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AlterNet Crooks and Liars Daily Kos (Note: these articles are from RSS News Feeds websites, and are deleted after 30 days, August 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM EDT A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. CDC director slaps down White House's attempt to purge her August 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM EDT Consider supporting my work so I can continue creating it: Substack: https://nickanderson.substack.com/ August 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM EDT During a briefing on Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt used Wednesday's mass shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as an opportunity to attack Democrats, particularly former press secretary Jen Psaki. When asked about Psaki's and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's criticism of the GOP's refusal to take any action on school shootings, Leavitt doubled down on the "power of prayer in this country." August 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM EDT During a briefing on Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt used Wednesday's mass shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as an opportunity to attack Democrats, particularly former press secretary Jen Psaki. When asked about Psaki's and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's criticism of the GOP's refusal to take any action on school shootings, Leavitt doubled down on the "power of prayer in this country." August 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM EDT President Donald Trump is floating the idea of hosting a pre-midterm Republican National Convention, bragging about his administration's "success" and claiming his party is "poised to win big." "We won every aspect of the Presidential Election and, based on the great success we are having, are poised to WIN BIG IN THE MIDTERMS," Trump wrote on Truth Social Thursday. "The results are incredible, a record pace!!! In that light, I am thinking of recommending a National Convention to the Republican Party, just prior to the Midterms. It has never been done before. STAY TUNED!!!" August 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM EDT President Donald Trump is floating the idea of hosting a pre-midterm Republican National Convention, bragging about his administration's "success" and claiming his party is "poised to win big." "We won every aspect of the Presidential Election and, based on the great success we are having, are poised to WIN BIG IN THE MIDTERMS," Trump wrote on Truth Social Thursday. "The results are incredible, a record pace!!! In that light, I am thinking of recommending a National Convention to the Republican Party, just prior to the Midterms. It has never been done before. STAY TUNED!!!" August 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM EDT President Donald Trump is floating the idea of hosting a pre-midterm Republican National Convention, bragging about his administration's "success" and claiming his party is "poised to win big." "We won every aspect of the Presidential Election and, based on the great success we are having, are poised to WIN BIG IN THE MIDTERMS," Trump wrote on Truth Social Thursday. "The results are incredible, a record pace!!! In that light, I am thinking of recommending a National Convention to the Republican Party, just prior to the Midterms. It has never been done before. STAY TUNED!!!" August 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT California Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't done trolling President Donald Trump""with facts. During a press conference on public safety Thursday, Newsom offered the president some important crime statistics he seems to have overlooked. "Mississippi leads the nation as the No. 1 murder state in America. I imagine this, in particular, may resonate with the President of the United States. It's got a murder rate that's 180%""180%""higher than Los Angeles," Newsom said. "It's interesting, L.A. has more people""these are all per capita numbers." August 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM EDT In another step to appease MAGA, restaurant chain Cracker Barrel has ditched its webpage boasting its support for the LGBTQ+ community. "In connection with the Company's brand work, we have recently made updates to the Cracker Barrel website, including adding new content and removing of out-of-date content," the company said in a statement to Fox News Thursday. August 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM EDT A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related | Republican has infuriating response to Minneapolis shooting August 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM EDT Immigration judges were not exempt from the Trump administration's mass layoff spree, but the staggering amount of pending immigration cases means we actually need immigration judges. So, will the government be re-hiring these people with actual experience and qualifications to be temporary immigration judges? Of course not. Instead, the job of temporary immigration judge is now open to people with no immigration law experience. August 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM EDT Susan Monarez, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is refusing an attempt from the Trump administration to push her out of her job. Monarez opposes unscientific policies being pushed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has a long history of promoting harmful junk science. The Trump administration claimed on Wednesday that Monarez had been fired after she refused to resign. But her lawyer Mark Zaid said in a post that because she serves in a Senate-confirmed position, she can be removed only by President Donald Trump himself. |
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