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David Ellison Dines With Trump and Xi as CNN Banned From White House
The soon-to-be owner of CNN ate with President Trump Thursday night at the White House’s state dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping while Trump still barred the broadcast network from the premises.
U.S. Military Prepares for Possible Action in Cuba
The Trump administration is preparing for possible military action in Cuba. Documents reviewed by CBS News reveal that U.S. Southern Command is exploring the availability of combat sustainment, engineering, and medical units—as well as a military police brigade—within the next “90-120 days.” The administration and USSOUTHCOM have remained vague about their intentions for these units. “Due to operational security concerns, we do not disclose details or comment on U.S.
A “Bloodbath” Will Only Make Donald Trump More Corrupt and Lawless
It was far from the most important development of the week, but the “deal” the Trump administration struck with Denmark over Greenland was just oh-so-perfectly-emblematic of virtually everything Donald Trump does. He and his people of course touted it as a great triumph that only Trump could have achieved, when in fact it was basically a reiteration, with a few small changes, of the agreement that’s been in place since 1951. For example, one change is that any non-NATO military presence is now explicitly barred.
Transcript: MAGA Radio Host Leaks GOP Poll Bombshell in Blow to Trump
As an Iowa-based pro-Trump personality divulges brutal midterm poll data, the chair of the Iowa Democratic Party discusses whether Democrats are about to regain major ground in rural America.
The Magic Words Trump Uses to Legally Justify His Harebrained Schemes
President Donald Trump appears to think that the phrase “national security” is a get-out-of-court-free card whenever he wants to do (or get away with) something. Thanks to the Supreme Court, one can hardly blame him for drawing this conclusion.
Transcript: Why Blue States Are Better Places to Live
This is a lightly edited transcript of the September 24 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack.
Trump Is Punishing Reporters for Doing His Bidding
In the annals of government-press relations, the Trump White House will go down as the first to punish reporters for publishing information it wanted to get out.
The Most Likely Avenue for Supreme Court Reform
Supreme Court reform is all the rage among Democratic leaders in Washington. For decades, with few if notable exceptions, these politicians stood mutely impotent in the face of ultraconservative Republican-appointed justices incinerating hard-won, long-entrenched constitutional and statutory foundations of liberal governance. At last, it appears that they have taken note of the destruction. What’s more, they have decided that a package of enactments to reform the court is their answer.
Why Blue States Are Better Places to Live
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. You can read a transcript here.
How Edgar Allan Poe Mined His Own Misery
Edgar Allan Poe can be difficult to take seriously. His contemporaries condescended to him, regarding him as talented but childish and undisciplined. “If we imagine an extremely sensitive boy, full of fun and harmless mischief, suddenly chilled into a metaphysician, but with his early state still clinging to him, we … have Poe precisely,” the critic George Washington Peck wrote in 1850, a year after the author’s death.
MAGA Radio Host Humiliates Trump by Leaking Truly Brutal GOP Poll Data
Iowa radio host Steve Deace just unleashed an extraordinary social media screed. He confided that GOP pollsters have informed House Republicans that GOP +15 districts are now straight toss-ups, and GOP +10 districts are now “underwater.” He said he regrets this deeply—he badly wants Donald Trump to succeed—but critically, he also declared bluntly that Trump and his Iran war are fully to blame for this fiasco.
U.S. Ally Warns It Can No Longer Trust Trump’s America
One of our closest allies now believes that it can’t rely on the United States under President Donald Trump’s leadership.
MAGA Congressman Takes Page Out of Trump’s Book on Media Ban
The president’s unprecedented decision to ban members of the press have inspired his political disciples. Mary Spicuzza, a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, was barred from covering Representative Tom Tiffany’s gubernatorial campaign stop in Milwaukee on Thursday. The Pulitzer finalist’s crime? Investigating Tiffany’s alleged tax fraud. Spicuzza has also reported on Tiffany’s various policy positions, including his choice to play dumb about Donald Trump’s scheme to limit mail-in voting, as well as Tiffany’s
Republican Sheriff Ordered to Return Thousands of Ballots He Stole
The California Supreme Court ordered Republican Sheriff Chad Bianco in Riverside County, California, to return ballots that he illegally seized from election officials.
