Lyndon B. Johnson

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John Oliver
‘OBVIOUSLY HORSES**T’

John Oliver Nails Huge Flaw With Disastrous SCOTUS Ruling

Oliver laid into a conservative Justice’s hypocritical opinion.

Owen Mason-Hill

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CLOWN GETS KARMA

How Trump Is Trapped By His Own Idiocy: Biographer

“Trump can’t get out from under it,” the biographer said.

Erkki Forster

A photo illustration of Trump and LBJ in front of television sets with Iran War and Vietnam War footage.
Opinion
REWIND AND REPLAY

Trump Is Replaying LBJ’s Losing Battle With ‘Fake News’

LBJ had his “Johnson Treatment,” and Trump has Truth Social, but both share the same fatal flaw.

John Casey

A photo illustration of Jacqueline Kennedy in front of the White House First Lady's Garden/Jacqueline Kennedy Garden on the left and Trump's demolition of the East Wing on the right in Oct. 2025.
CAMELOT DEFILED

Trump Busted From Space Tearing Up Jacqueline Kennedy Garden

The president came in like a wrecking ball on the Kennedy legacy—again.

Laura Esposito

Camp Mystic
‘SAFE HAVEN’

Inside Camp Mystic: The Elite Summer Camp Before the Flood

Before a flash flood destroyed its grounds, Camp Mystic was a destination for Texas’ political elite.

Paulina Rodriguez

Bill Moyers passed away at 91 following a diverse and prolific government and broadcast career.
JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES

Former Press Secretary and Journalist Bill Moyers Dead at 91

Moyers wore many hats, from being a White House Press Secretary, a CBS senior news analyst, to the deputy director for the Peace Corps.

Jasmine Venet

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A photo illustration of LBJ, Lady Bird, President Joe Biden, and Jill Biden.
opinion
DEJA VU?

History’s Lesson for Jill Biden: How Lady Bird Made LBJ Quit

Now is the time for Jill Biden to look to Lady Bird Johnson, and how she dealt with her husband’s second-term dilemma, writes Lady Bird’s biographer.

Julia Sweig

A photo illustration of Ellen Rametsch, Stormy Daniels, Marilyn Monroe, and Monica Lewisnky
ROUND UP

Movie Stars to Porn Stars: All the Presidents’ Mistresses

Infidelity by those in America’s highest office appears to be a time-honored tradition.

Josh Fiallo

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QUAGMIRES ARE US

How Arrogance and Ignorance Doomed the U.S. in Vietnam

Overconfident and unprepared, the U.S. stumbled into Vietnam, just as it would stumble in Afghanistan and Iraq decades later, with equally disastrous results.

James A. Warren

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opinion
HISTORY LESSON

The Way for Biden to Win

JRB can follow FDR and LBJ’s path and use the power of the federal government to push back against governors and judges opposing the public interest during a national emergency.

David R. Lurie

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opinion
THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST?

Biden’s Big Plans for America Just Blew Up in Afghanistan

With the slimmest of congressional majorities, the commander in chief’s agenda may not survive this self-inflicted foreign-policy disaster.

Eleanor Clift

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