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The American Postal Workers Union swung back at President Donald Trump this week with a new national television advertisement blasting his attacks on mail-in voting and describing why it's so important to Americans, The Hill reported. In the spot, "America Needs Vote by Mail," the campaign features everyday Americans — a flight attendant, college...
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White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett faced mockery after suggesting Americans "imagine" lower fuel prices during a CNBC interview on Tuesday. Hassett acknowledged energy costs have risen since the Iran war began, but expressed confidence the situation would resolve itself, leading to price declines and near-zero inflation. He told the Federal...
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An expert on authoritarianism delivered a brutal warning shot to President Donald Trump's MAGA movement during a new podcast interview on Tuesday. Princeton University professor Kim Scheppele, an expert on Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán's regime, discussed what Orbán's election loss on Sunday means for Trump and the MAGA movement during a new...
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Mega-podcaster Joe Rogan tore into President Donald Trump's excuse for why he posted an AI-generated image of himself dressed as Jesus Christ and healing the sick.Trump, when called out on it by even many of his own fervent supporters, deleted the image and claimed he mistakenly thought the image was depicting him as a Red Cross doctor, despite...
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Republicans in New York were dismayed on Tuesday after a Trump administration official called it quits in a race to unseat a Democratic-held seat in Long Island, according to a new report. The New York Times reported that Anthony D'Esposito, President Donald Trump's inspector general in the Department of Labor, decided not to run against Rep....
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President Donald Trump thinks diet sodas are good for him, and that they prevent cancer, Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz told Donald Trump Jr. on his "Triggered" podcast."Bobby [Kennedy] and I usually run the meetings together," said Oz in a clip shared to X by TMZ. "So [Trump will] first start off with, you know, candy bars, that...
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WASHINGTON — A Democratic pastor in the Senate sounded off on his Republican colleagues on Tuesday for trying to give President Donald Trump cover for his "telling" social media post. Last week, Trump posted and then deleted an artificial intelligence-generated photo of himself appearing as Jesus healing a sick man lying in bed. It also includes...
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Once aspiring presidential nominee Ron DeSantis, is attempting a political reboot through a food show called "Diners, Drive-Ins & DeSantis." According to Slate's Luke Winkie, the Florida governor is spending his final months in office touring local restaurants across the state and uploading 9 episodes to X. The series mirrors Guy Fieri's format,...
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The Justice Department on Tuesday opted to vacate the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys leaders involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the Capitol, according to reports. Members of the far-right group Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, and Dominic Pezzola were all convicted of crimes related to leading hundreds of their...
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A prominent builder in South Texas has turned on President Donald Trump, saying his immigration policies have devastated the construction industry.According to Texas Monthly, "Mario Guerrero, a 33-year-old home builder and executive director of the South Texas Builders Association, never thought he'd be in the national spotlight. But when ICE raids...
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A millionaire MAGA lawmaker had a surprising statement on President Donald Trump's Iran war that left people stunned on Tuesday. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) argued during a live interview on Newsmax that Americans should make do with the rising gas prices and compared the military conflict with Iran to how the United States defeated the Nazis during...
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Lindell TV host Cara Castronuova pressed for President Donald Trump to name former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani as his next attorney general.During a Tuesday interview with Giuliani, Castronuova reviewed the requirements for a MAGA attorney general."There's a lot of things, a lot of Trump supporters and people that voted for the president are...
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The International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday that the US-Israeli war on Iran could slow global economic growth, stoke inflation, and increase the possibility of a worldwide recession and energy crisis.The illegal war of choice on Iran being waged by US President Donald Trump and the government of fugitive Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
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President Donald Trump's recent slights against Catholics seem to be taking their toll on his support, MS NOW's Erielle Reshef said on Tuesday — and it's just part and parcel of a broader collapse of his coalition.Reshef opened with a clip of a Catholic voter telling a reporter Trump's recent behavior is "Blasphemy. Just straight-up blasphemy....
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Georgia state Rep. Kasey Carpenter is facing criticism after a blackface photo circulated on social media showing him at a Chattanooga costume party approximately 12 years ago. Carpenter claimed he dressed as Kanye West alongside his wife, who dressed as Kim Kardashian. He called the incident a mistake while denying racist intent, stating his...
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Confederate groups in Virginia lost their tax breaks in a new law signed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger this week in a move that has frustrated the organizations, according to The New York Times.Democrats in Virginia have tried for years to push away from the state's Confederate past, which has been known as the capital of the 11 slaveholding Southern...
