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What Trump doesn't want you to know about the 2026 midterms

The ongoing Trumpian plot to rig the midterms and end democracy is getting crazier and more dangerous by the day. The plot is also becoming increasingly layered

2026/03/11

GOP senators furious as MAGA traps Republican leader in 'political pressure cooker'

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has been forced into a "political pressure cooker" by the MAGA members of the GOP, per a new report from Politico, as they push

2026/03/11

Trump was given a second chance — and totally blew it: NYT editorial

In 2024, Donald Trump showed his political resilience when — despite facing four criminal indictments — he won the GOP presidential nomination and went on to enjoy

2026/03/11

Candidates’ faces on punching bags linked to 37 uncounted ballots in Michigan

Punching bags hanging inside Hamtramck’s city clerk’s office — one with mayoral candidate Muhith Mahmood’s face taped to it — helped set off a chain of events that

2026/03/11

A behind-the-scenes power player emerges as an unexpected threat to Trump

It’s well known that Donald Trump consumes television broadcasts and often makes policy based more on Fox News punditry than advice from political or government

2026/03/11

The Republican Party as we knew it has ceased to exist

Across Iran and the Caribbean, Donald Trump and his lickspittles delight in killing as if people were expendable scenery, not human beings with loved ones and families

2026/03/11

Retired Navy commander debunks Trump's national security claims

President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that from a national security standpoint, the United States suffered greatly under former President Joe Biden — and

2026/03/11

Trump’s enablers are 'colluding with his insanity': assessment

Irish Times writer Fintan O’Tool says there are gentle ways to deal with madness. Dealing with the all-powerful malignance of Trump’s madness, however, is something

2026/03/11

Karoline Leavitt defends Trump's claim that Iran has Tomahawk missiles as 'opinion'

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended what she claimed is President Donald Trump's right to share his opinion that Iran has U.S. Tomahawk missiles

2026/03/11

Betrayed voters turn on Trump as former prosecutor details how cynicism fuels his power

President Donald Trump “benefits from cynicism” as he erodes Americans’ faith in key democratic institutions, according to a prosecutor speaking with a conservative

2026/03/11