Trumpism
PART VI
“The First Hundred Days” by Barry Blitt
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IS IT HAPPENING HERE?
Other countries have watched their democracies
slip away gradually, without tanks in the streets.
That may be where we’re headed—or where we already are.
By Andrew Marantz
April 28, 2025
April 29, 2025
On 100th Day of Trump Admin, Senator Warren
Reads 100 Acts of Trump Corruption Into
Congressional Record
April 29, 2025
Goldman Blasts GOP for Using $300M in
FEMA Money to Bankroll Trump’s Golf Trips
April 29, 2025
Heather Cox Richardson
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt popularized the idea that the first 100 days of a presidency established an administration’s direction. As soon as he took office on March 4, 1933, he called Congress into special session to meet on March 9 to address the emergency of the Great Depression. Congress responded to the crisis by quickly passing 15 major bills and 77 other measures first to stabilize the economy and then to rebuild it. On July 24, 1933, FDR looked back at “the crowding events of the hundred days which had been devoted to the starting of the wheels of the New Deal.”
In a Fireside Chat broadcast over the radio, FDR explained that his administration had stabilized the nation’s banks and raised taxes to pay for millions in borrowing. That federal money was feeding starving people, as well as employing 300,000 young men to work in the Civilian Conservation Corps planting trees to prevent soil erosion, building levees and dams for flood control, and maintaining forest roads and trails. It was also funding a public works program for highways and inland navigation, as well as state-based municipal improvements. The government had also raised farm income and wages by regulating agriculture and abolishing child labor.
FDR was speaking on July 24 to urge Americans to get behind a program of shorter hours and higher wages to create purchasing power that would restart the economy. “It goes back to the basic idea of society and of the Nation itself that people acting in a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could even hope to bring about,” he said. “If I am asked whether the American people will pull themselves out of this depression, I answer, ‘They will if they want to.’”
Today is the 100th day of President Donald Trump’s second term in office. He marked it by delivering what amounted to a rally outside Detroit, Michigan, in which he claimed his had been “the most successful first 100 days of any administration in the history of our country, and that’s according to many, many people…. This is the best, they say, 100-day start of any president in history, and everyone is saying it. We’ve just gotten started. You haven’t even seen anything yet.”
In fact, Trump has signed just five measures into law: the Laken Riley Act, which Congress passed before he took office; a stopgap funding measure; and three resolutions overturning rules set by the Biden administration.
But Trump’s administration does parallel FDR’s in an odd way. Trump set out in his first hundred days to undo the government FDR established in his first hundred days. Trump has turned the nation away from 92 years of a government that sought to serve ordinary Americans by regulating business, providing a basic social safety net, promoting infrastructure, protecting civil rights, and stabilizing global security and trade. Instead, he is trying to recreate the nation of more than 100 years ago, in which the role of government was to protect the wealthy and enable them to make money from the country’s resources and its people.
Trump set out to destroy the modern American state, gutting the civil service and illegally shuttering federal agencies, as well as slashing through government programs. His team has withdrawn the U.S. from its global leadership and rejected democratic allies in favor of autocrats like Russia’s Vladimir Putin. At home he has imitated those autocrats, ignoring the rule of law and rendering migrants to prison in El Salvador without due process, and using the power of the state to threaten those he perceives as his enemies.
As is typical with autocratic governments, corruption appears to be running deep in this White House. The president and his family are openly profiting from his office. And it would be hard to find a better example of a government letting cronies profit off public resources than Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s relinquishing of control over the department to a DOGE operative, or of a government permitting businesses to profit from ordinary Americans than billionaire Elon Musk’s apparent creation of a master database of Americans’ information.
Trump’s dismantling of the modern American state has been a disaster. Trump spoke tonight in Michigan to tout his hope that his new tariffs will center auto manufacturing back in the U.S., but the economic chaos his tariff policies have unleashed has turned what was a booming economy 100 days ago sharply downward. That economic slump, along with Trump’s illegal renditions of men to El Salvador and the gutting of services Americans depend on, has given Trump the lowest job approval rating after 100 days of any president in 80 years.
And that suggests another way to look at the first 100 days of a presidential term. For all that the 100-days trope focuses on presidents, the first 100 days of Trump’s second term have shown Americans, sometimes encouraged by their allies abroad, pushing back against Trump to restore American democracy.
April 29, 2025
Mastermind or madman?
How Donald Trump is reshaping the world
Donald Trump’s first 100 days as US President have shaken the world, but what does he have planned next?
April 30, 2025
PRESIDENT TRUMP
THE FIRST 100 DAYS
President Donald Trump discussed his first 100 days in office during an exclusive interview with ABC News anchor and senior national correspondent, Terry Moran, in the White House Oval Office.
April 30, 2025
Some Great News For Us
After Trump’s 100 Days Of Absolute Failure
Featuring the lowest 100-day approval in modern times, impeachment, Joe Biden, Jasmine Crockett, Eric Swalwell, and more
April 30, 2025
Presidential Historian: Trump Has Tried to
Introduce Fear in First 100 Days
President Trump, taking a victory lap to mark the first 100 days of his second term, said his success surpasses any in U.S. history, “according to many, many people.” Presidential historian Timothy Naftali places the Trump presidency in context for Walter Isaacson.
April 30, 2025
BREAKING: Donald Trump Threatens To Sue
The New York Times
By Aaron Parnas
The threat to journalism in America has just risen — dramatically.
On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump intensified his long-standing war on the media, directly targeting The New York Times with accusations of “likely unlawful behavior” over its coverage of his lawsuit against 60 Minutes, CBS, and Paramount. In a Truth Social post, Trump claimed the paper could be held liable for “tortious interference,” alleging that its reporting — which included sources calling the suit baseless — was part of a broader effort to sabotage the 2024 election.
“They just have a non-curable case of TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME,” the president wrote, warning that his legal team is “intently studying” the Times’ role in what he suggested was an organized campaign of electoral interference.
April 30, 2025
Trump is creating ‘very dangerous
super-presidency’ – Fareed Zakaria
Donald Trump has been delivering in spades on his inauguration pledge to produce the ‘most extraordinary first 100 days of any presidency in American history’, and, from Canada, to Russia and Ukraine, to Israel and Gaza, it’s fair to say it has been a consequential start to his second term as president.
So where does Fareed Zakaria place the first 100 and where does he see the next 100 going? He’s a journalist, political commentator and author who Henry Kissinger said ‘likes to say things that run against conventional wisdom.’
He joined Matt Frie in the latest episode of The Fourcast.
May 1, 2025
The Trump Regime’s War on Working People
How Unions are Resisting Authoritarian Attacks on Workers’ Rights—and Why It Matters for Everyone
Over the first hundred days of Donald Trump’s regime, observers and analysts rightly highlighted his administration’s alarming attacks on fundamental democratic institutions—the judiciary, law firms, universities, philanthropies, non-profit groups, and the media. These assaults were not only dangerous individually but crucially significant as components of authoritarian consolidation.
Yet, amid these well-documented threats, a similarly profound yet largely overlooked attack unfolded: Trump’s systematic assault on unions and working people. This assault, executed alongside allies like Elon Musk, demonstrates once again the fundamental truth articulated decades ago by Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis:
“We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both.”
EXPERTS AGREE: WHAT TRUMP IS DOING IS FASCISM
By
May 3, 2025
Has Trump read the Declaration of Independence?
May 4, 2025
Full interview with President Trump
President Donald Trump joins Meet the Press for an exclusive and wide-ranging interview reflecting on the first 100 days of his second term and laying out his vision for the rest of his presidency – and the future of his political movement.
May 4, 2024
How law firms targeted by Trump are
responding to White House pressure
In recent weeks, President Trump has signed orders targeting several law firms. Some lawyers warn that the president’s assault on the legal profession threatens the rule of law itself.
May 4, 2025
John Bolton, whom Trump described as
“a very dumb guy,” is worried about Taiwan
Donald Trump’s longest serving National Security adviser John Bolton shares his thoughts on the current White House, including the tariffs war, the Russia-China axis and the first 100 days of Trump’s second coming.
May 5, 2025
Wisconsin Gov. Evers Pushes Back After
Trump’s Border Czar Threatens to Arrest Him
We go to Wisconsin as the state’s Democratic Governor Tony Evers pushes back after Trump border czar Tom Homan says Wisconsin officials could be arrested over local policies that defy Trump’s mass deportation agenda. This comes after FBI agents arrested Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan.
“I think what we’re seeing, in a broader sense, is just an absolute degradation of the rule of law,” says Lisa Graves, a former deputy assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice, now the director of the policy research group True North Research and co-host of the podcast “Legal AF.” Her forthcoming book is Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights.
May 6, 2025
Antidote (full documentary)
FRONTLINE presents the stories of an investigative journalist and a political activist putting their lives on the line to stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the grave consequences they face for doing so.
“Antidote” chronicles the lives of Christo Grozev, a Bulgarian investigative journalist whose reporting has exposed Russian spies, assassins, and those involved in the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny; and Evgenia Kara-Murza, the wife of Vladimir Kara-Murza, a prominent political activist who was poisoned twice and sentenced to 25 years in a Russian prison.
The documentary lays bare the grave consequences that come with speaking out against the Putin regime, revealing the threats Grozev, Kara-Murza and their families face as they seek to expose the actions of the Kremlin to the world. The film offers a stunning and immersive look at the cost of opposing Putin.
May 6, 2025
Michael Wolff with Alec Baldwin
on Donald Trump: All or Nothing
Published at breakneck speed, Michael Wolff’s insider account of the 2024 Trump campaign — undoubtedly the wildest, most unpredictable campaign in US history with its multiple criminal trials, assassination attempts and sudden switch of opponents — made waves before it was even published.
Through personal access to Trump’s inner circle, All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America takes readers on a journey accompanying Donald Trump on his return to power as only Michael Wolff can do it.
In this fly-on-the-wall account, the stakes could not be clearer: either the establishment destroys Trump, or he destroys the establishment. Painting an astonishing portrait of a man who has made one of the most remarkable comebacks in American political history — through what appeared to be an inescapable legal quagmire — this is not just a story about politics: It is a vivid expose of the demons, discord, and anarchy — the fire, fury, and future — of American life under Trump.
Join Wolff to hear first-hand stories and insider revelations as he discusses the book with — who better? — the man whose SNL portrayal of Trump remains indelible: Alec Baldwin.
Recorded March 14, 2025 at 92nd Street Y, New York.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
May 7, 2025
Americans Are Protesting Against Trump
In All 50 States – Rachel Maddow
Emmy-winner and bestselling author Rachel Maddow joins Stephen to talk about the first 100 days of President Trump’s second term and the demonstrations against his actions that are popping up in all 50 states on a daily basis.
Stick around for two more segments with Rachel Maddow and grab her number-one bestselling book, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism, available now in paperback.
2 – How Trump Is Consolidating Power At The Expense Of The Other Branches Of Government
3 – We’re Not Going To Be The Generation That Loses American Democracy
May 9, 2025
‘Serious threat’: Trump admin pushes extreme
deportation powers amid constitutional crisis warnings
Top Trump adviser Stephen Miller said the administration is “looking at” ways to end due process protections for unauthorized immigrants who are in the country.
MSNBC’s Antonia Hylton is joined by Jelani Cobb, Dean of Graduate School of Journalism for Columbia University, and Julian Zelizer, history professor at Princeton. Plus, the panel discusses the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka during a congressional visit to a New Jersey ICE facility.
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May 9, 2025
‘Never seen anything like it in my life’
New Jersey Congressman Robert Menendez, who was on the ground when the Mayor of Newark Ras Baraka was arrested, details what happened for Nicolle Wallace.
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May 9, 2025
‘This is un-American’
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, who was present when Baraka was arrested, joins The Weeknight to share her eyewitness account.
May 9, 2025
Newark mayor reacts to critics who
say his arrest was a publicity stunt
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka joins CNN’s Kaitlan Collins to discuss his arrest at a federal immigration detention center and responds to claims made by acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Alina Habba.
May 10, 2025
Congressman to FORCE Trump Impeachment Vote
Congressman Shri Thanedar, who last week filed the first new articles of impeachment against Trump, breaks the news on Lights On that he will force an impeachment vote in the U.S. House of Representatives in the coming days.
May 11, 2025
‘Very, very dangerous’: China’s stark warning
over Trump’s tariffs
How Donald Trump’s world tariff turmoil is already causing grief for Aussies.
May 13, 2025
Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) Read Articles Of
Impeachment Against President Donald Trump
On The House Floor
May 14, 2025
Schiff Takes To Senate Floor to Lay Out
Trump’s 10 Most Corrupt Acts So Far
May 14, 2025
Donald Trump’s Most Humiliating Interview
on ABC’s 20/20 Comes Back to Haunt Him
You should know by now that Donald Trump has a long, documented history of attacking the media and any journalist who dares to question his authority and narratives. This tense interview with Barbara Walters (Aug. 17, 1990) ended up being an ominous warning of things to come. Rick Strom breaks it down.
