By: Austin Abbring August 24, 2026 In a 6-3 ruling, the Republican-majority Supreme Court has essentially cleared a trail for the Trump regime to impose mail-in voting restrictions. The Supreme Court overruled a June decision in the lower courts that blocked the Trump administration from accessing voter rolls and from meddling with the USPS and its logistics of absentee ballots. The USPS has traditionally, as it always has before Donald Trump, been an independent governmen

Was it a long enough deployment? Donald Trump certainly thinks not. By: Austin Abbring August 21, 2026 USS Abraham Lincoln The USS Abraham Lincoln has finally departed for home after a nearly 9-month deployment and engagement with Iran. This marks the longest consecutive tenure at sea in the modern era without a single port call. The mental health and morale of the ship have been steadily degrading for weeks in conjunction with the cramped quarters, extensive plumbing and sa

Someone needs to take a nap. Perhaps a cool MyPillow to rest his hot head? By: Austin Abbring August 20, 2026 Mike Lindell A fascinating development is underway in the Minnesota governor primary race. Mike Lindell, the founder of MyPillow and a conspiracy theorist Trump ally, is demanding a recount following his distant second-place finish to Lisa Demuth in the Republican primary for governor. A primary he lost by double digits - 11 points. Yes, you read that correctly. Mr.

Again, please get this man off the air. By: Austin Abbring August 19, 2026 Jesse Watters continues to do Jesse Watters things. I try to refrain from writing about everything this man says because I could dedicate an entire blog to picking apart his ill-guided, misleading, non-evidence-based arguments and have enough content to post daily. Sometimes, however, he just goes on these rants that are so horrific and incoherent that I just cannot help myself. I try to separate what

Someone take this geriatric’s phone away By: Austin Abbring August 10, 2026 It is truly disturbing how desensitized we have all become to the blatant anti-Muslim racism we have endured from the president. I miss the days when this did not just feel like another Tuesday. There are not enough trees to supplement the amount of books, or semiconductors to produce enough laptops to document all of the horrific, Islamophobic slandering right-wing pundits, media, and politicians ha

One such loss in a truly embarrassing and hilarious fashion By: Austin Abbring August 7, 2026 Amir Hassan Michigan rally with Donald Trump Photo Credit: Paul Sancya/AP It has been an exciting week of primaries in several states across the country. There is some serious momentum among the progressive and DSA wings of the Democratic Party, but there are two under-the-radar primary races I want to highlight here. Two of Donald Trump’s endorsed candidates lost in big ways, one i

Overhaul = cut. It always means cut. By: Austin Abbring August 6, 2026 The Trump administration has announced its plans to alter Head Start programs around the country. Their plans include capping administrative spending at 5%, down from the allotted 15%; new nutritional provisions; cutting regulations from the more than 100-page Head Start rulebook; and essentially localizing childcare licensing requirements at the state level, all the way down to local municipalities. Alex

A nail-biting primary results in a momentous boost for progressives and DSA heading into November By: Austin Abbring August 5, 2026 Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed I stayed up way too late last night watching this tight race between Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens in Michigan. To tell you I was elated when I checked my phone this morning and saw the news that El-Sayed had squeaked out the victory is the understatement of the century. Progressive and DSA (Democrat

We are treading very, very dangerous waters By: Austin Abbring August 4, 2026 Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche We are dangerously encroaching upon the reality of Todd Blanche becoming the Attorney General (AG). Following his dropping the $1.8 billion Trump slush fund - in writing now, officially -, Blanche gained two more Senate votes ahead of his final confirmation vote later this month. Senate Republicans Tom Tillis (NC) and John Cornyn (TX) finally agreed to back Blan

Trump’s insane tariff policies must be halted By: Austin Abbring August 3, 2026 A faction of 25 Democratic states is now challenging the latest round of tariffs implemented by the Trump administration after filing a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of International Trade. These states have asserted that the new tariff agenda is merely a false justification for maintaining aspects of Trump’s tariff policy, which has been an integral part of his platform, after his previous two attem

