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Saturday - 24th October, 2026
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Trump 'losing his mind' accidentally 'explains the bruises' on his hand

There was a time when former MAGA Illinois lawmaker Joe Walsh and “Jim Acosta Show” host Jim Acosta may not have seen eye to eye on some things. But on Friday both were thoroughly in accord on the topic of President Donald Trump’s rapidly deteriorating...

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Friday - 23rd October, 2026
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Trump attacks judge who keeps handing him wins

President Donald Trump's administration has targeted Judge Ana Reyes after she unleashed fury at the administration for skirting her demand to be informed ahead of major work on the golf course at East Potomac Park. They may call her a Trump hater, but...

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Thursday - 22nd October, 2026
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Trump’s Epstein scandal comes roaring back to haunt his GOP allies

President Donald Trump's Jeffrey Epstein controversy is a problem that doesn’t seem to go away for Republican candidates, with Democrats spending tens of millions of dollars to keep his connections to powerful figures in the political spotlight....

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Wednesday - 21st October, 2026
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Tuesday - 20th October, 2026
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Monday - 19th October, 2026
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Sunday - 18th October, 2026
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Saturday - 17th October, 2026
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Friday - 16th October, 2026
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Thursday - 15th October, 2026
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Wednesday - 14th October, 2026
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Tuesday - 13th October, 2026
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Sunday - 11th October, 2026
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The ruthless lesson Trump learned that explains his entire strategy

The foundational rule of modern political theater was not born in a campaign war room or a think tank. It was forged in the mid-twentieth century by a ruthless fixer named Roy Cohn. His primary lesson to a young Donald Trump was simple: if you maintain...

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Saturday - 10th October, 2026
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Conservative analysts blast 'morons' who put 'economic moron' in the White House

Economists make distinctions between kinds of inflation, reports conservative news site The Bulwark. “There’s demand-pull and cost-push inflation. There’s walking and galloping inflation. There’s transitory inflation,” said editors Jonathan Last and...

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Friday - 9th October, 2026
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George Conway delivers brutal Trump swipe after he loses Nobel Peace Prize

President Donald Trump did not win the Nobel Peace Prize again this year, and ex-Republican George Conway is laughing about it. The award is given annually to those whose work was essential in making the world more peaceful and just the previous year....

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Thursday - 8th October, 2026
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Not 'our job': Rubio dodges question about Kimberly Guilfoyle cash shakedown

Former Fox News personality and U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, has been caught in a pay-for-influence scandal in which she was trying to shake down a donor to President Donald Trump. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hasn't quite crafted a...

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Wednesday - 7th October, 2026
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Eyebrows raised as Trump named 'Admiral' in land-locked red state's navy

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. - President Donald Trump is the sixth U.S. president to be named an admiral for the largely honorific Great Navy of the State of Nebraska. Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen bestowed the largely honorific title Monday during a midterms rally...

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Tuesday - 6th October, 2026
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Trump meets with convicted election fraudster to discuss ‘the plans'

President Donald Trump met in the Oval Office with former Colorado election clerk Tina Peters, who is a convicted election fraudster, to discuss election integrity and “the plans” for the midterm elections, according to former Justice Department...

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Monday - 5th October, 2026
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What Tennessee wants to do next to Christa Pike is beyond grim | Opinion

Christa Pike, the woman who survived two execution attempts in Tennessee earlier this week, remains hospitalized in critical condition, where presumably medical staff is at work trying to keep her alive. If she wakes from the coma she had entered,...

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Sunday - 4th October, 2026
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Trump secretly believes he's stupid - and is scared you'll find out: biographer

President Donald Trump has a deep, dark fear, according to a journalist who has spent years studying the man - and it is that people will discover he is quite literally stupid. "Trump’s fear of this is so great, Michael Wolff tells the Inside Trump’s...

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Saturday - 3rd October, 2026
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Former congressman cackles in Scott Jenning’s face

Former South Carolina lawmaker Bakari Sellers did not bother to hide his contempt on CNN’s Anderson Cooper’s Friday night program when Republican pundit Scott Jennings attempted to blame stale job growth and falling consumer sentiment on former...

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Friday - 2nd October, 2026
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MAGA devotees call brutal polling a 'psyop' as Trump insiders panic

Some prominent MAGA figures are dismissing a run of disastrous midterm polling for Republicans, with several expressing the belief that the numbers are not just wrong but part of a coordinated “psyop” aimed at keeping conservatives home this November....

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Thursday - 1st October, 2026
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Morning Joe delivers brutal message to 'stupid liar' Ken Paxton

"Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough opened Thursday morning's show by unleashing an epic rant on everyone he thinks is "stupid," but his biggest insults were for Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), President Donald Trump and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton....

