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Trump and Leavitt watch with glee as the press is crumbling

The administration is staging the news and telling reporters how to present it. When will it stop?

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Trump aims for one-party rule — and puts despotism at our doorstep

The president's ruthless consolidation of power is continuing unabated

17.10.2025 3

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How far will Donald Trump go to sell a lie?

POTUS goes after Portland, Chicago and New York's attorney general, taking vengeance to another level

10.10.2025 40

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I’ve covered Trump for years — and I’ve never seen him this scared

As the shutdown shifts the focus, JD Vance waits in the wings

03.10.2025 20

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Diplomacy by insult: Donald Trump is “really good at this stuff”

More people need to tell the huckster-in-chief to bugger off

26.09.2025 7

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All Donald Trump requires is total fealty — and no opposition

The administration is out to destroy critical thinking, humor and the media

19.09.2025 10

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Trump’s stain on America may be permanent

Panicked by the Epstein "hoax" he can't explain away, the president declares war on his own country

12.09.2025 20

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Even the most loyal MAGA insiders are doubting Trump

Sources say it’s an “all hands on deck” effort to save POTUS

05.09.2025 10

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As America implodes, Trump can do anything he wants

And we can watch it all from a Cracker Barrel rocking chair

29.08.2025 4

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Meeting Vlad in Alaska? Anything to stop talking about Epstein

The Epstein files have been knocked off the front pages. But the stain continues to spread

22.08.2025 3

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Trump’s “American Hell” is everywhere

His declining reality show mentality is destroying the fabric of our nation — and the press is complicit

15.08.2025 5

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Thanks to Trump, you’ll find America in our rearview mirror

Republicans in Congress have capitulated to a circus boss who is no longer running the show

08.08.2025 30

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Trump, unraveling, digs himself in deeper with Epstein

His numbers are sinking. And now even the QAnon Shaman thinks he's a "fraud"

01.08.2025 10

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Trump’s superpower is no longer working

Distracting the media and the public is not making the Epstein scandal go away

24.07.2025 20

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Haunted by Epstein, Trump spirals further out of control

His raging gibberish exposes a president under pressure — and a worsening mental state

17.07.2025 2

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Texas floods show that Trump’s America is a cold, hard place

The president would rather intimidate and detain immigrants than help flood victims

11.07.2025 10

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Even insiders are questioning Trump’s health

The world is aflame. Can he handle it?

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We've become a failed nation-state in 150 days

From chaos and political violence to Israel and Iran, Trump's latest actions have sealed our fate

19.06.2025 80

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In LA, Donald Trump is both the arsonist and firefighter

Trump and Stephen Miller's made-for-TV street theater ignores the facts — and threatens democracy

12.06.2025 5

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The incredible shrinking president

Trump goes missing while his minions loot the countryside

05.06.2025 50

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Trump 2.0 falls apart before our eyes

The president is losing it

29.05.2025 4

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Forgetting Joe Biden

Trump's problems today are more important than Biden's problems yesterday

22.05.2025 20

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Trump's traveling trunk show is backfiring

At least on the issue of putting the USA up for sale, we’re all united against Trump

15.05.2025 8

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Inside the new regime: Source says Team Trump is growing "disillusioned"

Trump's officials are quietly concerned about his "blatant criminal behavior." What took them so long?

08.05.2025 6

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When facts become seditious, it’s time to hit the panic button

Donald Trump is killing free speech, and the press is paralyzed

01.05.2025 9

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The White House Correspondents’ dinner is a sham and a shame. Dump it now

If the press can't stand in solidarity for global reporting rights, then there is no need to gather

26.04.2025 4

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"Two beautiful poles”: President Trump turns the White House into a joke

If you can’t use a hook to yank the bad comic off the stage, then there is only one way left to end the show

24.04.2025 4

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Trump’s open defiance of the law leaves no room for Republican redemption

“A monster”: A madman president sinks even lower, as the GOP remains silent

17.04.2025 30

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"Suffering from the whims of a madman": MAGA measures true cost of Trump's tariff gamble

Our supposedly brilliant president caves in on tariffs in less than a week — but it may be too late

10.04.2025 4

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"Liberation Day" surprise: Trump gets outmatched

Sen. Cory Booker steals Trump’s tariff limelight with a historic marathon speech

03.04.2025 3

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Signalgate is Team Trump's first big screw-up — and now they’re stuck

The president’s people are pretending like they’re playing video games, while real lives remain in the balance

27.03.2025 4

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Trump’s driving goal of destruction: A Nobel Peace Prize

Trump wants to be known as a man of peace — no matter who he has to kill

20.03.2025 10

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Trump hawking Teslas? That's his truest form

The single-minded resolve of an aging grifter is his greatest weapon — and weakness

13.03.2025 3

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Trump’s speech was the pinnacle of MAGA. Now what?

It’s Donald Trump’s state — but there is no union

06.03.2025 10

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Trump’s Oval Office tantrum blows up into a debacle for Zelenskyy

Only Putin is still smiling after Trump and Zelensky squabble

01.03.2025 10

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The king of his Cabinet: Trump’s display of White House power is an ominous sign for democracy

In less than six weeks, Donald Trump has forever changed the country

27.02.2025 40

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Trump’s vision for America is a throne

And he never wants to leave it

20.02.2025 6

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Trump, sensing a lack of solidarity, pushes the press down a slippery slope

Donald Trump demands the Associated Press bend a knee — while the rest of the media falls back

15.02.2025 20

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Trump dictates. Musk desiccates

Both have an insatiable appetite for destruction

13.02.2025 9

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Our republic's arsonist: Trump lays the groundwork to claim a Pyrrhic victory

He’ll return to claim credit for putting out the fire — but not before the United States gets burned

06.02.2025 40

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Team Trump meets the press — and eats the press

White House press corps is now mostly "content creators" delighted to be there, who prefer gossip to news

30.01.2025 10

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“I believe almost everything he says”: Why Trump just unleashed homegrown criminals on America

This is Donald Trump at his most destructive — and it’s only week one

23.01.2025 30

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"A series of criminal efforts to retain power”: The stench of American politics overwhelms us all

We have two parties in this country — one has no heart and the other has no head

16.01.2025 30

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The LA conflagration: It is now painfully clear what matters

The wildfires in Los Angeles are a harbinger of our doom — yet ultimately leave me with hope

13.01.2025 10

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America in his image: A nation suffers whiplash between Biden and Trump

On any other day this might seem strange

09.01.2025 8

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“It felt like we’re going to be all right again”: The truth of Jimmy Carter

It’s not that I think that everyone isn’t entitled to their own opinion, it’s just that I think that those who haven’t a clue about things on which...

02.01.2025 10

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Attack Panama, take over Greenland: Trump’s Christmas wish list

Merry Christmas! I’m not sure what Santa Claus brought everyone, but it sure is obvious what some of us want. President-elect Donald Trump wants...

26.12.2024 10

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The week American journalism died

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to pay our respects to the dearly departed: journalism. Journalism was dearly, and it has departed. I’ve...

19.12.2024 40

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Biden’s shadow communications strategy is creating a drone conspiracy crisis

If you read between the lines, the federal government thinks there’s a good possibility that irresponsible drone pilots are out there looking for a...

16.12.2024 10

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Donald Trump’s Christmas message of hope: Die hard

Call me naïve. You wouldn’t be the first. And, I’ve definitely been called worse.  My naïveté springs from the eternal hope brought to us by the...

12.12.2024 4

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