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Trump Treasury secretary set off Wall St. revolt he can't control During a speech at Southern Methodist University in Texas on Tuesday, September 8, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had a message for the bond market: "I am the house now." But according to journalist Joseph Zeballos-Roig, "the house is getting a lot of egg on it." https://www.alternet.org/bessent-bond-market/

Tapper nails news companies who caved to Trump and still got banned CNN anchor Jake Tapper took no kindess on Friday to President Donald Trump’s announcement that he was “banning” CNN, MS NOW and Politico “from the White House, … effective immediately.” https://www.alternet.org/trump-bans-news/

GOP 'pressing the panic button' as MAGA senator warns 'we may lose' President Donald Trump often dismisses his low approval ratings as "fake news," continuing to insist that Republicans are in a strong position as the midterms draw closer and closer. But according to HuffPost reporters Arthur Delaney and Kevin Robillard, more and more Republicans are sounding the alarm about the midterms — including Sen. Jim Justice (R-West Virginia). https://www.alternet.org/trump-midterms-jim-justice/

Trump’s going to hate his 'new normal': military veteran President Donald Trump has suffered a string of defeat in the last few weeks, but veteran, activist and “Independent Americans Podcast” host Paul Rieckhoff, told CNN Wednesday that he should get accustomed to that losing sensation in the weeks leading into November and the remaining two years of his term. https://www.alternet.org/trump-supreme-court-defeat-2677870586/

MAGA influencers turn on Kavanaugh: 'The death of America is on him' When it seemed as if the Supreme Court would help President Donald Trump use the post office to deny mail-in ballots to Democratic voters, Republicans were pleased. Now that America's highest bench on Monday ruled 7 to 2 that Trump cannot in fact legally do this — only Republican Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented — many MAGA supporters feel betrayed by the same bench that has oth... https://www.alternet.org/mail-in-voting/

Trump begged 'do more golfing' to spare world from 'terrible' policies American television host and conservative political commentator S.E. Cupp had an unexpected response to news that President Donald Trump spends an exorbitant amount of time on the golf course rather than manning the White House. https://www.alternet.org/trump-golfing-corruption/

Trump’s latest freak-out is a national emergency: security expert President Donald Trump’s seeming cognitive decline is so pronounced, it has been noticed by everyone from his relatives to his closest advisers. Yet according to a retired professor from the US Naval War College, Trump’s mental health problems are now the problem of all America — and his freak out over losing a politically-motivated prosecution ill... https://www.alternet.org/trump-trapped-2677657950/

No one's talking about the other nomination battle Trump's losing President Donald Trump has fired much of the military’s top personnel and replaced them with loyalists, as well as engaged in controversial practices like encouraging personnel to receive testosterone supplements. https://www.alternet.org/gen-christopher-laneve/

Trump’s rushed Air Force One left behind massive safety featiures: NYT President Donald Trump was reportedly furious the day reports began to circulate that he had to switch planes to avoid safety hazards posed by his luxurious Qatari gift jet. But the extent of just how badly his precious prize from the Qatari royal family needed updates and the costs it required were... https://www.alternet.org/trump-qatari-plane-safety/

McConnell’s Republican neighbor doesn’t 'know anything' about absence Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) on Wednesday said he’s still doesn’t “know anything” about Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) condition after the 84-year-old senator suffered a fall on June 14 that led to his hospitalization. Speaking with independent journalist Nicholas Ballasy, Tuberville said McConnell “lives next door to me, but he’s still in the hospi... https://www.alternet.org/send/mcconnell-tuberville/

Fact-checker struggles to defuse wild Mitch McConnell death rumors News of Sen. Mitch McConnell's “dead body” being transported to a Kentucky coroner continued to rage across social media this week, eventually forcing Snopes to step in and try to debunk the claims. https://www.alternet.org/mitch-mcconnell-2677663028/

Backfire: Leavitt’s attempt to deny report accidentally proves key detail White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, in an effort to “knock down” a Washington Post report about President Donald Trump’s heated meeting with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, appeared to accidentally verify the reporting, according to one Washington Post journalist.The report in question claims Hegseth and Trump “clashed” during a Camp D... https://www.alternet.org/leavitt-trump-hegseth/

