Over the last year, Elon Musk has developed a fascination with a 24-year-old podcaster and YouTuber from Pennsylvania who claimed he communicated “with God about what he believes the future of the right, philosophically, should be.”

On April 24, a new super PAC called Lead Left quietly filed a Statement of Organization with the FEC. According to the group’s website, “Lead Left PAC stands against MAGA extremists who will infect our country with Donald Trump’s agenda.”

“A judge issued what appears to be the first-ever sanction against the private prison giant CoreCivic for destroying video evidence in a case alleging wrongful death of a man who died by suicide in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.”

“The New York Times reviewed over a dozen hours of cabinet meeting footage to analyze how his administration spoke to him. On average, at least one of every six sentences either flattered Mr. Trump, gave him credit or criticized his political opponents.”

“In the wake of attacks on CEOs, a nationwide protest movement targeting data centers, and increasing concerns about AI job replacement, federal intelligence agencies and domestic law enforcement are circulating reports with a new domestic target in mind: anti-technology extremists.”

Trump has repeatedly promoted Stake, an unregulated online casino that, according to state gambling regulators, is operating illegally. On April 27, Bijan Tehrani, the co-owner and co-founder of Stake, donated $1 million to MAGA Inc., the primary Super PAC connected to Trump.

“Longtime and controversial anti-vaccine activist David Geier is still working at the Department of Health and Human Services—and the agency is still refusing to specify exactly what he’s doing.”

“On social media, [Trump’s] surgeon general nominee posts pictures of her chickens that live on part of her sprawling Central Jersey estate. But the homeraised poultry produces more than eggs for Nicole Saphier: They count towards a New Jersey tax break intended for farmland.”

“The Justice Department’s new $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund — created by a legal settlement between President Donald Trump and his own administration — could funnel money to activists who broke into and blocked patients from entering abortion clinics.”

Trump has repeatedly belittled the economic impact of the Iran War on Americans. On Tuesday, Trump said that high gas prices amounted to “peanuts.” But according to The Iran War Energy Cost Tracker, the Iran War has caused Americans to spend an additional $43.6 billion on fuel costs.

“Andrea Pedro Francisco was scheduled to have surgery to remove an ovarian cyst in February but was detained by ICE, which has repeatedly denied her surgery. Nine doctors who reviewed her case said she’s at risk of a medical emergency.”

“The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is the beginning of a ‘systemic agrifood shock’ that could trigger a severe global food price crisis within six to 12 months, the United ‌Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said on Wednesday.”

“Senate Democrats are pressing the White House to explain its plan for the Office of Government Ethics, more than a year after President Donald Trump fired the office’s Senate-confirmed leader and five months after its most recent acting director stepped down.”

“The Treasury Department’s top lawyer resigned Monday as the government announced a controversial settlement with President Trump, according to people familiar with his departure.”

“Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has signed the nation's first law banning prediction market sites from operating in the state, and in response, the Trump administration has sued, teeing up a legal battle over the most far-reaching crackdown on popular services like Kalshi and Polymarket.”

On Monday, Popular Information broke the news that Trump publicly praised two companies the same day he bought their stock. Other major media outlets have not only failed to report on the damning timing of Trump’s stock trades, but have failed to mention Trump’s financial disclosure at all.

Elon Musk, gripped by race-fueled hysteria, is divining conspiratorial intent in the most mundane news items. According to the richest man in the world, Hollywood casting decisions are part of a larger scheme to “destroy Western Civilization” and enact “deliberate White erasure.”

During the second Trump administration, the population detained by ICE has ballooned. But little is known about what actually goes on inside ICE facilities. The California DOJ just released a detailed accounting of conditions at ICE facilities in the state. The report reveals a human rights crisis.

“More than 145,000 US children have probably experienced a parent being detained by immigration authorities since the start of Donald Trump’s second presidency, according to a new report.”

“Donald Trump’s MAGA-style celebration of the 250th anniversary of American independence ramped up Sunday with a federally funded prayer service that organizers said would ‘rededicate America as One Nation Under God.’”

On March 11, Trump took a tour of a manufacturing facility owned by Thermo Fisher Scientific, a medical supply company. During the tour, Trump lavished praise on Thermo Fisher. Trump did not mention that, the same day of the tour he purchased between $15,000 and $50,000 of Thermo Fisher stock.

“White House officials are weighing a plan for President Trump to issue 250 pardons as a way to mark the celebration of the nation’s 250th birthday this summer, according to people familiar with the matter.”

