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Swat: Bill Maher says Trump’s embarrassing low approval includes 'Zero percent with ducks'

Swat: Bill Maher says Trump’s embarrassing low approval includes 'Zero percent with ducks'

Friday night’s final season edition of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher delivered a patronizing interview with Vice President JD Vance, but not before Maher first

'Get over yourself': Columnists destroy billionaire Trump’s contempt for 'elites'

'Get over yourself': Columnists destroy billionaire Trump’s contempt for 'elites'

A New York Times panel of columnists say America is heading toward its 250th anniversary, but many of its citizens and residents are not feeling celebratory, especially

Inside the real reason Republicans are finally telling Trump to pound sand

Inside the real reason Republicans are finally telling Trump to pound sand

Dispatch writer David M. Drucker dropped some truth on MS NOW’s “The Weekend” show on Saturday, explaining exactly why Republican leaders in the Senate are finally

Texas unleashes sleeping giant as conservatives face reckoning over 'truth'

Texas unleashes sleeping giant as conservatives face reckoning over 'truth'

As education officials in Texas ban hundreds of books that run afoul of their interpretation of Christian morality, the State Board of Education on Friday approved

Epstein is trampling the future of the GOP: report

Epstein is trampling the future of the GOP: report

Salon reports the specter of Jeffrey Epstein appears to be looming over the Republican Party as the GOP struggles to maintain it’s delicate House and Senate majorities

The Supreme Court may have set a trap for conservative Christians that could backfire

The Supreme Court may have set a trap for conservative Christians that could backfire

For more than two decades, the Supreme Court has issued a long series of wins for plaintiffs seeking to protect their religious practices. On June 23, 2026, though

Trump's Big Brother scheme just got blocked —but the real danger is what comes next

Trump's Big Brother scheme just got blocked —but the real danger is what comes next

A president, by Constitutional design, has no legal authority or direct role in administering, altering, or conducting elections. Authority over the mechanics of

The never-Trumpers are losing —and the GOP establishment knows it

The never-Trumpers are losing —and the GOP establishment knows it

I keep getting phone calls from politicians wanting to know what I make of the extraordinary victories at the polls this week of young Democratic Socialists. Here

'Forgery' scandal eliminates two more Republicans as party struggles to field candidates

'Forgery' scandal eliminates two more Republicans as party struggles to field candidates

The Boston Globe reports Two Republican candidates for statewide office, including the state party’s de facto nominee for attorney general, won’t appear on the

Civil war: Trump’s social media manager and Tucker Carlson clobber major MAGA figure

Civil war: Trump’s social media manager and Tucker Carlson clobber major MAGA figure

MAGA influencer and podcaster Tucker Carlson was happy to laud the hard feelings between President Donald Trump’s digital media manager Alex Bruesewitz and ultra