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Donald Trump cannot tolerate events that don’t revolve around him. Even as president of the United States, he is incapable of letting history unfold without forcing himself into the center of it—loudly, crudely, and without understanding the consequences. Every crisis becomes a stage. Every tragedy becomes an opportunity for self-promotion. That impulse is now colliding with one of the most dange…

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Democrats are the clear favorites to win the House Finally, some good news. A year in, Americans think Trump has made everything worse You’ve got to see how bad the numbers are for him. You can mail guns in Trump’s America—just not abortion pills USPS stands for “United States Pistol Serv…

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Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff and the architect of some of his most racist initiatives, is very mad that “Star Trek”—one of television’s first bastions of progressive ideas—is too progressive. On Thursday, the “End Wokeness” X account, which is a serial purveyor of misinformation and bigoted smears, posted a clip from the newest “Star Trek” series, “Starfleet Acad…

President Donald Trump’s team is worried that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have gone too far in enforcing his immigration policy in Minnesota and elsewhere, Axios reported on Friday. At least, that’s what some unnamed “top Trump adviser” told the outlet, a comment about as believable as Trump’s doctor’s 2015 claim that he would be the “healthiest individual ever elected to the presi…

During the White House’s Make America Healthy Again event on Friday, President Donald Trump offered some rambling thoughts on his own greatness. While boasting about his drug-price negotiating skills—which seem to consist of bullying countries by threatening tariffs—he couldn't help but veer into one of his favorite obsessions : taking control of Greenland. “I may put a tariff on countries if the…

Eric Trump, one of President Donald Trump’s many unloved spawn, is heading to Doonbeg, Ireland, to stump for local approval to build a big ugly ballroom at the Trump family golf resort, Trump International Golf Links, there. And guess what? Just like daddy, American taxpayers will get to foot the bill for part of this debacle as well. And why is this our problem, fellow taxpayers? Because also ju…

Things didn’t go well when Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin tried to defend her boss, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, in her outrageous characterization of Renee Good as a domestic terrorist after CNN’s Wolf Blitzer called it “outrageous.” “In no way is that outrageous,” McLaughlin exclaimed, before repeating the DHS assertion—which experts have …

President Donald Trump’s obsession with obtaining a Nobel Peace Prize after he was yet again passed over for the honor last year reached a new cringeworthy low on Thursday. During a White House visit, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado gifted Trump her recently won Nobel Peace Prize and the two posed for pictures with the award. “María presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for th…

When President Donald Trump took the oath of office, Americans approved of the job he was doing by a nearly 10-percentage-point margin as they hoped he would lower costs and make life a little easier—a number that horrified Democrats amid fears that Teflon Don and his MAGA movement were untouchable entities. Yet now, almost exactly a year into his term, Americans overwhelmingly believe Trump has …