On a website promoting$TRUMP, there’s an illustration of the president — albeit a significantly slimmed down version — pointing at the viewer as a blurred-out man and woman lean toward him at a dining table decked with silverware and a bouquet of roses. To the right, in big white-and-red text …
Read More »Elon Musk Complains About 'Paid' Protests on Call About Tesla's Poor Earnings
As Elon Musk shreds the federal workforce and threatens America’s core safety-net, his buddy in the White House, Donald Trump, has been leading the Americaneconomyinto arecessionwith his escalatingtrade war. Now, Musk and Tesla are feeling the financial burn — and the world’s richest man is lashing out. During a call …
Read More »Inside the Small Agency With a Grand Plan for Trump's Global Energy Dominance
Among the oil and gas executives and senior government officials from around the world at the major annual energy conference CERAWeek in Houston last month, one Donald Trump appointee cut an unassuming figure. He stayed at a modest $130/night hotel and was photographed in a gray open-collared shirt and a …
Read More »Warren Warns of 'Backdoor Way' Trump and Musk Want to Gut Social Security
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released a new video on Wednesday warning seniors that Donald Trump and Elon Musk “are taking a chainsaw to your Social Security.” In the video, recorded as a Q&A-style explainer and posted on YouTube, Warren details the carnage that’s unfolding at the Social Security Administration (SSA) …
Read More »Judge Slams Trump Admin's 'Intentional Noncompliance' With Court Order
The judge overseeing the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man wrongfully deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador, has accused the Trump administration of engaging in “a willful and bad faith refusal” to comply with court orders and discovery obligations related to the case. In a scathing …
Read More »Hegseth Says He Shared Attack Plans on Unsecured Chats for 'Media Coordination'
Embattled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a Fox News interview on Tuesday morning that he has been sharing military attack plans on Signal “for media coordination and other things,” claiming the plans were “informal.” On Sunday, The New York Times reported on the existence of a second Signal chat …
Read More »Trump's Tariffs Lead to Layoffs as IMF Warns of 'Shock' To Economy
The International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday that the global economy is set to enter a “new era” marked by “significantly” slower economic growth caused by tariff chaos and uncertainty brought about by President Donald Trump. “The global economic system under which most countries have operated for the last 80 …
Read More »Activating the 'Silent Majority' to Fight Climate Change
How much of a $450 pot would you give to a charity that cuts carbon emissions by investing in renewable energy, and how much would you keep for yourself? That was the question posed in a recent academic experiment. The answers mattered: real money was handed out as a result …
Read More »Woman Dragged From Republican Town Hall Seeks $5 Million in Damages
When Teresa Borrenpohl was dragged out of an Idaho town hall in February over her aggressive questioning of Republican officials — by dark-clad men who refused to identify themselves — it seemed like a scene ripped from The Handmaid’s Tale, replete with a man on stage mocking her: “She spoke …
Read More »Yet Another Federal Judge Blocks Trump's B.S. Deportations
Another federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to deport migrants under the Alien Enemies Act, at least for now. Judge Charlotte Sweeney, of the Colorado District Court, ruled on Tuesday that the White House could not order the removal of migrants held in Colorado detention centers under the …
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