Thanks to President Donald Trump’s tariff wars, China has essentially stopped buying American soybeans, dealing a significant financial blow to American farmers. China used to purchase 54 percent of the U.S. soy crop, but since the Trump administration imposed punishing tariffs on the nation, China has all but ceased buying …
Read More »The Right's Most Unhinged Reactions to the Historic 'No Kings' Protests
An estimated 7 million people turned out to more than 2,700 “No Kings” anti-authoritarian protests across the country on Saturday, according to organizers. If estimates are correct, it would be one of the largest one-day protests in American history. Although the rallies were peaceful and even joyful, that didn’t stop …
Read More »Trump Says He Commuted George Santos' Fraud Sentence
Donald Trump said on Friday that he commuted the sentence of George Santos, releasing the disgraced former Republican congressman immediately. In a Truth Social post, the president called Santos — who had been sentenced to more than seven years in prison this year after pleading guilty to wire fraud and …
Read More »The Right Jumps to Defend Young Republicans' Racist Texts
A bombshell report detailing virulently racist and antisemitic text messages shared among members of Young Republicans groups from across the nation has pulled back the veil on how the next generation of GOP leaders talk when they think no one is watching. “Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t …
Read More »J.D. Vance Tried to Evade Journalists' Questions. It Did Not Go Well
J.D. Vance struggled to defend the Trump administration’s decisions when journalists asked him basic questions during a round of TV appearances, with one host getting so frustrated with Vance’s word salad, he cut the interview short in the middle of one of the vice president’s sentences. Vance appeared today on …
Read More »Trump Is Letting Qatar Build a Military Facility in the U.S., and MAGA Is Not Happy
According to the plan that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday, Idaho’s Mountain Home Airbase will soon house a site for Qatar‘s Emiri Air Force pilots to train on F-15 jets, which angered some MAGA supporters who don’t trust the Qatari government and who (wrongly) believed Qatar was building its …
Read More »Joe Biden Undergoing Radiation Therapy Amid Prostate Cancer Battle
Joe Biden is undergoing a new phase of treatment as he battles an aggressive form of prostate cancer, the former president’s office said Saturday. In a statement, Biden’s spokeswoman Kelly Scully said, “As part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, President Biden is currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone …
Read More »Nobel Peace Prize Goes to María Corina Machado, Despite Trump's Campaign
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this morning, a blow to President Donald Trump, who has been heavily campaigning to receive the honor. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said Machado was given the prize for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of …
Read More »Manosphere Influencers Who Boosted Trump Are Now Cooling on Him
Manosphere podcasters didn’t win Donald Trump the presidency in the 2024 election cycle, but they went a long way to solidifying the president’s support among large swaths of the young men who follow them. Now — nine months into the implementation of the president’s agenda — the same ultra-popular podcasters …
Read More »Fact Check: Mike Johnson's Biggest Lies About Health Care and Undocumented Immigrants
House Speaker Mike Johnson continued to blame Democrats for the government shutdown, using misleading Republican talking points that insist that Democratic leadership is pushing to fund health care for undocumented immigrants. Johnson said today on CBS’ Face the Nation that Democrats “want to spend $1.5 trillion, and they want to …
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