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The truth about Trump is sinking in for his MAGA followers

One of the truisms of American politics over the past few decades has been that voters want their presidents to be someone you’d like to have a beer with, a regular guy — yes, it’s only guys —  you could relate…

November 23, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Donald Trump always falls for a handsome man in a suit

It’s the stuff of political romance novels. A frustrated, angry bear of a president is roaring in the Oval Office about how people refuse to submit to him. Republicans in Congress over the Epstein files, Democrats who won’t get on…

November 23, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Happy holidays, MAGA: Trump’s war on the poor is hurting everyone

The recent government shutdown, longest in our history, is now fading into memory, but no one should forget which party refused to negotiate while applying political pressure by taking food from millions of Americans’ mouths and refusing to pay air…

November 23, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

“Jeffrey Epstein is not unique”: What his case reveals about the realities of child sex trafficking

Congress on Nov. 18, 2025, passed legislation that calls on the Justice Department to release records related to Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted sex offender. Those records on the federal investigation of Epstein and his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, have brought…

November 23, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Trump says Mamdani can call him a “fascist” in Oval Office meet-and-greet

New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s bizarre Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump continues to spiral into political surrealism — and the newest detail may be the strangest yet. Multiple outlets now report that Mamdani directly asked Trump whether he…

November 22, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Many more are ready to leave MAGA — and I know how hard that is

When I was a MAGA believer, I told myself I was fighting for freedom. I was certain we needed a revolution to tear down our established political order.  It took me years to realize what I was really after: a…

November 22, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Trump’s White House wants to tell CNN, WaPo who to hire and fire

No other singular week in Donald Trump’s second presidency has made it clearer that control of the media is now a central MAGA objective. To wrap a remarkable span of days at the White House, he permitted New York City…

November 22, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Health care costs are skyrocketing. Americans are starting to panic

Andy Lilienthal, a 47-year-old freelance journalist and marketer, is one of millions who will be affected by the end of Affordable Care Acts subsidies. He and his wife, as small business owners, currently pay about $660 a month for health…

November 22, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

How Greg Abbott’s comments backfired in court to doom Texas gerrymander

In mid-August, amid Texas’ high-profile redistricting fight, CNN’s Jake Tapper pressed Gov. Greg Abbott on why the state was suddenly redrawing its congressional map. “You are doing this to give Trump and Republicans in the House of Representatives five additional…

November 22, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Coast Guard reverses course, reclassifies swastikas and nooses as hate symbols

The U.S. Coast Guard reclassified swastikas and nooses as “hate symbols” after intense backlash for a previous policy that changed their designation to “potentially divisive.”   The Coast Guard had signed off on a policy on November 13 that downgraded the…

November 21, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0