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Wisconsin Republicans suffered yet another blow to their prospects of hanging onto their majorities in the state legislature on Tuesday."More retirement news: Sen. Jesse James announces he won't seek reelection, dealing a blow to Republicans' chances of holding the state Senate," reported WisPolitics' J.R. Ross. "The GOP will now be without an...
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A prominent Atlantic writer is sounding the alarm about President Donald Trump's mental state after the president spent a weekend attacking the pope, posting an AI image of himself as Jesus Christ, and rage-posting on Truth Social until nearly dawn.Tom Nichols, a professor emeritus of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College and...
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Nobel laureate and economist Paul Krugman described on Tuesday how President Donald Trump's move to pursue the Iran war at the expense of Americans who now face rising oil prices has made China the real winner.Krugman wrote in his Substack that Trump's decision could put potential oil and gas shortages on the horizon that ultimately benefit Chinese...
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Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) officially announced his resignation from Congress after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct."I am deeply sorry to my family, staff, and constituents for mistakes in judgment I've made in my past. I will fight the serious, false allegation made against me, however, I must take responsibility and ownership for...
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President Donald Trump's Iran struggle revealed that the world no longer fears American threats, with traditional allies actively forming new partnerships and sidelining the U.S. as a diplomatic partner. Politico's Nahal Toosi argues Trump and his aides operate as if others are "non-player characters in a video game," believing America can use...
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Liberal commentator David Pakman criticized CNBC host Joe Kernan for losing composure during a Monday interview with Democrat Pete Buttigieg. In the David Pakman Show, the host said Kernan got "dogwalked" after Buttigieg fact-checked his economic claims. Kernan argued President Donald Trump's economy outperforms Former President Joe Biden's due to...
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The internet mocked President Donald Trump on Tuesday after he advocated for a surveillance tool and bill that he claimed he "was a victim of."Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social platform, citing that the military was concerned over the legislation — Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA 702 — and its...
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"A free election is one where those in power have enough doubt about the outcome to make it worth rigging.” — Sen. Eugene McCarthy.There was a time, not long ago, when most politicians did all they could to ensure the public was kept blind to immoral, illegal, or questionable behavior. They closed their deals in smoke-filled rooms, collected...
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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) had a word of warning for any "older guy" who did not "leave young women alone."After Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) announced he was resigning from Congress in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations, MAGA influencer Benny Johnson asked the Wisconsin Republican to reflect on the Democrat's ouster."If you're, again, there's...
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CLEVELAND – A youth court judge who's seeking reelection in the Mississippi Delta raised money to host an autism awareness event. Then she ordered parents with cases pending before her to attend the fair or risk losing custody of their children, according to an emergency petition filed by the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services.In...
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President Donald Trump's attack on Haitians living in the U.S. could devastate the elder care system — and his adopted home state of Florida could be especially vulnerable, a legal expert warned.Per Christopher Rowland of The Washington Post, the Supreme Court is considering "a fight over the Trump administration's effort to strip 353,000 Haitian...
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President Donald Trump attacked The New York Times on Truth Social, condemning its coverage of the Iran war as "fake news." Trump claimed Iran has been "totally obliterated" militarily and accused NYT of portraying Iran as winning. NYT has published critical investigative reporting undermining administration accounts, including one determining the...
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Evangelical and Catholic leaders surrounding Donald Trump are complicit in his spiritual destruction — and they know it. Rather than intervene, they've chosen silence and applause, prioritizing access and influence over the gospel they claim to serve.That's according to longtime conservative commentator Erick Erickson, who wrote in his Substack...
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As the U.S. war against Iran continues to disrupt trade through the Strait of Hormuz, a new survey of nearly 6,000 American farmers from every state revealed that an "overwhelming majority” would be unable to purchase enough fertilizer to "get them through the year,” sparking panic and open questions about food availability.The Trump...
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Stephen Miller's aggressive immigration policy has led to disastrous outcomes and criticism, forcing him to change course, an analyst explained on Tuesday. The White House deputy chief of staff has had to develop a new strategy for the Trump administration's immigration policy, according to a new New York Times report and video featuring White...
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Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) fervently denied to reporters on Tuesday that he had any knowledge of the sexual assault and harassment allegations surrounding Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA).Gallego and Swalwell were reportedly close personal and professional friends, and Gallego had previously chaired Swalwell's run for president in 2020. This week he...
