The Enablers
Political satire on the applause department, presidential cheerleaders, and corporate courtship. Bring a spine and a follow-up question.
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Don Jr.’s wedding registry: towels, toaster, Russian oligarch.
Towels. Toaster. Two after-parties paid for by a Russian oligarch. Don Jr.’s wedding registry needs an oversight aisle.
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January 6: law and order comes with a loyalty discount.
Law and order has an asterisk. The January 6 record, the presidential comeback, and a very large pardon stamp. Today’s SI translation: Selective Impunity.
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Sleepy Joe called. He wants his nickname back.
The nickname has a forwarding address. Three invented meeting scenes, a half-finished accusation, and real reporting behind the joke. Welcome to Executive Resting.
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Trump and Elon are back together. Hide the Pentagon.
The bromance has acquired a war room. Musk returns, Luckey brings the beachwear, and Hegseth gets a mirror. Same genius. Bigger toys. Real sources behind the cartoon.
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Trump’s applause department is hiring. Spine optional.
A Senate audience, a presidential naming offer, and an imaginary room full of people competing to be noticed. The cartoon is invented. The expectation of a spine is real.
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DOGE’s efficiency lesson: pay people to stay home, then lose the spreadsheet.
An efficiency certificate is easier to produce than an audited result. The real GAO report raises a $6.7 billion question; our fictional shredder handles the paperwork.