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Campaigning for President, Donald Trump promised to end inflation and lower prices on necessities. In a lead-up to Thanksgiving, he announced that he had succeeded and that the proof was that the 2025 Walmart Thanksgiving dinner basket was 3% cheaper...

Congressional Cowards is a weekly series highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—no matter how disgraceful or lawless his actions. GOP ...

What a difference a year makes In 2024, Trump won because young men cut themselves a slice of the MAGA hype. But like many decisions that seem sensible through a late-night tequila lens, dawn's light illuminated the folly of an ill-considered choice....

Musk and MAGA are suffering a self-inflicted injury... The Daily Beast Elon Musk’s social media site X has rolled out a new feature in an effort to increase transparency—and unwittingly revealed that many of the site’s top MAGA influencers are actually...

Open thread this week. Please post links in the comments. Anytime you hit a paywall on articles linked in diaries or comments (or anywhere online) try using Archive.Today to see if you can get ...

In recent weeks, Washington has witnessed one of the clearest displays of congressional passivity in the face of an unchecked expansion of executive power. During his second term, President Donald Trump has not only pushed the boundaries of his...

Republicans across the country, spurred by President Donald Trump and encouraged by House Speaker Mike Johnson, are pushing hard to redraw as many congressional districts as possible in order to ...

The state was to get $400 million for solar energy in disadvantaged communities. The Trump administration took it all back. By� Elena Bruess �for Capital & ...

The breaking news comes via PBS NewsHour correspondent Nick Schifrin who tweeted it on X.com. According to Schifrin, Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) told him that Rubio called him and other lawmakers to make it very clear that the recently leaked 28-point...

Note: I plan on reposting my diary daily/near-daily until next November. If you have a problem with that, you could simply, y’know, ignore the diaries. As many of you may know, for the past several election cycles I’ve been running a Democratic...