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A longtime attorney for the National Archives called out President Donald Trump's administration for its "assault on the nation's history."The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel issued an opinion this month arguing that the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional, and Gary M. Stern, a former general counsel for the National Archives...
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President Donald Trump's top economic advisor Kevin Hassett drew mockery for inviting Americans to "imagine" lower fuel prices.The president sent fuel costs soaring and shaken global markets with his war in Iran, and Hassett was asked Tuesday morning on CNBC whether the Federal Reserve should cut interest rates to curb inflation."Anyone who looks...
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Former Republican strategist Rick Wilson shared just why President Donald Trump's decision to share an image of himself posed as Jesus "raising someone who looks a lot like Jeffrey Epstein from the dead," troubles him. The co-founder of The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump organization, discussed in his Substack on Tuesday why Trump's latest move...
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The Michigan Senate Housing and Human Services Committee on Tuesday advanced a bill proposed by state Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak) that would require hotels and motels to post information with the human trafficking hotline.The committee reported the bill to the full House for a floor vote. All six of the committee's Democrats present, along...
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President Donald Trump's U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, implemented Monday at 10 a.m. EST, was breached within hours by at least four Iran-linked vessels, according to BBC tracking data published on Tuesday. Trump instructed the Navy to "seek and interdict every vessel in international waters that has paid a toll to Iran," with the...
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Dalton Republican state Rep. Kasey Carpenter is facing criticism after a photo of him dressed in blackface has been circulating on social media.The grainy photo shows Carpenter posing alongside his wife at a party with his white skin painted brown.Carpenter said the photo was taken at a Chattanooga bar about 12 years ago when he was in his 30s. He...
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell complained that his factory was forced to relocate after "a woke company bought our building."During a Tuesday interview on Steve Bannon's War Room program, Lindell revealed that he was selling merchandise out of the back of semi-trucks after being forced to move from the MyPillow factory."You're fighting them once, you're...
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TOPEKA — The Kansas Legislature's last-ditch attempt to make good on campaign promises to deliver property tax relief devolved into finger-pointing between candidates for governor and infighting among Republicans as lawmakers passed a bill that nobody seemed excited about.Republican leadership produced House Bill 2043 in the waning hours of the...
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Donald Trump has turned on Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, publicly denouncing her as "unacceptable" for defending Pope Leo XIV against the president's criticism of his unprovoked Iran war.According to Politico, Trump spoke directly with Italian daily Corriere della Sera to express his fury with Meloni's refusal to join his attack on the...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said President Donald Trump shared an image of himself as Jesus because he didn't view it as "sacrilegious."On Tuesday, Johnson told CNN's Veronica Stracqualursi that he contacted the president after he posted the sacrilegious image."Was it blasphemy?" the reporter wondered. "I talked with the president about it as...
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Friends,Speaking at a January 6 retreat for House Republicans, Trump stated, "You gotta win the midterms 'cause, if we don't win the midterms, it's just gonna be — I mean, they'll find a reason to impeach me. I'll get impeached.”This was before Trump's agents murdered Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, before the Justice Department...
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A newly released 2019 FBI interview summary contradicts First Lady Melania Trump's sudden statement denying Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to President Donald Trump. According to the FBI document, a Polish woman who worked for Epstein in the mid-2000s stated that "Epstein introduced Melania Trump to Donald Trump." Melania claimed she met Trump "by...
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Julian Crowley, the head of public affairs for the online food delivery service DoorDash, made dozens of social media posts Monday after critics accused the company of staging a pro-Trump stunt with the delivery of McDonald's food to the White House, a posting spree that MeidasTouch's co-founder Brett Meiselas described as a "crash out.”On...
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A sweeping reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service signals that the agency is planning to lean heavily on states to help manage millions of acres of federal land, foresters across the West say.State officials and timber industry leaders say they've been given scant details about the plan, which will move the agency's headquarters from Washington,...
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President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal for its reporting on a lewd birthday card the president allegedly sent Jeffrey Epstein was tossed out by a judge on Monday, who in their ruling, made a telling citation that one ex-prosecutor and legal expert said "speaks volumes.”Last year, the Journal got its hands on...
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche insisted that the Department of Justice has released all files on Jeffrey Epstein after First Lady Melania Trump made a surprise announcement calling for men who conspired with the sex offender to face consequences."The First Lady dropped a bomb at the White House," Fox News host Bill Hemmer told Blanche on...
