Trump’s Gerrymandering Scheme in Red State Falls Apart at the Seams

Trump’s Gerrymandering Scheme in Red State Falls Apart at the Seams

Indiana Senate Republicans aren’t falling in line behind President Donald Trump’s gerrymandering scheme to keep control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections. Molly Swigart, a spokesperson for Indiana Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray, put it simply when speaking to Politico Wednesday. “The votes aren’t there for redistricting,” she said. Four people familiar with…

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Trump Kills Two People as He Expands “Drug Boat” Strikes to New Front

Trump Kills Two People as He Expands “Drug Boat” Strikes to New Front

“This post doesn’t name them for some reason, but the ‘broad spectrum of new media outlets’ include: Gateway Pundit, TPUSA, and LindellTV, per their announcements,” CNN’s Natasha Bertrand wrote. Gateway Pundit, which proudly announced its inclusion in the Pentagon press corps on Wednesday, is known for constantly spreading false information, from falsely accusing multiple innocent…

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Trump Keeps Attacking Americans. Why Does He Get Away With It?

Trump Keeps Attacking Americans. Why Does He Get Away With It?

Democrats don’t do this. When Trump calls Baltimore “rat infested” or posts videos of himself defecating on protesters, there’s no coordinated response. A few members of Congress might tweet about it. Some Democratic voters express outrage online. But there’s no sustained campaign to make it a defining scandal. There are no prime-time speeches on the…

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Comey Accuses Trump of Basing Case Against Him on “Personal Bias”

Comey Accuses Trump of Basing Case Against Him on “Personal Bias”

“Small arms” include armor, explosives, chemical weapons, pistols, and rifles. “Ordnance and ordnance accessories manufacturing” refers to other materials, such as artillery, barrels, extractors, and mounts. For comparison, in 2019, ICE spent just $5.7 million on the “small arms” category through October 18, and during Trump’s first administration, the government spent an average of $8.4…

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Democrats and Republicans Get Same Shutdown Request From Constituents

Democrats and Republicans Get Same Shutdown Request From Constituents

Americans don’t want their representatives to bow to the pressures of the government shutdown. Politicians on both sides of the aisle are hearing the same message from their constituents, whether they’re in vulnerable districts or partisan strongholds, reported MSNBC Monday: “Keep up the fight.” “Almost to a T, I hear from people that they want…

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Trump Judges Rule He Can Deploy National Guard to Portland

Trump Judges Rule He Can Deploy National Guard to Portland

Johnson chuckled. “The president uses social media to make a point. You can argue he’s probably the most effective person who’s ever used social media for that. He is using satire to make a point,” Johnson replied. “He is not calling for the murder of his political opponents, and that’s what these people are doing.”…

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Video: What to Know About the ICE Raid at a Hyundai Plant

Video: What to Know About the ICE Raid at a Hyundai Plant

new video loaded: What to Know About the ICE Raid at a Hyundai Plant ICE and other law enforcement agencies detained nearly 500 workers in Georgia in September. Farah Stockman, who covers manufacturing for The New York Times, describes the fallout from the incident and what could be next for foreign factory investments in the…

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Abraham Lincoln’s 1859 Lesson for Some 2028 Democrat

Abraham Lincoln’s 1859 Lesson for Some 2028 Democrat

It was 1859. The analogies to the current state of American politics are not precise and even paradoxical. To begin with, John Brown, though crazy and bloodthirsty, was on the right side of history. He preferred wielding guns to scoring debating points. He had utter contempt for politicians, electoral campaigns, and the Constitution. In fact,…

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No Kings: How Mass Protests Weaken Unhinged Autocrats Like Trump

No Kings: How Mass Protests Weaken Unhinged Autocrats Like Trump

You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. There were 2700 No Kings events across the country, with at least 7 million participating, according to Leah Greenberg, co-executive director of Indivisible, one of the groups that helped coordinate the protests. It was…

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