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The Supreme Court's recent willingness to allow President Donald Trump to implement his mail-in voting restrictions, even as it considers ultimately banning them, has left outside observers "angry and alarmed." The decision is consistent with the actions of a bench both Democrats and neutral outsiders agree has acted in a hyper-partisan manner . Yet a Thursday decision by federal district Judge Indira Talwani has used their own logic to stop a Democratic president as a justification for halting his Republican successor — if, that is, they will set aside their partisanship to rule consistently." On Thursday evening, federal district Judge Indira Talwani issued a new order that temporarily blocks an effort by the Trump administration that appears designed to sabotage voting by mail in the upcoming midterm election," wrote Vox's Ian Millhiser on Sunday. "Talwani previously blocked an executive order that President Donald Trump issued in March, which ord...

Even at 80 years old, she was still bringing Americans together. At 80, he continues to tear us apart. She always stood for the underdog. He stands for the overlord. She was among the most generous people in American public life. He is the most self-centered. Hers was a voice of clarity, courage, and hope. His is the voice of cruelty, corruption, and incompetence. If you line up the human species from most admirable to least, she’d be among the first; he’d be among the last. Sadly, she is no longer with us. Sadly, he is. This week he took to his Truth Social media to share an AI-generated illustration of himself walking arm in arm with her around the White House (see above). “I knew her a little bit,” he boasted on Glenn Beck’s radio show. “She really liked me, I will tell you!” at which Beck laughed out loud. Most of the people I meet around this country are more like her than him. Americans are kind, friendly, empathic, optimistic. We want to protect the vulnerable and comfort the...

President Donald Trump's relevance is "declining with every passing moment," according to the D.C. insiders at Pod Save America , as his meager new effort at " trolling " shows just how much he has "lost his fastball" as a public figure. During the latest edition of the podcast, former Obama administration officials Jon Favreau and Dan Pfeiffer touched on Trump's "losing wars, raising prices and changing maps ," noting further that his only public event on Thursday was for an executive order signing to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America." This came as a petulant response to crumbling trade talks with Canada, with Trump adding that he might also consider similar changes for the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Unlike Trump's similar move early in his second term to try and rename the Gulf of Mexico, which drew much scrutiny and public outcry, this alleged change to Lake Ontario has largely failed to draw more than a shrug fro...

A former supporter of President Donald Trump argued on Friday that Republicans have worked hard to hop into bed with Trump and now they’re going to have to sleep with him. “I know, all of this could and will tighten up after Labor Day. Sure. And Republicans have God's money right now. But how funny, Trump is holding all of his money and Trump wants to make the midterms a referendum on him. So you’re gonna get all of him,” said former U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh, a reformed MAGA lawmaker from Illinois on his Friday podcast . “Yeah, that's the problem. When you jumped into bed with Donald Trump, you get all of Donald Trump. All of it,” agreed show co-host and Blue Amp Media host Cliff Schecter. “Most of the Republicans say … he's got money because he grifted from crypto crap and whatever and it paid off. But in the end, he's going to spend it all on him, making himself look better. And he's going to go to all these states for people who are like, ‘please don't come here...

Republicans are facing a hard uphill battle in their fight to retain the House and Senate majority, but critics on social media say the party appears to be toiling up the wrong hill entirely. Conservative X account Republicans against Trump appeared to roll its eyes as they reposted Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to get Republicans re-elected this midterm—plaster them with President Donald Trump’s face. “The president’s gonna look right in the camera and say, ‘I am on the ballot.’ Because even though his name isn’t, right, his administration, his legacy, the America-first agenda is,” said Johnson, speaking at a rally for Rep. Monica De La Cruz, (R-Texas) “We gotta get people to turn out.” Hold the majority. Hold the majority,” said Johnson, quoting former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, while acknowledging “this is one of our toughest elections.” Critics rattled Johnson’s post in responses. “Great idea, Mike,” said one progressive account . “Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.” “Hey – thi...

Dyed in the wool conservative Nick Catoggio tells the Dispatch that President Donald Trump has managed to succeed where many other U.S presidents have failed — in pushing Russia into a hot war with the rest of NATO, that is. “Strange as it may sound, in many ways this is an opportune moment for Putin to confront the West,” wrote Catoggio, citing Trump’s CIA chief fretting that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is mulling the prosect, and considering it soon. But why would Russia try it now? Because even more so than usual, “an overextended White House is compelled by circumstance to think twice before involving America in any new wars,” Catoggio answered. “Logistically, the U.S. is in no position at the moment to wage a two-front war of its own,” Catoggio reports, citing a Wall Steet Journal report claiming Precision Strike Missile and Army Tactical Missile Systems are crucial to repel a Russian land invasion. “Thanks to Trump’s folly in Iran, we’re a little short on both ,” Catoggio ra...