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Tom Ley

Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits at the defendant's table inside the courthouse as the jury is scheduled to continue deliberations for his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. Judge Juan Merchan gave the jury instructions, and deliberations are entering their second day. The former president faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial.

Defector Up All Night

Justice Delivered To Notable Yankees Fan

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Tom Scocca

U.S. Senator JD Vance takes pictures as Former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Manhattan criminal court, Monday, May 13, 2024, in New York.

Margin Of Error

Dress For The Job You Want

A Palestinian checks a damaged vehicle after Israeli strikes in central Gaza Strip city of Deir el-Balah, on April 2, 2024.

Voting For Gaza

The rostrum of the U.S. House of Representatives, with the entire chamber empty.

My Fellow Americans

In this photograph a group of townsfolk descend on a disciple after it was discovered that the ritual he participated in left a person dead during an Epoch Event in Toronto on August 6, 2011

Fantasy Convention

CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO - FEBRUARY 06: Migrants cross the border to USA through Gate 36 and to be received by elements of the Border Patrol and the Texas National Guard for the processing of their request to migrate, captured from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on February 06, 2024.

The Crisis Keeps Migrating

A male blue jay, perched on a branch with green foliage in the fore- and background.

The Omens Are Bad

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Chris Thompson

Signage during the LIV Golf Invitational -Miami at Trump National Doral Miami on October 20, 2023 in Doral, Florida.

Golf

39,000 Steps At A LIV Golf Party In Trumpland

David Roth

Donald Trump hooting at supporters outside Mar-A-Lago in Florida in April of 2023.

Politics

So It’s A Crime Now To Have Boxes Full Of Cool Folders With Various Words Printed On Them?

The United States Supreme Court building seen from a distance, through a window, from inside a darkened room.

The Art Of American Conservatism

Former President Donald Trump arrives for his arraignment at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 4, 2023.

It Only Seems Unprecedented

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Drew Magary

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: Cherry blossoms near peak bloom around the Tidal Basin on March 20, 2023 in Washington, DC.

Funbag

A Half-Assed But Useful Guide To Visiting Washington, D.C.

Albert Burneko

Bring Forth The Arrest

Justin Ellis

In this photo illustration, pages are viewed from the government’s released version of the F.B.I. search warrant affidavit for former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on August 27, 2022 in California. The 32-page affidavit was heavily redacted for the protection of witnesses and law enforcement and to ensure the ‘integrity of the ongoing investigation’.

This Is So Stupid

Enough With The Fucking Secret Memos Already

Ashley Feinberg

Trump Vs. DeSantis: Who Ya Got?!

“Major Announcement” From Donald Trump Turns Out To Be NFTs Of His Head Photoshopped Onto A Skinny Man In A Tuxedo


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Diana Moskovitz

Empty voting booths are seen during Primary Election Day at PS 10 on August 23, 2022 in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn borough in New York City.

Oh Great, Now Conspiracy Theorists Are Abusing FOIA Laws

Former President Donald Trump's follow-through on a drive during a LIV Golf pro-am event at his golf club in Bedminster, NJ. He looks boiled.

America’s Id Will Defend Itself At All Costs

Mar-a-Lago, photographed from across the road

Of Course The Safe Was Empty

A Perplexing Afternoon At The Saudi-Funded Golf Tournament In Trump’s Backyard

Donald Trump walks very normally towards a helicopter at Trump National Golf Club in November of 2020.

Former President Of The United States: “It Went CLANK Into The Hole”

Everybody Got What They Came For

Ray Ratto

Life's Rich Pageant

The USFL Is Back, Because No Bad Idea Ever Dies

Medina Spirit leads down the stretch at the 147th Kentucky Derby.

Horse Racing

Florida Blogger: Even The Horses Are Junkies Now That Trump Is Not President Anymore

Donald Trump yelling something while posing for a photo with some Little League kids, in 2020.