Tag: Trump
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Trump Is Being “Mogged” In China
Trump Is Being “Mogged” In China By: Sam Massey Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on May 13th for a three-day state visit that, whatever its diplomatic intentions, produced an unmistakable visual and symbolic dynamic: China was in charge. From the moment Air Force One touched down at Beijing Capital International Airport and Trump was greeted…
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Mills Ends Senate Bid, Cites Financial Issues
Mills Ends Senate Bid, Cites Financial Issues By: Sam Massey Maine Governor Janet Mills suspended her campaign for the United States Senate on Thursday, abandoning a bid that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had personally recruited her for and that national Democrats once viewed as their strongest vehicle to unseat Republican incumbent Susan Collins. Mills,…
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Fired Cabinet Member Considered Herself Potential 2028 VP Pick
Fired Cabinet Member Considered Herself Potential 2028 VP Pick By: Sam Massey Lori Chavez-DeRemer did not last fifteen months as Labor Secretary before being shown the door. The former Oregon congresswoman, who resigned Monday after being summoned to the White House and given an ultimatum to resign or be fired, leaves behind a tenure so…
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Trump Wants To Bomb Iranian Children “Back To The Stone Ages”
Trump Wants To Bomb Iranian Children “Back To The Stone Ages” By: Sam Massey On the evening of April 1, 2026, Donald Trump stood in the Cross Hall of the White House and told the American people that the United States would bomb Iran “back to the stone ages, where they belong.” It was not…
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Trump Fires Pam Bondi from Attorney General; Eyes Lee Zeldin as Replacement
Trump Fires Pam Bondi from Attorney General; Eyes Lee Zeldin as Replacement By: Sam Massey President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday, confirming the ouster in a Truth Social post Thursday in which he called her “a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend.” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who previously served…
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I Did That: How Republicans Inherited The Gas Crisis
I Did That: How Republicans Inherited The Gas Crisis By: Sam Massey Americans who lived through 2022 remember what $4 gas feels like politically. It was a number that haunted Joe Biden through the back half of his first term, a daily, unavoidable reminder plastered on every street corner that something had gone wrong. Under…
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Billionaire Asks Oklahoma Governor To Be Appointed to Mullin’s U.S. Senate Seat
Billionaire Asks Oklahoma Governor To Be Appointed to Mullin’s U.S. Senate Seat By: Sam Massey In a time where it feels the world works for only the very rich, reality only continues to confirm those indications. Harold Hamm, the Oklahoma oil billionaire and founder of Continental Resources, reportedly called Governor Kevin Stitt on Thursday night…
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Will Donald Trump Seize Control of U.S. Elections?
Will Donald Trump Seize Control of U.S. Elections? By Sam Massey Authoritarianism in 2026 does not always look like troops in the street. It often looks like memos, procedural traps, and people “just asking questions” about whether the normal rules should still apply. That is a core theme of Spin Dictators by Daniel Treisman and…
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An Infallible Leader, In Real Time
An Infallible Leader, In Real Time By: Sam Massey In the closing hours of a late-night social media blitz, President Donald J. Trump’s Truth Social account shared a short video that rapidly became a flashpoint in a national debate. The clip depicted Democrats as animals and image-superimposed the faces of former President Barack Obama and…
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Top U.S. Cyber Defense Official Uploads Sensitive Documents to ChatGPT, DHS Investigation
By: Sam Massey Madhu Gottumukkala, a technocrat appointed in 2025 to lead the United States’ top cyber defense agency, has come under scrutiny after uploading internal government files into a public version of ChatGPT. The incident triggered automated security alerts within the Department of Homeland Security and prompted an internal review of his actions. Gottumukkala…