# deportation (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover deportation. Page: Feed: --- ## [Canada-US Trade War Erupts, Setting New 50% Tariffs On Canadian Goods](https://www.lewrockwell.com/political-theatre/canada-us-trade-war-erupts-setting-new-50-tariffs-on-canadian-goods/) _2026-08-22 · Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. · LewRockwell_ —– Click here: Zero Hedge The post Canada-US Trade War Erupts, Setting New 50% Tariffs On Canadian Goods appeared first on LewRockwell . ## [Florida is Requiring Public Schools to Teach Students About the Dangers of Communism](https://www.lewrockwell.com/political-theatre/florida-is-requiring-public-schools-to-teach-students-about-the-dangers-of-communism/) _2026-08-22 · Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. · LewRockwell_ —– Click here: Gateway Pundit The post Florida is Requiring Public Schools to Teach Students About the Dangers of Communism appeared first on LewRockwell . ## ['Serious' Republicans should flee Trump's GOP clown show: analysis](https://www.alternet.org/trump-gop-unserious-midterms/) _2026-08-22 · Adam Lynch · Alternet.org_ New York Times columnists Michelle Cottle, Jamelle Bouie and James French could not fathom why “serious” Republicans would involve themselves in national GOP races with the current administration in charge of the party. Columnist Jamelle Bouie said there was no shortage of Republican contenders who represent President Donald Trump’s “fundamentalist” brand of “grievance and disinterest in… ## ['It’s chaos': Trump rewards red state farmers with blown profits this year](https://www.alternet.org/trump-farmers-economy-midterms/) _2026-08-22 · Adam Lynch · Alternet.org_ MS NOW reporter Alex Tabet says there’s a very obvious reason the state of Iowa is slipping out of Republicans’ grasp this midterm, and it has everything to do with the Trump economy. “It's chaos,” said Iowa Farmers Association President Aaron Lehman, speaking with Tabet on a Saturday morning show. “You know, we are just not on the right path at the time. When farmers are dealing with all this… ## [Carney Stands Up to Trump in U.S.-Canada Trade War](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/world/canada/carney-trump-canada-tariffs.html) _2026-08-22 · Matina Stevis-Gridneff · NYT \> Most Popular_ Canada’s prime minister walked away from what he thought was a bad trade deal with the United States. Many Canadians are behind him, but it will be costly. ## [A little-known rule could still stop Trump's ballroom in its tracks](https://www.alternet.org/supreme-court-trump-ballroom/) _2026-08-22 · The Conversation · Alternet.org_ The fate of President Donald Trump’s estimated US$400 million White House ballroom may hinge on the little-known and somewhat surprising rules as to when the federal government and its agencies can accept privately donated funds. That’s because Trump’s is using the fact that he’s been accepting private donations to pay for at least some of the project’s cost as a justification for not needing… ## [Hypocritical Never-Trumpers have no right to lecture the rest of us](https://www.alternet.org/famous-never-trumpers/) _2026-08-22 · D. Earl Stephens · Alternet.org_ If you are an alleged anti-Trump Republican or Independent who supported the disastrous policies and war crimes of the George W. Bush Administration, moved on to the Tea Party and/or other toxic rightwing klans to attack Barack Obama, and now want to haughtily lecture the Left about anything, kindly shut up and do the serious introspection you so badly owe yourself and your country. I’ve heard… ## [A new polling 'trap' is being used to fool millions of Americans](https://www.alternet.org/polling-trick/) _2026-08-22 · Roxanne Cooper · Alternet.org_ The democratic process is facing a silent crisis as political polling transforms from a tool used to measure public opinion into a weapon used to manipulate it. According to a detailed report by The New York Times , a dangerous wave of unreliable data, fake surveys, and volatile prediction markets is warping campaign narratives, misleading donors, and distorting news coverage like never before.