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Senate Democrats: Get Your Stories Straight!

On Tuesday evening, Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley stepped onto the Senate floor to begin a marathon speech that extended well into Wednesday. The...

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Jason Linkins

Hakeem Jeffries Endorses Zohran Mamdani After Waiting Til Last Second

The Department of Justice has come up with yet another African nation with a dismal human rights record to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man...

previous day 5

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Hegseth Ramps Up Navy Fleet in Latin America After “Drug Boat” Strike

The Department of Defense is sending even more troops to the Caribbean and Latin America to combat “illicit actors.” Pentagon spokesperson Sean...

previous day 4

Hafiz Rashid

Trump Plans to Use Navy for His Fascist Immigration Crackdown

While President Donald Trump’s administration has moved to gut essential nutrition assistance for Americans, the Department of Homeland Security...

previous day 1

Edith Olmsted

Jack Smith Agrees to Republican Demand to Testify—With a Major Catch

Republicans want Jack Smith to testify about his investigations into Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents and efforts to...

previous day 1

Edith Olmsted

Trump DOJ Has Bonkers New Plan for Where to Send Kilmar Abrego Garcia

The Department of Justice has come up with yet another African nation with a dismal human rights record to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man...

previous day 2

Edith Olmsted

Trump’s DOD Gives Massive Contract to Company With Ties to His Son

It looks like President Donald Trump’s family is once again using the White House as a personal piggy bank. A Florida-based drone manufacturer...

previous day 100

Edith Olmsted

Trump DOJ Says It Will “Monitor” Polls in Blue States This Election

President Trump’s Department of Justice is sending election monitors to “protect the votes of eligible American citizens” in six different blue...

previous day 80

Malcolm Ferguson

Trump Approves Disaster Aid—But Only for States That Voted for Him

Whether or not a state receives federal disaster aid under the Trump administration appears to boil down to their vote in the 2024 presidential...

previous day 2

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

As Trump Loses It at Canada, Here’s What Reagan Really Said on Tariffs

The White House has terminated all trade negotiations with Canada after Donald Trump claimed an advert misrepresented former President Ronald...

previous day 2

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump’s Latest Pardon Goes Too Far for One of Most Powerful Supporters

Even the president’s biggest supporters can’t get behind his most recent pardon. Earlier this week, Donald Trump wiped the criminal record of...

previous day 4

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Bondi Announces Next Trump Target on Chopping Block: Nancy Pelosi

Donald Trump is planning to prosecute another one of his adversaries: Representative Nancy Pelosi. Attorney General Pam Bondi told Jesse Watters on...

previous day 1

Hafiz Rashid

Steve Bannon Reveals There’s a Plan for a Third Trump Term in 2028

Far-right commentator and former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon says the president will serve a third term despite being barred by the...

previous day 1

Hafiz Rashid

You Won’t Believe Who Trump Is Naming Ballroom After. Well, You Might.

The ballroom replacing the White House East Wing will share Donald Trump’s name. The $300 million project has yet to receive a formal designation,...

previous day 3

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Wrecks America. His “Patriotic” Fans Cheer. Is There Any Bottom?

I was going to write one more liberal column expressing outrage about what Donald Trump has done to the White House this week , but then I thought:...

previous day 1

Michael Tomasky

Canadian Leader Stops Airing Tariffs Ad That Pissed Off Trump

Canada seems to be caving to President Trump, pulling a TV ad featuring former President Ronald Reagan’s criticism of tariffs. The ad originally...

previous day 9

Malcolm Ferguson

Canada’s Leaders Double Down After Trump Blows Up Trade Talks

President Trump pulling out of trade talks with Canada has inspired its leaders to continue to rally around the flag rather than capitulate....

previous day 2

Malcolm Ferguson

Sean Duffy Is Pissing Off All of Trumpworld With His Feud With Musk

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is the latest Cabinet member to draw the ire of the Trump administration after pissing off the world’s richest...

previous day 1

Malcolm Ferguson

Letitia James Issues Dark Warning on Trump After Pleading Not Guilty

New York State Attorney General Letitia James warned Friday that President Donald Trump is using the American justice system as a “tool of...

previous day 3

Edith Olmsted

Transcript: Elite Colleges Reject Trump’s Authoritarian “Compact”

This is a lightly edited transcript of the October 23 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon . You can watch the video here or by following this...

previous day 1

Right Now With Perry Bacon

No One on Team Trump Will Explain That $130 Million “Gift” to Military

An anonymous ally of Donald Trump is donating $130 million to pay members of the military during the government shutdown. The Department of Defense...

previous day 60

Hafiz Rashid

Jamie Raskin’s Harsh New Takedown of Trump Reveals MAGA’s Dark New Aim

In a shockingly brazen move, President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him $230 million stemming from certain federal actions...

previous day 20

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Karoline Leavitt Says Trump Can Destroy Entire White House if He Wants

