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Monday, November 09, 2026

President Donald Trump on Monday questioned the legitimacy of the midterm election results, resurrecting his pattern of raising doubts about electoral losses for himself and other Republicans. Trump's social media post raising questions about the election came six days after his fellow Republicans suffered historic defeats at the polls nationwide, including in several GOP strongholds like Texas and South Carolina. "Does anybody really believe that this Election' was honest," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "How could the Polls be so wrong??? Some early voting dumps' were so large that it was impossible to win, no matter how many people went to vote," the president said.


You probably haven't fully absorbed it yet, as you wander aimlessly through the wreckage of your glorious new East Wing, and lash out at Susie Wiles as therapy, but you were just fired by the American people. Yep. Fired. That 13 percent margin of victory for the not-exactly popular Democrats? That's a once-in-a-century margin. That's the biggest public repudiation of any party since the 1974 Watergate election. You have to go back to 1926 to find a margin that's bigger. That makes you a once-in-a-century loser, sir. I've seen this for a decade now, Mr President, but you don't read, of course, so let me reprise what so many of your voters now finally, finally see. You're a liar and a conman who preys on the weak and the poor. You've made the GOP toxic for an entire generation, and divided it into warring factions that are just kicking into internecine gear. The gains you and your party made with Hispanics, blacks, and other minorities in 2024 have been wiped clean.


The Trump administration awarded a small biosecurity company nearly $40 million to screen for Ebola and other infectious diseases just months after a firm linked to President Donald Trump's elder sons invested in its parent company, according to records and interviews. The contracts, one to screen for Ebola in several U.S. airports and the other to respond to disease outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo, are seven times the total value of government contracts the company had directly received before. The company, XpresTest, has years of experience monitoring for COVID-19 and other diseases for the government at U.S. airports. That makes its parent, XWELL, an unusual hybrid, selling both spa treatments and biosecurity services. Last year, it made most of its money from waxing salons and airport spas that offer manicures, massages and "chakra beds."


Sunday, November 08, 2026

Opponents worry police, fire and emergency services will suffer: "State economists have projected that local governments will lose nearly $5 billion in the first year and nearly $12 billion a year once the exemption is fully phased in." read more


President leaves question unanswered as Democrats seize control of both chambers in the midterm elections. read more


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