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[l] at 10/11/26 10:29am
Trump allies lashed out at The Washington Post on Sunday after it published an in-depth report on the family of top Trump aide Natalie Harp. The story was based largely on interviews with her estranged brother.In the piece, Terrence McCoy wrote that Preston Harp said the family split apart after their father died by suicide in 2020. Preston also said their father “was not a fan” of Trump. He has since moved to Nicaragua and embraced the Sandinista cause.Katie Miller, a former DOGE adviser and the wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, called the story “a one-sided profile” that “dwells on painful, intimate details of a private family tragedy from six years ago.”“Natalie is a loyal White House staffer who does not do interviews or seek media attention,” Miller wrote on X. “The piece implies the only reason for her loyalty to President Trump is family turmoil. That framing is baseless.”She also objected to the Post asking the White House for comment on the death. “This is gross and fails basic human decency,” Miller wrote. “The Legacy Media is broken beyond repair if this is what they resort to for clicks and sales.”Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz shared her post and added: “This is really sick. Natalie Harp does not deserve this treatment. What is wrong with the media??”Hans Mahncke, founder of the Counterlawfare Institute, said the Post had marked the 35th anniversary of Clarence Thomas’ confirmation testimony “by rummaging through Natalie Harp’s private family tragedy for yet another filthy smear campaign.”“We cannot rest until this entire corrupt media machine is dead and buried,” he wrote.Not everyone was sympathetic. One critic replied to Miller by pointing to her role in DOGE’s cuts, writing that she now “DEMANDS human dignity!!!”The Post reported that it sought comment from Natalie Harp and her mother, Jill, and that neither responded. The White House reportedly did not contest Preston’s account but did not make Natalie available or provide a statement.If you or someone you know needs help, call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or visit 988lifeline.org.

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[l] at 10/11/26 10:14am
Newly appointed White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia openly promoted conspiracy theories that suggested President Donald Trump retained control of the U.S. military while out of office and that Democrats supported satanic child abuse rituals, Popular Information uncovered Sunday.Zacharia has already drawn scrutiny over her controversial deleted tweets, but her thousands of posts on Truth Social — Trump’s own social media platform — have gone largely “overlooked,” noted Popular Information’s Judd Legum in the outlet’s report. Since early 2022, Zacharia has posted on the platform nearly 2,700 times, including 1,162 reposts from other Truth Social users.“The radical left Hollywood elitists are sick [pedophile] cannibals. Change my mind,” Zacharia wrote in a 2022 post on Truth Social, which as of Sunday morning remains online, referring to conspiracy theories that claim Hollywood stars secretly engage in the ritualistic sacrifice and cannibalization of children.In another post, Zacharia provided evidence in support of another baseless theory referred to as “Devolution,” the idea that Trump secretly retained control of the U.S. military during the Biden administration.On April 3, 2022, right-wing conspiracy theorist Jon Herold asked for help writing an article on “Devolution,” the theory he had popularized the year before. Zacharia responded to Herold’s call for help by offering evidence in support of the baseless theory.“On Biden’s inaugural day, he received a 3 cannon, ~ 9 shot every 8-9 second gun salute versus a true presidential 21 gun salute,” Zacharia wrote.In November 2022, Zacharia paid her respects to Robert David Steele, a prominent Trump supporter and conspiracy theorist who once claimed kidnapped children were being sent to a NASA colony on Mars as part of an interplanetary child trafficking ring. A critic of COVID-19 vaccines, which he called “untested” and “toxic,” Steele died of COVID-19 in 2021.“He was exposing the pedo rings of the elite cabal,” Zacharia wrote of Steele. “May he Rest In Peace and the work of his hands not have been in vain.”
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[l] at 10/11/26 9:53am
Stephen Miller says Americans owe their amazing energy prices to Donald Trump. Critics saw it differently.Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff for policy, appeared Saturday on Fox News’ “My View with Lara Trump.” The segment ran under the banner “Miller touts Trump’s sweeping achievements.”“The reason we have lower energy prices than anyone else in the developed world is because of President Trump,” Miller said, according to a clip posted by Acyn.The segment soon turned to the “high-stakes midterms.” The network ran footage of Sens. Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren under the banner “Democrats hampering Trump agenda.”Miller’s claim came at an awkward moment. Fuel prices have soared since Trump launched his war against Iran, the New York Times reported Friday. Diesel prices are at record highs in farm states during harvest season. And Trump struck a deal with Vladimir Putin to import Russian diesel in an effort to bring prices down before Election Day.“These people are sociopaths,” progressive outlet MeidasTouch wrote.Bimal Desai, a pharmacology professor at the University of Virginia, said Miller was taking credit for something that has been true for a long time.“US has always had significantly lower energy prices than other developed countries because most of these peer nations tax fossil fuels at very high rates,” Desai wrote. “This is yet another talking point tailored for MAGA idiots.”Political writer Troy Matthews laid out the sequence: “Trump bombs Iran. Diesel prices go up. Trump pays Russia for Diesel. Russia gives money to Iran.”“This election will be a good test case for the ‘we can win by just pretending that something people see everyday doesn’t exist’ campaign strategy,” wrote Kalshi trader Gaeten Dugas.Bad Fox Graphics pointed to Miller’s expression.“Even Stephen Miller appears to be questioning himself,” the account wrote.

