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Rising Gas Prices Enraged Republicans Under Biden, But Not Any More

Rising Gas Prices Enraged Republicans Under Biden, But Not Any More

When the price of gas skyrocketed in 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine, Republicans fell over themselves to blame then-President Joe Biden in hope of hurting his reelection bid as well as Democrats in the midterms—even though Biden was not at fault for the spike.

But now, with President Donald Trump squarely responsible for the exponential increase in oil and gas prices after he launched an ill-conceived war on Iran, Republicans have completely reversed course, claiming that high gas prices are a cost that they're willing to pay.

It’s a message taken directly from Dear Leader, who had the gall to argue this week that higher oil prices are actually good for Americans.

Get a load of Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, who said Thursday that he’s totally fine with higher gas prices in order to let Trump wage war in Iran.

"If that means prices go up for a short time, I think Americans understand we can live with that," Jordan said on CNN.

But in 2022, Jordan was one of the loudest voices criticizing rising gas prices.

"Real America doesn’t care about the January 6th Committee,” he wrote on X at the time. “Gas is over $5 per gallon!”

And he was still on a tear about gas prices in 2023.

"Gas prices are up 63 cents this year. Groceries prices are still at record highs. Good luck affording a house with 7% interest rates. Bidenomics!" Jordan wrote on X at the time.

But Jordan is not singing the same tune today, with gas prices up 69 cents over the last month, grocery prices rising, and mortgage rates at more than six percent—all directly thanks to Trump’s war and illegal tariffs wreaking havoc on the economy.

Then there’s Rep. Mark Alford of Missouri, who told CNN this week that “there may be sacrifices to be made at the pump on a temporary basis."

"I think the people in my district are [willing to pay higher prices at the pump],” Alford said. "I'm willing to pay 30 percent or 30 cents more at the pump to make sure Iran doesn't have a nuclear weapon that's going to hit the U.S."

ALFORD: There may be sacrifices to be made at the pump on a temporary basisRAJU: Do you think Americans are willing to make it?A: I think the people in my district are. I'm willing to pay 30%, or 30 cents more at the pump to make sure Iran doesn't have a nuclear weapon that's going to hit the US

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) March 11, 2026 at 2:50 PM

Just a few weeks ago, Alford was praising Trump for lowering gas prices.

"President Trump and House Republican’s [sic] America-First energy agenda is working—and it’s working so well that even networks usually quick to criticize are reporting the relief with a smile. When gas prices go down, American families go forward,” he wrote on X.

So then does Alford think that skyrocketing gas prices thanks to trigger-happy Trump make Americans go backward?

Sen. Rick Scott of Florida also said that Americans just have to get over surging gas prices because Trump's war is more important.

“We’d love to get gas prices back down, but the most important thing is [to] destroy Iran’s ability to produce a nuclear weapon, destroy their military, their ballistic missile capability," Scott told CNN. “We all want gas prices to come down. Nobody wants gas prices higher. This president doesn’t want gas prices higher. But we have to be realistic."

Of course, Trump said in June that the United States “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear capabilities, so it’s unclear how in just a few months the country became such a massive threat that war was necessary.

Given that a majority of Americans don't support Trump’s war and only wanted to see prices in the United States come down, it's hard to imagine that being a winning message for the GOP.

But that didn’t stop Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas from pushing the same message.

"Freedom is not free. Americans are gonna have to make some sacrifices," Marshall said, even though the war in Iran has nothing to do with freedom in the United States.

However, there is one Republican sounding the alarm on Trump's war.

“If we are still bombing Iran with kinetic action—people don’t want to call it war—if there’s still kinetic action that causes oil to be over $100, I think you’re going to see a disastrous election [for Republicans],” Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky told Fox Business.

Rand Paul: "The 2026 elections, already we are behind the 8 ball. If you add in high gas prices, high oil prices, and if we're still bombing Iran with kinetic action -- people don't want to call it war -- I think you're gonna see a disastrous election."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) March 10, 2026 at 9:00 AM

Paul’s right: Rising gas prices are Trump's fault, and voters will punish the GOP for it come November.

Reprinted with permission from Daily Kos

War On Iran Is Still A War Even When Gutless Republicans Insist It Isn't

War On Iran Is Still A War Even When Gutless Republicans Insist It Isn't

Republican lawmakers spent the past week trying to defend their refusal to give congressional approval for President Donald Trump's poorly planned and ill-conceived war in Iran, insisting that it’s merely a "conflict" that doesn't require a vote—or a spine.

It is painfully obvious that the Trump administration's extended bombing campaign—which may even lead to boots on the ground—to effect regime change in an adversarial country is a war.

Hell, Trump himself even called it a war when he brushed off the deaths of U.S. soldiers as something "that often happens in war."

But because a war would require congressional authorization, GOP lawmakers have twisted themselves into knots to explain why Trump can do whatever he wants in the Middle East—even though the public doesn't support it and it is already destroying the economy.

Indeed, both House and Senate Republicans blocked bills that would have curtailed Trump's war powers this week.

Take a gander at what the likely future Homeland Security secretary and current contender for dumbest U.S. senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) said on Tuesday:

Reporter: You'll concede this is war?Mullin: We haven't declared war. They declared war on us
Reporter: The president called it war and Secretary Hegseth called it war
Another reporter: When you walked up just now, you called it war
Mullin: Okay. That was a misspoke.

RAJU: You'll concede this is war?MARKWAYNE MULLIN: We haven't declared war. They declared war on usRAJU: The president called it war and Secretary Hegseth called it war REPORTER: When you walked up just now, you called it warMULLIN: Okay. That was a misspoke.

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) March 3, 2026 at 6:14 PM

Fellow moronic Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama also walked into the same trap.

“This is not your Democrat war. This is President Trump’s war, and he’s not going in to be politically correct. He’s going in to protect, first of all, Americans first and then our allies and the people around the world,” he told NewsNation Monday.

Tuberville: "This is not your Democrat war. This is President Trump's war. And he's not going in to be politically correct."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) March 2, 2026 at 10:29 PM

But when CNN later asked why such a war wouldn't need congressional authorization, Tuberville tried to backtrack.

