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23+ min ago (202+ words) "I don't give a damn," said a top Democratic leader in response to Donald Trump's newest attack. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), who recently said that people are driving by his home, rolling down their windows and yelling a slur for developmentally disabled people, mimicking Trump after he used the derogatory term to attack him, weighed in on Saturday after yet another presidential attack. "The President of the United States just can't seem to keep my name out of his mouth," Walz wrote. "Earlier, he attacked me again from the Oval Office." He added, "Look, I don't give a damn what bullies like Donald Trump call me on television. My singular focus is on defending families from the chaos and cruelty currently being inflicted by this administration." "I refuse to be intimidated or distracted by Trump's name-calling. There's just too much…...

24+ min ago (730+ words) Want to sell your home? Get ready for a headache. Home prices aren't the only issue in the real estate market. The rising cost of everyday goods'and the cutthroat nature of the real estate business in general'means that getting a house for a good, reasonable price often means a lot of negotiation. During this negotiation, a realtor may try to slip in some language that secretly benefits them. When they get caught, it can make things a bit awkward, as TikToker Richard Taylor (@hold_my_hand_wholesale) recently shared in a video with over 10.7 million views. In his video, Taylor films himself having a conversation with a realtor. During the conversation, the realtor claims that the buyer of the home will be paying "closing costs and commissions." In response, Taylor clarifies that the commission should be coming out of the down payment, which Taylor…...

39+ min ago (428+ words) Fox News anchor Joey Jones argued President Donald Trump has "more work to do" when it comes to fixing the economy " and that it better happen ASAP before the 2026 midterms. Jones, while co-hosting The Big Weekend Show on Saturday, said he believes in a lot of the moves the president has made since returning to office. He pointed to the "Trump Accounts," which puts $1,000 into investment accounts for children born between 2025 and 2028, as one idea he is a fan of. "But that's 18 years, at best, down the road," Jones said about how Trump Accounts will boost the economy. "They've got to find the quick wins quicker," he continued. "And I don't know where they are because I'm not an economist. But people do feel like buying a vehicle and a home is still expensive." Jones added he is not sure…...

51+ min ago (568+ words) U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Justice Brett Kavanaugh and retired Justice Anthony Kennedy attend U.S. President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March The New York Times says the Roberts court is giving their favorite president passes he doesn't deserve. "The justices " seem friendlier to claims of executive power under [President Donald] Trump than they were under President Joe Biden. They blocked Mr. Biden's efforts to use his authority to forgive student loans and manage the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, they are enabling a Republican president as he goes much further while relying on weaker rationales," argued the Times. The court will soon hear a challenge to Trump's power to fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission " an action that flies in the face of a 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent. It will…...

53+ min ago (741+ words) =I don't know why this wasn't above-the-fold news all across the country over the past few days as the details of the "peace plan" Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff took to Vladimir Putin this week came out. Kushner, it appears, had added in a provision that would have forced both Ukraine and Russia to take actions that would specifically benefit Saudi Arabia, a country that is paying the presidential son-in-law at least $25 million a year. Can you imagine what the response would have been if George Marshall, while negotiating the 1948 Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe after WWII, had been personally taking millions from, say, Saudi Arabia, and thus inserted a provision ensuring that country could permanently benefit from the peace plan? Given that then-President Truman and Marshall were Democrats, it's safe to predict that the GOP would have melted down,…...

55+ min ago (1702+ words) He just can't let it go. President Donald Trump is still over the moon after receiving the FIFA Peace Prize on Friday, an award invented expressly to stroke his ego. On Saturday morning, the president, after dashing off some angry rants at a CNN reporter and Fox and Friends, dreamily revisited the experience. "Such a great honor," Trump wrote on Truth Social, sharing a Newsmax article about the event. "Thank you FIFA, and have a historic World Cup!" Gianni Infantino, the president of the international soccer league, presented Trump with the brand new award at the 2026 FIFA World Cup final draw at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. "This is your peace prize," Infantino said, as he handed the president a certificate, a trophy, and a medal. A beaming Trump responded by speaking about how truly honored he was to receive…...

56+ min ago (358+ words) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth waffled when asked if he would make good on President Donald Trump's vow to release the video of the controversial double-tap airstrike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean. Hegseth spoke at the Reagan National Defense Forum on Saturday. During a question and answer session, moderator Lucas Tomlinson with Fox News asked, "After Admiral [Frank "Mitch'] Bradley's meetings from Capitol Hill with joint chiefs, President Trump said he would have no problem if the full video of the strike is released. When can we see that video? When will you release it?" "We are reviewing it right now to make sure sources, methods " I mean, it's an ongoing operation right now, TTPs," Hegseth said. "We have operators out there doing this now. Whatever we decide, we have to be responsible and we are reviewing it....

59+ min ago (88+ words) Manufacturers Shrink for 9th Month in a Row American manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month, a survey showed, as uncertainty tied to ever-changing tariffs and a historic government shutdown weighed on business. Posted by qcp at 05:30 PM | 2 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | #1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-04 02:10 PM | Reply American manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month #2 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-04 03:17 PM | Reply...

1+ hour, 3+ min ago (180+ words) U.S. Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC), 48, has been a consistent ally of Trump except in her push to release files related to the disgraced child sex abuser, Jeffrey Epstein. She is known for dominating headlines regardless of what she's involved in. The comments were filled with confusion, with many assuming Mace was pregnant. The top comment is from a popular MAGA account, Noah Christopher, who simply wrote, "Are you pregnant?" Popular journalist Kristi Leigh suggested a cropping job, writing, "Cropping could save you from creating confusion. :/" Other notable accounts simply wrote things like, "When's the due date? Congrats," or, "Omg are you pregnant?!?!?!" The trend was also noticed by the conservative outlet OutKick, which published a piece called, "Nancy Mace's Hand Placement In This Christmas Picture, And What It Implies, Could Be A December Stunner." "Nancy Mace went to bed Friday night…...

1+ hour, 25+ min ago (593+ words) A saddening certainty was hammered home on November 17, 2025, when not a single country stood up for them at the United Nations. The Security Council resolved to accept President Trump's plan for Gaza's future, a proposal that makes no effort to hold Israel and the U.S. accountable, in the near term, for war crimes and relentless ethnic cleansing. Anticipating what some call the "Gazafication" of the West Bank, human rights groups are calling on the Israeli military to cease their attacks on Palestinian neighborhoods and refugee camps. Most recently, the Israeli Defense Forces raided homes in the governorate of Tubas after expelling more than twenty families from the besieged Al Far'a refugee camp. Using jeeps, bulldozers, ATVs, rifles, and other equipment supplied by the Israeli government and military, settlers beat civilians with clubs, torch vehicles, steal livestock, and demolish homes. Those Israeli…...