March 28, 2026 at 12:57 PM EDT
Right-wing bishop rebukes his own as MAGA civil war engulfs the Catholic Church

For a time, MAGA had its own "Catholic Coalition" manned by right-wing stalwarts over issues like abortion and similar traditional values," said Letters from Leo writer Christopher Hale. But President Donald Trump's self-imposed war in Iran is now blasting even that MAGA alliance to pieces. "For years, Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester has been the Catholic right's most careful diplomat -- a man who built a media empire by threading the needle between orthodoxy and the MAGA movement, rarely picking fights he didn't have to pick," said Hale.

March 28, 2026 at 11:18 AM EDT
'There's going to be pain': Even skeptics say Republicans' wheels 'are off'

Former George Bush speechwriter Tim Miller is not an optimist. When the Bulwark podcaster steps in as a visiting panelist on cable news shows he is not the one spouting gold and rainbows and skewing optimist in every scenario involving Democrats. "I'm not that guy," insisted Miller. "There's other YouTubers out there where people have been like, 'the walls are closing in on Trump every day. Trump's going to be in jail.' That was never me. I've been negative. I'm still negative. I'm still worried. I'm still concerned. But as a political analyst, I think that people are slow to recognize what is happening. And that's that the wheels are really coming off of MAGA."

March 28, 2026 at 10:56 AM EDT
Erika Kirk went from sympathetic widow to subject of 100-million-view mockery

Public sympathy for Erika Kirk, the widow of assassinated MAGA mega-influencer Charlie Kirk, appears to have spun off into something quite different. "In recent days, Erika Kirk has become the subject of viral jokes and commentary -- from a segment on Joe Rogan's podcast to a skit by comedian Druski that has been viewed more than 100 million times," said Newsweek writer Marni Rose McFall.

March 28, 2026 at 8:54 AM EDT
'We'll all be investigated and indicted': Trump official fears the worst

Trump officials say they are confident their behavior and deeds will bring down a firestorm of indictments and investigations after Democrats take the House (and possibly the Senate) in November -- and later the White House. "Everybody's afraid that the next administration -- if we don't win, we're all going to be investigated and indicted," said Deputy AG Todd Blanche at Friday's CPAC event in Texas. "Think about that."

March 28, 2026 at 7:43 AM EDT
We 'will lose': MAGA enters the 'acceptance' stage of death

As poll after miserable GOP poll continues to rack Republicans the MAGAsphere has entered a phase of existential dread, tempered with bitterness. "MAGA will lose the midterms. MAGA will lose 2028," wailed Bryce M. Lipscomb, a defender of President Donald Trump's policies, on X. But not without also dropping a parting barb of contempt at his fellow opportunistic MAGA influencers he helped push Trump to victory in 2024.

March 28, 2026 at 7:16 AM EDT
Artists detonate attack on Trump at the Kennedy Center

WASHINGTON -- A host of celebrities outside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday kicked off a weekend of protest against President Donald Trump's expansion of executive power and his administration's pressure on freedom of expression -- from theater programming in the nation's capital, to late-night television. More than a dozen activist performers and creators rallied for Artists United for Our Freedoms, an event organized by the advocacy group Committee for the First Amendment.

March 27, 2026 at 9:27 PM EDT
Gridlock and fury: Trump's Saudi visit snarls Miami music festival

Miami New Times reports that an insensitive president is coming to town at the worst of times, and Magic City drivers will be furious. "If you think traffic is bad enough during Miami Music Week and Ultra Music Festival, just wait: it is going to get a lot worse," wrote Miami New Times reporter Naomi Feinstein.

March 27, 2026 at 9:13 PM EDT
Weird surprise: Widespread Trump regret would deliver a decisive win to Harris

Trump regret is unquestionably on the rise, but one pollster did not expect it to be so far-reaching that it could have handed the White House to Kamala Harris. G. Elliot Morris, the organizer behind the March 2026 monthly Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll, discovered that one out of every eight Trump voters from 2024 has buyer's remorse. And when asked how they would vote in a do-over, enough respondents were willing to go with Harris.

March 27, 2026 at 7:41 PM EDT
'Wipeout' is coming unless the GOP finds real accomplishment to point to: insider

Republicans rode President Donald Trump's coattails to victory in the House and Senate in 2024, and with control of all three federal elective branches Dispatch Senior Editor Michael Warren says they should've owned the place. The southern border is closed, said Warren, and Republicans had big plans under Trump, but nothing they've produced since 2024 is going to last, and now the party is virtually circling the drain.

March 27, 2026 at 7:08 PM EDT
Conservative declares Trump's two superpowers dead -- and he killed them

Former George Bush speechwriter Tim Miller said President Donald Trump has spent his last two terms basking in two very powerful superpowers that have saved him from his every mistake. But Miller told "Jim Acosta Sow" host Jim Acosta Friday that Trump has singlehandedly deep-sixed his own magic within the span of a month. "Trump's superpower through two terms has always been that if something's going bad he can just declare victory, say everything is fine and start doing something else. And his cult members, the MAGA base, will be with him. The people who don't pay attention that closely won't really notice what happened."

March 27, 2026 at 6:05 PM EDT
Trump's game is as 'predictable' as it is 'pathetic'

Politicos are quick to point out President Donald Trump's unpredictability. But what if his randomness isn't as erratic as believed? "One of the most boring, aggrandizing cliches of our age is that Donald Trump is unpredictable. That, like Cato Fong - the chandelier-swinging martial arts manservant in the Pink Panther movies - Trump can ambush his unsuspecting opponents with a swift karate chop to the nether regions. A perpetual reflex test on the entire world," said Ipaper writer Emily Maitlis. "But what if Trump is less Cato, more Clouseau? The fumbling French inspector who leaves a wake of chaos in every job he attempts? What if it's not only possible to second-guess Trump, but to predict him before he actually knows he's going to move?"

March 27, 2026 at 5:20 PM EDT
Young MAGA discovers Trump's dirty secret --and the GOP is panicking

GOP influencer lieutenants are watching the young ground troops that catapulted them to political power evaporate, and they are horrified. However, there appears to be no going back, according to social media posts. Social media's MAGA-verse is largely comprised of two groups that helped put President Donald Trump back in the White House for his second term in 2024: professional-grade MAGA influencers (some paid by Kremlin sources), and the far larger legion of uninformed low-level grunts who overwhelm media with professional influencers' talking points.