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Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall is ready to go back to the battlefield over the Trump administration’s attempted clampdown on ex-military who risked their lives defending their country.“This week, I heard something that shocked me,” Kendell told the New York Times. “In a federal appeals court … the secretary of defense argued that military retirees were subject to freedom of speech restrictions because of their connection to the military, and that if they didn’t like those restrictions, retirees could forfeit their pension and benefits. Let that sink in.

A recent SEC filing reveals President Donald Trump’s Truth Social’s parent company, Trump Media and Technology Group, sloughed off more than $400 million last quarter and brought in only a few hundred thousand dollars in sales.Trump’s family may be cashing in big through government contracts and federally-enabled crypto schemes, but the president’s own social media company appears to be bleeding.The company reported only $871,200 in revenue in the first three months of 2026,

The Irish Star reports critics bushwhacked a White House social media post wherein it proclaimed to be an ally of small business when consumer satisfaction is historically low.The mass attack came on the heels of a small business summit held at the White House, after which the White House posted on X,

As of right now, CNN anchor Jake Tapper says Republicans appear to “have the edge” in the gerrymandering arms race that President Donald Trump set off with his extreme mid-decade gerrymander in Texas. But CNN data analyst John King says there are some things that even the most extreme undemocratic tampering can’t fix.With Republicans determined to lock in a permanent House majority by picking their own voters and the Supreme Court agreeing to let white-majority Southern legislators “go back and take away the majority Black districts,” King said Republicans look like they’re winning their gerrymander war.But he added that “this is s

On Thursday, among the big news of the day was the release of previously classified Pentagon files relating to UFOs and extraterrestrial life. The public is still sifting through it, flooding social media with videos of unexplained flying balls and the weird things seen by Apollo astronauts. All manner of explanations have been offered, such as Representative Lauren Boebert’s (R-CO) assertion that the aliens are actually fallen angels. Not to be outdone,

Stuart Stevens, chief strategist for the 2012 presidential campaign of Mitt Romney says there’s a very clear reason why President Donald Trump can shamelessly flaunt his wealth and openly enrich himself and his family through corruption.Steven kicked off his rant after MS NOW anchor Katy Tur asked him if Americans are “drawing a line” between Trump’s sumptuous balls and parties and their own difficulty buying gas during Trump’s self-inflicted Iran war.“The claim that he's ‘for you’ while prices are going up, [food] costs are going up, gasoline is going up, the economy is struggling for people that are not very

Democrats made a “fundamental miscalculation” in the redistricting wars and now have “little chance” in the November midterms, argues Eric Garcia at The Independent.Calling the Virginia Supreme Court’s nullification of a voter-led ballot initiative that allowed the creation of four Democratic congressional districts a “massive body blow,” Garcia also points to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision “virtually nullifying the Voting Rights Act” by requiring Louisiana to redraw its congressional map. There is also the Tennessee legislature turning majori

Ohio-based sculptor Alan Cottrill had nothing good to say of the crypto bros behind the funding of gold-leafed statue of Donald Trump called “Don Colossus.”“I usually deal with people that have everything organized. From the start, this was chaos,” Cottrill told the Miami New Times. “I have 400 life-size or larger statues around the country. The patron sets a date when they want it installed, and I have it installed on that date. And almost never, anytime whatsoever, does anyone miss a payment, because I always do wh

Late last year, President Donald Trump launched a new program with his One Big Beautiful Bill Act that established retirement accounts for newborns. Part of his administration’s mission to incentivize childbearing and drive up birth rates, these accounts were initially referred to as “Trump accounts,” but the name soon shifted to “530A accounts” when it was realized that the original moniker was too politically polarizing. Now, according to Axios

Former Republican strategist Rick Wilson is no friend of President Donald Trump. He also is no friend to the Republican Party that currently serves at Trump’s beck and call, shields him from legal consequences and enable his agenda.This is why Wilson says he 100 percent wants Republicans to pass funding for Trump’s $1 billion ballroom and crow about their decision every day up until the November midterms.“I want Republicans to vote for the ballroom,” Wilson told MS NOW anchor Katy Tur. “I want them to go out and cheerlead