Meta drops fact-checkers ahead of Trump taking power

6 days, 8 hours ago

'Hugely unpopular': Columnist flags 5 ways Trump has already 'failed spectacularly'

Even though he has Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress and Democrats are in the midst of an apparent leadership crisis, President Donald Trump's second term has so far been a massive failure, according to one columnist. In a Friday op-ed for the Daily Beast, columnist David Rothkopf argued that the second Trump administration is already letting down both …

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6 days, 10 hours ago

'Baseless': CNN fact-checker wrecks Trump's fabrication-riddled Oval Office remarks

Raw Story

President Donald Trump's latest Oval Office speech was full of fabrications, CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale wrote in an extensive analysis tearing apart the newest fake claims. "Trump used inaccurate figures for the number of votes he received in the 2024 presidential election, US aid to Ukraine, the number of migrants who entered the US during the Biden administration, the US …

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6 days, 23 hours ago

'Popularity will plummet': Conservatives discuss when 'voters will step off Trump train'

Raw Story

Donald Trump is more popular now than he was in his first term, but that isn't likely to last if he keeps on his current path, according to conservative columnists. "It’s so important to distinguish between the core of MAGA — which dominates discourse online — from the bulk of voters who put Trump back in the White House. Online …

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1 week, 1 day ago

'Does that make it right?' CNN anchor puts ex-GOP insider on the spot over new Trump moves

Raw Story

CNN's Sara Sidner was taken aback when a conservative pundit claimed President Donald Trump's alleged defiance of a federal judge's order this week was just "Trump being Trump." Pete Seat, former GOP White House spokesperson, argued that no one should be shocked by Trump's actions, especially after watching the president's defiant Fox interview with Laura Ingraham Tuesday night. Sidner began, …

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1 week, 2 days ago

'Really concerned': Cracks form as right-wing Heritage Foundation frets over Trump policy

Raw Story

An economic fellow at the far-right Heritage Foundation who previously worked for Donald Trump admitted Tuesday that the economic situation isn't strong in the president's second term. In the interview, Moore said he is "concerned" about the stock market's multi-day drop and fears that the economy will shrink during the first economic quarter of the Trump presidency. That's assuming that …

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1 week, 3 days ago

President Trump Approval Ratings: Latest Polls

New York Times

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1 week, 3 days ago

Donald Trump Addresses Failure To Meet Signature Campaign Pledge

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Donald Trump has addressed the failure to meet one of his most significant campaign pledges. During his 2024 presidential bid, Trump repeatedly pledged to end the war in Ukraine in “24 hours.” Now, nearly two months after his inauguration, the three-year conflict continues to rage. “Well, I was being a little bit sarcastic when I said …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Trump's takeover depends on creating this alternate reality

Salon

Donald Trump has only been president for eight weeks yet it feels much longer. At the Guardian, Arwah Mahdawi writes, “Trump has only been president for a couple of weeks and things are already far worse than I had imagined they could be…Almost nobody in the US has escaped the chaos that Trump and Musk have already unleashed in such …

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1 week, 5 days ago

The art of dealing with Trump 2.0 | Trump is an idea whose time has come

India Today

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo believes that Donald Trump’s second term is largely a continuation of his first, the key difference being that Trump is now more prepared. At the India Today Conclave, as he offered insightful commentary on global institutions, US foreign policy and the shifting geopolitical landscape, the only drastic departure from the past Pompeo presented …

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Donald Trump's explosive speech at Justice Department: ‘Corrupt media, crooked elections…’ | Takeaways

Trending News

1 week, 6 days ago

Donald Trump's explosive speech at Justice Department: ‘Corrupt media, crooked elections…’ | Takeaways

Hindustan Times

US President Donald Trump lashed out at the “corrupt media”, including CNN and MSDNC, FBI, judges and others who he perceives as his enemies, during a speech at the Justice Department on Friday, reported the Associated Press. US President Donald Trump spoke to a crowd at the Justice Department and criticised those who opposed him During an hour-long address, Donald …

