Most US Voters Believe Trump Has Inappropriately Profited in Office, Poll Finds

August 19, 2026 | A majority of Americans believe Trump and his family have inappropriately profited from cryptocurrency since his return to power and that his policy decisions are influenced by his private business dealings, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

Americans are inclined to be so harsh, cruel, merciless, and lacking in understanding for people who break the law, yet when it comes to Trump’s corruption, they can be so gentle and reticent to criticize. Let us be absolutely clear: Trump is the most corrupt president in my long lifetime. He is also probably the richest. But that fortune is ill-gotten. Trump is the wrong man in the wrong office. And Americans are having to pay a very high price for their poor judgment. We in the rest of the world are also having to pay a high price: a high price for Americans’ political ignorance, naïveté, and extremely poor judgment. — © Mark Alexander

A New McCarthyism? Republicans' Escalating War on Leftist Groups

July 28, 2026 | As the Trump administration threatens to intensify its "global campaign to crush radical left terrorism," we look at a new 100-page report issued by the State Department last week accusing the Cuban government of waging a "sustained campaign of subversion against the United States." The report claims Cuba has backed a number of groups in the United States, including the National Lawyers Guild, Pastors for Peace, the National Network on Cuba and the feminist anti-war organization CodePink.

Meanwhile, the Republican-led House Ways and Means Committee subpoenaed BreakThrough News last week, demanding the independent online news outlet hand over internal communications and financial records. BreakThrough News says it's being targeted over its coverage of U.S. mass deportations, ICE abuses, Cuba and Palestine solidarity and U.S. foreign policy.


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Stephen Miller is such an objectionable, cruel … ! — © Mark Alexander

Tucker Carlson, Who Broke With Trump, Plans to ‘Help Build a Third Party’

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The influential conservative commentator’s relationship with the president and the G.O.P. fractured over the war with Iran. Now, he says he is charting a new course.

Screenshot taken from this NYT article. | Tucker Carlson, a former Trump ally, broke with the G.O.P. over the war with Iran. | Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press
Tucker Carlson, the influential conservative media commentator, said in an interview that he planned to help start a new political party after leaving the Republican Party, but that he had no interest in running for office.

Mr. Carlson, a former close ally of President Trump who has broken with the Republican Party over the war with Iran, told the Columbia Journalism Review that he was “going to help build a third party.”

“There should be a good-faith effort to figure out what benefits the country,” Mr. Carlson said in an interview with the Columbia Journalism Review published Wednesday.

He outlined his plans at a moment of upheaval for both parties: The insurgent left appears ascendant in the Democratic Party as the base has grown angry over the party leadership’s stance on Israel since the war in Gaza. The Republican Party has been fractured by Mr. Trump’s handling of the war with Iran.

Mr. Carlson, a popular podcaster and former Fox News host, said last month that he was leaving the Republican Party. He described himself on a podcast episode as a “consistent defender” of the party for 35 years, but said that he believed the party had lost touch with “America first” principles under Mr. Trump. » | Tim Balk | Thursday, July 2, 2026

More Republicans Are Fed Up with Trump than Ever

Senator Whitehouse tells us why.

New Lincoln Project Ad: This Is Easy!

Jun 22, 2026

America, under Trump, is a bloody disgrace. Not to put too fine a point on it, it’s a SHITSHOW! Shame on Trump for his actions in office; and shame on Americans for letting that man do what he has done to their country. Such patriotism! Starmer has resigned today; Trump should follow his lead. — © Mark Alexander

Smart Men Reject Trump and His Cult. Fact!

Lucas Bean explains why.
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Paul Lance: Being So Selfish You Only Vote for Yourself — It’s Called Being Republican

May 23, 2026

Republicans Wake Up!

Father David asks when the Republican Party will put country first?

Trump Says He Will Rid America of People with Wrong Genetics

Mar 15, 2026 | Jesse talks about Donald Trump's absolutely mask-off Nazi talk to Fox News's Brian Kilmeade the other day, when he was talking about who to rid the country of. He said, "They shouldn't have been let in. They're just bad. Their genetics - They are not exactly your genetics."

GOP Congressman: Dead Iranian Children Were Targeted by US Military

Mar 2, 2026 | Jesse talks about the stark differences between Republicans and Democrats, and how moments like this highlight them. Anna Paulina Luna beats the drum of war that she says isn't a war (even though Trump himself calls it one). And after the bombing of a girls' school in Iran, Republican Congressman Randy Fine said, "Every one of those targets is a military target!"

Strong language alert!

Trump Trademarked "Donald J. Trump International Airport" Just Before Florida Airport Renaming!

Feb 21, 2026 | Jesse talks about the insane news related to the upcoming renaming of a Florida airport to "Donald J. Trump International Airport." Just days before the bill passed by Republicans in the Florida House, Trump registered that with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for "intent to use" the names "President Donald J. Trump International Airport," "Donald J. Trump International Airport," and "DJT."

