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September 23, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Fully Gives Away the Game on Why He Banned News Outlets
The lawsuit over the ban goes to court Wednesday.
September 14, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Reveals What He Really Thinks of JD Vance for 2028
Apparently it’s “too early” for Donald Trump to make an endorsement.
September 11, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Epstein Survivors Got Kicked Out of the Republican Midterm Convention
As did the journalist who had brought them as her guests.
September 11, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump “Doesn’t Give a Sh*t Anymore” About the Republican Party
Here’s what the midterm convention revealed about Donald Trump.
September 11, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Republican Convention Attendee Calls for Shooting Democratic Stars
Texas Senator Ted Cruz seemed unbothered by the call.
September 11, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
The Numbers Don’t Lie: Trump’s Convention Speech Was a Total Flop
Not many people tuned in to see Donald Trump speak.
September 10, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Key Republican Delegates Have Decided on Trump’s Successor
The Republican midterm convention partially served as a JD Vance coronation.
September 10, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Has Bonkers Excuse for Why He Won’t Just Give Out $5,000 Now
And that’s why he has to bribe people ahead of the midterms.
September 10, 2026
Edith Olmsted
TPUSA Was “Livid” Trump Hijacked Charlie Kirk’s Death Anniversary
Donald Trump scheduled his “Trump-a-palooza” on the one-year anniversary of Kirk’s death.
September 10, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Brags About Convention Crowd Size to Half-Empty Room
Multiple videos reveal that the crowd was not what Donald Trump promised it would be.
September 9, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Aides Have Totally Given Up on Trying to Control His Impulses
“Why bother?” one of Donald Trump’s aides said.
September 8, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
GOP Effort to Fill Seats at Midterm “Trump-a-Palooza” Has Huge Catch
Republicans are trying to bribe people to come to the convention.
September 8, 2026
Michael Tomasky
Trump’s Midterm Convention Will Yield a Bounce All Right—for Democrats
The president’s latest bright idea: Throw a party for his flailing, failing presidency. Welcome to the clown show.
August 7, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
The GOP’s Midterm Convention Will Be the Worst Film Festival Ever
Republicans are using the event to show an “endless” series of videos of lefties and Democrats.

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