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PoliticusUSA is totally independent and corporate-free because readers support this publication. Please consider supporting us and joining our growing community by becoming a subscriber. Trump and the Republicans are playing a weird and delusional game with themselves. The President and his party keep acting like they have a big mandate. Still, sometimes, Speaker Mike Johnson

Please support PoliticusUSA by becoming a subscriber. The only thing surprising about a Reagan-appointed federal judge saying that he would block Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship is that it took a whole almost three days to happen. CNN reported: Judge John Coughenour, a Ronald Reagan appointee who sits in Seattle, granted the request by

The Daily is ad-free thanks to the support of our subscribers. Please consider supporting us by becoming a subscriber. What did the American people think they were voting for when those who did so cast their ballots for Trump? Some thought they were voting for a man who could make the economic damage from COVID

PoliticusUSA is ad and corporate-free because of the support of our subscribers. The best to support our work is to become a subscriber. All Democrats voted against a sham bill that Republicans disguised as protecting babies, but what it was really about was restricting access to choice. Sen. Patty Murray explained the bill before the

PoliticusUSA is ad-free and completely reader-supported. You can support our work by becoming a subscriber. Rachel Maddow devoted the first half of her show on Tuesday to the concept of how public officials can be made to reverse course through the use of shame. Maddow said, “ What makes them correct course and start doing the

Readers like you are the sole source of support for PoliticusUSA, so please consider becoming a subscriber. Rep. Jamie Raskin is using his position as House Judiciary Committee ranking member to help lead the charge against Donald Trump’s agenda. Rep. Raskin reacted to Donald Trump’s extremist, unconstitutional, and potentially illegal executive orders by saying: This

PoliticusUSA is now ad-free and supported by readers like you. To support our work, please consider becoming a subscriber. Trump’s pardons of the 1/6 insurrectionists, including those who committed acts of violence, were not surprising. Trump has been saying that he is going to pardon these people for years. However, Rachel Maddow pointed out that

PoliticusUSA is ad-free and entirely reader-supported. Please join us by becoming a subscriber. Musk said to the crowd during his speech, “Some elections are important, some are not. But this one, this one really mattered and I just want to say thank you for making it happen. It is thanks to you that the future

Over the years, Republicans have made a lot of claims about the great things that tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and corporations can do. Republicans have claimed that tax cuts pay for themselves when basic math tells you that this is impossible. Republicans love to claim that tax cuts for the rich create jobs,

PoliticusUSA depends on the support of its readers. Our stories are presented to you ad and sponsor-free. You can support PoliticusUSA by becoming a subscriber. For a person who some claim is such a good communicator, Donald Trump often speaks in a muddled and garbled way that leaves his comments open to interpretation. What he

The Daily is an independent newsletter outside the Beltway and fighting for things regular Americans care about. Please support our work by becoming a subscriber. It was a pattern that repeated itself over and over again. Trump, first as a candidate and then as a president, said outrageous things that fueled the media, which drove

Months ago, Donald Trump filed a frivolous lawsuit against CBS where he claimed that 60 Minutes edited their interview with Kamala Harris. The Wall Street Journal reported: Paramount Global executives have held internal discussions about settling a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump over a CBS News interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, according to people

PoliticusUSA needs your support. If you find our work informative and necessary, please consider becoming a subscriber. Trump had big plans for his return to Washington. He intended to draw the MAGAs into the city with a rally the night before he took office and have a big crowd for his inauguration. Trump also wanted

To get every word of every article delivered to your inbox and to support the news and views that share your values, please consider becoming a subscriber. It turns out that a whole lot of Americans don’t have much faith in Trump to do a good job with the economy. The AP reported on their