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MAGA hypocrisy in mishandling classified intel In a stunning display of incompetence, Trump’s national security team inadvertently shared classified war plans for Yemen with The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg. National Security Advisor Michael Waltz accidentally added him to a Signal group chat where they discussed operational details for a mission executed days later. But let’s be… Read more.
Justice Frankenstein scolds his monster Once again, Chief Justice John Roberts found himself in the untenable position of rebuking Trump for showing blatant disregard for judicial independence. This time, it was because Trump demanded the impeachment of US District Judge James Boasberg — all because Boasberg ruled that the administration had no authority to summarily… Read more.
Trump takes jingoistic pride in forcing US companies to bring manufacturing jobs back to America. If they refuse, he threatens tariffs that would make exporting foreign-made products back to the US prohibitively expensive. And he couldn’t care less if this wrecks the global economy – so long as he can claim he’s making manufacturing in… Read more.
A secretary of state in name only I said from the start that Marco Rubio’s nomination as Secretary of State was about tokenism, not diplomacy. Trump proved me right by stacking his administration with White, DEI (“didn’t earn it”) special envoys, making Rubio irrelevant. Case in point: Richard Grenell, Trump’s envoy of special envoys, was… Read more.
The US military: from desegregation to whitewashing The Pentagon’s so-called DEI purge isn’t just an attack on diversity. Above all, it’s a historic rollback of racial progress in an institution that once led the desegregation of America. Recall that the Pentagon integrated the military pursuant to an executive order President Truman signed on July 26,… Read more.
Last July, Trump raised a white-power fist and shouted Fight, Fight, Fight as Secret Service agents shielded him from an assassin’s bullets. That image became iconic, instantly. On Tuesday, Rep. Al Green raised his black cane in defiance as Trump delivered his address to Congress. That image should’ve been iconic, instantly, too. Mark my words:… Read more.
President Trump didn’t say anything in his Congressional address last night that he hasn’t said a thousand times. He repeated the same pathological lies and gaslighting tropes, bragging that America is stronger and more respected than ever. In fact, America hasn’t been this divided at home since the Civil War. And it hasn’t been this… Read more.
Trump’s America, now a haven for sex traffickers, too The Trump administration intervened to secure the release of Andrew and Tristan Tate from Romania. It’s the most scandalous showing yet of the American transformation afoot: Once a beacon of democracy on a hill, it is now a nation wallowing in grift. The Tate brothers are… Read more.
Trump held his first Cabinet meeting today. And no one should be surprised that Elon Musk spoke almost as much as Trump, reinforcing his co-president status. Notably, Vice President “JV” Vance led everyone else in performative displays of awe and deference to both presidents. Frankly, the only thing remotely interesting about this meeting was the… Read more.
On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal published an exhaustive report on the myriad ways members of the Trump family are monetizing his presidency. The headline and subtitle spoke volumes: How the Trumps Turned an Election Victory Into a Cash Bonanza – First lady’s documentary deal with Amazon, president’s legal settlements, and other transactions near $80… Read more.
