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A caller had no patience for Republican talking points on a Friday C-SPAN show . Rep. Mike Haridopolos (R-Fla.) joined C-SPAN’s “Congressional News of the Day” show to share Republican talking points paying down the damage of President Donald’s war on Iran and the subsequent rise in gas prices and inflation at grocery stores and other consumer items. But C-SPAN is an older format show that still fields calls from commenters, and Haridopolos found himself catching the bad end of one man’s vocal beat-down. Haridopolos had just finished advocating for U.S. intervention in Cuba, saying “the people of Cuba are suffering,” when “Independent” voter “Roger” in Lawrenceville, Ga., phoned up and got a word in. “Congressman, I know you are a smart guy, a former educator. Why do you guys continue to parrot trump's crazy Fox News talking points when I know you have to know right from wrong? There is just no way [you can believe that stuff].” "Well give us a specific example," the C-S...

During President Donald Trump’s second term, one of his key goals has involved reshaping U.S. cultural institutions to suit his ideological project, and the Smithsonian in particular has become a target of his culture war against diversity and historical narratives that he perceives to be “woke.” Shortly after he entered office, he signed an executive order calling for the museum to remove “ anti-American ” narratives, which took special aim at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, arguing that aspects of it portrayed American and Western values as “inherently harmful and oppressive.” While many speculated that this could mean the closure or radical whitewashing of exhibits involving issues like slavery or the struggles of minority communities, according to the Washington Post, the Smithsonian “has managed to push back and mostly hold its ground.” While it has been impacted by what the Post describes as “a few key losses,” it has succeeded at maintaining the maj...

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Anonymous sources speaking with Zeteo report President Donald Trump is getting increasingly angry with his failure in Iran and is looking to do something — anything — to move things along, regardless of the violence or the consequences. “Two senior Trump administration officials and two other sources briefed on the situation tell Zeteo that Donald Trump has grown increasingly frustrated by the state of peace talks with Iran, and the president has ordered an acceleration of the Pentagon’s preparation for a new phase of his war in the Middle East,” said Zeteo writers Asawin Suesaeng and Andrew Perez. “Trump’s war fever is back,” one of the senior administration officials said this week, adding that the administration is ready to “ramp up the war again within the coming days, after the U.S. president returns from his state visit in China, should Trump give the order to strike.” Additionally, the sources say Trump has not completely ruled out high-risk operations that could get Americans...

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department (DOJ) is asking the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to allow it to take security clearances away from law firms that accept cases with which they disagree — even though that same precedent could empower future Democratic presidents to persecute Republican law firms. “The DOJ returned to court Thursday and told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that President Donald Trump's executive orders to strip elite law firms of security clearances and tear up their government contracts must be revived, even if that means a Democrat eventually comes into power and deems MAGA lawyers enemies of the state,” reported Law and Crime on Thursday . “Chief U.S. Circuit Judge Sri Srinivasan, U.S. Circuit Judge Cornelia Pillard and U.S. Circuit Judge Neomi Rao — two appointees of Barack Obama and a lone Donald Trump appointee, respectively — formed the three-judge panel in a case the DOJ was prepared to drop in Ma...

I do the cooking in the family, so I’m also the guy who shops for the groceries. Truth is, I like doing both just fine, because sitting down for a good meal is one of life’s underrated treats. When I was done this morning corralling the goods at the local market that I hoped would get us through a few day’s worth of semi-fine dining, I aimed my shopping cart into an empty checkout line and started offloading my supplies. Experienced shoppers will know that there’s nothing like the privilege of scooting into an empty line at the grocery store. Better yet, this welcoming aisle was being staffed by one of my favorite cashiers, Betty. All signs were pointing to a better-than-average day. As I greeted Betty, and put the last of my stuff — the breakable items — on the conveyor belt, she asked with a smile if I’d found everything OK. Salty grocery-store navigator that I am, I told her I had, but with things so slow in the place, decided to make the opportunity for some small talk while drivi...