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[l] at 10/11/26 9:40am
Yemen’s Houthi militants carried out a deadly attack on U.S. ally Saudi Arabia Saturday that killed at least 12 people and injured more than 300, but the looming midterms will likely limit the Trump administration’s response, according to conflict analyst Hisham Al-Omeisy.“Fortunately, I don’t see them rushing for major action,” Al-Omeisy, senior Yemen adviser at the European Institute of Peace, told Al Jazeera for its report published Sunday. “The last thing the administration needs is getting stuck in another quagmire in the region, especially with what’s happening in Hormuz that has not been resolved yet.”Saturday’s attack saw the Iran-backed Houthis strike Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, which the group previously struck last week and last month. Trump told reporters on Saturday that his administration “may” retaliate against the Houthis militarily, but according to Al-Omeisy, that was unlikely given the administration’s unresolved conflict with Iran, which continues to keep fuel prices elevated heading into the midterms.The Houthis have continued their campaign to exert more control over the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a critical global shipping chokepoint in the Red Sea, much like the Strait of Hormuz. The group announced a blockade on all Saudi oil exports transiting the Bab al-Mandab Strait in July, one that its territorial gains have only made stronger in recent weeks.Even if the Trump administration were to move forward with strikes against the Houthis, such efforts would prove futile, warned F. Gregory Gause, a Saudi specialist at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C.“The only realistic solution for the Saudis is an end to the Iranian-American war, in which the U.S. gets the Iranians to commit the Houthis to an end of hostilities as part of the overall deal,” Gause told The New York Times Sunday. “Unfortunately for the Saudis, it is not clear how much President Trump listens to them on this.”
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[l] at 10/11/26 9:28am
Just when you think the Trump regime can’t go any lower, they immediately drag our country down even further into fascism. MAGA loves to call Democrats “the party of violence” based on absolutely nothing, all while Trump carries out crimes against humanity every single day. During the same week that saw Trump bait Iran into bombing American cities during a campaign rally in Nebraska, his personally appointed Pentagon pet, “Punch-Drunk” Pete Hegseth, gleefully announced the first public execution on American soil since 1936. We’ll circle back to this new Circle of Hell in a moment. Trump is also now bringing sanctions against the International Criminal Court because *checks notes and then primal screams into the abyss* a former ICC judge won the Nobel Peace Prize instead of him. And to make it even more humiliating, he lost to a WOMAN OF COLOR who joked about sharing the prize with Trump if her co-workers would “clap harder.” Trump’s response was to immediately punish her and anyone who might be associated with her, because he doesn’t have the intelligence or dignity to act like an adult. This is the guy who bullies the press on the regular for just doing their jobs, so people really need to stop expecting him to ever rise to any occasion that requires him to seem presidential. It’s not news that Trump has a death jones and loves violent displays. We’ve got a lifetime of examples to choose from, but let’s just go with the most glaring. He munched on McDonald’s as he sat and watched the live broadcasts of his MAGA minions attacking the Capitol on his orders play out as if it were a movie. Trump changed the name of the Defense Department to the War Department during peacetime, then manufactured a war with Iran to distract from the Epstein Files. Between COVID-19, the Iran War, and the continuing wars in Ukraine and Gaza, Trump’s two regimes combined have already amassed a higher body count than any of his predecessors, and we’re not even halfway through this hellscape of a second term. The domestic deaths will continue to increase as RFK Jr keeps eradicating vaccines instead of diseases, while our food supply is being contaminated instead of regulated. Trump is a sexual predator, no matter how hard MAGA tries to dispute the legal record. A jury found him liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room, and he recently settled one of the two lawsuits against him by paying her the $5.8 million he’s owed her for three years. Never tell me the Democrats are the party of violence when Trump literally had a UFC cage match on the White House lawn. MAGA stooges were desecrating the grounds as they cheered the sight of men beating each other up in FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE. There are multiple other examples, but the public execution set for December at Fort Hood, set to be televised, has brought this country to the kind of low we couldn’t have imagined even last week, and it’s brought out the worst in the worst people. The MAGA response has been as gleeful as Punch Drunk’s Pete announcement. Boy, are they excited! They think this should be happening every day, according to one MAGA troll in my Twitter replies. They’re also quoting their patron saint/MAGA Martyr Charlie Kirk, because they somehow think this is a flex.“I want to see executions on TV. Imagine if Coca-Cola sponsored executions. That would be so American, so patriotic," he said.Even better for them, they’ve already figured out a way to move the goalposts away from any criticisms from the Left about how barbaric and evil it is, and how we’re not supposed to have public executions here in America as they do in Third World dictatorships, because they can bully Former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton instead! MAGA’s favorite scapegoat of all released a statement across her social media accounts on Friday about the scheduled public execution, and the collective pearl-clutching began almost immediately.A barbaric idea, beneath our dignity as a country. Push back on this. https://t.co/q34bIb1kIf— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 9, 2026On Twitter, Hillary triggered the deplorable MAGA cult into a coordinated response about…Benghazi, which they often bring out when they’re up against something really bad and extremely unpopular in the court of public opinion. Like all other MAGA talking points, they get it all wrong. What happened in Benghazi is nowhere near the same thing as airing a public execution, but if there’s one thing MAGA loves more than Trump, it’s false equivalence. Most of them have no idea what happened in Benghazi, and they wouldn’t be able to describe it without using their phones for helpsies. All they ever do is cut and paste from other MAGA accounts, which also don’t know the facts. They don’t know how many Americans died there or why. They just know that Hillary was the Secretary of State at the time and, therefore, she took responsibility. To MAGA, she “sent them there to die,” when that wasn’t it at all. But again, they never care about the facts when they can just manufacture some online outrage distractions instead. They’re so ill-informed on this one that a MAGA guy once told me Hillary Clinton "killed a man named Ben Ghazi," because they’re the dumbest cult in global history. MAGA doesn’t seem to recall that Hillary sat for 11 HOURS of testimony about Benghazi, which was seen at the time as not just a waste of time and taxpayer money, but a deliberate attempt by the Republicans to derail her chances of becoming president in 2016. Hillary wasn't charged with any crimes because she didn't commit any, and she’s right yet again. We MUST push back against this happening. Trump is the one who’s committed multiple crimes against this country as well as humanity, and he’s had plenty of help thanks to his compromised co-conspirators. Treason used to have consequences in this country. Ironically, the punishments were carried out via public executions.
