Saturday, April 25, 2026

Even Trump's lies can't save him now

Donald Trump's lies have stopped working, rendering him impotent against collapsing poll numbers and setting his party up for a midterm disaster. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Fri Apr 24 2026

 
President Donald Trump attends a Turning Point USA event at Dream City Church in Phoenix on April 17, 2026.

Donald Trump's lies have stopped working, rendering him impotent against collapsing poll numbers and setting his party up for a midterm disaster.

FBI Director Kash Patel addresses reporters at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, on April 21, 2026.
 

I was suspicious of the SPLC. I was right to be.

The Southern Poverty Law Center spent decades naming hate groups. A new federal indictment alleges it was secretly funding them.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during a Senate hearing in Washington, DC, on April 22, 2026.
 

Trump's math isn't for people who know algebra is real

If there's one thing I'm sick of, it's liberals and their radical views on how math works. So I'm glad RFK Jr. took time to explain Trump Math.

A 2002 aerial view of the house where actress Marilyn Monroe died in Brentwood, a Los Angeles neighborhood, on Aug. 5, 1962.
 

They own the house where Marilyn Monroe died. LA won't let them use it.

The city issued demo permits. The owners spent $30,000 preparing. Then LA reversed course, declared the home a monument, and left them with the bill.

President Donald Trump reads a passage from the Bible in the Oval Office in a national broadcast on April 21, 2026. It was part of a weeklong event called America Reads the Bible.
 

The irony wasn't Trump reading the Bible. It was the chosen passage.

The passage President Trump read for America Reads the Bible was written about the reign of King Solomon, whose moral failures tore Israel apart.

President Donald Trump holds up a Bible as he stands in front of St. John's Episcopal Church across from the White House on June 1, 2020.
 

Trump's loose talk of 'crusades' carries extra meaning in Middle East

Invoking God in messaging about Iran is not harmless posturing. In the Muslim world, it does not land as political theater. It has serious overtones.

Feb 6, 2026; San Francisco, CA, USA; The 2026 NFL Draft logo at the Super Bowl LX Experience at the Moscone Center.
 

I'm a former NFL player. The draft is bigger than football.

When a player gets drafted he becomes a role model, whether he's ready for it or not. What he chooses to do with that influence starts right away.

A Waymo vehicle drives through Chicago’s Near North Side on March 20 as the company begins testing and mapping the city.
 

Would you take a Waymo? We want to know why – or why not.

Waymo launched in Nashville this month, and promptly blocked traffic downtown. Are self-driving cars safe to ride in? Tell us what you think here.

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