Even tech billionaire Elon Musk sounds surprised by his high perch in Donald Trump’s second administration: “I still can’t believe DOGE is real 🤣🤣,” he wrote Monday, referring to his nascent government efficiency commission. Over the past week, Musk and co-chair Vivek Ramaswamy have begun interviewing staff for their advisory panel, The Washington Post reports, … Read more
Even some of Donald Trump’s allies are reportedly alarmed by his latest nominees—particularly his choice of Matt Gaetz to lead the Justice Department. Gaetz, a far-right provocateur and MAGA loyalist, was already unpopular on Capitol Hill for spearheading a campaign to remove former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy over a year ago. And that was before … Read more
As President-elect Donald Trump staffs his new administration with a motley crew of MAGA loyalists, some hangers-on have apparently gotten the impression that anyone can serve in the White House now. And it’s not entirely clear if they’re mistaken. On Wednesday, Politico reported that a series of MAGA influencers and other sycophants have begun publicly … Read more
Republican officials are finally ready to acknowledge that US elections are, in fact, secure—four years after they began falsely claiming otherwise and one week after their guy won at the polls. “Fraud and irregularity” were “limited” this time, House Speaker Mike Johnson said during a Tuesday press conference. The election was “free and fair,” confirmed … Read more
Donald Trump is pledging to make good on his immigration crackdown campaign promise when he takes office—no matter the cost. “There is no price tag,” he told NBC News on Thursday, saying he has “no choice” but to carry out his plans to conduct what he’s described as “the largest deportation effort in American history.” … Read more
Progressive governors and attorneys general are already moving to defy Donald Trump two months before the president-elect retakes the Oval Office. In California, Governor Gavin Newsom called on lawmakers Thursday to convene a special session aimed at “Trump-proofing” state laws. New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a statewide initiative to combat “policy and regulatory threats” … Read more
In public, former President Donald Trump has repeatedly and perniciously insisted that he’ll only lose tomorrow’s election if Democrats somehow steal it from him. Inside his campaign, however, staffers quietly acknowledge that the GOP presidential nominee could lose without any hijinks. In an internal email obtained by Axios, Trump co-campaign manager Susie Wiles laid out … Read more
After weeks of aggrieved posting about Vice President Kamala Harris’s October 7 interview with 60 Minutes, former president Donald Trump filed a $10-billion lawsuit against the program’s network on Thursday—alleging “unlawful acts of election and voter interference.” The lawsuit is frivolous, First Amendment attorneys agree. But it will appear before Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, an activist … Read more
Canvassers in Michigan hired by Elon Musk’s America PAC were reportedly flown in from out of state, driven around in a moving van, and threatened with financial penalties if they didn’t meet aggressive performance targets. The allegations, which appear in a new report from Wired, are just the latest blow for America PAC’s get-out-the-vote operation. … Read more
Donald Trump’s penchant for paranoid conspiracies isn’t exactly a deep-state secret. But between March and September of this year, the former president shared such theories to his anything-goes social network, Truth Social, at a rate of almost two posts a day. That statistic is one of several brow-raising takeaways in a new New York Times … Read more