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[l] at 10/11/26 9:17am
President Donald Trump raced to Truth Social Sunday to announce the brokering of a new ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine — an announcement that stood for mere minutes before it was contradicted by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to Axios’ Barak Ravid.Trump claimed that “effective immediately,” a ceasefire had been agreed to by Russia and Ukraine to halt strikes on energy infrastructure. Moments later, however, Ravid claimed to receive conflicting information after speaking with Zelenskyy by phone.“The announcement about the ceasefire was news to me,” Zelenskyy said, according to Ravid.Trump has made similar claims before. In September, he announced that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to stop striking energy targets, only for Ukraine to hit a major Moscow-area oil refinery days later.Nevertheless, Zelenskyy said that if Russia did agree to pause striking energy targets, Ukraine would follow suit.“But if the Russians agree to a ceasefire in the energy sector, Ukraine will also agree,” he said, according to Ravid. “If President Trump agreed to this with Putin — please let us know when the ceasefire begins. We are ready and will agree to it.”
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[l] at 10/11/26 8:52am
Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico turned a recent attack line from Republican Ken Paxton back on him over the weekend. In a new post, Talarico mocked Paxton for refusing to debate him.“I challenged Ken Paxton to a debate 85 days ago, but no one has heard from him,” Talarico wrote on X. “People are getting worried.”“I’ve received credible reports he’s suffering from a rare condition that causes clinical levels of cowardice,” he added. “@KenPaxtonTX: I am asking for proof of ability to debate.”The post had about 2.6 million views by Saturday night.The jab flips the script on Paxton. His campaign spent the past week questioning where Talarico was after he spent nearly two weeks off the campaign trail. At a San Antonio rally Wednesday, Paxton led the crowd in a chant of “Where is James Talarico?” President Donald Trump joined in on Truth Social, calling Talarico “MISSING IN ACTION” and saying he “should immediately report to a Debate Stage” against Paxton.Talarico’s campaign said he had been recovering from the flu. He disclosed the diagnosis Sept. 30 while speaking virtually at an event he had been scheduled to attend in person, saying he didn’t want to get others sick. His campaign said Thursday he planned to return to the trail this weekend.Talarico has repeatedly challenged Paxton to debate, including on Fox News. According to his campaign, Paxton has not accepted any of the invitations. Paxton’s campaign did not respond to Scripps News’ request for comment on Trump’s call for a debate.Talarico is scheduled to appear at a CNN and Jubilee Media town hall in Fort Worth on Tuesday, Oct. 14. Paxton was also invited.With Election Day less than four weeks away, there’s little time left for the two to meet on a debate stage.

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[l] at 10/11/26 8:38am
President Donald Trump announced a major development in the Russo-Ukraine war Sunday morning, one he said was “effective immediately.”“Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. “Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!”Despite the celebratory nature of Trump’s announcement, the president had made similar claims in the past, only to be rebuked on the world stage. In September, Trump claimed that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to avoid striking energy infrastructure targets only for Ukraine to strike “one of Russia’s key oil industry facilities” days later.The strike, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proudly boasted about on social media, was the largest drone attack on the Moscow region since Russia’s 2022 invasion and killed at least two people and injured 20 others, BBC reported.Critics have accused Trump of making similar announcements to “manipulate markets,” which have proven responsive to the president’s various claims regarding global conflicts.
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[l] at 10/11/26 8:25am
The White House has been selectively releasing files from the investigation into President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents. According to a new report from The New York Times, it strips out key context to turn old news and routine investigative steps into a “weaponization” scandal ahead of the midterms.The Times’ Charlie Savage reported that the centerpiece of the latest release was phone logs from White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, which became fodder for false claims that her phone had been “tapped.”At an Oct. 2 briefing, the White House previewed files from special counsel Jack Smith’s inquiry. They showed that in 2023, investigators logged Wiles’ calls with a pen register, which records who called whom and when but not what was said. Wiles ran Trump’s political action committee and later his 2024 campaign.That scrutiny wasn’t new. Court filings in 2024 showed her phone records had been subpoenaed. FBI Director Kash Patel also told Reuters in February that the bureau had obtained them. The only new detail was that investigators had logged her calls in real time. “By omitting that context, right-wing news accounts created the sensational impression that the scrutiny of her call activity itself was a revelation,” Savage wrote.The White House also didn’t release anything explaining why investigators were interested in Wiles. Two reasons are known. According to the indictment, Trump showed her a classified map. Wiles also oversaw the PAC’s hiring and payment of lawyers for Trump employees who were witnesses. Investigators suspected that arrangement could have been used to shape their testimony, though no one was charged. In one case, the indictment says the PAC agreed to pay for a Mar-a-Lago property manager’s defense after a Signal chat with Wiles confirmed the worker remained “loyal.”FBI reports flagged Wiles’ “contacts of interest,” including about 20 lawyers and six journalists. John Solomon, the pro-Trump writer who led the briefing, claimed investigators “tracked Trump defense lawyers’ calls.” The Times called that framing misleading, since investigators logged Wiles’ calls, not the lawyers’.Solomon was one of the six reporters, and his name was left unredacted. He questioned why reporters’ contacts would interest investigators. Savage pointed to the missing context: Trump and his allies had repeatedly accused Smith’s team of leaking grand jury subpoenas and sealed rulings to the press, and accused them of misconduct.From there, the narrative spread fast. Solomon pitched it on Steve Bannon’s and Benny Johnson’s podcasts. Other outlets claimed the FBI had “tracked” Melania and Barron Trump, when officials had checked the family’s travel plans so any search could happen while they were away. On Newsmax, Alan Dershowitz called it “terrible.”The New York Post even reported that the FBI “even tapped Susie Wiles phone.” The Times called that claim “unambiguously false.”Stephen Miller shared the Post headline and called it “a seditious conspiracy against the Republic.” Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) called it “1000 times worse than Watergate.” Trump’s account posted a story claiming “Jack Smith Spied on Trump Staffer’s Communications and 20+ Lawyers.”Solomon told the Times, “It isn’t an effort at subterfuge.”On Friday, the White House invited reporters to another “weaponization” briefing.