What a disgusting, corrupt country, and what a disgusting, corrupt president! — © Mark Alexander

Ryan Busse on the Cruelty of Republican Leadership That Will Hand Democrats a Win at the Midterms

Feb 16, 2026 | Montana congressional candidate Ryan Busse joins Anthony Davis to discuss the corruption and cruelty of Republican leadership that he believes will hand Democrats a win at the midterms, as people fight for their rights, safety and climate justice - only on The Weekend Show.

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The Public Has Turned On Trump But US Elite Are Too Scared | Bill Kristol

Jan 20, 2026 | “It’s the elite who are finding complicated reasons why this isn’t quite the right time to oppose Trump.”

The US public has “moved” against Trump as elites and Republican politicians are failing to hold their redlines in the face of the American president’s disregard for all kinds of laws and rules, says writer and former chief of staff to vice president Dan Quayle, Bill Kristol.


They are all ARSE-LICKERS lacking SPUNK. — © Mark Alexander

Republicans Go Silent as Trump Threatens Entire World

Jan 17, 2026 | As Donald Trump threatens to seize Greenland and dismisses long-standing alliances, Congress remains largely silent. The Republican Party—once defined by constitutional restraint—now hesitates to confront a president testing the boundaries of executive power. Anthony Davis explores how unchecked rhetoric, authoritarian instincts, and congressional inaction are colliding at a critical moment for American democracy.

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As recompense for Trump’s greed, aggression, egocentricity, and culpable stupidity, ordinary Americans might soon have to pay a very high price: Americans might well soon become personae non gratae abroad. Trump is doing America and Americans no favours. — © Mark Alexander

Will Congress Stop Trump’s Power Grab? Or Are Republicans Complicit in the Downfall of NATO?

January 16, 2026

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Trump and his cronies don’t give a damn about the Constitution! One of the best ways to think about Trump and his MAGA movement is to think of cancer, a malign primary growth, a primary tumour, and metastasized growths or tumours springing up all over the body politics of other western nations. One can also think of the movement as a pox on the West. Think of how quickly mushrooms in a field spring up after a night of rain.

As for some of MAGA’s characters, there are too many to mention here. But Stephen Miller is America’s very own Joseph Goebbels, its very own Minister of Propaganda, or as he would have been known in Hitler’s Third Reich, Reichsminister für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda. As for little Mike Johnson, well, he is just a queer little fellow. — © Mark Alexander

Dragged Down by an Unpopular President, Republicans Are Bracing for a Midterm Trouncing

THE GUARDIAN: As Americans tire of Donald Trump, a Democratic midterm ‘tsunami’ could sweep the GOP out of power

It was a wake-up call for America. In January, Donald Trump took the oath of office, declared himself “saved by God to make America great again” and issued a barrage of executive orders. In the ensuing months the US president and his allies moved at breakneck speed and seemed indomitable.

But as 2025 draws to a close with Trump struggling to stay awake at meetings, the prevailing image is of a driver asleep at the wheel. Opinion polls suggest that Americans are turning against him. Republicans are heading for the exit ahead of congressional contests next November that look bleak for the president’s party.

“He came into office and, like a blitzkrieg, was violating laws and the constitution,” said Larry Jacobs, director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota. “The American political process is slow-moving and so he was able to do things that were extraordinary.

“But this is a guy whose legacy may well be the political collapse of Republicans in this era. Put another way, rather than asking who is going to be the inheritor of the Trump mantle and the so-called Maga movement, we may be talking in a year or so about which candidates can escape the odious distinction of having been connected with Trump.” » | David Smith in Washington | Saturday, December 27, 2025

Republicans Take Dark Turn on Stage in Shock Moment

Dec 24, 2025 | Is white supremacy moving back into the center of American political power? This video breaks down how Vice President JD Vance is positioning himself as the heir to the post-Trump Republican Party—and why his rhetoric, alliances, and refusal to condemn extremists signal a dangerous shift in U.S. leadership. Using recent events at Turning Point USA, Vance’s public statements about race, religion, and “heritage Americans,” and the growing influence of openly extremist voices on the right, this essay examines how exclusionary ideologies are being repackaged as patriotism and “big tent” conservatism. It also explores the internal fractures within the GOP, the appeal of these ideas to younger voters, and why attempts to accommodate white nationalism inevitably undermine democracy itself. Anthony Davis reacts.

Republicans: Wake Up!

Father David asks how long it will take for Republicans in Congress to stand up to this “lunatic”?

‘Openly and Explicitly Racist’ | Young Republican Right ‘Worryingly’ Trends towards Nick Fuentes

Dec 9, 2025 | “Trump, for all of his narcissistic tendencies and erratic nature, has more of a root in internationalism.”

The America First ideology to cut the US off from its allies would be “disastrous” for the country, says The Times’s Daniel Finkelstein.

Republicans Break from Trump over Truth Social Rants

Nov 28, 2025 | Aaron Parnas discusses breaking news of Republicans breaking from Trump over his use of a slur during a Truth Social rant, including why the Senators are breaking from Trump, a deeper look at multiple Truth Social posts, and much more.