Новости за 01.05.2026

Georgia Rep. Buddy Carter joined Maria Bartiromo on her Fox Business Network show to display an alternate reality. Americans are prospering (LOL), and rising gas prices are the fault of Democrats. No, really.

Peter Thiel, founder of Palantir and leader of the "PayPal mafia," has a new company designed to punish journalists! Seriously, Thiel is working overtime building new ways to make the world suck for all of us little people. Judd Legum's team over at Popular Information broke a stunning new story about Thiel's new company, Objection AI. Thiel's mass-surveillance company, Palantir, is in the news almost daily, but the billionaire's new venture is nightmare fuel. Popular Information reported:

Fox's MacCallum twists herself in knots defending the Supreme Court basically gutting the Voting Rights Act on this Thursday's The Five.

Just how is the Iran fiasco going? Not so well, judging by Scott Jennings' reaction. Someone needs a timeout for a while.

Donald Trump told Newsmax host Greta Van Susteren that if he was on the ballot for the midterms, Republicans would win in a landslide because he claims he has some of the best poll numbers he's ever had.

Well, the millionaire son of a millionaire family really might believe seniors should be put to work. After all, the last time he served in the U.S. Senate, he led efforts to privatize Social Security, which no one except wealthy donors wanted. (Odds are, he'll do it again.)

Jebus Mike Johnson and House Republicans were forced to pass the Senate DHS funding bill without funding ICE or the border patrol.

The federal government’s HHS.gov site states, “As the Nation’s Doctor, the Surgeon General is charged with protecting and improving the health and safety of the American people.”

John Fetterman made it clear that he’s not thrilled with Graham Platner becoming the presumptive Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, declaring that “Republicans fucking love him” because of his liberal policy positions and controversial statements.

I really like listening to Jamelle Bouie. He is so smart, and so reasonable, he makes me feel hopeful again. But he's not the only Democrat out there talking about the urgent need to reform the Court -- something that's impossible to do with a Republican president. Yes, we need to make things affordable for working people, but we also need representatives that are out there talking about Court reform every damned day:

Martin Luther King Jr. said “music is the soul of the movement.” As the Trump administration calls for increased funding for war and policing, and more and more people die in ICE custody and at the hands of ICE officers, some artists are refusing to stay silent, continuing a storied tradition. I created my first song and video in five years, because I couldn’t stay silent any longer. Then I scoured the streaming sites and message boards, through hundreds of songs across genres, to create the ultimate... Читать дальше...

On this day in 1886, workers across the United States began a general strike for an eight-hour work day. The strikes were peaceful, with estimates of participation across the country ranging from 300,000 to half a million. In New York City the number of demonstrators was estimated to be 10,000. In Detroit , 11,000. In Milwaukee, 10,000. And in Chicago, the movement's center, an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 workers went on strike, and there were perhaps twice as many people out on the streets... Читать дальше...

California’s billionaires are freaking out. Like most obscenely wealthy Americans in the Trump era, plutocrats are bloated with paper wealth, fortified by legions of accountants, and have a moral philosophy that rarely extends beyond their reflection. They hold an illusion their fortunes are entirely their own. But, more than 1.5 million CA voters have a different view and signed a petition for a ballot initiative that would impose a billionaire tax.

On this day in 1945, Hitler finally ended his miserable life, after his genocidal campaign and grandiose designs of conquering the world were destroyed.

Kevin Hassett's excuses did not amuse Fox Business host Stuart Varney, who, after new polling showed the discontent the American people are feeling, laughed in his face to drive the point home.

On Wednesday's CNN Newsnight, Neera Tanden forced oafish Scott Jennings into upping his lie game about Iran's nuclear capabilities before Trump attacked Iran when he claimed they had nuclear weapons when they didn't.