Derrick Van Orden: "President Donald J. Trump is the president of peace. We don't want another war. We don't want to get into an endless war. We don't want to do regime changing nation-building anymore… Trump has my absolute 100% confidence that he's gonna do what's right."

A very special secret pod today! With some personal news that has nothing to do with Stephen Miller. www.thebulwark.com/p/did-stephe...

Trump spent the last 8 months saying that "the nuclear threat of Iran was totally obliterated" by Operation Midnight Hammer which "set back Iran's ability to develop nuclear weapons for many years to come." Were they lying then or are they lying now?

Q: "President Trump promised grocery prices would come down. How do you respond to those who look at you and say Republicans have failed?" Rep. Ryan Mackenzie: "When it comes to grocery prices in particular, it's a challenge."

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is speaking out!

The only consistent thing about Trump is that he's a hypocrite… Trump on a VA employee with a legal gun and a concealed carry permit: "You can't have guns…Certainly he shouldn't have been carrying a gun…I don't like the fact that he was carrying a gun that was fully loaded."

Q: "You voted yes to the full fiscal year 2026 DHS funding bill, which includes about 10 billion more in ICE funding…Why does ICE need more money?" Mike Lawler: "ICE needs more agents to be able to effectively do its job."

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." (Video: @dropsitenews.com )

New focus group pod! Marco Rubio is experiencing a rehabilitation with the GOP base, and some young men are excited about taxing OnlyFans. Meanwhile, JD Vance is still on the struggle bus with swing voters, especially women. W/ @willsommer.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Trump: "We will cut your energy prices in half. Mark it down. And you can get very angry at me if we don't do it. Within 12 months your energy prices will be cut in half." Well, it's been 12 months and energy prices are up. We're angry.

Sarah Matthews: "Trump today was posting about how Jack Smith was a deranged animal. Obviously, if you watch the hearing or caught any of the clips, you saw that he was anything but that— he is a noble public servant who is just doing his job."

Mike Lawler is a loser

Q: Would you impeach Trump if he invades Greenland? Mike Lawler: "Look, I'm not going to get into that. The bottom line here is the president is the commander in chief. He's well within his authorities when it comes to foreign policy."

Q: "Do you worry that the U.S. is straining these critically important relationships with our NATO allies?" Mike Lawler: "The president's been on the world stage for over a decade now. I think people certainly understand his use of social media as a means to spur conversation."

PROMISED: "Nice steak" DELIVERED: "A piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing."

Q: "Trump is now threatening to institute the Insurrection Act in Minnesota. Do you think that's what the state needs?" Brian Fitzpatrick: *doesn't answer* Q: "Do you have concerns about the potential invocation of the Insurrection Act?" Brian Fitzpatrick: *doesn't answer*

Q: Is Trump taking over Greenland a priority for your constituents? Mike Lawler: "There are real world consequences to inaction and inactivity in our hemisphere."

ICE says they're "looking for individuals with integrity and courage…who aspire to the highest standards of performance…Agents must be in excellent physical condition and able to tolerate environmental stresses." How's that going?

“They’re eating the dogs. They’re eating the cats.” “The 2020 election was stolen.” “January 6th was Nancy Pelosi’s fault.” “She’s a domestic terrorist.” “I’ll lower grocery prices on day one.” “No new foreign entanglements.” Lies. All lies.

Geoff Duncan: "Second place trophies aren't gonna solve any of the problems that we talked about. It's been nearly 30 years since a Democrat has been elected Governor of Georgia… It's because we haven't gotten enough votes. It's time Democrats step up and win this election."

2025 Bondi should take some notes from 2011 Bondi! Bondi in 2011: " It's all about transparency in government, but some [document] requests are voluminous…But we do our best to almost drop everything and comply with public records request as soon as possible."

This week on The Focus Group Podcast I talked to @thebulwark.com's resident healthcare expert @citizencohn.bsky.social about MAHA. We hear from MAHA voters about what motivates them and what they really believe — including their spectrum of views about vaccines. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

"I don't know." For a White House that claims Trump is involved in every policy decision, there's a lot he doesn't know about...

