December 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM EST
Conservative says Trump needs more 'Christian' in his 'Christian Nationalism'

The Trump administration and its agents with their crusader tattoos, and its supporters, adore the idea of Christian nationalism. It's a pity they're short on the 'Christian' part, says columnist Ross Douthat. "Christian nationalism" can be understood in two ways, Douthat tells the New York Times. The first emphasizes the "Christian" aspect and imagines nationalism as the vehicle through which conservative believers impose their doctrines on a pluralist society. Think inquisitions, witch trials, and the Republic of Gilead.

December 6, 2025 at 7:50 AM EST
Trump family is inflicting a new kind of Saudi-style 'royalism' on the US: experts

The Trump administration acts less like a presidential administration and more like a royal family in medieval Europe -- a kind of American "neoroyalism," Joshua Keating tells Vox. "Signs of neoroyalism [include] the degree to which the administration mixes private enterprise and diplomacy," said Keating. It's also clear in Trump's habit of handling negotiations through family members and old business partners rather than the traditional bureaucracy.

December 6, 2025 at 7:44 AM EST
This terrifying crisis was manufactured to distract from a massive new Trump scandal

Mark Twain allegedly quipped, "God created war so Americans would learn geography." Whether or not he actually said that, might it not be a good test, that the world's most mighty military power be prevented from waging war if a majority of Americans failed to find the alleged enemy on a world map? Frivolity aside, this should not need to be said, but the United States has no legal authority to attack Venezuela (nor Iran, Sudan, Somalia, or any other country), nor engage in covert action to overthrow its government. Should the US do so, it will be opposed by everyone south of the Rio Grande, and rightly be seen as a racist resumption of the Monroe Doctrine. Whatever one thinks of the current government, nearly 30 million people live in Venezuela, and they don't deserve to be demonized or threatened for the policies of their president, as Venezuela poses no threat to the United States.

December 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM EST
A very good chance the worst is yet to come -- and Democrats are to blame

Somalis are garbage! Deport a college student during a trip home for Thanksgiving! Pardon the Honduran ex-president convicted of drug peddling! Kill survivors from an unarmed boat the Navy has bombed in the Caribbean! Turn against Canada, our number one ally! Threaten to take over Greenland! Sell out the Ukrainians to the Russian invaders! And there's a good chance, a very good chance, the worst is yet to come.

December 6, 2025 at 5:51 AM EST
Anger as National Parks grant free access on Trump's birthday --and end it for MLK day

"Why is MLK Day not worthy of a fee-free day anymore?" That's what Kati Schmidt, communications director for the National Parks Conservation Association, wondered in an email to SFGATE , which reported Thursday on the National Park Service's recently announced free admission days for 2026.

December 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM EST
Woman aggressively arrested after speaking out against AI data centers

Public opposition to artificial intelligence data centers""and the push by corporations and officials to move forward with their construction anyway""were vividly illustrated in a viral video this week of a woman who was arrested after speaking out against a proposed data center in her community in Wisconsin. Christine Le Jeune, a member of Great Lakes Neighbors United in Port Washington, spoke at a Common Council meeting in the town on Tuesday evening. The meeting was not focused on the recently approved $15 million "Lighthouse" data center set to be built a mile from downtown Port Washington""part of a project developed by Vantage Data Centers for OpenAI and Oracle""but the first 30 minutes were taken up by members of the public who spoke out against the project.

December 6, 2025 at 5:27 AM EST
One of the first things to be done when sanity and legality are restored

Trump isn't just destroying the White House to make room for a vanity ballroom -- he's selling it off to the highest bidders, who conveniently need favors from his regime. The giant ballroom is Trump's monument to corruption.

December 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM EST
Fox host melts down at panelist who said FIFA created special 'peace prize' just for Trump

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld erupted at one of his fellow panelists recently after they suggested that an award President Donald Trump recently received was superficial. Mediaite reported that during Friday's episode of The Five, Gutfeld was complimentary toward FIFA (Fe'de'ration Internationale de Football Association, which organizes the quadrennial World Cup) after its president, Gianni Infantino, awarded Trump a "FIFA peace prize" during a World Cup ceremony at the Kennedy Center. The prize included a gold statue and a gold medal that Trump put around his own neck.

December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM EST
Democrat pardoned by Trump now wants to help Republicans punish his prosecutors

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and his wife both received an official pardon from President Donald Trump earlier this week, and he's now eager to go after the federal investigators who indicted him. That's according to a Friday article in Politico, which reported that Cuellar is now indicating he'll assist House Republicans in pursuing an investigation into the prosecutors involved in his case. The outlet reported that Cuellar may be helping Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, with his ongoing "weaponization" probe into officials who worked in former President Joe Biden's Department of Justice (DOJ).

December 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM EST
'He was furious': MTG says Trump told her releasing Epstein files would 'hurt people'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is now offering new details of conversations she had with President Donald Trump pertaining to deceased child predator Jeffrey Epstein. CBS' 60 Minutes teased its interview of Greene in a post to X on Friday. In the clip, reporter Lesley Stahl is seen asking the Georgia Republican about behind-the-scenes conversations she had with the president about her push to compel the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release all remaining evidence on Epstein from his two federal criminal investigations.

December 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM EST
Admiral admits boat targeted in controversial strike was not headed toward US: report

The alleged drug boat at the center of a developing controversy was not on a course toward the United States, according to a new report. CNN reported Friday that during his recent closed-door session with lawmakers about the September 2 boat strike, Admiral Frank M. Bradley -- who was the commander overseeing the mission - said the boat in question was actually headed toward Suriname, on the northern coast of South America.

December 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM EST
Voters who swung from Trump to Dems reveal 'most important' factor in winning them over

A significant number of voters in 2025's statewide elections in New Jersey and Virginia voted for Democrats this year despite casting their ballots for President Donald Trump in 2024. Now, some of them are hinting at what types of candidates they aim to support in next year's midterms. NBC News reported Friday that focus groups interviewing voters who pivoted from Trump to Democrats in New Jersey and Virginia found that while those swing voters sharply critical of both major parties, they still identified several criteria that they preferred in candidates. The 14 voters themselves are 12 self-described independents, along with one Democrat and one Republican.