Bezos' Post blasts Trump for turning on Big Oil President Donald Trump has recently started blaming Big Oil rather than his war against Iran for rising oil prices — and the editorial page of The Washington Post, owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is having none of it. https://www.alternet.org/bezos-washington/

Moreno profanely tells reporters to stop asking him about Max Miller After Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) urged his son-in-law Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) to resign from office due to allegations that Miller brutally beat Moreno's daughter Emily on multiple occasions, and on at least one also beat Moreno's 2-year-old granddaughter, President Donald Trump's allies and allegedly Trump himself have started concurring in Moreno's... https://www.alternet.org/moreno-miller/

Republicans panic as Trump and party leader go radio silent at the worst time Republicans are beginning to panic, according to a new CNN report, as a major rift appears to be growing between President Donald Trump and a top party leader at a time when everyone needs to lock in for the midterms. https://www.alternet.org/trump-midterms-2677647723/

Critics maul Trump after DOJ drops its Reflecting Pool prosecution The Trump administration dropped its case against a former Olympic canoeist charged in connection with damage to the Reflecting Pool, late Friday after admitting their allegations against David “Davey” Hearn “don’t hold water,” as NBC reported. https://www.alternet.org/trump-reflecting-pool-prosecution/

CNN anchor stomps GOP lawmaker’s denial cold — to his face CNN guest anchor Pamela Brown could not let U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner (R-Wash.) try to blame former President Joe Biden for Trump’s bad economy more than a year into Trump’s second term. https://www.alternet.org/trump-economy-polling-midterms-2677622114/

Trump’s final rope is 'snapping strand by strand': analysis Conservative Dispatch columnist Nick Catoggio says non-MAGA mutiny is finally burying President Donald Trump and his Republican machine, and of course Trump has only himself and his venal personal interest to blame. https://www.alternet.org/trump-corruption-slush-fund-2677645013/

Trump pulling Blanche means he's expecting $100 million 'windfall': expert President Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, acting attorney general Todd Blanche, had his nomination withdrawn on Thursday — and a legal expert argues this proves Trump plans on continuing an act of self-dealing that would net millions upon millions for Trump and his supporters. https://www.alternet.org/trump-blanche-2677295329/

The upside of Trump's betrayal of Senate Republicans President Donald Trump has betrayed a number of Senate Republicans by endorsing their primary rivals. His political victims include Sens. John Cornyn of Texas, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana. In so doing, he aimed to replace those lawmakers with alternatives he views as more loyal. Yet as one political journalist pointe... https://www.alternet.org/trump-cornyn/

Anchor flattens top Trump economist’s claims about Americans CNN Anchor Pamela Brown was on a roll Thursday, taking a rare opportunity to correct President Donald Trump’s director of the National Economic Council, Kevin Hassett to his face on several falsities — eventually grinding Hassett down to an empty denial of facts. https://www.alternet.org/trump-economy-polls-unhappy/

Trump’s new economic plan defies logic: expert Editor's Note: This article was updated to include a reply from the White House. https://www.alternet.org/trump-tariffs-2677295037/

Trump's 'Princess of Darkness' gets policies for cash: report President Donald Trump is well-known to have assembled a fundraising juggernaut, one so big that Republicans worry it is siphoning off money he could use to win the midterms. Yet a recent report reveals that, in addition to raising money for political purposes, Trump has a so-called “princess of darkness” who explicitly talks to these donors so the... https://www.alternet.org/trumps-princess/

'Exasperated' Trump 'yelling expletives' at officials as leakers reveal turmoil in West Wing President Donald Trump is “exasperated” by the ongoing war in Iran — and taking it out on his staff, according to an ally of the president who spoke with NBC News,“I don’t think he believed it was going to be this difficult to get the Iranians to agree to a deal,” the ally told NBC News. “There was not a real strategy for how long or what they shou... https://www.alternet.org/trump-leakers-2677291054/

