The explicit white nationalist call is here, and it’s coming from inside the White House. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, minutes after meeting with the President Monday night: “killers, leeches, entitlement junkies… foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars… WE DON’T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.” The Defense Secretary, while Congress demands … Read more
The amateurs are running the wars. Two NY real estate guys are negotiating the end of a European land war with Ukraine in West Palm before one jets off to Moscow to meet Putin. A Fox News host ordered the death of two boat attack survivors clinging to wreckage in the water according to two … Read more
Members of Congress get better polling data than we do, so watch what they’re doing. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she’s leaving Congress. Troy Nehls, the Texas Republican who said “if Trump says jump, we jump,” announced he’s leaving too. Both the House and Senate are now demanding answers from Hegseth about the boat killings. And … Read more
They’re making their own enemies. Trump called Tim Walz the r-word. An Indiana Republican state senator whose daughter has Down syndrome announced he’ll vote against Trump’s redistricting plan because of it. The Border Patrol commander who deported a college student despite a federal judge’s stay celebrated on social media that she “may have taken a … Read more
This is what the President of the United States posted on Thanksgiving Day. He called Minnesota’s governor “seriously retarded.” He mocked Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) “swaddling hijab” and repeated the debunked smear that she married her brother. He described Somalia as “decadent, backward, and crime ridden… essentially not even a country.” When 20-year-old National Guard … Read more
Today is issue #300 of GovBrief Today, the publication I started ten days into Trump’s second term when I was horrified at the speed with which our norms, rules, and laws were battered. We will cross 5,000 curated news stories within the week, and I’m not stopping until we get our country back. If you … Read more
They make up rules, punish the resisters, and defy the courts. Then a damning tape leaks. Trump’s real estate buddy Steve Witkoff is on tape coaching Putin’s foreign policy adviser on how to pitch the president. “Maybe he says to President Trump…” He’s literally scripting Russia’s approach. Trump called it “standard negotiation.” Meanwhile, Senator Mark … Read more
A federal judge dismissed Trump’s prosecutions of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James today. Career prosecutors refused to bring charges and resigned or were fired. Trump installed his personal lawyer with no prosecutorial experience. She botched the case. She lost, and the judge ruled that her appointment was illegal. … Read more
A keen political strategist I know was concerned after the election that a new presidency would undermine America’s soft power around the globe. Decades of being the superpower willing to invest in health, food, and military protection globally would be dismantled in a second Trump administration. They were right. Within weeks, America’s ability to persuade … Read more
Trump’s flailing is driving him to extremes. Today he told reporters that his 28 point peace plan for Ukraine wasn’t final, but still demanded that Zelenskyy approve it by Thursday. He again wrote just before midnight Saturday that the six Democratic lawmakers who confirmed that troops can refuse illegal orders should be in jail and … Read more
