President Donald Trump recently dubbed himself the “PRESIDENT OF ACCESSIBILITY” and suggested the brand will help his fellow Republicans win next year's midterm elections. His comments clearly seem straight out of the playbook of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist whose launch campaign focused on addressing the affordability crisis in the Big Apple.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
GOP Indiana Sen. Michael Bohacek said Friday he will vote against redistricting when the Senate meets to debate President Trump's gerrymandering after the president snubbed Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
GOP Indiana Sen. Michael Bohacek said Friday he will vote against redistricting when the Senate meets to debate President Trump's gerrymandering after the president snubbed Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
Trump's apparent push for war with the Maduro regime never made full sense; Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a longtime supporter of Venezuela, which goes some way to explaining this. A desire to substantiate some of the biggest claims about the 2020 election may help fill out the picture.
— John Light
Indiana Republican senator says no to redistricting after Trump uses slur
GOP Indiana Sen. Michael Bohacek said Friday he will vote against redistricting when the Senate meets to debate President Trump's gerrymandering after the president snubbed Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
Trump's apparent push for war with the Maduro regime never made full sense; Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a longtime supporter of Venezuela, which goes some way to explaining this. A desire to substantiate some of the biggest claims about the 2020 election may help fill out the picture.
— John Light
Indiana Republican senator says no to redistricting after Trump uses slur
GOP Indiana Sen. Michael Bohacek said Friday he will vote against redistricting when the Senate meets to debate President Trump's gerrymandering after the president snubbed Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
“Our votes are counted in Germany and Spain by a company owned by affiliates of Chavez and Maduro. Did you ever believe that this was true?” Giuliani interjected, a long streak of sweaty hair dye running down his temple.
Five years later, libel cases settled, Trump lawyers authorizedand Trump himself in the White House, one would think that this whole strange episode would be over. But it raised its head again. Consider:
In an interview with Bloomberg, Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado was asked whether 2020 conspiracy theories might have anything to do with Trump's aggressive focus on Venezuela. Machado responded that there is “no doubt” that Maduro and others “are the masterminds of a system that has rigged elections in many countries, including the United States.” She also said the US was investigating the claim and it became news.
Investigative journalist Aram Roston confirmed A report in the Guardian states that this investigation does exist and that federal agents have interviewed various true believers in the Venezuela theory. The investigation appears to have been completed by the Puerto Rico District Attorney's Office.
Donald Trump posted a message Truth Social in support of Venezuela's claims.
Trump's apparent push for war with the Maduro regime never made full sense; Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a longtime supporter of Venezuela, which goes some way to explaining this. A desire to substantiate some of the biggest claims about the 2020 election may help fill out the picture.
— John Light
Indiana Republican senator says no to redistricting after Trump uses slur
GOP Indiana Sen. Michael Bohacek said Friday he will vote against redistricting when the Senate meets to debate President Trump's gerrymandering after the president snubbed Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
During another of several bizarre press conferences in late 2020, Rudy Giuliani and conservative lawyer Sidney Powell introduced us to a series of conspiracy theories that purported to explain how the election was stolen from Donald Trump. “Dominion voting systems, Smartmatic technology software, and software used in other computerized encoding systems, not just Dominion, were created in Venezuela at the direction of Hugo Chavez,” Powell explained, making a series of claims that would later be used by Trump in his bid to overturn the election and, later still, be the subject of defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies against various right-wing figures and media outlets, including Fox News.
“Our votes are counted in Germany and Spain by a company owned by affiliates of Chavez and Maduro. Did you ever believe that this was true?” Giuliani interjected, a long streak of sweaty hair dye running down his temple.
Five years later, libel cases settled, Trump lawyers authorizedand Trump himself in the White House, one would think that this whole strange episode would be over. But it raised its head again. Consider:
In an interview with Bloomberg, Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado was asked whether 2020 conspiracy theories might have anything to do with Trump's aggressive focus on Venezuela. Machado responded that there is “no doubt” that Maduro and others “are the masterminds of a system that has rigged elections in many countries, including the United States.” She also said the US was investigating the claim and it became news.
Investigative journalist Aram Roston confirmed A report in the Guardian states that this investigation does exist and that federal agents have interviewed various true believers in the Venezuela theory. The investigation appears to have been completed by the Puerto Rico District Attorney's Office.
Donald Trump posted a message Truth Social in support of Venezuela's claims.
Trump's apparent push for war with the Maduro regime never made full sense; Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a longtime supporter of Venezuela, which goes some way to explaining this. A desire to substantiate some of the biggest claims about the 2020 election may help fill out the picture.
— John Light
Indiana Republican senator says no to redistricting after Trump uses slur
GOP Indiana Sen. Michael Bohacek said Friday he will vote against redistricting when the Senate meets to debate President Trump's gerrymandering after the president snubbed Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
During another of several bizarre press conferences in late 2020, Rudy Giuliani and conservative lawyer Sidney Powell introduced us to a series of conspiracy theories that purported to explain how the election was stolen from Donald Trump. “Dominion voting systems, Smartmatic technology software, and software used in other computerized encoding systems, not just Dominion, were created in Venezuela at the direction of Hugo Chavez,” Powell explained, making a series of claims that would later be used by Trump in his bid to overturn the election and, later still, be the subject of defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies against various right-wing figures and media outlets, including Fox News.
“Our votes are counted in Germany and Spain by a company owned by affiliates of Chavez and Maduro. Did you ever believe that this was true?” Giuliani interjected, a long streak of sweaty hair dye running down his temple.
Five years later, libel cases settled, Trump lawyers authorizedand Trump himself in the White House, one would think that this whole strange episode would be over. But it raised its head again. Consider:
In an interview with Bloomberg, Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado was asked whether 2020 conspiracy theories might have anything to do with Trump's aggressive focus on Venezuela. Machado responded that there is “no doubt” that Maduro and others “are the masterminds of a system that has rigged elections in many countries, including the United States.” She also said the US was investigating the claim and it became news.
Investigative journalist Aram Roston confirmed A report in the Guardian states that this investigation does exist and that federal agents have interviewed various true believers in the Venezuela theory. The investigation appears to have been completed by the Puerto Rico District Attorney's Office.
Donald Trump posted a message Truth Social in support of Venezuela's claims.
Trump's apparent push for war with the Maduro regime never made full sense; Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a longtime supporter of Venezuela, which goes some way to explaining this. A desire to substantiate some of the biggest claims about the 2020 election may help fill out the picture.
— John Light
Indiana Republican senator says no to redistricting after Trump uses slur
GOP Indiana Sen. Michael Bohacek said Friday he will vote against redistricting when the Senate meets to debate President Trump's gerrymandering after the president snubbed Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
Neither Madani nor Sanders responded to TPM's questions about whether they believe their messaging on affordability inspired Trump's new midterm strategy.
— Hunter Walker
Did Sidney Powell's conspiracy theory lead us to war with Venezuela?
During another of several bizarre press conferences in late 2020, Rudy Giuliani and conservative lawyer Sidney Powell introduced us to a series of conspiracy theories that purported to explain how the election was stolen from Donald Trump. “Dominion voting systems, Smartmatic technology software, and software used in other computerized encoding systems, not just Dominion, were created in Venezuela at the direction of Hugo Chavez,” Powell explained, making a series of claims that would later be used by Trump in his bid to overturn the election and, later still, be the subject of defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies against various right-wing figures and media outlets, including Fox News.
“Our votes are counted in Germany and Spain by a company owned by affiliates of Chavez and Maduro. Did you ever believe that this was true?” Giuliani interjected, a long streak of sweaty hair dye running down his temple.