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2 weeks ago

Seth Meyers Spots The Trump Admission That Hilariously Shatters A Big Boast

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Donald Trump may attempt to style himself as the “crypto president” but Seth Meyers on Wednesday flagged a moment that may put that boast to the test. I like checks, you know?” Trump told reporters, adding: “I like a check better than this modern system of, all of a sudden there’s money in your account, nobody knows…” …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

'Self-inflicted wounds': New data shows even MAGA's hardcore is souring on Trump's antics

Raw Story

New polling reveals flashing red lights and "self-inflicted wounds" for President Donald Trump, with independents and even some of Trump's own supporters losing patience with the tariff chaos and tech billionaire Elon Musk's dismantling of the federal government, Aaron Blake wrote for The Washington Post. And it’s not just Democrats refusing to recognize Trump’s alternate reality; it’s also the political …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

US President Donald Trump speaks about potential govt shutdown, dodges recession call. Here’s what he said…

Live Mint

United States President Donald Trump told reporters on March 9 that a governmet shutdown is “could happen” if the Republicans had insufficient votes to pass the temporary funding bill, Reuters reported. Donald Trump on Govt Shutdown: ‘Could Happen…’ Speaking to reporters on March 9, Donald Trump said a US government shutdown “could happen” if the House of Representatives cannot muster …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

America needs Donald Trump right now. Here’s why

Al Jazeera

He’s brash and unconventional. It has now been more than three months since Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States last November with a resounding victory over the sitting vice president, Kamala Harris. Trump, whose economic track record as president, on several indicators, was considerably better than Biden’s until COVID-19 struck, promised that change. On his …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

‘Chilling’: NYT reveals list of words banned by Trump’s 'anti-woke' initiatives

Raw Story

President Donald Trump’s purge of so-called woke initiatives as one of his first orders of business after returning to the White House in January has already filtered through hundreds of federal government websites, according to a New York Times analysis. The Times on Friday revealed a list of banned words that came with that order – from phrases like “sense …

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3 weeks ago

‘Donald J. Trump Highway’ proposal fails in Arizona Senate by a single vote

Raw Story

by Caitlin Sievers, Arizona Mirror March 6, 2025 MAGA loyalists across the country are eager to pay fealty to President Donald Trump by attempting to put his name or likeness on U.S. currency, airports, roads and even Mt. But on Thursday, Arizona’s Senate Republicans couldn’t find the votes they needed to recommend that State Route 260, which runs through rural …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Boredom and terror meld in Trump address

LA Times

Hello and happy Thursday. This week in… pic.twitter.com/FAJMd2EnrO — First Lady Melania Trump March 5, 2025 Bipartisanship and a brave young woman Before we dive further into the depths of Trump’s speech, let’s give a shout out to a brave young woman, and highlight a moment of bipartisanship, courtesy of Melania Trump. “It’s worth it to let people know that …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Conservative pours cold water on Trump's too early 'spike the ball' speech

Raw Story

Donald Trump's speech to both Houses of Congress on Tuesday night may have wowed his MAGA supporters and Republican attendees, but not all conservatives are quite on board. According to longtime National Review columnist Jim Geraghty, the president may have got ahead of himself in boasting about the first few months with the economy not only struggling but facing a …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

'Here's how this could backfire': Trump warned signature issue could blow up in his face

Raw Story

Donald Trump highlighted his crackdown on immigration during his congressional address, but a Democratic strategist warned the issue could eventually spark backlash. The president acknowledged the family of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student murdered by an undocumented migrant in Georgia, and whose mother and sister were invited to attend the speech by first lady Melania Trump, and "CNN This …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

'Extremely Dishonest': CNN Fact-Checker Nails Trump On 13 'Flat False' Claims

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale said President Donald Trump stuck to his script during Tuesday night’s speech before a joint session of Congress ― but he didn’t stick to the facts. “President Trump was, believe it or not, marginally more careful with the facts tonight than he usually is,” Dale told CNN’s Jake Tapper, adding that’s only when …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump Uses Old Tricks to Sell a New Agenda

