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Conservative Columnist Explains Exactly Why Trump's New Idea Is 'Catastrophic' In Every Sense
National Review’s Charles C.W. Cooke called it a “reckless, shapeless, irritable spasm, divorced from the nature and purpose of our government.”
1. 1. Charles C.W. Cooke, a senior editor at the conservative magazine National Review, has slammed Donald Trump’s promise to give Americans $5,000 each if Republicans retain control of both the House and Senate in the 2026 midterms.
1. 2. The idea is “in every sense possible, catastrophic,” Cooke wrote in a column published Thursday titled “Trump Breaks Glass, Joins Socialists, Embraces Bribery.”
1. 3. Trump promised at the GOP midterm convention on Wednesday that if Republicans retain control of both chambers of Congress, then “I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000.”

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15h ago

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Ted Cruz’s GOP Convention Speech Interrupted By Chilling Call From The Crowd
Lawmakers slammed the incident as “disturbing” and described it as an example of “clear hate.”
1. 1. A member of the audience during Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) address to the GOP midterm convention in Dallas on Thursday repeatedly shouted, “He should be shot,” as the senator listed and criticized prominent Democrats.
1. 2. El-Sayed responded to the incident during an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, saying: “Look, I’m a dad with two daughters, and I hope those daughters get to grow up and live with their dad.”
1. 3. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) wrote on X that “there aren’t even words for how chilling and disturbing this is.”

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16h ago

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‘You Go To Hell!’: Trump Ends Convention With The Most Bizarre Pledge You'll Ever Hear
The president tried to get the crowd to repeat after him — but he kept getting sidetracked.
1. 1. President Donald Trump concluded his Republican midterm convention on Thursday by leading the audience in a pledge ... to himself.
1. 2. Trump asked the crowd to raise their right hands and begin: “I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States.”
1. 3. “You know what happens if you don’t vote? You go to hell!”

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16h ago

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Oil Set To End Week Above $100 For First Time Since Mid-May As U.S. Diesel Hits Record High
Attacks along key Middle East shipping routes stoked prolonged supply disruption fears.
1. 1. Oil prices slipped on Friday but remained on track to end the week above $100 a barrel for the first time since mid-May and U.S. diesel prices hit a record high as attacks along key Middle East shipping routes stoked prolonged supply disruption fears.
1. 2. The Strait of Hormuz handled about one-fifth of global daily oil and liquefied natural gas supplies before the Iran war began in late February.
1. 3. Oil supply disruptions due to the Iran war, along with Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s refineries, pushed the U.S. national average diesel price past $6 a gallon for the first time ever on Thursday, according to price tracker GasBuddy.

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17h ago

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Trump Flips Out On Female Reporter After A Very Basic Question
The president did not like this question about his promise to send Americans $5,000 if Republicans win the midterms.
1. 1. President Donald Trump snapped at a reporter on Thursday night after she tried to ask a basic question about the $5,000 checks he promised to every American adult if Republicans win the midterm elections.
1. 2. While Trump frequently attacks both male and female reporters as well as the media in general, he has been especially vicious toward the women who cover him.
1. 3. He called Katie Rogers of The New York Times “ugly” after she co-authored a report on his lighter schedule as he ages, and he frequently rails against the Times’ Maggie Haberman, whom he has called “Maggot Hagerman.”

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1d ago

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Trump Asked Why He Can't Issue $5,000 Checks Before Midterms
The president’s response probably won’t ease the concerns of skeptics who remember his other promised payouts that never happened.
1. 1. Laura Ingraham asked President Donald Trump why he would wait to issue $5,000 checks until after the midterms if Republicans maintained control of Congress.
1. 2. Trump's reason for waiting to dole out the cash probably won’t ease the concerns of skeptics who remember his other promised payouts that never happened.
1. 3. Sending the money to citizens could cost as much as $1.3 trillion and would likely raise inflation levels even higher — if Congress even approved the plan.

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1d ago

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Lawrence O’Donnell Spots Why Trump’s ‘Pretend’ Convention Could Just Be His ‘Last Hurrah’
The MS NOW host said the president’s “self-worshipping” convention is a telling sign of where he stands ahead of the midterms.
1. 1. It is possible that two years from now, Donald Trump could be so politically toxic that he will not be invited to speak at the next Republican National Convention.
1. 2. And so this, this thing tonight could be Donald Trump’s last hurrah on a convention stage or a pretend convention stage.
1. 3. Donald Trump has convinced himself and no one else in the Republican Party that what voters really want to hear now is more lies from Donald Trump.

