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Trump’s fans forgive him everything. Why not Epstein?

Trump’s fans forgive him everything. Why not Epstein?

Having nurtured conspiracy theories for his entire political career, Trump suddenly seems in danger of being consumed by one.

16.07.2025 3

WA Today

Michelle Goldberg

Trump’s fans forgive him everything. Why not Epstein?

Trump’s fans forgive him everything. Why not Epstein?

Having nurtured conspiracy theories for his entire political career, Trump suddenly seems in danger of being consumed by one.

16.07.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michelle Goldberg

Trump’s fans forgive him everything. Why not Epstein?

Trump’s fans forgive him everything. Why not Epstein?

Having nurtured conspiracy theories for his entire political career, Trump suddenly seems in danger of being consumed by one.

16.07.2025 6

The Age

Michelle Goldberg

Trump’s fans forgive him everything. Why not Epstein?

Trump’s fans forgive him everything. Why not Epstein?

Having nurtured conspiracy theories for his entire political career, Trump suddenly seems in danger of being consumed by one.

16.07.2025 3

Brisbane Times

Michelle Goldberg

At Glastonbury, left-wing politics are shocking again

Artists like Kneecap and Bob Vylan are rediscovering the cultural power of shock, largely because of horror unfolding in the Gaza Strip and the...

02.07.2025 4

WA Today

Michelle Goldberg

At Glastonbury, left-wing politics are shocking again

Artists like Kneecap and Bob Vylan are rediscovering the cultural power of shock, largely because of horror unfolding in the Gaza Strip and the...

02.07.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michelle Goldberg

At Glastonbury, left-wing politics are shocking again

Artists like Kneecap and Bob Vylan are rediscovering the cultural power of shock, largely because of horror unfolding in the Gaza Strip and the...

02.07.2025 4

The Age

Michelle Goldberg

At Glastonbury, left-wing politics are shocking again

Artists like Kneecap and Bob Vylan are rediscovering the cultural power of shock, largely because of horror unfolding in the Gaza Strip and the...

02.07.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Michelle Goldberg

At Glastonbury, left-wing politics are shocking again

The left is rediscovering the cultural power of shock, largely due to horror over the massacres in Gaza and taboos around discussing them.

01.07.2025 4

Financial Review

Michelle Goldberg

Done with media moguls, Succession’s creator has turned his gaze to tech billionaires

The terrifying power amassed by Silicon Valley big shots who sound like stoned Bond villains is enough to scare anyone. In Mountainhead, we meet them...

27.05.2025 6

WA Today

Michelle Goldberg

Done with media moguls, Succession’s creator has turned his gaze to tech billionaires

The terrifying power amassed by Silicon Valley big shots who sound like stoned Bond villains is enough to scare anyone. In Mountainhead, we meet them...

27.05.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michelle Goldberg

Done with media moguls, Succession’s creator has turned his gaze to tech billionaires

The terrifying power amassed by Silicon Valley big shots who sound like stoned Bond villains is enough to scare anyone. In Mountainhead, we meet them...

27.05.2025 4

The Age

Michelle Goldberg

Done with media moguls, Succession’s creator has turned his gaze to tech billionaires

The terrifying power amassed by Silicon Valley big shots who sound like stoned Bond villains is enough to scare anyone. In Mountainhead, we meet them...

27.05.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Michelle Goldberg

There is a solution to Donald Trump’s baby problem - he should resign

There is a problem of declining birthrates across many wealthy countries, but the nations where it has collapsed have one thing in common.

23.04.2025 4

WA Today

Michelle Goldberg

There is a solution to Donald Trump’s baby problem - he should resign

There is a problem of declining birthrates across many wealthy countries, but the nations where it has collapsed have one thing in common.

23.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michelle Goldberg

There is a solution to Donald Trump’s baby problem - he should resign

There is a problem of declining birthrates across many wealthy countries, but the nations where it has collapsed have one thing in common.

23.04.2025 9

The Age

Michelle Goldberg

There is a solution to Donald Trump’s baby problem - he should resign

There is a problem of declining birthrates across many wealthy countries, but the nations where it has collapsed have one thing in common.

23.04.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Michelle Goldberg

Why did so many people delude themselves about Trump?

Wall Street mistook skill for intelligence. Now we are all suffering.

08.04.2025 4

WA Today

Michelle Goldberg

Why did so many people delude themselves about Trump?

