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MIke Waltz: If Iran War Lasts Till 2029, It's In Trump's Time Frame

John Amato — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 21:12:32 +0000

Responding to a Wall Street Journal article that said the Iran war could last until 2029, US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz claimed that the time frame is in line with Trump's strategy and the United States.

The WSJ reported, "Top White House advisers have raised privately with President Trump the prospect that the Iran war could drag on through the remainder of his term, U.S. officials said, a message at odds with Trump’s public assurances of a swift victory."

Waltz joined CNN to discuss a few topics and host Dana Bash asked if that time frame met up with his expectations and is that what he believes to be the case.

"The Wall Street Journal reports the president's top advisors are warning that the Iran war could continue through the remainder of the president's term," Bash said. "We're talking 2029. Is that what you think?"

"Well, I think the time with the president's strategy and Operation Economic Fury is on the president's and on the United States' side," Waltz bizarrely replied.

Trump has stated multiple times that the war actually ended months ago. Has refused to call it a war since the bombs flew and now he's claiming it will end after the midterms.

Rep. Scalise Brutally Fact-Checked On Bogus Claim Biden Banned 400 Press Members

John Amato — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 20:32:51 +0000

On ABC's This Week, Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise had his clock cleaned by host Jonathan Karl trying to defend Trump's 1st amendment violation by banning many credible news outlets, when Scalise lied and claimed Pres. Biden had banned "400 press members" during his time as president.

The Republican Party, under Trump's leadership, has been reduced to lying repeatedly to defend his unconscionable, antidemocratic actions.

On Friday, Trump ranted like a narcissistic dictator against the NY Times, the Washington Post, and NBC News for covering his administration properly. He started his new banning directive with MS NOW, CNN, and Politico.

"Let me start with what Trump has now done with the press at the White House," Karl said. "Do you support him banning these news organizations because he doesn't like what they're reporting?"

Scalise's first attempt to respond was to blame Biden and lie at the same time. Blame Biden is always their first reflexive action on TV.

"Go look at Joe Biden," Scalise said. "Joe Biden removed the press credentials from over 400 different agencies."

Scalise then claimed that since Trump is always on TV and answering questions he's above reproach.

Jonathan Karl was armed with facts and did his job correctly, not allowing that bullsh*t to stand.

Van Orden Thinks First Gay President Will Be Republican

Chris capper Liebenthal — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:21:51 +0000

Last week, Pete Buttigieg said that he thought America was ready for a gay President. TMZ reporter Charlie Cotton asked Rep. Drunken Van Orden whether he agreed with Buttigieg. DVO's answer will leave you flabbergasted.

Before answering the question, DVO bragged about being endorsed by the Log Cabin Republicans, the gay caucus of the Republican Party. DVO also boasted that he didn't worry about a person's sexuality and that he never considered it. Yet this is the same DVO who had a public temper tantrum in the Prairie du Chien Memorial Library over a Pride Month display, screaming and threatening a 17-year-old girl. All that alcohol probably killed off some of his memory brain cells.

Eventually, DVO got around to answering the question by saying that he thought the first gay president would be Republican. The reasoning behind this statement is absurd:

Rep. Derrick Van Orden tells @hicharliecotton that Black voters aren't ready for a gay president. pic.twitter.com/3GJDjYWCG4

— TMZ (@TMZ) September 17, 2026
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Third Party Attack Ad Against Talarico Backfires Hilariously

Chris capper Liebenthal — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:50:14 +0000

Protect America's Future Super PAC, a right-wing, dark-money, special-interest group, released an attack ad against James Talarico and accidentally hit Rep. Brandon Gill.

The ad shows Gill driving a car and saying all sorts of nasty and untrue allegations against Talarico, such as that he supports child rapists, that he supports child mutilation, etc. The only problem is that the captions don't mention Talarico. All they show is a picture of Gill's ugly face next to the words "protects child predators."

