That is how Steve Bannon described Donald Trump's deployment of ICE agents to the nation's airports. "We can use this as a test run, as a test case, to really perfect ICE's involvement in the 2026 midterms," he told right-wing lawyer Mike Davis during his War Room podcast.

Pete Hegseth said "The U.S. will not be bound by any 'stupid rules of engagement' & will rain down '[d]eath & destruction from the sky all day.' This was never meant to be a fair fight, he said, & it is not a fair fight. We are punching them when they’re down, which is exactly how it should be.”

Colin Jost is excellent as Pete Hegseth. Well done SNL.

Get ready to be annoyed when petrol prizes go up and a) a bunch of politicos declare the government's poll ratings have gone down because Starmer didn't go in with the US on Iran and b) a bunch of politicos who support the war blame the government for increased energy costs.

A Pro-Trump Billionaire Is About to Own CNN! Paramount acquiring Warner Bros means that CNN will be controlled by a MAGA billionaire with an agenda.

Sadie Gurman and Caitlin Ostroff of the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that 47,635 files are missing from the Epstein files documents that the Justice Department has made public.

Last summer, Democratic Reps. Shri Thanedar, Steve Cohen, and Stephen Lynch all voted for a resolution in Congress to “express gratitude” for ICE. While they were voting to thank ICE, Trump was actively deploying the US military to Los Angeles to crush peaceful anti-ICE protests. DUMP ALL 3.

Last summer, Democratic Reps. Shri Thanedar, Steve Cohen, and Stephen Lynch all voted for a resolution in Congress to “express gratitude” for ICE. While they were voting to thank ICE, Trump was actively deploying the US military to Los Angeles to crush peaceful anti-ICE protests. DUMP ALL 3.

Last summer, Democratic Reps. Shri Thanedar, Steve Cohen, and Stephen Lynch all voted for a resolution in Congress to “express gratitude” for ICE. While they were voting to thank ICE, Trump was actively deploying the US military to Los Angeles to crush peaceful anti-ICE protests. DUMP ALL 3.

Marlo Poras and Jocelyn Glatzer’s short film explores the legacy of the Gay Games as an all-inclusive answer to the Olympics—and celebrates the queer ice dancers striving to redefine their sport. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/5hPjoU

The Republican insider who helped Donald Trump prepare for two debates in a row said on Wednesday that the president is the one causing a terrible "disease" to eat away at GOP lawmakers' electoral hopes.

Washington Post lays off hundreds of workers. Former Post executive editor blasts owner JEFF BEZOS’S ‘sickening efforts to curry favor’ with Trump

In reality, In midst of Jeffrey Epstein's child sex ring, Trump said this about Epstein to media: “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with." Trump added, "It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”

An Oregon judge temporarily banned federal agents from using tear gas at protests outside the ICE office in Portland, days after agents deployed the chemical agents during a largely peaceful demonstration in the city that included children.

A newly released photo from the Epstein files shows Brett Ratner, who directed the recently released MELANIA TRUMP DOCUMENTARY, sitting on a sofa hugging a woman, next to Epstein, who is sitting with another woman. Both women’s faces have been redacted.

Donald Trump is obsessed with the midterms and will do whatever he needs to prevent losing control of Congress. Given his unpopularity, that likely means mass voter suppression, election subversion and outright election theft.

The latest phrase that CEOs and corporate executives are using to describe their capitulation to Donald Trump is “Adaptive normalcy.” Their capitulation is neither adaptive nor normal. It is simply cowardice.

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She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..." www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...

Applicants for positions at the U.S. military newspaper Stars and Stripes are being asked how they would support the president’s policy priorities, raising concerns among some staffers and media watchers about the prospects for the historic outlet’s editorial independence.

Trump wishes he seized ballots in 2020. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR 2026?