“I wouldn’t call this a war as much as I’d call it conflict that should be very short and sweet, if you can put it that way," he told CNN’s Manu Raju Wednesday.

Similarly, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida also performed some mental gymnastics to defend Trump’s war, saying that it's not a war because there are no "boots on the ground."

"Strategic strikes are not war," she said on MS NOW.

And the virulently racist Rep. Randy Fine of Florida had the excellent argument that Trump’s war isn’t a war because Congress didn’t say so.

“It’s not a war,” he told The New York Times. “The way you are officially at war is Congress declares war, and we haven’t declared war.”

Anna Paulina Luna: “It is not the intention of the U.S. Government to invade…Targeted strategic military strikes and invasions are two totally different things.”@crampell.bsky.social: “They’re calling it a war. The President called it a war.”Luna: “Strategic strikes are not war.”

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— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) March 1, 2026 at 8:38 PM


That’s not how definitions work, Randy.

Meanwhile, Rep. Ken Calvert of California said that the war in Iran couldn’t possibly be a war because it hasn’t gone on long enough.

“This has been about 72 hours,” he told the Times. “I would call it an operation at this point.”

Of course, length of time is not what defines a war either.House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) also tried to thread the same needle, saying that whether it's a war or a conflict is "semantics."

“We’re not at war right now,” Johnson said during a news conference, describing the actions as defensive.

“We’re four days into a very specific, clear mission—Operation Epic Fury,” he added.\

Johnson: “We're not at war right now.”

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— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) March 4, 2026 at 10:41 AM

If by “clear” he means not at all clear and by “mission” he means totally conflicting objectives, then sure.

Even MAGA loyalists have slammed GOP leaders for their spinelessness.

“It’s not a war unless it comes from the war region of France, otherwise’s [sic] it’s just sparkling combat,” The Federalist co-founder and CEO Sean Davis wrote on X, mocking Johnson’s sorry attempt to explain away the war.

Ultimately, Republicans will do anything to let their Dear Leader get his way—even light the Constitution on fire to let Trump wage a war they didn't authorize.

When the country is a smoldering heap of ashes by November as gas prices surge, inflation spikes, and the economy craters, good luck defending this “conflict” to voters.

Reprinted with permission from Daily Kos

Trump Hardliners Raging Over His  Expected Endorsement Of John Cornyn

Trump Hardliners Raging Over His  Expected Endorsement Of John Cornyn

Some of President Donald Trump's biggest cheerleaders are irate at reports that he will soon endorse Sen. John Cornyn over MAGA acolyte and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in Texas' GOP Senate primary. They say that Cornyn is a wolf in sheep's clothing who won't advance Trump's agenda.

Multiple right-wing podcasters and MAGA influencers begged Trump not to bow to the pleas from establishment GOP lawmakers to intervene in the May 26 Texas runoff, which both Cornyn and Paxton advanced to Tuesday night after neither received 50 percent in the primary.

"President Trump says he will soon endorse in the Texas Senate GOP race, & whoever he doesn’t endorse must drop out. Hopefully he endorses @KenPaxtonTX, because @JohnCornyn has a long record of being anti-Trump, pro-Islam, weak on illegal immigration, and anti 2A," right-wing agitator Laura Loomer—who has successfully gotten Trump to fire government employees for insufficient loyalty—wrote in a post on X.Loomer later posted a 2023 article in which Cornyn said Trump shouldn't run for president again. "John Cornyn has never been a Trump loyalist,” she added, in a clear attempt to try to stop Trump from backing Cornyn in the race.

Sara Gonzales, a host on the right-wing BlazeTV network, also urged Trump not to back Cornyn.

“I am one of your biggest supporters and I am urging you as someone who is in the Texas grassroots: do NOT endorse Cornyn,” Gonzales wrote in an X post addressed to Trump. “It will be one of your biggest mistakes. The majority of Texas voters voted AGAINST Cornyn last night. We don’t want him!”

Far-right conspiracy theorist Mike Cernovich said in a post on X, “Endorsing Cornyn will be more gutting to the base than the Iran air strikes”—a nod to the “America first” crowd that felt betrayed by Trump starting yet another open-ended war in the Middle East."We finally have a real opportunity to remove a swamp rat GOP senator for his betrayals. If Trump screws that up with yet another disastrous endorsement, it will be a total scumbag move," right-wing radio host Jesse Kelly wrote in a post on X.

Even former Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a MAGA supporter who has recently distanced herself from Trump, also slammed the president for trying to shut down the runoff.

"This is wrong and the people of Texas should be able to vote for WHOEVER THEY WANT!!! NOT the candidate Trump demands," Greene wrote in a post on X. "People are furious over this and if Trump does this, it could actually be the real reason Texas Senate seat flips blue. Stealing people’s opportunity to elect their leaders by force will definitely piss off voters and will lead to even more sitting it out."

Ultimately, it's unclear when Trump will make his endorsement—and if Paxton will even agree to drop out of the race.

Protecting Their Majority, Republicans Back Scandal-Ridden Rep. Gonzales

Protecting Their Majority, Republicans Back Scandal-Ridden Rep. Gonzales

Republicans are rallying around a fellow GOP lawmaker who had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a staffer who later died by suicide.

Yes, multiple Republicans either refused to call for Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas to resign or flat out admitted that he should stay in Congress because kicking him out would hurt their chances at keeping their narrow majority.

They said this even after text messages were made public, showing Gonzales pressuring aide Regina Ann Santos-Aviles—who later died by self-immolation—to send him sexual photos of herself and asking if she liked "anal," even after she pushed back and said that he was going "too far."

Gonzales’ fellow Texas Republican,Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX), told CNN that resigning would be “the stupidest thing he could ever do” because "if he does that, then you gotta give the gavel to Hakeem Jeffries, and I'm sure the Democrats would love that."

Of course, that is not the case. Republicans would still hold a 217-214 majority. But it would be hard, if not impossible, to pass legislation given that GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky often votes against must-pass Republican legislation.

