Belinda Ballard

FCC commissioner admits Colbert's firing is 'a consequence that comes from Trump' Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chief Brendan Carr suggested that late-night host Stephen Colbert was fired as "a consequence that comes from" President Donald Trump.During a Sunday interview on Fox News, host Howard Kurtz noted that critics believed that there was an "orchestrated arrangeme...

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chief Brendan Carr suggested that late-night host Stephen Colbert was fired as "a consequence that comes from" President Donald Trump.

'Airbrushing history': Fox News host nails Trump for Smithsonian impeachment coverup Fox News host Howard Kurtz argued that President Donald Trump was "airbrushing history" after he reportedly pressured a Smithsonian museum into removing references to his two impeachments."The Washington Post reports that the National Museum of American History, part of the Smithsonian, has removed ...

Fox News host Howard Kurtz argued that President Donald Trump was "airbrushing history" after he reportedly pressured a Smithsonian museum into removing references to his two impeachments.

'Quit now': MAGA freaks out on GOP leader after he blocks Trump from recess appointments A decision by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to schedule pro forma sessions throughout the August recess which will, in effect, stop Donald Trump from making any recess appointments, has set off a firestorm among the president's MAGA followers.According to CSPAN's Craig Caplan, "Senate jus...

A decision by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to schedule pro forma sessions throughout the August recess which will, in effect, stop Donald Trump from making any recess appointments, has set off a firestorm among the president's MAGA followers.

This right-wing lunacy is a violation of everything conservatives hold dear According to a new report by a state commission on banned books in Virginia schools, Hanover County Public Schools removed the book Medical Discoveries: Medical Breakthroughs and the People Who Developed Them from libraries sometime between July 2020 and March 2025. Censored, too, was a book entitle...

This right-wing lunacy is a violation of everything conservatives hold dear

Trump secretly confessed ear injury was 'not too bad' at RNC while wearing huge bandage President Donald Trump privately admitted that his ear injury from an assassination attempt was "not too bad" while wearing an oversized bandage at the Republican National Convention (RNC) last year.During a GOP conference in Florida over the weekend, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) recalled seeing Trump ...

President Donald Trump privately admitted that his ear injury from an assassination attempt was "not too bad" while wearing an oversized bandage at the Republican National Convention (RNC) last year.

'Who are the innocent people?' Expert challenged to explain Trump's latest excuse An author who has examined Jeffery Epstein's network knocked down President Donald Trump's latest excuse for holding back the release of the late sex offender's files.Author Barry Levine appeared Sunday afternoon on MSNBC, where he discussed the unusual transfer of the late Epstein's accomplice Ghis...

An author who has examined Jeffery Epstein's network knocked down President Donald Trump's latest excuse for holding back the release of the late sex offender's files.

Democrats flee Texas to thwart GOP redistricting plan Dozens of Democratic legislators fled Texas to deny Republicans a necessary quorum to implement an unusual redistricting map.Roughly 30 Democrats will likely stay for a week in a plan worked out with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who met with them late last month and tasked his staff with providing log...

Dozens of Democratic legislators fled Texas to deny Republicans a necessary quorum to implement an unusual redistricting map.

'Gold!' Trump lavishes praise on GOP lawmakers who said nice things about him on TV President Donald Trump singled out a pair of Republican lawmakers for praise after they pushed his agenda on television.The president personally thanked Reps. Erin Houchen (R-IN) and Tom Emmer (R-MN) for their positive commentary about his agenda on Fox News this weekend in a pair of Truth Social p...

President Donald Trump singled out a pair of Republican lawmakers for praise after they pushed his agenda on television.

'Needs to watch his back': Trump warned of surprising rival gunning for his job Vice President JD Vance stands to benefit tremendously from President Donald Trump's botched response to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, and he might have cause for concern.The vice president was an odd choice as Trump's running mate from the start, and a Trump critic from way back, and USA Today colum...

Vice President JD Vance stands to benefit tremendously from President Donald Trump's botched response to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, and he might have cause for concern.

'Number-one show!' Trump touts 'show biz' accomplishments of his new DC prosecutor President Donald Trump touted the "show business" accomplishments of the former Fox News host he intends to swear in as the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.The Senate voted 50-45 along party lines to confirm conservative broadcaster and Trump loyalist Jeanine Pirro to lead the U.S. attorn...

President Donald Trump touted the "show business" accomplishments of the former Fox News host he intends to swear in as the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.

'Reality eroding before our eyes': Trump called out for 'absurd' claim about drug prices President Donald Trump was jeered for a "preposterous" claim about lowering prescription drug prices.The president sent letters last week to the heads of 17 major pharmaceutical companies demanding they cut drug prices to levels paid by other countries, but he repeated a claim Sunday night to report...

