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President Donald Trump deigned to show up at Dover Air Force Base for the dignified transfer of six U.S. soldiers killed in his illegal war on Iran, but he couldn’t resist wearing a baseball cap emblazoned with a gold text reading “USA.” In fact, during the solemn event, he never took it off. In case you’re wondering, you can get the hat from Trump’s official store , which makes this not just pro…

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National Republicans were breathing a little easier on March 4 after President Donald Trump said he would intervene to end a bruising GOP runoff in the Texas Senate race . Yet nearly a week later, Trump still hasn’t made good on his promise to endorse in the race and force the candidate he doesn’t pick to drop out. And a new poll from a Democratic super PAC shows that Republicans will be in troub…

Republican Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota showed up on CNBC Monday to reinforce the spin that President Donald Trump’s Iran war debacle will be not only worthwhile—but brief! “I believe it is already being extremely successful, and I believe it'll be over in short order,” Emmer told conservative host Joe Kernen, who noted that the Republican Party’s claims of tackling “affordability” is a teeny tiny…

There’s a lot of bleak stuff out there right now, but here’s a bright spot: Kari Lake is out of her job at the Voice of America. But more than that, her destruction of the venerable institution was also reversed . In a little Saturday news drop, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that Lake was never eligible to be the acting chief executive officer of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, VOA’s…

A ground invasion of Iran and a possible military draft are controversial issues that remain “on the table” according to an interview with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt that aired on Sunday. YouTube Video Leavitt made the remarks while speaking to Fox Business host and election conspiracy theorist Maria Bartiromo. Bartiromo asked Leavitt about Trump’s possible plans for “troops on …

A cartoon by Drew Sheneman. Related | Iran war proves Trump is still at the ‘concept of a plan’ stage

Seven American service members are dead, dozens of Iranian children were murdered by a U.S. missile strike , oil is raining from the skies to poison the air for thousands of people living in Iran following an Israeli missile strike, and oil and gas prices worldwide are surging as the war has led to the blockade of a critical waterway used to transport oil. But hey, at least we have a new Iranian …

In the middle of a war where Anthropic’s “Claude” AI is playing a central role in attacking Iran while also simultaneously being branded a supply chain risk that the Trump administration will remove within six months, Defense Secretary Whiskey Pete Hegseth has decided that it would be a great idea to have a 26-year-old DOGE bro run AI for the Pentagon. Meet Gavin Kliger. Or, rather, let us reintr…

So it turns out that even packing the National Capital Planning Commission with cronies wasn’t enough to get President Donald Trump’s big, dumb ballroom approved. The NCPC was planning to vote on the monstrosity on Thursday, and it seemed like a foregone conclusion that it would sail through just as it did for the Commission of Fine Arts—which Trump also stuffed with sycophants. The East Wing is …

Conflict in the Middle East could have major repercussions for U.S. electricity and natural gas prices. Some states, like Pennsylvania, are particularly vulnerable. By Kiley Bense for Inside Climate News Russia’s invasion of Ukraine set off a global energy crisis in 2022, sending prices for oil and gas skyrocketing in Europe and the U.S. for months on end. Many Americans struggled to keep up with…

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