A number of other Republicans made similar comments to MS NOW, but like the cowards they all are, they refused to put their names behind such a disgusting admission.“They can’t lose a single vote, and so members almost seem untouchable right now,” an unnamed House Republican told the outlet.

“It’s a game of numbers and we’re in a losing battle,” another unnamed House Republican said. “Anyone who is remotely considering leaving right now would be able to use that as an incredible bargaining chip.”

And a third unnamed House Republican told MS-NOW that, while the allegations against Gonzales are "a really ugly situation,” Republicans can't "afford" to hold him accountable until the "numbers get better."

Gross is an understatement.Other cowardly Republicans refused to comment publicly on what they think Gonzales should do.

“I’m not going to get ahead of the speaker on this," Rep. Richard Hudson (R_NC), chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee, told Punchbowl News. "The speaker said publicly that Tony needs to respond to the allegations."

And John Cornyn, the Republican senior senator from Texas, also refused to call on Gonzales to resign.

"I’ve got my own race to run. I’ll let the speaker deal with that," he told Semafor reporter Burgess Everett, referring to his uphill primary battle against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

To be sure, there are some Republicans calling on Gonzales to resign—most of them women who say that Gonzales’ behavior is disgusting and unacceptable.But the most important House Republican of them all—Speaker Mike Johnson—said that Gonzales deserves due process and therefore shouldn't step down.

Of course, as long as the text messages are legitimate, there’s no doubt that what Gonzales did violated House ethics rules, which clearly state that members of Congress are barred from having sexual relationships with aides.

"Send me a sexy pic,” Gonzales texted Santos-Aviles, who died by suicide after reports said that she had been sidelined by staff due to her sexual relationship with their boss.

“You don't really want a hot picture of me,” she responded.

"Yes I do,” Gonzales said. "Hurry."

Santos-Avile’s response made it clear that she was trying to shut down his advances.

“No, I just don't like taking pictures of myself,” she said.

What Gonzales did is despicable. But Republicans won't punish him, just as they won’t punish President Donald Trump, who has been credibly accused of sexual assault by multiple women.

Gaslight: Was This Trump's Most Unhinged State Of The Union Ever?

Gaslight: Was This Trump's Most Unhinged State Of The Union Ever?

President Donald Trump delivered an unhinged, lie-filled, racist, and disturbingly dark State of the Union address Tuesday where he gaslit Americans about his accomplishments yet ultimately did nothing to change his abysmal standing in approval polls.

In fact, he spent just a few minutes talking about the economy—the most important issue to voters as midterm elections approach—and instead spent the rest of the never-ending speech talking about murders and blood and other depressing things that likely had average viewers wondering what on earth he was blathering about.

Worse for Trump and Republicans is that when he did talk about the economy, he only boasted about how great it’s doing, saying it is “roaring like never before.” Yet he did not offer any plans for how he would bring costs down and help Americans afford their rising cost of living, which is what Americans want to hear.

For example, he boasted that "100 percent of the jobs created under my administration have been in the private sector." Yeah, all 181,000 of them—the lowest annual job creation number in decades?

He crowed that the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 50,000 under his tenure, even though the market is now 800 points below that. And the stock market in the United States is actually faring worse than other countries’ markets.

Americans don’t believe Trump’s economy is great, no matter how many times he declares it to be true. In fact, CBS News released a poll before the speech that found 60 percent of Americans say that Trump makes things seem “better than they really are.”

Aside from rambling like a buffoon and being a raging asshole—reminding a national audience why they dislike him so much—Trump bragged about other head-scratching things that are unlikely to help boost his popularity.

He gloated about having “lifted 2.4 million Americans—a record—off of food stamps." Again, that’s not because he helped people but because he cut the program and stripped food aid from millions.

He waxed poetic about his illegal and destructive tariffs, saying they are “saving our country.” Of course, the tariffs are hurting the economy and Americans hate them, so highlighting this policy is again idiotic.

And he even spoke about how he is working to fix health care—one of his worst policy issues—even though he has absolutely no plan, slashed Medicaid, and let Affordable Care Act tax credits expire, raising insurance premiums for millions of Americans.

In fact, Trump slammed Democrats for not voting for the “One Big Beautiful Bill”—which slashed health care for the poorest Americans in order to pay for tax cuts for the rich. Rather than cower, Democrats stood and clapped, proud of themselves for not voting for that unpopular legislation.

Trump’s speech coincided with his approval rating hitting second-term lows—rivaled only by the dismal approval ratings he notched after he incited a violent and deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

A spate of polls released before Trump’s address found a host of bad news for Trump, including that his approval with independents is at just 26 percent, that Americans disapprove of his performance on every major issue, and that his approval has fallen even among Republicans who he needs to turn out for midterm elections in November.

The nonsense he spewed in Tuesday’s speech—the longest on record—is unlikely to change that.

While we all just suffered through that absolute buffoonery, here’s a final reminder: This utterly embarrassing display won’t matter when it comes to the November midterms. Feelings about Trump are baked in, and nothing he said in that speech will change the minds of Americans.

Reprinted with permission from Daily Kos


Congressional Republicans Drop 'States Rights' To Help Trump Steal 2026 Midterm

Congressional Republicans Drop 'States Rights' To Help Trump Steal 2026 Midterm

President Donald Trump announced last week that he thinks that the federal government should take over the 2026 midterm elections—an obvious effort to rig the results in favor of Republicans to prevent Democrats from flipping control of Congress.

"These people were brought to our country to vote, and they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting," Trump told Dan Bongino, the loser podcaster who quit his top job at the FBI. "We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia."

But rather than condemn the obviously illegal and dangerous threat, Republicans have been gaslighting Americans into thinking that Trump didn't mean what he said and is actually just talking about the need to pass their voter suppression SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

Take a look at what Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said when asked whether he agreed with Trump's horrific demand to "nationalize" elections.

"I think the president has clarified what he meant by that, and that is that he supports the SAVE Act," Thune said Tuesday—an obviously false statement as Trump explicitly said that he wants the federal government to take over elections.

