Ritchie Torres, Another Young Bronx Progressive, Launches a Run for Congress
The morning after Donald Trump tweeted, in a clear reference to four U.S. congresswomen of color, that they should “go back” to where they came from, Ritchie Torres, a member of the New York City Council, announced that he will run for Congress. The timing was coincidental, but Torres, who is gay and Afro-Latino, could…
Jacqueline Novak Chews Over the Blow Job in Her One-Woman Show “Get on Your Knees”
Consider the penis: the cock, the anaconda, the boner. There is a case to be made—the comedian Jacqueline Novak makes it with the thoroughness of a champion debater in her new one-woman show, “Get on Your Knees”—that the descriptive language we use for the male member is not really descriptive at all. The phrase “rock…
Just How Crazy Is Boris Johnson?
Shortly before four o’clock on Wednesday afternoon, Boris Johnson gave his first address as Britain’s seventy-seventh Prime Minister. Like the seventy-sixth, Theresa May, Johnson has entered Downing Street at a time of acute national distress, elected by the members of the Conservative Party rather than by the population as a whole. But that is where…
“Accountability”? The Mueller Hearing Is How Trump Escapes It
After so much waiting—a hundred and twenty-four days, to be precise, since Robert Mueller’s report was delivered—perhaps it was bound to be a disappointment. Still, three hours after the former special counsel took the witness stand on Wednesday to testify about his investigation of President Trump and Russian interference in the 2016 election, the MSNBC…
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Neal Katyal Has One More Question for Robert Mueller After His Testimony
On Wednesday, the former special counsel Robert Mueller testified before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees about his report on Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election. Mueller and his team charged several members of Trump’s inner circle with a variety of crimes but did not indict anyone for conspiring with the Russian government. On…
“Big Little Lies” Season 2 Was a Metaphor for Power in Hollywood in the #MeToo Era
From its inception, HBO’s “Big Little Lies” was about more than the privileged mothers of Monterey, California. The series, based on Liane Moriarty’s 2014 novel, was an experiment in stardom and a metaphor for power in Hollywood. The first season, which premièred in February, 2017, starred two Oscar-winning actresses, Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman, who…
A Pundit’s Absolutely Accurate 2020 Election Predictions
Welcome to “Strike Out,” with me, your host, the all-knowing Chris Strikling. I will now share with you all my unfailingly accurate predictions for the 2020 Presidential election. Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg. Maybe even Julián Castro? There are a lot of Democrats vying for the Party’s nomination next year.…
Queen Elizabeth Moving to Canada
LONDON (The Borowitz Report)—Queen Elizabeth II is moving to Canada “immediately” and should take up full-time residence there by the end of the week, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Tuesday. The Queen offered no reason for the move, but the palace indicated that she had been packing her bags for the past several weeks. In a…