June 13, 2026 at 10:47 AM EDT
'He let me down': Another prized voting bloc is dumping Trump for good

Bulwark founder Sarah Longwell hosts weekly surveys with President Donald Trump supporters. And this week's inquiry reveals a sea change that's going to irreparably clobber Trump and the Republican Party in the next few months. "We've done a series of focus groups in recent months with a bunch of Zoomers who identify as politically moderate," said Longwell. -- With the ones that had voted for Trump, we saw a lot of evidence that the large gap between Trump's current approval rating and his vote share in 2024."

June 13, 2026 at 9:21 AM EDT
Court critic drops bomb: Alito 'doesn't care' that he's flagrantly partisan

Pamela Carlin, the Kenneth and Harle Montgomery professor of Public Interest Law and a founder and co-director of the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic at Stanford Law school, has argued 10 cases before the Supreme Court. And during that time, she's come to an assessment about Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito: the man is a partisan hack -- and he makes no bones about it. They don't care if they make the court "look nakedly, openly political," said Carlin speaking on Slate's Amicus podcast with host Dalia Lithwick.

June 13, 2026 at 7:57 AM EDT
Hysteria looms as a beloved Trump faction abandons him

The last time President Donald Trump got stomped in a midterm election, in 2018, his unpopularity cost his Republican Party more than three dozen House seats. But the New York Times reports even that wasn't a true stomping because "the bottom never truly fell out for the Republicans that year."

June 13, 2026 at 7:47 AM EDT
Nearly 100 billionaires and their spouses have donated to reelect Susan Collins

Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins announced her reelection campaign in February by posting a video that showed her opening a box of New Balance running shoes. "This is perfect for 2026," she said to the camera as she held up a sneaker. "Because I'm running."

June 13, 2026 at 6:01 AM EDT
Republicans don't want you to know the real reason Social Security is in trouble

The trustees of the Social Security fund said Tuesday that the fund will be depleted by late 2032, a year earlier than the trustees' projection last year of 2033. If nothing is done, benefits will automatically be cut six years from now. The common understanding is that Social Security's shortfall is due to the huge postwar baby boom, now retiring, and to America's increasing life expectancy. The usual recommended fix is to reduce Social Security benefits or raise the age of eligibility. As Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, warned Monday, "entitlement programs" like Social Security "have to be adjusted and fixed." He said Republicans will introduce a plan to do that. Brace yourselves.

June 12, 2026 at 10:17 PM EDT
'I'm afraid': Red state oil exec panics as $5 a gallon gas looms

CNN reports gas is currently at $4.11 a gallon, on average, in the U.S. But the nation is just one month away from gas pump devastation if President Donald Trump fails to reverse the damage he's done to the pivotal international oil corridor in the Strait of Hormuz. America has become the supplier of last resort for nations who used to get their oil from the Middle East, reports CNN correspondent Ed Lavandera. And this has caused the oil supply here to get dangerously low, almost to the point of sending gas prices soaring even higher.

June 12, 2026 at 9:16 PM EDT
Trump's second-rate prosecutors keep bumbling through court: report

There was a time when wrongdoers quaked in their boots at the thought of a federal indictment. Federal prosecutors were veterans. And if they carried even the whiff of inexperience, the co-workers surrounding them and guiding their work were almost guaranteed to have whole decades of experience beneath their belts. A federal prosecution was something to be feared -- but that was before the arrival of the second Trump administration, according to Politico. Nowadays you can be on the bad end of a Trump DOJ indictment and bear witness to all manner of embarrassing courtroom stumbles, snafus and mishap.

June 12, 2026 at 7:57 PM EDT
Enough: Judge snatches Trump's history erasing 'white-out pen' with merciless order

Politico Sr. Legal Affairs Reporter Josh Gerstein reports US District Judge Angel Kelley has blocked Interior Secy. Doug Burgum's "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" order affecting national parks. Kelley's decision, in favor of plaintiffs National Parks Conservation Association and others, means the administration of President Donald Trump must restore race, climate and LGBT mentions that it whisked away from park signs, brochures and literature in the name of "American dignity."

June 12, 2026 at 7:15 PM EDT
Doomed Republicans growl as Trump yanks their rug -- again: report

Politico reports disgruntled Republicans facing voters' fury in November are setting Labor Day as a hard deadline on ending the unpopular war in Iran, according to interviews with more than a dozen people. "It's different this time, they say: September is the unofficial kickoff of general election season, when more voters tune in and the stakes get higher," reports Politico. "Amid rising U.S. casualties, gas prices and fertilizer costs, these Republicans indicated the political risk of the ongoing war is heightening as the midterms draw near.

June 12, 2026 at 6:45 PM EDT
Critical failure: GOP strategists say Trump's unbeatable propaganda machine is crashing

President Donald Trump has managed to effortlessly hijack the Republican Party's propaganda machine to dominate the public discourse on his policies -- no matter how unpopular or hurtful. But there comes a time when every machine pops a cog and careens into a wall. For decades, the Republican Party has enjoyed the benefit of an army of propagandists parading as "news" to spread Republican talking points. Later that propaganda network expanded to include a legion of MAGA influencers and paid entertainers to broadcast GOP policies and arguments. More recently Trump has lumbered into the captain's chair of that same propaganda network. But critics tell MS NOW anchor Nicole Wallace that Captain Trump appears to have steered his ship into an iceberg.

June 12, 2026 at 5:47 PM EDT
Conservative columnist torches Trump 'cultists' paying $270 to fill their tank

The Dispatch's national correspondent, Kevin D. Williamson, wants to ask Republicans a question. He points to the $270 it takes to fill up the tank of a Ford Super Duty truck in his neighborhood -- 48 gallons at $5.60 a gallon for diesel -- and asks, "Do you feel smart?"

June 12, 2026 at 5:42 PM EDT
'Psychopath' Gutfeld destroyed for fantasizing assault upon a kid's show host

Wonkette writer Robyn Pennacchia blew her top after Fox News entertainer Greg Gutfeld shared his fantasy of a woman being brutally assaulted by "male detainees." His fantasy victim: beloved children's entertainer and YouTuber "Ms. Rachel." To be clear, Ms. Rachael makes videos helping kids learn their first words and sing along to "The Wheels on the Bus" and other kids' songs.