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“Protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles have triggered a flood of falsehoods and conspiracy theories online, and Russia has sought to exploit and amplify them,” NBC News reports. “Russian […]
12.6.2025 22:00Russia Pushes Conspiracy Theories About Protests“This is the stuff of dictatorships. I have never ever, other than Jan. 6, been so outraged at the conduct of an administration.” — Sen. Brian Schwartz (D-HI), quoted by […]
12.6.2025 21:42Extra Bonus Quote of the Day“The Senate confirmed former Republican Rep. Billy Long to run the Internal Revenue Service, placing a consistent and vocal supporter of President Trump in charge of the tax agency,” the […]
12.6.2025 21:28Senate Confirms Auctioneer Billy Long as IRS Chief“Israel is prepared to attack Iran in the coming days if Tehran rejects a U.S. proposal that would place tough limits on its nuclear program,” the Wall Street Journal reports. […]
12.6.2025 21:24Israeli Attack on Iran Could Come Within DaysCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) slammed the removal of Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) from a press conference Thursday with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, The Hill reports. Said Newsom, on […]
12.6.2025 20:16Newsom Slams Trump and His ‘Shock Troops’“The Republican-led House voted 214-212 on Thursday to pass a proposal from President Donald Trump to cancel $9.4 billion in previously approved federal funding,” NBC News reports. “The ‘rescissions’ package […]
12.6.2025 20:13House Republicans Vote to Claw Back $9.4 BillionCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) told the New York Times that President Trump did not discuss sending the National Guard to Los Angeles when the two recently spoke to each […]
12.6.2025 20:10Newsom Says Trump Is a ‘Stone Cold Liar’“It’s looking more and more like a fascist state out there every day.” — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), quoted by Politico, on Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) being detained in California.
12.6.2025 19:24Bonus Quote of the DayA new AP/NORC poll shows 60% of Americans don’t think President Trump’s military parade this Saturday is a good use of government funds.
12.6.2025 19:15Most Don’t Want Money Spent on Trump’s Parade“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to say whether he would follow the courts if they ruled against President Donald Trump’s deployment of active-duty Marines to Los Angeles,” Politico reports. Said […]
12.6.2025 19:10Hegseth Won’t Say If He’ll Follow Court OrderSen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was physically removed on Thursday from a Los Angeles press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Additional video showed Padilla being handcuffed and detained […]
12.6.2025 18:51Senator Forcibly Removed from Noem’s Press Event“Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sold off 23 stocks ahead of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcement and the ensuing stock market plunge in early April,” NOTUS reports. “Hegseth reported […]
12.6.2025 18:50Pete Hegseth Sold Stock Just Before Tariff AnnouncementPresident Trump indicated that he doesn’t want aggressive deportations to target the workforce of the hospitality and farming industries. But border czar Tom Homan told Semafor “worksite enforcement operations are […]
12.6.2025 18:48Mixed Messages on Worksite Deportations“I don’t feel like a king; I have to go through hell to get stuff approved.” — President Trump, quoted by The Hill.
12.6.2025 18:46Quote of the DayA new Yale study find the combined economic policies of the Trump administration results in 80% of households paying more in taxes, while the richest 10% actually pay less.
12.6.2025 18:45Nearly Everyone Pays More Under Trump Policies“The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday told hundreds of thousands of migrants that their permission to live and work in the United States had been revoked and they should […]
12.6.2025 18:43Trump Tells Migrants Their Legal Status Is Terminated“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused Thursday to answer a simple question about the Trump administration’s plans for Greenland, implying that the U.S. military has drawn up plans to take the […]
12.6.2025 18:40Hegseth Confirms Trump Plans to Take GreenlandAnne Applebaum: “The logic of revolution often traps revolutionaries: They start out thinking that the task will be swift and easy. The people will support them. Their cause is just. […]
12.6.2025 13:30What Trump Will Do When His Revolution SputtersDavid Frum: “The tariffs would do everything at once. They would protect U.S. industry from foreign competition without raising prices, and generate vast revenues that would finance other tax cuts. […]
12.6.2025 13:00Trump Is Losing His Trade WarPaul Krugman: “There are two disastrously wrong ways to read the news from Los Angeles right now, and the rest of America over the next few days. The first is […]
12.6.2025 12:31This Is Not a Drill