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just now (379+ words) White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed ex-President Joe Biden for the "debacle" of allowing nearly 100,000 Afghans to enter the U.S. during his administration, saying it has been a "historic failure" that "continues to haunt this country." Leavitt lambasted Biden during a press conference on Monday, while giving an update on the shooting in Washington, D.C. last week that killed one National Guard member and severely wounded another. The suspected shooter, Rahmanullah Lakanwal,entered the U.S. as part of Biden's Operation Allies Welcome, which resettled Afghans in the States, after the U.S. withdrew from the country in 2021. Biden "recklessly released" Afghans will "little to no vetting," Leavitt said, with "no regard for the disorder and violence that this would unleash on American communities." She said Americans are now forced to "live with the deadly consequences" of Biden's "horrific leadership." "The terrifying truth is the…...

4+ min ago (159+ words) Now, as I'said in that last episode, the battle over our institutions of higher education have been and will continue to be a'critical front where the future of democracy is'decided.' Alvarez: Can you give our listeners a'sense of what it's like on campus right'now? But, there are a'lot of people who are coming together everywhere who do not want this. One thing that's been so inspiring and so life-giving for me is seeing people just talking to each other, whether it's door knocking, phone banking, or getting together to discuss how to push back against disciplinary'charges. This episode of the Working People Podcast was originally published on Nov'6. Maximillian Alvarez is editor-in-chief at the Real News Network and host of the podcast Working People, available at InThe'se'Times'.com. He is also the author of The Work of Living: Working People…...

11+ min ago (560+ words) Patel, the FBI's Director, lands in the middle of this maelstrom. And immediately refuses to get off the plane until someone finds him one of those windbreakers agents wear at crime scenes with FBI stamped across them in giant yellow letters. This holiday season, give yourself or a loved one the gift of Wonkette. We're almost as fun as spiked eggnog. No, really. The anecdote is from a new report allegedly written by a group of former and current agents unhappy with the direction of the Bureau under Kash's reign. Let's quote the entire passage in this New York Post story, for laughter: FBI special agents at the Salt Lake City field office busy working on the Kirk case "had to stop and ask around to find an FBI raid jacket " a medium-sized one " that would fit." When a jacket…...

13+ min ago (283+ words) Dan Bongino once made a name for himself as a MAGA-aligned commentator and podcaster, one who was outspoken about the need to disclose files related to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Now, as deputy director of the FBI, he is under fire over his knowledge of he massive effort to redact the files, the Daily Beast reported. Bongino joined the FBI as deputy director under Kash Patel back in May. At the time, he claimed that the Trump administration's slow-walk of the Epstein files was part of an effort to protect the victims of the deceased financier and underage sex trafficker. Since then, the Daily Beast noted, he had gone silent on the subject. Over the weekend, Bloomberg published a report detailing the FBI's massive effort to comb through and redact large parts of the government's trove of files related to…...

29+ min ago (192+ words) Donald Trump was able to win two presidential elections by keeping his support nearly universal among Republican voters and cobbling together enough swing voters to be victorious. Trump's governing has always been based on having a unified Republican Party with him. It has been nearly a decade of pundits and attention seekers everywhere proclaiming that they were sure that THIS was the moment that Republicans would abandon Trump. The moment never came. No matter what Trump did or said, Republicans stayed unified with him in the high ninety percent range. Donald Trump thought that he was politically bulletproof, and there was nothing that he could do that would cause his supporters to leave him. Trump bungled a pandemic, lost an election, tried to overthrow the government, was impeached twice, and was federally investigated and charged twice. Republicans stuck with Trump…...

33+ min ago (429+ words) Jenna Anderson is the host of the Go Read Some Comics YouTube channel, as well as one of the hosts of the Phase Hero podcast. She has been writing professionally since 2017, but has been loving pop culture (and especially superhero comics) for her entire life. You can usually find her drinking a large iced coffee from Dunkin and talking about comics, female characters, and Taylor Swift at any given opportunity. I have been excited for HBO's The Chair Company since the millisecond that it was first announced. After delivering countless laughs and literally rewriting my vocabulary with I Think You Should Leave, I would follow creators Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin to the ends of the Earth, at this point. As of Sunday, The Chair Company's first season has officially come to a close, in ways that the viewing audience…...

34+ min ago (656+ words) The Washington Post detonated a political bombshell over the weekend with a report alleging that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered U.S. forces to kill survivors of a drone strike on suspected drug smugglers " a charge that, if true, would constitute a clear war crime. The story appears to have finally rattled some normally stalwart Republicans. Filed Under: Members, National Security House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote in a Dear Colleague letter that House Democrats are introducing a discharge petition for an up-or-down vote on a three-year extension of the Obamacare" Reuters: "At least 470 people, organizations and institutions have been targeted for retribution since Trump took office " an average of more than one a day. Some were singled out" "President Donald Trump will hold a meeting at the White House on Monday evening about next steps on Venezuela, as the administration intensifies…...

34+ min ago (226+ words) Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Shelby Harris on Sunday said he understood why San Francisco 49ers receiver Jauan Jennings was punched in the groin last week after interacting with him. Last Monday, Jennings was punched by Carolina Panthers safety Tre'von Moehrig on the very last play of the game. When the benches emptied on the field for post-game handshakes, Jennings retaliated by striking him the in facemask. Jennings was not punished for his role in the altercation, but Moehrig was fined more than $12,000 by the NFL. He was not suspended. The following weekend, the Niners beat the Browns 26-8 in Cleveland. After the game, Harris revealed that he shared some words with Jennings during an injury timeout for Browns defensive tackle Maliek Collins. That interaction, Harris claimed, spoke volumes about Jennings. When Maliek Collins went down with injury, there were words exchanged between…...

36+ min ago (248+ words) Sanchari Ghosh is a political writer for The Mary Sue who enjoys keeping up with what's going on in the world and sometimes reminding everyone what they should be talking about. She's been around for a few years, but still gets excited whenever she disentangles a complicated story. When she's not writing, she's likely sleeping, eating, daydreaming, or just hanging out with friends. Politics is her passion, but so is an amazing nap. Over the past few months, several film and television personalities have publicly criticised United States President Donald Trump Among these critics are notable figures like Robert De Niro and Mark Ruffalo Now, another "celebrity" who has previously spoken out against Trump is coming forward with their criticism This individual is none other than comedian and television host David Letterman David Letterman may not have been as consistent…...

36+ min ago (364+ words) Attempting to meet Donald Trump's July 2026 deadline to refashion government websites where private information is shared, the National Design Studio is creating websites that have all the appearances of leaving gaping security holes, experts warned Monday. According to a report from NOTUS, the president demanded in an executive order for the websites to be "usable and beautiful," but the early results are raising alarms among security experts. "The sites coming out of the National Design Studio might look slick at first glance " if not to everyone's taste " but if the office's early projects are a tell, pushing this aesthetic at a large scale could risk breaking federal disability laws and compromising the security of Americans' personal data," the experts said, with one raising a red flag about the coding and an over-reliance on AI. Noting that one of the founders…...