Five years later, libel cases settled, Trump lawyers authorizedand Trump himself in the White House, one would think that this whole strange episode would be over. But it raised its head again. Consider:
In an interview with Bloomberg, Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado was asked whether 2020 conspiracy theories might have anything to do with Trump's aggressive focus on Venezuela. Machado responded that there is “no doubt” that Maduro and others “are the masterminds of a system that has rigged elections in many countries, including the United States.” She also said the US was investigating the claim and it became news.
Investigative journalist Aram Roston confirmed A report in the Guardian states that this investigation does exist and that federal agents have interviewed various true believers in the Venezuela theory. The investigation appears to have been completed by the Puerto Rico District Attorney's Office.
Donald Trump posted a message Truth Social in support of Venezuela's claims.
Trump's apparent push for war with the Maduro regime never made full sense; Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a longtime supporter of Venezuela, which goes some way to explaining this. A desire to substantiate some of the biggest claims about the 2020 election may help fill out the picture.
— John Light
Indiana Republican senator says no to redistricting after Trump uses slur
GOP Indiana Sen. Michael Bohacek said Friday he will vote against redistricting when the Senate meets to debate President Trump's gerrymandering after the president snubbed Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
“They live in places where they can afford the rent, they can afford the mortgage. That place should be New York again,” Mamdani said.
Neither Madani nor Sanders responded to TPM's questions about whether they believe their messaging on affordability inspired Trump's new midterm strategy.
— Hunter Walker
Did Sidney Powell's conspiracy theory lead us to war with Venezuela?
During another of several bizarre press conferences in late 2020, Rudy Giuliani and conservative lawyer Sidney Powell introduced us to a series of conspiracy theories that purported to explain how the election was stolen from Donald Trump. “Dominion voting systems, Smartmatic technology software, and software used in other computerized encoding systems, not just Dominion, were created in Venezuela at the direction of Hugo Chavez,” Powell explained, making a series of claims that would later be used by Trump in his bid to overturn the election and, later still, be the subject of defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies against various right-wing figures and media outlets, including Fox News.
“Our votes are counted in Germany and Spain by a company owned by affiliates of Chavez and Maduro. Did you ever believe that this was true?” Giuliani interjected, a long streak of sweaty hair dye running down his temple.
Five years later, libel cases settled, Trump lawyers authorizedand Trump himself in the White House, one would think that this whole strange episode would be over. But it raised its head again. Consider:
In an interview with Bloomberg, Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado was asked whether 2020 conspiracy theories might have anything to do with Trump's aggressive focus on Venezuela. Machado responded that there is “no doubt” that Maduro and others “are the masterminds of a system that has rigged elections in many countries, including the United States.” She also said the US was investigating the claim and it became news.
Investigative journalist Aram Roston confirmed A report in the Guardian states that this investigation does exist and that federal agents have interviewed various true believers in the Venezuela theory. The investigation appears to have been completed by the Puerto Rico District Attorney's Office.
Donald Trump posted a message Truth Social in support of Venezuela's claims.
Trump's apparent push for war with the Maduro regime never made full sense; Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a longtime supporter of Venezuela, which goes some way to explaining this. A desire to substantiate some of the biggest claims about the 2020 election may help fill out the picture.
— John Light
Indiana Republican senator says no to redistricting after Trump uses slur
GOP Indiana Sen. Michael Bohacek said Friday he will vote against redistricting when the Senate meets to debate President Trump's gerrymandering after the president snubbed Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
Mamdani, who has vowed to continue participating in protest vigils after he is sworn in next month, is sticking to his message of addressing New York's affordability problem and said he is “tired” of meeting with workers who have to commute from out of state.
“They live in places where they can afford the rent, they can afford the mortgage. That place should be New York again,” Mamdani said.
Neither Madani nor Sanders responded to TPM's questions about whether they believe their messaging on affordability inspired Trump's new midterm strategy.
— Hunter Walker
Did Sidney Powell's conspiracy theory lead us to war with Venezuela?
During another of several bizarre press conferences in late 2020, Rudy Giuliani and conservative lawyer Sidney Powell introduced us to a series of conspiracy theories that purported to explain how the election was stolen from Donald Trump. “Dominion voting systems, Smartmatic technology software, and software used in other computerized encoding systems, not just Dominion, were created in Venezuela at the direction of Hugo Chavez,” Powell explained, making a series of claims that would later be used by Trump in his bid to overturn the election and, later still, be the subject of defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies against various right-wing figures and media outlets, including Fox News.
“Our votes are counted in Germany and Spain by a company owned by affiliates of Chavez and Maduro. Did you ever believe that this was true?” Giuliani interjected, a long streak of sweaty hair dye running down his temple.
Five years later, libel cases settled, Trump lawyers authorizedand Trump himself in the White House, one would think that this whole strange episode would be over. But it raised its head again. Consider:
In an interview with Bloomberg, Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado was asked whether 2020 conspiracy theories might have anything to do with Trump's aggressive focus on Venezuela. Machado responded that there is “no doubt” that Maduro and others “are the masterminds of a system that has rigged elections in many countries, including the United States.” She also said the US was investigating the claim and it became news.
Investigative journalist Aram Roston confirmed A report in the Guardian states that this investigation does exist and that federal agents have interviewed various true believers in the Venezuela theory. The investigation appears to have been completed by the Puerto Rico District Attorney's Office.
Donald Trump posted a message Truth Social in support of Venezuela's claims.
Trump's apparent push for war with the Maduro regime never made full sense; Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a longtime supporter of Venezuela, which goes some way to explaining this. A desire to substantiate some of the biggest claims about the 2020 election may help fill out the picture.
— John Light
Indiana Republican senator says no to redistricting after Trump uses slur
GOP Indiana Sen. Michael Bohacek said Friday he will vote against redistricting when the Senate meets to debate President Trump's gerrymandering after the president snubbed Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
“I would say that our focus is less on who we describe as what and more on what we actually provide to the people of this city,” Mamdani told us, adding: “The focus should always be on the workers, and when you ask these Starbucks workers what are the consequences of a company that refuses to schedule their jobs with any predictability, a company that refuses to pay them the wages that they can actually afford to live in this city, what it turns out is that they don’t know if they can call ourselves New Yorkers more.”
Mamdani, who has vowed to continue participating in protest vigils after he is sworn in next month, is sticking to his message of addressing New York's affordability problem and said he is “tired” of meeting with workers who have to commute from out of state.
“They live in places where they can afford the rent, they can afford the mortgage. That place should be New York again,” Mamdani said.
Neither Madani nor Sanders responded to TPM's questions about whether they believe their messaging on affordability inspired Trump's new midterm strategy.
— Hunter Walker
Did Sidney Powell's conspiracy theory lead us to war with Venezuela?
During another of several bizarre press conferences in late 2020, Rudy Giuliani and conservative lawyer Sidney Powell introduced us to a series of conspiracy theories that purported to explain how the election was stolen from Donald Trump. “Dominion voting systems, Smartmatic technology software, and software used in other computerized encoding systems, not just Dominion, were created in Venezuela at the direction of Hugo Chavez,” Powell explained, making a series of claims that would later be used by Trump in his bid to overturn the election and, later still, be the subject of defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies against various right-wing figures and media outlets, including Fox News.
“Our votes are counted in Germany and Spain by a company owned by affiliates of Chavez and Maduro. Did you ever believe that this was true?” Giuliani interjected, a long streak of sweaty hair dye running down his temple.
Five years later, libel cases settled, Trump lawyers authorizedand Trump himself in the White House, one would think that this whole strange episode would be over. But it raised its head again. Consider:
In an interview with Bloomberg, Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado was asked whether 2020 conspiracy theories might have anything to do with Trump's aggressive focus on Venezuela. Machado responded that there is “no doubt” that Maduro and others “are the masterminds of a system that has rigged elections in many countries, including the United States.” She also said the US was investigating the claim and it became news.
