The first time I noticed it was last month, when he asked for a hug. And not just any hug. “I could use a HUGE MAGA hug!” he wrote. “I love you. Do you STILL love me?” The love note was adorned with little hearts—and a request that I send him some money. I didn’t respond. […]
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“I Love You, So Will You Fix This for Me?” Read Post »
You have “nothing to fear if you’re an American citizen. If you’re not an American citizen, then look out.” That’s what Border Patrol “Commander at Large” Gregory Bovino said in December, as he and his entourage of masked agents patrolled a residential neighborhood in Kenner, Louisiana, a diverse suburb of New Orleans. Asked by a […]
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Two days after an ICE agent shot and killed Renée Good in Minneapolis, Rep. Roger Williams issued an ultimatum to the Trump administration’s critics in Minnesota and beyond. “People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil,” the Texas Republican told NewsNation. “And until we do […]
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They Want You to “Quit Demonstrating” Read Post »
Last month, Donald Trump’s administration assured the US Supreme Court that the president’s massive tariffs were intended to address an “unusual and extraordinary threat” and were “essential to the country’s future.” This weekend, Trump announced that he was jacking up tariffs on Canadian goods by another 10 percent—because he was angry about a television ad […]
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Donald Trump Got Mad at the TV, So Now Stuff Costs More Read Post »
The first protester I noticed as I approached the No Kings rally Saturday was dressed as a giant yellow duck. All around, demonstrators were converging on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC—one wore a Lincoln-style stovepipe hat and carried a sign that read, “Protect Constitutional Rights” and “I ♥ America.” Animal costumes have become an ever-present […]
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There Sure Were a Lot of American Flags at the “Hate America Rally” Read Post »
As the nation reels from last week’s horrific school shooting in Minnesota, authorities in Florida seem to be doing everything in their power to re-traumatize a community victimized by a different mass attack. That now includes arresting one protester, apparently for leaving temporary chalk footprints in a crosswalk that has become a flashpoint in Republican […]
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Amid a Wave of Mass Shootings, Florida Cracks Down on Chalk Read Post »
Last fall, members of the California Coastal Commission criticized Elon Musk’s political rhetoric during a meeting in which they voted against allowing SpaceX—Musk’s rocket company—to conduct more launches. Musk, one commissioner complained, had been “hopping about the country, spewing and tweeting political falsehoods and attacking FEMA while claiming his desire to help the hurricane victims […]
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The Worst Part of Donald Trump’s Fight With Elon Musk Read Post »
As they struggle to defend President Donald Trump’s plan to accept a luxury 747 from the nation of Qatar, the administration and its allies appear to have settled on one of the silliest talking points in history. Here’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on CNN today, explaining that it’s fine to take a free jumbo jet […]
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Trump’s New Qatari Jet Would Be Just Like the Statue of Liberty, Obviously Read Post »
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