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This past Saturday, an under-the-radar special election for a Texas state Senate seat rocked the political world . The Democratic candidate, Taylor Rehmet, won by 14 percentage points in a district that went for President Donald Trump by 17 points in 2024. Republicans immediately tried to spin the result, arguing that low turnout made it meaningless. That argument collapses under even minimal scr…

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Luke and Brent Ganger, the brothers of Renee Good, gave emotional statements during a public forum hosted by Democrats Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Rep. Robert Garcia of California on Tuesday. People attend a candlelight vigil for Renee Good at the U.S. Embassy in London on Jan. 12. Good was shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement thug Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis on …

The French government raided the offices of Elon Musk’s X over concerns about the possible production and circulation of child sexual abuse images, highlighting once again the distinctly hands-off stance the Trump administration has taken with the social media platform. The Paris prosecutor’s office said that the raid stemmed from an investigation that began in January 2025 after allegations that…

On Tuesday, the Department of Defense issued an extortion threat to Scouting America, telling the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts that if they don't get "back to God and country—immediately!" they will lose their support from the United States military. "For more than a decade now, Scouting America's leadership has made decisions that run counter to the values of this administration…

Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts slammed his Republican colleagues for their unwillingness to engage with the reality of President Donald Trump’s out-of-control immigration apparatus. “I talk to Republican colleagues all the time who privately confess to me that this is a disaster,” McGovern said during a debate on the government funding bill that includes no meaningful guardrails fo…

On Monday, reports surfaced that President Donald Trump had dropped his demand for $200 million as a “settlement”—aka protection racket bribe—from Harvard University. Apparently, those reports drove Trump into a fit of pique. Rather than doing a relatively normal thing like saying, “Those reports are incorrect and we are still seeking a settlement,” Trump popped on over to Truth Social Monday nig…

Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu of California called on members of the press Tuesday to investigate allegations of sexual assault against President Donald Trump revealed in the recently released Epstein files. The fallout from the release of the documents continues to put Republicans under the microscope for their attempts to cover up the details of the investigation. “[Republicans] are trying to distra…

House Speaker Mike Johnson , flanked by GOP leadership, held a press conference ahead of a vote on the government funding bill that’s been complicated by calls to rein in federal immigration agents. Johnson, who boasts of having practiced “constitutional law” for two decades, had nowhere to run to when asked to explain Fourth Amendment protections if an Immigration and Customs Enforcement goon tr…

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With the Olympics right around the corner, some athletes competing for the United States have a fancy new private hospitality space in a boutique hotel in Milan. Nice! Three national government bodies went all in, with U.S. Figure Skating, USA Hockey, and US Speedskating joining hands to make sure that America’s finest athletes who compete on ice are swaddled in comfort. Oh, dear. There’s that pe…