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May 6, 2025
Edith Olmsted
RFK Jr. Wildly Defends Terrifying Idea for Registry of Autistic People
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s idea was so bad that the Department of Health and Human Services walked it back.
May 6, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Pete Hegseth Made an Order on Ukraine Trump Knew Nothing About
In the early days of Trump’s term, an order came from Hegseth’s office that sent national security officials scrambling.
May 6, 2025
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Transcript: Trump Humiliated by Karl Rove’s Brutal On-Air Poll Warning
As the veteran GOP strategist dares to suggest Trump is losing ground big-time on immigration, an elections analyst looks at why Trump is faltering on his number one issue—and how Dems can capitalize.
May 6, 2025
Benjamin F. Miller
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Norman J. Ornstein
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Kavita Patel
May Is Mental Health Awareness Month. Guess How Trump Is Marking It?
Mental health is in crisis. We need more resources, not fewer. But what the Trump administration is doing amounts to targeted sabotage.
May 6, 2025
Magazine
Ross Rosenfeld
Republicans Are Already Plotting to Steal the Midterms
With Trump’s help, Republicans across the country are sowing doubt about next year’s congressional elections—and gearing up for 2028.
May 6, 2025
Timothy Noah
Trump’s Movie Tariffs Won’t Save Hollywood
American movies are dying, but not in the way Trump imagines.
May 6, 2025
Matt Ford
How Republicans in Congress Enable Trump’s Tyranny
GOP lawmakers in Washington have stumbled onto one neat trick to abet the president’s lawlessness—dismantle their own power.
May 6, 2025
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Trump Seethes as Karl Rove’s Harsh On-Air Poll Warning Deflates MAGA
As Trump bristles at the GOP strategist’s advice about his slippage on immigration, an elections analyst explains the hidden reasons Trump is losing ground on his best issue—and how Dems should proceed now.
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?
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