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Wednesday - 30th September, 2026
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Inside the FBI's biggest nightmare yet | Opinion

Crossed storms are hitting the FBI simultaneously. The question is how much of the trouble the FBI’s Kash Patel pushing Donald Trump’s agenda is responsible. Andrew Bailey this week became the second deputy FBI director to walk out in a year. It came...

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Tuesday - 29th September, 2026
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Trump 'starting to unravel' - and only making voters more furious

President Donald Trump's language promoting his strong economy is only making things worse, according to one pollster tracking angry Trump voters as well as E.J. Dionne and Tim Carney, a columnist for the conservative Washington Examiner. Speaking to...

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Monday - 28th September, 2026
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CNN host tears Sean Spicer apart with fact-check over Trump conspiracy

Supporters of President Donald Trump have spent the past week attempting to justify his expulsion of three press outlets from the White House. But one CNN host isn't having it. According to Sean Spicer, Trump's former press secretary, Joe "Biden...

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Sunday - 27th September, 2026
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CNN host tears Sean Spicer apart with fact-check over Trump conspiracy

Supporters of President Donald Trump have spent the past week attempting to justify his expulsion of three press outlets from the White House. But one CNN host isn't having it. According to Sean Spicer, Trump's former press secretary, Joe "Biden...

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Saturday - 26th September, 2026
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'Collision course': Experts warn Trump’s 'last refuge' is his most dangerous

President Donald Trump is “lashing out” as he increasingly finds his influence waning - and, according to experts and historians who spoke with the Guardian, he’s never been more dangerous. The Guardian, in an article published early Saturday,...

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Friday - 25th September, 2026
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Ex-MAGA lawmaker fumes at Trump voter who knows he lies - and doesn't care

A former Republican lawmaker who once backed Trump fumed in an X post on Thursday about a current President Donald Trump supporter who - despite knowing that the president frequently lies - will continue supporting him despite the fabrications. "A...

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Thursday - 24th September, 2026
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Trump 'jumps the shark' as Fox News airs new ad 'paid for by US government'

Fox News is now airing a new ad promoting President Donald Trump. The ad, set to the song "Love Me," is airing during Jesse Watters' show, and it includes a disclaimer: "paid for by the U.S. government." The ad is getting plenty of reactions on X,...

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Wednesday - 23rd September, 2026
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Trump finds new landmark target to add his name to

President Donald Trump is not relenting in his crusade to stamp his name on as many landmarks as he can, even in the face of catastrophic approval numbers, with MS NOW reporting that his administration has found its next target. As Trump continues to...

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Tuesday - 22nd September, 2026
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A long-overdue reckoning is finally closing in on Trump | Opinion

I’d like to think the working press has finally learned its lesson when dealing with abusive fascists, malignant narcissists, and convicted felons. I’d like to think that after being called “the enemies of the people” and a grotesque variety of...

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Monday - 21st September, 2026
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The 5 people keeping Trump alive as infuriated voters run for the exits

The New Republic senior editor Alex Shephard provides a comprehensive analysis of a stark divergence within the American political landscape. While a vast majority of everyday voters across diverse demographics are rapidly abandoning Donald Trump and...

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Sunday - 20th September, 2026
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Candidates fleeing Trump after he 'aggressively squandered' his strengths

Republican midterm candidates are starting to flee from associating with President Donald Trump while others tune out his outlandish antics, and according to one conservative commentator, it comes down to how he "aggressively squandered" the strengths...

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Saturday - 19th September, 2026
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Former Trump staffer says horrible no-good week has president 'melting down'

Stephanie Grisham is a former communications person for President Donald Trump in his first term, and she says she recognizes what drove Trump to try to illegally ban certain news outlets from the White House. As Trump’s press secretary Grisham told...

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Friday - 18th September, 2026
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Experts: Florida may be flipping as Jolly leads Donalds in shock poll

Even though Florida has been a solidly Republican state for years. there have been early indicators that the gubernatorial election between Democrat David Jolly and Republican Byron Donalds could be closer than pundits initially expected. New surveys...

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Thursday - 17th September, 2026
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MAGA senator Trump betrayed seems to endorse Dem James Talarico

When President Donald Trump betrayed Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) by endorsing his primary rival, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, in the latter's ultimately-successful intraparty challenge, experts speculated that the president may have politically hit...

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Wednesday - 16th September, 2026
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Trump just activated a secret 1990s court | Opinion

Last Friday, for the first time in American history, a brand new court in America deported to Afghanistan Nazira Haji Zada, a 47-year-old lawful permanent resident living in Fort Worth. She was never charged with a crime, and wasn’t allowed to see the...