Trump’s ‘Superstar’ Appellate Judges Have Voted 133 to 12 in His Favour. President Trump promised to fill the appeals courts with “my judges.” They have formed a nearly united phalanx to defend his agenda from legal challenges.

Deportations to Add Almost $1 Trillion in Costs to the “Big Beautiful Bill” We are spending 175 billion dollars on ICE to brutalize communities and traumatize children for life. This is being done in your name, with your tax dollars, on our watch. Don’t look away. www.cato.org/blog/deporta...

In the the murder of Renee Good, the shooter & his protectors are so isolated in an authoritarian bubble they can't see how regular Americans would react to the video of a woman smiling at a masked agent only to have him shoot her in the face & then spit out “F*cking bitch” after he killed her.

Democratic leaders are dodging questions about whether an agency that teargasses babies and kills innocent people should continue to have a budget bigger than most countries’ militaries. IT’S PATHETIC. We need leaders who will stand up for People being terrorized by Trump’s fascist death squads.

After three months as CBS News head, Bari Weiss has faced widespread criticism from observers across the political spectrum, with many suggesting she has failed to meet even their lowest expectations for the role.

Banana Republicans, the party of Smash-and-Grab, can screw off with their rhetoric about blue city crime rates. They don't give a damn about the rule of law, and should never again be allowed to pretend that they do.

A Democrat can be forced out of a race because fraud happens somewhere in their state and is known about because of their party's audits. Republicans can be convicted of fraud and sexual crimes and win elections. This world is crazy.

US justice department has released less than 1% of Epstein files, filing reveals

Trump’s pathetic and grammatically flawed attempt to affix his name to The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for The Performing Arts (“The Donald J. Trump and The…”) is emblematic of his narcissism not to mention his stupidity in attaching his name to a memorial, which pays tribute to the deceased.

At Strength in Numbers, G. Elliott Morris noted that military intervention in Venezuela is even more unpopular with the American people “than Trump’s tariffs and health care cuts.” In September, only 16% of Americans wanted a “U.S. invasion of Venezuela,” with 62% against it.

DOJ has sued 21 states & the District of Columbia for access to their complete voter files. If successful, the Trump administration would gain access to a trove of private data that it could weaponize against voters in future elections. NOT A SINGLE LARGE LAW FIRM HAS INTERVENED IN ANY OF THEM.

DOJ has sued 21 states & the District of Columbia for access to their complete voter files. If successful, the Trump administration would gain access to a trove of private data that it could weaponize against voters in future elections. NOT A SINGLE LARGE LAW FIRM HAS INTERVENED IN ANY OF THEM.

A suit, filed on Monday in federal court in Washington, asks a judge to declare that Trump violated the First Amendment when he threatened to criminally prosecute the app's developer and pressured Apple to make the app unavailable for download, WHICH APPLE DID.

Trump in 1,670 out of 2,324 email threads in the Epstein email cache

Trump in 1,670 out of 2,324 email threads in the Epstein email cache

Before he was elected in 2016, Donald Trump bragged about grabbing women by the pu**y and barging into rooms of partially dressed young pageant contestants. A jury concluded he assaulted E. Jean Carroll in a dressing room. So nothing that’s in the Epstein emails is a surprise. It’s confirmation.

Presidents Biden and Obama were senators. Expect that trend to end in 2028 as governors emerge as the Democratic Party's voice.

flip.it/SSYfnf WHAT A GREAT TIME TO BE A: PEDO, CROOK, FRAUDSTER, RAPIST, EMBEZZLER, INSURRECTIONIST OR CONMAN. IF YOU GET CAUGHT, THE ANTICHRIST POTUS WILL PARDON & COMMUTE YOUR SENTENCE. YOU MIGHT EVEN GET A JOB IN HIS CRIME FAMILY ADMINISTRATION. JUST LIKE SATAN RUNS HELL, WHERE EVIL WINS.

If as President Abraham Lincoln said, “The United States of America is the last best hope for mankind”, mankind is fcked.