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• 'Clown' Hegseth makes a fool of himself with fixation on superficial priorities

  October 1, 2026 · 43 min

  September 30, 2026 - Despite the increasingly dangerous global security environment, made even more dangerous by Donald Trump's inexplicable war on Iran and Pete Hegseth's mismanagement of it, Hegseth has devoted his attention to…

• Smug GOP senator faceplants with humiliating 'gotcha' failure

  September 30, 2026 · 42 min

  Jen Psaki shares the events at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee in which Republican Senator Eric Schmitt thought he had caught former special counsel Jack Smith in a perjury gotcha only to be called out for his spectacular…

• Trump's hypocrisy compounds his humiliation in sucking up to China's President Xi

  September 26, 2026 · 43 min

  September 25, 2026 - Jen Psaki holds Donald Trump's boasts about helping Republican candidates on the campaign trail up against the reality that he is being sent to safely Republican districts where he not only won't face pushback from…

• Psaki: Trump admiration for dictators seen in his attacks on media

  September 25, 2026 · 42 min

  September 24, 2026 - As Donald Trump ban on members of the media whose coverage he doesn't like continues to play out in court, Jen Psaki points out that the media model Trump seems to most want to emulate is that of the dictators he…

• How we know Donald Trump is freaking out about his disastrous poll numbers

  September 24, 2026 · 42 min

  September 23, 2026 - Jen Psaki points out that the last time Donald Trump lost his cool and tried to ban a member of the news media from the White House he had just been clobbered by a blue wave midterm and his political power was at a…

• Psaki lays waste to bogus GOP talking points on press freedom

  September 23, 2026 · 42 min

  While Donald Trump banning news organizations from the White House because he doesn't like their coverage is objectively inexcusable in the United States of America, Republicans are nonetheless trying their hardest to make excuses for…

• Psaki: Trump can't hide by attacking the free press

  September 19, 2026 · 41 min

  Jen Psaki reviews the history of American presidents clashing with members of the press but still respecting their First Amendment role, and reports on Donald Trump's declaration that he is banning MS NOW, CNN and Politico from the White…

• Alarming new disclosures highlight dangers of A.I. as Trump turns his back on regulation

  September 18, 2026 · 42 min

  Jen Psaki looks at Republican candidates who have purged their campaign materials of mentions of Donald Trump or have avoided events with Trump or Trump officials. Some candidates are even speaking out in defiance of Trump despite having…