MAGA lobbyist suggests Iranian schoolgirls killed in airstrikes are better off dead than 'in a burqa'
Conservative lobbyist Matt Schlapp was blasted by critics for his comment about the schoolgirls killed in Iran
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Pete Hegseth's Epic Fury - CounterPunch.org
Monday morning, game face on, Hegseth did his best to explain to a skeptical country why we were — at Israel’s prompting — diving headfirst into another Middle East regime-change war; the very thing Trump railed against on the campaign trail. Standing before a bank of cameras, Hegseth looked well-coiffed (he didn’t install a makeup studio in the Pentagon for nothing!), but also angry — which is not the disposition you hope for in someone atop the world’s greatest killing machine. Operation Epic Fury was, I thought, an apt descriptor not just for our new war, but Hegseth’s mood.
US urges Latin America to use military against drug cartels - DW
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth warned Latin American countries that "business as usual will not stand," pledging US support to combat cartels, restore deterrence and "make the Americas great again."
What's Wrong With Pete Hegseth? - Esquire
Our secretary of defense—who insists you call him secretary of war—is a deeply insecure man. We’ll be lucky to survive him.
Disinformation Wins: Justifying ICE Murders through Transphobia - The Fulcrum
The global reverberation following the murders in Minneapolis of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by ICE agents is highlighted in the newly released U2 song, “American Obituary.”What is slightly encouraging is that responses to the shooting deaths of intensive care surgeon Pretti by United States Customs ...
Lactose Intolerant? You're Not Alone - The Fulcrum
Last month, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins announced new dietary guidelines for Americans that were a major reset of federal nutrition policy. Among the new recommendations: drink...
Law firm fighting for women's sports in SCOTUS battle comments on ruling possibly ... - WFMD
Supreme Court trans athletes case could impact Brooke Slusser's lawsuit against California State University system over allegedly sharing facilities with trans teammate Blaire Fleming.
World Leader Reveals He Was Stunned by 'Truly Uninformed' Trump - The Daily Beast
South Africa’s president says Trump’s views are “racist” and “bereft of any reality.”
Keeping Count | A/PI adults feel the impact of ICE as arrests quadruple under Trump
Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda is having far-reaching effects on Asian and Pacific Islander (A/PI) communities. ICE arrests of people from A/PI countries under Trump are almost four times what they were under Biden, according to our analysis of ICE data. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. In a January 2026 national survey conducted with […]
Election crisis or manufactured chaos? Trump's dangerous path to voter suppression - opinion
He is using all his power, with the collusion of a spineless Republican-led Congress, to make it more difficult for millions of Americans to cast their votes this fall and into the future.
Andy Ogles plans bill to halt immigration from Muslim majority countries | Fox News
Rep. Andy Ogles plans to introduce congressional bill banning entry from six Muslim-majority countries, reviving Trump-era travel restrictions.
Law firm responds after judge links SJSU trans athlete case to SCOTUS ruling | Fox News
Supreme Court trans athletes case could impact Brooke Slusser's lawsuit against California State University system over allegedly sharing facilities with trans teammate Blaire Fleming.