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[l] at 10/11/26 8:04am
Often touted as a tool to reshore manufacturing jobs, President Donald Trump’s tariffs have been named as the primary cause for thousands of layoffs — and a number of longtime GOP voters are expressing outrage.“So much for bringing jobs back,” said Nelson Vandermeer, who’s voted for GOP candidates for decades but lost his job at a clockmaker after the company shut down, speaking with the Associated Press.While a longtime GOP voter, Vandermeer “balked at” supporting Trump out of fear of his tariffs, a fear that ultimately materialized with him losing his job as a product designer. He now plans to vote “straight Democrat in the midterms,” the Associated Press reported.Tracy Chew is another former GOP voter who voted for Trump in 2016 but then backed Democrats in 2020 and 2024. She lost her job in April after a backhoe manufacturer shut down its plant in Iowa, as did several of her family members.“I’m furious he isn’t doing enough,” Chew told the Associated Press. “Tariffs are not targeting the right companies, the right amount.”The employment research firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas documented 7,908 layoffs in 2025 that it classified as tariff-related. The United States experienced a 40-plus-year decline in manufacturing after the abandonment of protectionist trade policies in the 1980s and onward. While supporters of Trump’s tariffs argue that the president’s tariffs are a return to such protectionist trade policies, critics argue that the tariffs failed to take into account the tens of thousands of factories that shuttered over the past few decades, decimating America’s manufacturing infrastructure.“I understand the mindset behind tariffs, but I just don’t know if it’s working,” said Heather Kingston, who voted for Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA) but is now reconsidering supporting him in the midterms, speaking with the Associated Press. “There doesn’t seem to be many manufacturing jobs moving into the area.”
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[l] at 10/11/26 7:46am
Elon Musk was mocked online on Sunday morning after he showed off an AI shopping assistant and appeared to reveal the address where he gets his mail.“I just asked Grok @Bot to research the most fun Lego Star Wars kits for young kids and order them. As easy as that,” Musk wrote on X. His post shared screenshots of the bot confirming a $241.34 order of five Lego sets, charged to his Amex. The screenshots included the order number, the shipping destination and the Lego order-confirmation page.Critics quickly piled on.“Just canceled your order, don’t share your info online guys,” the YouTuber Enderman wrote. He shared screenshots of a chat with Lego’s AI customer service assistant in which he appeared to use Musk’s order number to request a cancellation.“OPSEC level: broadcasting my home address and order details to 242 million followers,” International Cyber Digest wrote.Aaron Fritschner, chief of staff to Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.), pointed to Musk’s past bans of journalists over an account that tracked his jet. “Remember when this guy banned journalists from the platform for discussing an account that tracked publicly available flight information? He called that ‘doxxing,’” he wrote. “Anyway he just posted a screen shot that apparently includes his own home address and billing address.”“Did he just dox himself lmao,” wrote YouTuber Matt Lowne.Democratic strategist Matt Royer wrote, “And then to prove it, Elon just....doxxed himself???” Royer had already mocked an earlier Musk post encouraging users to photograph their credit cards and drop them into chat so Grok could make purchases. “I bet this sounds like a good plan if you’re really stupid,” Royer wrote. X’s Community Notes added context to that post, noting that xAI “explicitly warns users not to include personal information in prompts.”Musk pushed back on the claims that he doxxed himself with his details. “That address has already been doxxed multiple times,” he wrote. “I don’t live there. That’s where my security team receives mail.”“Doxxed himself then issued a correction, elite opsec tbh,” one user replied.It’s not the first time. In June 2025, Musk accidentally doxxed himself while sharing the results of a drug test meant to counter reports of his drug use, The Daily Beast reported.

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[l] at 10/11/26 7:26am
Former Vice President Mike Pence tore into President Donald Trump this weekend over the president's decision to lift sanctions on Russian fuel. Pence called the move “a betrayal of the legacy and leadership of the late Senator Lindsey Graham.”“President Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Russian fuel amidst Putin’s ongoing and brutal attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine makes no sense,” Pence wrote on X.He accused Trump of “fueling the Putin’s war machine” instead of “implementing the tough sanctions Lindsey Graham fought to his last breath to enact.”Pence said he saw firsthand in Ukraine last month that “Putin is losing this war.” He said Ukraine “has fought the Russian military to a standstill and reinvented warfare with drones taking the fight into the heart of Russia.”“America should not be throwing a lifeline to Putin’s war machine,” he wrote. “Putin doesn’t want peace. Putin wants Ukraine. I have no doubt that if Putin overruns Ukraine, it will only be a matter of time until Russia’s military crosses a border that our troops will have to deal with him.”He called on Trump to “rescind this deal immediately” and to “impose harsh sanctions on any nation purchasing Russian energy.” He also urged Trump to work with allies to make sure Ukraine “has the military support it needs to repel and defeat this Russian invasion once and for all.”Pence ended with “Slava Ukraini,” which means “Glory to Ukraine.”Trump announced Friday that Russia would immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel to U.S. and global markets. He has pitched the deal as a way to lower fuel prices. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called it “not fair and not honest.” On Saturday, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) said he would force a House vote to block Russian oil purchases.

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[l] at 10/11/26 7:13am
Both President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been increasingly sending the same “signal,” journalist Imara Jones warned on Sunday, one that could have deadly consequences for a marginalized group.“History has shown us that authoritarian leaders facing political trouble don’t moderate their attacks on marginalized communities. They double down,” Jones wrote in an analysis published Sunday on MS NOW. “With the midterm elections approaching and Republicans facing mounting political pressure, I fear we are watching that process unfold.”The group targeted by Trump and Hegseth, Jones flagged, was transgender Americans. Hegseth declared “no trannies” would be permitted to serve in the military, an anti-trans slur that had also been used by Trump last week to attack the Democratic nominee for Senate in South Carolina, who is not transgender.When asked about transgender participation in sports last year, Trump said he did not “like talking about it because I want to save it for just before the next election.” Jones noted that, “right on time,” Trump had escalated his anti-transgender rhetoric ahead of the midterms.The campaign against the transgender community had extended far beyond rhetoric, Jones noted, with the Trump administration flagging “radically pro-transgender” organizations in its national counterterrorism strategy. The Justice Department also flagged “radical gender ideology” as a potential inspiration for domestic terrorism.“Think about what that means. The federal government is now writing support for trans people into the language of domestic terrorism,” Jones wrote.“I worry that the next step could be investigations of transgender advocacy organizations, surveillance of activists or the use of federal law enforcement against people peacefully defending their rights. These are possibilities, rather than announced policies. But the administration has already laid troubling groundwork.”Jones also expressed what she described as her “greatest fear” regarding Trump and Hegseth’s rhetoric: “helping create a country where violence against trans people becomes increasingly acceptable, whether it comes from the government itself or from ordinary Americans who believe they have its permission.”“A president doesn’t have to order violence for someone else to hear his words as a green light,” Jones wrote.