… ## [The ghost of 1980 and the 'curse' that could crush Trump’s presidency](https://www.alternet.org/trump-iran-quadmire/) _2026-08-22 · Adam Lynch · Alternet.org_ Trump is blustering hard at the economic damage he’s got in store for Iran. But Iran’s most devastating president-killer is locked and loaded on Trump. And it rarely misses its mark, according to the Guardian . “Months before Jimmy Carter lost the 1980 presidential election to Ronald Reagan, eight US servicemen died in a botched high-risk rescue mission that failed to secure the freedom of dozens… ## [Trump’s devious legal trick to force a Supreme Court win](https://www.alternet.org/trumps-wild-legal-trick-to-force-a-supreme-court-win/) _2026-08-22 · Sabrina Haake · Alternet.org_ Last week, on an emergency basis, Trump asked the Supreme Court to rescue the centerpiece of his ‘capital improvement campaign.’ Trump now calls his ballroom—a 90,000 ft.2 gilded party palace where donors in haute couture can eat wagyu beef and dance the night away—an “ urgent matter of national security .” On Friday, the Court let Trump have his way . Trump’s legal team was responding to a lower… ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/mubxiLihUAGO) _2026-08-22 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## ['We'll never lose': Trump has a wild new prediction](https://www.alternet.org/alternet-exclusives/trump-prediction/) _2026-08-22 · Thom Hartmann · Alternet.org_ Trump and his Republican partners in the destruction of American democracy really don’t want us to vote this fall or in 2028. And there’s a good reason for it, at least in their minds. Joyce Vance just pointed out that Howard Lutnick, Trump’s morbidly rich crony Commerce Secretary, claimed this week that they’d found over 24,000 noncitizens who’d illegally voted in the 2020 election. It’s a lie,… ## [Trump is stark raving mad — and this proves it](https://www.alternet.org/trump-lawsuit-cap/) _2026-08-22 · Robert Reich · Alternet.org_ I need to inform you of a very serious matter. Trump is threatening the Center for American Progress, a prominent liberal think tank, with a $5 billion defamation lawsuit over a report concluding that his deployment of the National Guard to cities across the country has had little effect on reducing violent crime. This is nuts, for several reasons. First and most obviously, his lawsuit violates… ## [Reporter flags bruising, swelling, and secrecy surrounding Trump’s fitness](https://www.alternet.org/trump-health-2677757129/) _2026-08-22 · Nick Hilden · Alternet.org_ On Thursday, the New York Times Journalist Maggie Haberman – co-author of a bombshell book that exposed the Trump administration’s dirty secrets – delivered a less-than-optimistic assessment of President Donald Trump ’s physical and mental state. After detailing a series of issues with Trump’s fitness, she argued that his allies are “not transparent about his health.” Haberman was speaking with… ## [Desperate Trump dances for love as voter sentiment cools](https://www.alternet.org/trump-approval-vote-midterms/) _2026-08-22 · Adam Lynch · Alternet.org_ CNN reports Republican turnout is key if President Donald Trump is to maintain his Pavlovian control of the House and Senate this November, but voters just aren’t feeling the passion for keeping Congress in his pocket. Trump’s is using Tuesday’s South Carolina Republican runoff between his endorsed candidate Sen. Darline Graham and her opponent Rep. Ralph Norman to workshop the message he’s taking… ## [Trump Hates the Troops. The Troops Are Taking Notice.](https://newrepublic.com/post/214562/trump-hates-troops-war-iran) _2026-08-22 · Jason Linkins · The New Republic_ If you want to get the unfiltered skinny on how the never-ending war with Iran is going, it’s written in the dust. Responsible Statecraft’s Trita Parsi reported this week that U.S. service members marooned in the Persian Gulf have been expressing themselves in messages fingered onto a dusty aircraft flap. The anonymous graffiti, which calls to mind the helmet scrawls of disgruntled soldiers in… ## [RENOWNED HISTORIAN Alfred McCoy on the United States as an Empire in Decline and the Crucial Role CIA Protection of the Global Narcotics Trade Played in this Process](https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/renowned-historian-alfred-mccoy-on-the-united-states-as-an-empire-in-decline-and-the-crucial-role-cia-protection-of-the-global-narcotics-trade-played-in-this-process/) _2026-08-22 · Charles Burris · LewRockwell_ RENOWNED HISTORIAN Alfred McCoy said: “The United States is an empire in decline. Alfred McCoy is the Fred Harvey Harrington Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He specializes in the history of the Philippines, foreign policy of the United States, European colonization of Southeast Asia, illegal drug trade, and Central Intelligence Agency \[…\] The post RENOWNED HISTORIAN… ## [Top 20 Products LRC Readers Bought This Week on Amazon](https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/08/no_author/top-20-products-lrc-readers-bought-this-week-on-amazon/) _2026-08-22 · No Author · LewRockwell_ LewRockwell.com readers are supporting LRC and shopping at the same time. It’s easy and does not cost you a penny more than it would if you didn’t go through the LRC link. Just click on the Amazon link on LewRockwell.com’s homepage and add your items to your cart. It’s that easy! 