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"Coyote vs. Acme," a new live-action/animation Road Runner movie, hits theaters August 28. Based on a 1990 humor piece, it follows Wile E. Coyote suing Acme Corporation for all their faulty gadgets, with help from a bumbling lawyer. The film blends slapstick and detective story, featuring classic Looney Tunes characters and plenty of zany charm.

Despite The New Yorker’s claim that conservatives are “weird” about AOC freezing her eggs, the real oddness lies in how both AOC and the media handle it—especially AOC’s public, performative approach. Instead of sparking outrage, her videos have led to jokes and memes, highlighting the situation’s overall weirdness rather than any conservative meltdown.

This blog criticizes New Yorker writer Helen Rosner for attempting to steer an interview with Antonio Banderas about his new film into an anti-Trump tirade. Banderas, however, stays neutral and refuses to equate Trump with dictators, highlighting the difference between opinion and fact in political discourse.

The blog humorously critiques a New Yorker article dubbing our era the “Age of Explosive Diarrhea” due to a cyclospora outbreak. It highlights the spread of the parasite in produce, the resulting public panic, and ultimately blames diminished federal food safety oversight, tying this to political changes under Trump.

Appearing as a guest on Tuesday's Morning Joe, New Yorker staff writer Lauren Collins joined show regular Al Sharpton in comparing the election of Donald Trump in 2016 to an 1898 coup by white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina.

This blog criticizes a New Yorker article claiming Latino support for Trump has "collapsed" since 2024, arguing that the polls cited (NBC News and Equis) are unreliable due to their poor past predictions and perceived bias. The author questions the credibility of these sources and the accuracy of the article’s conclusions.

In their new book, "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump," New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan devote considerable attention to the Trump administration’s efforts to influence Smithsonian exhibits. On a Morning Joe segment today, Haberman misleadingly framed it as Trump and his allies “wanting to leave their imprint on what art Americans can see…

New York's 12th Congressional District, rich in mental health professionals, may need their expertise as its primary features candidates George Conway, obsessed with Trump, and Jack Schlossberg, whose ego and unseriousness raise eyebrows—leaving the race both "awash with money" and lacking substance or sanity.

Diego Lasarte’s New Yorker piece humorously covers Nicolás Maduro’s life in Brooklyn’s MDC jail, focusing on his unlikely friendship with rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, handmade SpongeBob gifts, and bizarre tales, including Maduro yelling at night and claiming presidential status—highlighting both the oddity and lack of sympathy for his plight.

CNN’s attempt to rebrand broadcasts as podcasts has sparked mockery from across the political spectrum. Critics, including podcaster Jay Caspian Kang, argue that the network’s move is insincere and out-of-touch, missing the authentic spirit of podcasts and only highlighting the decline of traditional cable news.

Amid Donald Trump’s return to the White House, some liberals are scrambling to obtain foreign passports, fearing a rise in fascism. A New Yorker article highlights how many seek European or other ancestry-based citizenship, though most don’t plan to leave—they want a “just in case” safety net and a symbol to share among like-minded friends.

Democrat lawyer David Boies sparked outrage among liberals after supporting Trump’s Iran policy in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. In a heated New Yorker interview, Isaac Chotiner challenged Boies’ views with frustrated, partisan questions, but Boies stayed calm, urging issues be judged on merit, not politics.

On Tuesday, New Yorker editor David Remnick revealed just how sadly his obsession over his Orange Whale has overwhelmed him to the extent that he has laughably lost whatever sense of rationality he might have left.

The New Yorker article attempted to find incriminating evidence against Donald Trump in newly released Jeffrey Epstein documents but found none. It resorted to a speculative concept called "negative space," suggesting Trump's incriminating absence in the files. The article, which acknowledged Trump's lack of connection to the allegations, uses awkward reasoning and focuses on unrelated…