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<\/a><\/p>\nBorowitz: Xi Humiliates Trump by Reading Aloud From Epstein Files<\/a><\/h2>\nBEIJING\u2014President Xi Jinping\u2019s humiliation of Donald J. Trump peaked on Thursday when the Chinese leader used a joint appearance to read aloud from the Epstein Files.<\/p>\n
Standing at a podium barely three feet away from his American counterpart, a stony-faced Xi recited a series of damning allegations about Trump that the DOJ\u2019s redaction team had somehow missed.<\/p>\n
While the assembled press listened with rapt attention, Trump appeared oblivious to Xi\u2019s audacious effort to embarrass him.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a true friend,\u201d Trump later said of Xi. \u201cHe said my name many, many times.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joyce Vance: Forgetting About Jeffrey Epstein<\/a><\/h2>\nJaidyn Bridgeforth @ Atlanta Black Star<\/em>: \u2018An Abomination\u2019: A Congresswoman Just Tore Apart the System That Let Epstein Walk Free for Years, and What She Revealed About Who Protected Him Is Absolutely Damning<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – May 14, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nVice President J.D. Vance was in Maine today to tout what the Trump administration claims is its push to combat fraud in public services. Vance blamed Democrats for fraud in Medicaid programs and vowed that the Trump administration would stop such fraud by refusing to distribute funds to states that were not cooperating with the federal government\u2019s anti-fraud efforts. He announced yesterday the administration intends to withhold $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments from California.<\/p>\n
This alleged push against fraud is part of an old playbook the Republicans have used since at least 2000 in which they accuse the Democrats of their own weak points and misdeeds.<\/p>\n
This play was often associated with Republican strategist Karl Rove, but in 2024, Caroline Wazer of Snopes<\/em> noted that it is most usually associated with Nazi propaganda in the 1930s. Accusing opponents of what you, yourself, are doing, muddies the waters and makes it hard for real accusations against you for the same thing to stick.<\/p>\nExperts say fraud in federal programs is a real problem but that it is carried out primarily by transnational criminal organizations, not by individual recipients. …
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Borowitz: Trump Tours Chinese Factory that Manufactures his Bibles<\/a><\/h2>\nSHANGHAI\u2014Donald J. Trump accomplished what he called \u201cthe main goal\u201d of his trip to China on Thursday by inspecting the printing plant where his $60 Trump Bibles are printed.<\/p>\n
Accompanied by Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump said he wanted \u201cto be sure that the Chinese printed the lyrics to \u2018God Bless the USA\u2019 right, because those are Jesus\u2019s most important words.\u201d<\/p>\n
President Xi praised his American counterpart, telling him, \u201cYou have created more Chinese jobs than I have.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump cancelled plans to visit the factory that manufactures gold Trump Mobile phones after learning that it did not exist.<\/p>\n
J.D. Wolf @ Meidas News<\/em>: Trump Mobile Hit With Community Note Claiming Phone Is Chinese-Made Rebrand<\/a><\/h2>\nFact Check: \u201cRetails on Amazon currently for $126.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nJohn Hudson @ Washington Post<\/em>: China gains major edge on U.S. amid Iran war, intelligence report finds<\/a><\/h2>\nA confidential U.S. intelligence analysis details how China is exploiting the war in Iran to maximize its advantage over the United States across military, economic, diplomatic and other fields, said two U.S. officials who have read the report.<\/p>\n
Lily Kuo, Pei-Lin Wu, Pablo Robles @ NY Times<\/em>: What China\u2019s Choice of Airport Greeter Says About Trump<\/a><\/h2>\nBeijing welcomed President Trump with a high-ranking vice president, but the choice of a ceremonial leader suggests China is trading symbolism for substance.<\/em><\/p>\nRichard Spencer @ Times of London<\/em>: Xi\u2019s imperial aura now outshines Trump on the world stage<\/a><\/h2>\nAlexander Ward, Annie Linskey, Brian Spegele @ WSJ<\/em>: Xi\u2019s Taiwan Warning to Trump Highlights Tensions in Beijing Summit<\/a><\/h2>\nPaul Krugman: A Failing, Flailing President Supplicates Xi<\/a><\/h2>\nWhy China has contempt for Donald Trump<\/em><\/p>\nRobert Reich: The Most Important Thing You Should Know About the CEOs Traveling to China with Trump<\/a><\/h2>\nThey all have something in common, and it’s not the interest of America<\/em><\/p>\n
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Heather Delaney Reese: Trump is about to pull off the biggest con in American history<\/a><\/h2>\n… The New York Times<\/em> reported that the Justice Department, run by the President\u2019s former personal defense attorney, Todd Blanche, is in active internal discussions about whether to settle the President\u2019s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. A settlement that would effectively give the man who runs the executive branch of the United States of America a multi-billion-dollar taxpayer payout, with his own former personal lawyer signing the check.
