The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...

It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception.

🚨 36 Days to the Midterms 🚨

September 27, 2026

Trump’s war on the free press is continuing.

Good evening everyone.

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Even they see the midterm writing on the wall. And it’s getting awkward

🚨39 Days to the Midterms🚨

After a hearing yesterday about Trump’s Friday ban of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House campus, very early this morning—I was still awake writing yesterday’s letter—U.S.

🚨40 Days to the Midterms🚨

Yesterday, William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden, and Kirsten Berg of ProPublica published a blockbuster story reporting that the anti-corruption group of the Federal Bureau of Investigatio...

In 1945, still reeling from World War II, representatives from 50 nations reached back to the U.S.

Hey everyone, it’s Ben Meiselas, co-founder of the MeidasTouch Network.

57 Days to the Midterms

On September 5, 1882, workers in New York City celebrated the first Labor Day holiday with a parade.

So far.

On September 5, 1882, workers in New York City celebrated the first Labor Day holiday with a parade.

Election analyst Charlie Cook told Republicans today to “brace themselves” for the midterms.

If you’ve read my book, Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy, you’re familiar with the basic idea.

If Trump won’t fire him, Congress must impeach him

America’s defenses are being drained, Ukraine is being abandoned, and Russia and Iran are growing stronger. At what point does incompetence stop being an explanation?

A number of pundits, especially Republican pundits, interpreted Trump’s win in 2024 as a permanent political realignment proving that post–World War II liberalism was dead.

Yesterday, by a vote of 5–4, the United States Supreme Court allowed Trump to continue to build his ballroom.

*62 Days to the Midterms*

A scam that is both vile and deeply stupid

*63 Days to the Midterms*

You’ll hear more and more about this

Alex Horton and Tara Copp of the Washington Post reported on Sunday, August 30, that military leaders are warning Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that a plan to continue large-scale operations in Iran ...

One of our founding myths is that of George Washington and the cherry tree.

Trump’s “artificially fabricated insanity” is worsening, but Americans are on to him.

YouTube video by Jesse Welles

From most admirable to least

On Thursday, August 27, Tolouse Olorunnipa reported on the attempts of Republican lawmakers to restrict the ability of naturalized and dual citizens to run for office.

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The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom that took place on August 28, 1963, in Washington, D.C., is remembered today primarily because it was the occasion when the final speaker, the Reverend Dr.

As he loses power, Trump’s extrajudicial gestapo tactics are worsening

Still fighting Jim Crow 63 years after the March on Washington.

This morning, a headline in the Guardian read: “RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate.” The story by Michelle R.

Last night, at exactly 9:25—9 to 5—the top of the Empire State Building in New York City lit up pink.

Trump stooges can’t deliver.

Trump started the morning on social media saying: “The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to [be] doing much bus...

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Flock cameras are becoming targets for a public increasingly fed up with a growing AI surveillance state

… Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent held his major press conference today to announce what was hyped as an “economic D-Day” to crush Iran once and for all after sanctions, bombing, blockades, peace neg...