Q: Do you agree with Trump saying we should 'nationalize' elections?THUNE: I think the president has clarified what he meant by that, and that is that he supports the SAVE Act(That is not what he meant)

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) February 3, 2026 at 2:52 PM

Similarly, Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio was also asked if he agrees that the federal government should take over elections, and gave a mealy-mouthed response that did not answer the question.

"I understand the president's frustration," Husted said on CNN. "We can instill confidence in both the president and American people that elections are run well through the SAVE Act."

And when host Dana Bash pushed further, Husted demurred.

"I don't know exactly what he means," Husted said.

Yeah, sure bud.

BASH: Do you agree the state is 'an agent for the federal govt' in elections?HUSTED: I understand the president's frustration. We can instill confidence that elections are run well through the SAVE ActB: He wasn't talking about the SAVE Act, thoughHUSTED: I don't know exactly what he means

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) February 4, 2026 at 1:05 PM

Meanwhile, Coward of the Year House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) spread voter fraud lies to defend Trump's call to take over elections—something the former constitutional lawyer should know is illegal.

Article I Section 4 of the Constitution explicitly states that, “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof.”

So Congress can make laws regulating elections, but the federal government cannot run them—as Trump is demanding.

"We had three Republican candidates who were ahead on election day in the last cycle, and every time a new tranche of ballots came in they just magically whittled away until their leads were lost. It looks on its face to be fraudulent," Johnson told reporters on Tuesday. "Can I prove that? No."

Johnson: “We had three House Republican candidates who were ahead on Election Day…And every time a new tranche of ballots came in, they just magically whittled away until their leads were lost…It looks on its face to be fraudulent. Can I prove that? No.”

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— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) February 3, 2026 at 3:17 PM

Of course, the order in which ballots are counted means nothing.

Trump then made all of the GOP defenders look like idiots a day later, when he again said that, yes, he really did mean that the federal government should take over elections because of some nonexistent fraud he now has Director of National Intelligence Tulsia Gabbard probing.

"Take a look at Detroit … take a look at Philadelphia, take a look at Atlanta," Trump said Thursday. "The federal government should not allow that. The federal government should get involved. These are agents of the federal government to count the vote. If they can’t count the vote legally and honestly, then somebody else should take over."

Indeed, Trump has already tried to take over election administration with executive orders that sought to require people to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote, limiting the use of electronic ballot-counting machines, and blocking states from counting mail-in ballots that were postmarked on Election Day.

But federal judges have blocked the orders, saying that Trump cannot unilaterally change election law.

Republicans, who purport to be supporters of states’ rights, should be appalled at Trump's call to federalize elections.

But because they’re all sniveling cowards, they’ve instead found any way possible to defend Dear Leader.

Reprinted with permission from Daily Kos


Challenged Over Minnesota Shootings, Wyoming Republican Flees Town Hall

Challenged Over Minnesota Shootings, Wyoming Republican Flees Town Hall

GOP Rep. Harriet Hageman of Wyoming literally chose to run away from her constituents rather than answer a very fair and basic question about why she won't speak out against the federal government killing U.S. citizens in the streets.

Last week Hageman held a town hall in Casper, Wyoming—as the GOP-controlled House was once again in recess because Speaker Mike Johnson is apparently allergic to work—in which she was repeatedly asked by constituents to speak out against the evil actions of President Donald Trump's immigration goons.

“Why have you not spoken out against the Fourth Amendment violations that ICE officers and Border Patrol officers are currently engaging in by breaking into people’s homes without a warrant?” one attendee asked.

But instead of answering, Hageman assailed the constituent’s character.

“I don’t know that I trust your facts,” Hageman responded.

Later on, another constituent asked Hageman why she had not spoken out against the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, both at the hands of Trump’s immigration goons.

“They are killing American citizens in the streets, and you are doing nothing. You are not saying a single solitary thing to support constituents or to support the American people,” they said. “As a constitutional lawyer, you should be infuriated. You should be incensed. Why are you not?”

But rather than responding, the cowardly Hageman left, as one constituent yelled “coward” and “chickenshit" as she walked off stage.

It’s truly so easy to speak out against obvious wrongs being committed by the federal government. In fact, GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky had no qualms with criticizing the killing of Pretti.

“After seeing this, if you call this a good shooting, you aren't watching the video. This was a real tragedy and a mistake. The man had been disarmed and then was shot 10 times,” Paul said. “If we say things that are obviously not true, the situation is going to get worse.”

But Hageman chose to walk away rather than do the right thing.

To be sure, a number of Hageman’s GOP colleagues have said disgusting things to not only defend the killings of Good and Pretti but to also disparage them.

While Hageman didn’t do that, her silence shows that she knows the killings of Good and Pretti were wrong, but she’s still too cowardly to speak out against it.

Chickenshit, indeed.

Reprinted with permission from Daily Kos

Latino Republicans Warn That Violent ICE Crackdown Will Lose Midterms

Latino Republicans Warn That Violent ICE Crackdown Will Lose Midterms

We have finally found the thing that gets Republicans to speak up against Donald Trump: fear of losing their own power.

Two Latino Republicans on Tuesday issued a stark warning to their Dear Leader: If immigration agents don't stop brutalizing and killing Americans in the streets as his goons carry out their ham-handed immigrant roundups to meet some arbitrary deportation quota set by ghoulish White House aide Stephen Miller, then the GOP is going to lose the 2026 midterms.

GOP Rep. Carlos Gimenez of Florida told Newsmax on Tuesday that when it comes to immigration enforcement, "there has to be a better way to do this."

"I'm not comfortable with what's happening in Minneapolis at this time," Gimenez said, adding that Trump's immigration goons targeting "grandmothers, somebody taking care of kids that's been here 10 or 15 years" is "hurting our chances at the midterms."

He wasn't the only Latino Republican who spoke out.

Florida state Sen. Ileana Garcia, who founded the Latinas for Trump group, told The New York Times that immigration agents' "abhorrent" killings of two citizens is going to be catastrophic for her party in November.

“It’s gone too far,” she told the Times of the immigration raids, later adding, “I do think that he will lose the midterms because of Stephen Miller."

Of course, Republicans were already likely to lose the midterms thanks to Trump's poor handling of the economy, which voters overwhelmingly disapprove of.

