David McAfee

Donald Trump's planned ballroom, for which he had the White House's East Wing demolished, could actually help Democrats, according to a conservative who opposes Trump.

Columnist Jennifer Rubin — a loyal conservative until Donald Trump came along — wrote on Substack on Thursday in an article called The Hideous Symbol of MAGA Corruption about "how many Americans are deeply disturbed, furious even, about Donald Trump’s bulldozing of the White House to make way for a garish $330M donor-paid ballroom."

"It may not be the most egregious offense of the Trump regime (which has kidnapped people off the streets, sent them to foreign hell holes, and cut off SNAP benefits, among other outrages). It is not even the worst case of corruption, given the estimated $5B or so in wealth Trump and his family have hauled in from (among other sources) foreign buyers of crypto. But the ballroom is the most visible, easily explained, and visually disgusting evidence of Trump’s destruction of our democracy and the public’s ownership of our institutions," according to Rubin.

In fact, she says, the companies and conflicts involved could actually help the Democrats.

"The bottom line is that companies with a 'stunningly wide array of interests before the federal government' from industry specific items to all-encompassing interests (e.g. tax policy) have feathered the president’s nest by indulging his pathetic Louis XIV aspirations to construct a garish ballroom that substitutes a Trump monstrosity for a piece of American architectural history," she wrote. "That may not be the worst of it. For one thing, we do not know exactly how much each is giving. Far worse, some of the donors remain anonymous. Are they pardoned felons? Lawmakers? Foreign governments? We do not know."

This, she argues, is where the other side should take some action. She argues that "Democrats need not remain silent."

"In the wake of an election in which Republicans’ corruption and scorn for the average American people launched a blue tsunami, they can help set the stage for the midterms... Democrats could devise a series of proposals, bring votes to the floor, and lay down markers both to embarrass Republicans and to make clear to the donors that when Democrats come to power the influence-peddlers’ participation in the selling of American government with come with serious, expensive consequences," she wrote.

"For starters," according to Rubin, "Democrats at every turn should demand hearings or use existing oversight hearings to ask critical questions to uncover the identities of all donors, the amounts given, the means by which regulatory controls were sidestepped, the historical and environmental damage, the means by which funds were solicited (and what promises/conditions were placed on them), the costs of demolition and maintenance, and any other pertinent facts (e.g., how is the bidding on the project to be conducted?)."

She then adds, "Any evidence of illegality can be fully investigated and prosecuted in the next Democratic administration."

Read the full essay here.

Donald Trump is "worried," according to a former official for the president's first stint in the White House.

Former Homeland Security official Miles Taylor, who has claimed his home was targeted by a break-in shortly after he published a scathing "Anonymous" op-ed about Trump's presidency, wrote an article after Democrats trounced Republicans in electoral races around the country. The piece is called, "Why Trump is worried about last night," and in it the former official argues that "Dems didn’t become 'more socialist' — they tacked toward the center, which is their key to defeating MAGA."

According to Taylor's article, "Last night delivered a message that Donald Trump is surely fretting about this morning. In fact, he even struggled to come up with a response to the Democrats’ election sweep in major races, suggesting feebly on Truth Social that the only reasons Republicans lost were because Trump himself wasn’t on the ballot and because of the shutdown... The latter claim was a shocking admission because he didn’t even bother to blame the Democrats for the government closure."

Taylor went on:

"He’s not processing this well. But there’s a bigger reason. Trump and his political advisors are worried about how the Democrats won."

Pointing to specific Dem wins, he added, "Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey didn’t win the governor’s races by shifting left, parroting social media activists, or embracing progressive litmus tests. They won because they claimed the political center, and voters rewarded it in a moment when they’re very nervous about the chaos coming out of the White House and Washington."

Taylor also addressed the New York mayoral race.