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Tuesday - 15th September, 2026
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Buckle up: Trump's new stunt is freaking out the bond market | Opinion

Get ready to get your financial deriere kicked. That’s the message the bond market sent last week, although almost nobody in the corporate press bothered to translate it into English. If you’ve ever lived in a condo or home with an HOA, though, you may...

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Monday - 14th September, 2026
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What happened after New York raised taxes on the rich

The threats came in a steady stream last year from Fox News, hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, and Gristedes grocery chain CEO John Catsimatidis, who insisted that wealthy New York City residents were “panicking” at the possibility that then-state Rep....

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Sunday - 13th September, 2026
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Conservative admits surprise at GOP's willingness to 'humiliate themselves'

A prominent anti-Trump conservative admitted to still being surprised at the Republican Party, saying in a recent podcast that the recent midterm convention showed a shocking willingness to "degrade and debase and humiliate themselves" for the...

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Saturday - 12th September, 2026
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Fox pundit roasts 'bunch' of MAGA ‘betas’ ogling hot Dem nemesis

Mediaite reports Fox News liberal commentator Jessica Tarlov got a good dig in on MAGA enthusiasts who twice drooled over the photo of left-wing streamer Hasan Piker at the Republican midterm convention. Piker in his underclothes appeared not once but...

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Friday - 11th September, 2026
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Trump lie about top general busted by Pentagon spokesman

The unprecedented two-day Republican Midterms Convention in Dallas concluded on Thursday, September 10. During the convention's first day, President Donald Trump claimed that U.S. Army Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was...

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Thursday - 10th September, 2026
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The crowd went silent: How Trump flopped in Dallas in 5 wild moments

At a packed convention in Dallas, Donald Trump delivered a midterm campaign address that alternated between boisterous boasts and familiar grievances, though several key moments fell noticeably flat with the crowd. From attempting to rewrite the...

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Wednesday - 9th September, 2026
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The voting battle's explosive twist: Legal maneuver gridlocks Trump's plan

The Trump administration’s proposal to crack down on voting by mail in federal elections - articulated in a March 2026 executive order - faces its toughest legal test so far, as the Supreme Court decides whether to allow the measure to go ahead, or...

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Tuesday - 8th September, 2026
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'There will be mistakes': Red state officials warn of new Trump plan

Across the country, state election officials are waiting to discover if federal courts will allow the Trump administration’s restrictions on mail-in voting to take effect. In Idaho, like many other states, election officials are nervous the changes...

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Monday - 7th September, 2026
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The toxic Republican coincidence that happened the day Gloria Steinem died | Opinion

Whenever I spoke with Gloria Steinem on my program over the years, I always got a sense of a person with both incredible charisma, intellect, and a real grasp of what power was and how to use it. She was a force of nature. When the announcement that...

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Sunday - 6th September, 2026
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‘Political malpractice’: Insiders panic over Trump's midterm plan

As President Donald Trump continues his various plans to meddle in the 2026 midterm elections, a new report reveals that his controversial midterms convention is taking place in spite of deep reservations from his own party - and pretty much entirely...

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Saturday - 5th September, 2026
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Critical failure: Republicans’ unsinkable propaganda machine is sinking

For years, Fox News and other Republican Party propagandists have suffused airwaves, talk radio and social media, successfully painting Democrats as incompetent or frail on issues. With an endless legion of talking heads barking GOP marketing under the...

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Friday - 4th September, 2026
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Fetterman snubbed veterans and constituents to hang with Fox: report

A new report reveals that Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) snubbed disabled veterans and poor people, so he could instead pander to Republicans, right-wing media and pro-Israel groups. "One morning in June, three paralyzed military veterans in wheelchairs...

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Thursday - 3rd September, 2026
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Nobel psychiatrist warns: Trump will 'use nuclear weapon' in 'fit of rage'

Back in April, Dr. Henry Abraham - a well-known psychiatrist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 - called for U.S. President Donald Trump to be removed from office because of his mental state. Trump's lack of mental fitness, Abraham argued, made him...

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Wednesday - 2nd September, 2026
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Trump's massive new economic boast exists only inside his head | Opinion

Donald Trump is not very good at running the economy, but he does have a great imagination about how he runs the economy. Trump continually boasts about the incredible amount of foreign investment coming into the country. It was $20 trillion last I...

