July 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM EDT
'A big fat man': Former GOP lawmaker celebrates South Park slam against 'bully' Trump

Former GOP Rep. Joe Walsh said the creators of 'South Park' and fed chair Jerome Powell both showed America how to "punch a bully" this week. While some critics blame 'South Park' for being a part of the culture that created a president like Trump, the first episode of the latest 'South Park' season put a target on the president's back. Creators depicted a pointedly un-endowed Trump suing South Park residents for trying to remove the church from the town's public school. As part of the settlement, Trump demands the town produce a public service announcement in support of the White House.

July 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM EDT
'This is lunacy': CNN panel doubts MAGA darling Candace Owens will survive lawsuit

Far right influencer Candace Owens is vowing to fight a lawsuit launched by French leader Emmanuel Macron over Owens' repeated claim that Macron's wife is a man. And CNN's 'Table for Five' panel can't seem to figure out why. "Got to be one of the dumbest arguments I've ever heard, first off," said CNN data analyst Harry Enten. "Secondly, I mean, not only is she stupid, but she's also disgusting, right? " She's an antisemite. She's anti-gay. She's said [apologist] stuff about the history of slavery, which is disgusting."

July 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM EDT
'No capacity for shame': George Conway says Trump is capable of blowing himself up over Epstein

Attorney and frequent President Donald Trump critic George Conway says Trump will likely move forward with a pardon of a convicted sex trafficker, even if it blows up in his face. Hours after Trump opened the door to granting clemency to notorious Jeffrey Epstein co-worker Ghislaine Maxwell, her attorney announced they were hoping for a president pardon. But Conway told MSNBC 'The Weekend' hosts Jonathan Capehart and Eugene Daniels that the ploy would hopelessly sludge the White House.

July 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM EDT
'I don't care how reptilian a brain that man has': Former prosecutor warns Trump

Former prosecutor Katie Phang told podcaster Jim Acosta that President Donald Trump will enflame his base for very small return if he pardons Ghislaine Maxwell. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is traveling to Florida to meet with Maxwell this week, even as Trump further entangles himself in the life of Jeffrey Epstein.

July 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM EDT
'He sucks': Trump's hateful behavior explained

Salon writer Amanda Marcotte laid out the psychology behind why Trump does what he does and why his MAGA base eats it up. Marcotte joined 'Daily Blast' host Greg Sargent on Friday's episode to examine what makes MAGA and Trump click, and it appears to be insecurity.

July 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM EDT
Why one of the world's richest men is bowing down in fear of Trump's brutal revenge

The latest casualty of Trump's efforts to silence media criticism is Eduardo Porter, one of the most thoughtful and intelligent critics of this heinous regime. On Tuesday, Porter wrote his last column for The Washington Post . In a widely-circulated email, he explained why he was leaving the Post:

July 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM EDT
Three critical stories are getting buried by the Trump-Epstein debacle

The public conversation has become so distorted by the moral squalor of Trump and his lackeys that I fear we're confusing what's exciting with what's important. "Epsteingate" is exciting. The story excites because Trump seems unable to stop it from growing -- and it therefore offers a bit of hope that it will undermine his support or even topple him.

July 26, 2025 at 6:09 AM EDT
Dear MAGA: You've been lied to for too long -- and we're here to help

Well, now we -- and all of MAGA-land -- have discovered that Donald Trump and all the senior law-enforcement officials around him have known since May that his name is in multiple places in the Epstein documents, at least according to the Wall Street Journal . That would almost certainly include the senior law-enforcement official, Todd Blanche, who on Thursday was due to interview Ghislaine Maxwell in prison. Totally without bias, of course. No way the guy who was Trump's personal criminal defense attorney is going to try to get Maxwell to point the finger at Bill Clinton and away from Donald Trump, right? Right "..

July 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM EDT
'Quite a line to walk': NYT's Haberman says this Trump move may 'infuriate the MAGA base'

President Donald Trump may be counting on convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's top accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, to bail him out of one of the worst scandal of his political career, according to New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman. But she's not so sure his gambit will work. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche -- who was Trump's former criminal defense attorney in New York -- has been conducting interviews with Maxwell from the prison where she's currently incarcerated. The Daily Beast reported Friday that Maxwell gave up approximately 100 names of Epstein associates during her interviews with Blanche, and her attorney has openly hoped that Trump will pardon his client or commute her 20-year sentence for trafficking children.

July 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM EDT
Trump gives big promotion to 'dangerous' official who said 'white men must be in charge'

One official in President Donald Trump's administration just got a new job heading up a congressionally funded organization that Trump previously tried to eliminate. According to a Friday report in Politico, Darren Beattie -- who is currently the acting undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs in the U.S. State Department -- has been named as the acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP). Beattie was a speechwriter in Trump's first administration who was eventually fired after speaking at a white nationalist conference.

July 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM EDT
'Stay out of it': Former Texas Republican lawmaker blasts Trump's effort to 'rig' midterms

One former high-ranking Texas Republican state legislator is now coming out forcefully against President Donald Trump's latest push to drastically redraw congressional districts in the Lone Star State. Texas Governor Greg Abbott initially convened a special session of the legislature in order to address the deadly flooding in Kerr County, Texas. However, after Trump suggested that Texas Republicans use the special session as a means to conduct a mid-decade redistricting process in order to make the state's congressional map even more favorable to the GOP, Abbott assented.

July 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM EDT
FCC chairman assigns 'bias monitor' to CBS -- who reports 'directly to the president'

As part of its agreement to allow an $8 billion merger between media conglomerates Skydance and Paramount, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has assigned a government monitor to CBS (which is owned by Paramount) to rein in perceived "bias" against President Donald Trump and his administration. Tech outlet Gizmodo reported Friday on an interview FCC chairman Brendan Carr gave to far-right, pro-Trump network Newsmax, in which he gave new details on the conditions the administration imposed in its green-lighting of the merger. According to Carr, Paramount will now have a government-assigned "bias monitor" tasked with making sure the company's properties -- including CBS -- aren't too critical of Trump.