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On Easter Sunday, President Donald Trump posted on social media that “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day,” extending his threat to destroy civilian infrastructure in Iran. “Open the F——in' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH!,” wrote the president, signing off with “Praise be to Allah.”“I did a double-take and had to make sure that it was real,” said New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie

President Donald Trump is the “Terrorist in Chief,” and is “promising to commit war crimes on a massive scale,” Nobel laureate Paul Krugman says — arguing that the president’s profane Easter Sunday message fits his own administration’s definition of terrorism.Trump threatened a Tuesday attack on Iran’s power plants and bridges, if the “crazy b — —” do not open the Strait of Hormuz. He then closed the post by praising Allah.Krugman cited the definiti

During Joe Biden's presidency, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) had a reputation for being a MAGA firebrand. Jordan was highly performative during hearings, often defending Donald Trump in a highly inflammatory way and hurling countless insults at Democrats.Jordan had that reputation even before Trump became the most prominent figure in the Republican Party. First elected to Congress in the 2006 midterms, the Ohio congressman was described as a "legislative terrorist" by former House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) during Barack Obama's presidency. And Boehner wasn't a fan of Jordan's in-your-face antics.But Jordan, who now chairs the Hou

Economic and labor reporter Steven Greenhouse is warning folks not to buy into President Donald Trump's new "affordability" claims. During the first year of his second term, Trump has claimed that the affordability crisis is a "Democrat hoax," he's claimed, “Energy has come down incredibly.

U.S. President Donald Trump's war against Iran continued to escalate on Friday, April 3, when an American fighter jet was shot down by Iranian forces and an intense rescue operation for the pilots was launched. The Washington Post described the operation as a "high-stakes mission" and a "dramatic and politically perilous moment in the war."In a "Fast Politics" video posted on YouTube on Sunday night, April 5, Never Trump conservative Rick Wilson and liberal journalist Molly Jong-Fast stressed that the attack on the fighter jet shows that the "TACO" approach to the war isn't working for Trump.On Wall Street, the

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) appears ready to make his move to take over as Speaker of the House after Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) is expected to make his move after the GOP loses control of Congress. NOTUS reported Monday that Republican lawmakers believe Jordan is preparing to take over and that he's raising and donating large sums of campaign cash to incumbents. The House isn't expected to remain Republican in the November election. It is typical for the president's party to lose seats in the first midterms. However, Trump's poll numbers are so bad when it comes to the economy and starting an unpopular war i

The MAGA movement was rocked by a major bombshell when, in November 2025, far-right then-Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) expressed her disappointment with President Donald Trump by resigning from Congress. Greene not only decided against seeking reelection in the 2026 midterms — she left Congress altogether in early January, opting not to serve out the rest of her term.This Tuesday, April 7, a special election to fill that U.S. House of Representatives seat will be held in Georgia's deep red 14th Congressional District, where Trump-endorsed Republican Clayton Fuller (a former local prosecutor and Air National Guar

Christopher Columbus is back. At least, a statue of him is back, reinstalled by US President Donald Trump on the White House grounds in late March – part of the president’s stated mission to cancel “cancel culture”.The resurrection of Columbus made good on Trump’s 2025 executive order, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History”.The statue is in fact a replica of the original thrown into

Although Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took criticism from some mainstream media pundits after she helped rally public opinion against the construction of Amazon’s HQ2 in Long Island City, new data revealed this week has seemingly vindicated her skepticism of the project.

I still remember the day, back in 2009 when we were on speaking terms, when Alex Jones showed up naked for a live simulcast of our two shows. It’s one of those pictures that my staff and I have worked for years to get out of our heads.It was for a stunt, of course; if nothing else, Alex has always known how to be a showman. It was April 15, Tax Day, and he wanted to emphasize how the IRS had “taken the shirt off my back.” Point made. And a largely harmless one (other than that $38 trillion national debt that’s 100% d