**Title: “Trump’s Political Party: A Global Puzzle Worthy of a Meme Lord”** Alright, folks, buckle up! We’re diving headfirst into the political whirlwind that is Donald Trump, and the burning question on everyone’s minds: *Is Trump Republican or Democrat?* Yes, you read that right. In the grand theater of global politics, this question has taken…
**New Mexico’s Election Results: A Green Chile-Fueled Political Fiesta That’s Got the World Watching** Alright, folks, buckle up! The Land of Enchantment has just served up a political chili relleno that’s so spicy, it’s got the global internet buzzing. New Mexico’s election results are trending worldwide, and we’re here to dish out why this isn’t…
**Biden News: Why the World’s Glued to Their Screens** Alright, folks, let’s talk about the elephant in the room—or rather, the elephant in the Oval Office. “Biden news” has been trending globally, and it’s not just because the internet can’t resist a good meme about his ice cream obsession. There’s a lot more to it,…
**POTUS Power: Why the World Can’t Stop Talking About U.S. Presidents** Alright, folks, buckle up! We’re diving into the whirlwind of memes, debates, and viral moments that have made “US Presidents” a global trending topic. From the Oval Office to your timeline, these leaders have become internet sensations, cultural icons, and sometimes, even meme royalty….
Illinois: The Prairie State as Global Metaphor, or How a Flat Rectangle Explains the 21st Century From the vantage point of a café in Istanbul where the lira is having another existential crisis, Illinois looks less like a Midwestern patch of corn and more like a darkly comic case study in late-capitalist resilience. Once the…
Midshipman Mikie Sherrill’s four-year slog at Annapolis is already being filed under “quaint historical footnote” in most of the world’s capitals, yet the ripple effects of one well-connected American choosing to play sailor-school continue to lap against foreign shores with surprising persistence. From Brussels to Beijing, officials who spend their days calculating missile arcs and…
LONDON – Somewhere between an espresso and a stiff gin, the news reached Fleet Street: James Comey, the 6-foot-8-inch Boy Scout who once ran the world’s most glamorous police force, has been indicted. The charge sheet, reportedly thicker than the average Brexit impact assessment, alleges he fibbed to Congress, leaked like a post-war British pipe,…
Jack Ciattarelli: A Garden-Variety Governor Who Never Was, Viewed from the Cheap Seats of the World By Our Correspondent Somewhere Over the Atlantic PARIS—Somewhere between the espresso bar at Charles de Gaulle and the duty-free shop selling cigarettes named after emotions, one might pause to ask: why, in a year when the Arctic caught fire…
Durham, North Carolina – In the grand, slow-motion car-crash we politely call “global politics,” it is often the quiet governors of mid-sized U.S. states who remind the rest of the planet how truly provincial the world’s super-power can be. Enter Roy Cooper: a man whose name sounds like an Oxfordshire estate agent but who, since…
Nashville, Tennessee – To the average Berlin bureaucrat or Singaporean supply-chain analyst, Tennessee State University sounds like a minor footnote on the U.S. map, a place where the marching band plays “Rocky Top” and nobody questions why the local whiskey is older than the freshmen. But zoom out and the institution becomes a canary in…
The 25th Amendment: America’s Impeachment-Adjacent Happy Meal By Pascal “Pax” Marais – Senior Cynic-at-Large, Dave’s Locker PARIS — While the rest of the planet wakes up to the comforting smell of diesel and existential dread, Washington occasionally flirts with the 25th Amendment, that constitutional escape hatch designed for when the guy with the nuclear codes…
Mark Kelly and the Terrifying Luxury of Orbital Perspective Dave’s Locker – International Bureau The first thing you notice when interviewing people who have left Earth is that they all return with the same smug serenity of someone who’s found the cheat-code to existence. Astronaut-cum-senator Mark Kelly is no exception. While the rest of us…
