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fromAxios
13 hours ago

"It's a disgrace": Enraged Democrats vow to fight "Trump-Kennedy Center" renaming

The Kennedy Center cannot be renamed by its board without Congressional action, and House Democrats condemn the attempted renaming as unauthorized and improper.
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fromFortune
1 day ago
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After Trump used prime-time speech to deny economic reality, his aides reassured him he did great | Fortune

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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago

Trump Fails to Mention Venezuela Even Once After Tucker Carlson Said President Could Announce War in Address

President Trump did not mention Venezuela during his presidential address despite prior claims that he would announce a war against Venezuela.
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fromBusiness Insider
1 day ago

Trump says he plans to send more checks, this time to service members

Trump pledges $1,776 Christmas bonus checks to military members, claiming tariffs will fund the payments.
fromFortune
1 day ago
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After Trump used prime-time speech to deny economic reality, his aides reassured him he did great | Fortune

fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago
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Trump Fails to Mention Venezuela Even Once After Tucker Carlson Said President Could Announce War in Address

fromSlate Magazine
17 hours ago

Conservatives Somehow Found a Way to Make This Week's Tragedies All About Them

A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago

Republican Senator Says Americans Are Impatient' on the Economy: Everything's Moving in the Right Direction'

Job growth and falling gas prices contrast with widespread public concern over cost of living and declining approval of Trump's economic management.
fromThe Verge
1 day ago

Billionaire Jared Isaacman confirmed as new head of NASA

The Senate confirmed Jared Isaacman's appointment as the head of NASA on Wednesday, a decision that comes just months after President Donald Trump pulled his nomination before picking him yet again in November, as reported earlier by CNBC. Isaacman, the founder and CEO of a payments platform called Shift4, has flown to space twice through private missions with Elon Musk's SpaceX.
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fromSlate Magazine
2 days ago

Why Are Democrats So Afraid to Even Mention the Source of Trump's Political Power?

Discussions of race are everywhere and nowhere in 2025. On one hand, President Donald Trump is openly insulting Somali immigrants, describing entire nations as "shithole" countries, and insisting that the most persecuted class of humans are white South Africans. On the other, none of this is actually registering as anything other than Trump being Trump, and so when the Supreme Court agrees to revisit a foundational doctrine like birthright citizenship, too many of us shrug it off.
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fromThe Atlantic
2 days ago

Trump Still Needs Susie Wiles

Susie Wiles broke White House norms by publicly delivering candid criticisms of Trump and senior aides, yet appears secure and regarded as indispensable within his orbit.
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fromemptywheel
2 days ago

The Epistemology of the Epstein Scandal - emptywheel

Susie Wiles downplayed the Epstein files' threat, defended Trump-related claims, deferred expertise to others, and maintained electoral confidence despite misjudgments.
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fromwww.nytimes.com
3 days ago

Video: Opinion | The G.O.P.'s Women Problem'

The Republican Party has a long-standing problem attracting and retaining women leaders and voters, exacerbated and exploited by Trump's misogyny and hypermasculinity.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
5 days ago

CNN's Jake Tapper Calls BS On Trump Spox's Bandage Spin: Something About His Health They're Not Telling Us'

President Trump's hand bandages, bruising, swollen ankles, and a recent MRI have raised concerns about undisclosed health issues amid White House opacity.
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fromThe Atlantic
6 days ago
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The Indiana Vote Is an Inflection Point

Indiana Republican senators' rejection of a Trump-backed redistricting plan constituted a significant intra-party revolt undermining Trump's authoritarian influence.
fromIntelligencer
1 week ago
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Indiana Republicans Defied Trump and Bomb Threats to Stop Pro-GOP Redistricting

Indiana Republican senators rejected a Trump-led gerrymandering plan, preserving two Democratic U.S. House seats despite threats, pressure, and national MAGA retaliation.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago
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Down in Flames': Trump Opponents Rejoice as GOP Gerrymander Attempt Fails in Indiana

Indiana Senate rejected a mid-decade redistricting push, with 31 senators voting against a map designed to give Republicans more congressional seats.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago
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Trump Rages at Indiana Republican SUCKERS' Who Revolt on Redistricting Push in MAGA Primary' Threat

Trump attacked Indiana Senate leader Rodric Bray for stalling redistricting that Trump says would give Republicans two extra House seats and threatened primaries.
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fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

How Bad Is It?: Three Political Scientists Say America Is No Longer a Democracy

President Trump's rapid consolidation of power has tipped the United States into competitive authoritarianism, where elections persist but the ruling party rigs the system.
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fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago

Ukraine: elections under martial law but only if it's safe DW 12/11/2025

Ukrainian presidential elections depend on secure conditions, legal measures, and participation safeguards; Zelenskyy is ready if international partners provide security within 60–90 days.
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fromIntelligencer
1 week ago

MLK Day Out, Trump's Birthday In? All His Holiday Changes.