Investigative journalist Aram Roston confirmed A report in the Guardian states that this investigation does exist and that federal agents have interviewed various true believers in the Venezuela theory. The investigation appears to have been completed by the Puerto Rico District Attorney's Office.
Donald Trump posted a message Truth Social in support of Venezuela's claims.
Trump's apparent push for war with the Maduro regime never made full sense; Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a longtime supporter of Venezuela, which goes some way to explaining this. A desire to substantiate some of the biggest claims about the 2020 election may help fill out the picture.
— John Light
Indiana Republican senator says no to redistricting after Trump uses slur
GOP Indiana Sen. Michael Bohacek said Friday he will vote against redistricting when the Senate meets to debate President Trump's gerrymandering after the president snubbed Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
Mamdani, who met with Trump in the Oval Office last month and noted that accessibility is area where they found common groundwas clearly more diplomatic.
“I would say that our focus is less on who we describe as what and more on what we actually provide to the people of this city,” Mamdani told us, adding: “The focus should always be on the workers, and when you ask these Starbucks workers what are the consequences of a company that refuses to schedule their jobs with any predictability, a company that refuses to pay them the wages that they can actually afford to live in this city, what it turns out is that they don’t know if they can call ourselves New Yorkers more.”
Mamdani, who has vowed to continue participating in protest vigils after he is sworn in next month, is sticking to his message of addressing New York's affordability problem and said he is “tired” of meeting with workers who have to commute from out of state.
“They live in places where they can afford the rent, they can afford the mortgage. That place should be New York again,” Mamdani said.
Neither Madani nor Sanders responded to TPM's questions about whether they believe their messaging on affordability inspired Trump's new midterm strategy.
— Hunter Walker
Did Sidney Powell's conspiracy theory lead us to war with Venezuela?
During another of several bizarre press conferences in late 2020, Rudy Giuliani and conservative lawyer Sidney Powell introduced us to a series of conspiracy theories that purported to explain how the election was stolen from Donald Trump. “Dominion voting systems, Smartmatic technology software, and software used in other computerized encoding systems, not just Dominion, were created in Venezuela at the direction of Hugo Chavez,” Powell explained, making a series of claims that would later be used by Trump in his bid to overturn the election and, later still, be the subject of defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies against various right-wing figures and media outlets, including Fox News.
“Our votes are counted in Germany and Spain by a company owned by affiliates of Chavez and Maduro. Did you ever believe that this was true?” Giuliani interjected, a long streak of sweaty hair dye running down his temple.
Five years later, libel cases settled, Trump lawyers authorizedand Trump himself in the White House, one would think that this whole strange episode would be over. But it raised its head again. Consider:
In an interview with Bloomberg, Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado was asked whether 2020 conspiracy theories might have anything to do with Trump's aggressive focus on Venezuela. Machado responded that there is “no doubt” that Maduro and others “are the masterminds of a system that has rigged elections in many countries, including the United States.” She also said the US was investigating the claim and it became news.
Investigative journalist Aram Roston confirmed A report in the Guardian states that this investigation does exist and that federal agents have interviewed various true believers in the Venezuela theory. The investigation appears to have been completed by the Puerto Rico District Attorney's Office.
Donald Trump posted a message Truth Social in support of Venezuela's claims.
Trump's apparent push for war with the Maduro regime never made full sense; Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a longtime supporter of Venezuela, which goes some way to explaining this. A desire to substantiate some of the biggest claims about the 2020 election may help fill out the picture.
— John Light
Indiana Republican senator says no to redistricting after Trump uses slur
GOP Indiana Sen. Michael Bohacek said Friday he will vote against redistricting when the Senate meets to debate President Trump's gerrymandering after the president snubbed Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
“To tell the people of New York and Vermont that you are the 'affordability president' at a time when the legislation you pass will be responsible – unless we change it – for raising health insurance premiums for people on the Affordable Care Act by an average of double, in some cases triple and quadruple… perhaps Trump should reach out to those people who will see their premiums double and triple and explain to them why he is an affordable president,” Sanders said. adding, “Not to mention, his tariffs across the country have clearly driven up prices.”
Mamdani, who met with Trump in the Oval Office last month and noted that accessibility is area where they found common groundwas clearly more diplomatic.
“I would say that our focus is less on who we describe as what and more on what we actually provide to the people of this city,” Mamdani told us, adding: “The focus should always be on the workers, and when you ask these Starbucks workers what are the consequences of a company that refuses to schedule their jobs with any predictability, a company that refuses to pay them the wages that they can actually afford to live in this city, what it turns out is that they don’t know if they can call ourselves New Yorkers more.”
Mamdani, who has vowed to continue participating in protest vigils after he is sworn in next month, is sticking to his message of addressing New York's affordability problem and said he is “tired” of meeting with workers who have to commute from out of state.
“They live in places where they can afford the rent, they can afford the mortgage. That place should be New York again,” Mamdani said.
Neither Madani nor Sanders responded to TPM's questions about whether they believe their messaging on affordability inspired Trump's new midterm strategy.
— Hunter Walker
Did Sidney Powell's conspiracy theory lead us to war with Venezuela?
During another of several bizarre press conferences in late 2020, Rudy Giuliani and conservative lawyer Sidney Powell introduced us to a series of conspiracy theories that purported to explain how the election was stolen from Donald Trump. “Dominion voting systems, Smartmatic technology software, and software used in other computerized encoding systems, not just Dominion, were created in Venezuela at the direction of Hugo Chavez,” Powell explained, making a series of claims that would later be used by Trump in his bid to overturn the election and, later still, be the subject of defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies against various right-wing figures and media outlets, including Fox News.
“Our votes are counted in Germany and Spain by a company owned by affiliates of Chavez and Maduro. Did you ever believe that this was true?” Giuliani interjected, a long streak of sweaty hair dye running down his temple.
Five years later, libel cases settled, Trump lawyers authorizedand Trump himself in the White House, one would think that this whole strange episode would be over. But it raised its head again. Consider:
In an interview with Bloomberg, Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado was asked whether 2020 conspiracy theories might have anything to do with Trump's aggressive focus on Venezuela. Machado responded that there is “no doubt” that Maduro and others “are the masterminds of a system that has rigged elections in many countries, including the United States.” She also said the US was investigating the claim and it became news.
Investigative journalist Aram Roston confirmed A report in the Guardian states that this investigation does exist and that federal agents have interviewed various true believers in the Venezuela theory. The investigation appears to have been completed by the Puerto Rico District Attorney's Office.
Donald Trump posted a message Truth Social in support of Venezuela's claims.
Trump's apparent push for war with the Maduro regime never made full sense; Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a longtime supporter of Venezuela, which goes some way to explaining this. A desire to substantiate some of the biggest claims about the 2020 election may help fill out the picture.
— John Light
Indiana Republican senator says no to redistricting after Trump uses slur
GOP Indiana Sen. Michael Bohacek said Friday he will vote against redistricting when the Senate meets to debate President Trump's gerrymandering after the president snubbed Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
In his TPM comments, Sanders offered an additional fact check on Trump, pointing to rising health care costs caused by the GOP's “big beautiful bill” as well as price increases associated with Trump tariffs.
“To tell the people of New York and Vermont that you are the 'affordability president' at a time when the legislation you pass will be responsible – unless we change it – for raising health insurance premiums for people on the Affordable Care Act by an average of double, in some cases triple and quadruple… perhaps Trump should reach out to those people who will see their premiums double and triple and explain to them why he is an affordable president,” Sanders said. adding, “Not to mention, his tariffs across the country have clearly driven up prices.”
Mamdani, who met with Trump in the Oval Office last month and noted that accessibility is area where they found common groundwas clearly more diplomatic.