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The rules are arbitrarily \[…\] The post Some Shattering Illusions of… ## [Exclusive: How Trump Tried To Bribe the Head of the IRGC](https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/08/no_author/exclusive-how-trump-tried-to-bribe-the-head-of-the-irgc/) _2026-08-22 · No Author · LewRockwell_ Mafia, piracy, bribing, extortion: talk about a flexible Empire at work Empire of Chaos, Lies, Plunder, Piracy. And bribes. Mike Pompeo, former aspiring Tony Soprano, admitted: “We lie, we cheat, we steal.” And we bribe. A Transition Protocol source, as we revealed live, is unequivocal: The President of the United States – despite having “won” the \[…\] The post Exclusive: How Trump Tried To Bribe… ## [Can the World Survive Putin’s Well Intentioned Mistake?](https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/08/paul-craig-roberts/can-the-world-survive-putins-well-intentioned-mistake/) _2026-08-22 · Paul Craig Roberts · LewRockwell_ Yesterday on Canadian Prepper Nate and I discussed the dangers in Putin’s patience with an ever-widening war and the puzzle that Putin prefers the risk of these dangers to quickly winning the war. There is no question that the war has greatly widened. The first widening of the war occurred from the increase in capability of \[…\] The post Can the World Survive Putin’s Well Intentioned Mistake?… ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/zSKMmnQHp2H1) _2026-08-22 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [Alan Greenspan’s Off-Key Legacy](https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/08/george-f-smith/alan-greenspans-off-key-legacy/) _2026-08-22 · George F. Smith · LewRockwell_ I soon realized that there was a limit to how far I could rise in the music business, so I left the band and enrolled at New York University. — Alan Greenspan When asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton reportedly said, “Because that’s where the money is.” That wasn’t necessarily a wisecrack, and Sutton \[…\] The post Alan Greenspan’s Off-Key Legacy appeared first on LewRockwell . ## [Fox News: Instrument of Death](https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/08/james-anthony/fox-news-instrument-of-death/) _2026-08-22 · James Anthony · LewRockwell_ The way that we let things get to where they are is simple enough. Power flows from producers adding value. Control adds value when customers buy value. People with weapons take a cut by seizing some control, which also gives them some power. These people fight amongst themselves. The immediate victors are the people who \[…\] The post Fox News: Instrument of Death appeared first on LewRockwell . ## [The Strait of Hormuz Is Repricing the Entire World Economy](https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/08/martin-armstrong/the-strait-of-hormuz-is-repricing-the-entire-world-economy/) _2026-08-22 · Martin Armstrong · LewRockwell_ The politicians continue to speak about the Strait of Hormuz as though this were merely a regional dispute between Iran and its neighbors. That is complete nonsense. The strait is one of the most important arteries in the global economy, carrying roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil and gas shipments. Brent crude has moved above \[…\] The post The Strait of Hormuz Is Repricing the Entire World… ## [‘Rogue AI Agents’ Aren’t Rogue, They’re Fulfilling Their Functional Goal: Automating Sociopathology](https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/08/charles-hugh-smith/rogue-ai-agents-arent-rogue-theyre-fulfilling-their-functional-goal-automating-sociopathology/) _2026-08-22 · Charles Hugh Smith · LewRockwell_ Add all this up and what we’re hyper-hurriedly “manufacturing” is an automated army of self-cloaking digital sociopaths. Since the status quo is characterized by self-serving PR, misdirection and delusions, it shouldn’t surprise us that “rogue AI agents” aren’t actually rogue, they’re doing exactly what they’re designed to do, which stripped of