Oh well, Gill can always say that it shows how much he supports Trump.

The moral of the story is to always use a good comms person before releasing an ad.

Trump Has A New Excuse For Demanding His Name On The Kennedy Center

NewsHound Ellen — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 14:41:27 +0000

It’s hard to imagine anything more selfish, childish, tasteless or unpresidential than Donald Trump’s temper tantrums demanding that his name be put on an arts center devoted to the memory of slain President John F. Kennedy.

But here we are. The law is clear: President Unhinged-Narcissist cannot slap his name on the Kennedy Center. “Simply put,” federal judge Christopher Cooper ruled this past week, neither Trump nor his installed lackeys on the Kennedy Center board can “install memorials for President Trump or anyone or anything else at the Kennedy Center without Congress’s blessing.”

But Felon 47 thinks laws shouldn't apply to him, and he’ll throw fits at anyone who says otherwise!

On Friday, President Sore Loser did not explicitly repeat his threat to destroy the Kennedy Center if he could not put his name on it.

Instead, Trump came up with what he must have thought was a better-sounding excuse.

CEO Apologizes After 'Lake America' Shirt

Ed Scarce — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 13:52:36 +0000

The ugly American stereotype got some more promotion recently when couples from Saginaw, Michigan, made a trip to Halifax, Nova Scotia for a 10-day vacation. Their plans were thwarted, however, when Jane Smith's "funny" Facebook picture went viral. Because of the bad publicity, they cut their trip short after only a few days, with Smith saying she had received death threats, allegedly. Her apology reads more like excuse-making to me, but your mileage may vary.

The caption for her post (since taken down) read, “Like our sweatshirts? Not sure Canada will. Lol lol.”

That doesn't sound like contrition. I could be wrong.

Source: WJRT

SAGINAW, Mich. (WJRT) - A Mid-Michigan CEO is sharing her story after a viral AI-doctored photo showing her and some family members wearing 'Lake America' sweatshirts sparked controversy and death threats.

Jane Smith, CEO of Saginaw-based Family First Credit Union, said the post started innocently enough. Her family was leaving on Sept. 11 for a planned 10-day trip to Halifax and it got them talking about President Trump's recent executive order to rename Lake Ontario.

"We weren't trying to make a political statement," Smith said. "However, we were, you know, kind of poking fun at the fact that you know one of the Great Lakes' names were getting changed."
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Trump, 80, Can’t Stay Awake During His Own Oval Office Presser

NewsHound Ellen — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 13:30:01 +0000

Hey, media. You don't need a White House pass to report the obvious: Something is seriously wrong with a president who cannot stay awake during his own televised press event, as Aaron Rupar points out below.

During the moments he was able to stay awake, Donald Trump boasted about his new Medicaid drug program: “This one thing alone should win us the midterms.” Yeah, don’t count on it, sleepyhead, especially since your stupid war is poised to make Trumpflation worse than ever.

Of course, the whole thing was another load of Trump BS bluster. Frankly, the details laid out by The New York Times make my eyes glaze over. But here’s the bottom line: It is another Trump “charade,” as Public Citizen explained. Besides, “Americans covered under Medicaid already pay only a few dollars, or nothing at all, to fill their prescription drugs. That won’t change under the new model,” The Times noted.

Regardless, the fact that a president can’t stay awake during his own dog-and-pony show should be big news, especially on top of a phony “accomplishment.” Whether or not Trump believed his own hype, any president halfway fit for office should have been able to stay awake.

Mike’s Blog Round-Up

driftglass — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:02:01 +0000

On this day in 2002, Captain Mal and his renegade crew of veterans, geeks, and runaways sailed out of The Black on a Firefly-class vessel called "Serenity" and made landfall here on Earth That Was. Or, rather, Earth That Will Have Been...Was...By Then. Or something. Anyway, as I'm sure everyone knows by now, we once again have a TV series where the first episode was not the first episode. The intended first episode was "Serenity", which executives decided wasn't shoot-'em-up enough, so they reshuffled the deck and made "The Train Job" the first episode and put "Serenity" near the back of the pack, airing just a couple of episodes before the final, 14th episode, which turned out to be the last episode ever.

