This Week / April 3, 2026

Karma Meets Dogma

Willie and Joe.

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President Trump and Pam Bondi

The All Too Predictable Reason Trump Fired Pam Bondi The All Too Predictable Reason Trump Fired Pam Bondi

The president has surrounded himself with cronies and sycophants. But even they keep failing to meet the level of servility he demands.

Chris Lehmann

Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on March 19, 2026.

Pete Hegseth Is Scapegoating Career Soldiers for His Own Failures Pete Hegseth Is Scapegoating Career Soldiers for His Own Failures

Trapped in a disastrous war, the defense secretary is intensifying a purge of the military.

Jeet Heer

Women

Women Women

Living history.

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Donald Trump departs following a prime-time address to the nation in the Cross Hall of the White House, on April 1, 2026.

Trump Is in His Own Universe—but He’s Still Wrecking Ours Trump Is in His Own Universe—but He’s Still Wrecking Ours

Give the man a second opportunity to address the nation, and it’s entirely possible he could throw the whole world into a Great Depression.

Sasha Abramsky

Hasan Piker

Hasan Piker Threatens the Establishment. That’s Why They Want to Destroy Him. Hasan Piker Threatens the Establishment. That’s Why They Want to Destroy Him.

Critics are leveling baseless charges of antisemitism and bigotry at the mega-streamer. But they’re really scared of the challenge he poses to their power.

Daniel Denvir

Donald Trump walks from the Blue Room to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.

Trump’s Iran Speech Showed the Desperation of a Loser Trump’s Iran Speech Showed the Desperation of a Loser

The president’s war is an ever-escalating disaster. He is increasingly reviled. And his speech won’t change either of those things.

Jeet Heer