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Pete Hegseth, you in danger, girl . President Donald Trump on Monday laid the groundwork to blame his secretary of defense for the unfolding disaster in Iran, saying that Hegseth convinced him to start the “excursion” that the administration still has yet to give a coherent rationale for . Seated alongside Hegseth at an event in Memphis, Tennessee, Trump said that the stock market and economy wer…

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Long lines at the airport? Thank Trump for that. Of course, you won’t have to worry about the lines if ICE detains you. Trump is making your student loans a bigger, more expensive mess The president knows exactly what Americans need right now: more debt. Inside Trump's oily Iran TACO Amer…

President Donald Trump’s impulsive decision to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents into U.S. airports has not impressed the millions of travelers stuck in long lines due to the Republican Party’s failure to fund the Department of Homeland Security . Trump’s rejection of Democrats’ proposals to fund the Transportation Security Administration has created chaotic travel conditions across…

Poor Christopher Columbus. All alone in front of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, your statue plopped in the middle of an empty plaza, hemmed in by fencing. Presumably, conservatives are very hyped to see a statue of one of the OG colonizers, figuring it puts all those woke scolds in their places. But honestly? Christopher just looks kinda lonely out there. A new statue of Christopher Co…

GOP Rep. James Comer of Kentucky took time away from running interference for President Donald Trump’s role in the Epstein files to appear on Fox Business to defend the administration’s war in Iran. “I don't like where we are with having to fight this battle in Iran,” Comer said. “But remember, this is cleaning up Joe Biden and Barack Obama's mess.” YouTube Video It’s just the latest in a string …

Kristi Noem may no longer be homeland security secretary, but the revelations of her wild, self-aggrandizing spending while she held the post are the grifts—er, gifts that keep on giving. Remember her horsey ad ? The one that ultimately proved to be her downfall when she tried to shift some blame for the $220 million contract to President Donald Trump? Noem had near-complete authority to waste yo…

President Donald Trump was asked about his decision to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement goons to U.S. airports in his attempt to bully Congress amid the ongoing government funding standoff . “We put ICE, who are a very high level—I mean they really are a high level group of people, and they love it because they're able to now arrest illegals as they come into the country,” Trump bragged t…

President Donald Trump displayed his complete lack of human decency yet again, this time crowing about the death of former FBI Director Robert Mueller on Saturday. “Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!” he wrote on Truth Social. Apparently the previous national policy of hunting down, doxing, and firing anyone who in any way does not speak rev…

It's times like these when the real consequences of electing a pathological liar as president of the United States come home to roost. President Donald Trump sent a Truth Social post on Monday morning before the stock and oil commodity markets opened, saying that the United States had productive "CONVERSATIONS" with Iran over the weekend and thus his Monday evening deadline for Iran to capitulate…

President Donald Trump was asked about his former counterterrorism official—and Nazi sympathizer —Joe Kent. Kent resigned from the administration earlier this month, after saying there was no evidence that Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States, contradicting the administration's justification for war. “Look, I'm not a fan of the guy,” Trump said. “He was a man that I met at Dover. He…