May 24, 2026 at 2:39 PM EDT
The Democrats need to get over themselves

Well, the much-ballyhooed autopsy on the 2024 election has arrived from Democratic National Committee's headquarters, and it is a shame it didn't stay buried in a trashcan in one of their offices deep inside the Beltway, and as far away from real people as possible. Before moving on just as quickly as I can, from this unmitigated mess of typos, redactions, double-talking and sniping -- and better yet, the leadership who allowed it -- I want to underline some finer points, and hard-earned lessons we can take from it, and the disastrous 2024 campaign season.

May 24, 2026 at 2:33 PM EDT
Steve Schmidt's issues stark warning: Trump is laughing at us

President Donald Trump is trying to become an American Caesar, argued one of President George W. Bush's advisers in a recent Substack post -- but returning to America's core ideals can stop him. In his Sunday argument, Steve Schmidt ventured back 90 years to 1936, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt was running for his second term and the Nazis under Adolf Hitler were ascendant in the burgeoning German empire. After describing how the Nazis' persecution of Jews in Europe was matched by America's persecution of African Americans across the Atlantic, Schmidt quoted a Roosevelt speech that summed up the fundamentally American qualities that he believes can ultimately take down Trump.

May 24, 2026 at 1:07 PM EDT
Trump doesn't care if you're angry: report

President Donald Trump seems indifferent to public opinion, according to one political analyst -- and that poses a grave threat to the future of democracy. "His approval rating has plunged into the 30s, and he doesn't seem to care," MS NOW's Paul Waldman wrote on Sunday. "Americans think the economy is terrible, and Trump seems indifferent. Instead, he's putting his time and attention into a series of projects that could not be better designed to make him look corrupt and out of touch."

May 24, 2026 at 12:41 PM EDT
CEO has 'had enough' of Trump's big scheme to save the US economy

President Donald Trump's tariffs are wrecking America's economy, a conservative wrote on Sunday -- and it is doing so in the way he said they would help. "Trump's trade wars have jeopardized the jobs of the hundreds of Americans whom Weyco actually does employ, in those twenty-first-century jobs that the United States excels at creating," The Bulwark's Catherine Rampell wrote, referring to the footwear company that distributes Trump's favorite Florsheim shoes. Last week Rampell interviewed the CEO of Florsheim, who broke down how his company has suffered due to Trump's tariffs. After breaking down how tariffs on Weyco shoes "reached as high as 161 percent. Which adds up," Rampell explained how Thomas Florsheim decided he had "had enough" when his company was hit by a surprise tariff bill of over $1 million last December, prompting his company to sue the Trump administration.

May 24, 2026 at 10:54 AM EDT
Trump supporters are ignoring the math -- and the consequences: analysis

President Donald Trump's supporters defy objective reality on key issues, according to a political analyst -- and the consequences of their ignorance on those matters is desire for America. "Recent polls, however, show that substantial numbers of Republican voters simply don't believe these statements," wrote MS NOW's Ryan Teague Beckwith on Sunday. Beckwith was referring to the facts that solar power is one of the cheapest forms of electricity in the world, that American importers bear the brunt of tariff payments and that noncitizen voting is extremely rare -- all of which a majority of Republicans do not believe because Trump tells them they are not true.

May 24, 2026 at 8:54 AM EDT
Even Trump's former lawyers say he's the 'greatest threat' to America's judicial system

Lawyers are notorious for disagreeing with each other on a wide range of issues, but a surprisingly large majority share one view -- President Donald Trump's behavior during his second term poses a grave threat to American law and order. "At the lower-court level, judges have repeatedly ruled in ways intended to check Trump, most notably when it comes to violating civil and constitutional rights in pursuit of his indiscriminate immigration dragnet," the Los Angeles Times' political columnist Mark Z. Barabak wrote on Sunday. "The tendency to slow-walk his administration's response to those rulings -- and ignore others that Trump thinks he can safely snub -- only contribute to the perception of presidential lawlessness and a sense that our judicial system is being strained to something approaching a breaking point."

May 24, 2026 at 8:11 AM EDT
DC insider: Trump's ongoing corruption scandal reveals America's 'dirty secret'

President Donald Trump is facing heated criticism for engaging in over 3,600 stock trades during the first quarter of 2026 -- but a powerful senator is arguing that Trump's actions are merely an egregious symptom of a much more systemic problem. "Over 80 percent of Americans believe that their elected officials are engaged in some type of corruption, and over 80 percent want to see bans on stock trading -- not just in Congress, but across the country," Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) told The Bulwark's John Avlon in an interview that dropped on Sunday. The interview was featured in an article with the headline, "Sen. Andy Kim Exposes Congress' Dirty Secret."

May 24, 2026 at 7:45 AM EDT
Inside one southern Republican's defiant stand against Donald Trump

Pondering our nation's upcoming Memorial Day, it's hard not to get emotional. I still get a lump in my throat when we stand for the national anthem at Bears home games . I fidget, look down, or look away so people don't see my tears and think I'm loopy. But when I hear 'perilous fight,' and 'proof through the night' I really do see the old yellowed flag : 15 stars and stripes , tattered and frayed, still standing against all odds for a new freedom the world had never heard of.

May 24, 2026 at 7:23 AM EDT
Trump admin delay pulls back the curtain on a deeply divided White House

President Trump's decision to postpone a voluntary artificial intelligence testing executive order has exposed a deepening divide within his administration over governance philosophy and decision-making authority. The postponement, announced shortly before a scheduled White House signing ceremony, revealed fundamental disagreements between officials and highlighted how Silicon Valley figures continue to wield outsized influence over administration policy.

May 24, 2026 at 5:54 AM EDT
Doctor raises red flag on Trump's repeated bragging about passing cognitive test

Dr. Rob Davidson, who heads the Committee to Protect Healthcare and has administered the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, expressed concern about President Donald Trump's public statements regarding the screening test. Davidson appeared on former CNN reporter Jim Acosta's show this week to discuss Trump's repeated claims that he has passed the assessment multiple times. According to Davidson, the Montreal Cognitive Assessment is not a routine evaluation administered to all patients. Instead, it is specifically ordered when a healthcare provider or family member has raised concerns about possible cognitive decline. Typically, the test is administered once and does not need to be repeated.

May 24, 2026 at 5:35 AM EDT
When the wealthiest people on Earth finally get the world they've always wanted

The United States and the Republic of China (the official name for Taiwan) -- one of the world's most vibrant and functional democracies -- have had a formal defense relationship since 1955. Last week, Donald Trump -- who's been withholding since last year two shipments totaling $25 billion worth of US military hardware Taiwan has purchased -- said that relationship is now a "bargaining chip" to get what he, his oligarch friends, and his family want from China.

May 24, 2026 at 5:14 AM EDT
The sleeping giant just woke up as angry nonvoters are about to rock midterms

This week, the president has hit the floor in his support. A new Reuters poll found that Donald Trump's approval is 35 percent. A new Q poll found that it's 33 percent. Nate Silver said it's lower than Joe Biden's was after the Disaster Debate. While there's hope his numbers will keep falling, they probably won't. A third of America is descended from the original confederates. Trump is burning up their lives and fortunes, but they're stand by their man.