Friday, May 1, 2026

What America loses when the president becomes untouchable

Security officials are weighing more bulletproof glass at Trump's events. Fair enough. But we need to consider what we're actually trading away. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Wed Apr 29 2026

 
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, looks on as a member of the Secret Service speaks with President Donald Trump during a White House meeting in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2026.

Security officials are weighing more bulletproof glass at Trump's events. Fair enough. But we need to consider what we're actually trading away.

Security officials evacuate U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) as a possible shooter opens fire during the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 25, 2026.
 

What is causing rise in political violence? Tell us what you think.

The White House Correspondents' dinner shooting is the latest in a string of assassination attempts and killings of political figures. Can we stop it?

President Donald Trump was attending the White House Correspondents' Association dinner when a gunman disrupts the event in Washington, DC, on April 25, 2026.
 

Left calls violence against Trump 'staged.' It's vile – and wrong.

The right is often mocked for embracing conspiracy theories. But the reaction to Saturday's shooting suggests the problem isn't confined to one side.

President Donald Trump shows reporters aboard Air Force One renderings of the planned White House ballroom en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on March 29, 2026.
 

I guess 'Build The Ballroom!' is the GOP's midterm message?

Watching GOP lawmakers trip over themselves to say President Trump's White House ballroom is the most important issue facing America is ... weird.

First lady Melania Trump, right, criticized late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for calling her an "expectant widow" on his show April 23, 2026, two nights before the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
 

Don't fire Jimmy Kimmel. Just ignore him.

Jimmy Kimmel knew exactly what he was doing when he baited President Trump and the first lady. It worked – and that boosts his ratings.

Jimmy Kimmel speaks to reporters in Santa Monica, California, on Jan. 4, 2026, after winning best talk show prize at the Critics Choice Awards.
 

Trump targeting Kimmel and ABC is a tactic

There are several controversies President Trump hopes to distract you from with this Jimmy Kimmel nonsense.

President Donald Trump at a White House meeting in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2026.
 

Trump wants the Epstein files to go away. That doesn't seem likely.

It's clear that Trump just wants the Epstein files to go away. And it is equally clear that he lacks the power to make that happen.

A Stars and Stripes newspaper from the Korean War sits on a table next to a photo of a U.S. military veteran at his home in Lakeland, Florida, in 2011.
 

The Pentagon just neutered its watchdog

President Donald Trump is fulfilling a promise in a way only George Orwell could fully appreciate.

Israeli soldiers use an artillery unit, amid escalation between Hezbollah and Israel, and amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, on the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border, March 15, 2026. REUTERS/Shir Torem
 

The Pentagon isn't defending us. It's enriching contractors.

We don't need to weaken our military. We need to demand something simple: that it be built to protect the country, not sustain the system.

First lady Nancy Reagan at a "Just Say No" rally at The White House in Washington, DC, on May 22, 1986.
 

'Just Say No' was never enough to keep kids off drugs. Here's what is.

Drugs today aren't just more available and more normalized. They're more lethal. The information we give kids needs to catch up with their reality.

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