WASHINGTON — A coordinator of Project 2025, the right-wing policy playbook for a second Donald Trump administration, suggested to a possible contributor that working on the project would be a good way to win an administration job. Steve Bradbury, a former Trump administration official now with the Heritage Foundation, said in an email last year … Read more
Elon Musk has a bad habit of being a dickhead idiot on the internet, and for the most part that has worked out fine for the richest person in the world. Now, though, his online shittiness may have caught up with him. Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s) On September 15, just after a second assassination … Read more
Donald Trump appeared to find it curious that “somehow” a woman was doing better than Joe Biden had been in the presidential race. During an appearance on Fox News’ “Gutfeld!” on Wednesday, the Republican nominee reflected on the president’s decision to end his campaign and Vice President Kamala Harris’ entry into the race. “She doesn’t … Read more
Say you’re a ruthless narcissist and a natural-born dictator, and you’re reviewing footage of this month’s presidential debate in Philadelphia. It’s obvious that you got far too little time during the sparring, and inspired not nearly as much fear and awe as are your due. So you decide to spring your “October surprise.” I’m not … Read more
A MAGA boat parade participant got salty at a CNN correspondent’s suggestion that he was well off and might not be so affected by economic concerns. (Watch the video below.) Elle Reeve conducted the interviews with a Panama City, Florida, flotilla of Donald Trump supporters and shared them on host Anderson Cooper’s show Wednesday. Reeve … Read more
US President Joe Biden looks on before speaking ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, September 12, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images A federal judge has extended a temporary restraining order against the Biden administration’s latest student loan forgiveness … Read more
Former U.S. President and current Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks about the economy, inflation, and manufacturing during a campaign event at Alro Steel on August 29, 2024 in Potterville, Michigan. Bill Pugliano | Getty Images Shares of Trump Media fell at the opening bell Thursday, with just hours to go until former President Donald … Read more
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Wednesday broke down the way in which former president and current GOP candidate Donald Trump often puts his own gross spin on the tactic that’s been deployed by countless politicians over the years of “changing the subject when they need to.” Maddow, talking on Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” about why Trump … Read more
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris will join celebrity billionaire Oprah Winfrey for an online event with grassroots groups on Thursday to rally support in battleground states. The “Unite for America” event, co-hosted by Winfrey and activist group Win with Black Women, aims to register people to vote and bolster Harris in states such as … Read more
Donald Trump sank far lower than where the New York City subway travels on Wednesday, wildly claiming there’s a 75% chance a child riding alone will go missing permanently. (Watch the video below.) The Republican nominee told a rally in Uniondale, New York, that his parents used to drop him off at the subway in … Read more