“A major oil company is seeking a state tax break in Texas worth hundreds of millions of dollars to build a massive power plant. The energy won’t be going to residential customers, though. Instead, the gas plant will be used to power a data center whose eventual tenant could be Microsoft.”

“Grocery prices in the U.S. soared faster in April than any month in nearly four years, driving up the cost of everything from frankfurters to tomatoes to cupcakes, government data this week showed.”

Over the last 14 months, Jeff Bezos, the centibillionaire owner of the Washington Post, has remade the historic newspaper’s editorial board into a guard dog for the ultra-rich.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Acting Undersecretary Jules Hurst answered questions about the cost of the Iran War while testifying before House and Senate Committees. “Now we think it’s closer to 29 [billion],” Hurst said. There was no explanation of how this figure was calculated.

“The Trump administration’s public portrayal of a shattered Iranian military is sharply at odds with what U.S. intelligence agencies are telling policymakers behind closed doors.”

“The Republican National Committee (RNC) announced Tuesday that it is deploying staff — including ‘poll watchers’ and ‘election observers’ — to at least 17 states in what it calls a nationwide ‘election integrity’ operation ahead of the 2026 midterms.”

A large network of prominent regional newspapers has posted thousands of low-quality articles promoting gambling and prediction markets — and is pretending it's journalism.

“After the state ordered the removal of rainbow crosswalks, San Antonio used colorful sidewalks to keep public pride symbols alive in the city.”

“The Interior Department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as President Donald Trump’s administration eases restrictions on industries and seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land.”

Since his return to the White House, Trump has repeatedly claimed that major cities across the U.S. are overrun with crime. Trump has specifically targeted cities run by Democrats, calling them “unsafe” and “crime-ridden.”

“ProPublica identified 79 children across the country who have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray as immigration officers dramatically stepped up their use during President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.”

“Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is demanding proof that school districts across the state, including three in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, are displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms, as required by a 2025 state law.”

“‘I can’t predict the price of energy in the short term or even the medium term,’ [Energy Secretary] Chris Wright told Kristen Welker on Meet the Press. And regarding potential solutions, he said, ‘we are constantly looking for different ideas.’”

On June 16, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump announced the launch of Trump Mobile. The new venture’s flagship product was “a sleek, gold smartphone engineered for performance“ called the T1 Phone.

State Farm spent an astounding $1.139 billion on advertising in 2025 promoting the message that it will be there to assist you when you need them. According to an enforcement action filed by the California Department of Insurance, the experience of being a State Farm customer is very different.

“But lawmakers failed to address the underlying problem: They have repeatedly rejected bills that could protect residents in the state’s most dangerous, flood-prone areas, an investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found.”

“Officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration blocked the publication of several studies supporting the safety of widely used ‌vaccines against COVID-19 and shingles, a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson said.”

“The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Atul Gawande.”

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told Congress last week that the Iran War had cost $25 billion through the first 60 days. The next day, CBS reported that officials estimated the cost was actually closer to $50 billion. However, even that figure is at least $22 billion too low.

“In 23 states, including five presidential swing states, candidates who have denied election results are running for offices that will have a direct role in certifying future elections.”

“Enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, has decreased by nearly 3.5 million people since stricter eligibility requirements were enacted last July, federal data show. Some states, including Arizona, are seeing dramatic declines in the numbers of SNAP recipients.”

“The U.S. Justice Department is investigating 36 Illinois school districts — including several in the Chicago area — over whether they are teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity in classrooms and whether parents have been given the right to opt out.”

Meta, along with other social media companies, is facing thousands of lawsuits alleging that they have pushed a defective product onto adolescents.

On October 3, the Trump administration abruptly stopped paying third-parties for medical care provided to detainees in the custody of ICE. According to the ICE Health Service Corps, payments to third parties were supposed to resume on April 30. But when April 30 arrived, payments did not resume.

“CBS News’s 60 Minutes cut out large portions of its interview with President Trump in which he rambled about his ballroom, how hot his Secret Service agents are, and how the No Kings protests are just like the Ku Klux Klan.”

A Peter Thiel-funded startup launched this month will use an “AI jury” to “subject the media’s claims to systematic investigation and judgment.” That same system of AI adjudication assigns a numerical value — the so-called “Honor Index” score — grading the trustworthiness of individual reporters.

“OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is set to be dissolved and replaced by a company focused on the public good by the week’s end, as a massive legal settlement resolving thousands of lawsuits takes effect.”

“Nearly half of American families with young children live in a ‘child care desert’ — a region with a shortage of licensed day care providers, according to an analysis from the liberal Center for American Progress.”