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The next move against Trump's mayhem
The next move against Trump's mayhem
Tomorrow we honor the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.Trump has removed MLK Jr.’s birthday from the National Park Service’s fee-free days and substituted his own birthday of June 14 as a fee-free day.I write this more in sorrow than in anger.All told, I feel profound sorrow for America. Sorrow for...
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January 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The next move against Trump's mayhem
Inside Trump's new strategy to compromise the midterms
Inside Trump's new strategy to compromise the midterms
With President Donald Trump suffering low approval ratings in poll after poll, Democratic strategists are felling increasingly optimistic about flipping the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2026 midterms. And Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) Chair Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) i...
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January 18, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Inside Trump's new strategy to compromise the midterms
DC officials 'alarmed' as Trump move threatens to elevate China’s currency on world stage
DC officials 'alarmed' as Trump move threatens to elevate China’s currency on world stage
Many economists, from the University of Michigan's Justin Wolfers to former New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and ex-Clinton Administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich, are warning that if President Donald Trump succeeds in compromising the independence of the U.S. Federal Reserve, the results ...
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January 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM
DC officials 'alarmed' as Trump move threatens to elevate China’s currency on world stage
What the Trump admin is really doing has nothing to do with enforcing the law
What the Trump admin is really doing has nothing to do with enforcing the law
This week, Mayor Jacob Frey basically took a Fox “News” host down, pointing out that Trump’s own federal prosecutors just quit their jobs rather than investigate and prosecute Renee Nicole Good’s wife for “domestic terrorism.”Which raises the question: what is ICE really doing in Minneapolis?Well ov...
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January 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM
What the Trump admin is really doing has nothing to do with enforcing the law
Former Trump lawyer claims he felt coerced at fraud trial
Former Trump lawyer claims he felt coerced at fraud trial
President Donald Trump's former attorney, Michael Cohen, penned a column on Friday that detailed coercion from the New York Attorney General's Office. Writing on his Substack, Cohen said that he has witnessed firsthand being "leaned on.""I experienced a similar dynamic in the Attorney General’s civi...
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January 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Former Trump lawyer claims he felt coerced at fraud trial
FBI is using its files to conduct 'oppo research' on Jack Smith and other Trump critics
FBI is using its files to conduct 'oppo research' on Jack Smith and other Trump critics
President Donald Trump is deploying old-school tactics against some of his enemies: using FBI files to target them.The New York Times reported Sunday morning that FBI Director Kash Patel is helping Trump target his foes using the information it has collected. Now, the report said, "the bureau has ad...
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January 18, 2026 at 12:30 PM
FBI is using its files to conduct 'oppo research' on Jack Smith and other Trump critics
'Cracks beginning to appear' in Trump’s coalition as world 'does business around America'
'Cracks beginning to appear' in Trump’s coalition as world 'does business around America'
CNN’s Richard Quest wrote for iPaper that the second iteration of President Donald Trump’s “America First” movement has become synonymous with a sort of modern manifest destiny. However, he now sees some cracks forming in that coalition.In an extensive interview with the New York Times last week, Tr...
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January 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
'Cracks beginning to appear' in Trump’s coalition as world 'does business around America'
Trump threatens Europe with new tariffs 'until a deal is reached' to purchase Greenland
Trump threatens Europe with new tariffs 'until a deal is reached' to purchase Greenland
While President Donald Trump is threatening military action to takeover Greenland, he'll be issuing tariffs on items from NATO countries until Denmark agrees to sell the Arctic island to him. In a very long post to Truth Social, Trump complained the U.S. has been subsidizing Greenland and many other...
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January 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Trump threatens Europe with new tariffs 'until a deal is reached' to purchase Greenland
Trump’s first veto infuriates MAGA voters
Trump’s first veto infuriates MAGA voters
President Donald Trump's first veto of his second term involved spending to rebuild the infrastructure of a small, predominantly Republican region of Colorado. The funding would have provided fresh and safe drinking water to an area in which the groundwater had been contaminated with salt and radiat...
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January 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Trump’s first veto infuriates MAGA voters
More resignations expected in Minnesota US Attorney’s office
More resignations expected in Minnesota US Attorney’s office
Thus far, six Justice Department prosecutors resigned in the wake of the decision to go after the family of slain Minneapolis mom, Renee Nicole Good. Now it appears more might be forthcoming. Of the six prosecutors who quit, three were with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota. The office has bee...
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January 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM
More resignations expected in Minnesota US Attorney’s office
Secret Service visits mom who posted she wants trials for Trump officials
Secret Service visits mom who posted she wants trials for Trump officials
Nebraska mom Jamie Bonkiewicz filmed her interaction with Secret Service agents who came to her door because of a tweet. "The Secret Service came to my door today because of a tweet. No threats. No violence. Just words. That’s where we are now," she wrote on X in a thread about the ordeal. "For anyo...
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January 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Secret Service visits mom who posted she wants trials for Trump officials
Constitutional law expert: 'Trump thinks the Insurrection Act' is 'declaring martial law'
Constitutional law expert: 'Trump thinks the Insurrection Act' is 'declaring martial law'
Legal commentator Allison Gill spoke with Georgetown University Professor Steve Vladeck on her podcast "The Breakdown" about what it means to invoke the Insurrection Act. On Friday, President Donald Trump's Justice Department subpoenaed Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, claim...