However, Gimenez and Garcia are unquestionably correct that Immigration and Customs Enforcement's violent behavior has only made things worse for the GOP.

Immigration—one of Trump's strongest issues when he took office—is now a liability as Americans turn against the brutality he has unleashed.

A plurality of Americans now support abolishing ICE in the wake of immigration agents killing two U.S. citizens who were merely exercising their First Amendment right to observe and record agents' lawless and chaotic behavior.Majorities now disapprove of Trump's handling of immigration, as well as ICE agents’ actions, which overwhelming majorities say have gone too far.

And polls show Latino voters—who moved heavily toward Republicans in 2024 and whom GOP operatives crowed were in the process of realigning away from Democrats—have now snapped back to their pre-2024 political alignment as Trump has terrorized their communities with his ICE raids.

An Economist/YouGov poll released Tuesday found that Hispanics disapprove of the job Trump is doing by a stunning 41-point margin. That’s a massive slide from February 2025, when Hispanics disapproved of Trump by a 10-point spread in the Economist/YouGov poll.

“Hispanic voters have completely reverted to 2016 trend line. All GOP gains here have been lost,” Mike Madrid, a Hispanic GOP operative, wrote in a post on X. “The ‘Racial Realignment’ theory can officially be declared dead”

Trump seems to understand the political peril he’s in, as he pulled Greg Bovino, the Nazi-looking Border Patrol thug who had been in charge of the disgusting deportation surge in Minneapolis, from his role on Monday.

However, Trump and his administration are not backing down off their targeting of Democratic-controlled states for immigration enforcement. ICE and Customs and Border Patrol are set to remain in Minneapolis and are now surging in Maine, where they recently landed to carry out their reign of terror.

And Trump and his aides have continued to blame the two Americans murdered for exercising their First and Second Amendment rights—Renee Good and Alex Pretti—for their deaths, calling both of them “domestic terrorists.”

In fact, Trump blamed Pretti for being shot to death because Pretti was carrying a firearm—something Pretti was licensed and legally allowed to do, thanks to the Second Amendment Trump once extolled.

"You can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. You can't walk in with guns, but, it's a very unfortunate thing," Trump said Tuesday of Pretti.

While Trump's violent immigration agenda is mobilizing Democrats and turning independents against him, it's the president’s refusal to acknowledge Pretti's Second Amendment rights that could turn Republicans against him too.

"It's unbelievably stupid that they've chosen to alienate the gun lobby. The NRA and the gun lobby have basically been a bedrock constituency of the Republican Party for 50 years," Florida Republican strategist Jacob Perry told Reuters.

If the base turns against Trump, then the bottom really falls out for the GOP.

We’ll have our popcorn at the ready when that happens.

Reprinted with permission from Daily Kos

GOP Politicians Eagerly Defend Latest ICE Execution In Minneapolis

GOP Politicians Eagerly Defend Latest ICE Execution In Minneapolis

If you thought Republican lawmakers would finally rein in President Donald Trump's immigration goons after one of them executed an innocent man in broad daylight, you'd be wrong.

On Saturday morning, Border Patrol agents fatally shot intensive-care nurse Alex Pretti while he was subdued on the ground. Pretti was armed with a handgun, but videos show he never drew it during the encounter and that an agent secured Pretti’s gun before agents fired the first shot. Pretti held an active concealed-carry permit, according to his family members.

In all, federal agents fired at least 10 bullets at Pretti, executing a disarmed man who was no threat to them—all for Pretti having the temerity to assist another innocent bystander who had been brutalized by federal agents.

Despite these clear-cut facts, Republicans rushed to defend the execution.

"Organized domestic terrorists believe they are untouchable. GOP must unite to support @realDonaldTrump to defeat them," Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas wrote in a post on X shortly after Pretti was killed, seemingly him of being a domestic terrorist. "Stay the course[.] Fund ops through reconciliation or ending fake filibuster[.] Support Insurrection Act[.] Follow the money to crush Marxist terror network[.]”

Roy wasn't the only Republican to push the false and defamatory accusation that Pretti was a paid agitator.

Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee said Americans need to "chill out" and stop protesting, accusing those in Minnesota of being "paid protesters," "communists," "anarchists," and people who "hate our country,” “hate our flag,” “hate our veterans,” “hate our God,” “hate democracy,” and “hate capitalism."

Apparently, Burchett didn't see that Pretti worked as an ICU nurse at the Department of Veterans Affairs. On social media, a viral video showed Pretti reading a heartfelt final salute to a veteran who had died at the VA hospital where he worked.

Other Republicans similarly lied about Pretti, accusing him of pulling a gun on agents despite numerous videos showing Pretti did nothing of the sort. They also blamed Pretti’s killing on Democrats, not the federal agents who have been wantonly beating and killing Americans in the streets.

It was clearly a coordinated messaging campaign from House Republican leaders, who posted similar versions of the same message on X.

"The governor and local leaders’ rhetoric has empowered criminals and put federal law enforcement’s lives at risk. It’s dangerous and has made the situation in Minneapolis much worse. Unlike my Democrat colleagues, I’m going to let law enforcement conduct their investigation and not jump to asinine conclusions. We are grateful no Border Patrol officers were harmed," House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, who represents Minnesota, wrote in a post on X.

Other Republicans made near-identical posts.

"Democrats have spent years empowering criminals and vilifying law enforcement, causing federal agents to be under siege in a city surrendered to lawlessness," the Republican Study Committee—which the majority of the House Republican conference belongs to—wrote in a post on X.

The post was in response to the lie-filled statement from the Department of Homeland Security in which the agency sickeningly accused Pretti of wanting to "do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement."

"[Minnesota Gov.] Tim Walz and [Minneapolis Mayor] Jacob Frey have blood on their hands. Nobody wants to see injuries or fatalities—of citizens or law enforcement. That means citizens can’t run over law enforcement with their vehicles or pull a gun on them," Rep. Andy Biggs, Republican of Arizona, wrote on X.

Rep. Mike Collins, a Georgia Republican running for Senate, said Pretti would be alive if he had just complied with officers and not been armed—a bizarrely hypocritical message from a self-proclaimed Second Amendment defender who has posted videos of him shooting things for fun.