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[l] at 10/11/26 6:56am
The White House Communications Department always stretched the truth — it's been caught in a lie many more times than once.But there was a period in which official White House communications came with a particular seriousness, gravitas, perfection in wording, and more often than not, the position of a president representing every American. Donald J. Trump blew up any notion of the American presidency acting as such, but it took Steve Cheung — one of the most important and dangerous officials that the average American has never heard of — to eviscerate trust built up over generations in official White House communications.And we don't yet know the full impact, only that it's horrific and could get much worse, and sooner rather than later.If one had to point to Trump's second-term original sin, it would be that what began as a uniquely brutal campaign against any, and all, who refused to support Trump never transitioned into a more serene presidential term — instead that scorched-earth campaign modus operandi continued. Other than Trump's mouth, nowhere is that campaign more apparent than by and through Steve Cheung's communications department. Everything is always A) the Democrats' fault, B) the Media's fault, C) a former international ally's fault, the order dependent on the problem.Best to begin with the latest example. Trump seemed to practically invite Iran to blow up Southern California: "Let them take out Los Angeles or San Diego (or at least make those cities preferable to 'areas that matter'), a statement that, while burying Trump, handed Cheung the biggest softball in history. Cheung said:“The media freakout over President Trump’s comments is not rooted in reality. He was clearly stating U.S. cities would have been threatened if a nuclear Iran hadn’t been stopped. America is safer because of the President. Iran has no nuclear, no navy, no air force, and no money."Take that first sentence out, and it is a responsible, perhaps even laudatory comment. But note the first punching bag — it's a media freakout over nothing. Bashing the media is first priority because the media is the first enemy, less: "We need to protect Americans" and more: "Let them take out... " And yet it matters much more than the first sentence belies. This administration's war on Trump opposition leads to the presumption that Trump's "let them take out Los Angeles" means these cities certainly "deserve it" given Democratic opposition to the war. Normally, Cheung's job would be to take the situation and haul it back in by stating, "he meant any city, and it would be an unlimited tragedy." Instead, he made it worse by prioritizing their war against the media, not Iran.Situation normal, shock-jock communications strategy, right? Right. And that's why it's just so serious.Every once in a while, the White House needs to communicate with an absolute, utter authority that Americans can trust. Ironically, it could involve a possible epidemic that threatens tens of millions of Americans. It could center around serious financial news, whether good or bad. Or it might involve the possibility of a terrorist attack. But in an environment in which the White House has essentially never stopped campaigning against any opposition, who will trust that this announcement isn't purely politically motivated, or at least significantly politically motivated? No one.The danger ramps up. But that's just domestic.Look at what has happened internationally. Cheung has invested far more time developing childish memes, rapid response teams, and oral statements laced with so much vulgarity that one instantly forgets the subject matter. Literally every nation looking on sits back and thinks to itself, "These are not serious people." Granted, Trump himself inflicts the worst damage, but it doesn't end there. The world sees, "And there's no backstop, no one behind him ready to be an adult; this is just a campaign, not a government."Look around the world: if you're a respectable nation with a ton of money to invest, or a company the size of a nation with money to invest, can you trust these juveniles with your money when you'll never get a straight answer out of not just the president but even the official communications element within the White House itself? All you know is this administration cares far more about its political survival and beating only enemies within than anything else, including getting you an answer that matters.You take your matters somewhere else, Americans lose investment, jobs, money. Then it gets dark.Let's say you are Iran, or Russia, or Saudi Arabia, looking at the United States and perhaps thinking about causing major trouble. Do you doubt that their intelligence people don't sit back and think: "We are far less likely to be caught if we simply act as major Trump supporters because they spend their time trying to vaporize a domestic 'enemy." Even if we are caught, is the world going to actually believe this White House, or think that it's just a political ploy to make them look good? If we sit back and deny it and call it a political ploy, who is going to prove us wrong?"Now ask if they'll see a downside in attacking. It is a minor miracle we have not experienced a major international attack here yet. Indeed, perhaps the only thing stopping one is that the administration is too busy doing the job for them, ripping the United States apart. But let's look at the most recent example of a matter related to terrorism. Just days ago, the administration very suddenly called home 12 B-1B Lancer bombers from RAF Fairford in England. The B-1s had been operating from Fairford during U.S. strikes on Iran. Reuters now reports, citing two U.S. officials, that the specific concern was a potential Iranian drone attack.Okay, except we have a couple of questions, indeed — likely everyone does.Trump is getting a ton of domestic heat about the war, one of his biggest liabilities going into the election. It is readily apparent to everyone around the globe that Trump and his White House are far more concerned about "enemies" in the United States (Anyone running against Republicans) than Iran- at least if one reads the White House communications.So questions arise.Was the intelligence reliable? Because moving those planes makes Iran look like a serious enemy — but did the White House jump on a weak rumor for political purposes? The publicly known evidence from the U.K. is "thin." Put it this way, U.K. police have arrested seven people in connection with suspicious activity around the base; gas was found, but no explosives or weapons. Most importantly, six have been released on bail; the seventh was just arrested and may get the same. Only the U.S. says it found drone parts.No one has been charged. This is not Al-Qaeda. Maybe the intelligence was rock solid. Maybe moving the bombers saved aircraft and lives. But how are Americans supposed to know? The publicly available British case is remarkably... well uninspired given the response. And that's not the point anyway. We don't know because we never know.What we do know is that if a Democrat expressed some doubt about whether the whole thing was politically motivated, it might well be justified given past acts. But it would only be greeted with a paragraph filled with venomous four-letter words about a politician who wants to kill American troops rather than a demonstration of the evidence.After all, back in May of 2025, the indubitable S.V. Date, fact-checker extraordinaire from Huffington Post, asked an almost comically ordinary government-transparency question. Trump had made 146 public appearances during his first 100 days, yet the White House had posted transcripts for just 29 of them. Why weren't the rest being posted?Cheung's very official response: “You must be truly f---ing stupid if you think we’re not transparent... Stop