PR, hype and misdirection, \[…\] The post ‘Rogue AI… ## [Police AI Drones Take the Surveillance State Airborne](https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/08/no_author/police-ai-drones-take-the-surveillance-state-airborne/) _2026-08-22 · No Author · LewRockwell_ Police departments across the country are deploying autonomous drones that can launch from rooftops, fly beyond visual range, track vehicles, and transmit live video directly to police command centers. Increasingly, artificial intelligence helps analyze those feeds, flag objects, and connect aerial surveillance with other police data. Federal funding is helping speed the buildout. Public oversight… ## [Why the French Revolution Was Not a Libertarian Revolution](https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/08/ryan-mcmaken/why-the-french-revolution-was-not-a-libertarian-revolution/) _2026-08-22 · Ryan McMaken · LewRockwell_ This essay is adapted from a lecture presented at Mises University, July 25, 2026. A common misconception about the French Revolution is that it was some sort of classical liberal or libertarian revolution. That is, some still claim that the revolution was, for all its flaws, in “the spirit” of what is historically known as liberalism. \[…\] The post Why the French Revolution Was Not a Libertarian… ## [Pentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military Publication](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/politics/pentagon-fires-stars-stripes-editor.html) _2026-08-22 · Minho Kim · NYT \> Most Popular_ The firings at Stars and Stripes also claimed a Middle East correspondent. They are the latest effort by the Pentagon to diminish the news outlet’s editorial independence. ## [Postal Service Publishes Finalized Plan to Restrict Mail Ballots](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/politics/postal-service-rule-restrict-mail-ballots.html) _2026-08-22 · Adam Sella · NYT \> Most Popular_ The plan complies with President Trump’s executive order to restrict mail voting, which was blocked by federal courts and is under review at the Supreme Court. ## [Trump official does damage control after her 'leaks' to MAGA go sideways](https://www.alternet.org/maga-qanon-trump/) _2026-08-22 · Adam Lynch · Alternet.org_ A Trump official is trying to laugh off the suggestion that she fed information to a QAnon account that could land the owner in court. “It’s not okay when the Deep State sets you up to commit a crime. I have never been more angry in my life,” complained a QAnon X account “DataRepublican (small r). “I walked in with good faith. Ready to collaborate on Cuba. Got shoved a bunch of hardcopy documents… ## [George Conway worried ailing Trump 'not even close to reality' anymore](https://www.alternet.org/trump-senile-mind-health/) _2026-08-22 · Adam Lynch · Alternet.org_ Conservative attorney and President Donald Trump gadfly George Conway says there is no reason left to suspect the president has any real connection to reality anymore. This is not just a matter of Trump sleeping through briefings and public meetings. It’s a matter of psychosis. “There's a famous psychologist named Eric Fromm, who talked about malignant narcissists like Trump. I mean, the great… ## [CLI-first decentralized GPU compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lMIsAozW0VJ0) _2026-08-22 · **Sponsored**_ Pay workers or run your GPU for FFmpeg transcode and AI inference. ## [Desperation Mounts as Thousands in Indiana Endure 10 Days Without Power](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/gary-indiana-power-outage.html) _2026-08-22 · Julie Bosman and Robert Chiarito · NYT \> Most Popular_ Floods from powerful thunderstorms devastated Gary, where a third of residents live below the poverty line and full restoration isn’t expected until next week. ## ['Standards have changed': Hypocrisy of Trump's Graham cleanup exposed by CNN](https://www.alternet.org/standards-have-changed-cnn-exposes-the-hideous-hypocrisy-of-darlene-graham-cleanup/) _2026-08-22 · Adam Lynch · Alternet.org_ CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront Host Erin Burnett did not have to work hard to unmask the duplicity of Republicans and their propaganda networks Friday night. Republican-aligned networks were scrambling on Thursday and Friday to clean up the apparent ignorance of South Carolina Senatorial candidate Darline Graham, after her humiliating gaffe at an interview. Graham, who has been endorsed by President… ## [Trump’s own military placing bets on an Iran win: