Posts by Shopie Claire
Trump’s FTC Settles With Match Over Nightmare Dating App Case
The Senate seat was vacated when its previous occupant, Jay Collins, was appointed Florida’s lieutenant governor. Nathan’s campaign sought to downplay culture wars and instead elevate issues such as better paying jobs, affordable housing, and quality education. It’s the latest Democratic upset in Florida, which has swung solidly Republican in the Trump era. In December,…
Read MoreTrump’s “God Squad” Might Vote for a Whale’s Extinction This Week
We have been trained to view these meetings as dry regulatory disputes over administrative law or the “rational” weighing of economic interests. But what happens on Tuesday is a matter of life and death. The committee—composed of the heads of the Interior, Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Army, and the…
Read MoreWTF Was Elon Musk Doing on a Phone Call With Trump About Iran?
President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Nahendra Modi had a phone call on Tuesday to discuss the war in Iran. For no apparent reason, they were joined by billionaire Elon Musk. Musk—who is a private citizen with no present involvement in government—sat in on the discussion between the two heads of states, though it…
Read MoreUnhappy Anniversary: One Year Since Trump’s Brutish Assault on History
Recently, at a closed White House event conveniently bereft of professional historians, one of the soldiers in Trump’s hijacking of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence described the administration’s approach as “a matter of history, not politics.” We agree with those principles, so let’s get the history right. As we approach the 250th…
Read MoreTrump’s DOJ Makes Shocking Settlement With Michael Flynn
It was one of three pieces of legislation signed by Sherrill to protect immigrant rights across the state and push back against Trump’s unlawful immigration agenda, a promise she campaigned on before taking office in January. A nearly identical bill was vetoed by former Governor Bill Murphy in his final day of office. “As we’ve…
Read MoreHegseth: We Negotiate With Bombs
“Instead of sharing information, federal authorities took exclusive possession of evidence that had been collected, and they denied Minnesota investigators access to key information,” the lawsuit reads. The state argues this failure to cooperate violates its “responsibility to protect against and address violence within its borders, including by prosecuting homicides, attempted homicides, and assaults.” All…
Read MoreTrump, 79, Falls Asleep in Memphis Task Force Meeting
President Donald Trump was spotted struggling to stay awake even while his sycophants showered him with praise. While attending a crime-stopping task force Monday aimed at curbing crime in Memphis, Tennessee, Trump appeared to doze off. Trump is out pic.twitter.com/a7HaBIv8nQ — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 23, 2026 The 79-year-old president tried desperately to keep his…
Read MoreThe Lost Cause Gets a Tinseltown Makeover
Cauleen Smith recently encountered a terrifying specter. A spirit appeared to her portending a divine promise, like a biblical angel to Mary or the prophets. The spirit was of a white woman in billowing robes, her hair tied in a chignon. And she said that God—God Almighty Himself—will descend from the heavens to the earth…
Read MoreTrump Erupts in Fury Over His War Failures—and Exposes a Big Weakness
Our discourse baselessly ascribes popularity to Trump’s right-populist-coded moves—from tariffs to deportations to disdain for globalization and multilateral institutions—as if these tap some deeper yearning on the part of the true American Volk. Yet in the last year, majorities have rejected his tariffs and deportations and, importantly, seem to be rejecting his basic arguments for…
Read MoreTrump’s War With Iran Is a Product of His Deep Stupidity
A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies, or IPS, takes a deep dive into the battery of corporations they call the “Low Wage 20”: 20 firms that currently employ 6.7 million people across the United States. The names are familiar—Amazon, Starbucks, FedEx, Walmart, and Tyson Foods are habitual malefactors—but their sins are growing…
Read MoreFed Reserve Chair Says Trump’s Policies Mostly to Blame for Inflation
In a separate joint notice, they also wrote directly to DHS, demanding that agency staffers “preserve all communications and internal records” related to Lewandowski, including social media messages, Signal chats, and other private or personal communications pertaining to DHS matters. The signed Democrats were Representatives Robert Garcia (Oversight Committee), Rick Larsen (Committee on Transportation and…
Read MoreCollege Republicans Chapter Sues School for Right to Make Nazi Salute
He then went on to attack Boasberg with similarly inflammatory language: The Courts treat Republicans, and me, so unfairly, always seeming to protect those who should not be protected. They are highly politicized. Cases don’t matter, the Judge does! As an example, how is this absolutely terrible Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell, not…
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