No new federal holidays have been created; federal holidays require congressional legislation, and presidential proclamations do not establish federal holidays.
fromAxios
1 week ago

Inside Kristi Noem's bitter feud with Trump's border czar

Kristi's doing a great job,
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fromwww.esquire.com
1 week ago

Trump Apparently Has a Very Good Reason for Seizing an Oil Tanker off the Venezuelan Coast

U.S. forces seized a very large oil tanker off Venezuela; ownership and destination were not disclosed while pressure on Nicolás Maduro intensified.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Fed Chief Reports Inflation on the Price of Goods Is Up Due to Trump's Tariffs

President Trump's tariffs contributed to higher goods inflation while the Federal Reserve cut rates by 25 basis points.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Trump Admin Sued To Remove President's Face From Park Passes

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today to prevent President Donald Trump from replacing a beautiful picture of Glacier National Park with a close-up of his own face on the America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Annual Pass, reads a press release. Kieran Suckling, executive director of the Center, blasted the president's image being used on passes as his crassest, most ego-driven action yet.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Jake Tapper Confronts Jasmine Crockett Over Suggesting Hispanic Trump Voters Have Slave Mentality'

Rep. Jasmine Crockett compared some Latino Trump voters to a 'slave mentality' and later clarified she did not mean all Latinos.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Could Ukraine hold a presidential election right now, as Trump demands?

Ukrainian law bans wartime elections, making a presidential vote during the ongoing Russian invasion constitutionally and practically dependent on external security guarantees.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they'd known sooner. Here's what they said

U.S. political trends mirror authoritarian playbooks as leaders consolidate power, private institutions comply, and restrictive migration measures are exported.
fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

Trump says he just wants to 'do what's right' in the Warner deal

I know the companies very well. I know what they're doing, but I have to see, I have to see what percentage of market they have.
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fromJezebel
1 week ago

M-'Tea'-G Says the GOP Makes Fun of Trump Behind His Back

"I watched many of my colleagues go from making fun of him, making fun of how he talks, making fun of me-constantly-for supporting him, to when he won the primary in 2024, they all started-excuse my language, Lesley-kissing his ass, and decided to put on a MAGA hat for the first time." She others are "terrified" of receiving the same treatment that she got, namely after Trump got "extremely angry" at her for pushing for the release of the Epstein files.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago

The anti-trans movement is sadly going to outlive Trump's presidency - LGBTQ Nation

The anti-trans movement has grown independently, will persist beyond Trump, and will continue influencing policy even if some measures are reversed.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

New Poll Reveals Clear Democratic Favorite in 2028 White House Race

Gavin Newsom leads Democratic 2028 primary polling and is viewed as the party's most electable choice amid a sharp youth shift against Trump.
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fromVulture
1 week ago

Pete Hegseth (Colin Jost) Fields Questions on Venezuela on Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live depicted Pete Hegseth as an aggressive hawkish caricature endorsing extrajudicial drone strikes while Trump appears indifferent and distracted.
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fromAxios
1 week ago

How Trump flipped America's race conversation

Political norms punishing racist or bigoted language have eroded, enabling increasingly explicit racial hostility from high-level officials and public institutions.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Trump wants to recreate a white America that never existed | Rebecca Solnit

Political leaders use lies, raids, and demonization to target immigrants and people of color, terrorizing communities and undermining public safety and civil rights.
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fromwww.esquire.com
2 weeks ago

Is This the Fastest Indictment-to-Pardon Turnaround in History?

President Donald Trump pardoned Tim Leiweke, indicted by the Justice Department for alleged bid‑rigging in the development and management of a university arena.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

Venezuela's Maduro breaks silence about call with Trump: It was respectful and cordial'

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro confirmed a respectful phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump on November 21 as a possible step toward diplomatic dialogue.
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fromAxios
2 weeks ago

Trump's lawmaker pardon list stretches beyond Henry Cuellar

Trump has granted pardons and commutations to several former lawmakers and allies accused or convicted of corruption, while emphasizing alleged over-prosecution.
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fromAxios
2 weeks ago

What to know about Trump's claim that Biden's autopen-signed docs are now "null, void"

Trump declared Biden's autopen-signed documents null, void, and of no effect and threatened to invalidate them despite constitutional limits on overturning pardons.
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fromThe Atlantic
2 weeks ago

The Last Criminal Case Against Trump Has Been Dropped

A Georgia judge dismissed the racketeering case against Trump and associates after a prosecutor found legal and practical weaknesses following the indictment.
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fromwww.npr.org
2 weeks ago

Israel's prime minister requests a pardon during his corruption trial

Benjamin Netanyahu requested a pretrial presidential pardon to halt his corruption trial after President Trump urged the same.
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Economist Paul Krugman says Bitcoin's crash shows the 'unraveling of the Trump trade' | Fortune

Krugman, who has made no secret of his contempt for cryptocurrencies (or for Trump and Trumpism), argues their rise is inextricably linked with the Trump administration's raft of friendly policies and actions toward crypto investors and exchanges. That includes calling for the creation of a government Bitcoin reserve, as well as signing an executive order in August to allow U.S. citizens to invest retirement savings in cryptocurrency, as well as other alternative assets.
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