Watch the full interview HERE: Barbara Walters Interviews Donald…
May 14, 2025
Bruce Springsteen’s Message to America:
A Protest. A Prayer. A Wake-Up Call.
Bruce Springsteen opened his new tour tonight not with fanfare—but with a warning.
From a stage in Manchester, he sent a message home. Not of glory days—but of grief, resilience, and reckoning.
Three songs. Three statements. A country in crisis. This is what it looks like when an artist holds a mirror to America. Watch. Listen. Feel every word.
May 14, 2025
THE END OF RULE OF
LAW IN AMERICA
The 47th president seems to wish he were king—and he
is willing to destroy what is precious about this country
to get what he wants.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES appears to have long ago forgotten that Americans fought the Revolutionary War not merely to secure their independence from the British monarchy but to establish a government of laws, not of men, so that they and future generations of Americans would never again be subject to the whims of a tyrannical king. As Thomas Paine wrote in Common Sense in 1776, “For as in absolute governments the king is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other.”
Donald Trump seems also not to understand John Adams’s fundamental observation about the new nation that came into the world that same year. Just last month, an interviewer from Time magazine asked the president in the Oval Office, “Mr. President, you were showing us the new paintings you have behind us. You put all these new portraits. One of them includes John Adams. John Adams said we’re a government ruled by laws, not by men. Do you agree with that?” To which the president replied: “John Adams said that? Where was the painting?”
When the interviewer pointed to the portrait, Trump asked: “We’re a government ruled by laws, not by men? Well, I think we’re a government ruled by law, but you know, somebody has to administer the law. So therefore men, certainly, men and women, certainly play a role in it. I wouldn’t agree with it 100 percent. We are a government where men are involved in the process of law, and ideally, you’re going to have honest men like me.”
And earlier this month, a television journalist asked Trump the simple question “Don’t you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?” Astonishingly, the president answered, “I don’t know.” The interviewer then asked, “Don’t you agree that every person in the United States is entitled to due process?” The president again replied, “I don’t know.”
This is not a man who respects the rule of law, nor one who seeks to understand it.
May 15, 2025
How Trump has made billions as president
On this episode, The Washington Post’s Libby Casey, Rhonda Colvin, James Hohmann and JM Rieger break down how President Trump is trying to remake Washington in a MAGA image – from hanging huge photos of himself from federal buildings to taking over cultural institutions and firing people, in some cases, seemingly for their gender or skin color.
Then, the crew breaks down Trump’s long history of financial conflicts of interest with the presidency, how he has ignored norms, how past presidents have divested from those conflicts of interest – and the vast amounts of money Trump has made in the early months of his second presidency.
Plus, the crew reveals the weirdest gifts in presidential history – and whether or not presidents got to keep them.
May 16, 2025
Trump business deals revive questions
about his family profiting off the presidency
This week, President Trump visited three Middle Eastern nations where his family has deep business ties. Over the past month, billions of dollars have poured into Trump-owned companies. It has revived longstanding questions about whether the financial windfalls are influencing policy. White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López reports.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
May 16, 2025
Not Moral Behavior – Sen. Sanders On The GOP’s
Plan For Funding Trump’s Billionaire Tax Cuts
Senator Bernie Sanders calls out the greed of America’s billionaire class and expresses his disgust with Republicans who plan to cut life-saving assistance for the needy in order to fund tax cuts for those billionaires. Stick around for three more segments with Senator Sanders.
2 – Fear Of Retribution From AIPAC Keeps Many Democrats From Speaking Up About Gaza
3 – “If You Sit Back And Do Nothing, They Will Take It All.” – Sen. Sanders On America’s Oligarchy
4 – Why Sen. Sanders Urged Paramount Not To Settle With President Trump
May 17, 2025
Interviews with Ukrainian President and his wife
From 2025, 2023 and 2022, Scott Pelley’s interviews with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the war with Russia. And from 2022, Pelley’s interview with Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska.
REPORTS
May 17, 2025
Kristi Noem more interested in ICE ‘cosplaying’
than doing her job: Rep. Garcia tells DHS Secy. to resign
The Trump administration claims some parents who have been deported chose to bring their young U.S. citizen children with them, something the families dispute as they struggle to overcome hurdles to get their kids home.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) joins Alex Witt to discuss the Trump administration’s immigration policies and a contentious hearing with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem this week.
May 18, 2025
The Scandals That Have Always
Followed Melania Trump
Ripping off speeches, controversial outfits, and nonstop family drama. Melania Trump may keep a low-profile as First Lady, but she can’t seem to escape scandal.
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May 19, 2025
The Tragedy of Ivana Trump
Is Worse Than We Realized
Ugly divorces, shocking deaths, and an untimely end. In the 1980s, Ivana Trump seemed to have it all — money, glamour, and fame — but after multiple tragedies and heartbreak, her final days were marked by sadness and isolation.
May 18, 2025
Clinical Psychologist John Gartner makes
Live Diagnosis of Trump’s Mental Illness
As Donald Trump’s mental acuity continues to decline, Dr John Gartner joins Anthony Davis on The Weekend Show to discuss the senile dementia, mental health and personality issues that the President clearly presents, and how his verbal gibberish is ignored by the corporate media who refuse to acknowledge the danger of his decision making.
July 18, 2024
Projection
Dealing With the Defense Mechanism of Projection
How to cope when someone accuses you of their behavior.
The Mechanics of Projection
Projection typically stems from the need to avoid conflict or discomfort. For example, someone angry about missing out on a promotion might accuse a coworker of being angry or hostile, shifting the emotional burden. For some, projection is an unconscious behavior that helps them deny those behaviors or thoughts. They may be utterly convinced that you are the one at fault. Others may purposefully use projection to confuse someone. This way, they are more likely to get away with problematic behavior. Whether projection is unconscious or purposeful, it’s crucial to remember that the person projecting is fully responsible for their behavior.
Signs of Projection
Recognizing when someone is projecting can be tricky, but there are signs:
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Inconsistency: There is an inconsistency in the behaviors you are accused of in projection. The behaviors or thoughts someone accuses you of don’t match what you know about yourself or the feedback you receive from others.
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Defensiveness: The projector might get highly defensive when you say that a behavior they falsely attribute to you is actually their behavior. They may fly into a rage and tell you that you are being abusive (another projection).
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Blame shifting: Frequent shifting of responsibility for one’s emotions or actions onto others is a common trait in projection. The person is putting the psychological burden on the other person.
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Changing the narrative: By using projection, a person successfully changes the topic of the conversation away from their inappropriate behavior. They have once again avoided identifying and taking responsibility for their behavior.
Being on the receiving end of projection can be emotionally draining and confusing. It can lead to self-doubt and concerns about your emotional well-being. Over time, this can strain relationships, especially if the projection is persistent and is part of other potentially abusive behaviors.
May 18, 2025
We’re Experts in Fascism. We’re Leaving the U.S.
Legal residents of the United States sent to foreign prisons without due process. Students detained after voicing their opinions. Federal judges threatened with impeachment for ruling against the administration’s priorities.
In this Opinion video, Marci Shore, Timothy Snyder and Jason Stanley, all professors at Yale and experts in authoritarianism, explain why America is especially vulnerable to a democratic backsliding — and why they are leaving the United States to take up positions at the University of Toronto.
Professor Stanley is leaving the United States as an act of protest against the Trump administration’s attacks on civil liberties. “I want Americans to realize that this is a democratic emergency,” he said.
Professor Shore, who has spent two decades writing about the history of authoritarianism in Central and Eastern Europe, is leaving because of what she sees as the sharp regression of American democracy. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” she said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
She borrows from political and apolitical Slavic motifs and expressions, arguing that the English language does not fully capture the democratic regression in this American moment.
Professor Snyder’s reasons are more complicated. Primarily, he’s leaving to support his wife, Professor Shore, and their children, and to teach at a large public university in Toronto, a place he says can host conversations about freedom. At the same time, he shares the concerns expressed by his colleagues and worries that those kinds of conversations will become ever harder to have in the United States.
“I did not leave Yale because of Donald Trump or because of Columbia or because of threats to Yale — but that would be a reasonable thing to do, and that is a decision that people will make,” he wrote in a Yale Daily News article explaining his decision to leave.
Their motives differ but their analysis is the same: ignoring or downplaying attacks on the rule of law, the courts and universities spells trouble for our democracy.
DEADLINE | WHITE HOUSE
May 19, 2025
‘It’s not my first rodeo’: James Comey speaks out
after controversial social media post
Former FBI Director James Comey joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House for the first time since controversy erupted due to a social media post by James Comey, where he posted a photo of the numbers “8647” spelled out with shells on the beach. Comey has expressed regret for the post, spoken out against any and all political violence.
May 20, 2025
Top U.S. & World Headlines
May 20, 2025
Jamie Raskin fires back at GOP lawmakers
during a House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Tues.
May 20, 2025
Brian interviews Hakeem Jeffries about
Trump’s budget lies
“Soft Landing” by Barry Blitt
May 20, 2025
Sources contradict Trump narrative
about Qatar offering plane as ‘gift’
The Trump administration first approached Qatar to inquire about acquiring a Boeing 747 that could be used as Air Force One by President Donald Trump, four sources familiar with the discussions told CNN. That’s contrary to the narrative from the president that Qatar reached out and offered the jet as a “gift” to him.
May 20, 2025
Gov. Walz says ICE is ‘Trump’s modern-day Gestapo’
Gov. Walz is facing pushback from the Department of Homeland Security after he compared ICE to the Nazi police force, the Gestapo, while speaking at a University of Minnesota Law School graduation over the weekend.
Breaking News
from Washington and beyond
/ May 20, 2025
Trump Spirals at Kennedy Center Dinner: “I’ll Shove It Up Their Ass”
The President of the United States, everyone
Donald Trump ranted and raved during a speech to Kennedy Center trustees Monday night, complaining about the 2020 election.
At the White House event, Trump bragged about bringing the upcoming Olympics and World Cup to the United States before segueing into the 2020 election.
“We got the Olympics, and then we got, through [FIFA head Gianni Infantino], he’s the boss, he’s a friend of mine, we got the World Cup,” Trump said. “I got them both, and I said, ‘Man, I won’t be president and they’re gonna forget that I got them. Nobody’s gonna mention it.’”
Then he went into his pet subject how the 2020 election was stolen from him.
“And then they rigged the election, and then I said, ‘You know what I’ll do? I’ll run again and I’ll shove it up their ass,’” Trump told the audience.
May 21, 2025
14 Exclusive Interviews on the GOP Tax Scam
By Ben Meiselas
Earlier, I told you that the MeidasTouch Network was assembling a team to go line-by-line through the GOP tax bill and that I had a dozen interviews lined up with Members of Congress to break it all down. Well… I underestimated. I ended up doing fourteen interviews today.
May 21, 2025
10 U.S. States Considering a Move to Canada —
Is Secession Inevitable?
What if some U.S. states, disillusioned with federal politics or drawn to Canada’s stability, decided to break away and join the Great White North? It may sound like a wild idea, but the ties between certain U.S. states and Canada are stronger than ever—and secession might not be as far-fetched as you think.
In this thought-provoking documentary by The Global Lens, we explore 10 U.S. States Considering a Move to Canada – Is Secession Inevitable? From Michigan’s deep economic and cultural connections to Canada, to Vermont’s long-standing independence movement, and even Alaska’s strategic Arctic ties—discover why these states are rethinking their place in the Union.
Why is this happening? From political polarization and economic instability to ideological alignment and environmental concerns, we analyze the reasons behind this quiet shift. Could a major crisis in the U.S. push these states toward independence—or toward Canada?
May 21, 2025
Trump’s Brain Drain: Scientists Look to Move
Abroad as DOGE Slashes Research Funding in U.S.
Cuts by the Trump administration are beginning to “chase” U.S.-based scientists at federal agencies and research institutions out of the country. “We’re draining our scientific talent,” says environmental journalist Robert Hunziker, who explains how China and European countries are offering positions for scientists laid off, fired or pushed out by Trump and DOGE’s mass culling of federal workers and funding.
The massive U.S. “brain drain” is a “brain gain” for other countries, adds Hunziker, and comes as the Trump administration also cracks down on university curriculums and targets international students for its mass deportation initiative.
The BEAT
May 22, 2025
Ari Melber reports on one of the
largest grifts in White House history
President Trump is raking in money and gifts for himself, while demanding sacrifice from most Americans paying higher prices for his trade war.
May 22, 2025
What does the Trump administration
want from Harvard University?
