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President Donald Trump “benefits from cynicism” as he erodes Americans’ faith in key democratic institutions, according to a prosecutor speaking with a conservative commentator.“One of the things I think about when listening to voters is how Trump benefits from a certain kind of cynicism that has now taken root, which is that all politicians lie,” Andrew Weissman, a former prosecutor and author of the book “Liar’s Kingdom,” was asked by The Bulwark’s Sarah Longwell. “And it gets tough sometimes to disaggregate between a politician spinning, trying to put a positive light on things, saying t

President Donald Trump can usually rely on The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board to support his economic programs, but on Tuesday the venerable newspaper slammed the Republican Party leader for being too “progressive.”“Republicans want to show voters they’re doing something to ease housing costs,” the Editorial Board observed. “The result, alas, is a pork-filled bill hitting the Senate floor this week that is a big win for Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and the political left.”Describing the Senate’s 21st

Emails reveal some of the most notorious organizers backing President Donald Trump’s plan to militarize US soil were Chistian nationalists comprising the controversial Project 2025, according to the Phoenix New Times.Writer Beau Hodai called the Border Security Workgroup’s meeting the “insurrectionist brunch,” and it went down before the 2024 election, when a cadre of MAGA enthusiasts plotted ways to use the military domestically.“Emails show there were more Project 2025 brunches at the Army Navy Country Club, and the group also received continued guidance from Project 2025 leadership … relating to this ongoing guidance and development of hyb

President Donald Trump’s supporters are not happy with a new gold statue in Washington DC because it depicts the Republican romantically posing with his late friend, the convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.“A couple of families with young children from Pennsylvania skirted the statue and the small crowd that had gathered around it,” The Washington Post reported. “‘I don’t love seeing it here,’ said Josh, who declined to give his last name. ‘It’s a little distasteful and it’s not really helping the conversation.’Similarly a 51-year-old woman named Jane Gilbert,

President Donald Trump is receiving a warning from a newspaper whose columnists usually support him — he seems like a “captive” as he leads America into war with Iran.“Events may yet pan out but Mr. Trump is becoming captive to decisions made elsewhere,” wrote Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. of The Wall Street Journal. “The Iranian regime is apparently choosing whether to bet big on its ability to hold the world’s oil consumers hostage and dare Mr. Trump to do something about it. Then it becomes a different ballgame.”Jenkins pointed out that, amidst allegations that Trump needed to help an oil tan

An international policy expert says it’s no longer a matter of which direction President Donald Trump plans to take his self-started Middle Eastern war — it’s about a president desperately trying to hide the truth of his stupidity.“… [E]ven the war supporters are realizing that this was a horrible idea,” Duss told Wajahat Ali on Ali’s “Left Hook” podcast. “And I think this is a particularly dangerous moment because now they're frantically trying to find ways not to have to admit that the

Former DOJ prosecutor cheers investigation of Trump ‘charlatan’ US attorneyOutgoing "weaponization" chief and Donald Trump appointee Ed Martin is facing an ethics investigation, and former prosecutor Elie Honig says it couldn’t happen to a better person.“Any time you give enormous prosecutorial power to a charlatan, to a person like Ed Martin—who had zero prior prosecutorial experience before he took this job and came into an office with

President Donald Trump’s former DHS Chief decried Trump 2.0 imploding the U.S.’s intelligence community at a time when Trump has single-handedly incited war with a historic catalyst for terrorism.Miles Taylor could not stop himself from piling onto the concerns of MS NOW guest speaker Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), who warned MS NOW anchor Nicole Wallace that Trump officials have hollowed out U.S. intelligence’s counterterrorism wing with dismissals and firings.“[FBI Director] Kash Patel, over the last year, has waged war on our counterterrorism capabilities at the FBI.

Pop star Rihanna was allegedly attacked at her home on Sunday by a rifle-wielding Christian influencer who had previously threatened her online.“Rihanna's alleged shooter is a Christian influencer who made a twisted threat against the singer days before her rifle attack,” Radar Online reported. Ivanna Ortiz, who was previously arrested in Florida for domestic violence, careless driving and violating pretrial release conditions, first threatened Rihanna on Facebook on Feb. 23rd.Ortiz, who is facing an attempted murder charge, wrote: "@badgalriri Are you there?” She then continued, "Cause I was waiting for your AIDS 5-head self to say

Democrat critics have long been accusing the party of being “tax and spend” advocates. So it’s got to be a shock to some that two Democrat legislators appear to be devising a massive tax break for a huge number of Americans. A headline in The Bulwark refers to the ideas as “Reaganmaxxing,” a play on our 40th president’s tax slashing agenda and the protein-heavy diet that bodybuilders advocate. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) both have a tax reform plan, albeit with differing points. They both advocate increasing taxes on the ultra-rich in order to help the little guys. Booker has put his goal at a $75,000