Bill Grueskin

On the ground in Oklahoma at the eleventh hour. Plus: White House tries to talk turkey; gets gobbled up by ABC News. And RFK Jr., purple-prose muse.

“It’s grim.” Plus, attempting to tar Talarico; another culture warrior goes a-griftin’; and tracking the victims of Trump's bombing campaign.

Primate prevarication in the Deep South. Plus, the immigration crackdown in Chicago, and the wonderfully wonky world of Bolts.

Some puffery at CBS News. Plus: Radley Balko reads the receipts, New York magazine thieving from the New York Times, and a “high-ranking dumb” drug bust.

The student stars of Indiana. Plus, Idaho women’s prisons, protests below the fold, and a whiz kid loses his cool.

On the “intelligence” that prompted Trump’s push into Portland. Plus: Bloomberg shows us how it’s done, and Nebraska claims some dubious drug stats.

On WaPo’s self-inflicted talent exodus. Plus: In Hawai‘i, it pays to get probed; YOLO journalism at the University of Georgia; and Trump’s bigly error-ridden lawsuit.

Plus: The Kirk coverage shows what’s broken about breaking news. And Arkansas ditches parole, but discovers… other problems.

A return to nature (writing). Plus: The Department of War mongers; a public utility hearing gets astroturfed; and CBS bends the knee (again).

Labor Day weekend dramatics. Plus: “Advising” the opposition; fear and trembling among Texas doctors.