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Not a prideful boast, but disgraceful confession: in this Trump II era of perpetual crises the thought that wafted through my early AM mind was: That's bad news, BUT ! at least these are people Trump didn't kill. But Trump is overseeing the most recent Trump administration government shutdown...

In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump, 79, repeated an imaginary word he seemed to premiere last week: “mutilization.” He wrote, “No Transgender MUTILIZATION of our precious children” as part of his rant. https://news.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-invents-word-desperate-truth-033611996.html...

churn Prospects for Dems possibly improving even if only prospects for Republicans have imploded.

Again, President Trump has renewed my longing for satire, an era when irony, wit, or outright derision was recognizably more extreme than the subject satirized.

"in a January 2001 plea agreement solely on the charge of conspiracy, he agreed to lead authorities to the site where the dismembered bodies of the O'Hairs had been burned and buried." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madalyn_Murray_O%27Hair

There are multiple comparably implausible explanations for this. If you'll pardon the Bushism, Trump continues to "misunderestimate" Iran. "Nobody knows the system better than me." "Which is why I alone can fix it." presidential candidate Trump 16/07/21 from the campaign podium...

For 34 days, funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been blocked in a standoff over the Trump administration’s deeply unpopular immigration enforcement, something the White House has finally realized is such a public opinion disaster that they’ve stopped calling it mass...

Trump issues 48-hour Hormuz Strait ultimatum, threatens Iran power plants Tehran responds to Trump’s threat by saying all US energy infrastructure in the region will be targeted if Iran is attacked. Published On 22 Mar 202622 Mar 2026 United States President Donald Trump has threatened to...

Yes. That's separation of powers? Presidents don't make laws, legislatures do. Right? And it's the president's Constitutional obligation under Art.2 Sect.3 to "... take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed". That applies to both Constitutional law, & statute. How many times has Trump...

If you’re struggling to lose weight, could refrigerating your carbs help? By J.M. HIRSCH / Updated 8:39 AM GMT-5, February 26, 2026...

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller handled Trump-Russia probe, dies at 81 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-fbi-director-robert-mueller-dies-81-trump-reacts Thank you for your service Director Mueller.

a) ! :eek: ! b) I'm not sure if this is cataclysmic, or merely catastrophic. There's not a lot of ambiguity here. Trump criticizes the regime in Iran for killing protesters, while Trump's own regime is bumping off citizens in Minnesota. The white house East wing has been reduced to rubble...

#119 - a grave injustice President Trump has promoted an entire class of U.S. citizens. During the Biden administration they were satirists. During the Trump administration they're historians. ... I'd like you to meet my ex-wife Ivana, a bony lass ...

A man arrives at a costume party with a girl on his back. "I'm a turtle," he says. "Who's on your back?" "That's Michelle."

update: Previous partial happyscribe.com transcript removed, replaced by complete NPR transcript. Continuing thanks to NPR & affiliates for heroic journalism in this era of urgent need. Trump has struggled to rewrite the narrative on major issues this week six minute audio available here...