Paul Stein

Olivia Rodrigo tells British Vogue that she’s a “long way from” marriage: “What am I, a child bride? I hope that young girls know that life is full of so much joy that is unrelated to husband or kids.”

“We are manufacturing a whole new generation of terrorists in the Middle East,” former U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel tells me, saying the Trump administration's conduct of its war in Iran appears to him unprecedented.

I prosecuted the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, and then Donald Trump himself. One week after he took office again, he fired me. Now I’m running for Congress to defend our democracy and restore the rule of law.

January 2026 National Center for Health Statistics report: U.S. life expectancy hits an all-time high. (3.3 years longer than when NAFTA took effect) New York Times:

Alysa Liu without makeup. Makeup should be criminalized.

WaPo: JD Vance has maintained in recent private conversations that he hasn’t yet decided whether he will seek the presidential nomination for 2028. One of those people cited Vance’s fourth child, due this summer, and said the vice president has put a priority on his family life and is unlikely to make a final decision until he and Usha Vance see how another baby affects their lives.

Even if the Iranian regime survives the war it will be a shadow of its former self, weak and isolated. Good analysis here 👇

WaPo: JD Vance has maintained in recent private conversations that he hasn’t yet decided whether he will seek the presidential nomination for 2028. One of those people cited Vance’s fourth child, due this summer, and said the vice president has put a priority on his family life and is unlikely to make a final decision until he and Usha Vance see how another baby affects their lives.

I almost want them to run so that there can be indisputable proof of what people really think of them

This is the most troublesome sign I've seen for Trump & the GOP. Trump's now a record low 41 pts underwater on the cost of living per Yahoo/YouGov. He's 60 pts underwater on the issue with indies!! Wave adios to the House & maybe Senate cause you can't win with these numbers.

There are many embarrassing Senators, but none are more pathetic than Elizabeth Warren and Ted Cruz. They're both highly intelligent and well-educated, and started out as very wonky politicians with serious ideas. They *chose* to become moronic populist demagogues.

“We are manufacturing a whole new generation of terrorists in the Middle East,” former U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel tells me, saying the Trump administration's conduct of its war in Iran appears to him unprecedented.