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Donald Trump is a lying liar who wakes up lying and lies all day. Donald Trump is a racist racist who rants about racism at every rally, rostrum, and retweet. On February 6–7, 2026, Donald Trump shared a video on Truth Social that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. The post drew immediate backlash. White House spokesperson Caroline Leavitt initially defended it, saying: “This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from The Lion King.” In the same response, she added: “Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public.” As an aside, it amazes me how Donald Trump surrounds himself with so many self-described born-again Christians who will not hesitate to defend their forked-tongued mentor unapologetically at every turn … but I digress. Tim Scott posted on X: “Praying it was fake because it's the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House....

In late January 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice, acting through the Federal Bureau of Investigation, seized 2020 election ballots and records from Fulton County under a court-approved warrant—more than five years after the election was certified, recounted, audited, and exhaustively litigated. No new allegation of fraud was announced, no criminal charge disclosed, and no evidence surfaced that could alter the settled result. The most plausible purpose of the seizure, therefore, is not discovery but reexamination: an effort to enable a retrospective recount in service of a claim that has already failed in every legal forum. Even if such a recount were conducted, it could not change history or law; it could only provide an official-looking pretext to keep insisting that a concluded election somehow remains unresolved. So, let me get this straight. You LOST in 2020 to Joe Biden.  You went to court more than 60 times, arguing in front of many of the judges you yourself appointed, ...

 I have been a proud progressive for all of my adult life, although I admit that in the earliest part of that period, I’m not sure I fully understood everything that entailed. In those days, there were liberal and conservative Democrats, liberal and conservative Republicans, and liberal and conservative Independents, a reminder that ideology once described tendencies rather than tribal identities. At the very least, early in life, most of us get our politics from our parents. My father did not indoctrinate me with his politics, but he took us to marches and protests when circumstances permitted. I vaguely remember playing around the reflecting pool as Dr. King revealed his dream, unaware at the time that I was witnessing history rather than simply inhabiting it. I also remember my mother explaining to us one Christmas that we might not get all the things we wanted because some little girls had died in an explosion in the basement of a church. I remember not quite understanding exac...

 Our founding fathers, in their infinite wisdom, not only created three coequal branches of government as a system of checks and balances, but made the Constitution a living, breathing document that could be amended to ensure not only that things they did not conceive of at the time could be properly addressed, but also so that law and order, peace and harmony may coexist at once. This deliberate adaptability ensured that the system could survive both unforeseeable challenges and foreseeable abuses of power. This flexibility was not an accident; it was a safeguard against both ignorance and ambition. When needed, the legislative branch could enact checks and balances within each of the three coequal branches to ensure that each branch works properly. In other words, no branch was ever meant to operate on trust alone, but on enforced restraint.  The Constitution assumes human fallibility, and it is precisely that assumption that gives the system its strength.  Other countr...

In 1942, during World War II, the East Wing was added to the White House to provide office space for the First Lady and her staff. Eleanor Roosevelt needed real working offices. Unlike her predecessors, she wasn’t simply hosting teas and entertaining the wives of foreign dignitaries; she was running press conferences, traveling constantly, and operating like a cabinet-level official. The interior of the White House was already overburdened, so the powers that be decided to erect a temporary wartime structure. As they dug the foundation, they used the construction as cover to secretly build a hardened underground bunker beneath it. That bunker later became the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC), the place presidents go to plan all things wartime and, just as importantly, the place they go when everything else goes to shit. Until very recently, the East Wing housed offices for the First Lady, the Social Secretary, and the White House Corres...

At a White House press briefing, JD Vance claimed that the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Nicole Good is “protected by absolute immunity” because he was acting as a federal law enforcement official carrying out his duties. He said: “You have a federal law enforcement official engaging in federal law enforcement action — that’s a federal issue. He is protected by absolute immunity. He was doing his job.” First of all, what he is describing sounds more like qualified immunity ( I know this from all the years I spent watching L.A. Law ), and JD Vance has a law degree from Yale , so he has necessarily been exposed to the concept and should therefore know this to be false . He framed his statement to mean that a state prosecution attempting to hold the agent accountable under Minnesota law would be inappropriate. Federal agents do not have absolute immunity from state criminal prosecution. Further, while everyone is conc...

It is deeply ironic, and more than a little infuriating, that Marjorie Taylor Greene is now poised to ride out of town on a moral high horse for her sudden concern about the victims named in the Epstein files. This is the same Marjorie Taylor Greene who entered Congress as an unapologetic QAnon devotee, peddling fever-dream fantasies about “Pizzagate,” secret tunnels, and Democrats supposedly running child sex rings out of government basements. The same Greene who, at every opportunity, brandished nude photos of Hunter Biden during congressional hearings, turning oversight into voyeurism and cruelty. The same Greene who has spent years amplifying grievance, hate, and conspiratorial rot as her primary political currency. Now, we’re meant to believe she’s enlightened. Right. I have to call bullshit. Let’s also be clear about what hasn’t happened. She has not apologized for a single one of her past positions. She hasn’t disavowed QAnon, or for that ...

At Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest, Vice President J.D. Vance delivered a familiar culture-war performance. He mocked Black Democratic politicians, declared that white Americans shouldn’t have to “apologize,” framed the United States as inherently a Christian nation, refused to explicitly condemn bigotry or extremism under the guise of opposing ideological “purity tests,” and dismissed DEI as obsolete. Critics—including lawmakers like Jasmine Crockett and Omar Fateh —called the remarks racially charged and exclusionary. Supporters saw it as red meat for the base. I saw it as Vance saying to America: I am the couch-humping, hateful heir apparent to Donald Trump—hear me bore. While each of those issues deserves its own article, I’m only going to deal with one: his over-the-top, racist assessment of Jasmine Crockett . Speaking about Jasmine Crockett, Vance said: “She wants to be a senator, though her street girl persona is about as ...

On September 2, 2025, U.S. forces struck a suspected drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean Sea — a vessel the government claimed was carrying narcotics and tied to “narco-terrorist” operations. The initial strike reportedly killed eleven people. Two survivors clung to the wreckage, but according to Washington Post reporting, Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to “kill everybody” aboard the vessel. A second strike was launched, this time aimed directly at the debris and the survivors. Both men were killed. For the first time in a long time, the press corps is acting like a press corps, and they’ve collectively labeled the incident a war crime. But here’s the thing: It isn’t a war crime. Because we’re not at war. Republicans have tried to revive their old post-9/11 rhetoric — we’re at war with terrorists — only now downgraded to we’re at war with drug smugglers. Cute. Catchy. Completely meaningless under international law. You don’t declare war on just the “bad people.” You declare war ...

Given the Republican obsession with investigating absolutely everything except the things that matter, maybe Dan Bongino, Kash Patel, or Pam “Bribery Barbie” Bondi should dig into that one stray Epstein email with the mysterious “Blowing Bubba” reference — you know, just to because they do that type of shit. Seriously: Is Bubba a person, an organization, or just… what we all think it is.  Even inside the email, nobody has a clue who or what “Bubba” is supposed to be. And the possibilities? Well.

Frivolous Orders and the Constitution Six Democratic lawmakers — all military or national-security veterans (Elissa Slotkin, Mark Kelly, Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander, and Chrissy Houlahan) — recently delivered a message directly to U.S. servicemembers, intelligence officers, and federal workers.

 Megyn Kelly recently offered her own “clarification” on Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes — and it wasn’t clarification at all. It was minimization dressed up as nuance.  Let’s break it down the same way you'd eat an elephant; one bite at a time. “Epstein was not a pedophile… he liked 15-year-old girls.” In psychology, attraction to teens gets labeled as  hebephilia  (11–14) or  ephebophilia  (15–19). In law, you don’t need any of that:  15-year-olds are minors everywhere in the United States.  Sexual contact with them is  statutory abuse , period.

Eight members of the Democratic caucus — Catherine Cortez Masto, Jacky Rosen, Dick Durbin, John Fetterman, Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen, Tim Kaine, and Angus King — joined Republicans in voting to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the stopgap funding bill. That’s the procedural step needed to end debate and move the measure forward to reopen the government. Almost immediately, Ro Khanna, Zach Wahls, Delia Ramirez, Glenn Ivey, Indivisible, and a flood of voices on social media began calling for Chuck Schumer to step down. My question is simple:  why? Schumer didn’t vote with the Republicans. Each of those who did offered clear, valid reasons, mostly focused on ending the suffering of Americans missing paychecks or losing SNAP benefits. I haven’t seen anyone on the news, on TikTok or YouTube say,  “Hi, I’ve been furloughed from my government job and I can’t feed my family, but I sure hope the Democrats hold out until the cows come home.”

Donald Trump sat for a  60 Minutes  interview that aired on Sunday, November 2. Let me start with this: school-age children should not be allowed to watch that interview. Not because of the language. Not because of the politics. Because of the posture. The orangutans, bonobos, and chimps at the National Zoo — the entire Great Apes wing, really — showed better posture, and frankly, better composure, than Donald Trump did Sunday night. But posture aside, the real jaw-dropper came when Norah O’Donnell asked him about pardoning Changpeng Zhao, “CZ,” the crypto-billionaire behind Binance. O’Donnell:  “And you just signed the pardon of the man who led the Binance exchange. Does the public trust that this isn’t pay-for-play?” Trump:  “OK, are you ready? I don’t know who he is. I know he got a four-month sentence or something like that. And I heard it was a Biden witch-hunt.” Trump (later):  “Here’s the thing, I know nothing about it … My sons are into it. I’m glad they...