'He was warned': Insiders say Trump knew consequences of disastrous scheme New York Times reporter and author Jonathan Swan says his sources inside the White House claim President Donald Trump was well aware of the consequences of attacking Iran but marched forth with missile strikes regardless. https://www.alternet.org/trump-iran-war-munitions/

'Can’t prove that': Critics howl as Fox News shuts down a Tuberville lie Fox Business is not universally known for holding Republican or MAGA sources accountable for falsehoods when they’re in front of cameras. That’s why a quick correction of bloviation from Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) was such a shock. https://www.alternet.org/maga-lies-fauci/

Thune sarcastically slaps Trump back after president refuses to endorse him President Donald Trump’s refusal to work cooperatively with the Senate has caused many to complain that it has become a “circular firing squad.” Now he has refused to endorse his Senate Majority Leader, John Thune of South Dakota, for reelection — and Thune sarcastically slapped him back. https://www.alternet.org/trump-thune-2677289842/

The billion-dollar scheme: What Trump truly wanted from FIFA President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and foreign policy adviser, real estate developer Jared Kushner, has always aroused controversy, from making money during his government globetrekking and trying to build a controversial resort in Albania to initially failing to be approved for a national security clearance. https://www.alternet.org/jared-kushner-fifa/

Hannity torn apart over 'bizarre' claim about Lindsey Graham’s heaven Fox News entertainer Sean Hannity seems to have a mighty weird understanding of heaven, reports Mediaite. https://www.alternet.org/trump-lindsey-graham-2677284388/

Arkansas whites-only community sues UK media giant for defamation The owners of an Arkansas whites-only community that critics have described as “evil and reprehensible” is now striking back by suing a British-owned broadcaster for defamation. https://www.alternet.org/arkansas-whites-only/

WSJ tears into Trump over 'obsession' he can't quit despite major 'harm' The typically conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board ripped into President Donald Trump in a new piece, lambasting him for an "obsession" he cannot quit despite the major "harm" it is causing mere months from the midterms. https://www.alternet.org/trump-wsj-2677271736/

Trump's economy hasn't sunk the GOP because the Dems blew it: analysis President Donald Trump’s Republican Party should be performing worse than it currently is against their Democratic counterparts, according to an anti-Trump conservative. The economy continues to suffer under Trump, and because voters are noticing, Trump is sending signals that he plans on rigging th... https://www.alternet.org/trump-midterms-2677249484/

Iowa is acting 'differently': Expert issues stark warning on GOP's future in red state Political expert Charlie Cook, the founder of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, said Monday he thinks Democratic State Auditor Rob Sand will win Iowa’s gubernatorial election, but the U.S. Senate race between State Rep. Josh Turek and U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson may not be as competitive as Democra... https://www.alternet.org/iowa-gop-future/

Canadian PM ignites MAGA fury with science lesson Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney incited a MAGA meltdown after pointing out that the United States shared responsibility for the climate change currently dumping wildfire smoke all over the upper U.S. https://www.alternet.org/trump-canada-wildfire/

Science hints at Trump and MAGA’s insidious threat to truth – and it is ugly PsyPost reports that casual disregard for reality poses a "uniquely potent threat" to public knowledge and belief. https://www.alternet.org/trumps-lies-delusions/

MAGA melts down after Republican gloats about 'loser' Trump In response to a Sunday poll which found nearly three out of five Americans believe the economy was better under President Joe Biden than President Donald Trump, an anti-Trump Republican wrote that the current president is “such a loser” — and Trump’s supporters were promptly triggered. https://www.alternet.org/maga-loser/

Former intel official warns Trump has a 'Doomsday Book' to upset elections President Donald Trump did not have access to a slate of documents specifically showing him how to derail democracy when he tried to overthrow elections in 2020 with a fake electors scheme. But now he does, said Trump’s former intelligence analyst Miles Taylor. https://www.alternet.org/trump-midterm-tampering-2677230409/

