#political-criticism

#political-criticism

Conservative broadcaster Erick Erickson said Bondi should "be fired or resign" after she responded to an Epstein-related question by touting the president's economic numbers. Erickson added that Republicans' handling of the situation will lead Democrats to have a "good election year." Podcaster Tim Pool said that he gives Bondi "more credit than people do," but that he couldn't say she's done a decent job.

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show has drawn criticism from the country's top Republican: Donald Trump said it was "one of the worst, EVER!" in a post on Truth Social. Strong words from the president - but this isn't the first time a musician has drawn ire from right-wing politicians and conservatives. Stars like Lady Gaga, Cardi B, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, and Bruce Springsteen have riled up conservatives, often over progressive themes or sexual lyrics in their music.

Hess was asked in a press conference on Wednesday what it was like to represent the US in the Olympics given the current situation in the country, which has included ICE raids in Minnesota and a number of geopolitical crises. Hess said representing the US at the 2026 Winter Olympics brought up mixed emotions and that it was a little hard.

The contact maintained by Princess Mette-Marit of Norway with the American financier Jeffrey Epstein even after his 2008 conviction for sex trafficking has not only made headlines in the national and international media, but has also triggered an unprecedented reaction in the Scandinavian country: direct criticism from Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stre, who chided the wife of Crown Prince Haakon and future queen consort for her poor judgment.

Sinn Féin is standing over comments by its finance spokesman, Pearse Doherty, linking the withdrawal of cost-of-living payments to Ireland's support for Ukraine, which have drawn sharp criticism.

I don't blame them. If I had the money, I would do the same thing.

On Monday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez got everyone excited about a new countrywide travel pass which will cost 60 per month and can be used anywhere' in the country and on all types' of means of transport. People under 26 will pay 30. But it hasn't taken long for the first cracks to appear. For starters, there's the fact that, as things stand, it can only be used on commuter trains, mid-distance trains and state buses.

She's [Crockett] got about as much chance of being the next senator from Texas as I do to have being the next senator from California, remarked Thiessen after being prompted by Perino. Her candidacy would be exactly everything that's wrong with the modern Democratic Party today. It's what I would call the first iteration of the Mamdani fallacy, which is that the lesson of the last off-year elections was We gotta go out and find some more energetic leftists to energize our base and run just like Mamdani did.'

The Taoiseach demanded to know who the whisperers were in his own party and said the media should not just "trot out" comments without substance

Housing Minister James Browne has been accused of 'fleeing the country' and 'running scared' instead of defending the Government's new plan to tackle the spiralling crisis.

So considering that Minnesota and Canada, their trade relations are so important, what happens when Trump wakes up and doesn't like a commercial that's on Canadian TV, like that happened last week? Oh, I don't like the way you quoted Ronald Reagan. I'm going to impose another 10% , another 10 percent tariff.. Aren't there real life consequences for people in Minnesota who deal with trade in Canada because he whimsically wakes up and gets angry like a child at something?

On CNN's The Arena With Kasie Hunt, conservative commentator Jonah Goldberg took the first at-bat reacting to the report. Goldberg called it weird politics and submitted that it shows you what a different time we're in that this is even being considered, especially given the ongoing government shutdown and other corruption allegations against Trump. Then the Times Lulu Garcia-Navarro noted that the cash Trump was seeking was taxpayer money that would be going into the president's pocketbook.

The Department of Homeland Security entered into a contract to purchase two US-made Gulfstream G700s for $172 million on Friday, The New York Times reported. Thetaxpayer-fundedplanes will be used by Noem, as well as other high-ranking DHS personnel, said a release put out by the Coast Guard, which is part of DHS. They're replacing decades-old planes that "experienced 30 days of unplanned maintenance, with six missions requiring unplanned cancellation," the release said.

And I'm not saying that to be nasty, but like he's a weird guy and some of the stuff that he does, just the way that he's always glazing himself and repeats himself. He's not right in the head. He continued: And I don't know if that's his psychology or if it's just his age, but there's something not right there and anyone who's been around him will tell you that.

Laura when I first heard that these things were no king' protests I thought this was a RuPaul [Charles] thing, said Arroyo. You know, no kings only queens. But apparently this is anti-Trump protest. That's really what this is.

"We are very, very, very excited to be here with you in your wonderful, wonderful city,"

The Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan celebrated his birthday on board a 268million superyacht in the heart of London, according to reports. Sir Sadiq is understood to have marked his 55th birthday with a private celebration on the huge vessel anchored near London Bridge and was hosted by billionaire Fulham FC owner Shahid Khan. The mayor's appearance on one of the extravagant superyachts has been criticised by his rivals in City Hall, with one insider suggesting to the Express that it was inappropriate.

Turning Point USA announced Thursday that it would be staging its own counterprogramming in protest of the league's choice. It'll be called "The All American Halftime Show" - and it most certainly won't be in Spanish. Ever since the NFL announced that Bad Bunny (whose real name is Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio) would play the Big Game on Feb. 8 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, critics have been decrying the decision.

To continue his football analogy, Hodgson told host Rosemary Barton he would "describe these five projects as being down in the red zone" the area of a football field close to the goal line. "The Major Projects Office is there to help make sure each of these proponents punches the ball into the end zone, scores a touchdown and builds for Canada."

Trump and Hegseth have been publicly pushing for the rebrand for weeks, claiming the change would present the US military as more aggressive to the world by reverting to the name that was used when the US was victorious in the first and second world wars. Everybody likes that we had an unbelievable history of victory when it was the Department of War, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office last week. Then we changed it to Department of Defense.

'cruel' green paper

"I think that he is a disgusting display of not appreciating what was handed to him, in this country as being an American, the success that he has had. The fact that he duped us all with one of the most anti-American songs ever and called it 'Born in the USA' as some sort of celebration of how great it is to be born in the USA. I'm angry at myself for not seeing it for so long and actually giving him, in my mind, the credit of being a representation of blue-collar America."

Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard and take over D.C.'s police department is an unprecedented move that raises concerns about federal overreach in law enforcement.

You don't break your word. Your word breaks you.

Christie criticized Trump for firing Dr. Erika McEntarfer after a disappointing jobs report, calling it an act of a petulant child who blames others for bad news.