The United States government has halted Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students and ordered existing international students at the university to transfer or lose their legal status. Alex Usher, president of education consultancy Higher Education Strategy Associates, shares his insights with CNA’s Asia First on the implications of the Trump administration’s move.
May 22, 2025
WH to Harvard: Enrolling international
students ‘a privilege, not a right’
“Harvard can no longer enroll foreign students, and existing foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status,” the US Department of Homeland Security said in a statement.
Kristi Noem ordered her department to terminate Harvard’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) certification, citing the university’s refusal to turn over the conduct records of foreign students requested by the DHS last month.
May 22, 2025
Georgetown scholar says he was
‘chained, shackled’ in ICE detention
In their first broadcast interview since his release from ICE detention, Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri and his wife, Mapheze Saleh, spoke to PBS News’ Laura Barrón-López about Khan Suri’s recent release after nearly two months in a detention facility in Texas. The Trump administration accused Suri of “spreading Hamas propaganda and promoting antisemitism on social media” — an accusation he denies.
“One should, at this time, show courage, because courage is also contagious. We need to break the cycle of chilling effect,” Suri said when asked about why he’s speaking out now about his case.
“This country promised me the right of free speech,” Saleh said when addressing why she speaks out about what is happening in Palestine — where she was raised. “If today it’s Palestine, then who’s next?”
May 23, 2025
A U.S. military wife from Australia is sharing her story after she was detained by border officials at the Honolulu airport.
May 23, 2025
Mary Trump on Donald Trump
Exclusive Interview with The Daily T
In Part 2 of The Daily T’s exclusive deep-dive into the controversial legacy of Donald J. Trump, host Kamal sits down with Dr. Mary L. Trump — psychologist, best-selling author, and outspoken critic of her uncle, the 47th President of the United States.
Mary Trump, daughter of Fred Trump Jr. (Donald Trump’s older brother), offers a rare, insider perspective on the deeply dysfunctional Trump family dynamic. She describes a toxic, misogynistic household where, as she puts it, “cruelty was currency.” Her insights shed light on the psychological forces that have shaped Donald Trump’s personality, leadership style, and political strategy. Labelling her uncle a “narcissist” and “the world’s most dangerous man,” Mary Trump delves into the lasting impact of generational trauma, emotional neglect, and the ruthless ambition that defines the Trump family legacy.
This powerful conversation also shifts to current political fallout, including Vice President Kamala Harris’s stunning loss in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Mary Trump weighs in on President Joe Biden’s declining health, the disastrous debate performance that rocked the Democratic Party, and the path forward for Democrats hoping to reclaim the White House in 2028.
Whether you’re a political analyst, psychology enthusiast, or just trying to make sense of America’s tumultuous political landscape, this episode provides a compelling look at one of the most polarising figures in modern history—from the family member who knows him best.
May 23, 2025
Is This the Fall of the American Empire?
May 23, 2025
“A new kind of coup”: Authoritarianism Historian
Ruth Ben-Ghiat unpacks Trump’s playbook
US President Trump’s relentless attacks on institutions, the rule of law and the press have left many fearing for the future of American democracy. So is the United States sliding into authoritarianism?
This week on UpFront, Marc Lamont Hill speaks to one of the pre-eminent historians of fascism, Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University, Ruth Ben-Ghiat.
May 24, 2025
Merkley tells Rubio his actions led to
‘the death of hundreds of thousands of children’
At Wednesday’s Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) questioned Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
May 24, 2024
Harvard professor hits back at Trump administration
David Armitage, a History professor at Harvard University, has hit back at the Trump administration as it tries to remove the University’s ability to enrol foreign students.
Speaking to Matt Frei on LBC, Armitage said the Trump administration has a ‘fear of critical thought, fear of a civil society that does not knuckle down to MAGA ideology’.
Harvard has announced legal action against the US government over a ban on allowing foreign students. The legal action comes after the federal government revoked Harvard’s certification under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) and stripped the University of its authority to sponsor F- and J- visas for international students.
In a statement, Harvard’s President Alan M. Garber said: “The revocation continues a series of government actions to retaliate against Harvard for our refusal to surrender our academic independence and to submit to the federal government’s illegal assertion of control over our curriculum, our faculty, and our student body.”
The statement condemned the “unlawful and unwarranted action”, and added: “We have just filed a complaint, and a motion for a temporary restraining order will follow. As we pursue legal remedies, we will do everything in our power to support our students and scholars.”
Harvard enrols almost 6,800 foreign students at its campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Most are graduate students and they come from more than 100 countries.
May 26, 2025
Cory Booker: These Are The Three Most Concerning
Trump DOJ Moves That Demand Investigations
At Thursday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) spoke about the threat of antisemitism and the continued flights of migrants to foreign nations.
THE POLITICAL SCENE
DONALD TRUMP’S
POLITICS OF
PLUNDER
The greed of the new Administration has
galvanized America’s aspiring oligarchs—and
their opponents.
May 26, 2025
DEADLINE | WHITEHOUSE
May 27, 2025
‘Utter and shameless transaction’: How Trump
has normalized profiting off of the White House
Staff writer for The New Yorker, Evan Osnos, joins Nicolle Wallace to discuss Donald Trump’s pay-to-play attitude when it comes to the Oval Office.
Politics Chat, May 27, 2025
In which I try to answer your questions about modern politics…
Firstpost News with Palki Sharma
May 28, 2025
LIVE: Former Russian President Threatens Trump
with World War III Over Putin Comments | N18G
Russia’s former president Dmitry Medvedev has warned Donald Trump of World War III amid the US president’s public spat with Putin. On Tuesday, Trump had doubled down on his criticism against Putin, saying he was “playing with fire”. Is the Trump-Putin bromance over? How did Trump’s push for peace descend into warnings of a world war?
#russia #vladimirputin #worldwar3
May 28, 2025
Cory Booker on Trump Attacking Springsteen and
Republicans Needing to Stand Up for What’s Right
Senator Cory Booker talks about the importance of artists and comedy, Trump insulting Bruce Springsteen, the issues going on at Newark Airport, Trump grifting over and over again, Republicans fearing him, the need to stand up for what’s right, and the dangers of Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill.
The BEAT
May 28, 2025
Comic roasts Trump, Obama, McConnell & gets LOLs
from Obama to hosts at MSNBC and Fox
Comic Matt Friend brings the laughs with spot-on impressions of President Trump, JD Vance, Hakeem Jeffries, Barack Obama, and more in this special comedy interview on “The Beat.” Friend also talks about the importance of comedy in politics.
Feb. 22, 2025
TRUMP WANTS CANADA as the 51st STATE!
See 51 witty political cartoons by the best Canadian cartoonists about Donald Trump wanting to make Canada the 51st state! Canada is angry and the cartoonists are hilarious! Funny, sharp witted, brilliant Canucks take Trump down!
April 20, 2025
A Satirical Folk Ballad of Trump’s Fall
This satirical folk ballad chronicles the dramatic downfall of Donald Trump — from golden toilets to courtroom subpoenas.
With haunting verses, dark humour, and biting historical irony, “The Night They Drove Old Donnie Down” is a protest anthem for the ages. From Mar-a-Lago delusions to Truth Social delusions, this song takes aim at the circus, the grift, and the fall of an American reality show turned real-life indictment tour.
May 8, 2025
“You Can’t Fix Stupid” – Funny Country Song
From creek-jumping Fords to zoo-feeding daredevils, this hilarious country anthem celebrates life’s unfixable moments. “You Can’t Fix Stupid” is the ultimate ode to human… let’s call it character, with a toe-tapping beat that’ll have you laughing (and maybe crying) at the stubbornness of the world.
March 13, 2025
“Putin’s Puppet” (Country Music version)
A satirical music video looking at the relationship and admiration that Comrade Donald Trump has with Vladimir Putin. Russian asset Donald Trump seems to do Putin’s bidding to destabilize the west. Have you ever noticed that Donald Trump seems to admire Russia and Putin more than his allies and closest friends? Is it a bromance or something else?
There weren’t any additional or retaliatory tariffs placed on Russia, so one has to wonder.
Truth Grooves is a music video parody, social commentary and satire channel. Truth Grooves is an Anti-Trump radio station playing Anti-Trump music videos and Trump protest songs. All Anti-Donald Trump music lyrics are written by humans. All Anti-Trump music is produced using AI. All Anti-Donald Trump videos and images are AI-generated.
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May 15, 2025
“The 11th Province” – Pro-Canadian,
Anti-Trump Pop Song
May 27, 2025
“If Not You…” (Dr. Hook Parody)
I heard the old Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show song, “If Not You”, the other night. It inspired me to write a parody about our POTUS. I used AI comicbook images, actual headlines, and memes to make the video…
May 28, 2025
NEW HIT SINGLE – “Taco, Taco, Taco”
Featuring street parades, hip-hop dancers, a giant inflatable chicken, Mexican celebrities, and a funky Latin-pop beat that slaps harder than a NAFTA renegotiation.
13 Best TACO Trump Memes
‘Trump Always Chickens Out’
May 29, 2025
These were my favorite memes from social media on Trump’s new name.
If you missed my Bulletin on everything that happened in politics today, you can find it here.
with Mike Figueredo
May 29, 2025
Some Political Scientists Now Designate
America as an Authoritarian Regime
Donald Trump has pushed American democracy to its breaking point…but are we technically still a democracy? Have we officially crossed the line into authoritarianism? If so, can we revert back to democracy at some point? These questions are answered by political scientists and historians including Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way, Daniel Ziblatt, Timothy Snyder, Jason Stanley and Marci Shore. In this video we’ll discuss their expert opinions.
Sources:
The Guardian – theguardian.com/commentis…
Politico – politico.com/news/2025/05…
Esquire – esquire.com/news-politics…
The New York Times – nytimes.com/2025/05/08/op…
Common Dreams – commondreams.org/opinion…
PREPPING FOR A NEW WORLD
Signs of the times — The Rise of End Times Fascism
I just saw this on YouTube and then researched and found the article on The Guardian – “The Rise of End Times Fascism” by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor. It precisely shows the scenario that is unfolding due to current geo-political situations around the world but in particular the USA, and has some dire predictions as to where our world (and the USA) is heading.
WASHINGTON WEEK with The Atlantic
Full episode, May 30, 2025
Most presidents wait until they leave the White House to cash in, but President Trump takes a different approach. If there’s a way to make money off the presidency, he’s on it.
Join moderator Jeffrey Goldberg, Peter Baker of The New York Times, Leigh Ann Caldwell of Puck, and Stephen Hayes of The Dispatch, to discuss this and more.
June 2, 2025
‘Out Of His Mind’: Critics Aghast At Trump’s ‘Detached From Reality’ New Message
The president shared a bizarre conspiracy theory about Joe Biden.
President Donald Trump shares a lot of outlandish messages on his social media pages, but critics say a single repost over the weekend might be his most “unhinged” yet.
Trump on Saturday night reposted a message on Truth Social claiming that former President Joe Biden had been executed in 2020 and replaced by “clones doubles & robotic engineered soulless mindless entities.”
June 2, 2025
This Fascist Move by Trump’s DOJ
Should Terrify You
In a move that shocked legal experts and civil rights advocates alike, Trump’s Department of Justice deployed armed U.S. Marshals to the home of former pardon attorney Liz Oyer — just days before her scheduled congressional testimony. Her crime? Refusing to restore gun rights to actor Mel Gibson, a known Trump supporter, and speaking out about political interference within the DOJ. Jayar Jackson breaks it down.
June 3, 2025
Trump “hell-bent” on “revenge against me and
my family” | White House whistleblower Miles Taylor
Miles Taylor, a Trump White House whistleblower, who worked under the President during his first term in office, tells Victoria Derbyshire about the impact of being put under an investigation order and being accused of “treason” by President Trump.
June 5, 2025
Why Does Israel Suddenly
Want President Trump Dead?
June 5, 2025
Jon Stewart exposes ABC, CBS, Amazon
ALL paying Trump “protection money”
Jon Stewart just exposed the most shocking political scandal of 2025 – America’s biggest corporations are paying Trump BILLIONS in protection money! I break down how ABC paid $15 million, Amazon dropped $40 million on a Melania documentary nobody wants, and CBS is being extorted for $25 million plus a public apology.
This isn’t campaign donations – this is straight-up mob boss extortion while he’s President. Stewart revealed how these corporate cowards are funding democracy’s destruction one protection payment at a time. Law firms pledged nearly $1 BILLION in free services to Trump. Even Stewart himself might lose his show because Paramount would rather pay up than protect free speech.
This is how democracies die – not in coups, but in conference rooms where executives decide conscience is too expensive.