beclowning yourself.” Cheung reportedly insisted that his statement be printed in full. Insisted. The administration remains nothing more than a campaign.But White Houses are supposed to be impervious to campaign-like mistakes and vulnerabilities precisely because the campaign is over. It speaks for the United States now and doesn't care what Democrats think — at least internationally, for sure. Of course, Donald Trump leads the way in destroying credibility built over decades, double-digit presidential terms. But Cheung and his department could and should be a double-check on some of the most vitriolic statements, indicating that the White House is aware of its greater responsibilities. The Communications Department has time to consider long-term consequences, consequences like a president who isn't really suggesting a nation blow up blue, but not red, cities, or an epidemic that actually does require an even greater response than COVID, perhaps international businesses saying they can't rely on any information coming out of this country, or terrorists absolutely relying on the same; no one will believe this White House. Cheung's vulgarity and meme machine make him look like a campaign manager and a cheap teenage one at that. But the actual statements, the M.O., the White House's raison d'etre, belie a government with no time to govern, only campaign against its only real enemy- those who oppose Donald Trump in the slightest. One of the nation's most dangerous officials is one that most Americans couldn't pick out of a lineup. Donald Trump is the most dangerous, and it's not close. Which doesn't mean Cheung doesn't have the power himself to invite utter devastation. Jason Miciak is a Raw Story Columnist, a former editor of Occupy Democrats, author, consultant, attorney, and single parent girldad. Please follow on Bluesky, and he can be reached at jasonmiciak@gmail.com
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[l] at 10/11/26 6:46am
The late father of top Trump aide Natalie Harp was no supporter of the president, even as his wife and daughter became loyal followers, Harp’s estranged brother told The Washington Post.Preston Harp, 38, told the Post’s Terrence McCoy that their father, Bob Harp, “was not a fan” of Trump. He said Bob, a business professor at the Christian Biola University, found Trump’s claims of Christianity to be a “joke.”According to Preston, the siblings’ mother, Jill, homeschooled them “in the hopes of indoctrinating us with conservative Christian and patriotic values.” Preston said he broke away as a teenager after a debate-club lecturer recommended Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States,” which he read by flashlight so his mother wouldn’t catch him. Natalie, by contrast, never rebelled against their “cloistered upbringing,” he said.During weekly conversations, Preston said, his father often spoke of the strain at home as Jill and Natalie grew more supportive of Trump and his America First movement.Natalie’s rise in MAGA politics began in 2019, when she wrote a LinkedIn post crediting Trump with saving her life after her bone cancer treatment. That led to a “Fox & Friends” interview and an appearance beside Trump at a Faith & Freedom Coalition conference. She spoke at the 2020 Republican National Convention, worked as an anchor at One America News and now serves as one of Trump’s top aides.Bob Harp died by suicide in July 2020 at age 61. Preston said the family split apart in the aftermath, and the siblings have not spoken since.“In Trump, Preston said, Natalie found a new father figure,” the Post reported.Natalie and Jill Harp didn’t respond to the Post’s requests for comment. The White House didn’t contest Preston’s account but didn’t make Natalie available or provide a statement.If you or someone you know needs help, call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or visit 988lifeline.org.

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[l] at 10/11/26 6:32am
Fears of escalation in the Middle East mounted Saturday night after the U.S. military carried out a strike on a civilian vessel in the Gulf of Oman.“U.S. Central Command forces disabled a commercial cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman, Oct. 10, after the ship’s crew ignored repeated warnings and attempted to run the ongoing naval blockade against Iran,” reads a statement from U.S. Central Command. “The large cargo vessel was attempting to transit regional waters after having previously departed an Iranian port.”According to U.S. Central Command, the vessel, a Panama-flagged cargo ship, was struck with a “precision munition,” which fully disabled the ship’s propulsion “without harming the crew.”Reacting to news of the strike, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) questioned what the Trump administration’s long-term strategy was, arguing that the U.S. blockade had no clear endgame despite its exorbitant cost to taxpayers.“What is this all for? Why are taxpayers paying billions to hit [commercial] ships?” Murphy asked in a social media post on X. “Apparently the goal is to gain leverage in order to convince the Iranians to let us pay them billions to return everything to the way it all was before the war. What a disaster.”Geopolitical expert Brett Erickson noted that the strike was “the first strike we have seen from the United States in a long time now,” and questioned whether it would prompt Iranian retaliation.“This will be interesting to see whether or not Iran escalates in retaliation to this, or if this was merely a test to see if the U.S. would seriously maintain their blockade in the lead-up to the midterms,” Erickson wrote in a social media post on X.President Donald Trump’s deeply unpopular war against Iran has sent fuel prices soaring across the United States and has coincided with the president’s approval plummeting to career lows in the lead-up to the midterms next month.What is this all for? Why are taxpayers paying billions to hit commericals ships?Apparently the goal is to gain leverage in order to convince the Iranians to let us pay them billions to return everything to the way it all was before the war.What a disaster.— Chris Murphy ? (@ChrisMurphyCT) October 11, 2026
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[l] at 10/11/26 6:18am
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) said over the weekend he will force a House vote to block Russian oil purchases. The move directly challenges President Donald Trump’s new diesel deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Axios reported.Fitzpatrick co-chairs the Congressional Ukraine Caucus. He said he would introduce the “Ronald Reagan Peace Through Strength Act” and use a discharge petition to get around Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). A discharge petition needs 218 signatures to bring a bill to the floor without leadership’s approval.“It will be forced to the Floor via discharge and it will pass overwhelmingly,” Fitzpatrick wrote on X.Retiring Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) told Axios he has “already agreed” to sign it.Trump announced Friday that Russia would immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel to U.S. and global markets. He has pitched the deal as a way to lower fuel prices, but energy analysts doubt it will make much difference. Critics also warn it could help pay for Russia’s war in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the deal “not fair and not honest.” On Saturday, Trump called for Ukraine to replace Zelensky.Fitzpatrick and Bacon used the same tactic earlier this year to force a House vote on Ukraine aid and Russia sanctions. That bill passed the House but stalled in the Senate.Time is short this time too. The House isn’t scheduled to vote again until after the Nov. 3 midterms. Any bill would still need to pass the Senate and could face a Trump veto.

