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Internet erupts as MAGA influencers exposed for being based in other countries

A large number of MAGA social media influencers were exposed over the weekend as being being based in other countries.

Podcaster Matt Binder posted screenshots showing that Charlie’s Voice Rising, a popular Charlie Kirk fan account, is based in Eastern Europe (non-EU).

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'Not ShamWoW!!' Shock as ex-infomercial actor files to run for office as a Republican

A man best known as "the ShamWow guy" just filed to run for office as a Republican, according to filings.

The candidate, who registered as Offer Vince "ShamWow" Shlomi in the filing, is seeking to replace Congressman John Carter (R-TX-31), who was born in 1941.

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Pulitzer winner skewers 'disgraceful' Trump deal: 'Sold out by an American president'

Donald Trump's plan for Ukraine is a "disgrace," according to a foreign affairs expert who has won three Pulitzer Prizes.

Thomas L. Friedman, the foreign affairs Opinion columnist for New York Times, skewered the president for his effort to achieve the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s alleged 'lewd sex-act' texts with former flame exposed

U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly texted his former flame, who was a reporter, about a "lewd sex act."

The New York Post over the weekend reported on the alleged texts, which involve ex-reporter Olivia Nuzzi. It's Nuzzi's ex-boyfriend who says the texts exist.

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'Steve Bannon is not happy': Trump ally claims newly unearthed Epstein emails causing fury

A Donald Trump ally alleged on Saturday that Steve Bannon, who was Donald Trump's chief strategist in the White House for some time in 2017, is unhappy about newly unearthed Epstein emails.

Trump confidant Roger Stone announced over the weekend that he was mentioned in the Epstein emails, and he noted that he doesn't believe Bannon will appreciate the revelations.

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'Public deserves to know': Trump admin serves notice to Noem to save her texts for court

Donald Trump's administration has reportedly put Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on notice that she must preserve her text messages as part of a high-profile battle in court.

According to Law & Crime, "On Friday, in an 8-page joint status report, DHS and transparency-focused watchdog group American Oversight drew a district judge's attention to a government-issued notice demanding that certain officials 'preserve documents and electronic records that relate to the subject matter of the complaint in this case'."

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'Thing that stuck out most': GOP insider flags detail 'that should give Republicans pause'

A GOP strategist on Saturday flagged a key detail about a MAGA lawmaker's recent resignation that he says should "give a lot of Republicans pause."

Brendan Buck, a former key adviser to ex-House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), appeared on MS NOW over the weekend, and was asked about MAGA lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene's decision not to run for another term in office. The host specifically asked Buck, "What is going through Speaker Mike Johnson's mind right now?" and noted, "A prominent member of your party openly saying Republicans will lose the midterms. That has got to be a blow."

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'The people are chanting': Trump attacks 'low IQ' mayor as he begs to invade Dem city

Donald Trump on Saturday attacked a Democratic governor and a Democratic mayor, as a pretense to send federal troops to Chicago.

Trump over the weekend took to his own social media site, Truth Social, to make some claims for which he didn't provide direct evidence.

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'First to surrender': GOP lawmaker breaks from Trump with grim warning about his 'legacy'

U.S. Representative Don Bacon of (R-NE) broke from Donald Trump on Saturday with a grim reminder about what the congressman says could be Trump's "legacy."

Bacon, who has spoken out about Trump's attitude regarding Ukraine and the war Russia has imposed on it, over the weekend weighed in on a recent proposal from the Trump administration to end the brutal foreign war by forcing numerous concessions from the victim nation.

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Ex-Bush adviser takes MAGA ally to task as 'biggest joke in town' flies over her head

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) resigned because she "didn't get the joke" of all politics in Washington, D.C., according to a former Bush adviser.

Former speechwriter to President George W. Bush, David Frum, on Saturday wrote about Greene's retirement in an article called, "Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke," in which he suggests Greene was a true believer who lost her faith in the president.

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'World turned upside down’: Top MAGA allies bewildered by Trump’s whiplash

President Donald Trump's move to cast out loyalist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and appear to embrace New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has left his most ardent top allies bewildered, with even former White House aide Steve Bannon remarking it's a "world turned upside down."

Trump revoked his endorsement of Greene following public spats over his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files in a stunning break that led up to Greene's announcement Friday night that she planned to resign from Congress in January. At the same time, Trump appeared to warm to Mamdani, despite warning New York City would see catastrophic consequences if it voted in the democratic socialist.

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'Take a little rest': Trump makes remarkable 180 after blasting longtime ally as 'traitor'

President Donald Trump has openly gloated about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) resignation announcement — going so far as to describe the longtime MAGA ally a "traitor" — but told NBC News he'd be happy to see her career resume, after a little break.

Trump reamed into Greene on his Truth Social platform, writing to followers, “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Brown, because of PLUMMETING Poll Numbers, and not wanting to face a Primary Challenger with a strong Trump Endorsement (where she would have no chance of winning!), has decided to call it ‘quits.’ Her relationship with the WORST Republican Congressman in decades, Tom Massie of Kentucky, also known as Rand Paul Jr. because he votes against the Republican Party (and really good legislation!), did not help her,” he wrote.

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'Cowering' Republicans are trapped in a 'terrible tightening vise'

A journalist and historian warned Saturday that Republicans have a "fear that places them in a terrible tightening vise" — as they're poised to pay the "butcher's bill" for President Donald Trump's decisions.

Sidney Blumenthal, whose career includes political journalism and senior adviser to President Bill Clinton, wrote for The Guardian that Republicans have largely allowed the president to avoid accountability — and that's going to cost them.

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