June 5, 2025
Why Elon Threw The Epstein Bomb at Trump
Joanna Coles calls an emergency podcast for the biggest fall-out in political history: Donald Trump and Elon Musk. And it’s the perfect guest to explain EVERYTHING: Michael Wolff, the Trump biographer—who already predicted what would happen. He unpacks a “nuclear” break-up and why Musk has used the weapon Trump fears most: Jeffrey Epstein.
Wolff reveals his own extraordinary moment of interviewing Trump and what happened when he raised the pedophile financier. He talks about the predator and the president’s long friendship. And he explains why Musk is now Trump’s perfect enemy—bigger than Harvard and of course the Democrats.
June 6, 2025
Musk vs. Trump? Quinn Slobodian
on the risks of Billionaire Rule
Is the Donald Trump-Elon Musk bromance finally over? President Trump is threatening to cut off billions of dollars in federal contracts with Musk after the two billionaires engaged in a dramatic online feud just days after Musk called Trump’s budget bill a “disgusting abomination.”
Musk appeared to back the impeachment of Trump and claimed the president is named in the Jeffrey Epstein files. “They are people who always have their eye on the bottom line, but they also are, obviously, titanically sized egos,” says author Quinn Slobodian, professor of international history at Boston University, who is working on a new book about Elon Musk. “This is just a sign of how dangerous it is to put … the whole future of the American economy and the political scene in the hands of two sole human beings.”
ALL IN with Chris Hayes
June 6, 2025
‘Big bomb’: Trump’s Epstein ties
thrust back into spotlight by Musk
Chris Hayes: The MAGA right has clung to the Epstein files as an anti-liberal Holy Grail. But Trump has been at the center of the scandal the whole time.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics
June 6, 2025
Trump is the most corrupt president in history.
Here’s why.
President Trump is poised to be even more corrupt than he was in his first term.
America’s founders were deeply concerned about presidential corruption—so much so that they put two provisions in the Constitution to guard against it. They would have been outraged about the ways Trump has funneled taxpayer money to his own businesses and made money from foreign governments.
CREW Executive Director Donald Sherman breaks down Trump’s conflicts of interests, why they’re so dangerous and why they’re only getting worse.
LIVE: Anti-Trump, anti-billionaire protest
disrupts Manhattan gala
Started streaming on June 6, 2025
June 7, 2025
Who on Earth Is Curtis Yarvin?
From American Conversations, June 6, 2025 featuring Gil Duran.
Duran was early in recognizing that the technology elite had a dystopian vision for human society. We’ll get to hear from him about dystopian blogger Curtis Yarvin, the idea of a “network state,” and what tech bros imagine for our future.
June 7, 2025
Scott Pelley: ‘You cannot have democracy
without journalism’
CNN’s Anderson Cooper speaks with “60 Minutes” anchor Scott Pelley about the importance of journalism and the First Amendment.
June 8, 2025
Trump’s biographer reveals the real reason Musk
fell out with the US president | David Cay Johnston
Superpowers: The future of global security
June 8, 2025
Still think Russia is winning?
Russia thought Ukraine would fall in 72 hours. Three years later, it’s lost nearly a million troops, crippled its econonmy, and still holds just 20% of Ukraine.
June 8, 2025
What does Ukraine’s drone attack on
Russia say about the future of warfare?
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria talks with former NATO Supreme Allied Commander retired Adm. James Stavridis and military strategist Christopher Kirchhoff about the future of war.
June 9, 2025
L.A. Under Siege: Trump Sends in National Guard
as Protests Continue over Militarized ICE Raids
In Los Angeles, mass street protests have broken out in response to immigration raids. Local police and Border Patrol are cracking down on protesters, while the Trump administration has called in the California National Guard.
“They shot thousands of rounds of tear gas, of flashbang grenades, of all kinds of repressive instruments,” says Ron Gochez, community organizer with Union del Barrio who helped organize some of the protests.
He notes many of the protests have also been successful at turning back immigration agents, preventing ICE arrests and detention. “If we organize ourselves, if we resist, we can defend our communities from ICE terror, from the Border Patrol or from any federal agency that wishes to separate our families.”
June 10, 2025
Trump says he will ‘liberate’ Los Angeles in speech
to mark the 250th anniversary of the Army
By Chris Megerian and Michelle L. Price, Associated Press
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump called protesters in Los Angeles “animals” and “a foreign enemy” in a speech at Fort Bragg on Tuesday as he defended deploying the military on demonstrators opposed to his immigration enforcement raids and as he vowed to “liberate” the West Coast city.
Trump, in his most aggressive language yet regarding the protests, used a speech ostensibly supposed to be used to recognize the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army to denounce the protesters while repeating his false statements about the 2020 election being rigged and attacking the previous commander in chief, former President Joe Biden.
The Republican president, who sees the military as a critical tool for domestic goals, has used the recent protests in Los Angeles as an opportunity to deploy the National Guard and U.S. Marines over the objections of California’s Democratic governor. Protesters blocked a major freeway and set cars on fire over the weekend in Los Angeles, but the demonstrations in the city of 4 million people have largely been centered in several blocks of downtown.
“We will not allow an American city to be invaded and conquered by a foreign enemy. That’s what they are,” Trump said Tuesday.
Trump’s heated rhetoric came as he has left open the possibility of invoking the Insurrection Act, one of the most extreme emergency powers available to the president. It authorizes him to deploy military forces inside the U.S. to suppress rebellion or domestic violence or to enforce the law in certain situations.
Trump received plenty of cheers from the crowd, which laughed at the president’s jokes and delighted in his dancing to his campaign anthem of “ YMCA.” However, some members of the audience were uneasy with certain aspects of his remarks.
June 10, 2025
My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles
Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in California is not about the protests. It is about expanding his never-ending grasp for more power. It is about moving this country toward authoritarianism.
All Americans must stand together against this gross abuse of power.
June 10, 2025
Trump deployed troops in LA to break America
and become a dictator | Joe Walsh
“Trump is trying to break this country…burn the country down so that it can be remade in his image.”
“President Trump is lying about the scale of unrest in Los Angeles to purposely incite violence and efforts to take authoritarian control of America,” says former Republican congressman Joe Walsh.
June 10, 2025
American Concentration Camps
Once a regime starts to send people to concentration camps — including those in El Salvador — it creates a system of detention that eschews due process and disappears citizens into black holes.
Read the article here: chrishedges.substack.com/p/american-concentration-camps
June 10, 2025
Chaos & Cruelty: Trump Deploys Thousands
of Soldiers to Put Down Anti-ICE Protests in L.A.
President Trump has inflamed tensions over immigration raids in Los Angeles, which his top adviser Stephen Miller described as an insurrection.
“They want protesters to react violently to distract from what is really happening, which is that families are being separated, our communities are being devastated, and the people of Los Angeles are standing up to say, ‘We will not stand for this,'” says Jean Guerrero, New York Times contributing opinion writer and author of Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda.
June 10, 2025
A 9-Year-Old’s Letter to the President
“You Call This Great?” | Heartbreaking Protest Song
June 11, 2025
INDICTMENT OF DONALD TRUMP
On Trump using the army against unarmed citizens and his plans to visit Canada as part of the G7 meetings. We need to be very clear about the threat posed to democracy, the rule of law and Canadian sovereignty.
June 11, 2025
STEPHEN MILLER
TRIGGERS LOS ANGELES
The protesters gathered in downtown L.A. are a microcosm
of the Democratic coalition that has dominated the city for
decades.
By Nick Miroff
Photographs by Robert LeBlanc
During a lull in the chanting outside the federal building targeted by protesters in downtown Los Angeles this week, I walked up behind a hooded young man wearing a mask and carrying a can of spray paint. He began to deface the marble facade in big black letters. WHEN TYRANNY BECOMES LAW, REBELLION BECOMES DUTY—THOMAS JEFFERSON, he wrote, adding his tag, SMO, in smaller font.
DEADLINE | WHITE HOUSE
June 12, 2025
Nicolle Wallace calls out Kristi Noem’s lie over
Sen. Alex Padilla’s handcuffing and forced removal
Ben Rhodes, former Deputy National Security Advisor joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to the incident involving California Senator Alex Padilla where he was forcibly removed from a press conference held by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, and the lies being spewed about the incident by Noem and her department.
June 12, 2025
Trump Addresses Members Of Congress
At White House Congressional Picnic
The BEAT
June 12, 2025
‘Goons’: See top Dem erupt at Trump DHS
going ‘Putin’ in cuffing Senator
Democratic Senator Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed and handcuffed after speaking up at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference. MSNBC’s Ari Melber and former California Senator Barbara Boxer discuss.
June 12, 2025
‘This Is What Dictatorships Look Like’: Van Hollen
Decries The Removal Of Padilla From DHS Hearing
During remarks on the Senate floor on Thursday, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) spoke about Sen. Alex Padilla’s (D-CA) removal from a DHS press briefing.
June 12, 2025
‘It’s all BS coming from Trump’: Sen. Padilla gets
emotional after forcible removal from DHS presser
Watch the full interview Sen. Alex Padilla gave FIRST ON MSNBC where he talks about getting forcibly removed and hand-cuffed from a Department of Homeland Security press conference. Padilla breaks down the video of the incident and also reveals a meeting he had with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem after it. Padilla gets emotional talking about the treatment of immigrants from the Trump administration.
June 12, 2025
Gavin Newsom on the LA Protests,
Trump’s Response and Why It’s a
Defining Moment for Democracy
California’s Governor, Gavin Newsom, says that President Trump’s decision to send federal troops into Los Angeles is a “brazen abuse of power” and a defining moment for both the democratic party and American democracy.
The Daily’s host, Michael Barbaro, sits down with the governor for a conversation about Trump, illegal immigration, the protests, and how he thinks that the standoff in LA has come to an end.
The LAST WORD
June 12, 2025
Leader Jeffries: Trump exposed for
‘fraudulent’ ICE raids in Los Angeles
House Democratic Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to react to a federal judge granting a temporary restraining order halting Donald Trump’s deployment of the California National Guard and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles.
June 12, 2025
Trump can keep National Guard in LA
for now after appeals court blocks order
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday temporarily blocked a federal judge’s order that directed President Donald Trump to return control of National Guard troops to California after he deployed them there following protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids.
The TAKEOUT with Major Garrett
June 12, 2025
California mayor describes psychological
impact of ICE raids on his community
The threat of ICE agents targeting workplaces is spreading fear across the U.S., according to the mayor of Montebello, California. Mayor Salvador Melendez joins “The Takeout” to discuss his community’s fears over the Trump administration’s deportation efforts.
June 12, 2025
19-Year-Old Shares Her Harrowing
ICE Detention Experience
June 12, 2025
What’s Really Behind the LA ICE Protests
What’s fueling the protests in Los Angeles? In this compelling analysis, Noam Chomsky dives deep into the truth behind the LA ICE protests, exploring how immigration raids, media manipulation, and systemic control are shaping public reaction. As thousands take to the streets, Chomsky reveals how government actions and media silence work together to manufacture consent and suppress dissent.
Are we seeing the consequences of unchecked power in a so-called democracy? Discover how militarized responses, economic anxiety, and disinformation are eroding civil liberties and fueling unrest in 2025. This video breaks down the hidden political and philosophical dynamics behind the chaos. A must-watch for anyone seeking truth in turbulent times.
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June 12, 2025
Ex-U.S. Diplomat: Biden Spokesperson
Matthew Miller Has “Blood on His Hands”
Hala Rharrit was the Arabic-language spokesperson for the State Department before she resigned in 2024 to protest the Biden administration’s Gaza policy. She accuses her former colleague Matthew Miller of “careerism” after he recently admitted on a podcast that Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza, even though he regularly denied that while serving as a spokesperson for the State Department under Biden.
with Mike Figueredo
June 13, 2025
Trump Now Ushering in the Next Phase
of Authoritarianism: Violent Repression
Donald Trump is ramping up repressive tactics against protesters and political opponents, and things could get even worse if he invokes The Insurrection Act.
Progressive journalist Thom Hartmann warns that the emergency powers granted by The Insurrection Act could give him an excuse to “postpone” elections and officially solidify his status as a dictator. In this video we’ll talk about this new phase of Trump’s attempt to consolidate power and what it means going forward.
The LAST WORD
June 13, 2025
Protests demonstrate why, despite Trump’s actions,
America is still a democracy
MSNBC’s Ali Velshi details how Donald Trump’s attempts to squash protest and dissent by deploying the military to Los Angeles — along with things like the handcuffing of a U.S. senator — are mobilizing protests against his agenda. M. Gessen joins to discuss the importance of not normalizing Trump’s unlawful actions in order to keep America a democracy.
June 13, 2025
“Stand For The Light” – Uplifting People-Powered
Patriotic Protest Anthem
June 14, 2025
“We Won’t Back Down”
The 11th Hour
June 13, 2025
‘A sign of life’: Will 2,000 anti-Trump
protests have an impact?