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1d ago

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Sept. 11 Ranks Among The Most Historic Events In Many Americans’ Lifetimes, Polling Shows
Separate polling from Gallup finds about 3 in 10 U.S. adults say they permanently changed the way they live their lives because of the attacks.
1. 1. About half of U.S. adults name the 9/11 attacks in an open-ended question about the most important historic occurrences in their lifetimes.
1. 2. The vast majority of Americans remember where they were when they heard about the attacks, and about two-thirds of Americans say it impacted the country “a great deal.”
1. 3. Only about 1 in 10 U.S. adults plans to do something to commemorate Friday’s 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

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1d ago

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Ex-Anthropic Researcher's Post Turbocharges Calls For Action Amid Newly Disclosed Hacking Incident
AI giants are “compelled to race toward building a deadly technology,” Jacob Coxon told CNN’s Anderson Cooper.
1. 1. A former Anthropic researcher's warning about AI's potential to cause human extinction turbocharged concerns around the potency of the technology and the absence of guardrails around it, as the company revealed a newly discovered hacking incident.
1. 2. The latest disclosures, which follow a number of earlier alarming incidents reported over the summer, will inevitably fuel already existing concerns that humans are losing control of AI.
1. 3. AI giants' desperate plea for regulation is 'completely honest' and 'genuine.'

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1d ago

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Nicolle Wallace Damns Trump And Natalie Harp Revelation With A Story About George W. Bush And A Spoon
The situation “is so bananas, we need another fruit,” said the MS NOW anchor.
1. 1. MS NOW’s Nicolle Wallace on Wednesday sought to put into perspective just how wild Donald Trump’s $45,000 cash gift to his devoted aide Natalie Harp — and similar gifts to other staffers — was by comparing it with what she received from former President George W. Bush for her wedding.
1. 2. “It’s totally foreign to ethics and law,” said Eisen of the gift. “Under 18 U .S .C. 209, it is illegal to supplement salary. It’s one of the most fundamental rules.
1. 3. The payments also raise the question of “what kind of loyalty is Donald Trump buying from his closest aides?” he added.

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1d ago

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OpenAI's Rogue Agents Used At Least 10 More Sites For Unauthorized Comms, Researchers Say
The AI giant did not say why it kept the activity under wraps for months.
1. 1. AI agents unleashed by OpenAI used more than 10 previously undisclosed websites for unsanctioned communications earlier this year.
1. 2. The revelation that OpenAI's agents circumvented their own restrictions to open communications channels on so many different sites — and that the company kept it quiet for months — may drive concerns both over the increasing capacity of AI models and the secrecy of the companies developing them.
1. 3. OpenAI did not directly address questions about how many different sites its agents used to communicate or say why it kept the activity under wraps for months.

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2d ago

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Anthropic Researcher Resigns, Warning That AI 'Could Kill Us All By The End Of The Decade'
“No other human activity poses this level of danger,” Jacob Coxon wrote on X.
1. 1. A researcher for Anthropic resigned from the company on Tuesday, warning that “the people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.”
1. 2. Evan Hubinger, alignment science lead at Anthropic, said Coxon’s assessment was valid, adding that he believes there is an over 10% chance the technology could wipe out all humans.
1. 3. Even some of the top AI companies’ bosses, including Dario Amodei of Anthropic and Sam Altman of OpenAI, signed a statement in 2023, declaring that “mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.”

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2d ago

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More Than 100,000 Demand FIFA Investigate Its President's Ties To Trump
A complaint demands that FIFA investigate Gianni Infantino over his connections to the president.
1. 1. More than 100,000 people have signed a complaint demanding that FIFA investigate President Gianni Infantino for alleged breaches of the world soccer governing body’s code of ethics related to his connections with U.S. President Donald Trump.
1. 2. The complaint was filed by FairSquare and its “Reboot FIFA” campaign, which accuses Infantino of multiple breaches outlined in a letter to FIFA’s Ethics Committee seen by Reuters.
1. 3. FairSquare director Nicholas McGeehan said the follow-up to an initial complaint submitted in December 2025 was filed after the events of the past few months during and after the World Cup, which finished in July.

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2d ago

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Trump Flips Out With Personal Attack On CNN’s Kaitlan Collins
The president ranted about the journalist and her network on Truth Social.
1. 1. Donald Trump launched a personal attack on CNN journalist Kaitlan Collins.
1. 2. The attack occurred on Trump's Truth Social platform.
1. 3. The article frames the incident as 'political theater' obscuring truth.

