US: Wall St opens subdued after Trump's latest attack on Fed
Wall Street’s main indexes opened slightly lower on Tuesday (Aug 26), pressured by a rise in longer-dated Treasury bond yields after US President Donald Trump’s decision to fire a…
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Trump’s Attempt to Fire Fed Governor Is More Terrifying Than It Seems
More than 150 FEMA employees signed the letter anonymously, while only 36 signed their names. The agency has already lost one-third of its workforce since Trump entered office, who either…
Republican Town Hall Erupts: “Take Your Head Out of Trump’s Ass!”
“I think I’m going to be filing a lawsuit pretty soon and I think we’re going to be very successful in it. We’re going to be filing it through the Department of Justice, that’s going to…
Transcript: Trump’s Fury Erupts at Many Targets as Expert Fears Worsen
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the August 26 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced…
Trump’s Intel Deal: Also Very Fascist
Before I answer that question, let’s pause to savor how much Trump’s allies are squirming over this. The United States Chamber of Commerce, which is surely in a panic, is saying nothing.…
Trump’s Got Some Unconstitutional Ideas About Flag Burning
Trump apparently disagrees and hopes to enforce Section 700(b) against future flag-burners. “And what the penalty will be is that if you burn a flag, you get one year in jail,” Trump…
Trump’s Fury Erupts in Many Directions, Unnerving Experts: “Insanity!”
In recent days, President Trump has reached new levels of emboldenment when it comes to his ongoing authoritarian takeover. He’s raging at news organizations that displease him and vowing…
Illinois’ JB Pritzker Rages Against Trump’s Fascist Takeover Plan
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker slammed President Donald Trump for planning to bring National Guard troops to Chicago while defunding state and local law enforcement. During a press…
Trump’s Bruised Hand Seen Without Makeup—and It Looks Quite Bad
As questions swirl about recurrent bruising on the back of Donald Trump’s right hand, the 79-year-old president’s injury was clearly visible—without the daub of mismatched makeup with…
Donald Trump’s Rules for Radicals
By threatening to call in the National Guard to Chicago, the president has picked his target, frozen it, and personalized it. Source link
Newsom Throws Down Over Trump’s New Threat in Redistricting War
California Governor Gavin Newsom is ready to throw down in court over his state’s upcoming redistricting referendum. President Donald Trump vowed legal retaliation against the Golden State…
Transcript: Trump’s Treatment of Abrego Garcia Is Cruel and Lawless
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the August 25 episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon. (Due to technical difficulties, we don’t have a video of this conversation.) Bacon:…
Trump’s Hand Makeup Somehow Turns Worse in Leavitt Birthday Message
As Rolling Stone reported, in June, the fence of the school’s play area displayed a laminated message. Its reported content, which matches a statement Cottonwood posted to Facebook,…
What Jamieson Greer Gets Wrong About Trump’s New Trade System
The U.S. trade representative’s New York Times article defending Trump’s trade policy makes several grievous errors. Source link
Trump’s Next “Hellhole”: Chicago. Democrats, Get Ready for a Fight.
It’s been sickening to watch Trump tell lie after lie about the city he lives in most of the time but clearly knows nothing about. Yes, Washington went a week without a homicide since…
Stopping Trump’s Dictatorship Is a Vital Message—and a Winning One
But those of us in the anti-Trump camp must do a better job of collectively telling a single story. The Democratic Party should name members who specifically focus on Trump’s dictatorial…
The Useful Idiots in the Media Abetting Trump’s D.C. Takeover
Less than a fortnight into President Trump’s federal takeover of D.C. by the National Guard and an alphabet soup of federal law enforcement agents, Washingtonians have rendered an…
Trump’s Dumbest Lawyer Throws a Fit After Judge Gives Her the Boot
Alina Habba is whining that federal judges aren’t respecting the president after one ruled that she’d been unlawfully serving as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey for over a month. “I am…
Trump’s FBI Raid of John Bolton’s Home Looks Like a “Five-Alarm Fire”
But Moss also notes that it’s not clear why the FBI didn’t arrange with Bolton’s lawyer to collect any documents in a far less dramatic way. Did Bolton refuse to turn over classified…
Remember Springfield, Ohio? Trump’s Racist Haiti Lies Are Killing It.
Last month, New Jersey federal judges decided to fire Habba, refusing to vote to extend her 120-day appointment as U.S. attorney for New Jersey, but the Trump administration found a…
Trump’s FBI Just Raided the Home of One of His Most Prominent Critics
Last month, New Jersey federal judges decided to fire Habba, refusing to vote to extend her 120-day appointment as U.S. attorney for New Jersey, but the Trump administration found a…
Supreme Court sides with Trump’s anti-DEI efforts to cut $783 million in research funding
The Trump administration can slash hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of research funding in its push to cut federal diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, the Supreme Court decided…
JD Vance Torches Report Showing How Bad Trump’s Budget Is
Last month, New Jersey federal judges decided to fire Habba, refusing to vote to extend her 120-day appointment as U.S. attorney for New Jersey, but the Trump administration found a…
Trump’s Dumbest Lawyer Is About to Be Out of a Job—Again
Last month, New Jersey federal judges decided to fire Habba, refusing to vote to extend her 120-day appointment as U.S. attorney for New Jersey, but the Trump administration found a…