Donald Trump has free license to reshape the White House as he sees fits, according to his staff. With no warning, the president razed the White...

thursday 70

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Prosecutors Find Evidence Ruining Their Own Case Against Letitia James

A Justice Department investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James yielded information that may potentially spoil the Trump...

thursday 70

Malcolm Ferguson

Trump Brags Congress Won’t Stop Him When Military Strikes Move to Land

President Donald Trump floated the idea of expanding his extrajudicial strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels to dry land—or as one might...

thursday 60

Edith Olmsted

Trump Releases List of Donors Behind His Tacky White House Ballroom

Some of America’s largest corporations are backing Donald Trump’s $300 million ballroom. With no warning, the president razed the White House’s...

thursday 20

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Cuomo Short-Circuits When Confronted With Sexual Harassment Accuser

New York City’s second mayoral debate did not pan out well for disgraced ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo, least of all when one of his accusers emerged...

thursday 3

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

The Trump Shutdown Effect Is Here: Obamacare Costs Jump in Red State

Health care in Idaho just got more expensive thanks to the government shutdown. Idaho’s Affordable Care Act portal opened Thursday with new price...

thursday 5

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

MTG Torches Her Own Party for Not Being Loyal Enough to Trump

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is still going rogue. The infamous MAGA hard-liner was on Tucker Carlson’s show on Wednesday night explaining...

thursday 60

Malcolm Ferguson

Looking Back on the Trump Stock Market Crash of 2025

Jason: As you requested, here’s my prewrite on the stock market crash and the start of the second Great Depression so we have something to post the...

thursday 20

Timothy Noah

Trump Uses White House Destruction as Chance to Improve a Golf Course

President Trump is reportedly taking the dirt from his demolition of the White House’s East Wing and moving it to the golf course he’s planning on...

thursday 10

Malcolm Ferguson

Graham Platner Is a Disaster. Democrats Need More Candidates Like Him.

Democratic leaders rarely have moments of vindication these days. The party is completely out of power at the national level. Its brand is in the...

thursday 6

Alex Shephard

Dr. Oz Invents Totally New Math to Defend Trump’s Drug Price Fantasies

Dr. Mehmet Oz got his math completely wrong while trying to defend President Donald Trump on drug prices. NBC’s Kristen Welker pointed out in an...

thursday 6

Hafiz Rashid

Trump Press Sec’s Flattery of Him Goes Awry as Ballroom Fiasco Worsens

We’re seeing a confluence of events that suggest President Trump’s corruption has crossed over to an ugly new place. Trump is destroying a White...

thursday 3

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

JD Vance Insulted by Israel’s “Stupid Political Stunt” on His Trip

Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that he’d been personally insulted by Israel’s “very stupid” move to annex the West Bank. While preparing to...

thursday 5

Edith Olmsted

If Dems Won’t Tax Billionaires After This, What Are They Even Doing?

The sequence of events over the past few months reads like a case study in how oligarchy actually works in America. First, billionaires passed...

thursday 2

Igor Volsky

The Lost Boys of Task

We are often told that there is a crisis of boys and men in this country. They’re depressed, aimless, susceptible to malign persuasion. They’re...

thursday 2

Phillip Maciak

Trump Pardons Major Crypto Ally Who Helped Boost His Meme Coin

Donald Trump just pardoned a crypto criminal who’s making the president’s family richer, according to an exclusive Wall Street Journal report...

thursday 1

Edith Olmsted

Did Mike Johnson Just Claim All the Epstein Files Have Been Released?

House Speaker Mike Johnson doesn’t think he’s doing anything wrong by blocking the deciding signature on a bipartisan petition for a vote to...

thursday 4

Edith Olmsted

Trump Credits His Tech Buddies for Decision to Back Off San Francisco

Donald Trump has been convinced not to deploy federal troops to the city of San Francisco, as he has in other cities across the country. In a...

thursday 4

Hafiz Rashid

White House Stops Press From Documenting Trump’s Disaster Renovation

Donald Trump is apparently so proud of the ballroom he’s building at the White House that he doesn’t want anyone to see the construction in...

thursday 5

Hafiz Rashid

Cuomo Thinks Now Is the Time for a 9/11 Joke About Zohran Mamdani

Andrew Cuomo’s campaign for mayor of New York City is not going well. In polls, he consistently trails the front-runner and Democratic nominee, New...

thursday 2

Hafiz Rashid

Trump Sued After Destroying White House for His Tacky Ballroom

Two Americans are suing Donald Trump for razing the White House’s East Wing. While the rest of the nation was stunned by the haphazard destruction...

thursday 80

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Dems Investigate Trump Attempt to Take $230 Million From His Own DOJ

House Democrats have formally begun an investigation into President Trump’s brazen attempt at a $230 million payout from his own Justice...

thursday 2

Malcolm Ferguson

Elite Colleges Grow a Spine and Reject Trump’s Authoritarian “Compact”

You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. Several elite U.S. colleges,...

thursday 3

Right Now With Perry Bacon

ICE’s “Sh*t Show” Recruitment Push Leaves Stephen Miller Fuming

It looks like Stephen Miller’s quest to hire 10,000 so-called “Homeland Defenders” by January isn’t going so well. During a multi-agency meeting...

thursday 20

Edith Olmsted

“Unacceptable”: MTG Calls Out Mike Johnson’s Lies on Shutdown

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is criticizing Speaker of the House Mike Johnson for refusing to address one of the main issues, if not the...

