What is it, how do we find out, and what the hell are we going to do about it?

… and other dreadful billionaire stuff

Instead of apologising to Jack Smith for calling him a “dirtbag,” Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt has doubled down on his lies

Trump thought Xi Jinping was laughing at Joe Biden. Trump has a lot to learn about the Chinese people

The architect of America’s political woes could be someone you never heard of

The architect of America’s political woes could be someone you never heard of

In the sprawling madhouse of robotics and Artificial Intelligence, I still identify as human

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Republican Senator Susan Collins faces a career-ending scandal of corruption and public malfeasance

In an orgy of inadequacy, bragging and stupidity, Trump commits war crimes against Iran and Cuba, while Cubans walk out

Like clockwork, every choice Trump makes is a real horrorshow — for everyone but Trump

In a split second, Trump showed us what he’s capable of

How Trump has infected America and is now infecting the world

Friday will be the 25th anniversary of the attacks of September 11. Have we learned nothing?

If Obama had been convicted of 34 felonies.

FINALLY!!! Thomas Massie exposes Epstein scum by name in Congress — and I have that list

Trump hit Canada with tariffs.

A war criminal who thinks he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize weighs in on his “greatness”

I have decided to change the name of Trump’s little fleabag motel, Mar-a-Lago.

Trump is a malignant narcissist who also may have frontotemporal dementia.

Yet another desecration of the national character was inflicted on America by Trump on Sunday.

Mess Attendant Second Class Doris “Dorie” Miller awoke at 6 am.

How Trump plans to steal the midterm elections

Trump never tires of proving what an asshole he is

Robert Interviews Mark Allenbaugh, one of America's foremost authorities on federal criminal sentencing guidelines

We stand today at a crossroads.

If we're going to win we need to use the power Republicans gave us

We must rapidly change into the best version of ourselves if we are going to successfully stop humanity’s greatest existential threat

I noticed with more than a little amusement a significant uptick in MAGA trolls on the Facebook copy of my most recent Substack article [“The Failed Republican Attempt to Crucify Dr Fauci,” 31 July].

There’s something that really pisses me off.

More than 128 years ago, the writer Émile Zola published an open letter to the President of France in response to “The Dreyfus Affair.” It was called “J’Accuse” (I accuse).

Episode 3: Robert and Bart rap with planet activist Vince Costa

Decoding the cruelties of Trump’s Project 2025: how much has been inflicted, what horrors are coming

As far as I’m concerned, there’s only a two second clip from Friday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner that’s worth watching.

Today, the American people are in an abusive relationship with the president of the United States of America.

From March of 2019 to early January of 2021, I wrote a series of loosely related articles for Palmer Report that were wildly unpopular.

When I awoke early Sunday morning the last thing on my mind was that 71-year-old Lindsey Graham would beat 84-year-old Mitch McConnell to the grave.

The name Graham Platner has never appeared in this column before, nor is it likely to again.

Even though they hate him, I have friends who tell me they understand why Trump is popular with certain people.

Quick quiz: Who was President of the United States during America’s Bicentennial celebration in 1976?This Substack is reader-supported.

Long before its message was sanitised by Broadway, Mel Brooks’ 1967 film “The Producers” was a standalone example of underground dark comedy at its most sublime.

I just read Regime Change by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan. You should read it too.

However much self-esteem you may possess, I have a bit of perspective that you might find useful.