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Democratic Socialists Can’t Agree on Backing AOC for President — And Everyone’s Watching
Democratic Socialists Can’t Agree on Backing AOC for President — And Everyone’s Watching Hundreds of delegates gathered in Chicago this week for the Democratic Socialists of America’s national convention, where the group debated whether to formally endorse a 2028 presidential candidate, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez the name generating the most energy in the room [1].…
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Trump’s Own DOJ Says Reflecting Pool Damage Wasn’t Vandalism — He’s Furious Anyway
Trump’s Own DOJ Says Reflecting Pool Damage Wasn’t Vandalism — He’s Furious Anyway U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro moved to dismiss multiple criminal charges tied to damage at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, including charges against 67-year-old competitive canoeist David Hearn, after the Interior Department provided additional documents indicating the damage stemmed from a “botched installation”…
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Senate Strikes Shutdown-Avoiding Deal — And Almost Nobody in Washington Actually Likes It
Senate Strikes Shutdown-Avoiding Deal — And Almost Nobody in Washington Actually Likes It Senate Appropriations Committee leaders Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) announced a bipartisan stopgap funding agreement Monday that would keep the federal government open through Dec. 11, avoiding an Oct. 1 shutdown that would otherwise have landed weeks before the November…
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GOP Senator Says His Own Ex-Son-in-Law Should Be Forced Out of Congress
GOP Senator Says His Own Ex-Son-in-Law Should Be Forced Out of Congress Ohio Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno said his former son-in-law, Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio), “should not serve in the House” after Moreno’s daughter Emily accused Miller of hitting her, threatening her, and throwing scalding water on her during their marriage [1]. Moreno broke his…
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DOJ Kills $1.8 Billion ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ to Save Blanche’s Nomination
DOJ Kills $1.8 Billion ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ to Save Blanche’s Nomination Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche formally rescinded the Justice Department’s $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” late Sunday in a bid to secure his Senate confirmation as attorney general. The fund had been designed to compensate individuals the administration determined were victims of political targeting by prior…
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Trump’s AG Pick Caves on $1.8 Billion IRS Fund to Save His Own Nomination
Trump’s AG Pick Caves on $1.8 Billion IRS Fund to Save His Own Nomination Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche formally rescinded his plan to create a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund” as part of a deal to revive his stalled nomination to be permanent attorney general, the Washington Post reported Sunday [1]. The fund, tied to…
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Trump Profits by Selling Wall Street a Head Start on His Own Posts
Trump Profits by Selling Wall Street a Head Start on His Own Posts Trump Media & Technology Group launched a new subscription product called the “Truth API” on Aug. 1, giving institutional trading firms rapid, machine-readable access to posts from Truth Social’s most market-moving accounts, including President Trump’s, for a reported $100,000 a month [1,…
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MAGA Civil War Goes Public as MTG and Tucker Carlson Launch Anti-Trump “Movement”
MAGA Civil War Goes Public as MTG and Tucker Carlson Launch Anti-Trump “Movement” On Saturday, former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene shared a photo on social media showing herself, her husband Brian Glenn, commentator Tucker Carlson, Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, and former National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent, writing: “We said no more foreign wars and…
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Senate Rushes Out Stopgap Bill to Dodge a Third Shutdown Before Voters Head to the Polls
Senate Rushes Out Stopgap Bill to Dodge a Third Shutdown Before Voters Head to the Polls Senate leaders released a short-term spending bill Sunday evening that would fund most federal agencies at current levels through Dec. 11, pushing the funding deadline past the November midterm elections [1, 3]. Senate Majority Leader John Thune called passing…
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Trump Cancels “Biggest Attack Since World War II” on Iran — Tehran Says There’s No Deal to Cancel
Trump Cancels “Biggest Attack Since World War II” on Iran — Tehran Says There’s No Deal to Cancel President Donald Trump announced late Saturday that he was calling off planned U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear and energy infrastructure, along with military assets near the Strait of Hormuz, posting on Truth Social that Iran and “other…