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Gaslight: Was This Trump's Most Unhinged State Of The Union Ever?
2+ hour, 46+ min ago (650+ words) President Donald Trump with Vice President JD Vance and Speaker Mike Johnson on February 24, 2026 President Donald Trump delivered an unhinged, lie-filled, racist, and disturbingly dark State of the Union address Tuesday where he gaslit Americans about his accomplishments yet ultimately…...
How Popular Governors Rise Above Party (And Trump's Petty Manipulation)
7+ hour, 25+ min ago (526+ words) Another exercise in nonpartisan cooperation ended sadly, as Donald Trump undoubtedly planned. Every year, the nation's governors meet with the president to discuss common concerns. Trump had initially banned two Democratic members of the National Governors Association from attending " governors…...
No Justification: Trump Won't Explain His Feckless And Bellicose Iran Policy
8+ hour, 3+ min ago (549+ words) Donald Trump's interminably verbose State of the Union address delivered all the typical Trumpian tropes in an extended version, from his mendacious slurs against immigrants to his cosplay as super-patriotic commander in chief. He even riffed on his yearning to…...
Revealed: FBI Told NYPD To 'Stand Down' In 2019 Probe Of Jeffrey Epstein
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (348+ words) Ryan Goodman, editor-in-chief of Just Security, uncovered a document in which the New York Police Department was told by the federal government to "stand down" on its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. The documents show that the existing district attorney of…...
Trump Escalates His Corrupt Scheme To Deliver CNN To Billionaire Ellison
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (812+ words) President Donald Trump's second term has been characterized thus far by America's corporate leaders, including the owners of major media outlets, caving to his authoritarian threats of corrupt state retaliation. But with Trump's public support cratering to levels not seen…...
Dear MAHA Moms: Don’t Be Surprised When Bobby Sells You Out
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (586+ words) The fans and followers of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are now learning what others have known for decades: You can rely on him to lie whenever it is expedient and profitable, and you can't rely on him to uphold any principle…...
Bannon's Plot To Expose Gays In Church Outlived His Partnership With Epstein
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (962+ words) Fr'd'ric Martel, the author of the 2019 international bestseller, In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy, told me over the weekend about the time he was invited to lunch by Steve Bannon, who asked him to come to Bannon's…...
Stephen Colbert, Equal Time And The True Public Interest
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (273+ words) Or, as Carr himself put it on X: "For years, legacy TV networks assumed that their late-night & daytime talk shows qualify as 'bona fide news' programs " even when motivated by purely partisan political purposes. Today, the FCC reminded them of their…...
Hey Trump! Greenland Doesn't Need Our Hospital Ship, But Louisiana Surely Does
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (299+ words) US Navy Hospital Ship Mercy In its latest effort at clownery, the Trump administration announced that it would send a hospital boat to Greenland to provide healthcare to the population there. The precipitating incident seems to be that a U.S. seaman…...
How The Ultra-Rich Are Different From You And Me (And The One Percent)
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (481+ words) From left, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg On Wednesday the Wall Street Journal published an article with the headline "Billionaires" low taxes are becoming a problem for the economy." Hey, what do you expect from a…...