report](https://www.alternet.org/trump-iran-war-polymarket/) _2026-08-21 · Adam Lynch · Alternet.org_ CNN reports President Donald Trump’s own servicemembers appear to be hedging their bets against the United States in Trump’s war on Iran. Marshall Cohen, CNN senior reporter, spoke with CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer on Friday to discuss the revelation that roughly 150 Polymarket accounts appear to be U.S. military insiders, some with clear access to sensitive military information. The prediction site… ## [Trump’s notorious 'infidelity' problems are crashing our cred: expert](https://www.alternet.org/trump-trade-deals-economy/) _2026-08-21 · Adam Lynch · Alternet.org_ President Donald Trump has a history of being a very “unreliable partner,” says economist Justin Wolfers , so why would any other nation trust a nation under his control. “Suppose I told you I’d been married seven times, and that I’d cheated on all seven wives. And then I asked you to marry me anyway,” said Wolfers. “If I had breached that agreement with seven past spouses, I reckon you wouldn’t… ## [Prison Firm Donated to Trump’s PAC After ICE Gave It $165 Million a Year in Contracts](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/politics/geo-group-maga-inc-donations-ice-contracts.html) _2026-08-21 · Kenneth P. Vogel and Hamed Aleaziz · NYT \> Most Popular_ The GEO Group has profited from the administration’s mass deportation campaign. A subsidiary donated more than $1.4 million to the president’s super PAC last month. ## [Trump’s 'lame-duckery' is picking up some brutal speed](https://www.alternet.org/trump-polling-iran-midterms/) _2026-08-21 · Adam Lynch · Alternet.org_ Wall Street Journal columnist Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. says President Donald Trump’s power is winnowing away—and this might be the best thing for him. “You heard it here first. Donald Trump’s lame-duckery is picking up speed. As it does, his government will start acting like a normal government,” assured Jenkins. “This might even benefit Mr. Trump’s reputation in the final two years of his… ## [I’m a Former Dean of Admissions. Colleges Shouldn’t Be Paying Rich Kids to Enroll.](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/opinion/college-financial-aid-wealthy.html) _2026-08-21 · Angel B. Pérez · NYT \> Most Popular_ We can do better than this. We have to. ## [Republicans ‘preparing to move on’ from loser Trump](https://www.alternet.org/trump-republican-midterms/) _2026-08-21 · Nick Hilden · Alternet.org_ In recent weeks, a string of primary losses among MAGA candidates has revealed an important political shift. After a decade of holding the GOP in his “vise-like grip,” President Donald Trump ’s endorsement is losing its power. According to MS NOW political contributor Michael Cohen , this is a sign that “Republicans are preparing to move on.” As Cohen wrote on Friday, “Over the past few weeks,… ## [Trump Announces Move to Lift Ground Beef Tariffs in Bid to Lower Prices](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/business/economy/trump-beef-prices.html) _2026-08-21 · Kevin Draper and Ana Swanson · NYT \> Most Popular_ The move prompted blowback from cattle ranchers and Republicans who represent them. ## [Why Is the DOJ Working With a Man Convicted of Hacking Election Sites?](https://newrepublic.com/post/214615/doj-attorney-convicted-hacking-election-sites) _2026-08-21 · Malcolm Ferguson · The New Republic_ The Justice Department appears to have hired a convicted election hacker to monitor elections. Democracy Docket reported that David Michael Levin appears to have joined the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. A Florida attorney, Levin in 2016 was charged with three felonies for hacking a Florida state elections website as well as a county elections website. The hacking had no impact on the vote counting… ## [Rare Tornado Hits New York City as Storm Drenches Mid-Atlantic](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/nyregion/tornado-storm-long-island-delaware.html) _2026-08-21 · John Yoon, Ishani Desai, Amy Graff and Hilary Howard · NYT \> Most Popular_ Tornadoes appeared in Queens and on Long Island as flooding disrupted traffic on some highways. A tornado was also confirmed in Delaware. ## ['Impotent' Trump 'ain’t gonna do jack' to anybody: conservative](https://www.alternet.org/trump-iran-trap/) _2026-08-21 · Adam Lynch · Alternet.org_ Conservative Dispatch writer Kevin D. Williamson says President Donald Tump’s promise of economic