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Attempts by Donald Trump to put out the firestorm he created by posting a meme picture of himself as Jesus on Truth Social seems to be flopping, MS NOW is reporting.On Monday the president defended the picture, which had been taken down, claiming that he was being portrayed as a doctor, but in interviews on the street, self-identified Christians...
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Onetime presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis is seemingly plotting a political reboot as he nears the end of his term as Florida governor and repositioning himself for the post-Donald Trump era, according to a new analysis.The Republican governor established himself as a MAGA favorite due to his laissez faire handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, but his...
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A three-judge composed mostly of jurists appointed by Donald Trump blocked ongoing criminal contempt hearings as U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg was considering sanctions after government attorneys violated his order to halt deportations under the Alien Enemies Act.Last year, Boasberg found there was "probable cause" to find the Trump...
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The New York Times editorial board had a message Tuesday on what it takes to defeat Trumpism — and authoritarianism — as midterms approach. The editors described how the landslide defeat of Viktor Orban by Peter Magyar in Hungary should inspire Americans hoping to see change in the United States amid President Donald Trump's tumultuous second...
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After the chaos and death that ensued during the deportation raids in Minneapolis, Stephen Miller, the architect of President Trump's mass deportation campaign, is changing course on immigration. Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs explains how the administration's strategy is shifting.
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It all just gets weirder and weirder, doesn't it boys and girls? I didn't have "Trash the Pope” and "Post a Trump-As-Jesus Meme” over Truth Social within an hour of each other on my 2026 Bingo Card, but here we are.If the president was trying his hardest to convince Christians and Catholics that he wasn't a man of faith and had just been...
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Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance just suffered a humiliating foreign policy defeat that exposes the severe limits of American influence abroad — and signals potential disaster for the GOP in the midterm elections.According to the Washington Post's Michael Birnbaum, Trump's decision to personally intervene in Hungary's election by...
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Dozens and dozens of Department of Homeland Security insiders dished out damning details about Kristi Noem's chaotic tenure as the agency's top official.The 54-year-old Noem was fired last month by President Donald Trump after she told lawmakers he had signed off on a $220 million self-promotional ad campaign and fumbled on questions about her...
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By Carrie Sampson, Assistant Professor in the Division of Educational Leadership and Innovation, Arizona State University,The Conversation, Michigan AdvanceElection races for local school boards have become hotly contested in many states as they have become forums for debates over gender-identity discussions, immigrant students and even prayer at...
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By Matthew Sussex, Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National UniversityHungary's most consequential election in decades has just delivered an important victory for democracy and accountability. For Hungarians, opposition leader Péter Magyar's emphatic defeat of Prime...
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A U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz went into effect Monday at 10 a.m. EST at the direction of President Donald Trump, but in a matter of hours, the blockade was breached without incident by at least four Iran-linked vessels, BBC reported Tuesday.On Monday, Trump said that he had instructed the U.S. Navy to "seek and interdict every...
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Well it's tax season again. Do you know where your tax dollars actually go?As federal budgeting experts, we get asked about this a lot—often, it's something people simply have no idea about.But if you've watched the Trump administration launch one war after another, flood the streets of American cities with Immigration and Custom Enforcement...
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JD Vance's less than impressive performance as vice president, combined with Donald Trump needling him in his comments to the press, led longtime Financial Times columnist Ed Luce to claim the veep's star has faded to the point where he is becoming irrelevant.And because of that, he no longer can be considered Trump's successor.In a brutally frank...
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Despite being entangled in the ongoing U.S. war against Iran, President Donald Trump is actively considering an operation to abduct another world leader, much like his administration had in January with the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, three insiders revealed to Zeteo in its report Tuesday."In recent days, according to two...
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President Donald Trump responded to a request for comment on supernatural experiences claimed by a high-ranking official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency.Gregg Phillips, the third-ranking official at FEMA, has been quietly sidelined from key operations following public reports that he claims to have teleported 50 miles to a Waffle House...
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President Donald Trump lavished praise Tuesday on Alan Dershowitz – a longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein and lawyer who helped secure Epstein's unprecedentedly lenient plea deal in 2008 for child abuse – after Dershowitz floated a plan to help Trump expunge his 2019 impeachment."Alan, one of the greats, should do it!” Trump wrote on his...
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Children younger than 13 years old are under investigation by the FBI after the agency designated an online group as an "extremist” threat, a group whose members consist of a large number of children, independent journalist Ken Klippenstein reported Tuesday.The group is known "764” and was designated by the Justice Department as a Nihilistic...
