Jacob Weisberg's Blog, page 22

The Comey Indictment Is Just the Beginning

The president is openly committing Watergate-level abuses of power on a weekly basis.

The Supreme Court Just Rewrote the Constitution to Give Trump Terrifying New Powers

The conservative supermajority's lawless shadow docket decision let the president unilaterally cancel $4 billion in foreign aid.

The Year’s Most Acclaimed Movie Is Based on a Famous Novel, but Only Traces of It Remain

Paul Thomas Anderson spent 20 years adapting Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland. The result is almost unrecognizable.

One of Our Greatest Singer-Songwriters Is Back With an Extraordinary New Album

Neko Case’s first album in years is yet another extraordinary transformation.

Donald Trump’s 18-Year-Old Granddaughter Just Showed How She Intends to Use the Family Name. It’s a Doozy.

Kai Trump has arrived as only a young Trump could.

My Husband Has Taught My 4-Year-Old to Do Something Truly Disgusting. His “Explanation” Is Insulting.

Oh come on.

My Second-Grade Daughter Spread a Nasty Rumor About Her Classmate. We’ve Got to Teach Her a Lesson.

Firm but fair?

HBO Max’s Superhero Show Just Went Where Apple, Apparently, Dares Not

The Savant got yanked by Apple post–Charlie Kirk. Luckily, Warner Bros. didn’t feel the same trepidation with Peacemaker.

The Charges Against Jim Comey Are Even More Bogus Than You’d Imagine

On Thursday, a federal grand jury indicted former FBI Director James Comey for lying to Congress and obstructing a congressional investigation.

Bonus: The Senator Calling Trump’s Bluff

A Maryland senator is especially sensitive to a mass-firing of federal workers like Trump has threatened.