Republican Rep. Mike Flood appeared before his constituents today in Nebraska for a town hall that turned ugly as he tried to defend President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” the reconciliation package the House of Representatives passed last week, and which is expected to force millions of Americans off their …
Read More »'Disappointed' Musk Slams Trump's Not-So-Beautiful Tax Bill
After spending months lying to the American public on behalf of the Trump administration, billionaire Elon Musk is now performing distress over Republicans passing deficit-increasing tax breaks for the ultra wealthy. In an interview with CBS News at the headquarters of SpaceX, Musk said that he was “disappointed to see …
Read More »Ed. Sec. Says Harvard Needs to Be 'In Sync' With Trump's Political Goals
After instructing federal agencies to cut off all contracts with Harvard University, the Trump administration is warning the nation’s universities that their federal funding and research grants will only remain safe if the school is compliant with the political goals of the Trump administration. “Universities should continue to be able …
Read More »Trump Loses It When Asked About 'Chickening Out' on Tariffs
President Donald Trump received the “nastiest question” today — according to him at least — when a reporter asked him for his response to the so-called “TACO” (Trump Always Chickens Out) trades being made on Wall Street as a result of the president’s tariff flip-flopping. The term was coined by …
Read More »Can Dems Save Themselves by Spending $20M on 'Speaking With American Men'?
In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s morbidly authoritarian return to the White House, several members of the Democratic Party elite have been pitching plans and multimillion-dollar ideas for how to win back young male voters, many of whom spurned Democrats last fall. One of these proposals, “Speaking With American Men: …
Read More »NPR Sues Trump for Trying to Strip Its Funding
National Public Radio has sued Donald Trump over the president’s executive order to end federal funding for NPR and PBS. The lawsuit makes the same argument as several others that have been filed against Trump and his administration as they have moved to tear down the federal government, which is …
Read More »Trump Capped Memorial Day by Pardoning a Crooked Sheriff
Donald Trump announced on Monday that he pardoned a MAGA sheriff right before the sheriff was set to serve a 10-year sentence for federal bribery crimes. Former Culpeper County, Virginia, Sheriff Scott Jenkins was found guilty of giving civilians police badges in exchange for thousands of dollars, amassing more than …
Read More »Trump's Medicaid Cuts Will Gut a 'Medical Lifeline' for Millions
Sabrina Bishop, a California home care worker, and her disabled patient, Ronald Penn, traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to warn lawmakers about the impact that Donald Trump and Republicans’ tax bill, which would massively cut Medicaid, will have on Americans who rely on home health care services. “We’re really …
Read More »Trump Pardons Criminal Whose Mom Attended Mar-a-Lago Fundraiser
Donald Trump pardoned a former nursing home executive who pleaded guilty to tax evasion, weeks after his socialite mother attended a fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago where attendees had to pay $1 million each, The New York Times reported today. Paul Walczak, who was convicted of not paying more than $10.9 million …
Read More »Russian State Media Mocks Trump for Posts About Putin
President Donald Trump slammed Vladimir Putin in a Truth Social post on Tuesday, writing that the Russian president is “playing with fire” as Moscow continues its war against Ukraine. Trump has had a hard time making good on his campaign promise to broker a ceasefire between the two nations, and …
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