Controversial Cuban-American illustrator—and Los Angeles magazine contributor—Edel Rodriguez created an image this weekend that’s quickly catching fire on social media. Rodriguez says he felt inspired to share the stark visual of Trump golfing over a prostrate immigrant girl when he saw footage of lawyers for Trump’s Department of Justice testifying before the Ninth Circuit last […]
Trump derails $929M in funding for the bullet train, jeopardizing construction
Gavin Newsom, Donald Trump and a rendering of the train The California high-speed rail project may have already fallen off the tracks. Following up on threats from March, the Trump administration has canceled a $929 million grant for construction of California’s bullet train in the Central Valley, and it is considering taking back other funds […]
Zell on Trump: The president’s tax documents showing massive losses “don’t tell much of a picture”
Donald Trump and Sam Zell (Credit: Getty Images) Billionaire developer Sam Zell, no stranger to controversy himself, sees nothing wrong with President Donald Trump’s tax returns, which according to a New York Times report showing when Trump’s businesses foundered, he paid almost no income tax for a decade. Zell said the documents “don’t tell much […]
Trump posted more than $1B in losses from 1985 to 1994: report
Donald Trump in 1987 (Credit: Getty Images) In the decade following 1985, President Donald Trump reported losses of more than $1 billion to the Internal Revenue Service, generated in part by investments in real estate and an airline shuttle, according to the New York Times. Citing tax documents, the Times’ investigation details how Trump’s personal […]
The Time I Wore a MAGA Hat to Lunch at Café Gratitude
I would not do well in an honor culture. As much as I love my mother, if a Hatfield and a McCoy mocked her in front of me, I’d respond, “She’s also a little self-involved.” So I don’t like that politics have become so tribal. More than 42 percent of people in each party think […]
Trump Org files lawsuit to block subpoena of financial statements
President Donald Trump and Elijah Cummings (Credit: Getty Images) Facing a subpoena from the House Oversight Committee, the Trump Organization is fighting back. In a lawsuit filed on Monday against Democratic committee chairman Elijah Cummings and the accounting firm Mazars USA LLP, the Trump Organization is seeking a court order to block the subpoena of […]