Roll up, roll up! The Trump inauguration may be the least great show on Earth | Emma Brockes
IDuring the strangely turbulent era of George W. Bush's presidency, there was what people arrogantly liked to call “cultural opposition.” It consists of figures in popular culture rebelling against Bush, and one might imagine their spiritual successors 20 years later bracing themselves for a comparable task. The first official opportunity will come next week with […]
Digested week: Trump-voting trad wives and the fabulously monstrous Martha Stewart | Emma Brockes
Monday Looking back on Monday, the world seemed like a quaint place, but by the end of the week it had turned dark. In the first 48 hours, Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Tuesday night, after serving as the 45th president (setting the precedent for Grover Cleveland to […]
JD Vance is trying hard not to be weird – and it’s making him seem more menacing still | Emma Brockes
TWatching J.D. Vance's exchange with Tim Walz during Tuesday night's vice presidential debate, what struck me most strongly, and at times darkly comically, was that Vance's top priorities were: The idea was to show America how extravagant and not eccentric he was. There's nothing to see here! He's just a guy with a gentle expression, […]
Army vet, football coach, big dad energy: Tim Walz is ticking all the boxes | Emma Brockes
TTim Walz had a lot of advantages to advance him as the Democratic vice presidential nominee. A former teacher, former football coach and Nebraska native with a history of flipping Republican congressional seats, Waltz looks like the kind of guy who would tow a car into a ditch, even if it had a Donald Trump […]