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May 5, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Remember That Wild Photoshoot of Young Barron Trump and His Many Toys?
As Donald Trump preaches about buying kids fewer dolls, the internet has resurfaced photos of some of the toys Barron Trump grew up with.
May 5, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Horrifying Report Showcases Dire Conditions in ICE Facilities
At least seven migrants have died in ICE custody since the start of Trump's second term.
May 5, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Cognitive Decline? Trump Spews a Word Salad to Explain Alcatraz Idea.
Obviously this is a well-conceived plan by a very stable genius.
May 5, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
“Take a Joke”: Trump Mocks Catholics Upset Over Image of Him as Pope
Trump insulted Catholics who were offended by the weird AI photo he shared of himself as the pope.
May 5, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Stephen Miller Unveils Totally Made-Up Definition of “Due Process”
The Trump adviser is trying to redefine the Constitution in order to carry out his extreme immigration agenda.
May 5, 2025
Edith Olmsted
CEO Makes Shocking Admission About Why He’s Buying Trump’s Meme Coin
It looks like $TRUMP is working exactly as the president intended.
May 5, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
MTG Warns Republicans Will Suffer Crushing Election Loss at This Rate
“It’s the Republicans that are the problem,” said GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.
May 5, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump’s Promise to Pay Undocumented Immigrants to Leave Is a Trap
As with every “deal” the president offers, there’s a huge catch.
May 5, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Erupts After Republican Guru Rips Him on Fox News
The president can’t handle criticism of his remarks about children’s dolls.
May 5, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Woman Flashing Peace Signs Carried Out of Republican Town Hall
Representative Mike Lawler was hammered with questions during his town hall. That’s when the police came in.
May 5, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Here’s Where Trump Got His Idiotic Idea to Tariff Foreign Movies
Someone close to Donald Trump planted the idea in his head that the United States should tariff foreign movies (whatever that means).
May 5, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Seems to Have Decided to Reopen Alcatraz Because of a Movie
Is this how the president of the United States is making major decisions now?
May 5, 2025
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Transcript: Fox News Visibly Rattled as Trump’s Slide in Polls Worsens
As Fox News personalities work overtime to shield their viewers from Trump’s deepening unpopularity, a shrewd observer of right-wing media explains the deeper problems this reveals for the MAGA movement.
May 5, 2025
Grace Segers
The Republican Budget Plan Could Kick Millions Off Medicaid
As GOP lawmakers mull how to slash federal spending, health care for low-income Americans could be first on the chopping block.
May 5, 2025
Michael Tomasky
Donald Trump’s Biggest, Dumbest Lie Is …
Really
Big and
Really
Dumb
The president is peddling hot nonsense on what tariffs can do for America—and the person he’s conned the most seems to be himself.
May 5, 2025
David S. Abraham
How the United States Lost the Rare Earth Materials War to China
Chinese dominance in this critical sector of the economy did not happen by accident—it was a policy choice.
May 5, 2025
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Trump’s Rage at Fox News over Bad Poll Hints at Coming Fiasco for MAGA
As Trump’s worsening polls force Fox News personalities to deny what the numbers are clearly showing, a shrewd observer of right-wing media explains the deeper problem all this exposes for the MAGA movement.
May 4, 2025
Magazine
Sam Rosenfeld
Michael Lewis’s Paean to Federal Workers Hits Differently Under DOGE
While Elon Musk paints federal bureaucrats as inefficient or worse, Lewis and other literary essayists shine a light on the quiet heroes of the civil service.
May 3, 2025
Greg Sargent
How Trump Accidentally Sabotaged His Own Case Against Abrego Garcia
Trump has now admitted twice that he could bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home, but says his lawyers are telling him not to. This was a very dumb move—and also a very revealing one.
May 2, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Elon Musk Is Poised to Get Another Huge Payday From the Government
Cuts to NASA mean that Musk’s SpaceX company is well positioned to reap in a billion dollars—at least—in government contracts.
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