"Please do not fight with or interfere with law enforcement doing their job and be armed while doing so," Collins wrote in a post on X.

Other Republicans were quick to post similarly disgusting comments, including Rep. Mark Alford of Missouri, who wrote in a post on X of the innocent Americans who have been shot to death by ICE, "The common denominator: not complying with police."

Of course, Pretti was not interfering with law enforcement. He was recording their violent tactics before assisting a fellow observer whom agents had harassed and sprayed with chemical irritants.

Multiple media outlets have posted stories that a growing number of Republicans are criticizing immigration officials who shot Pretti to death.

However, a deeper look at the Republicans criticizing the horrific killing are the same cast of characters who have made tepid criticism of Trump before refusing to do anything to stop him. Among those criticizing the latest tragedy are Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.

Ultimately, most Republican lawmakers are sadistic Trump sycophants who like what they are seeing. And as long as Trump is defending immigration agents’ tactics, congressional Republicans will do the same.

Because at the end of the day, Republicans are cowards who are afraid of Trump and the rabid MAGA cult that blindly follows Dear Leader.

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First Year Poll: Americans Scorn Trump For Making Everything Worse

First Year Poll: Americans Scorn Trump For Making Everything Worse

When President Donald Trump took the oath of office, Americans approved of the job he was doing by a nearly 10-percentage-point margin as they hoped he would lower costs and make life a little easier—a number that horrified Democrats amid fears that Teflon Don and his MAGA movement were untouchable entities.

Yet now, almost exactly a year into his term, Americans overwhelmingly believe Trump has been a failure and that his policies and actions have made things worse in almost every sector of American life, according to a new CNN/SSRS poll released on Friday.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans (58%) think Trump's second term has been a failure, and a majority (55%) say his policies have worsened economic conditions in the country—the very thing voters put him back in office to fix.

CNN/SSRS also polled Americans on whether they believe Trump has made progress on or exacerbated the issues he pledged to tackle in his dark inaugural address. The results there were also damning, with a plurality saying Trump made things worse on every single issue CNN surveyed.

On Trump's pledge to restore safety in the U.S., 39% say he's made things worse as opposed to the 35% who say he's made progress. On bringing law and order to American cities, 42% say he's made things worse, while 33% say he's made progress. On restoring free speech, 41% say he's made things worse, compared with just 27% who say he's made progress. On ending the weaponization of the Department of Justice—which was never weaponized in the first place and correctly charged law-breaking Trump with multiple crimes—41% say he's made things worse, and just 21% say he's made progress.

Most embarrassingly, 47% of Americans say he has not been a peacemaker and a unifier—despite Trump's deluded belief that he has ended multiple wars.

Of course, all of this was predictable.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as the Democrats who supported her, warned that a second Trump term would be a disaster, with him abusing his power to punish those who don't support him and to enrich himself and his wealthy benefactors. And that's exactly what he's done.

He has weaponized the Department of Justice to go after his perceived enemies. He's deployed a lawless, ill-trained immigration gestapo to brutalize Americans in the streets and to carry out his racist and evil anti-immigration agenda. He pardoned violent insurrectionists and other rich fraudsters who used their considerable means to bribe their way to freedom. He's cut benefits to the poor and slashed the federal government in a way that hurt federal workers while also costing taxpayers money. His idiotic trade policy has not only failed to lower prices but also tanked the job market. And he's literally destroyed part of the White House to turn it into his own version of his tacky Mar-a-Lago club.

Turns out, America isn’t a fan of all that. A year into his term, just 39% approve of the job he's doing in office, according to the CNN/SSRS survey—a terrible position for him to be in ahead of the midterm elections.

When Trump took office, Democrats were despondent, thinking that Americans approved of Trump and that there was nothing they could do to turn public opinion on their side.

Yet we now see that Trump is vulnerable. Indeed, with less than a year to go before the midterms, Democrats are the favorites to win control of the House and may even have a shot at flipping the Senate.

And, believe it or not, a lot of that is thanks to Democratic messaging. Democrats have tied Trump’s evil moves to the fact that he’s focused on everything but making life more affordable for Americans.

So, as horrible as everything is, keep fighting the good fight. Trump and the GOP are not untouchable.

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Jerome Powell

Trump's Threat To Prosecute Fed Chair Powell Plunges​ Markets Into Chaos

The stock market plunged on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 400 points at the opening bell, as economists and investors alike fear that the Federal Reserve Bank's independence is in doubt.

The stock market slide came the day after Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell issued a rare and forceful video statement accusing Trump of opening a criminal investigation into him in order to pressure Powell into lowering interest rates.

"This new threat is not about my testimony last June or about the renovation of the Federal Reserve buildings. It is not about Congress's oversight role; the Fed through testimony and other public disclosures made every effort to keep Congress informed about the renovation project. Those are pretexts. The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President," Powell said. "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."

President Donald Trump has publicly chastised Powell numerous times for not lowering interest rates, a move that would make borrowing money for Americans cheaper but likely would spike inflation even further.

Trump has even threatened Powell with removal, though he backed off those threats after U.S. markets revolted.

Now, however, he is trying to coerce Powell to step down by opening a criminal investigation into Powell's congressional testimony about renovations to the Fed's buildings. Powell leaving early would allow Trump to install his own chair, whom he would be able to direct to bend to his will on monetary policy.

But the threats have clearly not worked on Powell, who instead of acquiescing to Trump's demands instead forcefully criticized the president.

And even typically sycophantic GOP senators are revolting against Trump's attempt to use lawfare to force Powell out.

Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) said that while he thinks Powell is a bad Federal Reserve chair, he is not a criminal. “I hope this criminal investigation can be put to rest quickly along with the remainder of Jerome Powell’s term,” Cramer said in a statement. “We need to restore confidence in the Fed.”

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) went a step further, saying he would put a hold on any future Federal Reserve nominees until the investigation ceases.

