Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said “we broke a lot of people” when discussing the saga of scandal-ridden Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner of Maine.MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, because there’s this woman, Lyndsey Fifield, who dated him for about two years’ time, and she’s been posting on social media, speaking on […]
Warner: Democrats have been ‘way too bureaucratic’
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Sunday criticized his party for being “way too bureaucratic” as Democrats battle unpopularity in the polls. “I think the Democrats have not — you know, need to articulate a fuller strategy, not just against [President] Trump. I want the Democratic Party to be pro-growth, pro-innovation, and actually about getting stuff… […]
Americans’ Average Monthly Mortgage Payment Tops $2000 For The First Time Ever
Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,U.S. households are being financially squeezed at a level that we have never seen before. I have often said that we are in a long-term cost of living crisis that never seems to end, and that is not an exaggeration at all. Just about everything has been […]
Warner frets about 'grossly unqualified' Pulte
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Sunday fretted about Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte’s appointment as the acting director of national intelligence, describing him as “grossly unqualified.” Senate Democrats have slammed Pulte for using his role as FHFA director to help President Trump use mortgage records to go after his political opponents. “You’re… […]
California U.S. Attorney Office Pretends Not to Know Specifics or Origin of California Voter Fraud
California ballot counting will continue until the key republicans in each race are pushed into 3rd place. That’s when ballot counting will conclude. At a certain point, the pretending gets ridiculous. This X message from the First Asst U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of California is a case study in pretending not to know […]
Feds Launch Probe Into California’s Elections
Days after California’s primary election, the votes are still being counted, and the winners are still unknown, and no one, save for California officials, seems happy about it. “The fact that California elections often can’t be resolved for weeks is kind of insane and not common in other electoral systems around the world,” Political data […]
June 7th – 2026 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day 504
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Interesting Perspective: “The Hunters Become the Hunted”
Several people have asked for opinion. I’m being polite and kind. While the core of the storyline is accurate, the White House is not that strategic, insightful or competent to organize what is promoted in this video as a coordinated design, operation or plan. There is no plan. There are individual people within the administration […]
An Emerging Market Crisis In Oil-Poor Asia?
Authored by Satyajit Das via NewIndiaExpress,Reliable availability of cheap energy is, as the Iran war highlights, essential to modern economies and societies, at least for the foreseeable future. Shocks divide the world into the oil haves and oil have-nots.Alongside higher energy prices, shortages of petrochemical derived chemicals will affect agriculture, mining, plastics, textiles, semi-conductors and […]
Watch: More Evidence Iran Is Rapidly Restoring Its Missile Tunnels
President Trump has newly estimated that Iran has 21%-22% of its missiles remaining. Trump said in an interview with NBC: “They have some missiles and drones, percentage-wise maybe 21%-22% of the missiles. That’s a lot, but it’s not what it was before the war.”He and top White House officials had previously mused that the Iranians […]
