Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is desperate to land the job permanently, and according to a new report from Politico, to do so, he has launched his “most audacious move yet” in a bid to cement the Justice Department as President Donald Trump’s personal law firm.Blanche, who previously served a…
The terms “toxic empathy” and “suicidal empathy” have become a popular insult in the MAGA movement, from evangelical Christian nationalists to Tesla/SpaceX leader Elon Musk. The idea is that “empathy” is a sign of weakness and is harmful to Christianity. But not everyone on the right embraces the “t…
Sen. Mitch McConnell on Monday wrote a new op-ed for Fox News, blasting President Donald Trump and others in the GOP for their admiration of outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, with one journalist calling the piece his “victory lap.”Orbán has served as the prime minister of Hungary since…
President Donald Trump once tweeted that President Barack Obama should resign because his predecessor allowed a doctor who treated Ebola patients to return to New York City. As an Ebola outbreak in Africa threatens the United States, that tweet has come back to haunt him.“In 2014 Trump said Obama sh…
President Donald Trump was just harshly criticized by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who has served the president faithfully as his Senate Majority Leader.“McConnell bringing the heat after Blanche meeting with Senate GOP today,” Burgess Everett, Semafor congressional bureau chief, reported Thursday …
President Donald Trump’s favorite shoes, Florsheim shoes, are suffering because of the tariffs that the president himself imposed.“Our products are made in China, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Dominican Republic, and India,” Tom Florsheim, the creator of the shoes, told The Bulwark’s Catherine Rampell on T…
Few actions on the part of the Trump administration have drawn as much bipartisan scorn as the DOJ-IRS settlement that aims to create a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, which critics say amounts to a “slush fund” for January 6 rioters. Now a legal expert has laid bare the “shameful spin” unde…
Newly uncovered U.S. intelligence reports have debunked claims made by a leading Trump administration admiral during sworn testimony about the damage done to Iran, per CNN, with new estimates showing that they are much closer to rebuilding key military capabilities than once thought.Admiral Brad Coo…
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was dispatched to Capitol Hill to present details of President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion fund to compensate alleged victims of “weaponization” by the Biden DOJ.According to reports, the meeting with Senate Republicans “did not go well.” CNN’s Manu Raju reporte…
On Thursday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche met with congressional Republicans in an attempt to woo their support for President Donald Trump’s much-criticized $1.8 billion “slush fund.” According to the latest reports, he failed, and now Republicans are heading home for the Memorial Day recess…