Just one example that the show was probably doomed from the start because the Fox network, which aired it, never believed in it. Airing episodes out of order. Playing hide-and-seek with the show's time slot. And refusing to air three episodes at all during its original run. And once it was canceled, nobody ever heard of it again.

Just kidding. Thanks to the fans' fanatical support, the show's afterlife became the textbook definition of a plucky underdog success story.

So today's video? Bar fight!

Cassandra’s Grandson: This Week in Wars and Rumors of War.

driftglass: Would It Bring The Tone Police Down On My Head...?

Hasan Meet Tucker, Tucker Meet Hasan

Ratt — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:00:01 +0000

Funny how that works, huh?

C&L's Late Nite Music Club: The Gun Club, 'The Breaking Hands'

Courtney Winfree — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 23:56:16 +0000

Jeffrey Lee Pierce was haunting, tormented, chaotic, and one of those songwriters other musicians described as brilliant. He was adored, preferably from a distance, because he was notoriously hard to be around. But such a character. He was the teenage president of the Blondie fan club and not only dyed his hair to emulate Debbie Harry’s, but he also carried her handwritten hair-dying instructions around with him as his most prized possession.

He was joined, not always but often, by his pal Kid Congo Powers, the self-appointed teenage president of the Southern California Ramones fan club. Clearly it was destined that these two would meet at the Whiskey A Go Go in 1979. Pierce handed Powers a guitar, tuned it to open E, and taught him a one-chord Bo Diddley song. Shortly thereafter, The Gun Club was born.

Powers went on to play with the Cramps and Nick Cave but boomeranged back to The Gun Club until Jeffrey Lee Pierce died in 1996. He was 37.

Unsurprisingly, dozens of artists have covered Pierce's music. Friends and collaborators have also taken unfinished songs he left behind and brought JLP back to life on a series of albums called The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project. His teenage crush Debbie Harry eventually recorded five of his songs after his death, four of them with Nick Cave, including “The Breaking Hands.”

Vance So Toxic GOP Candidate Wouldn't Campaign With Him In Iowa

Oliver Willis — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 22:46:11 +0000

Vice President JD Vance had an awkward moment on the campaign trail in Iowa on Friday after he had to acknowledge that the state’s Republican candidate for the Senate had skipped the rally being held to help her win the election.

“Shoutout to an amazing public servant, I know she couldn’t be here today, but are we going to elect Ashley Hinson the next United States senator for the great state of Iowa?” Vance asked the crowd.

It was an awkward moment, even for Vance.

Rep. Ashley Hinson is running to fill the seat being vacated by Sen. Joni Ernst. But what should be a slam dunk for Republicans has turned into an increasingly close race. Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek, the Democrat, has been gaining ground in recent weeks as voters turn away from candidates like Hinson, who are close to the Trump administration.

Iowa has been strong Republican territory in recent years, with Trump defeating former Vice President Kamala Harris there in 2024 by 13 points and defeating former President Joe Biden there by 9 points, even though Biden won the election.

Lauren Boebert Faces Explosive Ethics Complaint Alleging Affairs And A $200K Payment

Conover Kennard — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 20:49:54 +0000

A sworn ethics complaint is making some explosive allegations about Rep. Lauren Boebert, claiming she had sexual relationships with three members of her congressional staff: former district director Clarice Navarro, current district chief of staff Raven Finegan, and former chief of staff Jeffrey Small.

The complaint, filed by American Muckrakers’ David Wheeler, was under penalty of perjury.

Navarro, a former Colorado state representative and Trump USDA appointee, is at the center of the complaint’s most explosive allegations. And then there’s the alleged $200,000 payment: Wheeler claims Boebert arranged for Navarro to receive the hefty sum to keep her from filing an ethics complaint of her own.