“If there were any remaining doubt whether advisers within the Trump Administration are actively pushing to end the independence of the Federal Reserve, there should now be none. It is now the independence and credibility of the Department of Justice that are in question,” Tillis said in a statement. “I will oppose the confirmation of any nominee for the Fed—including the upcoming Fed Chair vacancy—until this legal matter is fully resolved,” he added.



Economists and investors fear a politicized Federal Reserve because chaotic monetary policy would hurt the economy and leave investors weary about putting their money into U.S. assets, which according to the Council on Foreign Relations would “cause long-term economic harm."

Justin Wolfers, an economics professor at the University of Michigan, used Turkey as an example of what can happen if a despotic leader influences monetary policy. Wolfers posted a chart on X that showed after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took control of his country’s central bank, inflation spiked massively, peaking at a stomach churning 86 percent before falling to 38 percent currently.

Sounds like something voters, who are desperate to see inflation cool, would be super jazzed about.CFR also said that, "independence enhances the Fed’s credibility and fosters market confidence in its decisions. Crucially, it also empowers the Federal Reserve to take difficult but necessary actions, even when they are unpopular."

Indeed, countries with despotic leaders do not have independent banks like the Federal Reserve, which has caused their countries economic harm.

“Some countries that have prosecuted or threatened to prosecute central bankers for the purpose of political intimidation or punishment for monetary policy decisions: Argentina, Russia, Turkey, Venezuela and Zimbabwe,” Harvard economics professor Jason Furman wrote in a post on X. None of those countries have sound economies, and are not a list of nations the United States should want to be associated with.

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Bribe Them With Billions: Trump's New Scheme To Acquire Greenland

Bribe Them With Billions: Trump's New Scheme To Acquire Greenland

President Donald Trump has a new idea for how he's going to accomplish his imperialist wet dream of annexing Greenland: Bribery.

Reuters reported Thursday that the Trump administration is mulling over a plan that would give every resident of Greenland up to $100,000 in cash in an attempt to convince them to change their minds about Trump’s takeover.

Given that there are roughly 57,000 residents of the Arctic island, this insane idea would cost U.S. taxpayers a whopping $5.7 billion. It's just the latest instance of Trump proving that he's fine with spending money on things that fluff his ego, all while refusing to fund health care subsidies, Medicaid, and food stamps.

For example, Trump said on Tuesday that he wants Congress to approve another $500 billion in military funding for next year to build what he calls his "Dream Military.” That funding would help him develop his idiotic “Golden Dome” missile defense program and a new class of battleships—named after Trump, of course.

For example, a YouGov survey released Thursday found that just 28 percent of Americans would support the United States purchasing Greenland, while 52 percent do not think that the United States should expand its territory.

But shelling out billions on things that Americans don't even want while refusing to fund programs vital to their wellbeing is mind-bogglingly stupid—and Americans know it.

Polling shows that Americans want Trump to focus on affordability, which they cite as the most important issue ahead of the 2026 midterms. One way that Americans want Trump to address the cost of living is to extend Obamacare subsidies. But Trump and congressional Republicans let the subsidies expire, ensuring that premiums will skyrocket for millions of Americans.

What’s more, Trump has dismissed affordability as a Democratic “hoax” and has chastised Americans for wanting to buy so many things. Instead, he said, they should simply go with less.

But at the end of the day, Americans want health care and a lower cost of living—regardless of the lies that Trump cooks up.

"What if we funded health care instead?" Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia wrote on X.

What if.

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Trump Grades His Performance On The Economy: 'A-plus-plus-plus-plus'

Trump Grades His Performance On The Economy: 'A-plus-plus-plus-plus'

President Donald Trump gave himself a perfect grade on the economy, telling Politico in a sit-down interview on Monday that the economy is currently an "A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus."

Q: What grade you would give your economy?Trump: A-plus. A plus-plus-plus-plus-plus.

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But Trump was singing a different tune, spewing lies in an interview with Politico's Dasha Burns about inflation and affordability.

"What you have to understand, the word affordability ... I inherited a mess. I inherited a total mess. Prices were at an all-time high when I came in. Prices are coming down substantially," Trump said—a total lie as prices were not at an all-time high when he took office, and prices in general are not coming down now.

Trump went on to lie that energy prices are coming down, despite that they are increasing for millions of Americans.

Look at energy. You and I discussed before the interview, energy ... energy has come down incredibly. When energy comes down, everything ... ’cause it’s so much bigger than any other subject. But energy has come down incredibly," Trump told Burns.

Trump also claimed that gas prices are down to “$1.99” in “three states.” In reality, no state has an average price of that amount, according to data from AAA. And while gas prices are decreasing, they’re close to what they were a year ago, before Trump took office.

Ultimately, while Trump lies about the state of the economy, Americans are not buying it.

Gallup's Economic Confidence Index fell 7 percentage points in November, down to -30 points....

Gallup's Economic Confidence Index combines Americans' views of current economic conditions with their current economic outlook, with a theoretical range of -100 to +100.Created with Datawrapper

At the end of the day, Trump can't piss on Americans and tell them it's raining. People know what they are spending and what their finances are, with millions of Americans now resorting to using “buy now, pay later” loans to afford necessities like groceries.

"Trump just rated his economy an 'A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus' as families in Denver struggle to afford groceries plus health care plus child care plus rent," Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado wrote in a post on X. "Donald Trump is out-of-touch and gaslighting the American people."

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New Policy On X Platform Exposes Foreign Trolls Behind 'America First'

New Policy On X Platform Exposes Foreign Trolls Behind 'America First'

Elon Musk has finally done something good with X, even if it wasn’t necessarily the goal. Over the weekend, his social media company rolled out a new policy that allows users to see not only when an X account was created, but also where the account is from.

The new feature has led a number of pro-Donald Trump and pro-MAGA accounts to be unwittingly exposed as foreign trolls—who have had great success amassing followers and thus payments from Musk’s creator fund by capitalizing on the easily manipulated rubes in the Republican base.

"This is an important first step to securing the integrity of the global town square. We plan to provide many more ways for users to verify the authenticity of the content they see on X," Nikita Bier, X's head of product, wrote in a post on the social media platform.

