Archive - Backbencher

A Gigantic Trump Bribery Scandal Just Dropped

Does anybody care?

Sep 17 •

I Agree With Robert Kennedy, Jr., About Something

This won't take long.

Sep 16 •

OK, Maybe Life Doesn't Stink

Meet a hero of the resistance against Donald Trump inside the reddest state there is.

Sep 15 •

I profit from informing the world about evils being done. But there are days even I can't take it.

Sep 14 •

Did Weak Gun Laws Kill Charlie Kirk?

Utah turns out to be paradise for anybody who wants to carry a gun around a college campus.

Sep 11 •

Why Scott Bessent Told Bill Pulte "I'm Gonna Punch You In Your Fucking Face"

It turns out to be all about ... mortgage securitization.

Sep 10 •

Donald Trump Is Shrinking the Economy

The unemployment rate is eerily low considering how few jobs have been created since May. Here's why.

Sep 8 •

Fulsomeness' First Finale

With apologies to Stevie Wonder: A very different Stephen sucks up to Trump at his nomination hearing for Fed governor.

Sep 4 •

The Emergency Emergency

During Trump's first term he declared 13 emergencies. In only the first seven months of his second he's declared 10.

Sep 3 •

An Adult Grimm's Fairy Tale For Labor Day

Who's getting jerked around now?

Sep 1 •

August 2025

Intel and the Fed

A double feature.

Aug 26 •

"Abundance," Urban Renewal, and Trump's Assault on DEI

It's complicated!

Aug 25 •

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