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Thursday, May 14, 2026

Top Trump official humiliated by epic mic drop

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Secretary of the Interior humiliated over solar power ignorance
The man Donald Trump tapped to oversee 500 million acres of public land and manage the nation's natural resources warned Congress yesterday that solar panels "produce zero electricity" when the sun goes down — an obviously fatal flaw that engineers somehow forgot to address before... oh, wait, never mind, we have storage batteries.

Seizing the moment Interior Secretary Doug Burgum was clearly unprepared for, Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) requested unanimous consent to enter into the committee record "this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of: it's a battery" — and in the process threw his name in the proverbial hat for deepest burn of the year on Capitol Hill. Can we please let serious people back in charge of our country soon?

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Republicans hit with rare bad news in deep red state
In the very-deep-red state of Nebraska, fans of democracy and the idea of one day returning to some semblance of normalcy have a little more reason to hope this week. Democratic Senate candidate Cindy Burbank bested a Republican plant in the state's Democratic primary this week and immediately announced she would vacate the race and throw her support behind left-leaning, independent insurgent Dan Osborn, who actually has a legitimate chance at knocking off GOP incumbent Pete Ricketts in November.

Brian Tyler Cohen breaks down the unusual turn of events in Nebraska what it could mean for our chances of retaking the Senate this fall.

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MAGA Speaker Mike Johnson's House majority is down to just TWO VOTES
Flip the House: We have a very real opportunity to flip the House and finally put some clamps on Donald Trump's reign of terror and chaos this November, but it's not going to be easy. Trump has made it clear that there's nothing he won't do to tip the scales in his favor, so we need to win by a decisive enough majority to thwart his inevitable shenanigans. We've put together a donation page that will split any gifts between a group of Democratic candidates all locked in close, winnable House races, and every dollar might mean the difference between democracy or fascism. Will you chip in to help retake our country and stop Trump in his tracks?

China’s Xi warns Trump that differences over Taiwan could lead to conflict
China’s Xi Jinping warned Donald Trump on Thursday that their two countries could clash over Taiwan if the issue is not handled properly, an unusually harsh admonition that stood in contrast to Trump's praise for his counterpart. According to a tweet by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning, Xi told Trump that "the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-US relations." While Donald fawned over Xi, heaping praise on his host's "great" leadership, the Chinese president was far more stark in his opening remarks, expressing hope that the US and China could avoid conflict and asking "whether the two countries can transcend the 'Thucydides Trap' and forge a new model for relations between major powers."

We're not big gamblers here at Daily Dose of Democracy, but we'd bet the house and the shirts off our backs that someone had to explain to Donald what Xi meant by "Thucydides Trap."

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JD Vance insists Trump never said he doesn't care about Americans — one day after Trump said he doesn't care about Americans
Unfortunately for the cosplay hillbilly, there's video proving otherwise. Keep shooting your shots, JD!

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Obama defends his 2015 Iran deal with jab at Trump’s war: "We didn't have to kill a whole bunch of people"
During a sit-down interview with Stephen Colbert at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, the 44th president took a pointed swipe at the MAGA cult leader and essentially called "scoreboard" on how their respective approaches to dealing with Iran had fared. "Not only did I think [the 2015 Iran nuclear deal] was working, even Israeli intelligence thought it was working, even our intelligence services thought it was working," Obama said. "So, there’s no dispute that it worked. And we didn't have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz."

When Colbert countered that Donald did not agree, Obama quipped, "Yeah, because I did it. Which is fine. That seems to be a pattern." Touché!

Miami residents sue to block Trump's scammy presidential "library"
To be fair, if the serial con man's future presidential "library" isn't completely and utterly scammy, can it legitimately bear his name?

83-year-old House Democrat is MIA — with no explanation
Florida Democrat Frederica Wilson has not voted in the House of Representatives since April 17, having missed 43 consecutive votes without explanation. Wilson's absence only drew more attention after her official Twitter account posted photos of a Service Academy day using pictures she previously posted last October. Republicans currently hold a razor-thin majority, while four House Democrats have died in office during the 119th Congress.

Senate Republican opposition to the Iran war slowly grows
They're taking their pretty little time, but Republicans are finally growing weary of their cult leader's "little excursion" in the Middle East and the economic struggles Donald's imperial adventurism is exacerbating back home. Rand Paul, Lisa Murkowski, and perpetually concerned Susan Collins all went on the record yesterday voting in favor of reining in Trump's warmongering. Funny how a few catastrophic polls showing overwhelming displeasure with a president's job performance can move the needle, eh?

