The Friday Brief, July 25, 2025

Trump Is In The Epstein Files

Inside

South Park Nukes Trump
The Todd Blanche Bribe
Mike Johnson Makes It Worse
Tom Edsall and The Democratic Brand
Tulsi Gabbard’s Ploy Flops
Americans Should Assume The Worst About AI
Good News: Roy Cooper Is Running for U.S. Senate In NC

The Big Picture

Why It Matters That South Park Just Nuked Trump From Orbit

Last night’s South Park episode did what no congressional hearing, no Pulitzer-winning expose, or scathing op-ed could: it obliterated Donald Trump with the most dangerous weapon known to man: a well-placed dick joke.

And not just any joke, but a vicious, hilarious, deeply cutting parody that stripped away the fake gold leaf of Trumpism to reveal the petty, preening clown underneath.

The scene of Trump in bed with Satan in a lame seduction play leads to a frustrated Lord of the Underworld complaining, “I can’t even see anything, it's so small.”

Because let’s be clear: nothing…nothing…enrages an autocrat more than being laughed at. For Trump, nothing enrages him more than mocking his “perfect body.”