Saturday is set to be an extraordinary day for our country as Americans take to the streets in all 50 states to protest the Trump administration. At the same time, Trump will be hosting an extravagant military parade that happens to fall on his birthday.
Colonel Jack Jacobs, Anthony Fisher, Steve Liesman, and Pablo Torre join Stephanie Ruhle for The 11th Hour Nightcap.
June 13, 2025
Why Elon’s DOGE mission was doomed
from the beginning | If You’re Listening
In news that basically everyone saw coming, the big beautiful bromance between Donald Trump and Elon Musk has finally come to an end.
Over the last week, there’s been a dramatic shift in Trump’s presidency – he’s publicly fighting with his former First buddy, judges are overruling his executive orders and there are protests in the streets of LA.
So for the next two episodes, we’re going to take a look at what led to this sudden shift – Trump’s summer of discontent. How it started and what it means for the future of the administration.
June 13, 2025
DONALD’S VANITY PARADE FACES
MOUNTING RESISTANCE
Resistance is mounting against Donald Trump’s $45 million military parade. No Kings rallies will take place during the event, and everyone from an unlikely billionaire, to the Pope, to his own allies are turning against him.
June 13, 2025
Gen. McCrystal on Trump’s Military Parade
and the Need for National Character
President Trump is gearing up for a military parade this weekend to celebrate the 250th birthday of the U.S. Army. Trump was inspired by the pomp of a Bastille Day celebration he attended in France to stage something similar in the United States. But many — including Republicans — are skeptical about the event’s optics and cost.
Retired four-star general Stanley McChrystal, who has a deep understanding of U.S. military culture, has written a new book, On Character: Choices That Define a Life. He spoke with Walter Isaacson before Israel’s strikes on Iran began.
June 13, 2025
Rep. Ilhan Omar on Trump’s Authoritarianism
Democratic Congressmember Ilhan Omar of Minnesota joins Democracy Now! to discuss the increasing authoritarianism of the Trump administration, including its crackdown on anti-ICE protesters in Los Angeles, targeting of pro-Palestine students on college campuses and plans for a massive military parade coinciding with Trump’s birthday on June 14.
“We are in the midst of the creation of a police state,” says Omar. “It will be a dark day if we do not stand up for ourselves, for our Constitution and for our republic.”
June 14, 2025
WATCH LIVE: Trump’s military parade honoring Army’s 250th birthday rolls through Washington, D.C.
President Donald Trump’s military parade to mark the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday on Saturday will bring thousands of soldiers and dozens of massive military vehicles and aircraft to the National Mall.
Military parades of this scale are uncommon in the U.S. The last was in 1991, to mark the end of the first Gulf War.
Trump has heralded the celebration as a chance to celebrate the country and the “service and sacrifice” of soldiers. The president has also gotten political blowback over the parade, which will shut down roads and bridges around the city for days. Democrats have criticized the cost — up to $45 million — and accused Trump of making the day about himself. Veterans are divided over the event and a majority of Americans don’t feel like it’s a good use of money, according to an AP-NORC poll.
IN AMERICA,
WE DON’T
DO KINGS
They’ve defied our courts, deported
Americans, disappeared people off the
streets, attacked our civil rights, and
slashed our services. The corruption has
gone too far. No thrones, No crowns,
No kings.
June 14, 2025
“NO KINGS” Music Video
June 16, 2025
Trump administration
‘This is the looting of America’: Trump and Co’s extraordinary conflicts of interest in his second term
Bitcoin, internet, EVs, private dinners for hire — the list of pay-for-play and quid quo pro goes on, and on … and on.
Donald Trump speaks at a Bitcoin 2024 event in Nashville, Tennessee.
June 18, 2025
Isreal – Iran: how 46 years of proxy war
led to this conflict
The war between Israel and Iran has been building for decades and now it’s spiralling out of control – but how did we get to this point?
The new phase of this conflict began on June 13 with a huge wave of Israeli strikes on Iran, dealing damaging blows to Iran’s nuclear weapons program, and taking out key scientific and military personnel.
Iran’s response has been to fire missile and drone barrages, with some Israeli leaders speaking openly about regime change in Tehran.
But the threat of war between Israel and Iran has hung over the Middle East for more than forty years.
We take a closer look at the history between the two countries and some of the key events and alliances that help explain why Israel and Iran are at war, and why the outcome of the conflict ultimately comes down to Donald Trump and the USA.
REPORTS
June 18, 2025
‘These are Gestapo tactics’: NYC Comptroller
Brad Lander on being arrested by ICE agents
New York City Comptroller and Mayoral Candidate Brad Lander joins Ana Cabrera to detail being detained by ICE agents while serving as an advocate for defendants in immigration court, saying all he wanted to do was “to make sure there was due process.”
June 18, 2025
Teacher Fights Through Tears as
ICE Cruelty Reaches a New Low
The silence from major Los Angeles sports franchises like the Dodgers, Lakers, Kings, and others in the wake of massive anti-ICE protests, and the violence, brutality, and cruelty the protesters have been met with from law enforcement, one team, Angel City FC of the NWSL, has put the rest to shame with their powerful stance supporting the immigrant community while calling out the inhumanity of Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration. Rick Strom breaks it down.
The Briefing
June 18, 2025
Bad actors mimic masked ICE agents; Community
outraged over snatchings by unidentified agents
Jen Psaki looks at the problems of federal immigration agents hiding their identities with masks and refusing to identify themselves as they conduct raids and carry people away in unmarked cars. NBC News correspondent David Noriega reports live from a protest in Pasadena, California where locals are upset that friends and neighbors are being disappeared without notification or information.
June 19, 2025
2 car wash employees detained in
another LA ICE raid, witnesses say
A car wash in Glendale was the latest business in Los Angeles County to be raided by ICE agents, according to several witnesses and an immigration attorney who were at the scene.
It happened Thursday morning at the Glendale Classic Car Wash on Colorado Street. AIR7 was above the scene and captured at least one person, seen wearing a red shirt, in handcuffs being placed into a silver SUV.
Witnesses who spoke with Eyewitness News said the agents were in unmarked vehicles wearing masks and did not identify themselves. READ MORE: abc7.com/post/2-employees-detained-during-ice-raid-glendale-car-wash…
REPORTS
June 19, 2025
‘Really disturbing’: ICE detains man who
helped U.S. military in Afghanistan
Sayed Naser served as a civilian interpreter for the U.S. military in Afghanistan for three years. However, last week Naser was detained by ICE after a mandatory immigration parole hearing. Naser’s attorney Brian McGoldrick joins Katy Tur to share more about the case.
June 20, 2025
How ICE protests wrecked Trump’s
deportation plans | If You’re Listening
For the past week, we’ve seen violence on the streets of America as anti-ICE protesters push back hard against the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
In the early months of the Trump presidency it seemed like everything was going his way, but now that’s changing, and fast, as his executive orders are challenged in the courts.
When it comes to stopping mass deportations, Americans are learning that protests can actually work.
These protestors aren’t backing down, but neither is Trump. So, what does that mean for undocumented immigrants across the country and the future of the Trump administration’s deportation plans?
June 20, 2025
“Two Weeks” (Beatles Inspired)
Trump has a hard two weeks’ night ahead of him. While he takes his time, let’s reflect on his many promises of two weeks. Beatles style!
June 20, 2025
‘Trump Does Not Own Our Country’: Greg Casar
Speaks At Bernie Sanders Rally In McAllen, Texas
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June 21, 2025
Man Directly Asks Bernie Sanders How Citizens
Can Stop Trump From Imposing Autocracy On The U.S.
At his “Fighting Oligarchy” rally in McAllen, Texas, on Friday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was asked how citizens can combat an autocracy.
REPORTS
June 21, 2025
Trump ‘should have put America first’:
Top Dem condemns Iran bombing
Congressman Adam Smith, the Democratic leader of the House Armed Services Committee, condemns President Trump ordering U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Smith says Trump did not seek authorization from Congress and is concerned the bombings could further escalate tensions.
July-August 2025 Issue
Politics
The 4chan-Coded Ideology
Behind Elon Musk’s War on
Normies
Musk thinks autism makes him superhuman.
Just don’t call it that.
In September, Elon Musk amplified a post from Autism Capital—a pro-Trump X account that he often reposts—that read: “Only high T alpha males and aneurotypical people (hey autists!) are actually free to parse new information with an objective ‘is this true?’ filter. This is why a Republic of high status males is best for decision making. Democratic, but a democracy only for those who are free to think.” Musk called the claim, which originated on the infamous web forum 4chan, an “interesting observation.” His repost was viewed 20 million times.
June 22, 2025
Whistleblower John Dean sets the record straight
on Trump’s CRIMINAL Acts
The Court of History’s Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz are joined by legendary Watergate witness John Dean, who reveals new, never-before-heard stories about what really happened. Dean makes the case that Trump is far worse than Nixon — and helps unmask Trump’s deepest impulses.
The 11th Hour
June 24, 2025
‘Damning allegation’: Trump ally at DOJ
suggested ignoring courts
A whistleblower complaint accuses Emil Bove of telling subordinates at the Justice Department that he was willing to ignore court orders to carry out the president’s aggressive deportation policies. Carol Leonnig and David Jolly join.
The LAST WORD
June 24, 2025
‘Fools, cowards, and liars’: Sen. Schiff on
Trump’s Justice Department
Emil Bove, who Donald Trump has nominated to fill a U.S. appeals court vacancy, suggested the Trump administration should defy court orders, according to a whistleblower complaint. Sen. Adam Schiff, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell ahead of Bove’s confirmation hearing to discuss the allegations against Bove.
June 25, 2025
‘Did You Suggest Telling The Courts F— You In Any
Manner?’: Schiff Gives Emil Bove The 3rd Degree
At today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) questioned Emil Bove, nominee to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, and current Deputy AG.
June 25, 2025
“Inhumane”: Marine Veteran Calls for ICE to
Release His Father as Video of Brutal Arrest Goes Viral
As ICE increases its raids on immigrant communities, footage of the arrest of one man, Narciso Barranco, shows seven federal agents — all masked — pinning the 48-year old gardener to the ground and repeatedly punching him in the head before pushing him into an unmarked vehicle. His son, Marine veteran Alejandro Barranco, recently visited him in an ICE detention center. “He looked beat up, he looked rough, he looked defeated. He was sad. It’s just not right,” he says.
Barranco, whose three children have all served in the U.S. military, was arrested while working as a landscaper at an IHOP restaurant in Santa Ana. “We are seeing an extreme abuse of power on the screens of our phones,” says Santa Ana councilmember John Hernandez, who adds that Barranco is a “hardworking Santa Ana resident of over three decades, who has raised three children who have all decided to sacrifice their freedom for this country that we love.”
June 26, 2025
Legendary Civil Rights Activist Dolores Huerta on
Hope in Dark Times & What to Do If Detained by ICE
July 1, 2025
ICE data reveals the truth about immigrant detention — Here’s how you can view it
Did you know that ICE, the federal agency that oversees immigration enforcement, publishes a public spreadsheet showing exactly who is being held in immigration detention?
It gives you an up-to-date picture of what is going on around the country, and is available for anyone to look up at any time. And you can download the data and view it yourself at ice.gov/detain/detention-management
KPBS San Diego’s border reporter Gustavo Solis is here to show you how to access it. Read more at kpbs.org/news/border-immigration/2025/07/01/federal-data-reveals-the-truth-about-immigrant-detention
June 29, 2025
Donald Trump makes more remarks
about Canada being the 51st state
Political commentator Tom Mulcair discusses Donald Trump’s latest remarks about Canada after ending trade talks.
July 1, 2025
“Trying to Find Food Is a Death Sentence”:
Palestinian Writer Muhammad Shehada on
Gaza Aid Massacres
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting the United States next week to meet with President Donald Trump and other top officials in the U.S. administration, supposedly to “capitalize on the success” of the 12-day war against Iran.
This comes after nearly 21 months of Israel’s war on Gaza that has killed at least 56,000 Palestinians, with daily violence only increasing. “There’s basically an airstrike every other minute,” says Palestinian writer and analyst Muhammad Shehada. “There’s nonstop artillery fire, gunfire, machine gunfire, as well as Israeli quadcopter drones that are swarming Gaza and shooting people at random.”
While there have been news reports of a possible ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, Shehada says “there are no negotiations,” and therefore no end in sight to the daily bloodshed.
The LAST WORD
July 1, 2025
What you’re feeling is the banality of cruelty
from Trump and the Republican Party
At least 17 million Americans will lose healthcare coverage under Donald Trump’s budget bill. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell says this is part of Donald Trump’s worldwide campaign of cruelty.
July 2, 2025
Donald Trump vs Elon Musk:
What does their fallout mean for the world?
