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In spite of claims from Trump Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that there was no scenario in which wrongfully deported man Kilmar Abrego García would be returned to the United States, in breaking news this morning that is exactly what has happened. Facing charges of human smuggling over a 2022 incident that police formerly declined to pursue, however, is this a win for due process or the Trump administration trying to...

"They're not guilty of anything. They may be here illegally, sure, deport them, but treat them humanely."

A terrorist attack in Colorado has led to the arrest of not just the perpetrator but his wife and five children as well, living illegally in the United States, with attempts to streamline deportation leading to yet another court battle. Meanwhile, Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill has seen fallout from some surprising quarters but it...

"You're asking the House to give up its power, you're asking the Senate to give up its power, and you're asking to dethrone the judiciary. What mad person would vote for that?"

In the wee hours of the morning, House Republicans convened to pass Trump's Big Beautiful Bill through to the Senate. But not only does the bill knock a $3.8 trillion hole in the budget and take from the poorest Americans to extend Trump's tax cuts, it's als...

"Trump is under siege, he's underwater, and let's hope he'll be under the table soon."

News this week that former president Joe Biden is suffering from an aggressive form of cancer raises the question of how the diagnosis was missed while he was still in the White House. Trump is set to be flying high in spite of protests his acceptance of a new luxury 747 is unconstitutional while the FAA continues struggling to deliver safe air t...

"I fear that this is going to be the largest constitutional crisis ever."

The first American pope, Pope Leo XIV, has ascended to the head of the Catholic Church in Rome and Ed just so happens to be in Italy to catch the historic moment! Meanwhile, back on American shores, accusations of open corruption are becoming a commonplace feature of the Trump presidency with more gifts and offers showered on the grateful grifter-in-chief. Al...

"Trump is very large on the global stage. The good thing about that is it's making people wake up, the United States can no longer rule the world."

Coming off the back of a similar result in Canada, does a thumping win for the Australia Labor Party and rejection of 'Temu Trump' Opposition Leader Peter Dutton indicate a global rejection of Trumpian politics? Other nations are also jumping at the chance to step into the gap on scienc...

"If he can make a shilling, a buck, a penny out of this, he will, and the American people have to say, he must go."

Trump has been accused of doing "the most corrupt thing any president has ever done" after creating a buying blitz for his $Trump meme coin this week but for most Americans it appears to have flown under the radar as just another day in Trumpland. Meanwhile, Trump's war on illegal, and legal, immigrants ramps up with ...

"It's more bumbling, more chaotic, and more time between actions."

The Trump administration may soon have a job opening with news of a second Signal group chat putting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on thin ice. Meanwhile, China is not backing down in the trade war with Trump as the US and global economy begins to feel the longer term effects. Also discussing deportations, Trump's battle with Harvard, the latest on Ukraine, and the...

"If Trump is the winner here, it'll be at the expense of the US's future."

With some Chinese imports facing tariffs of 245% it remains to be seen just how sustainable Trump's trade war really is, as businesses big and small bear the brunt. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is openly defying the courts in the case of wrongly deported man Kilmar Abrego Garcia, doubling down on their current course in fact, leading to questions of w...

"Clearly there's fraud, chicanery, and all that, but the biggest issue here is stupidity."

Trump has enacted a 90 day pause on tariffs after a barrage of opposition but appears less interested in what his trade war is doing to the economy and more on helping the rich get richer. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has given Trump free reign to continue deportations in spite of innocents caught up in his administration's nets and an ongoin...

"The small guy will be poor, the rich guy will be richer, and the American budget will still be in the toilet."

Donald Trump has announced a blanket 10% tariff on all goods being imported into the United States as well as targeting specific nations with further measures in the latest escalation of the US Trade War. But with American consumers set to bear the cost, are the tariffs simply intended as a massive tax hike by another nam...

"This is a breach of the law and if nothing's done about it, it says a whole lot about the United States."

In the latest stunning show of incompetence, a journalist for The Atlantic has come forward this week to reveal he was accidentally added to a Trump administration group chat discussing top secret war plans on an unsecure app. In the scattered response, The Atlantic has already proven that top officials have lied under oath be...

"[Trump] would have used this crisis to declare martial law or something."

Leader of the Senate Democrats Chuck Schumer has handed Trump an easy victory on government spending with zero concessions leading to widespread condemnation, but was he so wrong? Meanwhile, Trump is testing his power by defying the court on deportations with little apparent consequences. Also discussing DOGE's latest setbacks, trade war, Israel's betrayal o...

"This is a doomed policy, as the markets are showing."

Trump's trade war engulfs markets this week, as tariffs on Canada and Mexico as well as steel and aluminium imports, and the communication surrounding them, create absolute chaos for investors. Meanwhile, the bloodbath for federal workers continues with the Education Department set to cut almost half its workforce with an aim toward vanishing entirely. Also discussing the elimi...

"Donald Trump is a Russian agent."

Trump has addressed Congress for the first time in his second presidency, fresh off a week targeting the likes of Ukraine and Canada as well as dismantling federal agencies. Europe and other nations continue to come to grips with a world in which the US is not a reliable ally but instead closely aligned with Russia and a potential aggressor in its own right. Also discussing efforts at resistance a...

"This is beginning to hit the very people who voted for Trump."

House Republicans have passed Trump's big bill which aims to cut $4.5 trillion in taxes and reduce spending by $2 trillion, a task that will in part fall to Elon Musk's DOGE. Meanwhile, the United States is siding with Russia over the Ukrainian conflict as Europe wrestles with a world without the US as a reliable ally. Also discussing disturbing developments for Gaza, ...

"What's happening is a pure takedown of democracy."

Donald Trump has made moves to further consolidate his power this week with executive orders claiming ownership over the law and independent agencies. With the law powerless, federal agencies hollowed out by freezes and firings, opposition barely existent, and those in charge of the levers of power complicit, it seems nothing will stop this nascent dictatorship.

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"Clearly, if we had a congress, he'd be out. That's what impeachment is about."

Team Trump continues to test the limits of their power, this week defying a court order and arguing that a president's executive order overrules the power of the courts. Hamas have suspended hostage releases as they claim Israel is failing to abide by the terms of the ceasefire, leading to Trump threatening to unleash hell. Also discussing Elon Musk and...

"An inability to have thoughtful people running the show is going to lead to even more disasters."

67 people have died in an aircraft collision over Washington D.C. and another seven dead in a crash in Philadelphia as questions arise as to just how much Trump's crusade against the FAA and other federal agencies had to do with the incidents. Meanwhile, Trump has doubled down on his proposal about relocating Palestinians out of the G...