A recent poll reveals that 62% of 401 people who approve of Donald Trump say that they couldn’t think of a single thing he could do that would cause him to change their mind about him. This is going to add to the perception that Trump supporters are brainwashed or foolish. A recent Atlantic piece suggests that …

President Trump attended a UFC event, only to be met with boos and jeers. A few cheered, but the majority were not as kind, and people tweeted out the booing. According to a political scientist, this is potentially bad news for Trump––this should be Trump’s crowd, so this might be a sign that Trump’s base …

American military and counterterrorism officials indicated that Trump nearly sabotaged the raid against Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by withdrawing troops from Syria. According to these officials, Trump knew that forces were closing in on al-Baghdadi and he risked disrupting the operation by withdrawing troops. The already risky operation had to be speeded up. Trumps handling of …

The most recent polls suggest that support for Trump’s impeachment is rising. Fifty-five percent of voters now approve of the investigation, showing a slow but steady increase. Another recent poll––taken before Trump’s disastrous Turkey incident––shows that approval of the impeachment investigations into him is on the rise. Fifty-four percent of Americans approve of the investigation, with only 44% …

US Navy Adm. William McRaven, a Navy SEAL who oversaw the raid that killed Osama bin Laden had very harsh words to say about President Trump in a recent New York Times opinion piece. He described attending two events honoring soldiers, where he saw, “beneath the outward sense of hope and duty that I witnessed …

Totally non-cyborg, absolutely human Mark Zuckerberg was recorded calling Elizabeth Warren’s campaign an “existential” threat to Facebook. Zuckerberg also met with Donald Trump, after which Facebook announced it would no longer fact check or otherwise censor political content. Coincidence? Warren doesn’t think so. In a series of tweets, she called out Facebook for its political …

Hong Kong officials tried to stop the ongoing protests by banning face masks, which the protestors use to maintain anonymity. It absolutely did not work––Hong Kong protestors took to the streets this weekend, expressing their frustration by still wearing masks and protesting more vigorously than ever. The protests led to widespread violence around Hong Kong, …

Two South Carolina Republicans are suing the state’s Republican Party for canceling its primary. The lawsuit says that cancelling the primary is illegal and violates both party rules and state laws. The lawsuit claims that “the State Executive Committee has chosen which candidate to support by fiat, and in doing so, excluded Republican voters from …

Bill Weld, a Republican Party primary challenger, accused Donald Trump of treason for urging Ukraine to meddle in the 2020 elections. “Talk about pressuring a foreign country to interfere with and control a U.S. election,” Weld said, “It couldn’t be clearer, and that’s not just undermining democratic institutions. That is treason. It’s treason, pure and …

A video, posted anonymously on both Twitter and YouTube, shows blindfolded and shackled prisoners in a largely Muslim region of China. This adds to the evidence that China is attempting to wipe out, one way or another, its Muslim population. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGYoeJ5U7cQ As part of its efforts to Sinicize its Muslim population, the Chinese government has …

A recently-released protest song, released on YouTube a few weeks ago, is quickly becoming an unofficial national anthem in Hong Kong. The song speaks of freedom, liberty, and democracy. And, as you can hear below, it’s pretty rousing––so rousing, in fact, that people are spontaneously singing it in public places, risking the wrath of Beijing. …

Richard Stallman, a renowned computer scientist at MIT, has jeopardized his reputation by defending Jeffrey Epstein. A leaked email shows that Stallman said at least one of Epstein’s victims was “entirely willing.” It shouldn’t be much of a surprise that Stallman would say something like this––his personal website looks like the work of a madman, …