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14+ min ago (410+ words) A fiery on-air blowup erupted Friday night on CNN's "NewsNight" after former Democratic lawmaker Bakari Sellers slammed MAGA figures for refusing to distance themselves from white nationalist Nick Fuentes. The moment sparked a heated, minutes-long clash with podcast host Katie Miller, wife of White House adviser Stephen Miller, who accused CNN's Abby Phillip of hypocrisy in a tense back-and-forth that quickly consumed the segment. Sellers kicked off the confrontation by arguing that Fuentes still commands influence inside the GOP. "The fact that we're even mentioning Nick Fuentes, he's 4'11, he's misogynistic, and he's antisemitic, but yet he is somebody who has the pulse of the Republican base right now," Sellers said. Miller immediately snapped back and quickly found herself in a heated confrontation with the "NewsNight" host. "Nick does not have the pulse of the Republican base. It's what Democrats want…...

16+ min ago (135+ words) U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued an order on Friday demanding the Trump administration file affidavits from every official involved in the decision to carry out mass deportation flights under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, despite Boasberg's standing order to turn the planes around. The order, which gives the administration one week to comply, is a major step toward a potential criminal prosecution of Trump administration officials for contempt of court. "Instead, it must determine whether Secretary Noem or anyone else should be referred for potential contempt prosecution," Boasberg continued. This comes as Republicans in Congress allied with Trump have launched a series of misconduct allegations against Boasberg, questioning his impartiality and even trying to get him removed from office. ALSO READ: We've seen this movie before " what happens next is never good...

25+ min ago (420+ words) Outrage erupted across social media Friday after President Donald Trump announced that he intends to grant a "Full and Complete pardon" to former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez, the convicted drug trafficker serving a 45-year federal sentence for helping move massive amounts of cocaine into the United States. Hernandez, extradited to the U.S. in 2024 and convicted in New York, was found guilty of conspiring to traffic 400 tons of cocaine following years of reporting that he used Honduras" government, military and police to protect cocaine shipments headed to the U.S. The backlash to Trump"s new pardon plan was swift. Conservative critics of Trump blasted the move as proof that the president remains, as the account @RepublicansAgainstTrump put it, "The most lawless president in history." Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) reminded his followers of the scale of Hernandez"s crimes. "He is responsible for…...

35+ min ago (580+ words) Trump Feuds with His White House Ballroom Architect Posted by LampLighter at 11:32 PM | 12 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | Trump fighting with his architect about wanting to build a ballroom bigger than the actual White House feels very on brand wapo.st/4rqrqA2[image or embed] #1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-28 12:53 AM | Reply #2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-11-28 12:57 AM | Reply Ya know, you really need to try to be more expressive of your opinions. #3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-28 01:20 AM | Reply Back in the day, I used to routinely ride along a part of the NY Thruway. When i left my rental abode, and started on the trek, I would put a cassette into the car's player. One cassette had a curious timing to it. As it played, a song would eventually appear. Bad Company - Bad Company (1974) www.youtube.com Shortly after the time…...

40+ min ago (172+ words) President Donald Trump's campaign has been caught upcharging prospective buyers on a Black Friday sale. The campaign's Black Friday fundraising email hawks multiple items that appear to contain higher prices than what's listed on its website, according to Meidas Touch. The report found one email advertised a red MAGA hat ornament at a "reduced" price of $37, claiming a "30% off deal." However, the campaign's own website simultaneously listed the same item for $30. Another fundraising email touted a "new low price" of $32 for a 2026 MAGA calendar, with the campaign claiming it was "feeling extra thankful" for supporters. The email marketed the item as part of a "30% off deal." Yet, the campaign website listed the calendar at $25. The upcharging comes as Americans feel the squeeze from stubborn inflation and higher prices due to the president's steep tariffs. Trump has consistently claimed with little…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago (1078+ words) On Thursday, Israeli forces carried out a summary execution of two unarmed Palestinians in the West Bank after they had surrendered, in an event recorded live on video. The victims, Yusef "Asa'sah, 39, and al-Muntaser bel-lah "Abdallah, 26, were shown in the video lifting their shirts to prove they had no weapons and lying on the ground in surrender. Israeli forces directed them to enter a building, had them lie on the ground then shot them multiple times in a hail of automatic rifle fire. Since the start of the Gaza genocide, Israeli military forces and settlers have killed over 1,000 Palestinians in the West Bank, with the perpetrators given legal impunity for these murders. United Nations human rights office spokesperson Jeremy Laurence said that the "brazen killing" was "yet another apparent summary execution." The shooting occurred as part of an ongoing assault…...

