Posts by Kim Browne
All Trump Wants for Christmas is a “Triumphal Arc”
Trump’s “triumphal arc” (yes, “arc”) is the latest construction project on his list, which also includes the 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom he’s tearing down the East Wing of the White House for, and his Rose Garden renovation, in which he paved paradise and put up a parking lot—sorry, a “club.” “I put Vince in charge…
Read MoreMAGA and Silicon Valley Are Battling for Influence in the White House
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday intended to stop states from regulating AI—an idea that had received a lot of pushback from members of his base. The order didn’t emerge out of a vacuum, of course. MAGA Republicans and Silicon Valley leaders have been locked in a battle for influence over the White…
Read MoreTrump’s Support Is Declining Among MAGA Base: Poll
President Donald Trump’s support is starting to waver, even among his staunchest supporters, a new poll shows. Don’t get it twisted—Trump’s approval rating among adults has been in the red for months, and is still falling, with now close to 60 percent of Americans saying they disapprove of the president. But according to an NBC…
Read MoreClimate Change Is Coming for Your Favorite Holiday Foods
Chocolate, vanilla, coffee, cinnamon: The ingredients for your favorite holiday foods are becoming increasingly harder to grow because of climate change. For example, cocoa beans are grown in West Africa, which has been facing more days of extreme heat and drought, according to a recent report from The Weather Channel. “The crop doesn’t like it,”…
Read MoreInside Chicago’s Neighborhood ICE Resistance
ICE has also turned on those residents who dare document and track them across the city. On October 20, reported The TRiiBE, a local independent news site, an attorney named Scott Sakiyama, who had been following immigration agents in his car, was detained by them at gunpoint. Sakiyama had defended a man who had faced…
Read MoreServiceNow nears up to US7 billion deal for cybersecurity startup Armis
[NEW YORK] ServiceNow is in advanced talks to buy the cybersecurity startup Armis in a deal that may be valued at as much as US$7 billion and would represent the tech company’s largest acquisition to date. A deal may be announced in the coming days, according to people familiar with the situation, asking not to…
Read MoreTrump’s Posts Spur Threats Against Lawmakers On Both Sides of Aisle
But early indicators—such as a healthy dose of special elections in the last year—suggest that the national backlash to Trump’s second-term agenda could be worse for the party than usual. Democrats have seen surprising gains in unexpected areas of the country, including in Tennessee, Georgia, New Jersey, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, Republicans seem to be…
Read MoreTrump Threatens “Very Serious Retaliation” After Syria Attack
But early indicators—such as a healthy dose of special elections in the last year—suggest that the national backlash to Trump’s second-term agenda could be worse for the party than usual. Democrats have seen surprising gains in unexpected areas of the country, including in Tennessee, Georgia, New Jersey, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, Republicans seem to be…
Read MoreTrump’s DOJ Could Charge Alleged Kirk Killer With Surprising Crime
But early indicators—such as a healthy dose of special elections in the last year—suggest that the national backlash to Trump’s second-term agenda could be worse for the party than usual. Democrats have seen surprising gains in unexpected areas of the country, including in Tennessee, Georgia, New Jersey, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, Republicans seem to be…
Read MoreICE Barbie Kristi Noem Spirals Under Intense White House Pressure
But early indicators—such as a healthy dose of special elections in the last year—suggest that the national backlash to Trump’s second-term agenda could be worse for the party than usual. Democrats have seen surprising gains in unexpected areas of the country, including in Tennessee, Georgia, New Jersey, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, Republicans seem to be…
Read MoreTrump’s DOJ Sues Fulton County and Four States to Seize Voter Ballots
But early indicators—such as a healthy dose of special elections in the last year—suggest that the national backlash to Trump’s second-term agenda could be worse for the party than usual. Democrats have seen surprising gains in unexpected areas of the country, including in Tennessee, Georgia, New Jersey, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, Republicans seem to be…
Read MoreRepublicans Announce Their Next Targets After Indiana Crash and Burn
Republicans are scrambling for a next move after President Donald Trump’s humiliating failure to bully Indiana lawmakers into bending to the president’s gerrymandering scheme. On Thursday, Indiana lawmakers rejected the president’s push for midcycle redistricting in the Hoosier State to ensure Republican victory in the 2026 midterms. Indiana Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith claimed that the…
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