Field StudiesSatire
Secrets of the Partisan Voter
Two subspecies, one diet of headlines, and a genetic difference that comes down to which channel stays on during dinner.
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Secrets of the Partisan Voter
It can detect a yard sign at 400 yards. It digests a headline in under a second. And it has never once read past the first paragraph.
An adult male Homo certainus defends his territory from a television that cannot hear him. Our correspondent spent eleven months behind a ficus to bring you this image. Staged illustration; no real person is depicted.
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- The Great Midterm Migration Coming soon
This Week in the Field
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EmbarrassSatire
The Race to Save Congress’s Approval Rating
Fewer than 20 individuals remain in the wild. A captive-breeding program in a strip mall is their last hope.
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Secrets of the Filibuster
How a single senator can survive for days on talking alone.
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ExploitComing soon
The Last Undecided Voter
Both parties spent billions trying to capture one. We found him at a diner.
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SpoofComing soon
One Crowd, Three Headlines
The same photo, cropped three ways, means three opposite things.
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FlashblackComing soon
Founding Fathers Invent the Group Chat
An archival engraving, captioned with total confidence and zero accuracy.
This Month’s Issue
November 2026 · Special Issue: The Great MigrationSatire
- Cover story · Field StudiesSecrets of the Partisan Voter
- EmbarrassThe Race to Save Congress’s Approval Rating
- Exploit · Coming soonThe Last Undecided Voter
- Field Studies · Coming soonHow to Train Your Base
Field Guide of the Week
Clip and keep. Or don’t; you won’t read it.
Field guideSatire
The Partisan Voter
- Species
- Homo certainus
- Habitat
- Comment sections, Thanksgiving tables, the left lane
- Diet
- Headlines. Does not consume articles past the first paragraph.
- Call
- A loud “Do your own research!”, repeated at dawn
- Status
- Thriving, regrettably
Atlas of Grievance
Full map coming soon.
Departments
Our sections, and what lives in each.
Field Studies
Long deadpan expeditions into the habitats of American politics.
Secrets of the Partisan Voter
Embarrass
This month’s news essays, each with a solemn, unhinged take.
The Race to Save Congress’s Approval Rating
Exploit
The wonders of human gullibility, one specimen at a time.
Coming soon The Last Undecided Voter
Spoof
One photo, cropped three ways to mean three opposite things.
Coming soon One Crowd, Three Headlines
Atlas of Grievance
One map per issue: where Americans are most sure they are right.
Coming soon The Pull-Out Echo Chamber Map
Through the Spin
The backstory of one viral image and how it was misread.
Coming soon Anatomy of a Screenshot
Flashblack
An archival photo with a wildly confident wrong caption.