Chicago Caught In The Trump Administration's Crosshairs
The Trump administration is preparing a major Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Chicago, and it may come as soon as this week. The details have been few and far between, but it would li...
2 Sep 202520min
Introducing Shadow Kingdom: Coal Survivor
The What A Day team is off. But we’re excited to bring you the first episode of Season 2 of Crooked’s award-winning limited series, Shadow Kingdom: Coal Survivor.On New Year’s Eve 1969, Jock Yablonski...
1 Sep 202542min
Cash Bail Keeps People In Jail
This week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at ending cash bail in Washington D.C. and other jurisdictions around the country. He summarized the largely successful criminal justi...
29 Aug 202524min
Why Conservatism Is Dead In The Trump Era
President Donald Trump’s administration is full of sycophants. That was made quite apparent this week (if it wasn't already) during a three-hour-long televised Cabinet meeting. The lengthy meeting all...
28 Aug 202520min
Three Signs Of The Trumpification Of The Economy
In the federal government’s latest excursion into the private sector, the US announced last week that it took a 10% stake in Intel. The move comes after the Defense Department became the biggest share...
27 Aug 202524min
Trump's Trolling Weakens Polling
A lot has happened so far since President Donald Trump took office for a second term, but one thing is certain- he's indisputably unpopular. According to Gallup, Trump's six-month approval rating was ...
26 Aug 202522min
What Do Liberals Actually Believe?
Third Way, a center-left think tank, released a list of words it thinks Democrats should stop using on Friday. The list included words like “intersectionality,” “body shaming,” “cisgender,” and “LGBTQ...
25 Aug 202523min
Why We’re In A Redistricting Race To The Bottom
On Thursday, California lawmakers passed a redistricting plan aimed at winning Democrats up to five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 elections. It was the latest escalation in a gerrymandering battle...
22 Aug 202523min