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[l] at 10/11/26 6:03am
The Trump administration will implement a new rule next week that it expects will reduce the “amenities and compensation” airlines provide to travelers, sparking uproar among critics.“No more cheap airlines, we are paying through the nose for flights now — and, under Trump, all the consumer protections we had are gone,” wrote Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Julie K. Brown in a social media post on X. “This doesn’t hurt wealthy people; it only helps airlines that overbook their flights and create havoc that leads to delays.”Taking effect Oct. 19, the new rule will change how airlines classify certain flight delays and cancellations. Specifically, it will exclude 10 causes of delay and cancellation from disruptions considered to be within an airline’s control, including certain unscheduled aircraft maintenance and certain government system failures.In the new rule’s text, signed by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, the Transportation Department explicitly notes that the “number of delays and cancellations for which air carriers provide amenities and compensation to consumers is expected to be reduced.”“Again Trump and Republicans screwing American voters!!!” wrote Democratic strategist and CNN commentator Maria Cardona. “It’s like they WANT to lose the elections!!!”Sports journalist and author Mike Freeman expressed shock at news of the impending rule change, writing, “Holy smokes.” Writer and advocate Carly Pildis suggested that the timing of the new rule didn’t bode well for Republicans.“This campaign ad writes itself,” Pildis wrote in a social media post on X.Author and internet personality George Ouzounian sarcastically quipped that the Trump administration was “finally” making flying “great again” with the new rule, and sports broadcaster and journalist Mat Smith bemoaned that Americans appeared to be “just getting f----- every which way til Sunday” under the Trump administration.

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[l] at 10/11/26 5:41am
I’m allowing myself to believe that sane people may be in charge of Congress starting next January 20. I know, I know: Polls have gotten our hopes up before only to have them dashed on the rocky shores of political reality.But this time it does seem as if congressional Republicans will finally get their comeuppance for their blind loyalty to Trump.The sense of relief in the land is palpable.We may soon witness the beginning of the end of this daymare — unless Trump goes full-throttled dictator and prevents votes for Democrats in the Senate and House from being certified.It’s important that we acknowledge that the forces that made Trump president — twice — are still embedded in America. I’m not referring to Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” or Mitt Romney’s “47 percent.” They aren’t to blame.I’m talking about the anger and frustration tens of millions of Americans began to feel some 40 years ago when the basic bargain at the heart of the American economy — that if you worked hard and played by the rules, your standard of living would rise through your working life and your children would eventually do even better than you — started coming undone.Since the 1980s, an increasing amount of wealth has been siphoned off to the top — which has given those at the top enormous power to alter laws and rules, and thereby siphon off even more. It’s been a vicious cycle of compounding riches for a privileged few accompanied by compounding anxieties for almost everyone else, especially working Americans without college degrees.Trump has channeled their anger into rage at carefully selected scapegoats — immigrants, trans people, Black people, “socialists,” women, Muslims — and asserted white male Christian nationalism as a cure-all.But it’s become evident to a growing number of Americans that white male Christian nationalism has cured nothing whatsoever. It’s just made it more difficult for us to join together to reestablish the basic bargain.If all goes well in a few weeks (and I write these words with a mixture of hope and trepidation), we will have a chance to start anew, to plunge into the work of rebuilding what has been destroyed. But also to go beyond rebuilding. To join together to change the balance of power in this land so that we, the majority, can decide our fates — not the billionaires, the tech bros, and the titans of Wall Street.We can get big money out of our politics. We can achieve Medicare for all, universal childcare and excellent schools, and affordable homes. We can bust up monopolies that keep prices high, rein in AI and its data centers, and provide a universal basic income so AI doesn’t take away our livelihoods. And we can raise taxes on the super-wealthy and the richest corporations to pay for what Americans need.We can do all this and more — not immediately, not with Trump and his regressive regime still occupying the executive branch and much of the Supreme Court — but we can prepare for it; we can lay the foundation for our future.That’s what the beginning is all about.Robert Reich is an emeritus professor of public policy at Berkeley and former secretary of labor. His writings can be found at https://robertreich.substack.com/. His new memoir, Coming Up Short, can be found wherever you buy books. You can also support local bookstores nationally by ordering the book at bookshop.org

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[l] at 10/11/26 5:20am
The estranged brother of top Trump aide Natalie Harp says their family fell apart after their father’s 2020 suicide. He says a dispute over how to talk about the death drove the rupture, according to a new report from The Washington Post.Preston Harp, 38, told the Post’s Terrence McCoy that their father, Bob Harp, died by suicide at their Irvine, California, home on July 17, 2020. He provided an autopsy report to the Post. Preston said Natalie called him that morning about “an emergency with their dad.”Preston said his mother, Jill, and Natalie preferred to keep the cause of death private and tell people Bob had died in his sleep.“I just said, ‘I’m going to say what the police said,’” Preston told the Post.According to Preston, that disagreement was the moment the family “finally broke apart.” It had already been strained by political differences. The siblings have not spoken since, he said.Natalie Harp's father, Bob Harp, a 61-year-old business professor at the Christian Biola University, reportedly had political differences with Natalie. A family friend further told the Post that the pandemic isolation weighed on Bob, an extrovert. The family had locked down strictly to protect Natalie, who had been treated for bone cancer.Days before Bob’s death, Preston stopped by the house to repay a loan. “Listen, I’m not doing okay,” he recalled his father saying.Preston said some relatives have accused him of lying, and he has lost touch with most of the extended family.Natalie and Jill Harp didn’t respond to the Post’s requests for comment. The White House didn’t contest Preston’s account but didn’t make Natalie available or provide a statement.If you or someone you know needs help, call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or visit 988lifeline.org.