Conservatives laugh at 'goofy' MAGA senator who just sunk Trump President Donald Trump is trying to push through acting attorney general Todd Blanche to be his actual attorney general — but, as some conservatives are mocking, Blanche’s cause was undermined on Wednesday by a member of his own Republican Party. https://www.alternet.org/donald-trump-todd-blanche/

Republican governor thwarts his own pardon of indicted GOP ally No sooner did news break last week that a New Orleans grand jury had indicted Attorney General Liz Murrill, Gov. Jeff Landry got on social media and promised to pardon her. https://www.alternet.org/republicans-jeff-landry-liz-murrill/

Disillusioned MAGA peppering deep-red state with anti-Trump billboards President Donald Trump’s political movement has been widely compared to a cult — and now billboards in Tennessee are offering adherents a way out. https://www.alternet.org/disillusioned-maga/

WSJ just gave Trump a big economic reality check President Donald Trump frequently claims that his tariffs are saving America’s economy, but a recent opinion piece from The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board just gave him a big reality check. https://www.alternet.org/trump-tariffs-manufacturing-us/

Trump family member mocks Melania for utterly failing to defend her husband It's a difficult time for the Republican Party as GOP candidates up for reelection back away slowly from their MAGA loyalty to President Donald Trump. It even appears the first lady is struggling to defend him, said the president's niece, Dr. Mary Trump. https://www.alternet.org/melania-trump-2677945851/

Psychologist exposes Trump's signs of 'sundowning' in big new speech President Donald Trump's big primetime speech last week was littered with mental "glitches" and "challenges" for him, according to one forensic psychologist, with the relatively short speech showing signs of "legitimate neurological changes" even compared to a year ago, suggesting that he could be s... https://www.alternet.org/trump-sundowning/

Even lapdog Sean Spicer thinks Trump is making a huge mistake Senior officials with the administration of President Donald Trump have signaled Trump may no longer use his scheduled Thursday night primetime address to spread unfounded claims about the legitimacy of two Democratic senators. However, he does plan to unveil declassified information about attempts ... https://www.alternet.org/sean-spicer-trump/

Conservatives 'consider the unthinkable' as rural Texans turn on MAGA gov Democrats haven't won a statewide race in GOP-dominated Texas since the 1990s. But a U.S. Senate race in the Lone Star State, according to polls, is highly competitive. Centrist Democrat James Talarico, polls say, has a good shot against the controversial Republican nominee, far-right Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. And according to Politico, angst among rural voters could give Democrats long-a... https://www.alternet.org/greg-abbott-talarico/

DC insiders torch Trump official's new scandal as 'how to lose a presidential election' A top official for President Donald Trump has found himself embroiled in an embarrassing new scandal about their abuse of tax-funded privileges, with the D.C. insiders at Pod Save America exposing how the situation is the perfect example of "how to lose a presidential election." https://www.alternet.org/trump-vance-2677243639/

The man behind Trump's personal revenge machine should not be confirmed On Wednesday, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche heads to the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing to become attorney general. https://www.alternet.org/the-man-behind-trump-s-personal-revenge-machine-should-not-be-confirmed/

Cut and run: DC Republicans are abandoning Georgia to save other states U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune came to Atlanta to keep hope alive for the Mike Collins campaign as Collins challenges Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff in the Nov. 3 midterm election. https://www.alternet.org/mike-collins-georgia-senate-bid/

Trump hammered for wild claim that 'Melania' was No 1 movie this year President Donald Trump’s Wednesday speech in Law Vegas had no shortage of rambling and more than it’s fair share of broken chains of thought. More than enough to keep social media commenters and self-styled comedians busy when the monologue was done. https://www.alternet.org/hecklers-pommel-trumps-wild-claim-that-melania-was-no-1-movie-of-the-year/

How Trump's love of murder has made the US government worse than the Mafia President Donald Trump's has made "casual butchery of the innocent" a common occurrence in his administration, according to a new analysis from The i Paper, which further argued that his conduct is, in key ways, even more bloodthirsty than the mob. https://www.alternet.org/trump-mobster/