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2d ago

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Trump White House's Attempt To Hijack Beloved Character Backfires Spectacularly
Critics hit back with reminders of a few things the president would probably rather forget.
1. 1. The White House posted a video of Trump taking the lead role in a Zelda-style video, which critics on social media pushed back against.
1. 2. The 34-second video, which borrows heavily from Nintendo’s iconic intellectual property, gives “The Legend of Zelda” logo a MAGA makeover, turning it into “The Legend of Trump.”
1. 3. Some remade the meme to show a game-ified president on the infamous island once owned by late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who was once close friends with Trump.

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2d ago

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Seth Meyers Decodes That Bonkers RFK Jr.-Mehmet Oz Moment Next To Trump
It’s really about one thing, the “Late Night” host said.
1. 1. Seth Meyers analyzed a moment where Mehmet Oz appeared to block RFK Jr. from returning to his spot behind Donald Trump.
1. 2. Meyers and producer Sal Gentile offered various humorous explanations for the interaction, likening it to sitcom moments or a 'good cop, bad cop' routine.
1. 3. They concluded the jostling was about being in the 'two-shot' with Trump, as politicians are aware Trump perceives presence through a television lens.

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3d ago

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New Mexico Senator Trounces Trump With Spanish Insult After 'New America' Idea
Top leaders from the state slammed the president for his latest renaming proposal.
1. 1. New Mexico leaders strongly condemned Donald Trump's proposal to rename the state 'New America.'
1. 2. Sen. Ben Ray Luján called Trump a 'sinvergüenza and corrupt' in response to the renaming idea.
1. 3. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham accused Trump of trying to distract from 'disastrous war in Iran' and rising domestic problems.

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4d ago

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Masked Anti-Migrant Protesters Block Roads As Demonstrations Spread Across British Ports
British minister Emma Reynolds condemned hundreds of protesters who blocked streets in Portsmouth late on Sunday to try to stop the arrival of migrants from France.
1. 1. Hundreds of protesters blocked streets in Portsmouth to stop the arrival of migrants, following a similar demonstration in Dover.
1. 2. British minister Emma Reynolds condemned the protests as 'thuggish and intimidating behaviour.'
1. 3. Migrant arrivals have fallen sharply, with numbers down 43% year-on-year.

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4d ago

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Ex-Air Force Secretary Gives Stark Answer About Serving In Trump-Hegseth Pentagon
ABC News’ Martha Raddatz asked Frank Kendall what he’d do if he were still in the job today.
1. 1. Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall stated he could not serve in the current administration.
1. 2. Kendall accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of conducting an attempt to politicize the military.
1. 3. Kendall warned that 'long-term serious damage is being done to our military.'

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4d ago

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Trump Says He Wants To Rename A U.S. State In Stunning Day-Long Meltdown
He also claimed U.S. ownership of the moon.
1. 1. President Donald Trump posted dozens of messages in a day-long social media spree Sunday that included a call to change the name of a U.S. state.
1. 2. Between 9:10 a.m. and 10:35 p.m., the president fired off more than 60 messages, links, memes, rants, personal attacks, endorsements, boasts, and AI slop creations.
1. 3. Trump also had several out-of-this-world messages, including one presenting a potential new uniform for the U.S. Space Force that critics said looked more like the evil Imperial uniform from the “Star Wars” movies.

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4d ago

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Ex-GOP Strategist Maps Out Better Way To ‘Torture’ Trump Than Impeachment
Rick Wilson described the current atmosphere of fear in the Trump White House as “delicious,” “palpable” and “growing by the minute.”
1. 1. Former Republican strategist Rick Wilson says Democrats should target Donald Trump in a very different way than they did during his first term if they win back both chambers of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections.
1. 2. Instead, Wilson proposed a strategy he said would make the White House “more fearful,” “put them through more pain” and “weaken Trump more effectively” than impeachment — describing it as “a better way to torture Donald Trump’s White House.”
1. 3. Wilson said Democrats should “treat this like a mob prosecution,” starting with investigations into lower-level administration staffers and working their way up the chain.

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4d ago

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Longtime MS NOW Anchor Alex Witt Signs Off After 27 Years
“I knew it would be hard to get to this.”
1. 1. Alex Witt concluded her 27-year run at MSNBC/MS NOW with an emotional sign-off on Sunday.
1. 2. Witt, 65, said after the supercut concluded, 'I knew it would be hard to get to this.'
1. 3. In a post on X, MS NOW’s public relations team said Witt ‘has decided to sign off, concluding an extraordinary chapter.’

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