NEW: For veterans like Ronn, cuts to the VA are a matter of life or death. "Donald Trump's cuts to the VA are killing soldiers"

JD Vance and Donald Trump give themselves an “A + + + + +” on the economy. Americans disagree. Across the country, people are speaking out and sharing how they’re struggling under Trump’s disastrous economy. Watch @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social:

NEW: Kirsten's daughter has Down syndrome and faces a 50% chance of developing Alzheimer's. Trump's cuts to the NIH are ripping away her future. "Even a disruption of a few weeks or months can delay discovery by years."

"We should take over the oil fields. It's very easy to do." Donald Trump promised to be a peacetime president. So why is he preparing for a regime change war in Venezuela?

New Focus Group Pod with @markhertling.bsky.social on civilian-military relations. We heard from Biden-to-Trump voters & MAGA Republicans on illegal orders, domestic deployments, and boat strikes — plus the new Code Pink Republican Party. @thebulwark.com. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

"This year’s match-up is taking place in the shadow of a mission our troops did not sign up for: domestic deployment on US soil." #ArmyNavy #NotTheMission newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/why-todays...

The White House is promising to announce a new healthcare plan "very soon." We've heard that one before...

"I will not be quiet. Not speaking out — it equals resignation." Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:

FBI Director Kash Patel: "When you attack our nation's capital, you attack the very being of our way of life. This FBI and this DOJ stand here to tell you we will always refute it and combat it." Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol...

Pete Hegseth: "Should we follow the Geneva Conventions? What if we treated the enemy the way they treated us?…If you surrender, we might spare your life. If you do not, we will rip your arms off and feed them to hogs… We are just fighting with one hand behind our back."

“If they can do this to George, they can do this to anyone.” ICE brutally arrested and illegally detained George Retes, an American citizen and Army veteran. Learn more about how we are elevating his story here:

George Retes is an American citizen and veteran who was unjustly pepper-sprayed, arrested, and imprisoned for three days by ICE. Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇

Megyn Kelly on alleged war crimes: "I really do kind of not only wanna see them killed in the water, whether they're on the boat or in the water, but I'd really like to see them suffer. I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so they lose a limb and bleed out."

Tucker Carlson: "There are a number of fairly influential people on the Right who've just basically said out loud 'I'm for censorship and identity politics.'…The leaders of the party are totally for censorship and identity politics…I'm not voting for you."

Tucker Carlson: "The Republican Party is almost to the point where it's just useless and I'm gonna have to oppose it…I hate them too much, because they're such betrayers…You can't take my tax dollars and then refuse to do anything about child molestation."

Ben Shapiro: "Everything from [Pam Bondi's] Epstein binders to the announcement that there would be no additional charges brought with regard to people related to the Epstein case…was handled about as badly as you can handle it. Apparently she wants to keep that pattern going."

Ben Shapiro: "Pam Bondi has been talking about the possibility of a new Epstein investigation…She has handled this about as poorly as any AG has handled any issue that I've ever seen."

Benny Johnson: "Donald Trump is often called 'the President of the World.'…That's not why we elected you, damn it. We elected you to be daddy here to care for your children, which are Americans."

Michael Fanone has been fighting back against Donald Trump since January 6, 2021. Today, that means demanding transparency for Americans and accountability for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein. Want to join the fight? Follow us at @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

"Of course he knew about the girls." Check out our new billboards in New York's Times Square highlighting the recently released emails from Jeffrey Epstein about Donald Trump. They'll be in Times Square for the next two weeks.

"Of course he knew about the girls" Check out our new campaign highlighting Donald Trump’s years-long involvement with Jeffrey Epstein and calling for the release of the Epstein Files — featuring billboards in Times Square and mobile billboards driving around D.C.

Megyn Kelly: "'Hey, she was 16, what about her culpability?' Oh my god, shut up!...She was a minor! She was a child...If you're making that argument, you probably have some skeletons in your closet that you don't want me to know about." (2023)

Megyn Kelly in 2018 to Larry Nassar's victims: "These people are on notice...about the warning signs and the consequences to covering it up and putting the onus on the little girls to protect themselves."

Megyn Kelly in 2017: " If Roy Moore wants to go to the US Senate and he has a history of assaulting 14- and 16-year-old girls, it's a problem."

What happened to Megyn Kelly?

Benny Johnson implies that Virginia Giuffre did not commit suicide, and that Democrats were involved in her death in order to frame Donald Trump...