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For POLITICO Magazine, I wrote about Pastor Doug Wilson, whose vision of a conservative Christian theocracy is finding a receptive audience in Trump's Washington.

New "Hunt for Tom Clancy" dispatch

There may be no stronger tool for romanticizing America’s war machine than military war museums. Often projects for the ultra-wealthy, these museums have little government oversight and have resulted in gruesome injury, even death. motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

In the name of soft power, the US sells old military equipment and lets rich people use death machines as toys. Also:

“These are not toys, they are weapons. And yet there’s no accountability.” Jasper Craven takes us inside the curious, and dangerous, world of US military museums. motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

#Spotted at the Army Parade: an empty box that reads “Kissinger”

My long and combative dispatch from the American gulag archipelago, featuring the KKK, Hurricane Katrina, Hillary Clinton, Jesse Jackson, Ice Cube, and a very angry newspaper editor, where everyone knew to say nothing. slate.com/business/2025/…

Here's my gonzo dispatch from Trump's military parade, with prime-time snaps from Brian Karlsson. For The Baffler: thebaffler.com/latest/happy-b…

Last weekend, President Trump (79) threw a big birthday party for himself—oh yeah, and the U.S. Army (250). Jasper Craven took notes; Brian Karlsson took photos. thebaffler.com/latest/happy-b…

Every word of this dispatch from the military parade by Jasper Craven goes down like candy thebaffler.com/latest/happy-b…

“Inside the perimeter was a festival featuring tents and booths run by Army units and weapons contractors. They had a captive audience to shill lethality and, hopefully, find new recruits.” thebaffler.com/latest/happy-b…

I came back with a long piece about failure, a giant landfill, American empire, ecoterrorism, the military, Biden, George W Bush, George W Trump, civilian casualties, and the killing fields of the American roadway. And cool solid guy named Joe. slate.com/business/2025/…

Trump’s big military parade—which featured 7,000 soldiers, plus dozens of choppers, planes, tanks, and horses—was estimated to cost some $45 million. We sent Jasper Craven and Brian Karlsson to document the spectacle. thebaffler.com/latest/happy-b…

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