\n…<\/p>\nAnd that is exactly why the Justice Department is racing to settle before May 20. If they settle privately before the judge rules, she cannot stop them. Legal experts told the Times that even if Judge Williams ultimately concluded the settlement was collusive or made in bad faith, she likely could not unwind the money once it changed hands. They are trying to get this done before a judge can call it what it is.
\n(Heather Delaney Reese more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Emily Atkin @ Heated<\/em>: Hantavirus is a climate story<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Jaidyn Bridgeforth @ Atlanta Black Star<\/em>: \u2018An Abomination\u2019: A Congresswoman Just Tore Apart the System That Let Epstein Walk Free for Years, and What She Revealed About Who Protected Him Is Absolutely Damning<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – May 14, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nVice President J.D. Vance was in Maine today to tout what the Trump administration claims is its push to combat fraud in public services. Vance blamed Democrats for fraud in Medicaid programs and vowed that the Trump administration would stop such fraud by refusing to distribute funds to states that were not cooperating with the federal government\u2019s anti-fraud efforts. He announced yesterday the administration intends to withhold $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments from California.<\/p>\n
This alleged push against fraud is part of an old playbook the Republicans have used since at least 2000 in which they accuse the Democrats of their own weak points and misdeeds.<\/p>\n
This play was often associated with Republican strategist Karl Rove, but in 2024, Caroline Wazer of Snopes<\/em> noted that it is most usually associated with Nazi propaganda in the 1930s. Accusing opponents of what you, yourself, are doing, muddies the waters and makes it hard for real accusations against you for the same thing to stick.<\/p>\nExperts say fraud in federal programs is a real problem but that it is carried out primarily by transnational criminal organizations, not by individual recipients. …
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Borowitz: Trump Tours Chinese Factory that Manufactures his Bibles<\/a><\/h2>\nSHANGHAI\u2014Donald J. Trump accomplished what he called \u201cthe main goal\u201d of his trip to China on Thursday by inspecting the printing plant where his $60 Trump Bibles are printed.<\/p>\n
Accompanied by Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump said he wanted \u201cto be sure that the Chinese printed the lyrics to \u2018God Bless the USA\u2019 right, because those are Jesus\u2019s most important words.\u201d<\/p>\n
President Xi praised his American counterpart, telling him, \u201cYou have created more Chinese jobs than I have.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump cancelled plans to visit the factory that manufactures gold Trump Mobile phones after learning that it did not exist.<\/p>\n
J.D. Wolf @ Meidas News<\/em>: Trump Mobile Hit With Community Note Claiming Phone Is Chinese-Made Rebrand<\/a><\/h2>\nFact Check: \u201cRetails on Amazon currently for $126.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nJohn Hudson @ Washington Post<\/em>: China gains major edge on U.S. amid Iran war, intelligence report finds<\/a><\/h2>\nA confidential U.S. intelligence analysis details how China is exploiting the war in Iran to maximize its advantage over the United States across military, economic, diplomatic and other fields, said two U.S. officials who have read the report.<\/p>\n
Lily Kuo, Pei-Lin Wu, Pablo Robles @ NY Times<\/em>: What China\u2019s Choice of Airport Greeter Says About Trump<\/a><\/h2>\nBeijing welcomed President Trump with a high-ranking vice president, but the choice of a ceremonial leader suggests China is trading symbolism for substance.<\/em><\/p>\nRichard Spencer @ Times of London<\/em>: Xi\u2019s imperial aura now outshines Trump on the world stage<\/a><\/h2>\nAlexander Ward, Annie Linskey, Brian Spegele @ WSJ<\/em>: Xi\u2019s Taiwan Warning to Trump Highlights Tensions in Beijing Summit<\/a><\/h2>\nPaul Krugman: A Failing, Flailing President Supplicates Xi<\/a><\/h2>\nWhy China has contempt for Donald Trump<\/em><\/p>\nRobert Reich: The Most Important Thing You Should Know About the CEOs Traveling to China with Trump<\/a><\/h2>\nThey all have something in common, and it’s not the interest of America<\/em><\/p>\n
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Heather Delaney Reese: Trump is about to pull off the biggest con in American history<\/a><\/h2>\n… The New York Times<\/em> reported that the Justice Department, run by the President\u2019s former personal defense attorney, Todd Blanche, is in active internal discussions about whether to settle the President\u2019s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. A settlement that would effectively give the man who runs the executive branch of the United States of America a multi-billion-dollar taxpayer payout, with his own former personal lawyer signing the check.