When it comes to relationships, this one is complicated. Donald Trump and Elon Musk went from bros to foes in what seems like the blink of an eye – and it’s a feud that could have major global implications. Featuring exclusive insight from key insiders and global observers, including:
- Ryan Mac, co-author of ‘Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter’ and The New York Times technology reporter
- Michael Wolff, Trump biographer and best-selling author of ‘All or Nothing’
- Katie Drummond, Global Editorial Director of WIRED
- James Fishback, an insider who knows both men, CEO of investment firm Azoria and architect of the DOGE Dividend proposal
July 3, 2025
The Russian soldiers fleeing Putin’s army
Trapped in Putin’s war against Ukraine, Russian soldiers face a deadly choice – obey, die or flee. This documentary looks at one man’s fight for freedom and the underground movement that helped him vanish.
An estimated 50,000 Russian soldiers have deserted the frontline since the full-scale invasion began. The true figure may never be known.
The BEAT
July 3, 2025
They will ‘pay’: Dems on warpath vs. deficit-busting
MAGA budget — that some in GOP ‘don’t like’
The House narrowly passed Republicans’ massive tax and spending bill to advance President Trump’s agenda. The Congressional Budget Office says the bill will add three trillion dollars to the deficit.
MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports and is joined by Presidential Historian Douglas Brinkley and Pulitzer prize-winning columnist Eugene Robinson.
July 3, 2025
Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA) Reveals What Republicans
Told Him Behind Closed Doors About Big Beautiful Bill
July 3, 2025
Congressman Sounds The Alarm After
Trump’s DISASTER BILL Passes
Trump’s Big Bullshit Bill may have passed, but it’s only going to inspire more protest. Katie Phang and the new ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, Representative Robert Garcia, discuss how to fight back against fascism.
July 4, 2025
Mary sits down to discuss what Independence Day means now as Trump continues his second term.
How do we celebrate Democracy when the people in power are doing everything in their power to dismantle it?
How do we celebrate our freedoms when Donald Trump and his enablers and his fellow travelers in the fascist Republican party want to make sure that the people they don’t like — people they disagree with — people who do not look like them or believe like them — no longer have any freedoms?
July 4, 2025
France unveils mural throwing shade
at America for July 4th
“The Statue of Liberty’s Silent Protest” mural in Roubaix, France by Judith de Leeuw (Photo: Screen capture via Instagram video)
The U.S. Independence Day holiday motivated a new mural in France that shames America.
While France was once a key ally in the Revolutionary War against Britain, it is now shaming the U.S. with a massive mural of Lady Liberty covering her eyes with mortification. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France after the U.S. Civil War, recalled the National Parks Service.
The mural is titled “The Statue of Liberty’s Silent Protest” and was created by Dutch artist Judith de Leeuw. In an interview, Leeuw revealed to Storyful that it is meant to reflect shame for the United States over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, a USA Today video said.
July 5, 2025
Trump Lands in New Scandal
as His WAR on LA Backfires
Attorney’s Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian expose the explosive federal class action lawsuit revealing how Trump’s ICE agents have turned Los Angeles into a constitutional dead zone with 3,000 daily arrest quotas.
They break down the shocking allegations of os US citizens detained at gunpoint for walking through parks, workers grabbed at bus stops without warrants, and a woman literally kidnapped while being dropped off at work.
July 5, 2025
CONCENTRATION CAMP USA
Thoughts on Donald Trump going all in on Alligator Alcatraz. This is the American Dachau. We are now in a very dark time on a very dark slope.
July 7, 2025
John Nichols on Trump’s Budget Law:
“Most massive transfer of wealth
upward in American history”
President Donald Trump and his allies are celebrating the passage of his sweeping tax and spending bill, which he signed into law on July 4 after a months-long effort to shepherd it through Congress.
It makes the largest-ever cuts to food assistance benefits, could cause the closure of nursing homes and rural hospitals across the country, raises housing and energy costs, and supercharges the Trump crackdown on immigrants — all while delivering massive tax benefits for the wealthiest people in the country.
July 8, 2025
Famous Psychiatrist to RFK:
Don’t Blame Vaccines, Blame Me.
Brittany is joined by Dr. Allen Frances to discuss his recent op-ed in The New York Times in which he appeals to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to stop advancing anti-vaccine activism and harming the general public.
Dr. Frances discusses his own role in contributing to the increase in autism diagnoses through expanding DSM criteria, how he responds to people who accuse Trump of being mentally ill, and how to avoid fads in psychology.
July 9, 2025
Gov Andy Beshear (D-KY) on Trump Bill:
“A punch in the face of rural America”
President Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill has been signed into law, impacting Americans across the country. Millions of people on Medicaid are set to lose their health coverage, a loss that is raising serious concern even in traditionally conservative states. Andy Beshear, two-term Governor of Kentucky, joins the show to talk about the bill’s real-life effect on rural communities, plus the future of the Democratic Party.
July 10, 2025
Dozens detained during federal immigration
raid in Ventura County
Federal immigration agents, assisted by members of the National Guard, carried out raids at two cannabis farms in Ventura County, arresting dozens, including undocumented minors, in an operation that drew several hundred protestors who clashed with officers.
KTLA’s Mary Beth McDade and Lindsey Pena report.
July 10, 2025
Trump Loves ICE. Its Workforce
Has Never Been So Miserable.
A “mission impossible” deportation campaign has left
many employees burned out and morally conflicted.
By Nick Miroff
ICE occupies an exalted place in President Donald Trump’s hierarchy of law enforcement. He praises the bravery and fortitude of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers—“the toughest people you’ll ever meet,” he says—and depicts them as heroes in the central plot of his presidency, helping him rescue the country from an invasion of gang members and mental patients. The 20,000 ICE employees are the unflinching men and women who will restore order. They’re the Untouchables in his MAGA crime drama.
The reality of Trump’s mass-deportation campaign is far less glamorous. Officers and agents have spent much of the past five months clocking weekends and waking up at 4 a.m. for predawn raids. Their top leaders have been ousted or demoted, and their supervisors—themselves under threat of being fired—are pressuring them to make more and more arrests to meet quotas set by the Trump adviser Stephen Miller. Having insisted for years that capturing criminals is its priority, ICE is now shelving major criminal investigations to prioritize civil immigration arrests, grabbing asylum seekers at their courthouse hearings, handcuffing mothers as their U.S.-citizen children cry, chasing day laborers through Home Depot parking lots. As angry onlookers attempt to shame ICE officers with obscenities, and activists try to dox them, officers are retreating further behind masks and tactical gear.
“It’s miserable,” one career ICE official told me. He called the job “mission impossible.”
July 12, 2025
White House Speaks Out Amid Backlash
Over Meme of Trump as Superman
The White House has responded after drawing ire and backlash over its recent memes, one of which included a fake movie poster depicting President Donald Trump as Superman.
In a post shared across its core social media accounts on Friday night, the White House said: “Nowhere in the Constitution does it say we can’t post banger memes,” alongside a picture of an announcement board that read “OMG, did the White House really post this?” In response, one X user argued that such memes show “how unserious this Administration is.” The White House’s defiant stance was also shared across the official POTUS accounts on X, Instagram, and Facebook.
The White House earlier on Friday posted an AI-altered image of Rep. Jimmy Gomez of California, a Democrat, after he criticized an ICE raid at a marijuana farm. The post featured a doctored image of Gomez crying, labeling him “cryin’ Jimmy.” The upload was condemned by many, with one Instagram user asking: “Why is the official White House page making these kind[s] of comments?”
July 15, 2025
The Sane-Washing of
Mad King Trump
The more outlandish and dangerous his claims, the more determined is the press to normalize the increasingly delusional occupant of the Oval Office.
By
In a recent speech at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, Donald Trump claimed that, before he returned to the Oval Office, the U.S. was “close to death.”
He alleged to the crowd that he had “completely obliterated” Iran’s nuclear weapon capabilities. He said the only jobs lost under his administration were those held by illegal immigrants, and that he’s fighting “an illegal alien invasion.” He claimed that in June, the U.S. had had zero illegal border crossings in the past month.
In that same speech, Trump also repeatedly asserted he is a better president than both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. (It’s a fixation of his.) Trump also said he hates Democrats.
“I really do. I hate them. I cannot stand them because I really believe they hate our country.” What he doesn’t hate is corn. But he accused the press of falsely claiming that he does: “You know, fake stories were put out there like I don’t like corn. I don’t like corn. I love corn. I just love it. But they give you fake news.”
Then he referred to bankers as “shylocks” — an antisemitic slur — and accused those bankers of cheating farmers out of their inheritances.
July 16, 2025
10 Disturbing Parallels Between 1930s Germany and 2020s USA
History doesn’t repeat, but it often rhymes… Join us as we examine unsettling similarities between two turbulent eras that have citizens concerned.
From failed coups and political comebacks to economic exploitation and media manipulation, these comparisons raise important questions about our democratic institutions and where we might be heading.
Our analysis includes parallels between political returns after exile, the Beer Hall Putsch and January 6th, elder statesmen giving way to populists, persecutory rhetoric, rejection of international agreements, economic instability as political fuel, propaganda tactics, troubling alliances, territorial ambitions, and the dangerous expansion of executive power.
July 19, 2025
“Before I Die, I Need To Tell You The Truth” – Hitler’s Cousin Breaks Silence After 70 Years
Some stories hide behind history books. Others are buried by shame. But every once in a while, one escapes gasping, trembling, determined to be heard before it’s too late. For seventy years, Johann Schmidt Junior carried a name he never asked for… a legacy that stained every room he ever walked into. He was more than just a man. He was Hitler’s cousin. And for most of his life, he did everything he could to forget it. But now, before he dies, Johann wants to tell the world what he saw, what he knows, and who Adolf Hitler really was.
July 15, 2025
Trump’s Power & the Rule of Law
FRONTLINE goes inside the showdown between U.S. President Donald Trump and the courts over presidential power.
President Donald Trump’s allies, opponents and experts talk about how he is testing the extent of his power, the legal pushback and the impact on the rule of law.
“Trump’s Power & the Rule of Law” is a FRONTLINE production with Kirk Documentary Group, Ltd. The director is Michael Kirk. The producers are Michael Kirk, Mike Wiser, Vanessa Fica and Philip Bennett. The writers are Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser. The reporters are Vanessa Fica and Brooke Nelson Alexander. The editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath.
Explore additional reporting on “Trump’s Power & the Rule of Law” on our website: pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary…
July 23, 2025
Trump’s Power & the Rule of Law:
David French
David French is an opinion columnist for The New York Times and co-host of the podcast Advisory Opinions. He is also the author of Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation. Previously, French wrote for The Atlantic and National Review and was a senior editor at The Dispatch, a conservative media company.
The following interview was conducted by Mike Wiser for FRONTLINE on March 27, 2025. It has been annotated and edited for accuracy and clarity as part of an editorial and legal review. See a more complete description of our process here: pbs.org/wgbh/frontline…
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July 23, 2025
Trump’s Power & the Rule of Law:
Peter Keisler
Peter Keisler served as acting attorney general and assistant attorney general for the civil division in the Department of Justice under President George W. Bush. He also worked in the Office of Legal Counsel in the Ronald Reagan administration. He is a charter member of the Society for the Rule of Law.
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July 23, 2025
Trump’s Power & the Rule of Law:
Temidayo Aganga-Williams
Temidayo Aganga-Williams served as senior investigative counsel for the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol. Prior to that, he was an assistant U.S. attorney in the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. He is currently a partner at the law firm Selendy Gay.
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July 23, 2023
Trump’s Power & the Rule of Law:
Jane Mayer
Jane Mayer is the chief Washington correspondent for The New Yorker and is the author of Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right.
July 15, 2025
The inside story of how the Wellness revolution and
RFK took the White House | Foreign Correspondent
On Foreign Correspondent an exclusive interview with Donald Trump’s former wife, Marla Maples about the pivotal role she is playing in the wellness revolution now controversially reshaping America’s health system.
When Robert F Kennedy Jr, a member of the famed Democrat dynasty and prominent vaccine sceptic, joined Donald Trump’s MAGA movement, many people were shocked. But in the online world of wellness, the partnership came as no surprise.
Reporter Naomi Selvaratnam reveals the back story to the movement, born out of pandemic-era distrust, which has now grown into a potent political force. Powered by mothers, wellness influencers and alternative health advocates, it’s challenging Big Pharma, the food industry and government regulation.
While America’s appalling health statistics tell a troubling story, not everyone believes Make America Healthy Again holds the answers. Naomi also meets the doctors and scientists who are worried the movement is cover for a growing anti-vax agenda and will do little to solve the real health problems the country faces.
July 17, 2025
MAGA’S THREAT TO OUR KIDS
We have talked about the attack on democracy and the rule of law. Perhaps the most frightening is the threat to our children’s health from rampant anti-vax disinformation. MAGA MAPLE has caused a medical disaster. Trump threatens even worse.