“I would say that our focus is less on who we describe as what and more on what we actually provide to the people of this city,” Mamdani told us, adding: “The focus should always be on the workers, and when you ask these Starbucks workers what are the consequences of a company that refuses to schedule their jobs with any predictability, a company that refuses to pay them the wages that they can actually afford to live in this city, what it turns out is that they don’t know if they can call ourselves New Yorkers more.”
Mamdani, who has vowed to continue participating in protest vigils after he is sworn in next month, is sticking to his message of addressing New York's affordability problem and said he is “tired” of meeting with workers who have to commute from out of state.
“They live in places where they can afford the rent, they can afford the mortgage. That place should be New York again,” Mamdani said.
Neither Madani nor Sanders responded to TPM's questions about whether they believe their messaging on affordability inspired Trump's new midterm strategy.
— Hunter Walker
Did Sidney Powell's conspiracy theory lead us to war with Venezuela?
During another of several bizarre press conferences in late 2020, Rudy Giuliani and conservative lawyer Sidney Powell introduced us to a series of conspiracy theories that purported to explain how the election was stolen from Donald Trump. “Dominion voting systems, Smartmatic technology software, and software used in other computerized encoding systems, not just Dominion, were created in Venezuela at the direction of Hugo Chavez,” Powell explained, making a series of claims that would later be used by Trump in his bid to overturn the election and, later still, be the subject of defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies against various right-wing figures and media outlets, including Fox News.
“Our votes are counted in Germany and Spain by a company owned by affiliates of Chavez and Maduro. Did you ever believe that this was true?” Giuliani interjected, a long streak of sweaty hair dye running down his temple.
Five years later, libel cases settled, Trump lawyers authorizedand Trump himself in the White House, one would think that this whole strange episode would be over. But it raised its head again. Consider:
In an interview with Bloomberg, Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado was asked whether 2020 conspiracy theories might have anything to do with Trump's aggressive focus on Venezuela. Machado responded that there is “no doubt” that Maduro and others “are the masterminds of a system that has rigged elections in many countries, including the United States.” She also said the US was investigating the claim and it became news.
Investigative journalist Aram Roston confirmed A report in the Guardian states that this investigation does exist and that federal agents have interviewed various true believers in the Venezuela theory. The investigation appears to have been completed by the Puerto Rico District Attorney's Office.
Donald Trump posted a message Truth Social in support of Venezuela's claims.
Trump's apparent push for war with the Maduro regime never made full sense; Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a longtime supporter of Venezuela, which goes some way to explaining this. A desire to substantiate some of the biggest claims about the 2020 election may help fill out the picture.
— John Light
Indiana Republican senator says no to redistricting after Trump uses slur
GOP Indiana Sen. Michael Bohacek said Friday he will vote against redistricting when the Senate meets to debate President Trump's gerrymandering after the president snubbed Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
Experts of all stripes noted that Trump’s calculations do not add up. If these numbers were true, it would mean that pharmaceutical companies were literally paying the government to distribute their drugs, rather than charging anything for them. Moreover, the policies that Trump is touting, which have led to some price declines, are policies that have been accepted by President Joe Biden.
In his TPM comments, Sanders offered an additional fact check on Trump, pointing to rising health care costs caused by the GOP's “big beautiful bill” as well as price increases associated with Trump tariffs.
“To tell the people of New York and Vermont that you are the 'affordability president' at a time when the legislation you pass will be responsible – unless we change it – for raising health insurance premiums for people on the Affordable Care Act by an average of double, in some cases triple and quadruple… perhaps Trump should reach out to those people who will see their premiums double and triple and explain to them why he is an affordable president,” Sanders said. adding, “Not to mention, his tariffs across the country have clearly driven up prices.”
Mamdani, who met with Trump in the Oval Office last month and noted that accessibility is area where they found common groundwas clearly more diplomatic.
“I would say that our focus is less on who we describe as what and more on what we actually provide to the people of this city,” Mamdani told us, adding: “The focus should always be on the workers, and when you ask these Starbucks workers what are the consequences of a company that refuses to schedule their jobs with any predictability, a company that refuses to pay them the wages that they can actually afford to live in this city, what it turns out is that they don’t know if they can call ourselves New Yorkers more.”
Mamdani, who has vowed to continue participating in protest vigils after he is sworn in next month, is sticking to his message of addressing New York's affordability problem and said he is “tired” of meeting with workers who have to commute from out of state.
“They live in places where they can afford the rent, they can afford the mortgage. That place should be New York again,” Mamdani said.
Neither Madani nor Sanders responded to TPM's questions about whether they believe their messaging on affordability inspired Trump's new midterm strategy.
— Hunter Walker
Did Sidney Powell's conspiracy theory lead us to war with Venezuela?
During another of several bizarre press conferences in late 2020, Rudy Giuliani and conservative lawyer Sidney Powell introduced us to a series of conspiracy theories that purported to explain how the election was stolen from Donald Trump. “Dominion voting systems, Smartmatic technology software, and software used in other computerized encoding systems, not just Dominion, were created in Venezuela at the direction of Hugo Chavez,” Powell explained, making a series of claims that would later be used by Trump in his bid to overturn the election and, later still, be the subject of defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies against various right-wing figures and media outlets, including Fox News.
“Our votes are counted in Germany and Spain by a company owned by affiliates of Chavez and Maduro. Did you ever believe that this was true?” Giuliani interjected, a long streak of sweaty hair dye running down his temple.
Five years later, libel cases settled, Trump lawyers authorizedand Trump himself in the White House, one would think that this whole strange episode would be over. But it raised its head again. Consider:
In an interview with Bloomberg, Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado was asked whether 2020 conspiracy theories might have anything to do with Trump's aggressive focus on Venezuela. Machado responded that there is “no doubt” that Maduro and others “are the masterminds of a system that has rigged elections in many countries, including the United States.” She also said the US was investigating the claim and it became news.
Investigative journalist Aram Roston confirmed A report in the Guardian states that this investigation does exist and that federal agents have interviewed various true believers in the Venezuela theory. The investigation appears to have been completed by the Puerto Rico District Attorney's Office.
Donald Trump posted a message Truth Social in support of Venezuela's claims.
Trump's apparent push for war with the Maduro regime never made full sense; Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a longtime supporter of Venezuela, which goes some way to explaining this. A desire to substantiate some of the biggest claims about the 2020 election may help fill out the picture.
— John Light
Indiana Republican senator says no to redistricting after Trump uses slur
GOP Indiana Sen. Michael Bohacek said Friday he will vote against redistricting when the Senate meets to debate President Trump's gerrymandering after the president snubbed Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
Trump based this statement on his claim that “DRUG PRICES ARE FALLING AT LEVELS UNSEEN EARLIER: 500%, 600%, 700% and more.” He also suggested that “if this story is told correctly, we should win the midterm elections in RECORD NUMBERS.”
Experts of all stripes noted that Trump’s calculations do not add up. If these numbers were true, it would mean that pharmaceutical companies were literally paying the government to distribute their drugs, rather than charging anything for them. Moreover, the policies that Trump is touting, which have led to some price declines, are policies that have been accepted by President Joe Biden.
In his TPM comments, Sanders offered an additional fact check on Trump, pointing to rising health care costs caused by the GOP's “big beautiful bill” as well as price increases associated with Trump tariffs.
“To tell the people of New York and Vermont that you are the 'affordability president' at a time when the legislation you pass will be responsible – unless we change it – for raising health insurance premiums for people on the Affordable Care Act by an average of double, in some cases triple and quadruple… perhaps Trump should reach out to those people who will see their premiums double and triple and explain to them why he is an affordable president,” Sanders said. adding, “Not to mention, his tariffs across the country have clearly driven up prices.”
Mamdani, who met with Trump in the Oval Office last month and noted that accessibility is area where they found common groundwas clearly more diplomatic.