\n…<\/p>\nAnd that is exactly why the Justice Department is racing to settle before May 20. If they settle privately before the judge rules, she cannot stop them. Legal experts told the Times that even if Judge Williams ultimately concluded the settlement was collusive or made in bad faith, she likely could not unwind the money once it changed hands. They are trying to get this done before a judge can call it what it is.
\n(Heather Delaney Reese more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Emily Atkin @ Heated<\/em>: Hantavirus is a climate story<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – May 14, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nVice President J.D. Vance was in Maine today to tout what the Trump administration claims is its push to combat fraud in public services. Vance blamed Democrats for fraud in Medicaid programs and vowed that the Trump administration would stop such fraud by refusing to distribute funds to states that were not cooperating with the federal government\u2019s anti-fraud efforts. He announced yesterday the administration intends to withhold $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments from California.<\/p>\n
This alleged push against fraud is part of an old playbook the Republicans have used since at least 2000 in which they accuse the Democrats of their own weak points and misdeeds.<\/p>\n
This play was often associated with Republican strategist Karl Rove, but in 2024, Caroline Wazer of Snopes<\/em> noted that it is most usually associated with Nazi propaganda in the 1930s. Accusing opponents of what you, yourself, are doing, muddies the waters and makes it hard for real accusations against you for the same thing to stick.<\/p>\nExperts say fraud in federal programs is a real problem but that it is carried out primarily by transnational criminal organizations, not by individual recipients. …
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Borowitz: Trump Tours Chinese Factory that Manufactures his Bibles<\/a><\/h2>\nSHANGHAI\u2014Donald J. Trump accomplished what he called \u201cthe main goal\u201d of his trip to China on Thursday by inspecting the printing plant where his $60 Trump Bibles are printed.<\/p>\n
Accompanied by Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump said he wanted \u201cto be sure that the Chinese printed the lyrics to \u2018God Bless the USA\u2019 right, because those are Jesus\u2019s most important words.\u201d<\/p>\n
President Xi praised his American counterpart, telling him, \u201cYou have created more Chinese jobs than I have.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump cancelled plans to visit the factory that manufactures gold Trump Mobile phones after learning that it did not exist.<\/p>\n
J.D. Wolf @ Meidas News<\/em>: Trump Mobile Hit With Community Note Claiming Phone Is Chinese-Made Rebrand<\/a><\/h2>\nFact Check: \u201cRetails on Amazon currently for $126.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nJohn Hudson @ Washington Post<\/em>: China gains major edge on U.S. amid Iran war, intelligence report finds<\/a><\/h2>\nA confidential U.S. intelligence analysis details how China is exploiting the war in Iran to maximize its advantage over the United States across military, economic, diplomatic and other fields, said two U.S. officials who have read the report.<\/p>\n
Lily Kuo, Pei-Lin Wu, Pablo Robles @ NY Times<\/em>: What China\u2019s Choice of Airport Greeter Says About Trump<\/a><\/h2>\nBeijing welcomed President Trump with a high-ranking vice president, but the choice of a ceremonial leader suggests China is trading symbolism for substance.<\/em><\/p>\nRichard Spencer @ Times of London<\/em>: Xi\u2019s imperial aura now outshines Trump on the world stage<\/a><\/h2>\nAlexander Ward, Annie Linskey, Brian Spegele @ WSJ<\/em>: Xi\u2019s Taiwan Warning to Trump Highlights Tensions in Beijing Summit<\/a><\/h2>\nPaul Krugman: A Failing, Flailing President Supplicates Xi<\/a><\/h2>\nWhy China has contempt for Donald Trump<\/em><\/p>\nRobert Reich: The Most Important Thing You Should Know About the CEOs Traveling to China with Trump<\/a><\/h2>\nThey all have something in common, and it’s not the interest of America<\/em><\/p>\n
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Heather Delaney Reese: Trump is about to pull off the biggest con in American history<\/a><\/h2>\n… The New York Times<\/em> reported that the Justice Department, run by the President\u2019s former personal defense attorney, Todd Blanche, is in active internal discussions about whether to settle the President\u2019s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. A settlement that would effectively give the man who runs the executive branch of the United States of America a multi-billion-dollar taxpayer payout, with his own former personal lawyer signing the check.
