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Noonie Fortin
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Retired 1SG, author, speaker.
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Trump tries to rationalize his contradictory stances on voting by mail
The president wants the Republican base to believe mail-in voting is a corrupt scourge. He also wants them to consider doing it anyway.
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October 7, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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Trump eyes his own Florida golf club as new Camp David for future presidents
The president is already profiting off his office. Under a new plan, he’d profit off his successors’ presidencies, too.
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October 7, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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White House rejects calls for reimbursements on publicly funded campaign ads
Democrats called Team Trump’s gambit the “theft of public resources,” which comes with the expectations that the money must be paid back.
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October 7, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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As U.S. trade deficit widens, Trump’s economic agenda is failing on his own terms
The president put shrinking the trade deficit high on his economic to-do list. There’s fresh evidence he’s failing by own standards.
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October 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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Kash Patel’s latest FBI video looks quite a bit like an election season ad
The bureau’s latest video calls out many Democrats by name — including the nominee in one of the nation’s most closely watched Senate races.
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October 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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National poll shows unprecedented public support for Medicare for All
For years, Democrats feared that the reform lacked public support. A new survey suggests it’s time to reassess those assumptions.
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October 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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Russian oligarch says Trump Jr. repaid cost of wedding party, but the controversy lingers
Even if the president’s son reimbursed his generous Russian pal, there are underlying questions that still need answers.
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October 7, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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Money can’t buy Trump love, but he’s giving it a try anyway
House Speaker Mike Johnson warned voters to be wary of politicians “promising free things to you.” The president apparently missed the message.
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October 7, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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Cornell University has retained former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates to lead a "comprehensive independent review" into how the school "prevents and responds to sexual harassment, sexual assault and related misconduct on campus.”

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Cornell taps former deputy AG Sally Yates to lead independent review
Cornell University has retained former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates to lead an independent review of how Cornell responds to sexual assault cases.
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October 6, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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Faith leaders rally to protect 'sacred' vote as Trump opposition grows
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October 6, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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Maddow: An anti-Trump movement forms, united by morality
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October 6, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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Trump says some journalists ‘should be arrested,’ escalating attack on free press
If the president wants to lie about crowd sizes, that’s pitiful. But when he talks about arresting reporters without cause, don’t look away.
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October 6, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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As Russia confronts a new public health threat, Team Trump doesn’t inspire confidence
We’re suddenly reminded why it’s unwise to put a nation’s public health infrastructure in the hands of those who cannot manage it responsibly.
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October 6, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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Republicans invest in South Carolina race as the definition of ‘longshot’ quickly changes
It’s reached the point at which Donald Trump sees Dr. Annie Andrews as worth attacking, which speaks volumes about her race.
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October 6, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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With 8 in 10 Americans opposed to his handling of inflation, Trump turns to weird happy talk
The more Americans make their dissatisfaction with the economy clear, the more the White House tries to tell them how good they have it.
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October 6, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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Why Trump unexpectedly reversed course on taxpayer-funded campaign ads
The president is taking a step toward resolving an ongoing election-season scandal, but there are plenty of unanswered questions that need answers.
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October 6, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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The Warden of Delaney Hall, the subject of allegations of abuse & neglect, has lent his name & likeness to an org founded by a woman doing 9 years in federal prison for a forced labor sex cult & who's in the Epstein Files.

Why oversight of detention centers is so critical.

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SHOCKING Epstein Connection EXPOSED Between DISTURBING Cult & Trump ICE Facility!?!
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October 5, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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Trump reportedly sought input from Musk’s AI chatbot on military strikes
This was almost certainly the first time in U.S. history that a president consulted an AI chatbot about a provocative foreign policy gambit.
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October 5, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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With offensive against Tom Cotton, Trump picks the wrong fight at the wrong time
Eleven years into his political career and nearly six years into his presidency, Trump still has no idea how to work with Congress.
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October 5, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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South Korea pushes back against Trump’s claims about Alaska investments
The White House announced a Korean investment in an Alaskan pipeline project. The boast unraveled less than a day later.
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October 5, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Trump’s latest offensive against Fox News said more than he probably intended
The more the White House targets Fox News, the more we’re reminded that Trump sees the network as a political instrument, not a news organization.
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October 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Kimberly Guilfoyle sparks controversy in Greece, adding to Trump’s diplomatic woes
The list of “undiplomatic diplomats” from the United States keeps getting longer. Guilfoyle joins a pattern that shouldn’t exist.
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October 5, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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Team Trump keeps trying (and failing) to find evidence to bolster election conspiracy theories
Multiple federal agencies have spent months trying to substantiate the president’s ridiculous election ideas. It’s really not going well.
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October 5, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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White House takes radical new steps to wrest the power of the purse from Congress
As one observer put it, Team Trump’s efforts to control federal spending “subvert the basic structure of the American system.”
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October 5, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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Job numbers make clear that Trump has a reality problem, not a public relations problem
To date, the White House hasn’t even tried to explain why the job market worsened after the president’s second term began.
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October 5, 2026 at 7:26 PM