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Doom and doomer

Alligator Alcatraz could shut down in less than a month as Florida awaits federal reimbursement

US Senate confirms Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair, replacing Jerome Powell

Trump reposts message calling for third term "reward"

Appeals court spares Trump from paying $83 million defamation award to E. Jean Carroll — for now

Rand Paul's son apologizes for antisemitic and anti-gay rant after accosting Republican lawmaker

Commerce secretary claims lunch with Epstein was "meaningless and inconsequential"

House Democrat calls on Trump's family to stage a medical intervention for "seriously ill" president

Federal judge shuts down Trump’s discovery request as he attempts to salvage suit vs. Wall Street Journal

And in other news

Global oil reserves depleting at record pace, IEA warns

Benjamin Netanyahu says he made secret trip to UAE at height of Iran war

Ship seized off UAE coast by "unauthorized personnel" and sailed towards Iran, says UK

Remains of second US Army soldier who went missing during training exercise in Morocco recovered

French police warn drivers about drunken deer

US agents arrest tourist after video shows him hurling a coconut-sized rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal’s head

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Brazil’s Atlantic forest records lowest deforestation in 40 years

World’s oldest oak tree spared from California developers after years-long battle

From mushroom caskets to coral cremations, these eco-friendly burials are gaining popularity

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Monday, May 4, 2026

Trump crashes out and calls for Jimmy Kimmel's head

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Trump SNAPS, goes for jugular against Jimmy Kimmel over Melania joke
America's vainglorious AI sloplord is seriously butt-hurt over yet another Jimmy Kimmel joke and is DEMANDING that his sycophants over at CBS fire the late-night talk show host immediately

Kimmel's "crime?" Joking that Melania Trump has the glow of "an expectant widow." Which, to be honest, is the kind of zinger that writes itself when someone marries an obese serial adulterer 25 years her senior.

Aaanywaay... Will the goons at Paramount Skydance, the mega-media empire helmed by MAGA superfans Larry and David Ellison, throw their anti-antitrust-busting enabler a bone and kick Kimmel to the curb? Time and millions of canceled ESPN/Hulu/Disney+ subscriptions will soon tell!

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MAGA stooge Lindsey Graham reveals major plot twist for Trump's ballroom
Donald's $200 million pet renovation project that ballooned to $300 million before swelling to $400 million AND was to be paid for entirely by private donors will soon appear on the American taxpayers' ticket, if Senate Republicans get their way.

Perpetually hot and bothered MAGA cheerleader Lindsey Graham is putting legislation on the table to publicly fund and fast-track construction of the wannabe dictator's ridiculous ballroom, stating, "I’d like the vote as soon as possible to accelerate what America needs: a secure facility for the president and others to meet in, to have a good time, to enjoy themselves without putting the nation at risk."

Yes, clearly, this is what the American people need. Not affordable groceries, healthcare, gasoline, or housing. But a garish, gold-plated, 90,000-square-foot party space that 99.9% of the public will never step foot inside, because, according to Graham, "the need is real."

What happened to all those private donations, you ask? Great question!

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Meet the Democrats who are going to reclaim our congressional majority!
Red to Blue: There are 12 Democrats running to flip vulnerable red seats in the House, and their must-win races are the key to us retaking Congress and making Mike Johnson's majority nothing but a bad memory. All of these Democratic candidates are locked in close races in Republican-held districts, and every dollar might make the difference in helping the Democrats regain control of the House. The Democrats in these races are united by their desire to fight for hardworking families in their districts — not the billionaires bankrolling Republicans’ corrupt and divisive machine. Will you chip in a donation to be split among ALL these candidates to help kick the GOP out of the House?

MAGA defectors convinced correspondents’ dinner shooting was staged
Folks, we are living in the upside down. Right-wing commentators and conspiracy theorists who once counted themselves among Trump's biggest supporters are now expressing doubts about the legitimacy of the attempted assassination at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday. This growing doubt comes just over a week after Wired reported that a notable section of Trump’s base, including Tucker Carlson, believe the 2024 assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, was fake as well. Trouble on the red-pilled set, people!

Pete Hegseth took Kid Rock on an Army helicopter joyride at taxpayers' expense
Pulpit Fiction enthusiast Pete Hegseth gave sentient Busch Light beer can Kid Rock an all-expenses-paid-by-taxpayers joyride on an AH-64 Apache helicopter yesterday in Northern Virginia, in the middle of a war, just days after yet another failed assassination attempt on the president of the United States.

Now, before anyone gets too upset, it's important to keep in mind what an undisputed icon Rock is and remember his many, incredible contributions to the great American songbook. What, with lyrics like "Young ladies, young ladies, I like 'em underage / Some say that's statutory (But I say it's mandatory)," how could you NOT let the guy cosplay as a real-life GI Joe on the public's dime for a few hours?

