Matt Rourke/AP Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. President Donald Trump’s open disdain for Americans [...]
Fox News’ most zealous MAGA stars have completely ignored President Donald Trump’s July 16 election security speech in the days since he delivered it. Trump had previewed the primetime White House [...]
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman. Millions across North America face another day of [...]
[Essay] A Closer Look at the Beneficiaries of President Trump’s Pardon Spree If only someone had warned Boosie Badazz. The U.S. rapper is seeking a refund from Jacob Wohl and [...]
The Senator already serves with POTUS' pick, but he went with a Congressman from Upstate. South Carolina Republicans are getting ready to vote in next month’s Special Primary to decide [...]
Donald Trump had three words for the upcoming midterms in November: “I don’t care.” Whether it’s his unnecessary, taxpayer-funded ballroom or failed, toxic restoration of the Reflecting Pool, it’s clear [...]
How he holds it.Oops, Todd Blanche told the truth during his confirmation hearing today. (Just once, don’t worry, the rest was his usual lying, obfuscating, and trying to play cute [...]
In less than a week, two people have died during encounters with ICE — one in Texas and another in Maine. The incidents have put immigration enforcement back in the [...]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster appointed Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline, as his temporary replacement in the Senate on Monday, two days after the lawmaker’s sudden passing.With [...]
Discussing the U.S. Election Assistance Commission on a conservative podcast, prominent election denier David Clements claimed on July 8 that “in theory, right now,” President Donald Trump “can fire the [...]
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260710.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). Washington Post (7/8/26) This week on CounterSpin: One outlet says “it’s unclear if war is back on”; another [...]
The co-hosts of MS NOW’s “The Weeknight” sounded off on what they called the “latest boost” to President Donald Trump’s ego. On Thursday, Palm Beach International Airport was officially rebranded [...]
The perks of being a suck-up (Wall Street Journal, 7/2/26): “[Donald] Trump has told advisers that he wanted to see [Jeff] Bezos get to the moon with his rocket [...]
If the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) already knows so much about our taxes, why does the process to file them have to be so onerous? A group of advocates and [...]
One year after House Republicans passed their ‘Big, Ugly Bill,’ Americans across the country are furious as they continue to feel the negative impacts. What Americans Are Reading: CBS identified the winners and [...]
How was everyone’s July 4 holiday? Hot? Humid? Filled with friends and family and mass consumption of artery-clogging food and joy and unbreathable air thanks to the Trump administration turning [...]
CANDACE OWENS (GUEST): The person that I think I placed stock in was Trump, and we got played. I mean, there's no other way to say it. We got -- [...]
This week, DLCC President Heather Williams appeared on Pod Save America – one of the country’s leading political podcasts – to speak with Jon Favreau on how voters can build [...]
The second Trump Administration has added a new dimension to what was once widely termed the “War on Terror.” In designating suspected drug cartels and organized crime groups in Latin [...]
The latest breakthrough for GLP-1 drugs isn’t scientific. It’s financial.As of July 1, Medicare is providing coverage of GLP-1 medications for weight loss for just a $50 co-pay, potentially enabling [...]
The White House has crowned high school winners of President Donald Trump’s propaganda-driven civics competition. On Tuesday, Education Secretary Linda McMahon posted a photo of Trump with the Presidential 1776 [...]
In a 7-2 June 25 decision, the justices “agreed to shield Monsanto from liability over its popular weed killer, Roundup, dealing a victory to the company's new owner as it [...]
While today’s ruling is a win for democracy, Trump’s ongoing attacks against voting access raise the stakes for electing Democrats to state legislatures to protect our elections WASHINGTON—Today, the [...]
Trump supporters attend the kick-off event for The Great American State Fair, a month-long celebration on the National Mall in Washington DC that celebrates the country’s 250th anniversary. Thursday, June [...]
Having lived with Donald Trump’s infamous and baseless insult against them — “they’re eating the dogs … they’re eating the cats” — Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are bracing for [...]
STEVE BANNON (HOST): Now, Johnson goes up there, and we're advocates of this housing bill. It's an important bill, but it's not a must pass by any measure. They're going [...]
Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene aren’t the only Republicans who’ve jettisoned their ties with the party in recent days. On a far larger scale, so has Donald Trump. As [...]
Vulnerable Congressman Ryan Mackenzie has spent his entire time in Washington bending over backwards for Donald Trump. Mackenzie voted for Trump’s historic health care cuts, his reckless war in Iran, and his cost-spiking and job-slashing tariffs. [...]
Fox News is half-right: Only a crazy person would be this obsessed with blaming other presidents, pro-algae protesters, and ‘deranged individuals’ for the shitty Reflecting Pool work. Screenshot: InstagramThe national [...]
The Antichrist is back in American political discourse. After President Donald Trump posted an AI photo of himself depicted as Jesus on Truth Social, many of his Christian followers were [...]
As Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iran, JD Vance spoke of peace in Switzerland.Urs Flueeler/Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up [...]
With Trump and the Islamic Republic of Iran signing a memorandum of understanding, the war Fox News helped convince President Donald Trump to launch against Iran may be coming to [...]
I’ve mentioned a few times that in addition to everything else Trump’s Iran “deal” is an electoral disaster for Benjamin Netanyahu. What I’ve been wondering is what the deal would [...]
Poor Trump. He savored the end of Jay Powell’s term as Federal Reserve chair and looked forward to more of a loyalist in his appointee as Powell’s successor, Kevin Warsh. [...]
Speaking earlier this afternoon, Sen. Mark Warner had the following to say:“What we’re witnessing today is an extraordinary display of dysfunction from a president who seems determined to turn America’s [...]
Vance has hired Trump’s makeup people, apparently.Tuesday is a glorious day in the arena of American arts and letters. For it is the day that Vice President JD Vance drops [...]
The Justice Department is investigating California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife, the outspoken Democrat said Monday, accusing President Donald Trump of again using the agency to target his foes. [...]
NICOLLE WALLACE (HOST): Angelo, let's go back to the voters. "F you." I'm so conflicted about bleeping out and sanitizing anything when it comes to Trump, right? The conversation inside [...]
Donald Trump turns 80 tomorrow. To celebrate his birthday and the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will kick off what its president and CEO [...]
The DLCC is launching a slate of must-win races in Ohio to break the decade-long Republican supermajority in the House WASHINGTON—Today, the DLCC announced our slate of 11 Target [...]
In the latest round of primary elections, voters in four states chose candidates for the November general elections, and something something national consequences, something something Donald Trump’s continued clammy grip [...]
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice released an opinion on Tuesday that, in the likely event it is embraced by a Republican-controlled federal judiciary, would make it significantly harder for [...]
According to new data released today by The National Federation of Independent Business, small businesses throughout America continue to suffer under Donald Trump and his cost-spiking Republicans. With everything — [...]
This week marks 100 plus days of Donald Trump’s war of choice in the Middle East. As a result, everything is more expensive, including the price of gas, which is [...]
On ABC and CNN this morning, Sen. Mark Warner had some interesting things to say. See below for video and highlights.On Trump’s pick for Director of National Intelligence (Bill Pulte): [...]
California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Saturday denied assertions of voter fraud in the state’s primary elections, dismissing unfounded accusations by President Donald Trump of “big cheating.” Bonta said in [...]
With more than a dozen Republican senators publicly criticizing President Trump’s slush fund while Trump himself equivocated about whether he would kill it, the reconciliation bill was going to be [...]
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We turn now to [...]
Republicans will never turn on Trump. He’s gobbled up too much power in the architecture of the Republican Party. Even as his national approval numbers have continued to tumble, Trump [...]