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Chuck Todd ruffled feathers on the left during an interview with fellow journalist Chris Cillizza, in which he unloaded on both President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.During their weekly conversation, Todd, who is the chief political analyst for NBC News, weighed in on the president's widely criticized decision to

“The ideas you are about to hear are not idle conjecture. I have built upon a foundation of indisputable first causes, so that the unifying force which controls the cosmos is revealed in full clarity.” — Jack VanceTrump named the plans for his second term “Agenda 47,” although for reasons known only to them, America’s mainstream media persists in ignoring it. They shouldn’t.At best, it’s a dystopian nightmare: at worst it means ending our current system of American government; aligning the US with Russia and other autocratic nations; and the USA leading the charge against democracy and in favor of authoritarian, strong-man forms of government across the world.Over at his

Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) published a scathing letter addressed to to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday, warning them that "real justice" is on the way. "I’m putting DOJ & FBI on notice: Don’t shred a single document," Hawley wrote via X. "Don’t delete a single file. Accountability is coming. The Judiciary Committee WILL investigate - and find out who authorized spying on Christians, attacks on prolifers, the vendettas against Trump - all of it."The Missouri The letter begins: "Dear Attorney General Garland and Director Wray: I have received reports that, under your leadership, DOJ and FBI employees are destroying records and other documents in an effort to conceal the widespread misconduct that took plac

As sexual assault allegations pile up against Donald Trump defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, Republican lawmakers are questioning whether the Fox News host will make it through the confirmation process. CNN's Manu Raju reported via X: "New on Pete Hegseth’s tough road to confirmation. [Senator] Joni Ernst (R-IA), a victim of sexual assault, plans to have a 'really frank and thorough conversation' with Hegseth amid misconduct allegations."READ MORE: 'Liberals winning': Ann Coulter blasts 'sleazy' Pete Hegseth over alleged 'serial' adulteryRaju continued, "Roger Wicker, incoming chairman, told me of the whistleblower report detailed in the New Yorker article about h

Despite facing allegations of sexual assault, “aggressive drunkenness,” financial mismanagement of veterans’ organizations, and a report his colleagues “smelled alcohol on him before he went on air,” at Fox News “as recently as last month,” U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) stated Tuesday that the standards for confirming presidential cabinet nominees have “evolved.” As a result, he indicated he is inclined to support Pete Hegseth’s nomination as Donald Trump’s next U.S. Secretary of Defense.Saying that “of course” the multiple allegations against Hegseth are “concerning,” Senator Cramer told CNN’s Manu Raju (video below) on Tuesday,

Far-right activist Laura Loomer called out fellow Donald Trump ally — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) — over the Georgia lawmaker's criticism of President Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter Biden.Greene wrote via X: If Democrats are going to play the pardon game then we should do the same thing."The GOP House member added, "Trump can just blanket pardon all of us too."READ MORE: GOP already 'chomping at the bit' to cut Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare: analysisLoomer replied: "JUST IN: MTG admits she has done

Emphasizing that the Equal Rights Amendment is the only proposed constitutional amendment that has yet to be certified, 46 U.S. senators have joined the growing national call for President Joe Biden to ensure the proposed statute is part of the Constitution when he leaves office in January.Reporting on the letter on Tuesday, the Virginia-based publication Style Weekly noted that the state's two Democratic senators—Sens. Mark Warner

More than a decade after it sparked massive protests in the state capital, a Wisconsin judge on Monday struck down a controversial law that effectively ended public sector collective bargaining in the state.In his final judgement, Dane County Circuit Judge Jacob Frost crossed out 85 sections of the 2011 law known as Act 10, which w

A lengthy series of X posts attacking Social Security as a "nightmare" caught the attention of the platform's mega-billionaire owner, Elon Musk, who could soon take aim at the beloved New Deal program as co-chair of an advisory commission tasked with identifying federal spending to slash. "Interesting thread," Musk, the world's richest man, wrote late Monday in response to the posts by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), who

Florida's Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister — Donald Trump's nominee to serve as Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration — withdrew from the running on Tuesday, making him the second of the president-elect's nominees to drop out. Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) withdrew his name from attorney general nomination amid piling sex trafficking allegations against him last month.Chorister wrote via X: To have been nominated by President-Elect @realDonaldTrump to serve as Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration is the honor of a lifetime. Over the past several days, as the gravity of this very important responsibility se