“At some point, we’ve got to stop looking like idiots to the nation.”
— Former NBA star Charles Barkeley, campaigning for Doug Jones (D) in Alabama.
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Trump Takes a Page From the World’s Autocrats
New York Times: “A comedian steps onto the stage and makes a joke or barbed comment that offends a powerful leader. Or maybe it’s a cartoon or television program that…
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Reporter Says Trump Is Ramping Up Retribution Campaign
ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl described a “major escalation” in President Trump’s crusade to punish his perceived enemies, Mediaite reports. Karl later commented on X: “President Trump has…
The Last Americans Really Paying Taxes
Annie Lowrey: “Donald Trump is altering the tax code for the benefit of millionaires and billionaires. That is the simplest conclusion to draw from the passage of the One Big…
How Outrage at Kimmel Grew to a Shout From a Whisper
“The conservative outrage over the late night host Jimmy Kimmel became apoplectic on Wednesday after Brendan Carr, the Federal Communications Commission chairman, went on a podcast and suggested the regulatory…
House Passes Bill to Avoid Shutdown
“The Republican-controlled House on Friday passed a stopgap bill to fund the government until just before Thanksgiving, daring Democrats in the Senate to reject the measure and risk a shutdown…
Senate Republicans Poke Holes in Filibuster
“Senate Republican leaders have made consequential moves this year to weaken or end-run minority power when it stands in the way of their ambitions during the second Donald Trump administration…
Lawmakers Move to Kill Tariffs on Coffee
“Reps. Don Bacon (R-NE) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) plan to introduce a bill to exclude one everyday product from President Donald Trump’s tariffs: coffee,” the Washington Post reports. “Their bipartisan…
Lessons from Bobby
Out next month: Lessons from Bobby: Ten Reasons Robert F. Kennedy Still Matters by Chris Matthews. Save to Favorites
The New Swing Voter
Republican pollster Christine Matthews told Politico she has identified a key group of swing voters that could help decide the 2026 midterms: weighted vest-wearing women. These fitness-conscious suburbanites are typically…
Most Americans Critical of Trump on Crime
A new Washington Post-Ipsos poll finds that Americans disapprove of President Trump’s performance on crime by a 10-percentage-point margin and oppose him ordering the National Guard to other cities by…
Republicans Sour on Direction of the Country
AP-NORC poll: “The share of Republicans who see the country headed in the right direction has fallen sharply in recent months…Today, only about half in the GOP see the nation…
Majority of California Voters Back Early Redistricting
A new Emerson College poll in California voters finds 51% plan to vote in favor of Proposition 50 in the November special election, which would authorize temporary changes to congressional…
Soros Gives $10 Million to Newsom Redistricting Fight
“Gov. Gavin Newsom has raised roughly $70 million in less than two months for the California ballot measure to redraw the state’s congressional lines, with the family of the prominent…
Schumer Won’t Say If He’ll Run Again
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, 74, declined to confirm whether he would run for reelection in 2028, telling Punchbowl News: “My first focus is winning in 2026, getting back the…
Trump Says He’s ‘Trying To Get’ Back Afghanistan Air Base
President Trump suggested that he is working to reestablish a U.S. presence at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, four years after America’s chaotic withdrawal from the country left the base…
Jon Stewart Gives ‘Government-Approved’ Monologue
Jon Stewart responded to the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert by delivering a “government-approved” monologue, which consisted of nothing but praise for President Trump. Said Stewart: “If you’ve…
Support for Israel in America Is Plunging
The Economist: “The war in Gaza has undermined one of the world’s closest alliances.” Save to Favorites
Trump’s Press Secretary Has Secret Service Detail
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has been given her own Secret Service detail, CBS News reports. Save to Favorites
Trump’s TikTok Dance Is a Constitutional Farce
Ankush Khardori: “When it comes to Trump’s handling of the TikTok ban, it has, at best, scrambled the constitutional order, and, at worst, seen the administration openly flout a law…