July 17, 2025
Trump’s Letter to Epstein, and Emil Bove’s Cover Up.
Booker Speaks on Serious Threats to Democracy
July 18, 2025
From Epstein’s Island to Musk’s Baby Farm
How the Right Captured Men
Underneath the memes, podcasts, and tradwife fantasies lies a dangerous agenda: train young men to reject equality, fear women’s power, and embrace authoritarianism disguised as masculinity…
James Carville recently suggested that Democrats need to do more to reach out to young men, as though pandering to testosterone-fueled grievance and entitlement is the key to winning elections. Let’s be blunt: that’s a bullshit, dead-end strategy that risks ratifying the very worst elements of a crisis in masculinity that’s corroding our politics, poisoning our culture, and endangering our democracy.
And it’s coming from the top, down.
Donald Trump is an adjudicated rapist, according to the judge in his case. A New York jury found him liable for sexually assaulting E. Jean Carroll in a civil case, and he’s remained unapologetic. Then he moved straight to pardoning other men in his orbit, even convicted ones like Roger Stone and a rapper with a history of alleged sexual assault. And now he’s telling us to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein.
Epstein wasn’t an outlier: he was a prototype. A predator who operated in plain sight, protected by the powerful, and normalized by the elite. His crimes weren’t hidden; they were ignored, downplayed, and rationalized until they became impossible to deny.
The recent revelations about the scope of his network, and the prominent men it touched, show how deeply entrenched rape culture is, not just at the fringes of politics but at its very core.
Trump pardoned multiple anti-abortion criminals as well as Ross Ulrich, who ran the world’s most notorious market for illicit drugs (that some allege could also have been used for human trafficking); his administration apparently helped free Andrew and Tristan Tate, rightwing influencers accused of rape in Romania, from prison in that country so they could return to America to help promote the GOP to their young male followers.
Rape culture isn’t just at the top; it’s everywhere, especially in the digital spaces young men inhabit. Pornography has become the de facto sex education for millions of boys. A ten‑year‑old with a smartphone has unfettered access to violent, misogynistic content that normalizes coercion and degradation.
This isn’t just a parental issue, it’s a cultural emergency. This content is shaping how an entire generation understands sex, power, and consent.
And Trump’s “best friend” Epstein was an avatar of that twisted worldview. Trump and Epstein were reportedly best buds for years, partying together, traveling together on Epstein’s private jet, enjoying the same grotesque perks of unchecked wealth.
Jan. 10, 2020
Truth & Lies: Jeffrey Epstein l PART 1
Maria Farmer began working for him shortly after the two met in 1995. She said he assaulted her at his home in Ohio and that she reported him to authorities afterward.
PART 2 * PART 3 * PART 4 * PART 5
Oct. 23, 2020
Orgies, Sex Slaves & High-Powered Names:
Inside Jeffrey Epstein Case
A lengthy deposition given by Ghislaine Maxwell, the ex-girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein in 2016 has been made public. In the 465-page deposition, Maxwell said accusations made by one of Epstein’s accusers were lies.
June 26, 2021
Notorious: Ghislaine Maxwell l 20/20
PART 1
Ghislaine Maxwell grows up privileged before meeting Jeffrey Epstein. The daughter of a billionaire media mogul, she was given jobs in her father’s businesses, including a soccer team and newspapers he owned.
PART 2 * PART 3 * PART 4 * PART 5
Dec. 7, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell accuser shares new
details of alleged torture in new book
The trial of Ghislaine Maxwell is underway and we’re hearing new details from one of her alleged victims. In her book, Silenced No More: Surviving My Journey to Hell and Back, Sarah Ransome writes about her time in Epstein’s orbit.
July 19, 2025
HIDDEN TRUMP VIDEOS FOUND BY MEIDAS
AS SECRETS SURFACE
Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s hidden tapes from his 1991 beauty pageant that MeidasTouch uncovered, and shows how Trump used his pageants for evil purposes.
VICE News
October 28, 2020
The Women Accusing Trump of Assault
Are Speaking Out
26 women have accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct. VICE News’ Isobel Yeung has spoken to several of these women and they’ve agreed to share their stories with us.
July 20, 2025
Epstein’s ex-girlfriend alleges Trump
once groped her; Trump denies the claim
Stacey Williams, a former Sports Illustrated model who briefly dated Jeffrey Epstein speaks with CNN’s Brianna Keilar and describes Epstein’s relationship with Donald Trump. She also alleges Trump once groped her in 1993, but he denies the claim.
Trump gave some private advice to a friend who had acknowledged some bad behavior toward women. Real power is fear. It’s all about strength. Never show weakness. You’ve always got to be strong. Don’t be bullied. There is no choice.
“You’ve got to deny, deny, deny and push back on these women,” he said. “If you admit to anything and any culpability, then you’re dead. That was a big mistake you made. You didn’t come out guns blazing and just challenge them. You showed weakness. You’ve got to be strong. You’ve got to be aggressive. You’ve got to push back hard. You’ve got to deny anything that’s said about you. Never admit.”
From FEAR: Trump in the White House (p. 175)
Read ebook here: www.radiomuseum.co.uk/test.pdf
July 22, 2025
Real EPSTEIN COVER UP Story Too
Dangerous For The Public To Hear
George Gammon interviews Robert Barnes.
The Last Word
July 23, 2025
Congress can subpoena Epstein birthday book
from Epstein estate, Epstein victims’ lawyer says
In a Last Word exclusive interview, Bradley Edwards, an attorney who has represented over 200 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse, reveals that he believes the Jeffrey Epstein birthday book with a letter bearing Donald Trump’s name, as reported first by The Wall Street Journal, is in possession of the Epstein estate.
Edwards also reacts to the treatment of Epstein’s victims in the coverage of the Trump-Epstein scandal.
WASHINGTON WEEK with The Atlantic
Full Episode, July 25, 2025
Epstein, Epstein, Epstein. Six months into President Trump’s second term, lingering questions about his relationship with the sex trafficker are consuming his White House and paralyzing Congress.
Join guest moderator Franklin Foer of The Atlantic, Peter Baker of The New York Times, Eugene Daniels of MSNBC, Susan Glasser of The New Yorker, and Jonathan Karl of ABC News to discuss this and more.
July 29, 2025
Michael Wolff on Epstein and Trump
and Trump’s First Six Months
Michael Wolff is a New York writer whose books have been about media and power, Rupert Murdoch and Fox News and Donald Trump and the Presidency. His most recent is All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America.
Michael Wolff and James Truman, former Conde Nast Editor, co-hosted a podcast called Fire and Fury.
At Jeffrey Epstein’s request, Michael Wolff also recorded many conversations between them for a possible book. Only a small portion of those tapes have been published.
Our conversation comes at a moment of controversy involving the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and President Trump, and his administration.
My conversation also comes as the Trump administration marks the first six months of its second term.
July 21, 2025
Jeffrey Sachs slams Donald Trump
during Antalya Diplomacy Forum
July 21, 2025
This Is the Presidency John Roberts Has Built
The country is witnessing the creation of an all-powerful institution, and one man is responsible.
By Peter M. Shane
No one on the Supreme Court has gone further to enable Donald Trump’s extreme exercise of presidential power than the chief justice of the United States, John Roberts. Associate justices have also written some important opinions shaping executive power, and the Court has issued ever more important unsigned orders, but the most transformative opinions—the opinions that directly legitimize Trump’s unprecedented uses of power—are Roberts’ handiwork. This is not happenstance. Under Supreme Court practice, the most senior justice in the majority—which is always the chief justice when he so votes—determines who will write the main opinion. Roberts reserved these milestones for himself.
July 22, 2025
There Is a Name for MAGA’s Death Cult Policies
Our nation is quickly being destroyed by “necropolitics,” which dictates who has the right to live — and who the state may kill or dispose of at its whim.
By
“Well, we are all going to die,” said Iowa Senator Joni Ernst to her constituents who were concerned about losing access to Medicaid. It’s a frightening way to talk to the people you represent, almost shocking in its complete indifference. But it’s an attitude that permeates every aspect of the GOP today: They’re trying to kill us.
Vice-President J.D. Vance, a ghoul among ghouls, couldn’t wait to kick millions of Americans off Medicaid. Vance has tried to persuade constituents that immigrants are the main beneficiaries, his way of lessening the blow: “The thing that will bankrupt this country more than any other policy is flooding the country with illegal immigration and then giving those migrants generous benefits,” Vance said. “And therefore it must pass. Everything else — the CBO score, the proper baseline, the minutiae of the Medicaid policy — is immaterial compared to the ICE money and immigration enforcement provisions.” No matter that losing access to Medicaid means the GOP will most certainly have blood on its hands. MAGA is quite literally a death cult.
There’s a proper word for this form of dangerous politics: “necropolitics.” The term, coined by the Cameroonian philosopher Achille Mbembe — author of the 2019 book, Necropolitics — was created as a kind of counterpart to French philosopher Michel Foucault’s “biopolitics,” a study of power and how governments or others regulate health, reproduction, and bodily autonomy. But to Mbembe, biopolitics didn’t sufficiently explain what was happening to governments in the 21st century. In an era of growing militarism and democratic backsliding, Mbembe states that the ultimate form of power is “the ultimate expression of sovereignty resides, to a large degree, in the power and the capacity to dictate who may live and who must die.”
The idea that governments are intertwined with violence is nothing new. Sociologist Max Weber argued that what defines a state is that it has the sole legitimate use of violence. But necropolitics goes beyond a theoretical right to use violence against citizens. In effect, it dictates who has the right to live and who the state may kill or dispose of at its whim.
July 18, 2025
Racism, hatred and terror – The global network
of right-wing extremists
Racist and right-wing extremist networks are coalescing, worldwide. They carry out terrorist attacks on minorities and democratic institutions. Authorities in the USA and Europe consider this movement to be more dangerous than Islamist terrorism.
Right-wing extremist groups are networked worldwide. Driven by the ideology of white supremacy, they spread their propaganda via digital platforms. Social media and encrypted messaging services such as Telegram make it possible to disseminate content in real time and recruit new followers.
18-year-old Payton Gendron killed 10 people, most of them African-Americans, with an assault rifle in a supermarket in Buffalo in the US state of New York. Before committing this crime, he was influenced and then radicalized by right-wing extremist videos posted by British teenager Daniel Harris. Harris has written entire books about his white supremacist beliefs, and published them online.
It’s a problem with global dimensions: Armed with a machete and Molotov cocktails, a 17-year-old attempted to storm a school in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo. He was wearing a swastika armband. These are just a few of the cases documented in the film, which clearly show how dire the threat of right-wing terror has become.
Germany is also a flashpoint for right-wing terror, with attacks in Hanau, Halle and Munich. Many perpetrators are inspired by Brenton Tarrant, who murdered 51 people in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, and by the Norwegian assassin Anders Breivik, who shot dead 69 young participants at a Labor Party youth camp on the island of Utøya near Olso. Previously, he had detonated a bomb in the government district of Oslo, murdering eight people.
He justified his actions in a video and a 1,500-page manifesto that went viral. As with the Australian Tarrant, who also wrote a manifesto entitled ‘The Great Replacement’, Breivik’s message is about the superiority of the white race, which is supposedly being targeted and replaced by migrants. It’s a view that is also shared by an increasing number of people outside extremist circles. As a result, hatred and racism are spreading worldwide like a virus.
In a major raid in Germany in December 2022, 25 right-wing extremists were arrested, including members of the so-called ‘Reichsbürger’ or ‘Citizens of the Reich’ movement, conspiracy theorists, retired military officers and a former member of the Bundestag. According to the German Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office, the group had been plotting to overthrow the democratic system. In this context, UN Secretary-General Guterres spoke of the greatest threat to our democracy and its institutions.
Filmmaker Dirk Laabs’ research shows that soldiers and veterans pose a particularly great danger – in the USA, France, Germany, Spain and Russia. Former and active soldiers network globally and are potential assassins. Right-wing extremist mercenaries also represent a danger. This group is potentially even more threatening – due to their combat experience, access to weapons and professional networks. WORLD WHITE HATE unveils the parallels and overlaps between these very different right-wing extremist groups.
How can right-wing terror be countered and stopped? What can be done to protect democratic society, people and state institutions from right-wing terror?
Filmed in the USA, western and eastern Europe, the UK, Scandinavia and Brazil, WORLD WHITE HATE charts the development of the threat posed by right-wing terror. It is exacerbated by populist politicians such as Donald Trump and radical right-wing parties.
The documentary WORLD WHITE HATE by Dirk Laabs analyzes the mechanisms of radicalization and discusses possible counter-strategies for democratic societies. The central question remains: “How can we win the digital and real battle against increasing violence from the right?”
