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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, May 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM EDT Puck reports Ben Shapiro's MAGA entertainment site Daily Wire, "with its sweeping layoffs and a steep drop-off in audience, has actually been a long time coming." "Media analysts have noted a drastic decline in The Daily Wire's audience, including the loss of 80,000 YouTube subscribers so far this year ," reports Puck media writer Dylan Byers. "Kyle Tharp, a researcher who tracks political influence online, said Ben's hemorrhaging audience represented 'the steepest decline of any major political channel in 2026.' ('He's lost the juice,' Kyle told me.) Meanwhile, The Daily Wire recently enacted layoffs that, I'm told, affected 42 employees, or a little under 20 percent of the headcount." May 9, 2026 at 11:54 AM EDT President Donald Trump raised a lot of eyebrows by suggesting that Greenland should join the United States -- by force if necessary. But while that story has faded from the headlines, reports of a mysterious, 86-year-old American man traveling around the island offering residents huge sums of money in exchange for their allegiance to the U.S. have prompted an investigation by local police. The experience of one Greenlander taxi driver highlights the mystery. May 9, 2026 at 11:23 AM EDT President Donald Trump's counter-terrorism "czar," Sebastian Gorka, has predetermined that critics of the administration's war in Iran are "testicularly challenged." But the Guardian reports the Trump administration's Wednesday release of its 'bizarre' 16-page "counterterrorism strategy" suggests the administration has no gravitas to back up his words. Gorka takes "rhetorically charged swings at the president's enemies, the Biden administration, transgender people and some Islamist groups, while offering little clarity about the threat posed by political violence domestically or abroad or any specific plans to address it," reports the Guardian, citing international analysts panning the report. May 9, 2026 at 11:10 AM EDT While Republican donors have contributed huge sums of money to President Donald Trump's MAGA Inc. political machine, Politico reports that "mild panic" is beginning to take hold as they wonder how and if it will be spent in the midterms. According to the latest reports, "There is mounting anxiety among party donors about when and how Trump will deploy his $300 million war chest, and concern that the White House is missing an opportunity to reinforce the party now when it is facing electoral threats on all sides. Some Republicans fear Trump may ultimately opt to hold back some of the money from the midterms and direct it to other purposes, such as legacy-building projects or anointing a successor in 2028." May 9, 2026 at 10:53 AM EDT Trump's iron grip on his Republican Party remains unbroken, but some elements are starting to feel public fury at President Donald Trump's $1 billion bunker, particularly as voters pay more at the pump and grocery stores. "Republicans tell Punchbowl that the ballroom funding faces obstacles in the House, in part because it's a tough vote for vulnerable House Republicans," reports New Republic staff writer Greg Sargent. "As one put it: 'A first-year poli-sci major would know not to ask members to take this vote, and we hope the speaker does too.'" May 9, 2026 at 10:33 AM EDT A White House Cabinet position is a high-pressure job no matter the administration, but perhaps especially so when it comes to President Donald Trump's administration. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is facing a spiraling economy while testifying before Congress about his Epstein ties. FBI Director Kash Patel is getting hammered by the press for reports of his excessive drinking. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is quagmired in Iran while battling the media. And Vice President JD Vance is being sent to the other side of the world to handle dubious negotiations while the Secretary of State -- who would usually be tasked with such diplomatic missions -- is hanging out with the president at UFC fights and jetting off to see the Pope, joking and doling out rap lyrics along the way. May 8, 2026 at 10:09 PM EDT 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. The Trump administration expects the people who have put their lives on the line for America to cede one of their basic rights, or forfeit the retirement pay and benefits they have earned over decades of service." May 8, 2026 at 9:14 PM EDT 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. May 8, 2026 at 7:58 PM EDT 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, stating: "Small businesses are the backbone of America. They drive 40 percent of our economy, power American manufacturing and support working families nationwide." May 8, 2026 at 7:28 PM EDT 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. May 8, 2026 at 5:34 PM EDT 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, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has waded into the discussion, claiming that President Donald Trump released the files as part of a "psyop to screw with people's brains." May 8, 2026 at 5:34 PM EDT 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. |
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