Fourteen years ago, Donald Trump commented on government shutdowns in an interview with Today, stating: “If there is a shutdown, I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the President of the United States. He’s the one that has to get people together”… Read More »‘Tremendously Negative’: Trump’s record-breaking shutdown presidency
Donald Trump recently placed the Washington D.C. police department under federal control. This unprecedented move resulted in hundreds of National Guard troops descending on the city, where they began tense standoffs with local Washingtonians. The governors of six red states have joined in, sending in their… Read More »Trump’s DC crime claims and GOP governor double standards
As we scramble to fill out our yearly brackets, it’s important to keep injuries in mind. For example, did you know that 3-seed Iowa State has two injured starters? One may return in time for the first round, but the other has been ruled out… Read More »Which March Madness teams are most injured?
Perhaps forgotten amidst the breathless coverage of Elon Musk’s unilateral, unchecked gutting of the federal government is that his businesses appear to be floundering. But, Musk considers himself a businessman first and foremost. The firms he oversees — like Tesla — give him billions of… Read More »Tesla’s statistically significant post-inauguration slump
Keke Palmer made social media waves during this year’s SAG Awards when she asked everyone in the audience to take a drink if they’d ever been on Law & Order. The joke played off the trope that everyone in Hollywood has appeared as an extra… Read More »How many Oscars Nominees have appeared on Law & Order?
We’re living in unprecedented times. Since Trump’s inauguration, Elon Musk has been given carte blanche to reshape the federal government as he sees fit via the newly-established Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE). His team has set up ostensibly illegal servers at the Office of Personnel Management… Read More »Elon Musk vilifies federal workers as “unproductive”, yet he tweets nearly 100 times a day
Author’s note: This article has picked up steam among circles like the Daily Wire as proof of how “DEI is bad”. I want to be clear. I do NOT think this disaster was caused by DEI initiatives, but rather city mismanagement. Data should not be… Read More »Public Utilities Director: symptom of a problem?
This December, a local publication shockingly revealed that Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) had been missing for five months. She cast her last vote in July, and disappeared thereafter. It took five months for the public to recognize and call this out, after which her family admitted that she… Read More »Chronically Absent: Kay Granger highlights absenteeism in Congress
The 2024 Presidential Election was supposed to be a coin flip. I could write an entire article about how that doesn’t necessarily mean the actual outcome was supposed to be close, but I don’t think anyone on Kamala Harris’ team anticipated her doing so badly.… Read More »Kamala Harris did historically badly
Note: This is an rework of my 2022 article, “NFL Trades and their Fantasy Impact” This week saw some huge NFL trades. Star wide receiver Davante Adams was traded from the Raiders to the Jets, reuniting him with Aaron Rodgers. Shortly after, Amari Cooper was traded from… Read More »The fantasy impact of NFL trades