Wait, so it wasn’t ANTIFA? By: Austin Abbring July 31, 2026 This is going to come as no surprise to anybody with at least half a functioning brain, but the Trump administration is finally acknowledging that the damage to the Reflective Pool was not the result of vandalism but rather of the recent rushed renovation project. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has dropped its criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn, whom the administration made the poster child of the va

This administration repeatedly displays its lack of humanity By: Austin Abbring July 30, 2026 ICE is expected to begin mass roundups and deportations of Haitian nationals as early as this weekend. Three days ago, the Trump administration rescinded Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for at least 300,000 Haitians and thousands of Syrians. A large number of Haitians have been under TPS since 2010, as we saw a mass influx of people take refuge in the U.S. following the devastating

And incredibly racist. No surprises here. By: Austin Abbring July 28, 2026 Elon Musk CPAC 2025, photo credit: Gage Skidmore, unedited, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode.en Elon Musk is painfully unfunny, woefully misinformed, immensely dangerous with the wealth and influence he has amassed, and is a perfect case study of how stupid, out of touch, and simple-minded a large majority of the billionaire and multi-millionaire class are. A large portion of

Dozens of countries are set to be targeted in sweeping double-digit levies By: Austin Abbring July 27, 2026 Here we go again. Donald Trump has imposed a new round of sweeping tariffs on 60 countries following the Supreme Court's ruling that shut down the initial “Liberation Day” levies. The Trump administration is now citing forced labor as its main motive for these tariffs, which will be placed on a number of countries at a 10%-12.5% rate. The courts halted the previous tar

Remember when Jimmy Carter placed his peanut farm in a blind trust? By: Austin Abbring July 26, 2026 I have this weird suspicion that we will not see any serious legislation surrounding members of Congress owning and trading stocks while they hold public office. Not while this administration is at the helm. The recent passing of the Stop Insider Trading Act (SITA) in the House is a small step in the right direction; however, in its current form it is largely insufficient, mu

And he hates the free press By: Austin Abbring July 25, 2026 I really miss the days when the president of the United States was presented with a question by the free press, and we actually got a response, instead of the fascistic, “fake news” answer we have seen for a decade now. Of the many things I will not miss from the Trump era, this will rank towards the very top. When presented with a very legitimate question and concern by a New York Times reporter on the war crimes

Someone is afraid of powerful women By: Austin Abbring July 24, 2026 Jesse Watters Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, unedited, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode.en Jesse Watters is such a disgraceful human being. He might be my least favorite talking head on Fox. He is disingenuous, backward, and a complete sycophant for everything wrong in our society. He is a true champion of what this MAGA movement is all about. I could dedicate an entire blog to comme

Or should I say “dum”? By: Austin Abbring July 23, 2026 I think this is something we are all well aware of at this point. The man obsessed with magnets, windmills, and toilet water pressure does not exactly shine as a beacon of intelligence, but he somehow finds a way to reach lower depths. We may be getting close to bedrock. There are a few things I want to point out in this bizarre Truth Social post Donald Trump made yesterday morning following primary races in Arizona. To

If you pay close attention, there is a pattern By: Austin Abbring July 21, 2026 CNBC recently released its ten worst states to live in America in 2026 based on a comprehensive study that pulled together various variables to compile its list. To be clear, this is not based on cost of living, weather and climate, or taxes, but rather on socially progressive and quality-of-life metrics. The quality-of-life metrics were measured on FBI data and statistics, violent crime rates,

What a disaster By: Austin Abbring July 20, 2026 As I have continued to review Donald Trump’s address from a few days ago, all I can say is that this is yet another instance of behavior by Donald Trump that should invoke the 25th Amendment. It is unfortunate that I can toss around that notion so easily and so often, but here we are. The 25th should have serious implications, and I hate to almost water it down with this presidency, but I do not know how else to classify this