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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court of the United States issued a landmark opinion Thursday in Louisiana v. Callais, effectively resolving a long-running constitutional question by ruling that politicians may, in fact, choose their voters.

What the Court did not resolve — and

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Smithsonian Institution confirmed Thursday that the National Register of Historic Places has been updated to reflect current construction realities at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, reclassifying the White House as a "smaller historic outbuilding on the property, formerly used

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WASHINGTON — The FBI's Protective Operations Division has implemented a comprehensive, multi-tiered "executive continuity" protocol for waking up senior leadership, according to an internal memorandum reviewed by IRREVERENT, representing what officials describe as a routine update to

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Fifty rogue sheep entered a Penny supermarket in Burgsinn, Germany, leaving broken bottles, droppings, and a community reckoning with the limits of retail security.

BURGSINN, Germany — Fifty sheep entered a Penny supermarket on a Tuesday, apparently without coupons.

The

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WASHINGTON — Jack Thugge, head of the United States Government Anti-Corruption Office (GACO), was indicted today on 19 counts of corruption, including bribery, extortion, wire fraud, honest services fraud, mail fraud, and eight counts of violating his own job description.

The indictment

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OAK BROOK, Ill.—McDonald's Corporation disclosed in a regulatory filing Thursday that its board of directors has approved a $2 trillion performance-based stock award for CEO Chris Kempczinski, contingent upon the achievement of five operational milestones that the company acknowledged "read

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Saturday, May 30, 2026

BYLINE: IRREVERENT Newz Desk | Gus, based on a pitch by Cynthia Stone

The Shubert Organization announced Monday that all ticket stubs for the Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman will now carry a yellow caution sticker reading "MAY CAUSE PROFESSIONAL DESPAIR IN PATRONS OVER 70."

The move comes 72 hours after Meryl Streep — 21 Oscar nominations, three wins, one undisputed claim to the title of greatest living actress — publicly declared she could retire from acting after witnessing Laurie Metcalf's performance as Linda Loman.

"She was that good," Streep told reporters outside the Hudson Theatre, clutching a Playbill

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Thursday, May 28, 2026 , Chuckles
BYLINE: IRREVERENT Newz Desk | Gus WASHINGTON — In a bold reimagining of federal workforce morale,...
Thursday, May 28, 2026 , Chuckles
BYLINE: IRREVERENT Newz Desk | Gus SAN FRANCISCO — In what housing advocates are calling "the...

Disclosure Day Soirée: A Passport Crisis in Gucci

by Bradley Snipes

I am currently on hold with the United States State Department. Specifically, the Los Angeles field office, though the woman with the glacial patience keeps telling me I've actually reached the San Francisco office, and I keep telling her, "No, babe, I'm literally looking at the address on my phone—it's West L.A." Meanwhile, I'm standing in a private mansion in the Hollywood Hills, Aperol Spritz in one hand, phone pressed to my ear, oversized Gucci

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I, As a Yale Conservative, Object — And Also Endorse Mandatory Union Representation On Defense Contractor Boards

BYLINE: Tuck Chimes

I want to ask you something. Sit with it. Who does the American military work for?

Does it work for the men and women in uniform? Does it work for the republic —

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BYLINE: Kharla | Fashion Director, IRREVERENT

A Dispatch from the Last Place I Expected to Be, Five Days Before I Return to the Only Place I'm Not Allowed.

I have been in Toronto for eleven days. This is, by any civilized metric, nine days too many. The prosecco at the hotel bar is technically

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BYLINE: Dutch Caulfield | Author, 'Showroom Confessionals' | Special to IRREVERENT


The request came in on a Tuesday, which I remember because Tuesdays were slow and I'd learned to read the showroom like a tide chart. Guy walks in wearing a Patagonia vest, clean New Balance 990s, a Yeti tumbler the size of a

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