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JD Vance's decision to add to Donald Trump's attacks against Pope Leo XIV earned him a scolding on MS NOW on Tuesday morning as "Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough called him out for lecturing the Catholic leader on "morality.”Adding to the Trump administration's all-out attack on arguably the world's most powerful religious leader, Vance...
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President Donald Trump is shedding supporters as he launches bombs and threats against Iran, insults the pope and rattles markets with his policies.The 79-year-old president won re-election in 2024 with an eclectic alliance made up of MAGA diehards, crypto enthusiasts, non-white men, anti-war isolationists and right-wing Christians, but he has...
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Appearing on MS NOW to expand upon her report on the meme war between Donald Trump's White House and Iran on social media, which has become the latest tool for spreading propaganda, Politico's Dash Burns claimed White House insiders admit things are not going well on multiple fronts.Speaking with the hosts of "Morning Joe,” Burns claimed Trump...
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One of the largest stakeholders in the Trump family's crypto venture accused the company of bilking investors.Crypto billionaire Justin Sun alleged that World Liberty Financial grants company officials with unilateral authority over user accounts – including the power to freeze them – and an independent analysis found the value of his personal...
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A newly unearthed FBI document appears to directly contradict First Lady Melania Trump's surprise statement last week regarding how she met her husband, President Donald Trump, and whether Jeffrey Epstein had played a role.Last week, Mrs. Trump stunned onlookers by issuing a statement – seemingly unprompted – denying having had a relationship...
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Donald Trump's Iran struggle has exposed a fundamental truth: the world no longer fears American threats, and traditional allies are abandoning Washington to form new partnerships.According to Politico's Nahal Toosi, Trump faces a wall of resistance from longtime U.S. allies who are actively forming new alliances and sidelining America as a...
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In the current social media swamp climate that's laden with AI deep fakes and X bots pushing propaganda, there's been a fascinating reaction to the Eric Swalwell scandal, which ended one of the worst weeks in this country's history when we desperately could've used a win.We've come to expect a giant news story dump on Fridays here in the Trumpian...
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A former GOP operative said on Monday that he was in awe watching President Donald Trump get booed when he attended a UFC fight in Miami last week. Trump was booed at the event on Saturday night while his family walked behind him as they entered the area. The event occurred as reports emerged that peace talks between the U.S. and Iran were falling...
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Roberto's Taco Shop confronted a social media firestorm after TikTok creator @harrie385 exposed CEO Reynaldo Robledo's pro-Trump posts, accumulating over 76,000 views. The viral video highlighted accusations of hypocrisy, questioning how a CEO of a Mexican food chain could support Trump given immigration policy positions, as reported by SFGATE. The...
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A liberal political analyst snapped at a GOP pundit on CNN on Monday over his defense of President Donald Trump's decision to blockade the Strait of Hormuz. Last week, Trump announced a retaliatory blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway near Iran that accounts for 20% of global shipping, as a result of failed negotiations to end the U.S. and...
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Doña Ana County Judge Manuel Arrieta disqualified state Rep. Rebecca Dow's nominating petitions, ruling her submissions failed to comply with statutory language requirements allowing voters to review and challenge them. Democrat Tara Jaramillo, who challenged Dow's petitions, filed the complaint, Santa Fe New Mexico reports. Jaramillo previously...
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A bombshell new whistleblower book reveals that Trump administration officials tasked with dismantling USAID had no idea what the agency actually did, with one official admitting he assumed it only did abortions, and asked career health experts to dumb down their presentations to the level of a children's TV show.Nicholas Enrich, then-USAID's...
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A political commentator mocked a MAGA TV host for having a complete meltdown after being fact-checked on air. David Pakman, host of the liberal news commentary show, "The David Pakman Show," said in a new video that MAGA CNBC host Joe Kernan got "dogwalked" by Democrat Pete Buttigieg during an interview on Monday. Buttigieg fact-checked Kernan on a...
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Former Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene squirmed on CNN after anchor Kaitlan Collins asked her about previous comments where she compared President Donald Trump to Jesus Christ. Greene joined Collins on CNN's "The Source" on Monday, where the two discussed Trump's most recent controversial social media posts. In one post, Trump called the...
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A charter flight pilot detained by authorities in Guinea is slamming the Trump administration as "useless" as he struggles to return home, Semafor reported on Monday."The State Department has taken a low-key approach to the pilots' detention in Guinea late last year, engaging with officials in Conakry behind the scenes while saying little publicly...
