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'Biggest jerk of the week, month, year and decade': Tea partier tears into Trump

President Donald Trump and his key supporters are “jerks,” according to a former Republican congressman who once supported Trump.“Of course, the biggest jerk of

2026/03/16

Charlie Kirk's organization targets high school students with MAGA messaging

During a late 2010s conversation on WURD-FM (a Black talk radio station in Philadelphia), one of the guests commented that if you think Millennials are liberal

2026/03/15

The divide tearing America apart just hit a new extreme: conservative

The word "polarization" was being used to describe the United States' political environment long before Donald Trump launched the MAGA movement with his 2016 campaign

2026/03/15

The Trump administration has the answers many academics are too afraid to seek

President Donald Trump directed the Pentagon and other federal agencies to begin releasing government files related to UFOs and unidentified anomalous phenomena

2026/03/15

The next escalation in the Iran conflict could be between the US and a vital ally

In the two weeks since the US and Israeli strikes on Iran began, Donald Trump’s war aims have fluctuated between crippling Iranian military capabilities and toppling

2026/03/15

'Disgusting government': Chaos in red state ends House session with cries and shouts

In a flurry of chaos and fiery debate, the House of Delegates passed a version of Raylee’s Law Saturday night at 11:59 p.m., giving the Senate no time to agree

2026/03/15

Iran has Trump over a barrel after his bungling

I was telling you the other day that the Iranians have the president’s number. They know that all they have to do to win this war is exhaust his will to fight with

2026/03/15

Donald Trump has cornered himself — and he knows it

Yesterday I posed the question to many of you: What does Trump do now that he’s cornered in the Strait of Hormuz?I noted that Iran’s new supreme leader, in his

2026/03/15

The real winners of Trump's war

Today I want to talk about who’s getting the most out of Trump’s war. That war is costing the U.S. about $1 billion a day. The Pentagon’s budget is around $1 trillion

2026/03/15

Trump official in charge of elections security wants to ban voting machines

In his top post at the Department of Homeland Security, David Harvilicz sets policy on protecting the nation’s elections infrastructure, including voting machines

2026/03/15