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RFK Jr. facing calls to be "fired immediately" over rising measles cases across the US
There are legitimately dozens of compelling reasons RFK Jr. should be fired immediately and banished from DC evermore, but overseeing and enabling the worst measles outbreak since the disease was declared eradicated in 2000 is damn near the top of that very long list.

VOTERS ELECTED A CANDIDATE WHO WORKED FOR THEM BASED ON SUBSTANCE AND ISSUES! TRUMP, MAGA MAGGOTS can't figure it out! She's a FIGHTER! SUPERFICIAL ATTACKS!

White House mocks Dem lawmaker's physical appearance, days after calls to tone down rhetoric
We know this is hard to believe, but the very MAGA brain trust that's dubbed Democrats "evil," "the enemy within," and "the party of Satan" isn't particularly serious about "toning down" the heated rhetoric.

Trump judge says some women are just a "warm, wet hole"
Congratulations to Melissa Isaak — a "divorce attorney for men" with zero immigration law experience — on her recent hiring by the Justice Department, where she will apparently adjudicate the fates of desperate women fleeing domestic abuse and seeking asylum in the United States. For those interested in reading things they can never unsee, Isaak once spoke at pickup artist Anthony Dream Johnson's "Make Women Great Again" manosphere convention, where she told the audience that some women are just a "warm, wet hole."

Someone please tell us more about the Trump regime's valiant war on DEI hires.

Right-wing think tank Cato Institute publishes study showing immigrants pay *more* in taxes than the average person
Well, well, well. What do you know? It turns out all the nonsense Donald Trump and his fellow MAGA racists have spewed about immigrants being moochers is false, according to the dreadlocked hippies over at the libertarian Cato Institute.

"From 1994 to 2023, immigrants generated roughly $100,000 more in taxes per capita than the average US-born person — about 17 percent more over the entire period. In 2023 alone, immigrants paid $1.3 trillion in taxes while receiving $761 billion in benefits — a net fiscal surplus of over half a trillion dollars in a single year. Immigrants generated more per capita than the US-born for every type of government revenue except federal and state nontax revenues and supplemental medical insurance payments, which are tied to participation in Medicare, which immigrants use at a much lower rate," reads the report.

Too bad none of this will move the needle in post-truth Trumpworld, where the only thing that matters is the slurred word of Kaiser Trump of the Bürger Reich. The entire MAGA movement is predicated on demonizing and terrorizing people who are actually contributing more to our society every year than Donald has in his entire, misbegotten life.

DOJ files deranged motion in White House ballroom case obviously written by Trump
Uh, so...he's writing legal motions now and making the Department of Justice file them in court. Pass the ketchup! Looks like somebody's digging into another big bowl of dictatortots!

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The USA, today

Suspect charged with attempting to assassinate Trump at press dinner

Google signs classified AI deal with Pentagon

Pressure builds to oust chief of staff Susie Wiles after correspondents' dinner shooting

GOP congressman breaks silence on his mystery absence

The daily planet

Germany’s Merz belittles Trump’s war strategy

Iran’s economy has been battered. Its leaders still think Trump will blink first

$500 million Russian superyacht sails through Strait of Hormuz despite blockade

Gulf leaders to meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss response to Iranian strikes

Soccer star blasts FIFA's kowtowing To Donald Trump ahead of World Cup

22 Buddhist monks arrested in massive airport cannabis bust

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School gardens lead to more positive attitudes about the environment, study finds

Celebrating with a cake topped with fish, world’s oldest penguin turns 38

Antarctic whale populations are rebounding, but there’s still more to do

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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Trump's new DOJ toady SLAMS shut the Epstein case

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BREAKING: US and Iran reportedly reach "in principle agreement" to extend ceasefire

VIDEO OF THE DAY: Trump's acting attorney general issues shocking announcement
Former Trump criminal defense lawyer and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche just announced with the wave of a very large imaginary wand that — poof! — ALL Epstein files have already been released and the matter, as far as he is concerned, is closed. This just days after Melania Trump called on Congress to hold public hearings for Epstein's victims to come forward and testify.

Intrepid observers will note that, at the time of former Attorney General Pam Bondi's firing, we were still waiting on THREE MILLION more documents to be released. Just guessing Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie and their allies in the House will have a slightly different take on the matter.

