It’s hard to keep up with the never-ending cascade of drama pouring out of the White House these days, but reporter David A. Fahrenthold tells Slate that one of President Donald Trump’s more recent grifts is more obvious and even easier to expose than some others. From the very start of Trump’s anno…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is promoting what it calls “President Trump’s 500 Days of Wins” as farm bankruptcies have spiked.On the social media platform X, a series of seven posts celebrates Trump administration programs such as “Make America Healthy Again” and “Farmers First,” while promoti…
As the war with Iran drags on with no conclusion in sight and its consequences continue to spin out, former Defense Secretary and CIA Director Leon Panetta has a dire assessment of the situation: the conflict in the Middle East is “Trump’s Vietnam.”Panetta — who presided over the Pentagon during the…
Politicos and pundits say the Republican Party has hopelessly welded its wagon to President Donald Trump to the point that there’s no going back over the summer.I mean, so unless you believe that Republicans are doing so well right now that they are going to hold the House despite historical trends,…
The staff of the Kennedy Center has been told to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the artifice of the building, even before the president files an appeal, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. Per CBS News, the Kennedy Center’s lawyer wrote to staff that they “must immediately change em…
Former Trump Department of Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor is warning that President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an order that roughly “triples” the number of federal employees the president can dismiss at will, for any reason, or none.“The White House quietly issued an order turn…
On Monday, June 1, Axios’ Marc Caputo reported that the Trump administration “plans to drop its controversial” $1.7 billion “anti-weaponization fund,” and a White House source told Axios, “It’s dead for now.” Countless Democrats have condemned the fund, but criticism is coming from the right as well…
A mixed martial artist and UFC talent once known as a fierce supporter of President Donald Trump tore apart his planned UFC event on the White House grounds, saying that the event is “desecrating” a government and opening the door for it to become more “corrupted,’ per a report from The New Republic…
Going down with the ship.
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump posted an image of two patches supposedly worn by police officers in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, which bore the skull symbol used by Marvel Comics’ the Punisher, with each skull sporting Trump’s distinctive blonde hair style. This image caused one writer fo…