MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

Greg Sargent, The New Republic

This week, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem staged a bizarre photo op in Portland that appeared designed to bolster President Trump’s effort to deploy Oregon’s National Guard against ICE protesters in the city. Noem stood on a rooftop observing protest…

Growing popularity of anti-Trump protests prompts GOP smears and lies

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Jen Psaki looks at how the effectiveness and increasing popularity of anti-Trump protests have driven some Republicans into ...

How Trump’s Revenge Campaign Could Transform the DOJ

Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic

Trump’s quest for retribution is remaking the department.

Gallego: Johnson ‘probably going to lose the Speakership’

Ashleigh Fields, The Hill

Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.) said Thursday that Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) was likely to lose a chance at another term as House Speaker over his...

Snubbed by Nobel, Trump to head to Middle East to celebrate Gaza ‘peace’

Ali Harb, Al Jazeera English

White House decries Nobel Committee's decision not to hand Peace Prize to Donald Trump after Gaza ceasefire deal.

The insidious legal strategy Trump and Stephen Miller are using against their enemies

Andrew Prokop, Vox

The Trump Justice Department’s indictment of former FBI director James Comey has been received with widespread incredulity, both because of the shady circumstances around its filing and the extraordinary weakness of the case. Yet Lindsay Halligan, the US atto…

Former GOP Election Official Buys Election Machine Vendor That Trump Attacked After His 2020 Loss

Lucas Ropek, Gizmodo.com

Dominion Voting Systems is now Liberty Vote.

Where has Trump suggested sending troops? In cities run by Democratic mayors

Juliana Kim, NPR

In just four months, Trump has suggested or ordered sending federal intervention to nearly a dozen cities.

Trump Calls For The Arrest Of J.B. Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson

Timothy Geigner, Techdirt

Here is a brief timeline of events that got us here. Chicago has had a decline in violent crime and murders over the course of the last several years, with 2025 on pace to mark it as the safest year yet in the city. Despite that plain fact, Donald Trump has b…

Trump ‘Picked the Wrong’ Enemy With Letitia James Indictment, Al Sharpton Says: ‘This Is All Vengeance’ | Video

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Trump, the Self-Styled “President of PEACE” Abroad, Makes War at Home

Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker

Susan B. Glasser on the cognitive dissonance of Donald Trump touting himself as a global peacemaker even as he attempts to dispatch National Guard troops to quell dissent in American cities.

Dominion, the voting tech company at the center of false 2020 claims, is sold

NPR Washington Desk, NPR

Dominion Voting Systems, the company at the center of false fraud claims about the 2020 election, has been acquired by an entity called Liberty Vote.

New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump foe, is indicted by Trump’s DOJ

Erica Orden and Kyle Cheney, Politico

She has been charged with one count of bank fraud by the same U.S. attorney who brought charges against James Comey.

Republican unity to avoid shutdown concessions is cracking after failed votes

Ben Werschkul, Yahoo Entertainment

When the shutdown commenced, it was Republicans who were confident that Democrats would crack. Now it's Republican resolve that is increasingly in question.

Senate Republicans mull a vote offer to Democrats in shutdown standoff

Burgess Everett, Semafor.com

The potential proposal on the table would be a vote on extending expiring health care subsidies.

Trump makes explosive threat against Democrats: ‘I hate to tell you’

Rachel Cohen, nj.com

The president signaled at capitalizing on previous freezes from one of his directors.

Woman Who Became Household Name for Holding Feet to the Fire Can't Handle Heat on Her Own

Audra Heinrichs, Jezebel

And you thought Sen. Amy Klobuchar was a bad boss???

Nobel Peace Prize 2025: What are Trump’s credentials, and can he win?

Priyanka Shankar, Al Jazeera English

With the Gaza ceasefire deal, Trump claims to have helped broker peace in eight wars. Do his assertions hold up?

In Utah, a group that helped prompt the redistricting says it's acting on faith

Saige Miller, NPR

Mormon Women for Ethical Government was one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit that could overturn Utah's Republican-leaning map for U.S. House seats. That could matter in next year's elections.

MAGA Influencer Whines to Trump About “Homeless Industrial Complex”

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic

A self-described journalist briefed the president and top U.S. officials Wednesday on the threat of the “homeless industrial complex.”During a White House roundtable on antifa, Jonathan Choe, a reporter for Turning Point USA’s newsroom Frontlines, claimed tha…

Trump calls to jail Chicago mayor, Illinois governor in immigration dispute

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Trump slams Chicago mayor and Illinois governor resisting his mass deportation campaign as US troops arrive in state.

Pizzagate Guy Compares Trump Fighting Antifa to Rise of Hitler

Edith Olmsted, The New Republic

Did MAGA activist Jack Posobiec just accidentally compare President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler? During a Wednesday roundtable discussion on Antifa populated by pitiable right-wing shills, the conspiracy theorist took a moment to claim that the so-called dom…

WATCH: Illinois governor responds to Trump's call to jail Democratic leaders

ABC News

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responded after President Donald Trump called for his jailing in a social media post claiming Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have failed to protect ICE officers.

Top Democrats Just Dropped A Bombshell Accusation About Trump's Mental State, But The White House Has Consistently Denied It

Ed Mazza, Buzzfeed

"This is a man who’s suffering dementia."