JD Vance says the pope should "be careful" how he discusses theology
Fake hillbilly JD Vance stopped by a Turning Point USA gathering in Georgia yesterday and lectured Pope Leo XIV on how he, the Vicar of Christ, should publicly discuss theology. Seriously. This, from the guy whose upcoming memoir about his highly publicized conversion to Catholicism, Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, mistakenly features a random Methodist church in rural Virginia on the cover utterly disconnected from his current faith or his Pentecostal upbringing in Ohio.

Looking forward to other exciting, upcoming lectures from the guy voted "Most Likely to Become an Adult Hall Monitor" in high school, including telling Caitlin Clark how to better shoot a basketball and instructing Artemis IV astronauts exactly how they should land on the Moon in 2028.

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GOP Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Senate GOP "prepared" to fill potential Supreme Court vacancy
Oh, no. Not again. Senate Republicans are making contingency plans to replace Justice Samuel Alito with...dear God, this can't be right...TED CRUZ? Or fellow Senate gasbag Mike Lee? Rumors about a strategic Alito retirement before the next elections — in hindsight, the very move the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Democrats really should have considered before the 2016 election — are swirling, and Senate Majority Leader Thune is already preparing to ram through another insufferable, right-wing extremist before they lose bigly in November. Winning the Senate just got a lot more important, and it was already practically a matter of life and death for our democracy.

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California woman says she was raped by Rep. Eric Swalwell in 2018
A California woman on Tuesday said she was raped by Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell in 2018 and now plans to make a report to law enforcement. Lonna Drewes said during a news conference that the assault occurred at a hotel in Southern California. She said she had one glass of wine that evening and believes Swalwell drugged her before raping her. Swalwell dropped out of the California governor’s race on Sunday and officially resigned from Congress yesterday following earlier allegations of sexual assault from a different woman and other credible claims of sexual misconduct.

Drewes said she did not undergo a rape kit but disclosed the alleged assault to people close to her and documented it in her journal. She said she also discussed the alleged rape during therapy sessions at a sexual assault center in Connecticut. Attorney Lisa Bloom said those journal entries, along with text messages and photographs, will be included in the forthcoming report to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

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Toddler forced back into ICE detention after nearly dying
In today's episode of Making America Unspeakably Cruel Again, we bring you the story of 18-month-old Amelia, who arrived at a Texas immigration "processing center" in December a healthy toddler, then spent weeks fighting off a raging fever while her own mother sought help at the facility's clinic on no less than eight separate occasions before her concerns were finally addressed.

At that point, Amelia's blood-oxygen levels — which should hover between 95 and 100 percent for a healthy person — had crashed into the low 50s, a level so catastrophically low it can cause permanent brain damage. Amelia was eventually transported to a hospital in San Antonio, where she spent the next 10 days in intensive care fighting off COVID, RSV, bronchitis, pneumonia, and an ear infection.

Upon discharge, Amelia and her mother were sent right back to the Dilley Immigration Processing Center that sickened her in the first place — without Amelia's birth certificate, her vaccination records, the nebulizer medication doctors had prescribed her, or the bag of clean clothes a nurse had given the pair, because, well, abject cruelty IS the point. Isn't it good to be great again?

Dr. Oz reveals Trump's alarming Diet Coke delusion
Donald says Diet Coke wards off cancer. His reasoning? If you pour his beverage of choice on a plot of grass, it kills it. Ergo, it must have the same effect on cancer. Other substances known to effectively kill grass include: bleach, RoundUp, acetic acid, rubbing alcohol, and drain cleaners. No word on whether or not the man in charge of the world's most lethal nuclear arsenal has ever given any of those alternatives a try.

New York drops the ball on landmark climate legislation
Evergreen Action: In 2019, New York passed one of the most ambitious climate laws in the country, setting bold targets to achieve 100% clean electricity, reduce emissions by 85%, and invest in more affordable, reliable energy. But intense lobbying from Big Oil is fueling efforts to weaken this historic law. Will you add your name to demand New York legislators protect the climate law and propel us to a cleaner, more affordable energy future?

Trump posts AI-generated image of a golden Trump Tower on the Moon
We know it looks like a leaked still from next year's "Spaceballs 2" sequel, but rest deeply unassured, it most certainly is not. Can someone please take granddad's phone away, even for a few hours at night?

Nearly half of Americans hold some form of vaccine skepticism, poll finds
Human rock tumbler and anti-vaccine quack Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is unfortunately winning his war against science, a huge loss for the rest of humanity. Buckle up for a bumpy ride, folks. With an astounding 46% of Americans believing that "facts on vaccines are still up for debate and it is damaging to enforce their uptake," it sure looks like highly infectious and formerly eradicated diseases are set for major comebacks. At least we all have quality, affordable, comprehensive health insurance to fall back on when the next epidemic strikes! Shit, wait.