May 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM EDT
'I made a mistake': Here's what moved the bar for one former Trump supporter

There are so many horrible injustices perpetrated by Donald Trump""from brutal attacks on immigrants to the targeting of law firms and universities""but none of this is registering with the MAGA base in recent days quite like the $400 million jet Trump's claiming he will accept as a gift from Qatar to replace Air Force One, which may cost almost $1 billion to upgrade. Some soft Trump voters have been horrified by those other issues, seeing students snatched on the streets and law firms bowing to Trump""and we've seen Trump's approval numbers on immigration go down""but the extremist MAGA personalities like Ben Shapiro, Laura Loomer, radio host Mark Levin and others have mostly been silent on those issues or defending Trump, while they have been slamming the Qatari gift.

May 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM EDT
'I alone am the way': Expert explains whether Trump's MAGA is a true cult

When President Donald Trump met with his Cabinet the day after reaching the 100-day milestone last month, members took turns excessively praising him -- prompting many commentators to describe his apparent need for constant approval as "cult-like" behavior. However, in a Sunday article for Salon , journalist and podcast host Jonathan Hirsch offered a different take, drawing on his own childhood experience growing up in a cult.

May 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM EDT
'Attempt at humor is despicable': MAGA posts racist comments following Brooklyn Bridge accident

Following an accident Saturday night in which a Mexican Navy sailing vessel collided with the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, supporters of President Donald Trump's Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement flooded social media with racist commentary. The accident claimed the lives of two crew members who fell from the ship's masts and left around 20 others injured.

May 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM EDT
Critics worry new Trump proposal would make it easier for him to exercise retribution

A recently proposed regulation from the White House's Office of Personnel Management could give the Trump administration far greater leeway to meddle in the work of federal statistical agencies that generate key economic data, the Guardian reported Sunday. The proposal stems from an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on January 20, right after his inauguration. It would shift roughly 50,000 currently unspecified permanent civil service roles into a new "policy/career" classification. This change would make it easier to dismiss those employees on grounds of "poor performance or misconduct."

May 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM EDT
'A disgrace': Army vet blasts NC conservative -- and demands he resign from National Guard

After six long months, the day has finally come. Hell has frozen over. Jefferson Griffin has conceded his loss to Allison Riggs in the North Carolina Supreme Court Race. This ends one of the most pathetic and embarrassing chapters for any public servant in the history of our state and country.

May 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM EDT
'Not surprising': New poll explains why some voters still approve of Trump

According to a recent poll conducted by The New York Times and Siena College, people who were less engaged with prominent news coverage during President Donald Trump's first 100 days were more inclined to view his performance favorably. Roughly one in three voters reported being largely unaware of at least one major development from Trump's first 100 days. These incidents include the erroneous deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, market volatility, or budget cuts initiated by tech billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), per the Times.

May 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT
Ultra-rich American families win again with Republican tax plan

The sprawling tax and spending bill before the House of Representatives would cut more than $200 billion from food assistance, potentially affecting 4 million children and 7 million adults, while providing an estate tax cut costing roughly the same amount to a few thousand people who will leave behind more than $7 million to their heirs. The bill would increase the estate tax exemption to $15 million for single people and $30 million for couples in 2026 and allow it to rise with inflation moving forward. In other words, a couple could leave $29.99 million to their heirs in 2026 without paying a cent of estate tax.

May 18, 2025 at 6:13 AM EDT
Jake Tapper is dead to me

It's Political Book Season, and you can almost smell the stink, er, ink in the air! You are going to start hearing a lot from the Inside-the-Beltway, so-called journalists about all the things that were happening, or maybe more importantly not happening, that ultimately led to Democrats' across-the-board defeats in November.

May 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM EDT
'Breadth of corruption': How Trump is ramping up to 'blatantly enrich himself in office'

Almost four months into his second presidency, Donald Trump continues to be one of the most divisive presidents in U.S. history. Trump is still adored by his hardcore MAGA base, while his critics are finding even more to dislike about his second presidency than they did about his first. And it remains to be seen how swing voters and independents will feel about him when the 2026 midterms arrive. In an article published on May 17, New York Magazine's Ross Barkan argues that "corruption" is the main thing that makes Trump's second term uniquely bad.

May 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM EDT
MAGA campaign to 'intimidate' judges putting is their safety and families at 'high risk'

President Donald Trump has issued countless executive orders since returning to the White House almost four months ago, and some of them are being blocked -- at least temporarily -- by judges in the lower federal courts. Trump and many of his appointees, including Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, are claiming that the judges are failing to honor the powers of the U.S. governor's executive branch. And Trump's critics are countering that the judges are exercising the checks-and-balances powers they enjoy under the U.S. Constitution.

May 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM EDT
'Not even close' to reality: Trump bashed for 'schoolyard grudge match' with Comey

Former FBI Director James Comey is facing a major accusation from President Donald Trump and his MAGA allies, including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard -- who are claiming that Comey called for Trump's assignation. Gabbard told Fox News' Jesse Watters that Comey should be incarcerated. On Instagram, Comey posted an image of seashells in sand that formed the numbers "86 47." The slang term "eighty-six" means "to eject," "to get rid of" or "to remove," and Trump is the 47th president of the United States.

May 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM EDT
'It's a tragedy': Former Trump supporter explains why he finally rebelled

After voting for Donald Trump in the United States' 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, Alabama resident Kyle Sweetser finally rebelled and didn't support him in 2024. Sweetser refused to vote for Trump a third time, leaving the GOP and registering as a Democrat. Now, Sweetser is running for the U.S. Senate in Alabama, where he is hoping to take on incumbent Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) in 2026 if he wins the Democratic nomination and makes it to the general election.