Todd Blanche is telling religious activists that Dobbs was not enough. Ending the constitutional right to abortion was merely the warm up act. Now the Justice Department wants to make the ruling “permanent in every single state” including states where voters, lawmakers,

Blanche pledges to make Dobbs decision ‘permanent’ in every state

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told faith leaders he is planning to roll back abortion access even in states that have laws protecting it.  On a private call last week hosted by the Whit…

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As the Sesame Street jingle goes; “One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn’t belong…”. And even a preschooler can figure it out. Trump posts crap like this because governing does not feed him the way performance does.

Trump has found the true culprit behind the Reflecting Pool case reversal: not the contractor, not the evidence, not the legal standard apparently, a cheap umbrella. In a Monday performance that blurred the lines between criminal justice commentary and discount store product review,

WATCH: Trump says Jeanine Pirro 'made a mistake' and 'choked' on Reflecting Pool vandalism case reversal

The president reiterated his disappointment with Pirro for a court filing in which her office blamed a contractor’s shoddy work on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool rather than vandalism.

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Personal familiarity with military life can be valuable, but it is not a substitute for specialized policy knowledge. The commission’s agenda reaches across complicated systems involving federal benefits,

Trump signs executive order creating President's Military Spouse Commission

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday establishing the first-ever Presidential Military Spouse Commission.

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He has done all of this to himself. Nobody had to invent a false image, twist his words, or search for ways to make him look bad his own conduct, decisions, and public statements created the reputation he has now.

IL26-638 asks Washington voters to accept something that should stop them cold: a child as young as kindergarten age could be required to prove her sex before she is allowed to play school sports. Not prove she is healthy. Not prove she knows the rules. Not prove she practiced or made the team.

Kindergarten girls targeted for invasive exams by new GOP-led ballot measure

Washington State voters will decide the fate of a ballot initiative that would require girls from kindergarten through high school to undergo sex-verification testing before playing school sports — a ...

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The reversal of Todd Blanche’s proposed $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund is more than a confirmation fight footnote. It is a reminder that public money cannot become a reward system for political loyalty without damaging the basic legitimacy of government.

Blanche rescinds fund for Trump supporters after GOP senators threaten to block his AG bid

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has issued an order formally rescinding plans to create a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate allies of President Donald Trump.

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It should scare more people than it does, because the issue is larger than any one target. When a president treats the federal government as an instrument for pursuing personal enemies, the damage is not limited to whether a case ultimately succeeds in court.

A president posts something like that because it gives him the appearance of moral authority without requiring the inconvenience of moral behavior. It is faith as a campaign costume: add a cross, add a flag, add enough gold to make a pharaoh say, “Maybe ease up,”

The claim that Trump “probably was abused more than anybody in the history of our country” is not a factual statement. It is an appeal to grievance, constructed to make criticism of a powerful public official appear equivalent to the actual abuses endured by people with far less power.

The man has taken his 2016 grievances to the Supreme Court. Not the grocery store. Not therapy. Not a priest. Not one of those rage rooms where you pay forty dollars to smash old fax machines with a baseball bat. No. Straight to the Supreme Court.

Trump Says He Wants Supreme Court to Revive Suit Against Hillary Clinton

President Donald Trump said he will ask the US Supreme Court to revive his failed lawsuit accusing Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee and others of conspiring to tarnish his 2016 campa...

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Whitney Lynn has every right to her faith. Other passengers have every right not to be drafted into it while they are strapped into seat 22B, late for a connection, and trying to decide whether the $9 pretzels count as dinner.

Florida Evangelist Kicked Off Flight for Preaching During Delay, Says Passengers Should Have ‘No Choice’ but to Listen to Her

An Evangelist claims she was kicked off an Alaska Airlines flight for preaching to her fellow passengers during a delay. Whitney Lynn called the airline incident ‘spiritual warfare,’ and she claims sh...

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A stop for burgers should never end in gunfire. People were just going about their day working a shift, picking up dinner, sitting in a restaurant and now families are grieving people who should have come home. Three people are dead, including the gunman, after a shooting at an Idaho In-N-Out.

At Least 3 Dead, Several Others Injured After Gunman Opens Fire at Idaho In-N-Out

At least three people were killed and several others were injured after a shooter opened fire at an In-N-Out in Idaho on Aug. 1. Police in Twin Falls said that the shooter is dead and that they’re sti...

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Republicans are staring at one of those political messes they usually insist only happens to Democrats: a vulnerable incumbent, ugly abuse allegations, a closely watched ethics process, and a House majority so thin that every district suddenly looks like a trapdoor.

'Tough races': GOP terrified Max Miller violent abuse claims could lose them the House

The GOP is quietly hoping voters will soon forget allegations that Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) poured hot water on his wife, held her at gunpoint and broke their daughter's collarbone — and it'll keep its ...

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Pete Hegseth got his way, and Scouting America folded. After Pentagon pressure, the National Jamboree dropped dedicated spaces for LGBTQ+ Scouts, girls, and Scouts of color places where kids could find community and not have to wonder whether being themselves would make them a target.

Pete Hegseth gets his way as Scouting America drops its inclusion spaces

One of Scouting America’s biggest gatherings has eliminated dedicated spaces for gay youth, women and scouts of color as the organization faces from the Pentagon to pull back diversity efforts

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They indicted an Olympian over a peeling pond liner. Not a joke. Not satire.The Justice Department looked at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool apparently shedding its coating like a sunburned tourist in July decided the most believable explanation was: a 67 year old man violently vandalized it.