“I would say that our focus is less on who we describe as what and more on what we actually provide to the people of this city,” Mamdani told us, adding: “The focus should always be on the workers, and when you ask these Starbucks workers what are the consequences of a company that refuses to schedule their jobs with any predictability, a company that refuses to pay them the wages that they can actually afford to live in this city, what it turns out is that they don’t know if they can call ourselves New Yorkers more.”
Mamdani, who has vowed to continue participating in protest vigils after he is sworn in next month, is sticking to his message of addressing New York's affordability problem and said he is “tired” of meeting with workers who have to commute from out of state.
“They live in places where they can afford the rent, they can afford the mortgage. That place should be New York again,” Mamdani said.
Neither Madani nor Sanders responded to TPM's questions about whether they believe their messaging on affordability inspired Trump's new midterm strategy.
— Hunter Walker
Did Sidney Powell's conspiracy theory lead us to war with Venezuela?
During another of several bizarre press conferences in late 2020, Rudy Giuliani and conservative lawyer Sidney Powell introduced us to a series of conspiracy theories that purported to explain how the election was stolen from Donald Trump. “Dominion voting systems, Smartmatic technology software, and software used in other computerized encoding systems, not just Dominion, were created in Venezuela at the direction of Hugo Chavez,” Powell explained, making a series of claims that would later be used by Trump in his bid to overturn the election and, later still, be the subject of defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies against various right-wing figures and media outlets, including Fox News.
“Our votes are counted in Germany and Spain by a company owned by affiliates of Chavez and Maduro. Did you ever believe that this was true?” Giuliani interjected, a long streak of sweaty hair dye running down his temple.
Five years later, libel cases settled, Trump lawyers authorizedand Trump himself in the White House, one would think that this whole strange episode would be over. But it raised its head again. Consider:
In an interview with Bloomberg, Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado was asked whether 2020 conspiracy theories might have anything to do with Trump's aggressive focus on Venezuela. Machado responded that there is “no doubt” that Maduro and others “are the masterminds of a system that has rigged elections in many countries, including the United States.” She also said the US was investigating the claim and it became news.
Investigative journalist Aram Roston confirmed A report in the Guardian states that this investigation does exist and that federal agents have interviewed various true believers in the Venezuela theory. The investigation appears to have been completed by the Puerto Rico District Attorney's Office.
Donald Trump posted a message Truth Social in support of Venezuela's claims.
Trump's apparent push for war with the Maduro regime never made full sense; Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a longtime supporter of Venezuela, which goes some way to explaining this. A desire to substantiate some of the biggest claims about the 2020 election may help fill out the picture.
— John Light
Indiana Republican senator says no to redistricting after Trump uses slur
GOP Indiana Sen. Michael Bohacek said Friday he will vote against redistricting when the Senate meets to debate President Trump's gerrymandering after the president snubbed Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
“I AM THE PRESIDENT OF ACCESSIBILITY,” Trump wrote in a Saturday morning post.
Trump based this statement on his claim that “DRUG PRICES ARE FALLING AT LEVELS UNSEEN EARLIER: 500%, 600%, 700% and more.” He also suggested that “if this story is told correctly, we should win the midterm elections in RECORD NUMBERS.”
Experts of all stripes noted that Trump’s calculations do not add up. If these numbers were true, it would mean that pharmaceutical companies were literally paying the government to distribute their drugs, rather than charging anything for them. Moreover, the policies that Trump is touting, which have led to some price declines, are policies that have been accepted by President Joe Biden.
In his TPM comments, Sanders offered an additional fact check on Trump, pointing to rising health care costs caused by the GOP's “big beautiful bill” as well as price increases associated with Trump tariffs.
“To tell the people of New York and Vermont that you are the 'affordability president' at a time when the legislation you pass will be responsible – unless we change it – for raising health insurance premiums for people on the Affordable Care Act by an average of double, in some cases triple and quadruple… perhaps Trump should reach out to those people who will see their premiums double and triple and explain to them why he is an affordable president,” Sanders said. adding, “Not to mention, his tariffs across the country have clearly driven up prices.”
Mamdani, who met with Trump in the Oval Office last month and noted that accessibility is area where they found common groundwas clearly more diplomatic.
“I would say that our focus is less on who we describe as what and more on what we actually provide to the people of this city,” Mamdani told us, adding: “The focus should always be on the workers, and when you ask these Starbucks workers what are the consequences of a company that refuses to schedule their jobs with any predictability, a company that refuses to pay them the wages that they can actually afford to live in this city, what it turns out is that they don’t know if they can call ourselves New Yorkers more.”
Mamdani, who has vowed to continue participating in protest vigils after he is sworn in next month, is sticking to his message of addressing New York's affordability problem and said he is “tired” of meeting with workers who have to commute from out of state.
“They live in places where they can afford the rent, they can afford the mortgage. That place should be New York again,” Mamdani said.
Neither Madani nor Sanders responded to TPM's questions about whether they believe their messaging on affordability inspired Trump's new midterm strategy.
— Hunter Walker
Did Sidney Powell's conspiracy theory lead us to war with Venezuela?
During another of several bizarre press conferences in late 2020, Rudy Giuliani and conservative lawyer Sidney Powell introduced us to a series of conspiracy theories that purported to explain how the election was stolen from Donald Trump. “Dominion voting systems, Smartmatic technology software, and software used in other computerized encoding systems, not just Dominion, were created in Venezuela at the direction of Hugo Chavez,” Powell explained, making a series of claims that would later be used by Trump in his bid to overturn the election and, later still, be the subject of defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies against various right-wing figures and media outlets, including Fox News.
“Our votes are counted in Germany and Spain by a company owned by affiliates of Chavez and Maduro. Did you ever believe that this was true?” Giuliani interjected, a long streak of sweaty hair dye running down his temple.
Five years later, libel cases settled, Trump lawyers authorizedand Trump himself in the White House, one would think that this whole strange episode would be over. But it raised its head again. Consider:
In an interview with Bloomberg, Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado was asked whether 2020 conspiracy theories might have anything to do with Trump's aggressive focus on Venezuela. Machado responded that there is “no doubt” that Maduro and others “are the masterminds of a system that has rigged elections in many countries, including the United States.” She also said the US was investigating the claim and it became news.
Investigative journalist Aram Roston confirmed A report in the Guardian states that this investigation does exist and that federal agents have interviewed various true believers in the Venezuela theory. The investigation appears to have been completed by the Puerto Rico District Attorney's Office.
Donald Trump posted a message Truth Social in support of Venezuela's claims.
Trump's apparent push for war with the Maduro regime never made full sense; Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a longtime supporter of Venezuela, which goes some way to explaining this. A desire to substantiate some of the biggest claims about the 2020 election may help fill out the picture.
— John Light
Indiana Republican senator says no to redistricting after Trump uses slur
GOP Indiana Sen. Michael Bohacek said Friday he will vote against redistricting when the Senate meets to debate President Trump's gerrymandering after the president snubbed Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
Trump's latest branding move came with one of his “all caps” trademark announcements on his Truth Social platform over the weekend.
“I AM THE PRESIDENT OF ACCESSIBILITY,” Trump wrote in a Saturday morning post.
Trump based this statement on his claim that “DRUG PRICES ARE FALLING AT LEVELS UNSEEN EARLIER: 500%, 600%, 700% and more.” He also suggested that “if this story is told correctly, we should win the midterm elections in RECORD NUMBERS.”
Experts of all stripes noted that Trump’s calculations do not add up. If these numbers were true, it would mean that pharmaceutical companies were literally paying the government to distribute their drugs, rather than charging anything for them. Moreover, the policies that Trump is touting, which have led to some price declines, are policies that have been accepted by President Joe Biden.
