolf, king of distraction
Cockburn’s old compadre, Trump campaign legal adviser Jenna Ellis, stirred up the internet mob again this week when she dared…
Don’t hold your breath for an Ilhan Omar upset
Ilhan Omar haters have whipped themselves into a hopeful frenzy thinking the first Somali American woman to serve in Congress…
New York vs NRA — and the silencing of dissent
On Thursday morning, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit against the National Rifle Association. According to James,…
Meet Gen Z GOP, a group of confused liberals
Meet the hip new Republican youth group: ‘Gen Z GOP’. Media outlets welcomed the group with open arms. NeverTrumper Bill…
Top Democrats contemplate civil war if Biden loses
The chattering caste of Washington DC has spent much of the summer obsessed with the idea that Donald Trump will…
Trump campaign misses the mark with latest Biden attack
Former vice president Joe Biden handed the Trump campaign an interview gaffe for the ages on Wednesday. When asked if…
This is what $1,200 looks like in campaign merch
Is your stimulus check on its way? New reports suggest the Republican-run Senate planning to include another $1,200 check in…
If a video is viral, who cares if it’s fake?
After two months, the ‘mostly peaceful’ label for the riots gripping American cities is wearing a touch thin. That’s not…
Who’s right — Tucker Carlson or Sean Hannity?
Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity have, by some distance, the most successful cable news shows in the country. In June,…
LA Times thirsts after ‘Naked Athena’
‘She emerged as an apparition from clouds of tear gas’, writes Richard Read; ‘[a] woman wearing nothing but a black…
In Los Angeles, school’s out…forever?
Americans have mixed feelings about opening schools this fall. Some — like the Trump administration’s Department of Education — want…
Meghan Markle puts on her big girl pants
Meghan Markle was the keynote speaker for the virtual Girl Up Leadership Summit on Tuesday. In her first major speaking…
Running against AOC
‘Orange Man Bad’ is a fairly predominant ideological maxim of today’s American left. Many Republicans are invoking its right-wing counterpart…