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[l] at 10/11/26 4:30am
After nearly two years of weaponizing the DOJ, featuring official investigations and/or terminations of every career officer who was assigned to investigate Trump’s crimes against the United States, Trump’s DOJ has begun rehabilitating the reputation of former President Richard Nixon. Even though Nixon was caught engaging in a botched break-in at the Democratic National Committee, illegal wiretapping, and pocketing illegal campaign contributions, more than half a century later, Trump defenders are considering a new spin on the whole scandal: Nixon was the victim of lawfare. Just like Trump. The only reason Republicans would recast Nixon as a victim is to soften perceptions of Trump’s rampant criminality, set to bite him in the a-- after the midterms. Republican Rep. Riley Moore of West Virginia says Nixon was “framed,” and wants to name an aircraft carrier after him, claiming that people are only now free to talk about “what an amazing president he was.” Given the well-settled, recorded evidence of Nixon’s crimes, this kind of revisionism sounds like a confession that Trump is more corrupt than Nixon ever was. JD Vance is all in on the effort. In June, Vance announced at the Richard Nixon library that, “If you look at the story of how the deep state took down Richard Nixon, it’s not all that different from what the same groups of people — the same institutions — tried to do to Donald Trump in the first Trump administration.” Vance added, “If Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be a 12-hour news story. The idea that it would have taken down a presidency is crazy.” Vance’s nod to quick news cycles and craziness doesn’t defend Nixon so much as indict Trump’s manipulative flood-the-zone strategy: overload the media with so much chaos and corruption the public tunes it out.Trump can’t understand why Nixon’s crimes defeated himAnother big fan of historic revisionism concurs: Trump. Trump has asked on several occasions why Nixon resigned the presidency instead of continuing to drive the Constitutional crisis he created. It tracks. Trump attempted a violent coup even after he lost an election, and will remain a victim who refuses to admit his crimes until the day he dies. That a fluctuating cohort of Americans continues to swallow those lies is an indictment of our underfunded educational system and right-wing media, and little else. Trump has a baked-in incentive to defend Nixon as he rolls back many DOJ overhauls that grew directly from Nixon’s crimes, including limits on presidential authority. Trump has fired inspectors general who were set to impose government accountability, and has asserted the right to fire over two million career civil servants who don’t show him political loyalty. Trump knows he is a criminal; he knows that unless he declares martial law, orchestrates an invasion on American soil, or refuses to honor the midterms, legal accountability will soon circumvent presidential immunity: corruption is not an official act, even under the Roberts court. He’s 80, not 105, there’s plenty of time left for him to rot in prison for various crimes, including selling national security and secret AI chip technology to the United Arab Emirates for a $550 million investment in his sons’ World Liberty Financial; accepting $635 million in royalties from a licensing agreement tied to the $TRUMP coin; Barron Trump earning $40 million while still in college; Donald Jr. and Eric securing more than $6 billion in U.S. government and Pentagon contracts; and earning over $1.2 billion from crypto ventures in 2025, all personal enrichments and illegal emoluments.The harm goes far deeper than Trump family pockets, because federal agencies established to serve the American public are now serving Trump’s oligarchs. As Thom Hartmann writes, regulatory agencies set up to protect clean air, water and soil are now run by industry insiders policing themselves; insider trading is rampant within the administration; the Department of Defense is writing multi-billion dollar checks to Trump’s political donors; Trump openly pardons people who have paid him millions of dollars; Internal Revenue Service staff have been re-assigned from auditing the wealthy to auditing working-class people; public institutions have been turned into private, for-profit entities run by Trump’s GOP donors; and environmental and labor rules have been rewritten to serve polluting industries, to say nothing of Trump’s overt attempts to bribe voters with his $5000 offer and his $500 check-to-voters stunt from last week.Hiding mistakes is a sign of weaknessNixon, like Trump, made a lot of mistakes. Mistakes don’t define us. But how we respond to them does. The Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero wrote that, “Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.” Character is not defined by the stumble, but by rational response, humility, and willingness to correct course. Confucianism teaches the same thing: “A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.” To err is part of human growth; it only becomes a defining character flaw when we refuse to acknowledge or fix it.Trump’s many mistakes wouldn’t have to define Trump either, if only he had the character to learn and admit error. Someone who deflects blame or buries his errors by trying to silence the media learns nothing and will take the country down with him rather than fall alone. Historian Ruth Ben Ghiat has spent a lifetime studying strongmen throughout history. She writes that strongmen live in fear of being exposed. Strongmen “have a constant need to feed their ego because they are weak and fragile people,” she writes, “this is why they build their bunkers. And Trump’s always talking about, you know, not only the ballroom where people can adulate him and he can get money, but the bunker underneath; that’s his safe space.” History has spoken on Nixon, and will speak similarly on Trump. The condemning difference between then and now is that when Nixon’s crimes came out, support in his own party collapsed overnight. Republican leaders of Congress went to the White House and told Nixon the votes to stop impeachment and conviction were gone, and Nixon resigned two days later. Trump’s Republicans refuse to stop Trump’s corruption, so they’re doing the next best thing: spinning it as victimhood.Sabrina Haake is a political analyst and 25+ year federal trial attorney specializing in 1st and 14th A defense. She writes the free Substack, The Haake Take.

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