22.10.2025 60

Hafiz Rashid

Trump Calls Cattle Ranchers Ungrateful After They Say He Betrayed Them

President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that he knows better than American cattle ranchers as he prepares to gut their business. Writing on Truth...

22.10.2025 90

Edith Olmsted

Trump Biographer Sues Melania Over Epstein

Famed Donald Trump biographer Michael Wolff is suing the first lady for defamation. Wolff’s work includes four books on the sitting president as...

22.10.2025 8

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Hakeem Jeffries Says Mike Johnson Gave Him Silent Treatment on Threats

House Speaker Mike Johnson has apparently chosen the silent treatment in response to a threat on the life of one of his colleagues. Minority Leader...

22.10.2025 3

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Senate Democrats: Get Your Stories Straight!

Jason Linkins

Hakeem Jeffries Endorses Zohran Mamdani After Waiting Til Last Second

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Hegseth Ramps Up Navy Fleet in Latin America After “Drug Boat” Strike

Hafiz Rashid

Trump Plans to Use Navy for His Fascist Immigration Crackdown

Edith Olmsted

Jack Smith Agrees to Republican Demand to Testify—With a Major Catch

Edith Olmsted

Trump DOJ Has Bonkers New Plan for Where to Send Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Edith Olmsted

Trump’s DOD Gives Massive Contract to Company With Ties to His Son

Edith Olmsted

Trump DOJ Says It Will “Monitor” Polls in Blue States This Election

Malcolm Ferguson

Trump Approves Disaster Aid—But Only for States That Voted for Him

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

As Trump Loses It at Canada, Here’s What Reagan Really Said on Tariffs

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump’s Latest Pardon Goes Too Far for One of Most Powerful Supporters

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Bondi Announces Next Trump Target on Chopping Block: Nancy Pelosi

Hafiz Rashid

Steve Bannon Reveals There’s a Plan for a Third Trump Term in 2028

Hafiz Rashid

You Won’t Believe Who Trump Is Naming Ballroom After. Well, You Might.

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Wrecks America. His “Patriotic” Fans Cheer. Is There Any Bottom?

Michael Tomasky

Canadian Leader Stops Airing Tariffs Ad That Pissed Off Trump

Malcolm Ferguson

Canada’s Leaders Double Down After Trump Blows Up Trade Talks

Malcolm Ferguson

Sean Duffy Is Pissing Off All of Trumpworld With His Feud With Musk

Malcolm Ferguson

Letitia James Issues Dark Warning on Trump After Pleading Not Guilty

Edith Olmsted

Transcript: Elite Colleges Reject Trump’s Authoritarian “Compact”

Right Now With Perry Bacon

No One on Team Trump Will Explain That $130 Million “Gift” to Military

Hafiz Rashid

Jamie Raskin’s Harsh New Takedown of Trump Reveals MAGA’s Dark New Aim

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Karoline Leavitt Says Trump Can Destroy Entire White House if He Wants

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Prosecutors Find Evidence Ruining Their Own Case Against Letitia James

Malcolm Ferguson

Trump Brags Congress Won’t Stop Him When Military Strikes Move to Land

Edith Olmsted

Trump Releases List of Donors Behind His Tacky White House Ballroom

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Cuomo Short-Circuits When Confronted With Sexual Harassment Accuser

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

The Trump Shutdown Effect Is Here: Obamacare Costs Jump in Red State

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

MTG Torches Her Own Party for Not Being Loyal Enough to Trump

Malcolm Ferguson

Looking Back on the Trump Stock Market Crash of 2025

Timothy Noah

Trump Uses White House Destruction as Chance to Improve a Golf Course

Malcolm Ferguson

Graham Platner Is a Disaster. Democrats Need More Candidates Like Him.

Alex Shephard

Dr. Oz Invents Totally New Math to Defend Trump’s Drug Price Fantasies

Hafiz Rashid

Trump Press Sec’s Flattery of Him Goes Awry as Ballroom Fiasco Worsens

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

JD Vance Insulted by Israel’s “Stupid Political Stunt” on His Trip

Edith Olmsted

If Dems Won’t Tax Billionaires After This, What Are They Even Doing?

Igor Volsky

The Lost Boys of Task

Phillip Maciak

Trump Pardons Major Crypto Ally Who Helped Boost His Meme Coin

Edith Olmsted

Did Mike Johnson Just Claim All the Epstein Files Have Been Released?