What the heck is happening in D.C.? Nothing, until Trump deployed the National Guard
Here's what you need to know about what's happening — and what's not happening — in D.C.
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AUGUST 11, 2025
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Project 2025 vowed to roll back LGBTQ+ rights. Here's everything Trump has done so far
Donald Trump claimed on the campaign trail that he had "nothing to do" with Project 2025 — but now that he's in office, he's implementing it.
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MAY 6, 2025
Who is Scott Bessent? Here's the gay billionaire and treasury secretary backing Trump tariffs
Bessent's tenure has been defined by his compliance in dismantling government agencies and his unwillingness to recognize the impact of Trump's tariffs on Americans.
APRIL 11, 2025
Ex-NFL player Chris Kluwe slams MAGA for 'trying to erase trans people,' gets arrested
The former Minnesota Vikings kicker was arrested after an act of "peaceful civil disobedience” at a Huntington Beach City Council meeting.
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Opinion: Why you should be angry that Musk and DOGE have access to your data
Musk and his minions already have unfettered access to your medical records, tax information, and more, writes John Casey. So what are you going to do about it, he asks.
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
DOGE staffer resigns over uncovered racist posts
Marko Elez wrote that he was ‘racist before it was cool.’ #FAFO
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
How Elon Musk & Peter Thiel-aligned inexperienced tech bros took over the federal government
They now have access to your private information and other sensitive U.S. data.
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Trump administration will incinerate $10 million worth of birth control for poor women
The Trump administration is literally torching nearly $10 million worth of birth control.
JULY 23, 2025
'WWE in the West Wing:' Elon Musk got into a screaming match with Scott Bessent
Witnesses said Bessent criticized Musk's DOGE for failing to make good on its promised cuts, and Musk called Bessent a "Soros agent" who ran "a failed hedge fund."
APRIL 23, 2025
500,000 kids could die without PEPFAR as Trump & Elon Musk undermine HIV aid, study warns
It doesn't have to be this way.
APRIL 8, 2025
Masculinity, in 'crisis'? Or just a spectacle?
Opinion: Is masculinity — the normative social roles, behaviors, and actions perceived as attributes of men — in crisis? Or is the crisis actually the steadily growing realization that masculinity is just spectacle?
MARCH 3, 2025
Elon Musk and Sam Altman are fighting — The billionaire beef explained, plus the funniest moments
Musk and Altman, former colleagues turned bitter rivals, are taking public shots at each other as they threaten to buy each other's companies.
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Opinion: Musk’s DOGE, his secret police, is aiming to kill USAID along with millions of people in need
They have no respect for democracy or those who suffer in “s**thole countries” that Trump loathes, writes John Casey.
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Elon Musk denied his dream West Wing office, and the Internet rejoices
Elon Musk may be heading up DOGE, but he won't be doing it from the White House.
JANUARY 28, 2025
Democrat Melanie Stansbury triggers Marjorie Taylor Greene into gavel-banging meltdown at House hearing—again
The New Mexico congresswoman continues to get under the Georgia Republican's skin. “Madam Chair, calm down," she said to Greene.
JUNE 24, 2025
How this Democrat fights Marjorie Taylor Greene's transphobia in Congress with smart preparation
With calm defiance and procedural precision, Rep. Melanie Stansbury turned a House hearing into a masterclass in how Democrats can confront anti-trans attacks with facts, strategy, and moral clarity.
JUNE 5, 2025
Elon Musk is the 'most irritating person I’ve ever had to deal with,' Trump official says
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is reportedly struggling to hide his "disdain" for Musk, and some State Department officials have given him the nickname "Crazy Uncle Elon."
APRIL 14, 2025
A USAID worker's pregnant wife was denied an emergency medical evacuation after DOGE fired her
Charlee Doom's wife was 31 weeks pregnant when she suffered "life-threatening" complications. The State Department denied her medical evacuation request — twice.
APRIL 3, 2025
Opinion: Wielding a chainsaw, Musk isn't cutting the budget, he's slicing the heads off the middle-class
When Musk and his DOGE cronies slash jobs with reckless abandon, they are not just harming those who receive the pink slips. They are gutting entire communities, writes John Casey.
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
Rachel Maddow & Pete Buttigieg skewer 'sloppy' Trump team for firing nuclear safety staff
Maddow and Buttigieg each recently ripped into DOGE for its decision to fire 350 workers at the National Nuclear Security Administration, which oversees the United States’ nuclear arsenal.
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Robert Garcia displays Elon Musk ‘dick pic’ in House DOGE hearing using Marjorie Taylor Greene’s antics
Marjorie Taylor Green notoriously displayed explicit images of Hunter Biden during a hearing in 2023.
FEBRUARY 12, 2025