In his TPM comments, Sanders offered an additional fact check on Trump, pointing to rising health care costs caused by the GOP's “big beautiful bill” as well as price increases associated with Trump tariffs.
“To tell the people of New York and Vermont that you are the 'affordability president' at a time when the legislation you pass will be responsible – unless we change it – for raising health insurance premiums for people on the Affordable Care Act by an average of double, in some cases triple and quadruple… perhaps Trump should reach out to those people who will see their premiums double and triple and explain to them why he is an affordable president,” Sanders said. adding, “Not to mention, his tariffs across the country have clearly driven up prices.”
Mamdani, who met with Trump in the Oval Office last month and noted that accessibility is area where they found common groundwas clearly more diplomatic.
“I would say that our focus is less on who we describe as what and more on what we actually provide to the people of this city,” Mamdani told us, adding: “The focus should always be on the workers, and when you ask these Starbucks workers what are the consequences of a company that refuses to schedule their jobs with any predictability, a company that refuses to pay them the wages that they can actually afford to live in this city, what it turns out is that they don’t know if they can call ourselves New Yorkers more.”
Mamdani, who has vowed to continue participating in protest vigils after he is sworn in next month, is sticking to his message of addressing New York's affordability problem and said he is “tired” of meeting with workers who have to commute from out of state.
“They live in places where they can afford the rent, they can afford the mortgage. That place should be New York again,” Mamdani said.
Neither Madani nor Sanders responded to TPM's questions about whether they believe their messaging on affordability inspired Trump's new midterm strategy.
— Hunter Walker
Did Sidney Powell's conspiracy theory lead us to war with Venezuela?
During another of several bizarre press conferences in late 2020, Rudy Giuliani and conservative lawyer Sidney Powell introduced us to a series of conspiracy theories that purported to explain how the election was stolen from Donald Trump. “Dominion voting systems, Smartmatic technology software, and software used in other computerized encoding systems, not just Dominion, were created in Venezuela at the direction of Hugo Chavez,” Powell explained, making a series of claims that would later be used by Trump in his bid to overturn the election and, later still, be the subject of defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies against various right-wing figures and media outlets, including Fox News.
“Our votes are counted in Germany and Spain by a company owned by affiliates of Chavez and Maduro. Did you ever believe that this was true?” Giuliani interjected, a long streak of sweaty hair dye running down his temple.
Five years later, libel cases settled, Trump lawyers authorizedand Trump himself in the White House, one would think that this whole strange episode would be over. But it raised its head again. Consider:
In an interview with Bloomberg, Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado was asked whether 2020 conspiracy theories might have anything to do with Trump's aggressive focus on Venezuela. Machado responded that there is “no doubt” that Maduro and others “are the masterminds of a system that has rigged elections in many countries, including the United States.” She also said the US was investigating the claim and it became news.
Investigative journalist Aram Roston confirmed A report in the Guardian states that this investigation does exist and that federal agents have interviewed various true believers in the Venezuela theory. The investigation appears to have been completed by the Puerto Rico District Attorney's Office.
Donald Trump posted a message Truth Social in support of Venezuela's claims.
Trump's apparent push for war with the Maduro regime never made full sense; Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a longtime supporter of Venezuela, which goes some way to explaining this. A desire to substantiate some of the biggest claims about the 2020 election may help fill out the picture.
— John Light
Indiana Republican senator says no to redistricting after Trump uses slur
GOP Indiana Sen. Michael Bohacek said Friday he will vote against redistricting when the Senate meets to debate President Trump's gerrymandering after the president snubbed Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
We spoke with Mamdani and Sanders as they joined striking Starbucks workers at a picket in Brooklyn on Monday afternoon. The strike at the brand's union stores continues for the third week, New York just announced that Starbucks agreed to pay $38.9 million in damages for violating local laws requiring fair labor conditions when it failed to provide workers with stable schedules.
Trump's latest branding move came with one of his “all caps” trademark announcements on his Truth Social platform over the weekend.
“I AM THE PRESIDENT OF ACCESSIBILITY,” Trump wrote in a Saturday morning post.
Trump based this statement on his claim that “DRUG PRICES ARE FALLING AT LEVELS UNSEEN EARLIER: 500%, 600%, 700% and more.” He also suggested that “if this story is told correctly, we should win the midterm elections in RECORD NUMBERS.”
Experts of all stripes noted that Trump’s calculations do not add up. If these numbers were true, it would mean that pharmaceutical companies were literally paying the government to distribute their drugs, rather than charging anything for them. Moreover, the policies that Trump is touting, which have led to some price declines, are policies that have been accepted by President Joe Biden.
In his TPM comments, Sanders offered an additional fact check on Trump, pointing to rising health care costs caused by the GOP's “big beautiful bill” as well as price increases associated with Trump tariffs.
“To tell the people of New York and Vermont that you are the 'affordability president' at a time when the legislation you pass will be responsible – unless we change it – for raising health insurance premiums for people on the Affordable Care Act by an average of double, in some cases triple and quadruple… perhaps Trump should reach out to those people who will see their premiums double and triple and explain to them why he is an affordable president,” Sanders said. adding, “Not to mention, his tariffs across the country have clearly driven up prices.”
Mamdani, who met with Trump in the Oval Office last month and noted that accessibility is area where they found common groundwas clearly more diplomatic.
“I would say that our focus is less on who we describe as what and more on what we actually provide to the people of this city,” Mamdani told us, adding: “The focus should always be on the workers, and when you ask these Starbucks workers what are the consequences of a company that refuses to schedule their jobs with any predictability, a company that refuses to pay them the wages that they can actually afford to live in this city, what it turns out is that they don’t know if they can call ourselves New Yorkers more.”
Mamdani, who has vowed to continue participating in protest vigils after he is sworn in next month, is sticking to his message of addressing New York's affordability problem and said he is “tired” of meeting with workers who have to commute from out of state.
“They live in places where they can afford the rent, they can afford the mortgage. That place should be New York again,” Mamdani said.
Neither Madani nor Sanders responded to TPM's questions about whether they believe their messaging on affordability inspired Trump's new midterm strategy.
— Hunter Walker
Did Sidney Powell's conspiracy theory lead us to war with Venezuela?
During another of several bizarre press conferences in late 2020, Rudy Giuliani and conservative lawyer Sidney Powell introduced us to a series of conspiracy theories that purported to explain how the election was stolen from Donald Trump. “Dominion voting systems, Smartmatic technology software, and software used in other computerized encoding systems, not just Dominion, were created in Venezuela at the direction of Hugo Chavez,” Powell explained, making a series of claims that would later be used by Trump in his bid to overturn the election and, later still, be the subject of defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies against various right-wing figures and media outlets, including Fox News.
“Our votes are counted in Germany and Spain by a company owned by affiliates of Chavez and Maduro. Did you ever believe that this was true?” Giuliani interjected, a long streak of sweaty hair dye running down his temple.
Five years later, libel cases settled, Trump lawyers authorizedand Trump himself in the White House, one would think that this whole strange episode would be over. But it raised its head again. Consider:
In an interview with Bloomberg, Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado was asked whether 2020 conspiracy theories might have anything to do with Trump's aggressive focus on Venezuela. Machado responded that there is “no doubt” that Maduro and others “are the masterminds of a system that has rigged elections in many countries, including the United States.” She also said the US was investigating the claim and it became news.
Investigative journalist Aram Roston confirmed A report in the Guardian states that this investigation does exist and that federal agents have interviewed various true believers in the Venezuela theory. The investigation appears to have been completed by the Puerto Rico District Attorney's Office.
Donald Trump posted a message Truth Social in support of Venezuela's claims.
Trump's apparent push for war with the Maduro regime never made full sense; Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a longtime supporter of Venezuela, which goes some way to explaining this. A desire to substantiate some of the biggest claims about the 2020 election may help fill out the picture.