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January 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Constitutional law expert: 'Trump thinks the Insurrection Act' is 'declaring martial law'
'Great fear' among US military members as Trump tries to politicize troops
'Great fear' among US military members as Trump tries to politicize troops
PBS Newshour foreign affairs and defense correspondent Nick Schifrin made it clear, speaking on "Washington Week," that President Donald Trump's war against Americans is not something soldiers want any part of. ABC News' chief White House correspondent Jonathn Karl began by recalling that Trump came...
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January 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM
'Great fear' among US military members as Trump tries to politicize troops
We were warned this would happen and now it's here
We were warned this would happen and now it's here
We are in the middle of a national emergency.Anybody who has the guts, decency, and love of country to pay attention to what is happening in America right now knows this. While burning the midnight oil (gin) Thursday evening, and unzipping one horrid story after another exposing yet more terror from...
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January 17, 2026 at 12:31 PM
We were warned this would happen and now it's here
The real problem in Minneapolis
The real problem in Minneapolis
Since Renee Good’s death, clashes between ICE and the residents of Minneapolis have escalated. On Wednesday night, an ICE agent shot and wounded someone who, ICE claimed, was fleeing arrest. (Sure, just like Good supposedly was trying to run them over when she turned her car away from them and said,...
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January 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM
The real problem in Minneapolis
Trump's words point to something deeply suspicious
Trump's words point to something deeply suspicious
When Joe Rogan starts referring to the Trump regime as if they’re Nazis, you know ICE and the GOP have a problem. On Tuesday, Rogan said:“Are we really going to be the Gestapo? Where’s your papers? Is that what we’ve come to?”At the end of this month, funding for the Department of Homeland Security ...
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January 17, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Trump's words point to something deeply suspicious
Nicolle Wallace mocks 'childlike' Trump over 'fetish for trophies'
Nicolle Wallace mocks 'childlike' Trump over 'fetish for trophies'
MS NOW host Nicolle Wallace couldn't help but chuckle at President Donald Trump's desperate attempt to win awards and trophies. This week, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump during an official visit to the White House, after Trump repeatedly and pub...
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January 17, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Nicolle Wallace mocks 'childlike' Trump over 'fetish for trophies'
Trump can't cancel elections — but he can 'mess them up substantially': expert
Trump can't cancel elections — but he can 'mess them up substantially': expert
President Donald Trump turned heads earlier this week when he quipped that the U.S. "shouldn't even have an election" in November. One expert is now cautioning that while Trump may not be able to call off the midterms entirely, he has several tools at his disposal that he may use to dissuade America...
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January 17, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Trump can't cancel elections — but he can 'mess them up substantially': expert
Renee Good shooting 'much worse' for Trump admin after video breakdown: ex-federal agent
Renee Good shooting 'much worse' for Trump admin after video breakdown: ex-federal agent
NBC News reporter Ryan J. Reilly posted a comment he received from a former federal agent who was astounded by a slowed-down and annotated analysis of the video showing the shooting death of Minneapolis mom Renee Nicole Good.In a message, Reilly received, the agent said that they'd watched the slowe...
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January 17, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Renee Good shooting 'much worse' for Trump admin after video breakdown: ex-federal agent
Trump frees convicted fraudster from prison — for the second time
Trump frees convicted fraudster from prison — for the second time
President Donald Trump has once again signed clemency paperwork for convicted fraudster Adriana Camberos, despite commuting a previous jail sentence once before in his first term.The New York Times reported Friday that Trump officially freed Camberos, who in April of 2025 had been sentenced to one y...
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January 17, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Trump frees convicted fraudster from prison — for the second time
'End of his presidency': GOP lawmaker reveals Republicans' red line for impeaching Trump
'End of his presidency': GOP lawmaker reveals Republicans' red line for impeaching Trump
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) revealed this week that not only would he consider impeachment, but he knows several other Republican allies would as well.Speaking to the Omaha World-Herald, Bacon said that if President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to invade Greenland and effectively end NATO, he w...
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January 17, 2026 at 12:00 AM
'End of his presidency': GOP lawmaker reveals Republicans' red line for impeaching Trump
GOP-controlled committee announces investigation into Nancy Mace
GOP-controlled committee announces investigation into Nancy Mace
The House Ethics Committee has reportedly announced that U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is facing a review by the Office of Congressional Conduct.The origin of the review was not been disclosed. Under committee rules, officials are prohibited from stating whether the matter constitutes a formal investi...
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January 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM
GOP-controlled committee announces investigation into Nancy Mace
MAGA Wall Street execs fuming about Trump 'screwing things up'
MAGA Wall Street execs fuming about Trump 'screwing things up'
President Donald Trump's supporters on Wall Street aren't thrilled about his administration's latest attack on the chairman of the United States' central bank.In a Friday article for the New York Post, Fox Business contributor Charles Gasparino quoted numerous high-level sources in the financial sec...
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January 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
MAGA Wall Street execs fuming about Trump 'screwing things up'
Trump admin is about to become 'crueler' and 'less accountable': expert
Trump admin is about to become 'crueler' and 'less accountable': expert
During a press conference on Thursday, January 15, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt angrily lashed out at The Hill's Niall Stanage when he questioned the Trump administration's account of the fatal shooting of unarmed 37-year-old motorist Renee Nicole Good by U.S. Immigration and Customs...
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January 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Trump admin is about to become 'crueler' and 'less accountable': expert
GOP senator promises to stand between Trump and Greenland
GOP senator promises to stand between Trump and Greenland
A prominent Republican lawmaker is vowing to thwart any attempt by President Donald Trump to acquire Greenland through force or financial means.Speaking from Copenhagen as part of a bipartisan delegation of U.S. congressional lawmakers, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), told reporters it is “an im...
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January 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM
GOP senator promises to stand between Trump and Greenland