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President Donald Trump's staffers are panicking behind the scenes after a disastrous few days in which the president attacked the pope and compared himself to Jesus Christ online, The Daily Beast reported on Monday."Sources in and around the White House spilled on their mood Monday to Politico's chief White House correspondent, Dasha Burns, who...
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President Donald Trump deleted a Sunday post depicting him as a Christ-like figure healing a bedridden man, but defended it Monday, claiming the image showed him as a Red Cross doctor rather than Jesus Christ. Standing outside the Oval Office beside a DoorDash driver, Trump blamed "fake news" for the interpretation. His explanation failed to...
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CNN's Anderson Cooper delivered a devastating takedown of President Donald Trump over his weekend attacks on Pope Leo XIV. On Sunday, Trump posted on Truth Social that Pope Leo is "weak" on crime and foreign policy. He also impugned the character of the Pope, accusing him of catering to the "radical left," and said he doesn't appreciate the Pope...
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Republican senators breathed a collective sigh of relief Monday after President Donald Trump deleted an AI-generated image depicting himself as Jesus Christ, but most refused to condemn his blistering social media attacks on Pope Leo XIV.Trump posted the image Sunday, showing himself in robes appearing to heal a sick man, evoking classic artistic...
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A political analyst was stunned on Monday after President Donald Trump retreated from his religious snafus over the weekend. Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday that Pope Leo XIV is "weak" on crime and foreign policy, and that Trump "doesn't want" a Pope who criticizes him or his administration's war with Iran. Trump also posted, and then...
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Vice President JD Vance said something he almost certainly didn't intend during a Monday interview on Fox News, while discussing the Trump administration's new policy counter-blockading the Strait of Hormuz to try to pressure Iran into abandoning its own blockade."What they have done is engage in this act of economic terrorism against the entire...
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Conservative podcasters Andrew Kolvet, Blake Neff, and Joshua Haymes criticized President Donald Trump for posting an image appearing to compare himself to Jesus Christ, which Trump claimed depicted him as a doctor. In the Charlie Kirk Show, Haymes expressed strong disapproval, stating the image "screamed blasphemy" and questioning whether Trump...
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Political analysts and observers dragged Vice President JD Vance on Monday after he defended President Donald Trump's attack on Pope Leo XIV over the weekend. On Sunday, Trump posted on Truth Social that Pope Leo is "weak" on crime and foreign policy. Trump added that he "doesn't want a Pope" who criticizes him or the war that the Trump...
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Gov. Katie Hobbs says she won't sign any more bills until Arizona's Republican legislative leaders reveal their budget plan.The Democratic governor paused budget negotiations three weeks ago after she said that the Republicans who control the Arizona House of Representatives and the Arizona Senate refused to negotiate on Proposition 123, a school...
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A state judge in Texas partially blocked Republicans' effort to purge diversity from a key business development program — and cited a popular educational series about government in the process.The issue stemmed from acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock making a move last year to single-handedly purge women and minorities from the Historically...
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A Georgia Republican running for Congress is facing explosive allegations that he forged a Major League Baseball star's signature to lure investors into a land deal and sent a trove of racist and antisemitic text messages.Ryan Millsap, founder of Blackhall Studios, the Atlanta-area film studio used by Marvel for projects including "Venom" and...
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A GOP strategist came unglued during a segment on CNN while discussing the recent resignation of two lawmakers accused of sexual assault. Shermichael Singleton joined CNN's Anderson Cooper on "The Lead" on Monday, where they discussed the recent resignation announcements from Reps. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) and Eric Swalwell (D-CA), both of whom have...
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In December 2020, Attorney General William Barr convened federal cybersecurity and FBI experts in a classified room to determine if President Donald Trump's Antrim County voting machine claims were credible, as reported by ProPublica. CISA specialists explained the controversy resulted from a clerk error, not fraud — a finding later confirmed by...
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Prominent racial historian Ibram X. Kendi said he is now confident enough to make a claim he once held back on — that "great replacement theory" is the driving ideological force behind President Donald Trump's second term.Kendi, the 2016 National Book Award-winning author of "Stamped From the Beginning," made the declaration in a new interview...
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President Donald Trump may have set up Vice President JD Vance to fail on his latest trip to negotiate an end to the war in Iran because Trump knows Vance is "not on board" with the operation, one analyst speculated on Monday. Brandon Weichert, host of "NatSec Talk" on Rumble, joined conservative podcaster and radio host Megyn Kelly on "The Megyn...
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