President Donald Trump was jeered for a "preposterous" claim about lowering prescription drug prices.

'Pure nonsense': Congressman 'counted more than 15 lies' in Trump's chopper talk A Democratic lawmaker reacted to President Donald Trump's Sunday night news conference from a helicopter tarmac.The president spoke to reporters as a Marine One chopper stood by, and he was asked to comment on a variety of topics, including his firing of Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statist...

A Democratic lawmaker reacted to President Donald Trump's Sunday night news conference from a helicopter tarmac.

The simple reason Trump will never release the Epstein files Let’s get right to it, because time is not on our side, America: Donald Trump won’t order the release of the Epstein files because he is prominently featured in them.Bare minimum, he associated with pedophiles.Why is this so hard to understand?Why isn’t this the end of the road for this monster?Why ...

Let's get right to it, because time is not on our side, America: Donald Trump won't order the release of the Epstein files because he is prominently featured in them.

'Crazed lunatics!!!' Trump seethes as Senate goes home without approving his nominees President Donald Trump doubled the amount of money he claims Senate Democrats are demanding in exchange for releasing holds on his nominees.Trump complained Saturday night that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on him to release $1 billion in federal funding for foreign aid and the ...

President Donald Trump doubled the amount of money he claims Senate Democrats are demanding in exchange for releasing holds on his nominees.

'Irked' Trump's tantrum may have plunged US economy into decades of chaos: CNN analyst Donald Trump's shock dismissal of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer over disappointing jobs numbers has experts warning that the 'irked' president's knee-jerk reaction may have spiraled America's economy into a chaos that could last decades.The firing came after July's dismal ...

'Irked' Trump's tantrum may have plunged US economy into decades of chaos: CNN analyst

At a minimum, war crimes. And other labels are a matter of fair debate. Israel had every right to respond with massive force after October 7, and there was necessarily going to be significant collateral damage as a result of that, and of Hamas’s use of the Gazan population as human shields. But...

Good! They’ve done this twice before. Ultimately, it doesn’t work, but it calls attention to the fact that Republican policy is so bad that they have to cheat to win

This is what sent Trump into a meltdown this morning:

Charlamagne tha God told Lara Trump the Epstein scandal isn’t going anywhere.

Secret Service erased texts from two-day period spanning Jan. 6 attack, watchdog says A Secret Service spokesman disputes the Department of Homeland Security inspector general's account, saying its request came after a mobile phone migration had started, but no messages were lost.

Never forget the secret service deleted all their text messages before during and after January 6th. donald is a traitor and incited an insurrection. What are they hiding?

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So goddamn proud of Texas House Democrats for fighting the good fight. <3

My son Griffin knew that "Car 54, Where Are You?" is one of my all-time favorite comedies & drew this for my birthday. The likenesses of Fred Gwynne & Joe E. Ross are absolute perfection & he even included the theme song! I treasure it as one of my most prized possessions.

Thanks Griff 🙏

❤️, dad

The eric adams campaign talking about ethics is wild

Supreme Court poised to permanently entrench Republican rule The latest move by SCOTUS is a "five alarm fire"

"If SCOTUS guts the Voting Rights Act, the prospect of Republicans stealing only 5 seats in Texas will feel quaint. While California must counteract what the GOP is doing in Texas, we don’t have enough seats to counteract what they could do if the VRA if gutted. It cement permanent GOP rule."

Supreme Court poised to permanently entrench Republican rule The latest move by SCOTUS is a "five alarm fire"

“The Chief Justice made a point of saying that Section 2 continues to apply nationwide, and he and the other justices are going to be held to keep that promise,” Marc Elias explained. “So don’t count out the courts, don’t count out the lawyers arguing in the courts, and don’t count out the voters.”

Trump’s gripe about revisions in the jobs report is how he played the 2020 election. Jobs numbers come in after initial report is released. They are added/subtracted from the report. Just like claiming victory on Election Day & complaining when rest of the ballots are counted.

My Democratic colleagues and I just left the state of Texas to break quorum and stop Trump’s redistricting power grab.

Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us.

It’s time to fight back.

Today was a day y'all. 🥱😴
We gonna do it again Tomorrow too.

80 Years After Hiroshima Bombing, Art Needs ‘Courage to Be Afraid’ Eighty years after the city’s destruction, we seem to be blundering into a new age of nuclear perils. It is time for culture to rediscover “the courage to be afraid.”

80 years after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the world has blundered into a new age of nuclear perils, Jason Farago writes. “To survive this second nuclear age we are going to need models from the first one: artists who faced up to what the bomb did, and what the bomb made of us.”