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Trump’s Election Security Chief Is an Election Denier
“One of the more extraordinary aspects of President Trump’s second term is this: Some of the most far-out election conspiracists who helped him spread lies about the 2020 election and…
Anthropic and OpenAI Have Dueling Super PACs
New York Times: “Anthropic, the safety-focused AI company formed by former OpenAI executives, said that it was putting $20 million into a new super PAC operation that will be in…
Trump Plays the Heavy for No Reason
Punchbowl News: “When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” “Such is life with President Donald Trump, who’s warning that Republicans will be made…
Trump Lashes Out at GOP Governor
“President Trump lashed out at a Republican governor organizing a coming White House meeting with state leaders, the latest example of the president attacking a member of his own party,”…
Voters Say Biden Was Better
“President Trump has become so politically toxic that voters now say Joe Biden — whose unpopularity forced him into early retirement — did a better job as president, according to…
Trump Loses Young Men
A new Third Way poll of male voters between the ages of 18 to 29 finds a whopping 58% believe Donald Trump has negatively impacted their finances, vs. just 23%…
Democrats Will Keep Holding Votes on Trump’s Tariffs
Playbook: “Buoyant Hill Democrats plan to press home their newfound advantage on tariffs with a series of rolling votes after next week’s recess. Democrats’ landmark win on the House floor…
Top NATO Allies See the U.S. as an Unreliable Partner
The West has lost its faith in the U.S. as a reliable ally, with key NATO partners rapidly losing confidence that the once iron-clad threat of America’s military would deter…
Homeland Security Funding Lapse All But Certain
Politico: “The White House on Wednesday night sent Congress the legislative text of its immigration enforcement counterproposal… But key Democrats have already said they don’t believe the administration is serious…
Democrats Eye Protests at State of the Union
“Some House Democrats say they plan to defy instructions from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) not to protest President Trump during his State of the Union address on Feb….
The Republican Mike Johnson Can’t Ever Count On
“Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-KY) willingness to buck the party line has become so routine that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA.) doesn’t even factor him into the equation for tough votes,”…
Ben Ray Luján Won’t Have an Opponent
“If he rebuffs a primary challenge, Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) is set to avoid a Republican opponent in his bid for a second term, after a potential GOP opponent…
House Votes to Cancel Trump’s Canada Tariffs
“The House voted on Wednesday to rescind tariffs that President Trump imposed on Canada last year, delivering a largely symbolic but politically consequential rebuke that Republicans had fought for a…
A Bad Hand to Play in the Midterms
The great Julie Mason and I discussed the Pam Bondi hearing this afternoon on Sirius XM. You can listen here. Save to Favorites
White House Opens Meeting to Democratic Governors
“President Donald Trump is inviting all U.S. governors to meet with him after the White House had sought to keep Democrats out of the annual bipartisan gathering,” Bloomberg reports. Washington…
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Another Bonus Quote of the Day
“What does ‘ties’ mean? Can you define that? Can you define ‘ties’?” — Attorney General Pam Bondi, quoted by Politico, when asked whether prosecutors have talked with Trump administration officials…
Judges Have Repeatedly Halted Trump’s Spending Cuts
“President Donald Trump’s expansive efforts to use federal funding as a cudgel against political opponents and programs he considers ‘woke’ remain mired in court more a year since his return…
Trump’s Retribution Campaign Falls Short
“President Trump has increasingly tested how far political retribution can stretch into the justice system, but his efforts to prosecute his perceived political opponents during his second term have repeatedly…
Bernie Sanders Endorses a Dozen Progressive Challengers
“Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is feeling emboldened by progressives’ shock victory in a New Jersey special House primary last week — and sizing up his next targets,” Axios reports. “The…