destruction on Iran is just “more mush from a wimp.” Trump is promising economic warfare “on an unprecedented scale” against Iran, or an “economic D-Day.” But Trump “makes these kinds of dumb, empty threats all the time,” said Wiliamson. “\[P\]revious menacing pronouncements have run the gamut from war… ## [He Said He Was the World’s Healthiest Man. Then Came a Stunning Diagnosis.](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/bryan-johnson-biohacker-autoimmune-gastritis.html) _2026-08-21 · Anemona Hartocollis · NYT \> Most Popular_ Bryan Johnson, the longevity guru, wants to live forever. But the big question is why. ## [Supreme Court Allows Trump to Move Forward With White House Ballroom](https://newrepublic.com/post/214610/supreme-court-trump-white-house-ballroom) _2026-08-21 · Hafiz Rashid · The New Republic_ The Supreme Court is letting President Trump move forward with his expensive White House ballroom. On Friday, Chief Justice John Roberts ordered a stay in the preliminary injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that would have halted work at 11:59 p.m. This means that for now, construction can resume while the high court gives a full review to the lower court’s… ## [Palestinian Teenager Killed After Israeli Settlers Enter West Bank Village](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/world/middleeast/palestinian-teenager-killed-israeli-settlers-west-bank.html) _2026-08-21 · Adam Rasgon · NYT \> Most Popular_ Palestinian and Israeli authorities offered divergent accounts of the incident, which came as settler violence has surged across the Israeli-occupied territory. ## [Trump Threatens to Sue Over National Guard Report He Doesn’t Like](https://newrepublic.com/post/214612/trump-threatens-sue-national-guard-report-cap) _2026-08-21 · Malcolm Ferguson · The New Republic_ President Trump is trying to sue for defamation after yet another report found that the National Guard takeover of cities across America had no significant impact on violent crime levels. In July, the Center for American Progress, or CAP, published a study analyzing the impact of Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles, Memphis, and Washington, D.C., which he has claimed time and… ## [Republican Party lawsuit goes down in flames as judges dismiss appeal](https://www.alternet.org/nevada-ballot-law/) _2026-08-21 · Sarah K. Burris · Alternet.org_ The Republican Party's lawsuit against the state of Nevada over the law allowing ballots be counted up to four days after the Election Day has been dismissed. In several states, ballots that are postmarked on Election Day are still counted, even if they are received by election officials a few days after the election. Nevada's law allows up to four days to continue receiving ballots. Ballots with… ## [DOJ declares decades-old safeguards illegal in stunning Trump move](https://www.alternet.org/trump-doj-elliot-gaiser/) _2026-08-21 · Alex Henderson · Alternet.org_ This week, T. Elliot Gaiser — assistant attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel — issued a memo on changes at the Foreign Service Grievance Board (FSGB). And according to Politico legal reporter Josh Gerstein, the memo attacks a system that has been in place for 46 years. In a Friday post on X , formerly Twitter, Gerstein explains, "JUST IN: Trump… ## [Republican Donors Fume Over Trump Putting Texas Senate Seat at Risk](https://newrepublic.com/post/214607/republican-donors-trump-texas-senate-seat-paxton-talarico) _2026-08-21 · Hafiz Rashid · The New Republic_ President Trump isn’t spending any campaign cash on close midterm election races, irking his fellow Republicans and putting contests like the Texas Senate seat in jeopardy. In July, Politico reports , Trump’s MAGA Inc. super PAC didn’t spend any of its $400 million in the bank on Republican candidates, not even Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who only narrowly won his state’s GOP Senate primary… ## ['Extraordinary' and 'unhinged': Natalie Harp’s first Trump video revealed](https://www.alternet.org/natalie-harp-trump-2677756370/) _2026-08-21 · Nick Hilden · Alternet.org_ Amidst growing controversy surrounding President Donald Trump ’s senior aide Natalie Harp , the Daily Beast reports that an “extraordinary” and “unhinged” video has been unearthed that raises new questions about her mental state and relationship to her octogenarian boss. “The social media clip, recorded nine years ago, shows Harp, who was in her mid-20s at the time, claiming that she was the sole…