Wall Street mistook skill for intelligence. Now we are all suffering.

08.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michelle Goldberg

Why did so many people delude themselves about Trump?

Wall Street mistook skill for intelligence. Now we are all suffering.

08.04.2025 7

The Age

Michelle Goldberg

Why did so many people delude themselves about Trump?

Wall Street mistook skill for intelligence. Now we are all suffering.

08.04.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Michelle Goldberg

Why did so many finance types delude themselves about Trump?

The surprising thing isn’t the outliers who saw the Trump tariff crisis coming, but that so many on Wall Street didn’t.

08.04.2025 4

Financial Review

Michelle Goldberg

How ‘Trump derangement syndrome’ led Americans back for another round

In the four years Trump was out of office, an eerie amnesia settled, allowing people to project onto him hopes that were utterly untethered from...

09.03.2025 10

WA Today

Michelle Goldberg

How ‘Trump derangement syndrome’ led Americans back for another round

In the four years Trump was out of office, an eerie amnesia settled, allowing people to project onto him hopes that were utterly untethered from...

09.03.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michelle Goldberg

How ‘Trump derangement syndrome’ led Americans back for another round

In the four years Trump was out of office, an eerie amnesia settled, allowing people to project onto him hopes that were utterly untethered from...

09.03.2025 10

The Age

Michelle Goldberg

How ‘Trump derangement syndrome’ led Americans back for another round

In the four years Trump was out of office, an eerie amnesia settled, allowing people to project onto him hopes that were utterly untethered from...

09.03.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Michelle Goldberg

Trump wanted a jacked-up hothead in the FBI. Enter: Dan Bongino

A man who once claimed that his sole focus was “owning the libs” will now be second-in-command at the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.

26.02.2025 10

WA Today

Michelle Goldberg

Trump wanted a jacked-up hothead in the FBI. Enter: Dan Bongino

A man who once claimed that his sole focus was “owning the libs” will now be second-in-command at the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.

26.02.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michelle Goldberg

Trump wanted a jacked-up hothead in the FBI. Enter: Dan Bongino

A man who once claimed that his sole focus was “owning the libs” will now be second-in-command at the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.

26.02.2025 10

The Age

Michelle Goldberg

Trump wanted a jacked-up hothead in the FBI. Enter: Dan Bongino

A man who once claimed that his sole focus was “owning the libs” will now be second-in-command at the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.

26.02.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Michelle Goldberg

Why Elon Musk and J.D. Vance went to bat for a self-described racist

One “kid” at a time, Trump’s inner circle are leading a cultural revolution where the old world rules do not apply – especially for government...

11.02.2025 9

WA Today

Michelle Goldberg

Why Elon Musk and J.D. Vance went to bat for a self-described racist

One “kid” at a time, Trump’s inner circle are leading a cultural revolution where the old world rules do not apply – especially for government...

11.02.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michelle Goldberg

Why Elon Musk and J.D. Vance went to bat for a self-described racist

One “kid” at a time, Trump’s inner circle are leading a cultural revolution where the old world rules do not apply – especially for government...

11.02.2025 5

The Age

Michelle Goldberg

Why Elon Musk and J.D. Vance went to bat for a self-described racist

One “kid” at a time, Trump’s inner circle are leading a cultural revolution where the old world rules do not apply – especially for government...

11.02.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Michelle Goldberg

Trump is running America the way America ran Iraq

The first days of the second Trump term are reminiscent of the Coalition Provisional Authority - the administration that George W. Bush put in place...

05.02.2025 10

WA Today

Michelle Goldberg

Trump is running America the way America ran Iraq

The first days of the second Trump term are reminiscent of the Coalition Provisional Authority - the administration that George W. Bush put in place...

05.02.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michelle Goldberg

Trump is running America the way America ran Iraq

The first days of the second Trump term are reminiscent of the Coalition Provisional Authority - the administration that George W. Bush put in place...

05.02.2025 40

The Age

Michelle Goldberg

Trump is running America the way America ran Iraq

The first days of the second Trump term are reminiscent of the Coalition Provisional Authority - the administration that George W. Bush put in place...

05.02.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Michelle Goldberg

Elon Musk, the most powerful troll on Earth, targets the UK

As the world’s richest man and a member of Trump’s team, Musk has enormous influence, and his admirers in both America and Britain have taken up...

08.01.2025 5

Financial Review

Michelle Goldberg