The post, which included a reference to cops as “cocky motherf**kers,” ruffled the feathers of prominent Trump supporters.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) on Tuesday called the expected National Guard deployment in his city “illegal, unconstitutional,” and “dangerous,” as local officials await the arrival of federalized troops. In a press conference, the Democratic mayor told reporters that the Trump administration has not shared with his team any details about President Trump’s plans to…
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Monday that President Trump could “literally collapse” the American health care system as a partisan battle rages amid the government shutdown. “I don’t mean to be overly repetitive, we have a broken health care system, everybody knows that. And Trump is not wrong, when he says the system is not…
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Sen Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) on Tuesday described the choice to have Bad Bunny perform during the NFL’s upcoming Super Bowl LX halftime show as political. “Why else would you pick, you know, some second-rate musician to play in our greatest sporting event?” Moreno told independent journalist Nicholas Ballasy. “It makes no sense whatsoever. I thought…
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Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) slammed President Trump for signaling Monday that he could “take a look” at issuing a pardon for convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell. “I just want to add just how outrageous it was for Donald Trump, in today’s White House interview that he had with the press, to even, somehow, lean into…
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has accused Trump of using troops as “political props” and “pawns.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) touted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) call to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, as he doubled down on his opposition to funding the government without addressing the expiring tax credits. In remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday, the Democratic leader read aloud from part of a social media…
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When politicians start ducking questions, it’s usually because they’re standing in the middle of a fire. Many Democrats are convinced that Republicans are now using the government shutdown to stave off further scrutiny of President Trump’s relationship with the late pedophile, Jeffrey Epstein. Now, House Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing back against that connection. “It’s…
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In the resignation letter announcing her departure from the Grey Lady in July 2020, opinion journalist Bari Weiss memorably lamented that “Twitter is not on the masthead of the New York Times. But Twitter has become its ultimate editor.” What Weiss meant was that the extremely progressive sensibilities of elite social media users — leftist…
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Trump called Thunberg a “troublemaker” after she was released from Israeli custody following the Global Sumud Flotilla’s mission to deliver aid to Gaza.
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield (D) warned on Monday that actions made by President Trump could be part of an effort to keep the commander in chief in power, among other things “you expect in a different country.” “He’s weaponizing the Department of Justice, he’s normalizing the military,” Rayfield said on MSNBC’s “The Weeknight.” “He’s…
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Right-wing activist Laura Loomer, a longtime ally of President Trump, cautioned the Trump administration against issuing a pardon to Ghislaine Maxwell, the former associate of disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a post on the social platform X, Loomer warned that there would be “no coming back” if the president issues a pardon.…
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The House minority leader appeared Monday on the “MeidasTouch Podcast” to discuss the ongoing government shutdown.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), while maintaining past criticisms voiced about President Trump, has praised the commander in chief’s political prowess. “It is clear that this shutdown has got to end as soon as possible,” Sanders said on CNN’s “The Source with Kaitlan Collins” on Monday. “But what‘s also clear is that Trump now understands that…
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Democratic Govs. JB Pritzker (Ill.) and Gavin Newsom (Calif.) are threatening to leave the National Governors Association unless the group agrees to condemn President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to their respective states. “This is precisely the federal and interstate overreach we warned against — gubernatorial authority being trampled, state sovereignty being ignored, and…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) criticized President Trump and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy over the shortage of air traffic controllers at Hollywood Burbank Airport on Monday. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a publicly available advisory Monday that Hollywood Burbank Airport, located near Los Angeles, experienced delays due to a shortage of air traffic…
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Except Donald Trump himself signed the current law requiring federal employees to get back pay.
A former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official who wrote under the pseudonym “Anonymous” claimed that the Trump administration’s deployment of troops to U.S. cities is a “false flag” operation meant to provide a rationale for ”harsh crackdowns.” “I co-wrote Trump’s first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-18. He’s not trying to stop ‘left-wing’ terrorism. He is staging…
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President Trump welcomed Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to the Oval Office on Tuesday to discuss trade, just two months after the president imposed a 35 percent tariff rate on the U.S.’s northern neighbor. Despite weeks of negotiations between the trading partners, Trump cited a “flood” of fentanyl coming from Canada and Carney’s efforts to recognize…
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Stephen Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, clapped back at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Monday after she joked about his height and called him a “clown.” “Well, we knew that her brain didn’t work,” Miller told Fox News’s Laura Ingraham on her show “The Ingraham Angle.” “Now we know that her eyes…
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MAGA stands for “Make America Great Again.” Even if you’re not a Trumper, you must admit — it’s one of the most successful marketing strategies of all time. It got Donald Trump, a man with no previous government experience, elected president of the United States not once, but twice. And he won the second time…
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said Monday he thinks some Republicans are starting to talk about “breaking away” from President Trump. In an interview on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” Pritzker called on the public to elect members in 2026 “who actually will follow the law and follow the Constitution in the United States Congress,”…
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Chicago’s police chief said Monday that more than two dozen officers were impacted by tear gas deployed by federal law enforcement when responding to a shooting over the weekend. Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said 27 officers were “affected” by chemical agents deployed by federal agents during a clash with protesters on Saturday. “When our…
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More than a dozen candidates will be on the ballot Tuesday in Tennessee’s special primary elections to replace former Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), months after the GOP lawmaker stepped down. Green represented voters in the Republican-leaning 7th Congressional District — a region that borders Kentucky and Alabama. He first won the district in 2018 and,…
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The FBI analyzed the phone records of nine Republican members of Congress in 2023 during its investigation into President Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to a unclassified document released Monday by Senate Judiciary Committee. The document, dated Sept. 27, 2023, says that an FBI special agent — whose…
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