Via the Colorado Times Recorder:

Reached via text, Navarro vehemently denied the allegations: “These allegations regarding me are entirely false, defamatory, and beyond ridiculous. There is absolutely no truth to any part of this claim.”

The Muckrakers’ release includes a quote from Navarro’s ex-husband, Jace Ratzlaff. “I assumed this would eventually surface,” says Ratzlaff. I’ll have no further comment on this topic.”
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DOJ Files Desperate Appeal To Keep Hiding Trump/Epstein Sexual Assault Docs

NewsHound Ellen — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 19:28:43 +0000

The Trump administration’s panic is almost as damning as the accusation that a teen Epstein victim was forced to give Donald Trump a blowjob, then hit her after she “bit the s*it out of” his penis.

You may recall that Todd Blanche, Trump's personal lawyer cosplaying as U.S. attorney general, only reluctantly released records of four FBI interviews with an alleged teen-age Epstein victim who also accused Trump of sexual assault at the time.

According to the now-woman's allegations, Trump said, "Let me teach you how little girls are supposed to be.” He unzipped his pants and put her head “down to his penis.” That is, until she “bit the shit out of it.” Then Trump struck her “and said words to the effect of, ‘get this little bitch the hell out of here,’” the FBI report stated.

Despite being ordered to turn over the full FBI notes from this anonymous survivor’s four interviews, or face sanctions, Blanche has appealed.

Think Blanche has something to hide about ~~his client~~, the president who has boasted about and been adjudged to have committed sexual assault?

Donate To Duffy's Son-In-Law, Win A Prize

Chris capper Liebenthal — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:59:19 +0000

Michael Alfonso, Trans Secretary Sean Duffy's son-in-law, has raised $1.35 million in his campaign to fill Duffy's old seat in Congress. But only 5% of that money came from small donors who gave $200 or less.

Per a report from The Bulwark, much of Alfonso's money came from transportation CEOs, lobbyists, and PACs. And what is surely a massive coincidence, each of those big-money donors who gave to Alfonso received a large favor from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Funny how that works, isn't it?

For example, David Parker, chairman and CEO of the trucking company Covenant Logistics, and his wife each gave Alfonso $10,000. Just a few weeks later, just long enough for the checks to clear, USDOT granted another five-year exemption from driver supervision requirements. As I said, I'm sure it's just an amazing coincidence.

Just like all the other times that have happened, too, with other companies.

In another example of sheer coincidence, Duffy's dormant campaign donated $1.5 million to a Super PAC supporting Alfonso. That is more money than Alfonso got through those other happenstance donations and rewards put together.

Van Orden's Anger Control Problem Raises Its Ugly Head Again

Chris capper Liebenthal — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 16:17:00 +0000

After Rep. Thomas Massie brought articles of impeachment against Secretary of War Crimes Whiskey Pete Hegseth this week, Rep. Drunken Van Orden quickly jumped to his fellow alcoholic's defense. When Matt Laslo asked him for comment about it, DVO was ready to brawl:

“I will f****** punch someone in the face for talking about Hegseth,” Rep. Derrick Van Orden tells me in my latest piece @RawStory…

….before driving off on his Harley from the Capitol https://t.co/nyLgaMmrXO pic.twitter.com/QTODyOCKJy

— Matt Laslo (@MattLaslo) September 17, 2026

Per Laslo, DVO wasn't done with that:

But Van Orden says he’s ready for a public Hegseth debate.

“If these morons are talking s--- about Pete, you know, they're barking up the wrong tree,” the former Navy SEAL said.

But wait! There's more. There's always more.

Apparently, DVO figured that if there weren't any teenagers to take his anger out on, a former middle school teacher would have to do.