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Tuesday - 1st September, 2026
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He's insane: The leaked backlash that could wreck Trump’s second term | Opinion

Last week, I said the president is insane. Donald Trump has been proving the point since. On his social media site, Truth Social, he posted an image of a map with Lake Ontario crossed out in red and "Lake America" superimposed over the lake in gold...

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Monday - 31st August, 2026
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Fire hose of 'bad news': Something major is breaking behind closed doors | Opinion

Sometimes it’s hard to tell whether it is the pace of poor public behaviors that seem so galling or the various justifications that come to light in defense of those actions. In either case, the constant fire hose of Bad News is proving exhausting....

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Sunday - 30th August, 2026
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The real reason Trump won again -and why his power is waning | Opinion

Even at 80 years old, she was still bringing Americans together. At 80, he continues to tear us apart. She always stood for the underdog. He stands for the overlord. She was among the most generous people in American public life. He is the most...

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Saturday - 29th August, 2026
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Frenzied conservative unloads on 'impotent' White House 'man-baby'

Conservative Dispatch writer Nick Catoggio is no fan of President Donald Trump. But some rants go further than others, and Trump’s recent behavior clearly sent Catoggio into a frenzy. Trump fired Army chief of staff Gen. Randy George earlier this year,...

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Friday - 28th August, 2026
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There’s a legal time bomb hidden in the Supreme Court’s new decision

The conservative justices’ decision in the 6-3 ruling to lift a block on implementation of President Donald Trump’s March 2026 executive order imposing restrictions on mail voting had voting rights advocates and many state officials angry and alarmed....

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Thursday - 27th August, 2026
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Trump begs GOP to 'pretend' he’s running - and they beg him for cash

Although President Donald Trump continues to struggle with low approval ratings, he remains the dominant figure in the Republican Party. And according to New York Times reporters Tim Balk, Shane Goldmacher and Maggie Haberman, this presents a major...

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Wednesday - 26th August, 2026
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A furious backlash lies ahead as a sleeping giant awakens | Opinion

Many of you are frightened, anxious, and in despair about this country. I feel many of these same emotions. But today I wanted to explore with you the possibility that something good may come out of this awfulness - a silver lining on this darkest of...

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Tuesday - 25th August, 2026
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Trump risking 'massive embarrassment' in MAGA Showdown: GOP strategist

This Tuesday night, Republican voters in South Carolina will choose a nominee for the deep red state's 2026 U.S. Senate race. And the outcome, according to Politico, will be a crucial test for President Donald Trump's kingmaker skills, risking a...

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Monday - 24th August, 2026
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Ex-Trump secretary spills the reason behind Melania’s constant absences

Melania Trump has been notably absent from the public eye compared to past first ladies, and according to one former White House staffer, there is potentially a very good reason she is so checked out. As The Daily Beast found in a recent audit of the...

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Sunday - 23rd August, 2026
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Kushner’s latest slip confirms what MAGA has been dreading

As President Donald Trump continues to claim he will only lose the 2026 midterms if they are rigged against him, Republicans are by contrast starting to distance themselves from him politically, as if anticipating defeat. Now a new report in The New...

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Saturday - 22nd August, 2026
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Friday - 21st August, 2026
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Thursday - 20th August, 2026
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Wednesday - 19th August, 2026
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MS Now anchor throttles GOP over its legion of criminal candidates

MS NOW anchor Jen Psaki pulled no punches at the disreputable slate of Republicans facing voters Tuesday night- some of them already toppled by their own voters as primaries extended into the night. “Former Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell … is...

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Tuesday - 18th August, 2026
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'Promises not kept': Wall Street insider tears apart Trump's grim economy

When Donald Trump won the United States' presidential elections of 2016 and 2024, many Americans who voted for him cited the economy as a key factor in their decisions. But in a detailed op-ed for the New York Times, Wall Street insider Steve Rattner -...

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Monday - 17th August, 2026
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Robert Reich fires back at Trump admin -exposing huge flaw in the economy

Dear Scott (if I may). I’ve argued that the K-shaped economy - a term used to describe growing inequality between high- and low-income households - can be seen in sales of McDonald’s burgers, whose lower- and middle-income customers fell by double...

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Sunday - 16th August, 2026
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Tech-bro fantasies are no longer sci-fi fringe - thanks to Trump

President Donald Trump has made it possible for out-of-touch tech bros to bring their most obviously impossible schemes to the inner halls of power, according to a recent report. “You could not ask for a more complete and hair-raising compendium of the...

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Saturday - 15th August, 2026
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Friday - 14th August, 2026
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Thursday - 13th August, 2026
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Wednesday - 12th August, 2026
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Tuesday - 11th August, 2026
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Monday - 10th August, 2026
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