For example, the account @MAGANATIONX—which has nearly 400,000 followers and describes itself as an "America First" "Patriot Voice" who is "standing strong with President Trump"—is actually from a non-European Union country in Eastern Europe.

The account pushes voter fraud lies and posts questions seeking input from its followers about whether Democrats should be prosecuted. But it also sent a post that slammed the United States' support of Ukraine—which should have been a sign all alongthat the account was not on the level.

Meanwhile, the account @America_First0—which has more than 67,000 followers and once claimed to be an attractive female and former liberal who voted for Trump—is based in Bangladesh.

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The account @KLeavittNews, a fan page for the White House press secretary with more than 13,000 followers that claims it's based in Washington, is actually from Macedonia. In fact, a number of these pro-Trump accounts have been exposed as being from the small Balkan nation.

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An Ivanka Trump fan page that had more than 1 million followers was suspended after it was exposed as being from Nigeria. So too were a number of accounts that purported to be attractive, Trump-supporting white women but were actually from places like Thailand and Myanmar.

Exposing these accounts as foreign trolls is the first good thing Musk has done since he took over the platform—which has devolved into a disinformation hotbed filled with antisemitic, racist, and other discriminatory content.

In fact, the Centre for Information Resilience did a study during the 2024 election that said just how dangerous the fake MAGA accounts were. But now that users will be able to see where these accounts are from, their fake content could be called out before it spreads.

“Just think about the foreign influence operations that are happening right now on this app,” Brett Meiselas, co-founder of the liberal news site MeidasTouch, said in a video about the changes. “Think about the lawmakers who feel pressured by accounts like this. Think about the disinformation that spreads as a result of all these accounts out there.”

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Bombshell Epstein Emails Released: Trump 'Knew About The Girls'

Bombshell Epstein Emails Released: Trump 'Knew About The Girls'

House Democrats on Wednesday released emails from Jeffrey Epstein, in which the deceased financier accused of child sex trafficking said that President Donald Trump "knew about the girls" and that Trump even “spent hours" at Epstein's house with one of the victims.

The emails are the biggest proof yet that Trump—who has denied knowledge of Epstein's sex trafficking and called the scandal surrounding the files a “hoax”—is lying about his involvement in Epstein's crimes as he seeks to block the files the government has on his former friend from ever becoming public.

Based on the emails released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, it’s easy to see why Trump doesn’t want the documents to be seen.

In one email from 2011 that Epstein sent to convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein wrote: "i want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is trump."

🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.

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Epstein added that a victim, whose name the Oversight Committee redacted, “spent hours at my house with” Trump. (She was later revealed to be the late Virginia Giuffre.)

.In another email exchange from 2015—when Trump was first running for president—reporter Michael Wolff told Epstein that Trump could get a debate question about his relationship with Epstein.

When Epstein asked Wolff how Trump should respond to such a question, Wolff replied: "I think you should let him hang himself. If he says he hasn't been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable PR and political currency. You can hang him in a way that potentially generates a positive benefit for you, or, if it really looks like he could win, you could save him, generating a debt. Of course, it is possible that, when asked, he'll say Jeffrey is a great guy and has gotten a raw deal and is a victim of political correctness, which is to be outlawed in a Trump regime."

And in a third email from 2019 to Wolff, Epstein wrote about a victim who was at Mar-a-Lago, saying of Trump, "of course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop."

“Oversight Dems have released serious and disturbing emails today about the Trump and Epstein relationship,” Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), ranking member of the Oversight Committee, wrote in a post on X. “An email from Epstein alleges Trump ‘spent hours at my house’ with a victim. We won’t stop until we end this White House cover-up. Release the files, NOW.”Democrats released the emails on the same day that a discharge petition—which will force a vote on a bill that would require Trump to release the Epstein files—is set to gain the required number of signatures.

That's because House Speaker Mike Johnson is finally going to swear in Arizona Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, who will be the 218th signature on the petition, giving it a majority.

Johnson had refused to swear Grijalva in for nearly two months, keeping the House out of session in order to have an excuse to now seat the Arizona Democrat so that the discharge petition would not get a majority.

But now that the House is returning after an insane eight-week-long recess, Johnson has to swear Grijalva in, and the discharge petition clock will begin.

That means the House will vote on whether to release the files in the coming weeks, likely in early December. Republicans will have to decide whether to do what polls say voters want and vote to release the files, or instead vote to protect Trump, as Dear Leader demands.

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Trump Asks Supreme Court To Vacate Verdict In E. Jean Carroll Sex Abuse Case

Trump Asks Supreme Court To Vacate Verdict In E. Jean Carroll Sex Abuse Case

President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to overturn the federal grand jury that found him liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll.

Trump is asking the nation’s highest court to rule that the federal judge overseeing the case improperly allowed other women who accused Trump of sexual assault to testify during the trial.

In 2023, a federal jury awarded Carroll $5 million, after they found Trump liable for sexually abusing her in a department store in the 1990s. After that decision, Trump verbally attacked Carroll, who then sued him again, this time for defamation. She also won that case, in which a jury awarded Carroll a stunning $83.3 million in damages.

Trump had appealed both cases—and lost both of those challenges, with an appeals court ruling that Trump “has not carried his burden to show that any claimed error or combination of claimed errors affected his substantial rights as required to warrant a new trial.”

Trump’s appeal to the Supreme Court concerns the initial case in which he was found liable for sexualabuse. However, if the court overturns that case, it would also jeopardize Carroll's later defamation judgement.

Currently, it’s unclear whether the Supreme Court will hear the appeal. The justices will decide “early next year” whether to take the case, according to Politico.

However, the Supreme Court has run defense for Trump multiple times, ruling in his favor over and over again, sometimes without explaining their reasoning.

Most notably, the Supreme Court helped Trump avoid legal punishment for his improper handling of classified information and his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election by ruling that presidents are largely immune from prosecution. It was one of their most egregious decisions to date, basically declaring Trump to be a king.

But they have also used the emergency docket—which typically involves quick, unexplained rulings—to allow Trump to cancel congressionally appropriated funding for foreign aid and block transgender and nonbinary citizens from choosing their sex on their passports, among others.