August 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM EDT
'MAGA's culture of cruelty': Trump has a plan to 'cement' his 'rule forever'

According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) figures released on Friday, August 1, U.S. employment was at 4.2 percent in July. The U.S., according to economists, still isn't in a recession, but the BLS report was a disappointment in terms of job creation. According to BLS data, "Among the unemployed, the number of new entrants increased by 275,000 in July to 985,000. New entrants are unemployed people who are looking for their first job". In July, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) increased by 179,000 to 1.8 million. The long-term unemployed accounted for 24.9 percent of all unemployed people."

August 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM EDT
'Pure propaganda': Conservative warns 'whole government works for Donald Trump'

Neoconservative writer Bill Kristol says President Donald Trump's firing of the Commissioner of Labor Statistics over her department's accurately reported numbers was moving the U.S. into "third world" territory. "My alarm scale is pretty high," Kristol told podcaster Tim Miller. "It's been pretty high for quite a while, but it's ticking higher."

August 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM EDT
'Fire the facts': Ex-White House official details Trump's 'denial-and-deflect routine'

Although conservative Republican Olivia Troye served as a national security adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence during the first Trump Administration, she resigned from the Trump White House in August 2020 and became a full-fledged Never Trumper. And she was among the conservatives who -- along with then-Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois) and former Trump White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham -- gave presidential nominee Kamala Harris an enthusiastic endorsement at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

August 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM EDT
Trump rages about 'rigged' 2020 election as CNBC host struggles to reel him in

President Donald Trump ranted and raged about the 2020 election he lost while discussing his Justice Department's new investigation into allegations -- dismissed by some experts -- that the Obama administration engaged in a "treasonous conspiracy" against him during the 2016 election. CNBC's Joe Kernen asked Trump on Tuesday if he had directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the 2016 election, and the President professed he had "nothing to do with it," before launching into a rant about the 2020 election.

August 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM EDT
'Uncle Sam owns it now': Michigan auto CEO says Trump 'roadblocks' could kill his company

Detroit Axle CEO Mike Musheinesh tells CNN he sees no way to survive President Donald Trump's most recent round of tariffs, and he warned that Trump has already run other car parts producers like him out of business. "The first Trump administration, he levied tariffs back then. If we were to receive $1 million in [imported] products, we would pay $25,000 in tariffs. And today, for that same million dollars in products, we're looking to pay $725,000 in tariffs to the federal government," said Musheinesh, warning that his company was considering laying off employees and closing a company warehouse.

August 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM EDT
'Why is this so hard for people?' Ex-RNC head tears into 'wholly incompetent' Trump admin

The latest move from President Donald Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ) prompted a particularly strong reaction from former Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Michael Steele. During a Monday segment on MSNBC's "The Weeknight," co-host Alicia Melendez told viewers about Attorney General Pam Bondi's announcement that she would be convening a grand jury to investigate "unfounded accusations" that former President Barack Obama conspired to hurt Trump's chances of winning the 2016 election. She emphasized that there was "zero evidence to support those allegatons."

August 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM EDT
Trump gets dire warning about MAGA 'insurrection' if he pardons Epstein co-conspirator

Journalist Gretchen Carlson issued a warning Monday regarding the possibility of President Donald Trump pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted accomplice of child predator Jeffrey Epstein. During a segment on CNN, Carlson stated, "There will be an insurrection if he pardons Ghislaine Maxwell."

August 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM EDT
Trump's 'rotten character' has become 'a problem for our whole economy': analyst

The recent firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has one analyst worried that President Donald Trump may end up sabotaging the U.S. economy -- and the United States itself -- over perceived slights to his ego. In a Monday op-ed for the New York Times, columnist Thomas Friedman warned of the precedent set by Trump firing Erika McEntarfer -- the person in charge of gathering data that scores of investors, companies and economists all depend on to gauge the health of the economy. Friedman lamented at the meek response to McEntarfer's firing by those very same experts who count on the government to provide reliable data.

August 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM EDT
'Never seen a crowd like this': Pro-Trump GOP rep's town hall mobbed by angry constituents

A town hall held by Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) in Lincoln, Nebraska on Monday evening quickly devolved into chaos as constituents voiced fierce opposition to new Medicaid cuts - particularly a work requirement for able-bodied adults. Early in his remarks, Flood sought to justify the policy shift by posing a pointed question to the crowd: "Do you think people who are 28 years old who can work and should refuse to work should get free healthcare?"

August 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM EDT
'Uniquely dangerous': Leaked DHS memo details secret plans for domestic 'forever war'

A leaked Department of Homeland Security memo reveals a plan to dramatically increase the use of the U.S. armed forces on American streets in domestic law enforcement roles, especially in immigration, for "years." The memo "provides a glimpse into the thinking of top officials as they seek to involve the Defense Department more deeply in these domestic operations, and it has unnerved experts who believe it portends a frightening escalation," The New Republic reported.

August 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM EDT
'Real anxiety': Trump worried Ghislaine Maxwell 'knows a great deal of information'

Political analyst Charlie Skyes said Monday President Donald Trump has failed to divert attention from the controversy surrounding his relationship with convicted child predator Jeffrey Epstein, despite "being a master of controlling the news cycle." During an appearance on MSNBC Monday, Sykes said Trump is "a master. of controlling the news cycle, but he hasn't been able to distract from all of this."

August 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM EDT
'Desperation': Nicolle Wallace says Trump's been poked at 'his greatest political weakness'

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace opened the Monday episode of "Deadline: White House" by asking her audience to solve a riddle: "What do windmills, a radio show host, a former American president and the Washington Commanders all have in common?" Wallace went on to explain that all of those things have been the focus of President Donald Trump's "rage" as he "tries anything and everything to distract us from the furor over the [Jeffrey] Epstein case." She added that Trump has so far failed to contain the fallout from his handling of the unreleased evidence from the 2019 investigation into the convicted child sex offender, and has "weakened his grip on his own base of supporters."