Kristi Noem's Fake Job Was Meant to Distract Her from Running for Senate

Danielle Han, Jezebel

Trump reportedly did not want Noem challenging South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds.

Trump Endorses Halo Composer

Tom Phillips, IGN

Marty O'Donnell, the former video game composer known for his work on Halo and Destiny, has seen his latest bid for Congress endorsed by Donald Trump.

Lindsey Graham Just Fine With Trump Talking Like A 'Homicidal Maniac'

Heather, Crooksandliars.com

Sen. Lindsey Graham was none too happy with The Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan for daring to criticize Dear Leader. Graham made an appearance on Fox's Special Report with Bret Baier this Friday, and after first lying about John Kerry and the JCPOA, and th…

GOP Rep: We Don't Need Congress Micromanaging A War

Heather, Crooksandliars.com

Another GOP profile in courage: House Republican says Congress should butt out of Trump’s war: Big-time Trump apologist Rep. Russell Fry of South Carolina appeared on Fox Business Friday to offer a powerfully convoluted—but telling—excuse for why the GOP-cont…

MAGA and Putin bet big on Hungary’s election. Will it pay off?

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon

JD Vance gets weird in Budapest as the far right's bromance with Viktor Orbán heads for the rocks

If Trump Gives Up on the Midterms, All Bets Are Off

Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine

If Trump gives up on the midterms, all bets are off. Things seem wild now, but we may get into truly uncharted territory if Trump and the GOP stop worrying about trying to win in 2026.

People Cannot Believe Trump Is Having A Complete Meltdown Online Because Former MAGA Loyalists Are Criticizing Him

Alexa Lisitza, Buzzfeed

Unfortunately, "they have one thing in common, low IQs" is hilarious.View Entire Post ›

The cracks in Trump’s coalition keep growing — but when does it break?

Brian Karem, Salon

Congressional Republicans are praising the president publicly, and screaming into their pillows privately

The Banality of MAGA-fication

Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic

A new book by an unremarkable Republican accidentally illuminates the devolution of the party.

6 MAGA Voices Who Have Done A Complete 180 On Their Support For Trump...But Used To Defend Him With Their Whole Chest

Alana Valko, Buzzfeed

Just waiting for the "we told you so..." comment.View Entire Post ›

MAGA Media Seems to Have Hit Its Breaking Point Over Iran

Makena Kelly, Wired

"The online right wasn’t supportive and there wasn’t anything that was going to change that," says one person familiar with the Republican influencer pipeline.

'Butts kicked': Republicans reckon with Dem success ahead of midterms...

Scott Bauer, Jeff Amy, Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press

Republicans are facing setbacks in recent elections, with Democrats winning races in Wisconsin and Georgia. U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany is running for Wisconsin governor and admits Republicans got their "butts kicked." Democrats won a campaign for the Wisconsin Sup…

Trump-backed Republican Clay Fuller wins election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene

BBC News

He will serve out the rest of Marjorie Taylor Greene's term, which ends in January 2027.

Christie: Trump ‘undisciplined, immature and narcissistic’ but not ‘stupid’

Yahoo Entertainment

Trump endorses ex-UK political aide Steve Hilton for California governor

BBC News

Steve Hilton, who advised the former prime minster and hosted a Fox News show, is running as a Republican.

Jim Jordan -- Angling for House Leadership...

Reese Gorman, Notus.org

Jordan, known for being a combative conservative, has shifted to the middle on several issues and fundraised for members across the ideological spectrum of the Republican conference.

Sorry, Pam Bondi. Trump has no loyalty

Amanda Marcotte, Salon

The attorney general's firing shows why even the most faithful MAGA acolytes are disposable

Humiliated Bondi Desperately Tries to Spin Trump Firing

Yahoo Entertainment

South Dakota GOP, Governor Get Their Voter Suppression On

Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Because South Dakota governor Larry Rhoden is forever obligated to serve Kristi Noem and Kristi Noem is forever obligated to serve Donald Trump, he and his GOP buddies are making America MAGA again, starting with his home turf. Non-citizens have never really …

RFK Jr. Is An Underrated Contender for the Saddest Trump Flunky

Jim Vorel, Jezebel

Even compared with the other sell-outs, RFK Jr. has torpedoed everything he believed in while pathetically trailing in Trump's orbit.

RFK Jr Claims Trump Drew 'Perfect Map' Of Middle East On Placemat

Heather, Crooksandliars.com

Trump's HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made an appearance at CPAC this Saturday, and I don't know if he thinks he's on thin ice with Trump or not after recent reports that Trump has been calling around asking people if Kennedy "is crazy" or not, but for …

CPAC 2026: United in Trump, divided on everything else

CK Smith, Salon

From Iran to leadership, CPAC attendees still devoted to Trump, but conservatives are split on acting on his agenda

AWWWW: CPAC Loaded With Mad MAGAs

The Conversation, Crooksandliars.com

Alex Hinton, Rutgers University - Newark There is a pall over the Make America Great Again, or MAGA, movement. Donald Trump overpromised. His public support has fallen. Some “America First” die-hards now openly criticize him. Amid war, economic challenges, d…

CPAC Might Be in Disastrous Decline, But the Stars and Stripes (and Sequins) Remain

Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair

Photographer Jack Califano was on the ground in Grapevine, Texas, to capture the scene at CPAC, America’s oldest conservative political conference.