The Rot Is Everywhere: From Trump’s Body to America’s Airwaves

As the president decays in public, Epstein files vanish, coups get U.S. cover, and late-night satire is axed, welcome to the kleptocracy, now with fewer jokes.

Good morning from the swirling vortex of political rot, authoritarian overreach, and corporate decay brought to you by a nation so broken we can’t even keep our satirists employed. Personally, I’ve been crawling through summer with a rotating plague of flu and colds, two doctor’s visits, one emergency room detour, and a weight loss regimen I wouldn’t re…