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April 9, 2026
'Destroying your presidency!' MAGA civil war breaks out on Trump's own platform
(Raw Story) President Donald Trump's social media site, normally nothing more than a platform for himself to rant and his most avid fans to admire him, is plunging into warfare, as MAGA fans turn on each other over Trump's moves in the Iran conflict. According to The New York Times, "Thousands of users on the social media platform, which Mr. Trump created in 2022, have responded to the president’s drumbeat of posts with a mix of frustration, disbelief and outrage. They have written that they feel betrayed by the expanding war in Iran and ashamed when Mr. Trump used an expletive on Easter to make demands of the Iranian government. Some were so perplexed by his military interventions that one declared they 'make zero sense.'"
Go to discussionDemocrats introduce impeachment articles against Trump and Hegseth as nearly 100 lawmakers call for 25th Amendment
(The Independent) Democratic members of Congress have filed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth while nearly 100 congressional Democrats are calling for the president’s removal from office over his threats to Iran. Rep. John Larson of Connecticut has filed 13 articles of impeachment against Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors, including the president’s “criminal lawlessness” that has “invited blowback against the United States and its citizens risking 9/11 2.0.”
Go to discussionTrump slams NATO after meeting with Mark Rutte
(The Hill) President Trump went after the NATO alliance following a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte — comments that came after the Trump administration had recently expressed frustration with members of the alliance. “NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON’T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN. REMEMBER GREENLAND, THAT BIG, POORLY RUN, PIECE OF ICE!!!” Trump said in a Wednesday evening post on Truth Social, referencing his push to take over Greenland that he ramped up a few months ago.
Go to discussionAmerican-born Pope Leo may not visit US while Trump is president after diplomat meeting disaster: report
(The Independent) Pope Leo XIV may not return to the U.S. while President Donald Trump remains in office, according to a report citing a contentious meeting between a Catholic official and the Pentagon. On Monday, The Free Press reported that in the wake of the Pope's annual address to the Vatican’s diplomatic corps in January, in which he criticized states seeking conflict around the globe, the Department of Defense invited Cardinal Christophe Pierre for a meeting. At the time, Pierre was serving as Pope Leo’s personal envoy to the United States. The Pentagon requesting a meeting with a Vatican official is "unprecedented," according to the report.
Go to discussion'Bondi Cannot Escape Accountability': Mace Insists She Will Get Ex-AG to Testify on Epstein
(Mediaite) Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) vowed on Wednesday that ex-Attorney General Pam Bondi will still be compelled to testify before the House Oversight Committee, despite a committee spokesman saying Bondi was off the hook. “Pam Bondi cannot escape accountability simply because she no longer holds the office of Attorney General. Our motion to subpoena Pam Bondi, which was passed by the Oversight Committee, was for Bondi by name, not by title,” wrote Mace on social media
Go to discussionEligible US men will be automatically registered for military draft pool beginning in December
(Daily Mail) The rule change was submitted by The Selective Service System, which maintains a database of Americans who would be eligible for the draft, on March 30. 'This statutory change transfers responsibility for registration from individual men to SSS through integration with federal data sources,' the agency's website said. It adds that the rule change remains under review by regulatory affairs and is awaiting finalization.
Go to discussionWhite House Secures Foreign Steel for Ballroom Project
(New York Times) President Trump has championed the U.S. steel industry, promising to strengthen it and to impose stiff tariffs on foreign metals to shield manufacturers from overseas competitors. ... Yet the White House has secured tens of millions of dollars worth of donated foreign steel for Mr. Trump's $400 million ballroom project, according to two people familiar with the plans who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive and private conversations.
Go to discussionRetired general: Trump 'an absolutely terrible commander in chief'
(The Hill) A retired U.S. general slammed President Trump on Tuesday for being an “absolutely terrible commander in chief” after Trump threatened Iran’s “whole civilization” ahead of his deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and negotiate a peace agreement. CNN’s Kate Bolduan asked Brig. Gen. Steve Anderson about his reaction to Trump’s heightened rhetoric. The president was doubling down on an earlier warning to Iran after giving them until 8 p.m. EDT on Tuesday to agree to a deal.
Go to discussionA Landslide in Wisconsin Will Make It Much Harder for MAGA to Steal Elections
(Mother Jones) Tuesday’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election received far less attention than a similar contest a year ago, when Elon Musk spent $25 million trying to flip the balance of power on the court. Back then, the world’s richest man—who, at the time, was also a key White House adviser—personally hand-delivered $1 million checks to voters while wearing a cheesehead hat. This time, majority control of the state’s highest court wasn’t at stake. But the outcome was still hugely significant for politics in Wisconsin and nationally.
Go to discussionAnalysis Finds That Google's AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in History
(Futurism) ]Google’s AI Overviews are peddling misinformation on a scale that may be virtually unprecedented in human history. A recent analysis conducted by the AI startup Oumi at the behest of The New York Times found that the AI-generated summaries, which appear above Google search results, are accurate around 91 percent of the time. In a sense, that may sound like an impressive figure. But here’s an even more impressive one: five trillion. That’s roughly the number of search queries that Google processes every year, translating to tens of millions of wrong answers that the AI Overviews are providing every hour — and hundreds of thousands every minute, the analysis calculated.
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