"Meanwhile in New York City, Zohran Mamdani’s victory revealed a paradox. He won with the lowest margins of any New York City mayor this century with a meager 50 percent. It was far from a resounding win in a place where some of his recent predecessors have won with 65 - 75 percent of the vote. One of the most gifted progressive communicators in the country could barely clear a bar that mainstream Democrats have routinely vaulted in the nation’s bluest metropolis," he wrote. "Taken together, the night’s results did not signal some progressive wave. It was a moderate wave. The victories signaled that the Democratic Party is largely re-centering itself around stability and governance, not ideological performance. And that rightfully has the White House feeling anxious."

Read the full piece here.

Governor of California Gavin Newsom trolled U.S. President Donald Trump early Wednesday morning following massive Democratic electoral wins.

Democrats swept key races all over the country, wiping out the GOP in Virginia, holding New Jersey, winning statewide races in Georgia, and triumphing in dozens of legislative and local races. In California, voters passed Newsom's plan to hit back against Trump and the Texas GOP by redistricting to compensate for the Republican scheme.

Newsom celebrated the wins by taking to X, where the White House had posted ahead of the election, "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

Newsom had a simple response: "We just did."

We just did. https://t.co/0k4Bcw5LTO
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) November 5, 2025

Donald Trump accidentally just revealed how little respect the world has for him, according to a former George W. Bush adviser.

Former speechwriter to President George W. Bush, David Frum, on Sunday flagged a comment from Trump in which the president threatened military action against Nigeria based on claims that have been rejected by the allied nation. For the conservative writer, the response to Trump's comment set of alarm bells.

"Yesterday afternoon, Trump threatened to launch a military attack on the most populous country in sub-Saharan Africa," he wrote. "The fact that few express much upset at this bluster is a marker of how little respect this blowhard president commands at home or abroad."

He went on to elaborate, "If any previous president issued a personal statement, 'I'm considering massive military strikes in sub-Saharan Africa,' there would be tumult - even panic."

"But with Trump, everybody shrugs, including his own supporters. 'That's Trump. He says things. He's full of s---. Next?'" he concluded this weekend.

The creator of the Dilbert cartoon strip said on Sunday that he needs Donald Trump to save his life.

Controversial cartoonist Scott Adams took to social media over the weekend to make his plea.

"On Monday, I will ask President Trump, via X, to help save my life. He offered to help me if I needed it. I need it," Adams wrote. "As many of you know, I have metastasized prostate cancer. My healthcare provider, Kaiser of Northern California, has approved my application to receive a newly FDA-approved drug called Pluvicto. But they have dropped the ball in scheduling the brief IV to administer it and I can’t seem to fix that."

He continued, saying, "I am declining fast."

"I will ask President Trump if he can get Kaiser of Northern California to respond and schedule it for Monday," Adams added. "That will give me a fighting chance to stick around on this planet a little bit longer. It is not a cure, but it does give good results to many people."

Donald Trump's threat to send troops to attack people on allied land raised some red flags this weekend.

Trump on Saturday took to Truth Social to threaten Nigeria, which is known as a strategic partner for the U.S.

"If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, 'guns-a-blazing,' to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities," Trump said on Truth Social Saturday. "I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians! WARNING: THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BETTER MOVE FAST!"

The internet was quick to respond to the president's claim about the potential Nigerian military strike.

Ex-prosecutor Ron Filipkowski said, "At some point we might have to consider the fact that he might be mentally unstable."

Independent journalist Aaron Rupar said, "Trump posts crazy stuff like this at times where he feels like he’s not getting enough attention and wants people to start talking about him again."

Rupar then added, "It’s deranged, narcissistic behavior."

Jeff Timmer, a conservative analyst who opposes Trump, also chimed in, "In the old days, when in moods like this, he’d just lurk in dressing rooms at Bergdorf’s or head over to Epstein’s place."

"U.S. Capitol, Greenland, Los Angeles, Iran, Canada, democracy, Washington DC, Portland, narco-boats, Chicago, pleasure fishing boats, the Constitution, Venezuela, the rule of law, Nigeria. All the same to the lawless, corrupt, chickens---, moron in the WH," Timmer wrote on social media.

Professor Timothy Snyder added, "Is it just me or do these proclamations sound more and more like the work of Dement AI?"