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There are few things more fun than watching the mad king Donald Trump fall apart in public, and Thursday morning’s Truth Social meltdown was a classic. Trump was furious —absolutely furious —about his weak standing in the polls. “Fake and Fraudulent Polling should be, virtually, a criminal offense,” he began, immediately signaling where this was going. (After all, he has sued at least one pollste…

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Republicans are sadists Definitely didn’t see that one coming. Philadelphia fights back against Trump's racism Turns out you can’t erase slavery from America’s collective memory. Kash Patel can’t stop screwing up At least he’s not in charge of an agency crucial to national security or any…

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At long last, it looks like President Donald Trump’s big, ugly ballroom project may have finally hit a snag. True, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon hasn’t yet ruled, but Thursday’s hearing in the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s lawsuit seeking to halt construction of this gold-plated nightmare didn't go well for the administration. Fam, is it good when a federal judge calls your fundin…

Vice President JD Vance made an appearance at the March for Life event in Washington Friday, during which he pushed some birther lore. “One particular piece of information has haunted me: That one of the telltale signs of an ancient brothel in the pagan world was that you'd always find a large number of baby skeletons nearby,” he said. “A lot of baby skeletons, and those bones predominantly belon…

Amazon MGM Studios is reportedly spending $35 million to promote the theatrical release of its upcoming documentary on Melania Trump, despite early indications that few people are interested in the film or its subject. Puck reported on Friday that Amazon has committed to the “insanely high” promotional budget, which comes in addition to the outsized $40 million that the company paid for the right…

A video circulated on X on Friday, reportedly filmed in Maine, where a woman was legally recording Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents when a masked agent began photographing her license plate. It led to an exchange with the masked thug telling the woman he is collecting her information “because we have a nice little database,” before adding, “and now you're considered a domestic terrorist…

The Trump administration makes it really easy to write stories that sound like the latest episode of “The Real Housewives of the White House.” This time, the drama is swirling around Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her rumored lover Corey Lewandowski, a former campaign manager for President Donald Trump. Last week, Lewandowski—who was once charged with battery against a reporter and h…

Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin appeared on right-wing media Friday to spin a dubious accounting of Immigration and Customs Enforcement thugs. This newest work of fiction was around detaining a five-year-old Minnesota child in the driveway of his home after he returned from school. “The facts are actually that this little boy was abandoned by his own fat…

You’d think that a dude who was just the centerpiece of a massive New York Times story about how his first year on the job has been “marred by vendettas, mismanagement, and meltdowns” might be engaging in the tiniest bit of self-reflection. But since that dude is FBI Director Kash Patel, you would be so, so wrong. Instead, Patel decided to do yet another purge of senior FBI employees for having t…

Nearly two-thirds of registered voters (61%) think Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have gone too far in their tactics as they seek to fulfill President Donald Trump's deportation agenda, a New York Times/Siena University poll released on Friday found. But not Republican voters. The same poll found that more than half of Republican voters (56%) think ICE's tactics have been "about rig…

The city of Philadelphia is suing the Trump administration over the decision to remove an exhibit at Independence National Historical Park depicting the factual history of slavery in the United States. The suit was filed on Thursday in response to agents from the National Park Service removing the display, which has been in place for 16 years. Video recorded by The Philadelphia Inquirer shows the…