\n…<\/p>\nAnd that is exactly why the Justice Department is racing to settle before May 20. If they settle privately before the judge rules, she cannot stop them. Legal experts told the Times that even if Judge Williams ultimately concluded the settlement was collusive or made in bad faith, she likely could not unwind the money once it changed hands. They are trying to get this done before a judge can call it what it is.
\n(Heather Delaney Reese more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Emily Atkin @ Heated<\/em>: Hantavirus is a climate story<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Experts say fraud in federal programs is a real problem but that it is carried out primarily by transnational criminal organizations, not by individual recipients. … SHANGHAI\u2014Donald J. Trump accomplished what he called \u201cthe main goal\u201d of his trip to China on Thursday by inspecting the printing plant where his $60 Trump Bibles are printed.<\/p>\n Accompanied by Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump said he wanted \u201cto be sure that the Chinese printed the lyrics to \u2018God Bless the USA\u2019 right, because those are Jesus\u2019s most important words.\u201d<\/p>\n President Xi praised his American counterpart, telling him, \u201cYou have created more Chinese jobs than I have.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump cancelled plans to visit the factory that manufactures gold Trump Mobile phones after learning that it did not exist.<\/p>\n Fact Check: \u201cRetails on Amazon currently for $126.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n A confidential U.S. intelligence analysis details how China is exploiting the war in Iran to maximize its advantage over the United States across military, economic, diplomatic and other fields, said two U.S. officials who have read the report.<\/p>\n Beijing welcomed President Trump with a high-ranking vice president, but the choice of a ceremonial leader suggests China is trading symbolism for substance.<\/em><\/p>\n Why China has contempt for Donald Trump<\/em><\/p>\n They all have something in common, and it’s not the interest of America<\/em><\/p>\n … The New York Times<\/em> reported that the Justice Department, run by the President\u2019s former personal defense attorney, Todd Blanche, is in active internal discussions about whether to settle the President\u2019s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. A settlement that would effectively give the man who runs the executive branch of the United States of America a multi-billion-dollar taxpayer payout, with his own former personal lawyer signing the check. And that is exactly why the Justice Department is racing to settle before May 20. If they settle privately before the judge rules, she cannot stop them. Legal experts told the Times that even if Judge Williams ultimately concluded the settlement was collusive or made in bad faith, she likely could not unwind the money once it changed hands. They are trying to get this done before a judge can call it what it is.
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nBorowitz: Trump Tours Chinese Factory that Manufactures his Bibles<\/a><\/h2>\n
J.D. Wolf @ Meidas News<\/em>: Trump Mobile Hit With Community Note Claiming Phone Is Chinese-Made Rebrand<\/a><\/h2>\n
John Hudson @ Washington Post<\/em>: China gains major edge on U.S. amid Iran war, intelligence report finds<\/a><\/h2>\n
Lily Kuo, Pei-Lin Wu, Pablo Robles @ NY Times<\/em>: What China\u2019s Choice of Airport Greeter Says About Trump<\/a><\/h2>\n
Richard Spencer @ Times of London<\/em>: Xi\u2019s imperial aura now outshines Trump on the world stage<\/a><\/h2>\n
Alexander Ward, Annie Linskey, Brian Spegele @ WSJ<\/em>: Xi\u2019s Taiwan Warning to Trump Highlights Tensions in Beijing Summit<\/a><\/h2>\n
Paul Krugman: A Failing, Flailing President Supplicates Xi<\/a><\/h2>\n
Robert Reich: The Most Important Thing You Should Know About the CEOs Traveling to China with Trump<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nHeather Delaney Reese: Trump is about to pull off the biggest con in American history<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nEmily Atkin @ Heated<\/em>: Hantavirus is a climate story<\/a><\/h2>\n
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