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Judge Blocks Trump From Removing Fed Governor
“A federal judge late on Tuesday blocked President Trump from removing Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors while a lawsuit challenging her firing proceeds,” the Wall Street…
GOP Senator Says AOC Is ‘a Creation of the Media’
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) told Fox News that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is a media favorite because she “checks all the boxes,” but is as “shallow as a puddle.” Said…
Democrat Wins Special Election in Virginia
James Walkinshaw (D) has won Virginia’s deep-blue 11th congressional district, an expected win for his party that adds another Democrat to the narrowly divided House of Representatives, NBC News reports….
Senate Democrats Locked in 2026 Proxy War
“The fight for the future of the Democratic Party will take place in nearly every Senate primary this cycle, pitting party leaders against progressive icons,” Axios reports. “Senate Minority Leader…
Inflation Erased U.S. Income Gains Last Year
“Inflation ate into Americans’ wage gains last year, leaving household incomes little changed beyond the richest households,“ the Wall Street Journal reports. “The data also show how average households haven’t…
Appropriators Zero In on Funding Deal
Punchbowl News: “House and Senate appropriators say they’re closing in on a deal on a short-term CR with a three-bill minibus.” “But at the same time, the White House, GOP…
A White Nationalist Problem for the Right
“Until a month or two ago, Nicholas J. Fuentes was regarded by right-wing influencers as a mosquito-like interloper whose lifeblood was attention. Ignore his openly racist and sexist rants, their…
Supreme Court to Expedite Decision on Trump’s Tariffs
“The Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will take up whether President Trump can use emergency powers to justify sweeping tariffs on trading partners across the globe, agreeing to the administration’s…
Is Susan Collins Toast?
Eli McKown-Dawson: “The more the state aligns with national trends, the more vulnerable she’ll be — to the point where the race is a toss-up, or even leans Democratic, as…
The Hoax Playbook, Revisited
Donald Trump’s “birthday letter” to Jeffrey Epstein landed with a thud, but the president’s response was entirely predictable. It’s all a hoax. Join now to continue reading. Members get exclusive…
Oliver North Marries Fawn Hall
“Two key figures in the Iran-Contra affair quietly married last month, nearly 40 years after the scandal rocked U.S. politics and President Ronald Reagan’s administration,” CNN reports. Save to Favorites
Israel Orders the Evacuation of Gaza
“Israel on Tuesday ordered the evacuation of the entire city of Gaza, the first time it has done so in the run-up to its planned full invasion of the largest…
Democratic Anger at Party Leaders Boils Over
“House Democrats privately exploded Tuesday at their emerging strategy to focus on health care in the upcoming government funding fight, saying the party should demand more for its votes,” Punchbowl…
Trump Sounds Increasingly Militaristic
Aaron Blake: “He has campaigned for a decade on ending wars and even recently lobbied extensively for a Nobel Peace Prize. But his second term has involved increasingly threatening –…
What If They Won’t Release the Epstein Files?
“A bipartisan House resolution directing the Justice Department to release all of its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein appears poised within weeks to draw enough backers to force action on…
Gabbard Retracted Intelligence Report on Venezuela
“Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, took the unusual step of ordering the National Security Agency to retract an intelligence report on Venezuela,” the New York Times reports. Save…
Fascist at Home, Fascist Abroad
John Ganz: “It used to be that one could roughly say that while paleocons were fascists at home, reimagining America as a white ethnostate, they were relatively more dovish abroad…
A Strategic Shutdown is a Terrible Idea
Matt Glassman: “The Democrats are well-positioned to win the House in 2026 and perhaps even make serious gains in the Senate. Thermostatic public opinion is real in America, and the…
Should Democrats Shut Down the Government?
Robert Reich: “Under ordinary circumstances, people like you and me — who believe that government is essential for the common good — would fight like hell to keep the government…
Quote of the Day
“We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than…
