T hey didn’t waste a day. In the aftermath of conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Donald Trump’s government immediately got to work crafting its road map for cracking down on liberal groups and the president’s domestic foes. According to sources with direct knowledge of the matter, within 24 hours of …
Read More »Billy Eichner: Jimmy Kimmel's Suspension Is an Attack on Our Fundamental Rights
Jimmy Kimmel‘s suspension under these circumstances is a fundamental attack on each individual American, regardless of party affiliation, regardless of whether or not you even vote. It affects every single American’s ability to lead the life they want to lead, to think whatever they want to think. I truly believe …
Read More »Donald Trump's Most Authoritarian Week Yet
It was clear Donald Trump and his allies would ramp up their crackdown against any and all opposition in the wake of the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk — and this week, the president’s second administration unleashed its most authoritarian blitz yet. The Trump administration got late-night host Jimmy …
Read More »Inside Stephen Miller's Reign of Terror
I t was after 3 a.m. on Nov. 6 last year, and nobody on the planet was happier than a balding, slender man standing near the reception desk of the Hilton West Palm Beach. Donald Trump had just finished hosting his 2024 election watch party at the adjacent Florida convention …
Read More »Trump Demands Republicans Crack Down on Nonprofits That Protest ICE
President Donald Trump voiced support Saturday for new legislation aiming to punish groups linked to the June protests in Los Angeles against the administration’s aggressive immigration raids and arrests. The legislation, offered by Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.), would make nonprofits involved in supposedly “organizing the riots” ineligible for federal funding …
Read More »Right-Wingers Are Losing Their Minds Over Zohran's Win
That great popping sound you may have heard ripple across New York City and beyond Tuesday night around 10:30 p.m. wasn’t champagne. It was the sound of a thousand Republican heads exploding at the news that 67-year-old accused sex pest and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo had conceded the …
Read More »Stephen Miller Has Financial Stake in Company Helping ICE With Deportations: Report
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller’s obsession with kicking millions of undocumented immigrants out of the country is a byproduct of his hateful ethnonationalism — but he also stands to make a pretty penny off the administration’s deportation agenda. According to ethics disclosure reports released by the White …
Read More »ICE Will Pause Farm, Restaurant Raids After Trump Social Media Post
Following a rare admission that his immigration policies were hurting farming and hospitality businesses, Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will hold off on raids on workers in those industries, The New York Times reported. “Our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business have been stating …
Read More »Trump's Big Bill Would Let Him Expand His L.A. Immigration Crackdown 'Everywhere'
Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” wouldn’t just force millions of poor people off their health insurance and food assistance to help pay for more tax cuts for the rich. The Trump tax bill would steer tens of billions of dollars to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for detention capacity, employee …
Read More »Trump Finally Gets the Police State He's Been Craving for Years
Donald Trump has long fantasized about deploying the U.S. military to various Democratic strongholds across the country, regardless of whether the elected liberals there want him to or not. He’s finally starting to get his wish, less than six months into a second term defined by his drive to rule …
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