It started on October 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists launched a brutal attack on Israel. The images were horrifying, and the politics immediate. Within hours, online activists were already less interested in Hamas’s atrocities and more interested in grading Joe Biden’s reaction. Biden, having been a statesman for four decades before ascending to the White House, acted presidentially. He condemned the attack, backed Israel’s right to defend itself, and tried to contain a regional explosion. But in the online corners of the left, that wasn’t enough. They accused Biden of being “complicit.” The outrage, real or feigned, turned into a purity test. Unfortunately, the 2024 campaign season was starting. Biden had had a remarkably successful presidency, with no serious challengers. However, many Democratic primaries offered an alternative option: “Not committed to any candidate.” Suddenly, the self-described moral intellectuals — the smarter-than-the-res...

So what he said was: The truth is that there is a King, and that King is Jesus. The President is willing to say it. His administration is willing to say it. Charlie Kirk was willing to say it, and he was killed for it. That’s a non sequitur. “No Kings” is about a broken-down, blustering wannabe tyrant bent on bending the Constitution to his will. It takes a special kind of arrogance to drag Jesus into a political rally and call it worship. And don’t you dare mention His name — it just sounds dirty in your mouth. What followed was a vile cocktail of sanctimony and nonsense, but let’s sip it slowly. The President has never said it. In fact, when he was running in 2016, he publicly admitted he didn’t really know what his religion was. Although he grifted his own “Bible,” I doubt he could quote more than three consecutive words from it (though to be fair, the “thieves in the temple” part fits him perfectly). And yet, the...

  The following is an interview Jake Tapper aired with Donald Trump on October 4, 2025 Tapper:  “What happens if Hamas insists on staying in power in Gaza?” Trump:  “Complete obliteration!” Tapper:  “Lindsey Graham says Hamas’ response — no disarmament, Palestinian control of Gaza, and tying hostages to negotiations — means rejection. Is he wrong?” Trump:  “We’ll find out. Only time will tell!!!” Tapper:  “When will you know if they’re serious? And is Netanyahu on board with ending the bombing and backing your peace proposal?” Trump:  “Yes on Bibi. Soon on rest!” Tapper:  “I hope your vision for peace becomes a reality.” Trump:  “I HOPE! Working hard.” Tapper:  “How do you think the government shutdown ends?” Trump:  “Good. We’re winning, cutting costs big time!” My primary issue with this “interview”? It was conducted via  SMS. What the hell? Why in the particular fuck would CNN, Jake Tapper, or anyone with a press badge think...

  JD Vance’s Permission Slip for Racism Today, JD Vance stepped into the White House press room to deliver remarks. As he took questions from reporters, one asked about the AI-generated meme Donald Trump posted, showing Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer in sombreros: “Hakeem Jeffries said it was racist. Do you agree with that allegation?” Vance brushed it off, saying he “doesn’t even know what that means,” and argued it couldn’t be racist because Jeffries “isn’t Mexican.” He added that “the president is joking” and “we’re having a good time,” framing it as harmless fun rather than a serious insult. Here’s the problem: That is what racism is, poking fun at ethnic groups because, well, “you know how they are.” Vance exposed his own ignorance last summer with his grotesque “they are eating the dogs and cats” lie. What Vance is really doing here is confusing racism with stereotypes. Stereotypes are the engine of racism. Assigning a stereotype to the “wrong” group doesn’t make it harmle...

When the Evidence Looks Like a Meme, Ask Who Benefits In response to the recent incident at the Dallas ICE facility, FBI Director Kash Patel posted online a photo of a cartridge allegedly inscribed with “ANTI ICE.” The photo went viral instantly. Reporters ate it up. Commentators nodded along. It was too perfect, too cinematic. And that’s exactly the problem. The Physical Problem Anyone who’s ever handled a firearm knows: Sharpie and hot brass don’t mix. When a round is fired, the casing is blasted with flame, soot, and pressure. Then it scrapes against the chamber walls and ejects into the open air. Ordinary ink doesn’t survive that process—at least not cleanly, not legibly. So investigators backpedaled and said the round was “unspent.” But that explanation isn’t much better. Why would an assassin waste time doodling on ammo? Why risk leaving DNA and fingerprints? If you’re seeking notoriety, you don’t bet your message on a single shell casing. The Behavioral Problem Mass shooters wit...

How Translation Journalism Made Madness Look Like Policy During the 2024 campaign, America’s press corps failed America. Faced with a candidate babbling about lunacy, they did not call it nonsense. They sane-washed it. What should have been reported as incoherent, contradictory, or flatly false was repackaged as “policy signals” and “strategic messaging.” It was not journalism. It was laundering lunacy into legitimacy. We all saw the pattern. Donald Trump riffed about low-flow toilets, shark–boat death matches, windmills assassinating whales, and his oddly affectionate locker-room recollection of Arnold Palmer. On each occurrence, the next day, respectable outlets explained that what he really meant was deregulation, energy reliability, or an authentic connection with the working class. He floated the idea of “terminating” parts of the Constitution, and it was reframed as frustration with the courts. He vowed mass deportations, and it became “a tough stance on enforcement.”...