Political guru exposes the 'diseased mind' behind Trump's latest betrayal

President Donald Trump's latest desperate bid to reverse his diesel crisis was a "traitorous" betrayal, one political guru told The Daily Beast, adding that he is being driven by a "diseased mind" and a "pathological desire to please his daddy."Trump has been scrambling in recent weeks for a solutio...

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GOP frantically tries to shore up dark red seats

Republicans have now cut off spending for GOP lawmakers they view as DOA as they try to maintain other, redder seats.

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Experts warn Katie Zacharia violated the law on her second day

New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia was eviscerated after her first briefing on Tuesday, and critics blasted her for spending more time talking about herself, her husband and being a "working mom" than about American soldiers in the Middle East or the economy. Meanwhile, Longtime reporter...

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Kimberly Guilfoyle asked to resign as ambassador after reports she asked Trump donor to pay bill

Decision about US ambassador to Greece announced by White House after Trump and Rubio were reportedly furious over allegations

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Trump's MAGA rallies imploding due to a humiliating reality he can't avoid

President Donald Trump is desperately attempting to revive his base in MAGA rallies and is hitting the same old shtick that once lit a fire of enthusiasm in his fans. The only drawback to this approach, as a conservative journalist points out, is that he has very little else to offer the voters. And...

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Trump has a horrible new PR person … and more!

Your Daily Kos live blog for Oct. 13, 2026.

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MS NOW cuts off Katie Zacharia's first press conference in just 3 minutes

President Donald Trump's new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, held her first briefing at the White House on Tuesday after starting her job this week, replacing Karoline Leavitt. Trump has already said that Zacharia is a loyalist of his, and she's certainly known for promoting a number of bizarre con...

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US transport secretary’s war on ‘woke’ could make roads even deadlier, experts warn

Sean Duffy targets bike lanes and immigrant truck drivers while steering funds away from addressing lethal US roads

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Here’s how to counter Trump’s latest empty payout promises

Trump promised to pay voters $5,000 if Republicans win. Democrats can use that.

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Republican drops ominous warning for Trump as they vow to vote against GOP

A Republican mayor in California is saying he intends to vote for Democrats in next month's midterms, warning that people are starting to question their support for President Trump.Victor Martinez, the mayor of Mendota in the San Joaquin Valley, is still a registered Republican but told the Financia...

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Nobel scientist calls Trump 'senile felon' and spots a troubling flaw

A Nobel Prize-winning scientist took a big swipe at President Donald Trump, calling him a "corrupt, senile felon" and saying he spotted another problem regarding a subject he has fully embraced.

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Deja vu: New Siberian lab leak leaves Trump officials scrambling

Let’s accept that very little information has been revealed about at least one death, and perhaps two, of workers at a Russian plague lab in Siberia that killed within 24 hours of exposure. The death or deaths have been reportedly linked to some form of pneumonic plague.

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How to escape our collective paralysis in ‘these uncertain times’

Author Natasha Lennard discusses how to disrupt the ‘certainties’ that don’t serve us and how to fight back

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Ex-Republican launches hundreds of billboards attacking Trump economy

Hundreds of billboards across three states are popping up by the group Home of the Brave. The group is part of an ongoing effort by former Republican Sarah Longwell, who continues to talk about the economy as the top issue to voters in 2026, After a few billboards proved to be successful, the group ...

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Court orders are for suckers in Trump’s America

The government outright defying a court order is a full-blown constitutional crisis, where the Trump administration believes that no court order binds it.

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Conservative: Trump admin needs crash course in 'humility, decency, and honesty'

Recent claims from the Trump administration that they are fighting to preserve Western civilization are proving too much even for some conservatives to stomach, with one prominent New York Times columnist arguing that they need a lesson in "humility, decency, and honesty" before they defend anything...

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All bark

A cartoon by Mike Luckovich.

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Top historian spots giant weakness behind Trump's phony strongman act

An award-winning historian states that President Donald Trump's manner of acting like a strongman actually masks a basic weakness, on the grounds that the president's political influence is decreasing while his billionaire allies continue to benefit from his administration. Timothy Snyder told Kai W...

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Fort Hood shooting victim wants nothing to do with Trump's execution spectacle

The spectacle in the works for the Fort Hood shooter is drawing criticism from an unlikely source: his victims. Jim Acosta obtained an advance copy of a video from Army Staff Sgt. Paul Martin (ret.), who is advocating against the spectacle. “They open a wound back up and I don’t understand how that’...

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The uncomfortable truth about consent education

College workshops have largely failed to reduce sexual assault. They also miss the psychological motivations behind rape.

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Trump humiliates top aide as insider warns of first-term chaos: report

President Donald Trump reportedly sidelined his influential White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, in his decision for the new press secretary, leading insiders to warn that the West Wing is beginning to return to the chaos of his first term.

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Is punishing the poor Trump’s last hand to play?

The pre-midterm defenestration of ACA enrollees looks like political madness – but the president appears to believe hitting poor people might work for him

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The toxic link between Trump's corruption and your paycheck

How billions in Pentagon windfalls and soaring fuel costs are draining American wallets right before the midterms.

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Clandestine Kremlin meetings just sent tremors through CIA headquarters

A newly leaked whistleblower complaint triggers an emergency scramble across multiple national security agencies.

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Millions of Medicaid recipients to face draconian requirements as of 1 January

Trump’s reform law that seeks to make coverage harder to get, and to keep, includes working 80 hours per month

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Republicans throw in the towel already on getting anything done this year

Republicans are reportedly throwing in the towel already for the rest of the year, per Politico, giving up on initial plans to push through new legislation in their impending "lame duck" window.In a new report published Tuesday morning, Politico explained that the GOP has "deferred" a considerable a...

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'Morning Joe' aghast at Trump's bizarre obsession 'with the male physique'

The full panel of "Morning Joe" started off Tuesday cracking up over President Donald Trump's bizarre new fascination with "the male physique." Speaking in Ohio on Monday night, Trump talked about checking out the rear end of Sen. John Husted (R-Ohio) and gushed over the size of his hands. "But I'm ...

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Trump targets Ilhan Omar at rally following raid on her home – US politics live

President says Somalia, birthplace of the Minnesota Democratic congresswoman, is ‘one of the worst countries on the planet’

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‘No one’s here, no one knows’: north-east Ohio is ground zero for ICE flights

Away from the public eye, deportation planes at Youngstown-Warren and Akron-Canton airports carry hundreds of immigrants daily amid Trump’s ICE crackdown

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AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton: ‘We’re creating alien beings. I’m willing to be selfish and choose humans’

Pioneering computer scientist on why Trump is using ‘superintelligence’ wrong, whether AI could wipe out humanity – and how our biggest challenge will be accepting we’re not the only intelligent beings

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