1+ hour, 34+ min ago (456+ words) Trump Uses Death of National Guard Member to Boast of Election Win President Donald Trump attracted a wave of criticism after he pivoted to talking about his 2024 election victory when asked about a National Guard member who recently succumbed to her gunshot wounds. Posted by reinheitsgebot at 10:33 PM | 12 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | Trump dancing at his Mar-a-Lago Thanksgiving dinner as National Guard families grieve[image or embed] Is pedo 47 going to incite another brawl at Sarah Beckstrom's grave site? #1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-11-28 12:35 AM | Reply #2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-28 01:38 AM | Reply Has Pres Trump not a clue about empathy? Of course not. He's a sociopath. Among other things. #3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-11-28 02:00 AM | Reply "weekend at Donnie's" will be here before we know it. #4 | Posted by a_monson at 2025-11-28 03:06 AM | Reply After the Twin Towers fell on 9/11, Dummkopf Trumpf gloated…...

1+ hour, 37+ min ago (194+ words) A senior Trump administration counterterrorism official is calling for the mass roundup and deportation of tens of thousands of Afghan refugees admitted to the United States under President Joe Biden, claiming that their presence led to the Washington D.C. shooting involving two National Guard members. Joe Kent, a former Army Green Beret and longtime MAGA activist, made the eyebrow-raising demand Friday in a post to his X account in response to what he called a "barbaric terrorist attack." "Vetting a foreigner in a war zone to determine if he will fight a common enemy is vastly different than vetting a foreigner to see if he is suitable to live in our country," he said in the post. "Yet under Biden tens of thousands of Afghans were brought to America using the war zone vetting standard. This is why the DC attack…...

1+ hour, 52+ min ago (207+ words) Former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) blasted Donald Trump on Friday over the death of Sarah Beckstrom, the West Virginia National Guard member who was fatally shot near the White House earlier this week. Walsh " once a Tea Party congressman and now an outspoken Trump critic " said the 20-year-old soldier should never have been stationed in the nation's capital to begin with. "Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom should be alive. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe should not be in a hospital fighting for his life," Walsh wrote in a searing post on X. "There's no f-----g reason for National Guard troops to be in DC. There's no f-----g reason at all. There never has been." He added: "Damn Trump. Damn him." Beckstrom was one of two National Guard members shot in a Nov. 26 ambush-style shooting in Washington, D.C., according to media reports. Both members…...

1+ hour, 59+ min ago (812+ words) President Donald Trump's use of a slur for intellectually disabled people to describe one of his political opponents may be costing him some MAGA support, according to one Republican strategist.Mediaite reported Friday that during a segment on CNN, Joseph Moreno " a military veteran and former federal prosecutor " lamented Trump called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) "seriously retarded" on Thanksgiving Day. Trump insulted the Minnesota governor in the middle of a rant about Somali refugees in the Gopher State, as part of his comments in the wake of National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom being fatally shot in Washington D.C. this week.When host Boris Sanchez quipped: "What happened to 'Happy Thanksgiving,'" Moreno didn't hold back."Boris, you're putting your finger, honestly, on what's so difficult to be a conservative-leaning citizen, who, my whole life has cherished vigorous, but respectful debate," Moreno said....