— John Light
Indiana Republican senator says no to redistricting after Trump uses slur
GOP Indiana Sen. Michael Bohacek said Friday he will vote against redistricting when the Senate meets to debate President Trump's gerrymandering after the president snubbed Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
“I will shock you all by suggesting that the President of the United States is a pathological liar. He lies all the time,” Sanders told us.
We spoke with Mamdani and Sanders as they joined striking Starbucks workers at a picket in Brooklyn on Monday afternoon. The strike at the brand's union stores continues for the third week, New York just announced that Starbucks agreed to pay $38.9 million in damages for violating local laws requiring fair labor conditions when it failed to provide workers with stable schedules.
Trump's latest branding move came with one of his “all caps” trademark announcements on his Truth Social platform over the weekend.
“I AM THE PRESIDENT OF ACCESSIBILITY,” Trump wrote in a Saturday morning post.
Trump based this statement on his claim that “DRUG PRICES ARE FALLING AT LEVELS UNSEEN EARLIER: 500%, 600%, 700% and more.” He also suggested that “if this story is told correctly, we should win the midterm elections in RECORD NUMBERS.”
Experts of all stripes noted that Trump’s calculations do not add up. If these numbers were true, it would mean that pharmaceutical companies were literally paying the government to distribute their drugs, rather than charging anything for them. Moreover, the policies that Trump is touting, which have led to some price declines, are policies that have been accepted by President Joe Biden.
In his TPM comments, Sanders offered an additional fact check on Trump, pointing to rising health care costs caused by the GOP's “big beautiful bill” as well as price increases associated with Trump tariffs.
“To tell the people of New York and Vermont that you are the 'affordability president' at a time when the legislation you pass will be responsible – unless we change it – for raising health insurance premiums for people on the Affordable Care Act by an average of double, in some cases triple and quadruple… perhaps Trump should reach out to those people who will see their premiums double and triple and explain to them why he is an affordable president,” Sanders said. adding, “Not to mention, his tariffs across the country have clearly driven up prices.”
Mamdani, who met with Trump in the Oval Office last month and noted that accessibility is area where they found common groundwas clearly more diplomatic.
“I would say that our focus is less on who we describe as what and more on what we actually provide to the people of this city,” Mamdani told us, adding: “The focus should always be on the workers, and when you ask these Starbucks workers what are the consequences of a company that refuses to schedule their jobs with any predictability, a company that refuses to pay them the wages that they can actually afford to live in this city, what it turns out is that they don’t know if they can call ourselves New Yorkers more.”
Mamdani, who has vowed to continue participating in protest vigils after he is sworn in next month, is sticking to his message of addressing New York's affordability problem and said he is “tired” of meeting with workers who have to commute from out of state.
“They live in places where they can afford the rent, they can afford the mortgage. That place should be New York again,” Mamdani said.
Neither Madani nor Sanders responded to TPM's questions about whether they believe their messaging on affordability inspired Trump's new midterm strategy.
— Hunter Walker
Did Sidney Powell's conspiracy theory lead us to war with Venezuela?
During another of several bizarre press conferences in late 2020, Rudy Giuliani and conservative lawyer Sidney Powell introduced us to a series of conspiracy theories that purported to explain how the election was stolen from Donald Trump. “Dominion voting systems, Smartmatic technology software, and software used in other computerized encoding systems, not just Dominion, were created in Venezuela at the direction of Hugo Chavez,” Powell explained, making a series of claims that would later be used by Trump in his bid to overturn the election and, later still, be the subject of defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies against various right-wing figures and media outlets, including Fox News.
“Our votes are counted in Germany and Spain by a company owned by affiliates of Chavez and Maduro. Did you ever believe that this was true?” Giuliani interjected, a long streak of sweaty hair dye running down his temple.
Five years later, libel cases settled, Trump lawyers authorizedand Trump himself in the White House, one would think that this whole strange episode would be over. But it raised its head again. Consider:
In an interview with Bloomberg, Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado was asked whether 2020 conspiracy theories might have anything to do with Trump's aggressive focus on Venezuela. Machado responded that there is “no doubt” that Maduro and others “are the masterminds of a system that has rigged elections in many countries, including the United States.” She also said the US was investigating the claim and it became news.
Investigative journalist Aram Roston confirmed A report in the Guardian states that this investigation does exist and that federal agents have interviewed various true believers in the Venezuela theory. The investigation appears to have been completed by the Puerto Rico District Attorney's Office.
Donald Trump posted a message Truth Social in support of Venezuela's claims.
Trump's apparent push for war with the Maduro regime never made full sense; Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a longtime supporter of Venezuela, which goes some way to explaining this. A desire to substantiate some of the biggest claims about the 2020 election may help fill out the picture.
— John Light
Indiana Republican senator says no to redistricting after Trump uses slur
GOP Indiana Sen. Michael Bohacek said Friday he will vote against redistricting when the Senate meets to debate President Trump's gerrymandering after the president snubbed Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
On Monday afternoon, TPM asked Mamdani and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), another democratic socialist who also emphasized income inequality during his two presidential campaigns, what they thought of Trump's attempt to take on the “affordability” mantle.
“I will shock you all by suggesting that the President of the United States is a pathological liar. He lies all the time,” Sanders told us.
We spoke with Mamdani and Sanders as they joined striking Starbucks workers at a picket in Brooklyn on Monday afternoon. The strike at the brand's union stores continues for the third week, New York just announced that Starbucks agreed to pay $38.9 million in damages for violating local laws requiring fair labor conditions when it failed to provide workers with stable schedules.
Trump's latest branding move came with one of his “all caps” trademark announcements on his Truth Social platform over the weekend.
“I AM THE PRESIDENT OF ACCESSIBILITY,” Trump wrote in a Saturday morning post.
Trump based this statement on his claim that “DRUG PRICES ARE FALLING AT LEVELS UNSEEN EARLIER: 500%, 600%, 700% and more.” He also suggested that “if this story is told correctly, we should win the midterm elections in RECORD NUMBERS.”
Experts of all stripes noted that Trump’s calculations do not add up. If these numbers were true, it would mean that pharmaceutical companies were literally paying the government to distribute their drugs, rather than charging anything for them. Moreover, the policies that Trump is touting, which have led to some price declines, are policies that have been accepted by President Joe Biden.
In his TPM comments, Sanders offered an additional fact check on Trump, pointing to rising health care costs caused by the GOP's “big beautiful bill” as well as price increases associated with Trump tariffs.
“To tell the people of New York and Vermont that you are the 'affordability president' at a time when the legislation you pass will be responsible – unless we change it – for raising health insurance premiums for people on the Affordable Care Act by an average of double, in some cases triple and quadruple… perhaps Trump should reach out to those people who will see their premiums double and triple and explain to them why he is an affordable president,” Sanders said. adding, “Not to mention, his tariffs across the country have clearly driven up prices.”
Mamdani, who met with Trump in the Oval Office last month and noted that accessibility is area where they found common groundwas clearly more diplomatic.
“I would say that our focus is less on who we describe as what and more on what we actually provide to the people of this city,” Mamdani told us, adding: “The focus should always be on the workers, and when you ask these Starbucks workers what are the consequences of a company that refuses to schedule their jobs with any predictability, a company that refuses to pay them the wages that they can actually afford to live in this city, what it turns out is that they don’t know if they can call ourselves New Yorkers more.”
Mamdani, who has vowed to continue participating in protest vigils after he is sworn in next month, is sticking to his message of addressing New York's affordability problem and said he is “tired” of meeting with workers who have to commute from out of state.
“They live in places where they can afford the rent, they can afford the mortgage. That place should be New York again,” Mamdani said.