Hegseth’s Pentagon Caught Lying About Service Member Deaths

NewsHound Ellen — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 14:53:29 +0000

Whiskey Pete Hegseth, the guy who likes to posture as some super warrior – but can’t do his job without his mommywife - doesn’t seem to have the stones to own up to the human costs of the Iran war.

On Friday, The Washington Post broke the news that the Hegseth Pentagon has failed to acknowledge at least four, maybe five more American military deaths as the result of the Iran war. That is according to “six U.S. officials familiar with the Defense Department’s internal casualty accounting data,” The Post said. Five of the six counted 22 military fatalities (four more than the 18 in the Pentagon database) while the sixth said the number is 23. So far.

Those officials “expressed frustration” over the Pentagon’s failure to count the deaths in its casualty database properly, The Post said.

“Not all of the undisclosed deaths are directly tied to the conflict,” The Post said. Some “were in the Middle East amid ongoing hostilities,” a source told the paper.

On top of that, three U.S. contractors based in the region have also died during the war, according to The Post’s sources.

Bombshell Kennedy Center Tax Returns Just Exposed Trump's Blatant Lies

Andrea Thompson — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 13:43:58 +0000

As the president of the United States continues to threaten to completely demolish the world-renowned, long-revered Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the venue's tax returns have now gone public and exposed the depths of Donald Trump's lies throughout this entire fiasco.

In truth, Donald Trump is pitching a never-ending hissy fit over the Kennedy Center simply because he wants his name all over it. Deep down in his cold, dead heart, he knows that everyone hates him to his very core, and if he doesn't memorialize himself while he's still breathing, no one is going to do it once he's in the ground. He's admitted as much.

Yet he continues to publicly claim that he's actually trying to save the beloved performing arts venue from its inevitable ruin without his involvement.

Trump has repeatedly painted a dire picture of a crumbling Kennedy Center that was losing "hundreds of billions" of dollars before he "got involved."

But according to a copy of the Kennedy Center's 2025 tax returns that Zeteo just obtained and reported, those claims are not only a bunch of big, fat lies; Trump's involvement in the Center actually financially harmed the venue.

Trump's Kennedy Center kidnapping hit its first big snag in June, when a federal judge ordered that his name be removed from the iconic building's facade -- and it's all been downhill for Donald ever since.

We all watched with giddy pleasure as Donald Trump's name was ripped from the Center's exterior wall.

CNN Host Fact Checks DHS Sec Mullin: 'It's From Your Data!'

John Amato — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 12:14:04 +0000

CNN host Dana Bash called out DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin for inflating his voter fraud claims in the country by using his own figures, which forced Mullin to lie about a New Jersey computer glitch to make it appear that thousands of noncitizens voted there.

They did not.

DHS Mullin, like every Trump cabinet member, either outright lies when defending the indefensible or conflates actual data to make their case seem plausible.

BASH: And just on the non-citizen voters, your own data, data that we have seen, does not back up the claim of widespread non-citizen voter fraud.

I mean, just in Texas, DHS originally identified 2,724 possible non-citizen voters after running 18 million registrations in your database.

MULLIN: Well, let's just look at what happened in New Jersey.

How many did the governor of New Jersey say that they identified voted in their elections illegally?

Wasn't it over 30,000? And that number is going to grow. So that number right there will tell you what you have is wrong in front of you. Because that was just in New Jersey.

I'm telling you right now.

(A computer glitch caused a problem, but only 400 people voted illegally.)

BASH: It's from your data.

MULLIN: Well, I just, did you also see what the governor of New Jersey put out? Because I know you did, because you guys ran it.

BASH: I did.

MULLIN: It was over 30,000, right? That was just in New Jersey. And I think that number is low.
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I Agree With Karoline Leavitt: Vote Like Trump Is On The Ballot

John Amato — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 12:13:55 +0000

Former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt gave a distorted and unreal version of America under the Trump administration and encouraged Fox News viewers to vote as if Trump is on the 2026 midterm ballot.

I couldn't agree more.

