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FBI Found Classified Documents in Bolton’s Office

September 23, 2025 at 10:44 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“FBI agents executing a search warrant at former national security adviser John Bolton’s downtown Washington office last month turned up documents marked as classified,” Politico reports.

Joe Walsh Slams His New Party

September 23, 2025 at 10:42 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former Rep. Joe Walsh railed against the Democratic Party just three months after joining it.

Said Walsh: “I know I’ve only been a Democrat for 3 plus months, so if I’m overstepping my bounds here I apologize, but damn… the leadership of my new party just doesn’t fucking understand the threat and isn’t fucking meeting this moment.”

He added: “If you can’t relish fighting a fascist, then go home.”

The “Most Direct Infringement’ on Free Speech

September 23, 2025 at 10:33 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

CNN’s Jake Tapper claimed that the suspension of late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel was the “most direct infringement” on free speech by the “government” that he’s ever witnessed, Mediaite reports.

Meanwhile, Bloomberg notes Kimmel “took a conciliatory tone” in his return to TV Tuesday night, according to three people who attended the taping of his ABC show.


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Zelensky Admits He’s ‘a Little Bit’ Surprised by Trump

September 23, 2025 at 7:39 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Fox News he was “a little bit” surprised by President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement in full support of Ukraine on Tuesday.

Said Zelensky: “It was a surprise for me, you’re right. I was very positive signals from the sign that Trump and America will be with us to the end of the war. Yes. We will see, right? We will see, but God bless, it will be so.”

Tom Tiffany to Run for Wisconsin Governor

September 23, 2025 at 5:31 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) “became the third Republican to launch a 2026 campaign for governor, formally jumping into the race after long teasing a bid,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

Seth Moulton Weighs Primary Challenge to Ed Markey

September 23, 2025 at 5:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), “who has long pushed for a new generation of leaders in his party, is seriously considering a challenge to Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) in the 2026 primary election,” the Boston Globe reports.

“If he does run, it would set up a potentially fierce battle between high-profile members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation as well as serve as a test nationally of the appetite among Democratic voters for generational change. Markey, 79, is seeking another six-year US Senate term and previously served for nearly four decades in the US House before moving to the upper chamber in 2013.”

Trump Seeks Equity Stake in Another Company

September 23, 2025 at 4:58 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The Trump administration is seeking an equity stake of as much as 10% in Lithium Americas as it renegotiates terms of the company’s $2.26 billion Energy Department loan for its Thacker Pass lithium project with General Motors,” Reuters reports.

Dr. Oz Walks Back Trump’s Advice on Tylenol

September 23, 2025 at 4:40 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Less than 24 hours after President Trump explicitly told pregnant women not to take Tylenol, Dr. Mehmet Oz completely walked back that advice, Mediaite reports.

Said Oz: “So the message is not, ‘Never take Tylenol.’ It’s, ‘Take Tylenol judiciously.’ Take it by talking with your doctor.” 

Big Majority Say Trump Doesn’t Deserve Nobel Prize

September 23, 2025 at 4:36 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Washington Post-Ipsos poll finds 76% of Americans say President Trump doesn’t deserve to win the Nobel Peace Prize, compared with 22% who say he does.

Fellow Republicans are on the fence: 49% say yes, while 49% say no.

Trump Says Ukraine Can Take Back All Lost Territory

September 23, 2025 at 4:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President Trump on Tuesday suggested Ukraine can win back all the territory it has lost to Russia, in an extraordinary shift after earlier suggesting Kyiv would have to cede parts of the country to achieve a peace deal,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Said Trump, on social media: “After getting to know and fully understand the Ukraine/Russia Military and Economic situation and, after seeing the Economic trouble it is causing Russia, I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form.”

Trump’s Coalition Shows Signs of Cracking

September 23, 2025 at 3:43 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump has veered loudly and proudly into uncharted territory in his second term. He’s throwing everything he has against the wall.

But in the process, he’s splintering his own coalition.

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Measles Outbreak Growing in Arizona and Utah

September 23, 2025 at 3:09 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“One of the largest measles outbreaks in the U.S. is now centered in bordering areas of southwestern Utah and Arizona,” NBC News reports.

“In Southwest Utah, all but one of the 23 confirmed cases are among unvaccinated, school-age kids, the Southwest Utah Public Health Department reported. In Mohave County, Arizona, which health officials believe is connected to the Utah outbreak, there have been 42 confirmed cases of the highly contagious virus.”

Man Found Guilty of Trying to Kill Trump

September 23, 2025 at 3:04 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The trial of Ryan Wesley Routh came to a dramatic end Tuesday when he started stabbing himself in the neck with a pen after a Florida jury found him guilty of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump last year on a golf course,” NBC News reports.

Hegseth Axes Panel Encouraging Women to Enter Military

September 23, 2025 at 2:45 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has shuttered a nearly century-old committee created to expand the role of women in the military, part of a broader effort to redefine the image of the armed forces,” Politico reports.

DeSantis Offers Miami Land for Trump Presidential Library

September 23, 2025 at 2:43 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Donald Trump’s future presidential library appears set to land in South Florida,” Politico reports.

“Top officials in the Florida Cabinet and the governor will vote next week on offering land in the heart of downtown Miami to house the state’s first-ever presidential library center.”

Trump Steamrolled RFK Jr.’s Autism Announcement

September 23, 2025 at 2:35 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

CNN: “The rambling display stunned administration officials who had expected the event to highlight a cautious new warning on Tylenol, $50 million investment in further autism research and approval of a potential treatment — only to watch Trump declare that ‘taking Tylenol is not good’ and then veer into vaccine skepticism.”

“The administration officials and advisers privately acknowledged that the president’s blanket assertions had gone well beyond the underlying evidence he’d been presented with in prior days.”

Maddow Says Harris Still Deciding on Another Run

September 23, 2025 at 2:32 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rachel Maddow said that she believes former Vice President Kamala Harris wants to travel the country to figure out whether running for president again is “the right thing to do,” The Wrap reports.

In Case You Missed It

September 23, 2025 at 2:25 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Ron Filipkowski has the best summary of President Trump’s address to the United Nations:

  1. Your countries all suck.
  2. None of you know what you are doing.
  3. The U.S. is better at everything.
  4. All because of me.
  5. I’m right about everything.
  6. You should listen to me and do what I say.
  7. And give me lots of awards.
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