DHS Witch Hunt Falls Apart as It Can’t Name a Single Noncitizen Voter
Earlier this summer, the Trump administration claimed that there were more than 15,000 noncitizens voting on Nevada’s voter rolls. Last month, that number shrank to 185. Now it’s zero—a perfect example of the administration’s frantic, fraught effort to find voter fraud that doesn’t exist.
MAGA Senator Goes on Crazed Posting Spree About Furries
With just weeks until the midterm elections, Senator Tommy Tuberville, who hopes to be Alabama’s next governor, is ignoring voter concerns to descend into a bizarre anti-furry frenzy.
Why Sherrod Brown Might Beat the Crypto Industry This Time
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Senate Republicans Refuse to Rein in Trump’s Iran War Again
Senate Republicans have once again refused to rein in President Trump’s war on Iran, voting 49–50 to block a war powers resolution on Thursday, choosing to allow the president to continue his $45 billion failed effort.
NYPD Arrests Protesters—Including Celebrities—as Netanyahu Speaks
Police arrested dozens of protesters who filled the streets around the United Nations Thursday in advance of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before the U.N. General Assembly.
Everyone Walks Out of U.N. Before Netanyahu Says a Single Word
Dozens of representatives from participating member countries staged a mass walkout at the United Nations Thursday, just as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walked up to the podium to begin speaking.
Judge Slaps Down ICE’s Mass Arrests, Torches Detention Conditions
A federal judge issued a permanent injunction Thursday on conditions at ICE’s New York City office at Federal 26 Plaza, finding that officers had subjected immigrant detainees to overcrowded rooms, unsanitary conditions, insufficient food and water, as well as inadequate sleeping conditions, medical care, and legal counsel.
Trump Gives Chinese State Media More Power Than American Media
President Trump’s press ban left his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping without any U.S. TV pool coverage, giving Chinese state media more access to the White House than American press.
Trump Is Already Breaking Ground for His Triumphal Arch
Excavation work has already begun at the proposed site of Donald Trump’s 250-foot “Triumphal Arch.” Construction crews were spotted at Memorial Circle on Columbia Island Thursday morning, surrounded by fences and accompanied by a small drilling rig, according to photographs captured by a local resident and published by Popville. The work did not begin without warning.
Republicans Lash Out When Asked How Mitch McConnell Is Doing
Republicans are literally running away from questions about Mitch McConnell. Kentucky Senator Rand Paul refused to acknowledge RawStory’s Adam Nichols when the digital site’s editor in chief asked about McConnell’s ability to remain in office, rushing into an elevator while he avoided eye contact. Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker ran the same playbook, simply muttering, “Oh man,” while he walked away from Nichols. As the elevator doors closed, Wicker relented and said that McConnell is a “great guy.”
Man Shot by ICE Has Been Detained With Bullet in His Back for Days
Wilber Rafael Garcés Perez, the food delivery driver shot by ICE in Austin, Texas on Sunday, still has a bullet lodged in his body and his wound is still bleeding.
MAGA Senator Changes His Tune on ICE Just Weeks Before Midterms
Are Republicans at risk of losing their seats in the upcoming midterm elections about to start changing their tune on President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration operations?
Trump, 80, Struggles to Stay Awake as Xi Speaks at White House
President Trump could barely keep his eyes open during a press conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday.
Wave of Suicide Attempts on USS Lincoln Expose Horror of Trump’s War
Eight sailors tried to kill themselves on the USS Lincoln strike group—one of the longest-deployed aircraft carriers in military history.
Trump Freaks Out Over Report He Wants to Rename Ford’s Theatre
Donald Trump has claimed that it’s completely unbelievable that he would put his name on a theater commemorating an assassinated president. But he wasn’t talking about the Kennedy Center.
Trump Edits Melania Out of Weird AI Photo—but Leaves in an Aide
President Donald Trump posted an apparently AI-generated image of himself with Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday where everyone else appears to have been removed—except, perhaps, for Natalie Harp.
JD Vance Planted the Story That Sparked White House Media Ban
The White House says a media ban is needed to protect national security. But one of the stories it cited as a threat came straight from the vice president.