On Tuesday, Donald Trump stood in front of more than 800 generals and admirals in the U.S. military and informed them of their new enemy: their fellow Americans. “Our history is filled with military heroes who took on all enemies — foreign and domestic,” Trump said. “You know that phrase …
Read More »'Hostage Taking': Trump Is Hurting Americans to Force Dems to Cave on Shutdown
In 2011, on the eve of a potential government shutdown under former President Barack Obama, Donald Trump — then a famed reality TV host and tabloid staple — told The Today Show that a government shutdown amounted to a “tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States.” Now, …
Read More »Supreme Court Ethics Issues Trace to John Roberts' 'Original Sin,' New Book Alleges
When he was pitching himself to George W. Bush for a seat on the highest court in the land, John Roberts famously declared that judges should be like “umpires,” making calls but never stepping up to the plate for either team. Bush liked the line so much he didn’t just …
Read More »Jen Psaki on Kimmel, Kamala, and Trump's 'Incredibly Fragile Ego'
Few Americans have as comprehensive of a perspective on politics and media as Jen Psaki, the former White House press secretary under Joe Biden who is now the host of the The Briefing with Jen Psaki on MSNBC, as well as The Blueprint, a podcast focused on the rebuild of …
Read More »Dem Says Mike Johnson Is Delaying Her Swearing-In to Prevent Epstein Vote
Adelita Grijalva made history last week, becoming the first Latina woman elected to represent Arizona in the U.S. House of Representatives. She won a special election for the seat previously occupied by her father, Democratic Rep. Raúl Grijalva, who died in March after serving over two decades in office. Despite …
Read More »Inside the Fight Against Trump's Alaskan Pipe Dream
In a xenophobic, hate-filled speech laden with lies and disinformation, President Donald Trump declared before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that climate change is “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world,” and railed against all forms of green energy. It was more than just a rant; …
Read More »Right-Wingers Melt Down Over Bad Bunny Headlining the Super Bowl Halftime Show
Bad Bunny is at the peak of his powers. The Puerto Rican artist just finished a sold-out, month-long residency at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan, and on Sunday DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS became the first album of 2025 to surpass 7 billion streams on Spotify. The NFL …
Read More »I Was Held Prisoner by the New Syrian President. What I Learned Still Haunts Me
Last December, the former al Qaeda leader, Ahmed al-Shara, made history as he led a loose coalition of rebels into downtown Damascus. The Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad, promptly fled in a helicopter. In January, al-Shara appointed himself the country’s new president. Lately, he’s been having earnest sit downs with David …
Read More »Eric Adams Drops Out of New York City Mayoral Race
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, whose re-election campaign slogan promised “Always Delivers. Never quits,” announced he was ending his run Sunday with only five weeks left until election day. “Despite all we’ve achieved, I cannot continue my re-election campaign,” Adams said in an eight-minute video posted to X, formerly …
Read More »What Is the 'Med Bed' Conspiracy Theory Trump Promoted?
Donald Trump posted a clip promoting new “med bed” hospitals. These hospitals, an apparently AI version of Trump promised in the video, would be “equipped with the most advanced technology in the world.” The video, which the president shared Saturday night on Truth Social, has since been deleted from his …
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