Trump's former AI press bot ranted for over two minutes, calmly lying throughout like a sociopath and claiming Trump has been the greatest president in their lifetimes.

"This country has a choice to make, and the 47th president of the United States needs you—and, again, every common-sense American across the country tonight—to get out and vote," Leavitt pleaded. "These are indeed the most important midterm elections in the history of our country, because we are facing a major, massive contrast. America truly is at a crossroads."

Do we want to continue to be a country that embraces common sense under President Trump and Republicans, like secure borders, supporting our police, and the largest middle-class tax cuts in American history, which put thousands of dollars back into the pockets of hardworking Americans?

Or do we want to be a country that no longer recognizes itself?

The country no longer recognizes itself, Leavitt. Trump makes fun of struggling American families by claiming affordability is a hoax.

Because that's what the Democrats want to do. They want to fundamentally—not change America—they want to destroy America.
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Mike’s Blog Round-Up

driftglass — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 12:02:01 +0000

On this day in 1952, the Big Blue Boy Scout made his TV debut. Hey, that rhymes...sorta. Well, anyway, it's also not quite true. For you "well, actually" addicts out there, yes, Superman actually made his TV debut on June 5, 1948, in the first chapter of the Columbia Pictures theatrical serial starring Kirk Alyn. And yes, there was a feature-length pilot called "Superman and the Mole Men," released in theaters in 1951, which starred George Reeves and was later edited into a two-part episode once the series began.

But for everyone but those pedants, Superman came to TV on this day in 1952, with Reeves' Superman becoming a reassuring piece of postwar American pop culture. The special effects were primitive by modern standards, but Reeves' performance made it work. He played Superman as physically imposing but fundamentally calm, decent, and restrained, while his Clark Kent was deliberately mild and unthreatening. The show also helped establish the visual and behavioral template of Superman that persists to this day: the suit, the Daily Planet newsroom, the telephone-booth transformation, the flying pose and, of course, the opening announcement that Superman fights “for truth, justice, and the American way.”

Today's video is brought to you by [checks notes] the United States Treasury Department.

The Mahablog: The End of the Kennedy Center?

Russia’s Next Attack On America Has Already Started

Cliff Schecter — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 12:00:01 +0000

Ken Harbaugh just got back from Kramatorsk, a city laying tank traps in its own streets and stringing nets over its roads. You won't believe the amazing stories he has to tell. He's like a one-man tear-jerker, recounting emotional and harrowing tales of Ukrainian bravery and compassion. It's why they're winning this war.

Drones, and how cheaply Ukraine's produced them, have changed everything. Drones now account for well over ninety percent of the casualties. The other result? Some hybrid of 19th- and 21st-century warfare. There is a death zone twenty miles deep where leaving your trench is the most dangerous thing you can do. Yes, trench, we are back to trench warfare. Using futuristic weaponry.

But here was the punchline: Russia's now losing soldiers at a faster pace than during WWII. Read that again.

Meanwhile, Olga Lautman discussed the Russian propaganda efforts, including a network splicing real footage of real celebrities under a fake CNN logo--new videos aimed at two Democratic candidates that appeared overnight. Cliff pushed both of them on the same question: what is anyone watching this supposed to do?

Friday Night Funnies: Did Everybody Love Raymond?

John Amato — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 23:52:36 +0000

Most C&L readers know I love watching a fun, quirky comedy sitcom at night to wind down.

I've found hidden gems like Raising Hope, Happy Endings, and Speechless that only lasted a few seasons but were hilarious. I stayed away from a lot of the big network shows like Friends and The Big Bang Theory because, while they had great casts, they just never made me laugh all that much.

I did catch up on them during COVID.

I just started watching Everybody Loves Raymond, and I'm on the fence about the show.

It premiered in 1996 and won 15 Emmys during its run.

In the first season, I chuckled a few times, especially whenever Brad Garrett shows up, but mostly some of the setups are standard fare.

