The JPMorgan Chase CEO said November's election result was the culmination of feedback he had heard across the country, with voters tired of being "lectured" to by the current administration. In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning released over the weekend, Dimon was asked if he was surprised that Trump had won the election, to which he responded "no." "People were angry at the"what do they call it?"the state, the swamp ... ineffective government," Dimon explained. "People wanted kind of more pro-growth and pro-business policies; they didn't want to be lectured to on social policies continuously," he added. "I think it's the lecturing part of it"the social superiority, it's the 'My way or the highway.' "I traveled around the country. I felt it wherever I went."
Former CNN host Don Lemon slammed Barack Obama for "yucking it up" with Donald Trump at former President Jimmy Carter's funeral on Thursday and urged Democrats not to be too civil to a man they cast as a fascist. Obama and his successor were seen chatting and chuckling while seated together at the service. The exchange went viral, as did the moment Karen Pence appeared to snub Trump, whose antics on Jan. 6, 2021, saw his supporters calling for her husband, former Vice President Mike Pence, to be hanged. "People had many, many questions," Lemon said on his YouTube channel over the weekend. "How could Barack Obama, the man who faced vicious, racist conspiracies for years because of Trump, act so buddy-buddy with him?
On Monday, journalist Glenn Greenwald asked on X, "Is there a single person in DC or media acting as if Literal Adolf Hitler is about to assume power in 2 weeks in order to end American democracy, install fascism, and create a white supremacist dictatorship? Is it possible those who said this for years never believed it?" read more
The Biden administration's Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found they overstepped the president's authority. read more
President-elect Trump and future first lady Melania Trump paid their respects to former President Jimmy Carter at his funeral in Woodley Park, Washington, D.C., on Thursday, where Trump and one of his most prominent political foes appeared to put politics aside. read more
Everyone is saying the same thing, but I dont think Democrats are listening.