A Justice Department lawyer dared a federal judge to rule against the Trump administration rather than give the court advance notice.Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias flagged the exchange in a Tuesday livestream, saying it was “urgent enough that it deserved the alert” his viewers received. The li…
Month: September 2026
Is it just me, or has anyone else also noticed that our president has been melting down even more than usual lately?That whole “no guardrails” thing, combined with being surrounded by sycophants who are only too eager to do all of his bidding without questioning it and Congressional Republicans who …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) was hounded by reporters Tuesday after his “gotcha” moment targeting former special counsel Jack Smith fell apart in a Senate hearing — and responded by accusing Smith of being a liar.Smith was testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee about his inv…
President Donald Trump’s administration has come under fire in the last week for yet another political advertisement funded by taxpayer money, this time a proclamation with dramatic visuals and music that America will “never be a Communist country” — which legal experts have blasted as flagrantly ag…
Two very different demos have recently risen to social media prominence: GenX women and our polar opposites, the MAGA Trad Wives. The starkly opposed messaging is making a real case for the “nurture” part of the “nature vs. nurture” argument during a time when women’s rights are constantly in flux. …
A megachurch pastor who participated in a “multilevel marketing scheme” to help elect Donald Trump — and who has been accused of using “unethical” practices to win fame and fortune — preached his apocalyptic gospel to a young woman the world knows best as the president’s human “binky,” according to …
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) left onlookers aghast Tuesday as he promised more of the same if Republicans keep their congressional majority.The Louisiana Republican is about to embark on a six-week campaign blitz through dozens of House districts across 22 states, according to Axios, as the Coo…
Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville had a blunt message for MS NOW’s Ari Melber on Monday: Democrats are starting to run more and more competitive Senate races, far beyond what anyone thought was possible a year ago.His opinion came amid discussion about Republican strategist Karl Rove, who…
President Donald Trump’s war in Iran has exposed a “growing vulnerability” that has no easy solution, according to one foreign affairs expert. Max Boot, a columnist at The Washington Post and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, argued in a new op-ed that the war has called into question wh…
A former CIA counterterrorism official poked holes Monday in President Donald Trump’s account of an alleged terror plot in the United Kingdom — calling one version of events “a little far-fetched” and Trump’s public comments “a little bit embarrassing.”Phil Mudd, a former CIA counterterrorism offici…