Neither Madani nor Sanders responded to TPM's questions about whether they believe their messaging on affordability inspired Trump's new midterm strategy.
— Hunter Walker
Did Sidney Powell's conspiracy theory lead us to war with Venezuela?
During another of several bizarre press conferences in late 2020, Rudy Giuliani and conservative lawyer Sidney Powell introduced us to a series of conspiracy theories that purported to explain how the election was stolen from Donald Trump. “Dominion voting systems, Smartmatic technology software, and software used in other computerized encoding systems, not just Dominion, were created in Venezuela at the direction of Hugo Chavez,” Powell explained, making a series of claims that would later be used by Trump in his bid to overturn the election and, later still, be the subject of defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies against various right-wing figures and media outlets, including Fox News.
“Our votes are counted in Germany and Spain by a company owned by affiliates of Chavez and Maduro. Did you ever believe that this was true?” Giuliani interjected, a long streak of sweaty hair dye running down his temple.
Five years later, libel cases settled, Trump lawyers authorizedand Trump himself in the White House, one would think that this whole strange episode would be over. But it raised its head again. Consider:
In an interview with Bloomberg, Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado was asked whether 2020 conspiracy theories might have anything to do with Trump's aggressive focus on Venezuela. Machado responded that there is “no doubt” that Maduro and others “are the masterminds of a system that has rigged elections in many countries, including the United States.” She also said the US was investigating the claim and it became news.
Investigative journalist Aram Roston confirmed A report in the Guardian states that this investigation does exist and that federal agents have interviewed various true believers in the Venezuela theory. The investigation appears to have been completed by the Puerto Rico District Attorney's Office.
Donald Trump posted a message Truth Social in support of Venezuela's claims.
Trump's apparent push for war with the Maduro regime never made full sense; Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a longtime supporter of Venezuela, which goes some way to explaining this. A desire to substantiate some of the biggest claims about the 2020 election may help fill out the picture.
— John Light
Indiana Republican senator says no to redistricting after Trump uses slur
GOP Indiana Sen. Michael Bohacek said Friday he will vote against redistricting when the Senate meets to debate President Trump's gerrymandering after the president snubbed Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
On Monday afternoon, TPM asked Mamdani and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), another democratic socialist who also emphasized income inequality during his two presidential campaigns, what they thought of Trump's attempt to take on the “affordability” mantle.
“I will shock you all by suggesting that the President of the United States is a pathological liar. He lies all the time,” Sanders told us.
We spoke with Mamdani and Sanders as they joined striking Starbucks workers at a picket in Brooklyn on Monday afternoon. The strike at the brand's union stores continues for the third week, New York just announced that Starbucks agreed to pay $38.9 million in damages for violating local laws requiring fair labor conditions when it failed to provide workers with stable schedules.
Trump's latest branding move came with one of his “all caps” trademark announcements on his Truth Social platform over the weekend.
“I AM THE PRESIDENT OF ACCESSIBILITY,” Trump wrote in a Saturday morning post.
Trump based this statement on his claim that “DRUG PRICES ARE FALLING AT LEVELS UNSEEN EARLIER: 500%, 600%, 700% and more.” He also suggested that “if this story is told correctly, we should win the midterm elections in RECORD NUMBERS.”
Experts of all stripes noted that Trump’s calculations do not add up. If these numbers were true, it would mean that pharmaceutical companies were literally paying the government to distribute their drugs, rather than charging anything for them. Moreover, the policies that Trump is touting, which have led to some price declines, are policies that have been accepted by President Joe Biden.
In his TPM comments, Sanders offered an additional fact check on Trump, pointing to rising health care costs caused by the GOP's “big beautiful bill” as well as price increases associated with Trump tariffs.
“To tell the people of New York and Vermont that you are the 'affordability president' at a time when the legislation you pass will be responsible – unless we change it – for raising health insurance premiums for people on the Affordable Care Act by an average of double, in some cases triple and quadruple… perhaps Trump should reach out to those people who will see their premiums double and triple and explain to them why he is an affordable president,” Sanders said. adding, “Not to mention, his tariffs across the country have clearly driven up prices.”
Mamdani, who met with Trump in the Oval Office last month and noted that accessibility is area where they found common groundwas clearly more diplomatic.
“I would say that our focus is less on who we describe as what and more on what we actually provide to the people of this city,” Mamdani told us, adding: “The focus should always be on the workers, and when you ask these Starbucks workers what are the consequences of a company that refuses to schedule their jobs with any predictability, a company that refuses to pay them the wages that they can actually afford to live in this city, what it turns out is that they don’t know if they can call ourselves New Yorkers more.”
Mamdani, who has vowed to continue participating in protest vigils after he is sworn in next month, is sticking to his message of addressing New York's affordability problem and said he is “tired” of meeting with workers who have to commute from out of state.
“They live in places where they can afford the rent, they can afford the mortgage. That place should be New York again,” Mamdani said.
Neither Madani nor Sanders responded to TPM's questions about whether they believe their messaging on affordability inspired Trump's new midterm strategy.
— Hunter Walker
Did Sidney Powell's conspiracy theory lead us to war with Venezuela?
During another of several bizarre press conferences in late 2020, Rudy Giuliani and conservative lawyer Sidney Powell introduced us to a series of conspiracy theories that purported to explain how the election was stolen from Donald Trump. “Dominion voting systems, Smartmatic technology software, and software used in other computerized encoding systems, not just Dominion, were created in Venezuela at the direction of Hugo Chavez,” Powell explained, making a series of claims that would later be used by Trump in his bid to overturn the election and, later still, be the subject of defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies against various right-wing figures and media outlets, including Fox News.
“Our votes are counted in Germany and Spain by a company owned by affiliates of Chavez and Maduro. Did you ever believe that this was true?” Giuliani interjected, a long streak of sweaty hair dye running down his temple.
Five years later, libel cases settled, Trump lawyers authorizedand Trump himself in the White House, one would think that this whole strange episode would be over. But it raised its head again. Consider:
In an interview with Bloomberg, Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado was asked whether 2020 conspiracy theories might have anything to do with Trump's aggressive focus on Venezuela. Machado responded that there is “no doubt” that Maduro and others “are the masterminds of a system that has rigged elections in many countries, including the United States.” She also said the US was investigating the claim and it became news.
Investigative journalist Aram Roston confirmed A report in the Guardian states that this investigation does exist and that federal agents have interviewed various true believers in the Venezuela theory. The investigation appears to have been completed by the Puerto Rico District Attorney's Office.
Donald Trump posted a message Truth Social in support of Venezuela's claims.
Trump's apparent push for war with the Maduro regime never made full sense; Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a longtime supporter of Venezuela, which goes some way to explaining this. A desire to substantiate some of the biggest claims about the 2020 election may help fill out the picture.
— John Light
Indiana Republican senator says no to redistricting after Trump uses slur
GOP Indiana Sen. Michael Bohacek said Friday he will vote against redistricting when the Senate meets to debate President Trump's gerrymandering after the president snubbed Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
“Minnesota's severely retarded Governor Tim Walz does nothing, either out of fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote in his message. mail on Truth Social last week, insulting Walz when he launched into a wild essay about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and raised conspiracy theories about her family.
“This is not the first time our President has used these offensive and derogatory references, and his choice of words has consequences,” Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek wrote on Facebook, explaining that his daughter has Down syndrome.
“I will vote against redistricting, so perhaps he can use the next 10 months to convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a majority in Congress,” he added.
Bohacek's announcement comes at a critical moment for Trump's broader redistricting campaign, which appears to be losing steam in red states across the country.
The Indiana House of Representatives will vote on the new map this week. The Senate will convene on Dec. 8, but it remains unclear whether the Senate has enough support to approve the map. The map must be approved by both the state House and Senate before the governor can sign it.
