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Brian Karem

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Brian Karem is the former senior White House correspondent for Playboy. He has covered every presidential administration since Ronald Reagan, sued Donald Trump three times successfully to keep his press pass, spent time in jail to protect a confidential source, covered wars in the Middle East and is the author of seven books. His latest is "Free the Press."

President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi, announces his takeover of Washington, D.C. on Aug. 11, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s “Animal House” is floundering

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President Donald Trump jokes with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office on Nov. 18, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s piggish, savage behavior hits new low

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Quit “sane-washing” Donald Trump

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Karoline Leavitt takes questions at the White House on Nov. 4, 2025. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump administration tightens its grip on White House press corps

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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the annual Halloween at the White House event on Oct. 30, 2025. ( Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The horror of Donald Trump’s America

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 28, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump and Leavitt watch with glee as the press is crumbling

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President Donald Trump holds a press availability on Oct. 15, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump aims for one-party rule — and puts despotism at our doorstep

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President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Oct. 9, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

How far will Donald Trump go to sell a lie?

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President Donald Trump departs the White House on Sept. 30, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

I’ve covered Trump for years — and I’ve never seen him this scared

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President Donald Trump at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Diplomacy by insult: Donald Trump is “really good at this stuff”

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President Donald Trump walks to Air Force One at Morristown Airport on Sept. 14, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images))

All Donald Trump requires is total fealty — and no opposition

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(Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

Trump’s stain on America may be permanent

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President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on Aug. 22, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Even the most loyal MAGA insiders are doubting Trump

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Donald Trump speaks during a three-hour, 17-minute Cabinet meeting, Aug. 26, 2025. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

As America implodes, Trump can do anything he wants

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President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, for a summit meeting on Russia's war on Ukraine. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Meeting Vlad in Alaska? Anything to stop talking about Epstein

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President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi, announces his takeover of Washington, D.C. on Aug. 11, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s “American Hell” is everywhere

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President Donald Trump boarding Air Force One (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Thanks to Trump, you’ll find America in our rearview mirror

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President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media at the White House on July 29, 2025. (Fatih Aktas /Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump, unraveling, digs himself in deeper with Epstein

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U.S. President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on February 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump’s superpower is no longer working

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President Donald Trump departs the White House on July 11, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Haunted by Epstein, Trump spirals further out of control

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Search and rescue personnel continue to look for missing people along the Guadalupe River in the Texas Hill Country. (Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Texas floods show that Trump’s America is a cold, hard place

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President Donald Trump tours a migrant detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" in Ochopee, Florida on July 1, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Even insiders are questioning Trump’s health

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President Donald Trump arrives at the NATO Heads of State and Government summit in The Hague, on June 25, 2025. (NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)

Nobody puts “Daddy” in a corner

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The end of America (Getty Images/Davide Zanin)

We’ve become a failed nation-state in 150 days

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