Politico

This version of Trump cherry-picked examples of federal spending that sounded dubious or even inane, like a purported $20 million to subsidize an Arab version of “Sesame Street” in the Middle East. He made a dozen or so references to his immediate predecessor, calling Biden “the worst president in American history.” He accurately noted that attempted border crossings from Mexico …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

He 'will actually drool': Journalist points to evidence Britain is playing Trump

Raw Story

During an appearance on MSNBC on Tuesday morning, longtime journalist and publisher Tina Brown applauded British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for his masterful manipulation of Donald Trump that is still ongoing. Speaking with "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough, Brown stated the leader of Labour Party had a rough start as prime minister but has hit his stride with his handling …

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Trump to pledge new 'American dream' in first Congress address since return

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Trump to pledge new 'American dream' in first Congress address since return

India Today

Donald Trump will promise a "renewal of the American dream" on Tuesday in his first address to Congress since returning to office, laying out a vision of extended presidential power and a reshaped world order. The 78-year-old Trump has also caused turmoil on the global stage, pausing military aid for Ukraine as he pivots toward Russia, vowing to "own" Gaza …

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Donald Trump address to Congress: Where to watch and what to expect

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Donald Trump address to Congress: Where to watch and what to expect

India Today

“I will tell it like it is”: Donald Trump’s post on his microblogging site Truth Social is enough of an indication of what is likely to unfold on Tuesday night as the US President delivers his first address to the joint Congress session. WHAT TO EXPECT Trump is likely to use this speech to reinforce his administration’s key priorities, address …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

News Analysis: Trump gives himself high marks. Polls, markets, courts, allies paint a different picture

LA Times

President Trump gave his new administration high marks in a bullish speech to Congress on Tuesday, arguing he is making fast work of his promised agenda on immigration, the economy, international trade and global conflicts, and that the U.S. is stronger for it. On Tuesday, Trump said that his November win “was a mandate like has not been seen in …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Trump news: AOC writes to the DOJ to find out if she’s actually under investigation.

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Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. “I write to request clarity on whether the Department of Justice has yielded to political pressure and attempts to weaponize the agency against elected officials whose speech they disagree with.” —New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in a letter to …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Trump’s next first speech to Congress is bound to have little resemblance to his last first one

LA Times

The nation will hear a new president sing a far different tune in his prime-time address before Congress on Tuesday night. “It’s almost like I have to be ignorant to be at peace with myself and my life right now.” A new president’s first speech to Congress is not designated a State of the Union address, coming so close to …

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1 month ago

GOP Strategist Spots ‘Bad Sign’ That Trump Voters Are Already Having Second Thoughts

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Buyers’ remorse is starting to set in for some of President Donald Trump’s voters, longtime Republican strategist Sarah Longwell suggested on Wednesday. Essentially, nothing has changed for those who backed Trump for the “one very specific reason” that they believed “things are too expensive,” Longwell told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace. And now, Longwell said, those voters are being …

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1 month ago

'Starting to turn': Longtime GOP pollster sees Trump voters having 'buyer remorse'

Raw Story

Longtime Republican Party pollster Sarah Longwell is conducting focus groups with voters of President Donald Trump — and she's beginning to see some "buyer remorse." "There's a lot of babies being tossed out with the bath water, to use an old-fashioned phrase, in this first few weeks and, of course, as usual, and I'm disappointed about this with President Trump …

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1 month ago

Trump Airport and Trump Day: The bills adoring GOP lawmakers have put forward

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Some of the bills support the 78-year-old president’s efforts — like renaming the Gulf …

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1 month ago

'Run Elon run!' Trump sends gushing message to Musk and vows 'nothing has changed'

