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Data journalist and pollster Richard Baris claimed on Saturday that ahead of the unprecedented U.S. attack on Iran, the Trump administration had reviewed polling on how many American casualties voters would be “willing to accept in a war with Iran,” the findings of which rattled a number of MAGA loyalists.

“Polling reviewed by the administration asked how many American casualties voters were willing to accept in a war with Iran,” Baris wrote in a social media post on X Saturday morning, several hours after President Donald Trump had authorized strikes on Iran.

Elon Musk's bombshell June accusation June accusation that Donald Trump's name appeared prominently in the Jeffrey Epstein files sparked a massive public demand for their release. Now those revelations are creating complications for Musk himself, as his own connections to the deceased sex offender.

According to the Washington Post, Musk has used his X platform to call for the arrest and prosecution of individuals linked to Epstein, a convicted sex offender who cultivated relationships with prominent figures in technology, finance, and politics. However, when the Justice Department released millions of pages of documents from its Epstein investigation last month, Musk featured prominently in the files.

President Donald Trump launched a major military operation against Iran early Saturday, citing Tehran’s refusal to renounce pursuing nuclear weapons, but critics say a social media post he made shortly after the strikes began may reveal the true “justification” for the unprecedented attack.

Dubbed Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. strikes on Iran were launched just after midnight early Saturday morning. A few hours later, Trump took to social media and made several posts, one of which, critics claim, may reveal what the president's true motivations were for the attack.

While Donald Trump has amassed billions from various business ventures since his re-election, his Truth Social platform—where he posts major announcements and grievances—continues to hemorrhage money at an alarming rate, and significant changes may be forthcoming.

According to Mother Jones analyst Russ Choma, Trump Media and Technology Group, founded in 2021, is watching its DJT stock value plummet. Choma reports: "Trump's company is expected to announce its fourth quarter earnings soon. Judging from the numbers it produced through the first three quarters of last year, the results could be unimpressive. In September, Trump Media said that it had pulled in only about $2.6 million in revenue in the first nine months of the year."

Multiple Republican lawmakers have joined their Democratic colleagues in working to rein in President Donald Trump after his administration launched a major military operation in Iran early Saturday morning.

Leading the charge are Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY), who’ve introduced what’s known as a War Powers Resolution, a legislative tool to check the president’s power over declaring war and require congressional authorization before U.S. forces can engage in sustained military action.

Madhu Gottumukkala, a close ally of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who followed her from South Dakota to Washington, was reassigned this week following his tumultuous tenure at a critical cybersecurity agency.

According to Politico, Gottumukkala, the former acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), has been moved to a new position as DHS's director of strategic implementation. The reassignment allowed Noem to avoid the political fallout of firing him over widespread complaints that he was unsuited for the role.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) appeared enthralled by the Trump administration’s unprecedented attack on Iran early Saturday morning, going as far as to preemptively pay tribute to U.S. service members who may “fall” in battle from the ensuing conflict.

“As to the men and women participating in this operation for our country and Israel, may God bless you and keep you safe,” Graham wrote in a statement early Saturday morning shared on social media.

A decision by Donald Trump to launch an assault on Iran with the help of Israel has set off a firestorm among longtime supporters who helped propel him to a second term based, in part, on his promise of no foreign military interventions.

In the wee hours of the night in the US, jets pounded Tehran, with smoke being seen near the presidential palace.

President Donald Trump issued a late-night demand for arrests, claiming a dramatic rise in Minnesota autism payments amounts to a ‘GIANT SCAM.”

“Minnesota Autism Payments have gone from $1,099,946 in 2017, to $343,176,474 in 2024, an increase of 34,000% in just a few years,” Trump wrote Friday night on his Truth Social platform.

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer attempted to use Bill Clinton's statement to shield President Trump from congressional testimony. Comer told reporters that Clinton said Trump "has never said anything to me to make me think he was involved" with Epstein. However, Rep. Robert García disputed Comer's characterization of Clinton's remarks. MSNBC's Ali Vitali noted Comer was trying to preemptively counter Democratic arguments that Trump, mentioned hundreds of times in the Epstein files, should testify. Vitali highlighted a major flaw in the strategy: if the committee questions spouses without direct knowledge, like Hillary Clinton regarding Bill, it creates a double standard for refusing to question Melania Trump, who appears in Epstein files and corresponds with Ghislaine Maxwell. The approach exposes both Trump and Melania to accusations of partisan double standards.

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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has filed what legal analysts are calling a blistering Supreme Court brief urging the justices to strike down President Donald Trump’s executive order abolishing birthright citizenship for many immigrants’ children.

The conference – which frequently backs conservative positions at the high court – delivered what Slate described as a “searing, full-throated rebuke” of the president’s order.

Radiohead issued a statement on Friday demanding that the Department of Homeland Security remove their song "Let Down" (1997) from an ICE promotional video. The track was used without permission or rights. The band called out DHS, "amateurs in control of the ICE social media account," stating how the song, "means a lot to us and other people" and cannot be appropriated without opposition. The incident reflects a broader pattern of Republican misuse of musicians' work. Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood previously demanded the removal of his "Phantom Thread" composition from the Melania Trump documentary, with producer Marc Beckman claiming other rock artists were eager to participate but unable to name examples. Kenny Loggins similarly objected to unauthorized use of "Danger Zone." Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A.", a critique of the Vietnam War, has been repeatedly misappropriated by Republicans for decades as well.

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