Phil Rosenthal's series won Outstanding Comedy Series in 2006 and 2005, so I hope it does improve.

Open thread.

Trump's Latino Polling Latest To Go In The Crapper

John Amato — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 22:53:30 +0000

CNN polling data guru Harry Enten delivered more bad news for Trump heading into the midterm elections as Latino voters have now turned on him by a huge margin.

"So, how much ground has he lost here?" the CNN host asked.

"Oh my goodness gracious. Oy, oy, oy," Enten mocked. "No bueno if you're the president of the United States."

In an average of polls, CNN, SSRS polls across 2026, he's 42 points underwater.

That is a switcheroo-capable win of what, 43 points, shifting away from the president of the United States.

His support rapidly declining, plummeting among working-class Latinos.

A group that helped get him elected back in 2024.

After outlining where the dissatisfaction has come from within the Latino community, Enten said, "Kate, you do the quick math with me here, minus 47 plus nine, that is a shift away from the president of the United States of 56 points."

Drops like these are unheard of, unless you're Demented Donald.

ENTEN: He was more trusted on immigration than Kamala Harris was with working-class Latinos. And now he is horribly underwater. We're talking 47 points underwater.

These are terrible, terrible numbers.

Latino voters helped Congressional Republicans and Trump in 2024 get power, but that has been turned on its head.

Sen. Eric Schmitt Unleashes Racist Attack On Migrants On Fox News

John Amato — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:47:03 +0000

On Fox News' Hannity program Thursday, Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) went on a horrific racist tirade against undocumented immigrants and Somalis, claiming they're all on welfare and blaming them for the high costs of housing.

The very brief clip came before the end of the segment on Hannity, and it was so offensive and full of lies and untruths that I had to post it.

There is stumping before an election, and then there's this bigoted, lie-filled attack on the Democratic Party and migrants as a whole.

SCHMITT: It means they want to defund ICE.

It means they want sanctuary cities not to tell ICE when people, illegal immigrants, are being released from prison. That's what that really means. They think temporary should mean permanent.

There's 25 percent of Mexico is here, and 70 percent of them are on welfare. Ninety percent of Somalis who are here are on welfare. You want to know why rents are up? You want to know why hospital waiting rooms take too long for American citizens to get?

Who knew a quarter of Mexico's entire population lives in the US?

What a fucking liar.

Undocumented immigrants cannot receive any federal funding, which means no welfare.

And Somalis, yet again, are smeared by a powerful Republican because of the color of their skin. It's outrageous to claim 90% are on welfare when roughly 8% are receiving public assistance income.

Sen. Schmitt gave a racist masterclass to any wannabe KKK member.

Trump’s Latest Solution To Bad Press: Just Ban The Press

Conover Kennard — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 20:48:00 +0000

Donald J. Trump apparently woke up and decided that the best way to deal with news coverage he doesn't like is to ban the news organizations doing the reporting. Problem solved!

In a Truth Social post Friday, Trump announced that CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were being banned from the White House “effective immediately,” accusing the outlets of repeatedly publishing what he called “FAKE NEWS.” Because apparently the presidential solution to unfavorable coverage is now to start handing out press-room expulsions.

Trump also took a swipe at MS NOW, claiming its recent name change from MSNBC stemmed from declining viewership and credibility. He then turned his attention to Politico, repeating his claim that the outlet received an $8 million government “subscription” during the Biden presidency and suggesting that the spending amounted to corruption.

Earlier in a separate post, he wrote, "Unwatchable and Failing CNN is so dishonest. Everything they say is slanted against the Republican Party. They are truly FAKE NEWS! Thankfully, very few people are watching!"

He offered no specifics to substantiate his sweeping accusations that the outlets were reporting “FICTION and LIES.” Instead, Trump declared that media organizations shouldn't be allowed to report that way about the president or his administration. It's not clear what set the thin-skinned president off this time.