July 25, 2025
The Ku Klux Klan: Hatred Made in the US
KKK is the acronym for the Ku Klux Klan, three letters synonymous with the racism, violence, and hatred that have struck the United States and its rural Central and Southern States in particular for nearly 150 years. While it may have constantly oscillated between periods of intense activity and long dry spells, the Ku Klux Klan seems to have gotten a second wind, notably since the emergence of populist Donald Trump on the American political scene in 2016.
Thanks to the testimonies of American and French experts, but also former magistrates and FBI agents who fought against the organization, along with the exclusive interview of a reformed ex-member of the KKK, you are about to discover the history of the most famous racist and criminal organization in the United States.
The Briefing
July 22, 2025
TRUMP’S PLAN TO RIG ELECTION
is met with stalwart pushback in Texas
Texas State Rep. James Talarico talks with Jen Psaki about applying his Christian faith to modern American politics, the scourge of Christian nationalism, countering the influence of billionaires in politics, and what Texas Democrats can do to block Donald Trump’s plan to rig the 2026 election by gerrymandering Texas so it produces more Republican members of Congress to maintain his control.
The Damage Report with John Iadarola
July 23, 2025
Donald Trump’s supporters are finding out
the hard way exactly who they voted for.
July 24, 2025
America Is at Breaking Point. Is Gavin Newsom
America’s Next President?
The California Governor Gavin Newsom breaks his silence on the 2028 US presidential campaign, exposes the TRUTH about the Epstein files, reveals what Trump REALLY told him after calling him ‘Newscum’, and uncovers Trump’s plan to rejig the 2028 election!
Governor Gavin Newsom previously served as Lieutenant Governor of California and Mayor of San Francisco, and famously survived a 2021 recall election with 62% of the vote. He is co-founder of the hospitality and business empire PlumpJack Group, and hosts the This Is Gavin Newsom podcast, where he has raw, honest conversations with critics and allies alike.
July 26, 2025
INTERVIEW: Gavin Newsom hits Trump
on Texas gerrymander and Epstein case
July 25, 2025
The Scotsmen who took on Donald Trump
David Milne is an Aberdeenshire local who lives beside Trump’s golf course. He won a bitter battle to stop Trump kicking him out of his home and famously raised a Mexican flag above the course during the President’s last visit.
Martin Ford was a councillor at the time and drew the future President’s ire by casting the deciding vote to block his course getting built there.
LBC’s Alan Zycinski went to speak to them to hear their stories and find out what it’s like to be an enemy of Donald Trump.
July 26, 2025
Donald Trump met with protests in
Edinburgh, Aberdeen during Scotland golf visit
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. consulate in Edinburgh on Saturday (July 26) to protest President Donald Trump’s visit to Scotland.
July 27, 2025
Fareed’s Take: Trump could get burned by
conspiracy theory fires he’s helped spread
“The challenge for Trump is that, having long fanned the flames of anti-statism and anti-elitism, he now sits in the White House running the state and its elites.”: Fareed Zakaria on how President Trump’s promotion of conspiracy theories may backfire. #CNN #News
July 28, 2025
He Calls Canada “NASTY” | A Claymation-style Political Satire
Is Canada really the “nasty” one? A hilarious new claymation satire takes on US politics from a Canadian perspective.
Set to a catchy rock tune, this claymation-style animation follows a cast of Canadian animals—a moose, a goose, beavers, and more—as they react to the wild world of American politics.
Watch as a caricature of Donald Trump declares Canada “mean and nasty” while his own legal troubles pile up. This political satire lampoons everything from trade war tariffs and Project 2025 to the chaos of the 24-hour news cycle. Featuring iconic Canadian imagery and a healthy dose of humour, this video asks who the “nasty” neighbours really are.
July 28, 2025
It’s TRAGIC That the CHURCH Supports TRUMP
Why are so many white evangelicals still supporting Donald Trump—even after January 6, even after everything we’ve learned?
I’m Pat Kahnke, a former evangelical pastor and lifelong conservative Republican who left the party when it lost its moral compass. In this welcome video for the Culture, Faith, and Politics channel, I explain why I’m still making videos in 2025—during Trump’s second term—and why this work matters more than ever.
If you’re wrestling with the church’s role in American politics, trying to hold onto your faith while rejecting Christian nationalism, or just looking for truth in a time of distortion—this is for you.
We talk about the Way of Jesus vs. the Way of Trump. The gospel vs. political idolatry. Power vs. justice. Truth vs. propaganda.
My books are available on Amazon:
A Christian Case Against Donald Trump (2024)
MAGA Seduction: Resisting the Debasement of the Christian Conscience (2020)
Sept. 9, 2022
Baptist leader speaks out: ‘Christian nationalism
is not Christianity’
The United States is seeing the rise of Christian nationalism and how it’s deeply impacting today’s political climate, especially with the far-right.
Amanda Tyler, the executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and the lead organizer of the Christians Against Christian Nationalism campaign, has studied the roots of Christian nationalism. Tyler joins Reality Check’s John Avlon to discuss how Christian nationalism is used as a political ideology to merge one’s faith with partisan politics.
Nov. 28, 2022
How a new Christian right is changing US politics
A new battle of faith is being driven by some pastors and politicians in the United States.
Their central message is that the country’s conservative Christian way of life is under threat, and American society is moving in the wrong direction.
The BBC’s Barbara Plett Usher explores the impact of this growing movement on US politics.
Nov. 3, 2023
The Growing Threat Of Christian Nationalism
It’s been called “the greatest threat to religious freedom” in the country’s history. We have elected officials openly calling themselves christian nationalists. So…what exactly is it?
February 18, 2024
Faith & Fascism: Rob Reiner & Dan Partland Tackle
Christian Nationalism w/God & Country Documentary
How does a religion that claims to be rooted in love and peace fire people up to commit violence, as at the Capitol on January 6, 2021? In a brand-new documentary, “God & Country”, producer Rob Reiner and director Dan Partland explore Christian Nationalism — a toxic brew of patriarchal White Nationalism and messianic faith.
Based on the book The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism by Katherine Stewart, “God & Country” exposes how Christian Nationalism poses a real and immediate threat, not only to the very idea of secular democracy but also to Christianity itself.
Reiner is an Emmy-winning actor and acclaimed director, best known for his work on “All In The Family”, “When Harry Met Sally” and “The Princess Bride”. He is also a political activist dedicating his time to numerous social justice causes.
Partland, a veteran documentary producer and director for film and television, is a five-time Emmy nominee with two Emmys for Best Nonfiction Series including “American High” on Fox.
“If you believe the United States has a God-ordained role to play in human history as a Christian nation and democracy is taking us away from those principles, then you can justify doing anything to make sure that God’s will is done. That’s what I think you see happening on January 6th.” – Dan Partland
“Christian nationalism . . . as this political movement is not the majority. It is far from the majority. What is scary is that because of the way our system works, a very virulent minority can control our politics and that’s what they’ve done.” – Rob Reiner
Whether you’re a Christian or a concerned citizen, this episode is a must-watch. Plus, a closing commentary from Laura on becoming actively engaged in our democracy.
March 27, 2024
Delivers Sermon Against Christian Nationalism
On October 22nd, 2023, James Talarico spoke at his home church about the dangers of Christian Nationalism.
October 31, 2024
How Christianity transformed the US
and its politics | Religion with Aslan Pahari
The United States of America will decide in coming days who will be their next president, former president Donald Trump or Kamala Harris.
The 2024 presidential election is the first since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, which protected the national right to an abortion, bringing faith and policy into the spotlight.
The US is the largest Christian country in the world, with over 200 million followers. Christians have been so important politically that major parties have used religious beliefs and values to sway voters to support them at the ballot box.
So how did a country founded on religious freedom become so intertwined with Protestant Christianity?
July 29, 2025
Remaking the Middle East: Israel vs. Iran
FRONTLINE traces Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long campaign to destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities and counter its proxy forces, the conflict with the Palestinians, and the role of the U.S. through decades of difficulty in the region.
Drawing on new, insider interviews, this two-hour special examines how long-running and escalating tensions between Israel and Iran erupted into all-out war in June 2025. The film also explores how multiple U.S. presidents have tried to manage the volatile issues at play.
“Remaking the Middle East: Israel vs. Iran” is a FRONTLINE production with Left/Right Docs. The correspondent is James Jacoby. The producers and writers are Anya Bourg and James Jacoby. The co-producer is Christina Avalos. The director is James Jacoby. The editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath.
Explore additional reporting on “Remaking the Middle East: Israel vs. Iran” on our website: pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/do…
Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
July 29, 2025
Gaza Famine, A Palestinian State & Trump In The UK
What can end the famine in Gaza? Can President Trump get through to Benjamin Netanyahu? And an unprecedented Israeli report accuses Netanyahu’s government of committing genocide in the Palestinian territory. They’re just a few of the topics Christiane and Jamie discuss on this week’s episode, as Trump’s visit to the UK comes to an end and the starvation continues in Gaza.
They also look at the state of the ‘special relationship’ between Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and debate whether the UK still holds any sway over America when it comes to Middle East policy.
Plus, Christiane reports on the chances of a new nuclear deal with Iran after the Iranians returned to the negotiating table last week, and explains why Nato allies – including President Trump – appear to be finally running out of patience with Putin over the war in Ukraine.
July 29, 2025
Greenland Cuts U.S. Out of $3B Deal With Canada
Donald Trump thought he could claim Greenland. Instead, he triggered a geopolitical firestorm that united Denmark, Greenland, NATO — and even Canada — against the United States.
While Trump publicly demanded control of Greenland, a quiet $3 billion mining deal between Canada, Greenland, and the EU permanently shifted the balance of power in the Arctic.
In this exclusive Insight 50 report, we break down how Greenland’s government boldly asserted its autonomy, how NATO warned the U.S. to back off, and how Canada quietly secured control of rare earth resources the Pentagon desperately wanted.
From U.S. defense delays to a stunning Arctic alliance — this is the real story behind one of the biggest diplomatic embarrassments of Trump’s second term.
August 2, 2025
Canada Halts Copper Exports to U.S.
Teck and Hudbay slammed the brakes, Ottawa froze contracts, and Wall Street watched copper spike 13% overnight. Trump rages after Canada halts copper exports to U.S., and $4.2 billion lost to Canada!
This could be the tipping point that sends American manufacturing over the edge.
July 27, 2025
Trump Embraces Project 2025: Inside the
Right-Wing Plan to Dismantle U.S. Democracy
Project 2025 is not just a policy plan; it’s a roadmap for reshaping America from the inside out. Created by the Heritage Foundation, it advocates for a comprehensive overhaul of the federal government, ranging from reducing agency budgets to expanding presidential authority.
On Al Jazeera’s Upfront, Marc Lamont Hill sits down with Paul Dans, the former director of Project 2025, to ask the big questions:
— Is Donald Trump following this plan?
— Does it go against the Constitution?
— What would America look like under Project 2025?
As critics warn of creeping authoritarianism, Dans defends the agenda as restoring “constitutional order.” But is this really about freedom, or control?
Watch now for a rare, face-to-face debate on the future of U.S. democracy.
July 29, 2025
A Story You Should Know
Long before Project 2025 – there was a different playbook for turning a democracy into an autocracy.
Let’s talk about Viktor Orbán and Hungary.
ELECTORAL AUTOCRACY: Electoral autocracy is a hybrid regime, in which democratic institutions are imitative and adhere to authoritarian methods.
July 29, 2025
How Do We Get Out of This Mess?
When we survive the Trump era, we can’t go back to the status quo. We need to build a future where our society and economy are fairer for everyone.
July 31, 2025
Stephen Miller’s Racism
While Donald Trump and his administration continue to dig themselves into a hole over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, rabid racist Stephen Miller was trotted out on Fox News in an attempt to distract the audience from the scandal by spewing white nativist talking points and spreading fear and paranoia about immigrant communities. Chris Williamson breaks it down on Rebel HQ
July 31, 2025
Trump, Epstein and immigration raids:
Mehdi Hasan and Mick Mulvaney | Head to Head
Donald Trump is back for another four years as president of the United States. The news cycle is moving at a dizzying pace as Trump enacts his America First agenda of deportations, global tariffs and an unpredictable foreign policy.
Much like his first term as commander-in-chief, Trump has ushered in political chaos and controversy as many experts warn he’s leading like an authoritarian.
Mehdi Hasan goes head-to-head with Mick Mulvaney, Trump’s former chief of staff, on Trump’s immigration policies, his fitness for office and whether he’s a fascist.
Joining the discussion are:
George Conway – co-founder of the Lincoln Project
Greg Swenson – chairman of Republicans Overseas UK
Christina Greer – associate professor of political science, Fordham University
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