Raw Story

Donald Trump started off Wednesday morning by thanking Elon Musk for his election win. The tech mogul spent more than a quarter billion dollars on Trump's re-election campaign, and the president has credited Musk's knowledge of computers for his win in the crucial state of Pennsylvania. "I thought it would be appropriate to take out my thank you TRUTH to …

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1 month ago

Republicans Are Already Sending Fundraising Pitches About Trump’s ‘Third Term’

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Organizations representing President Donald Trump, the Republican Party and a key group of House Republicans are fundraising off of an effort to give Trump a third term in office. “New bill would give President Trump a THIRD TERM,” read one fundraising text message received Tuesday. Are YOU ready to give President Trump a THIRD TERM to truly …

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1 month ago

"The media are aware of the manipulation": Countering Trump's spectacle begins with a press strategy

Salon

As cultural critic and educator Neil Postman famously warned forty years ago, the American people were and are amusing themselves to death. Trump wrote the following caption, “LONG LIVE THE KING!” The New York Times reports that “The White House then reinforced the message, recirculating it on Instagram and X with an illustration of Mr. Trump wearing a crown on …

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1 month ago

'Lies and distortions': New York Times offers unusually blunt assessment of Trump tactics

Raw Story

Some liberal critics of the New York Times in the past have accused the paper of "sane-washing" President Donald Trump by using euphemisms that downplay Trump's routine dishonesty and seeming detachment from reality. However, a piece written by the New York Times' Peter Baker that was published on Sunday used unusually direct words to describe some of Trump's most recent …

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1 month ago

Trump has moved on from 'alternative facts' to 'a whole alternative reality': experts

Raw Story

The "alternative facts" of Donald Trump's first term as president has given way to an "alternative reality" of his second term as a way to push forward his controversial policies according to experts. In Trump's first, term, former adviser Kellyanne Conway used "alternative facts" in an interview to defend Trump, and now that he is back in the Oval Office …

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1 month ago

At CPAC, Trump blocks out everyone else with no clear MAGA successor

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. CPAC, which usually takes place at National Harbor in Maryland just outside Washington, holds …

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1 month ago

Trump Moves With Light Speed And Brute Force In Shaking The Core Of What America Has Been

Huff Post

Trump via Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is moving with light speed and brute force to break the existing order and reshape America at home and abroad. “Democrats,” said one of them, Rep. Jake Auchincloss of Massachusetts, “are not going to engage in the outrage Olympics.” At the moment, polls suggest slightly less than half of U.S. adults …

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Fact check: Trump lies at CPAC about the 2024 election he won

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1 month ago

Fact check: Trump lies at CPAC about the 2024 election he won

CNN

CNN — President Donald Trump keeps lying not only about the 2020 election he lost but the 2024 election he won. Biden and hostages in Gaza: Trump touted the Hamas release of six hostages from Gaza on Saturday, saying, “We got six more back.” But he then falsely claimed, “Biden got none back, by the way, just so you understand: …

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1 month ago

Fact check: Trump lies at CPAC about the 2024 election he won

CNN

CNN — President Donald Trump keeps lying not only about the 2020 election he lost but the 2024 election he won. Biden and hostages in Gaza: Trump touted the Hamas release of six hostages from Gaza on Saturday, saying, “We got six more back.” But he then falsely claimed, “Biden got none back, by the way, just so you understand: …

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1 month, 1 week ago

'Caesar figure': MAGA die-hards pushing 3rd Trump term met with CPAC silence

Raw Story

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — It’s not easy being king. You know, Trump is a Napoleonic figure that has emerged to lead our country,” the Third Term Project’s Shane Trejo told reporters earlier. Last week — on Valentine's Day, nonetheless — a small band of conservatives announced the new Third Term Project, whose goal is to MAGA-fy the Constitution through precise …

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Trump signs order to study how to expand IVF and calls for ’radical transparency’ from government

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1 month, 1 week ago

Trump signs order to study how to expand IVF and calls for ’radical transparency’ from government

