Sunday Side-Eye: The Week That Tried to Upstage the Super Bowl
SUNDAY SIDE-EYE: THE WEEK THE NEWS CROSSED THE GOAL LINE… AND THEN LANDED IN THE END ZONE OF ABSURDITY It’s Super Bowl Sunday — the biggest TV event of the year and basically a national…
Year: 2026
From Ice House to Winter House: How Politics Froze the Olympics
There was a time when the Winter Olympics were about snow, speed, strength, and the thrill of watching athletes do things the human body probably shouldn’t be able to do on frozen surfaces. It was…
Epstein Files Fallout as the Clintons Testify and Scandal Fatigue Sets In
The latest release of the Epstein Files was billed as a major moment of transparency, yet what the public received was a confusing and poorly handled document dump that managed to overwhelm attention while exposing…
Bad Bunny, Shock Value, and the NFL’s Fake Promise of Unity
Commissioner Roger Goodell insists the Super Bowl halftime show will be about bringing people together. That line gets recycled every year. It never holds up. The league does not pick performers known for playing it…
Don Lemon Arrested, Celebrity Protests Heat Up, and Super Bowl 2026 Ad Hype Begins
It’s been a minute since we last did an Americanist Side Eye, and honestly, the news has been begging for it. Between Don Lemon’s arrest in Minnesota, celebrities staging protests, activists carving political messages into…
There Is No Such Thing as a Trans Woman
I’ve known about Blaire White for quite some time. And despite what the media says, Blaire White is not a woman. The latest discussion about White came up recently on TERF Radio, a weekly X…
How Minneapolis Protesters Stopped Immigration Enforcement
Minneapolis did not just lose Greg Bovino. The city showed that intimidation and chaos can shut down federal immigration enforcement. After a deadly incident involving ICE agents sparked weeks of unrest, the administration removed the…
Bree Fram’s Congressional Run Shows How Gender Ideology Demands Compliance
When Identity Becomes a Demand on Women The claim that adults should be free to live as they choose is often treated as the final word in debates over gender ideology (a made-up term). Supporters…
Remember Chris Cuomo? He’s Now Threatening People Over Vocabulary
Oh Right. That Guy. I had honestly forgotten about Chris Cuomo. Not in a dramatic way, either. More in the way you forget about a reality show contestant who got eliminated early and then pops…
Dylan Mulvaney and the All-Female Cast That Isn’t
Dylan Mulvaney will be the first man to be in an all-female cast on Broadway. Dylan Mulvaney is headed to Broadway, and the headlines want you to treat this as a miracle. Dreams fulfilled. Barriers…