Justice Dept. admits Reflecting Pool renovation was ‘hasty and botched,’ drops case against former Olympian | CNN Politics

The Justice Department is admitting that President Donald Trump’s $14 million renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was “hasty and botched,” and it is dropping the criminal case against f...

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Rand Paul’s obsession with Fauci did not begin as a search for answers. It began as a political opportunity and then it became something he could not put down. The pandemic left millions of people scared, angry, grieving, and exhausted.

Rand Paul threatens to hold Fauci in contempt after he declines to answer questions

The former official invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to all questions at a hearing after alleging the GOP senator was seeking to wrongly trap him with perjury charges.

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They are really going to make terminally ill people work or fight through more goddamn paperwork to keep their health care. People who are dying. People in chemo. People whose bodies are failing them.

Court lets Trump admin force some terminally ill patients to work for health care

A federal judge on Thursday denied a request by more than two dozen Democratic states to halt a Trump administration policy announced last month that would require Medicaid recipients with terminal di...

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So a North Carolina lawmaker looks at the towering crises of our time overworked teachers, underfunded schools, kids who need counselors, buses that break down, classrooms held together by donated glue sticks and says, “You know what’s really threatening public education? A teacher’s clothes.”

North Carolina lawmaker suggests dress code bill for trans teachers

A North Carolina lawmaker says it “may be time” for laws that would require public school employees to wear "gender-appropriate attire".

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The news is not that the White House wants new vehicles. Every institution replaces vehicles. The news is that, in the middle of a national argument about whether people can afford to live, somebody looked at a Cadillac Escalade and thought, “Yes. That sends exactly the right message.”

Let them eat SUVs: Trump White House orders fleet of luxury cars as Americans struggle

Americans are facing a deepening affordability crisis but at least Trump and co have ... 250 new Cadillac Escalades

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So they found $5.1 million to put 23.75 karat gold leaf on statues in Washington. Amazing. People can’t afford rent, buses barely run when they’re supposed to, roads are falling apart, schools are constantly begging for money, and somebody looked at the budget and said,

DC statues restored with gold in $5 million Trump government project

D.C.’s historic Arts of War and Arts of Peace statues were regilded in a Trump administration project costing over $5 million.

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Heaton wants NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani kept away from a 9/11 remembrance. Because, apparently, the right way to honor victims is to police who gets to stand near the hurt. 9/11 remembrance isn’t a debate club. It’s not a book club. It’s not even a “gotcha” moment for culture war hobbyists.

Patricia Heaton Supports Effort to Ban NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani From 9/11 Anniversary Ceremony

Patricia Heaton is supporting the ongoing effort to ban New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani from attending this year’s 9/11 remembrance ceremony due to the politician's religious beliefs. “Keep it goin...

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I don’t know how else to say this except honestly: I’m scared. Not the kind of scared that comes from a movie. The kind of scared that settles in after you’ve read enough, watched enough, listened to enough until you start to realize the ground isn’t as solid as you thought it was.

Alright. Picture this: a carnival where the game is called “Regulatory Roulette,” and the prize is “maybe nobody gets hurt.” The pitch is always the same. First, a bright, friendly spokesperson steps onto the stage and says, “Don’t worry this is modernization.”

Trump admin moves to scrap 50-year US radiation safety standard

The Trump administration is backing a major overhaul of U.S. radiation safety rules.

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Trump’s latest genius idea for dealing with Canada’s wildfire smoke is… a border wall made of giant HVAC parts. Because apparently the solution to “dangerous air quality drifting across the border” isn’t coordinated wildfire management,

Trump takes latest swipe at Canada, suggesting a border wall to keep smoke out of US

An AI slop image of a giant air filter separating the countries includes a sign with the slogan ‘Clean Air. Clear Borders’

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So you want a president who acts like a grown up. That’s not some crazy request. But no this administration is out here doing announcements like they’re launching a Marvel movie.

Trump saves George Washington with time travel and fights Iran in AI posting spree

The president appears as a super hero in a mocked up movie poster, saving Washington at Mount Rushmore, in a series of bizarre late night posts

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Trump is still acting like the kid who ruled the playground by humiliating everyone else. Kaitlan Collins asks a question. He doesn’t answer it. He attacks her. That’s not leadership. That’s what bullies do when they don’t have a good response. And his supporters eat it up.

Obsessive Trump, 80, Escalates Feud With Kaitlan Collins

The 34-year-old CNN star seems to live rent-free in the president’s head.

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She says Obama’s healthcare policy helped save her life, then voted for Trump a movement that spent years trying to destroy the Affordable Care Act. That alone tells you how powerful the MAGA message has become: it can convince people to turn against policies that directly protected them.

Obama saved my life — then I voted for Trump

Evan Barker raised $50m for the Democrats before abandoning them in 2024. Now she’s written a book damning the party that lost middle America

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The Moment Someone Calls Your Neighbor an “Existential Threat,” Pay Attention There is a sentence that should make every person stop and think: “Those people are an existential threat.” Not because it is a strong opinion. Because it is not an opinion anymore. It is a warning sign.

Trump-backed game composer says LGBTQ+ people are ‘existential threat’ to Western civilization

Marty O’Donnell, the “Halo” composer challenging Democratic Rep. Susie Lee, has also called Pride sinful, said he wants to “bring back shame,” and disparaged gay men.

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Tom Homan is angry that people compare ICE to the Nazis. And honestly, maybe he should stop asking why people are making the comparison and start asking what people are seeing that makes them say it.

Tom Homan Whines That “Hateful Rhetoric” Will Lead to ICE Deaths

Trump’s border czar is fuming over people calling ICE agents fascists and Nazis.

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