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When one deals in politics long enough, you come to expect hypocrisy and outright lying from right wingers. But sometimes, they take it to such extremes that even the most hardened are left with their mouths agape. Charlie Sykes reached that plateau on Friday morning when he made an appearance on Morning Joe to discuss Donald Trump's dissing of Milwaukee: Sykes actually had the audacity to say this: This was probably not the most significant thing.

Sorry Trump, but CNN doesn't have any "poll numbers" they're worried about. Here's Trump at his birthday party/rally down in West Palm Beach, working up the crowd as to whether the upcoming CNN debate (the one we're still wondering when he's going to back out of) is going to be fair. TRUMP: I accepted it, and I'm sure, I think Jake will be fair.

Some of the country's "top CEOs" were apparently were surprised by the fact that Trump is a "meandering" moron. Who wants to take dibs on whether all of them will still vote for him or not? Here's more on that meeting from CNBC: Former President Donald Trump failed to impress everyone in a room full of top CEOs Thursday at the Business Roundtable’s quarterly meeting, multiple attendees told CNBC. “Trump doesn’t know what he’s talking about,” said one CEO who was in the room, according to a person who heard the executive speaking.

A conservative advocacy group headed by scam artist Charlie Kirk is pushing Americans to drink raw milk at a time when a widespread flu outbreak makes this potentially fatal. This is just one of several moves by right-wing groups and media pundits since the Food and Drug Administration cautioned against drinking raw milk following the rapid spread of H5N1 bird flu among dairy cattle. . Charlie Kirk, founder, and executive director of Turning Point USA, speaks at Dream City Church on June 06, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.

The New Republic has the deets on this jaw-dropping campaign ad it called “possibly the most distasteful, cringe-worthy political ad of 2024 to date”: “I have another dream!” begins the skin-crawling video, which was posted to X (formerly Twitter) on Friday. “Yes, it is me, Martin Luther King. I came back from the dead to say something, as I was saying, I have another dream—that Anthony Hudson will be Michigan 8th district’s next congressman.

There are buildings with Trump's name on them. However, tenants have fought to strip the former President's name from their buildings in some cases. In New York, a judge ruled that residents of Trump Place have the right to remove Lumpy's name from the building if enough of them approve of it.