Mindy Aunkst

Pete Hegseth falsely testified to both the House and the Senate last week that troops were deployed to voting places in 15 states under Joe Biden in 2024. Not only were all National Guard activations for the 2024 election ordered by individual states rather than Biden, all 11 states that responded to my inquiries told me that *zero troops* were sent to voting places. The Pentagon declined to comment. Fact check: cnn.com/2026/05/04/pol…

The DOJ has ADMITTED that over 47,000 Epstein were deleted after the war with Iran started. Many of those files implicated Trump. What is anyone doing about it? Nothing.

Canadian PM Mark Carney: “It’s my strong personal view that the international order will be rebuilt, but it will be rebuilt out of Europe.” Because of Trump, the U.S. is no longer seen as the leader of the free world

The president of the United States posting from an official government account an image of the chair of the Federal Reserve being thrown in the trash. There are no words or precedents for this.

None of Trump’s judicial nominees could answer whether Trump is allowed to run for a 3rd term or not. Utterly embarrassing and disgraceful.

🚨 NEW: The Minnesota Senate has passed an assault weapons ban. Every Republican voted no.

UPDATE: Average U.S. gas price hits $4.48 per gallon, highest since 2022. In one California county, gas is nearly $7. The average U.S. gas price is forecast to reach $5.50 this year, according to @Kalshi.

The Trump administration is closing the office responsible for investigating misconduct and abuse in the immigration detention system, per an email obtained by HuffPost huffpost.com/entry/immigrat…

BREAKING: New polling shows Sherrod Brown leading his Republican opponent by 2 points in Ohio. This race could determine the Senate majority. Retweet to make sure every Ohioan knows to vote for Brown in November.

NEW POLL: Most Americans say Trump is mentally, physically unfit to serve effectively thehill.com/homenews/admin…

This is what Italian news is reporting about President Trump! 👀 Their report links the April 25 assassination attempt on Trump to resurfaced Epstein file claims and shows the 60 Minutes clip. It then shows Epstein invoking his rights when asked about Trump. The clip ends by linking him and Paolo Zampolli to Epstein and Jean-Luc Brunel. (More to come on the Zampolli/Jean-Luc Brunel segment.) Don’t stop talking about the Epstein Files!

VIDEO: I just obtained this dash cam video from H&S Bakery. It shows the moment a United Airlines plane crashes into his driver’s side window on the NJ Turnpike near Newark Liberty. @wjz

Conservatives want to police how we talk about Donald Trump—while excusing how the president talks about everyone else, @jonathanchait argues: theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

There are many sterile stories about the farm crisis, and what tariffs and war have done to exacerbate it. If you read one story on the subject, it should be this one, about the final days of a multi-generational family farm. It'll rip your heart out. nytimes.com/2026/05/03/us/… via @NYTimes

There is absolutely no occasion @realDonaldTrump won't seize as an opportunity to fulminate & divide. He cheers the death of poltical opponents & seizes on the critical illness of an ally--a friend--to attack his foes. But not one word of "get well." Didn't occur to him.

This is insane. Steve Hilton, who Trump endorsed for California governor, can’t say that Biden won the 2020 election. These people are absolutely pathetic. They live in fantasy land

Trump before the election: “My plan will cut energy prices in half within 12 months of taking office. We’re going down and getting gasoline below $2 a gallon, bring down the price of everything…” The AAA national average for regular gas today is $4.44, the highest in four years. Are you tired of winning yet?

Don't lose sight of how bad last weekend's Trump memecoin lunch was. This year’s event may have received less scrutiny than the crypto dinner last year, but it was markedly more corrupt. washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

Trump arranged for 16 year old HS girls to come to his resort & give him a private dance. Maga thinks this is normal. What if that was Jeffrey Epstein, or Bill Clinton standing there instead, Maga?

Former Mueller prosecutor @AWeissmann_: Paul Manafort, Trump’s 2nd campaign manager, met with a Putin ally—with Trump’s implicit approval—to discuss a deal allowing Russia to annex part of Ukraine. *Manafort was present at RNC 2024.