The Hindu

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order meant to expand access to and reduce costs of in vitro fertilization and issued a Presidential memorandum calling for “radical transparency requirements” from the government, which he suggested could reduce wasteful spending. “Today I heard, ‘Well, we weren’t invited.’ Well, you’ve been there for three years,” Mr. Trump said of Ukraine’s …

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1 month, 1 week ago

'Boxes already checked off': Expert rates massive damage Trump inflicted in first weeks

Raw Story

Amherst College Political Science Professor Javier Corrales has spent his career studying the processes of democratization and autocratization in nations throughout Latin America — and he sees a very familiar and troubling pattern developing in the United States. In a thread posted on BlueSky, Corrales outlined many of the "boxes Trump has already checked off" in his efforts to transform …

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1 month, 1 week ago

’He who saves his country does not...’: Trump uses Napoleon to justify executive power, Democrats call it ‘dictatorial’

Live Mint

WASHINGTON: Echoing France's Napoleon Bonaparte, U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday took to social media to signal continued resistance to limits on his executive authority in the face of multiple legal challenges. "Spoken like a true dictator," Senator Adam Schiff of California, a longtime adversary of Trump, wrote on X. Trump, who took office on January 20, has made broad …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Good luck': WSJ's editorial board slams GOP for allowing 'hard to believe' Trump choices

Raw Story

The political capital President Donald Trump has been riding since his Election Day victory gave him the power to put together the cabinet he envisioned for his second term — but it's about to test the Republicans who ushered it in, the Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board wrote. “Republicans seem poised to confirm all of President Trump’s cabinet nominees, …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

CNN fact-checker flattens Elon Musk's 'big, startling claims' from the Oval Office

Raw Story

CNN's top fact checker flagged what he called "big, startling claims" uttered Tuesday by President Donald Trump and his so-called "Department of Government Efficiency" right-hand man Elon Musk. Trump and Musk took questions from reporters in the Oval Office as they continued to defend slapdash efforts to purge the federal workforce and root out "fraud" from the government — which …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump 2.0 media circus

ABC

ANGELA COX: Donald Trump has stunned the world threatening to invade Gaza and drive it’s citizens out, at gunpoint if needed … DONALD TRUMP: The US will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it too. We'll own it … - Seven News 6pm, 5 February, 2025 Hullo, I’m Linton Besser, welcome to Media Watch. …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

CBS News poll — Trump has positive approval amid "energetic" opening weeks; seen as doing what he promised

CBS News

With most describing him as "tough," "energetic," "focused" and "effective" — and as doing what he'd promised during his campaign — President Trump has started his term with net positive marks from Americans overall. During the 2024 campaign, voters picked many of these labels in describing Mr. Trump, and today, the percentages for them find similar or higher levels among …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor: The big picture on Trump might be darker than anyone realizes

LA Times

To the editor: While we are scratching our collective heads trying to figure out what President Trump and his quasi-deputy Elon Musk are doing, I hope we don’t lose sight of the larger picture. We may be willing or unwilling witnesses to the start of another global shift in world power that most of us aren’t ready for and don’t …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump's onslaught hitting a wall with 'judges pumping the brakes' on initiatives: report

Raw Story

After two weeks of a flood of executive orders and government department shutdowns, judges are stepping into the fray to slow down Donald Trump's chaotic attempts to remake the U.S. government in his own image. According to a report from the New York Times, challenges to the Trump administration's efforts are finally seeing the light of day in courthouses and …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

What has Donald Trump not done yet? Here are some policy areas where he might act next

LA Times

President Trump’s agenda is taken largely from his “Agenda 47” campaign proposals, the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 and other hard-right influencers. That agenda is taken largely from his “Agenda 47” campaign proposals, the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 and other hard-right influencers with sway in Trump’s White House. Short of that, if the drugs remain on the market, the document urges …

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Meta drops fact-checkers ahead of Trump taking power

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