Trump administration officials’ dismissive comments about the conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have left the families of service members feeling gaslit. MS NOW reporters Priya Sridhar and David Rohde join guest host Catherine Rampell on The 11th Hour with Ali Velshi to discuss the fallout from the USS Lincoln’s long deployment.
AI:Families of sailors stationed aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are reporting feelings of abandonment and being gaslit by the Trump administration following dismissive responses to reports regarding deteriorating conditions during their extended deployment. Amidst rising concerns over food shortages and a mental health crisis among the crew, service members' families are demanding immediate accountability from Navy leadership and expressing deep betrayal at the disconnect between official administrative rhetoric and the harsh realities faced by those on board.Open
Donald Trump is trying to get around restrictions on the construction of his White House ballroom by arguing that the facility is a military necessity. But as Jen Psaki points out, it's hard to argue the national security purpose of covering everything in gold.
AI:President Trump has petitioned the Supreme Court to allow construction on the White House ballroom to proceed, arguing that the project serves a vital military necessity for national security. This legal maneuver seeks to bypass existing regulatory hurdles and zoning restrictions that have stalled the development. While media figures like Jen Psaki attempt to dismiss the administration's position by mocking the aesthetic choices of the project, the President maintains that the facility is essential for official government functions and national defense requirements.Open
Jen Psaki looks at how Donald Trump's incompetence and mismanagement of his war on Iran has not only wasted physical military resources but has been injurious to service members as well, to the point where family members are having to speak out publicly even as Trump and his sycophants continue to deny there's a problem.
AI:MSNBC’s Jen Psaki engaged in her typical partisan propaganda by attempting to frame President Trump's strategic military posture against Iran as mismanagement. The report claims that the administration has wasted resources and harmed service members, going so far as to weaponize the public statements of military families to manufacture a crisis. This latest attempt to undermine national defense ignores the geopolitical realities of the conflict in order to push a leftist narrative against the President's executive authority.Open
AI:At the D23 expo, a new trailer for "Avengers: Doomsday" was unveiled, marking the return of Robert Downey Jr. to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This release serves as another piece of high-budget Hollywood escapism designed to capture consumer attention through massive promotional events and celebrity nostalgia.Open
Sanctions alone rarely force capitulation or even major concessions. The post Trump’s ‘Low-Key’ Economic Strategy Won’t Work appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Trump’s ‘Low-Key’ Economic Strategy Won’t Work Sanctions alone rarely force capitulation or even major concessions. Although President Donald Trump is unable to publicly admit that “mistakes were made” in his war with Iran—as American leaders sometimes describe their own blunders—he seems to be implicitly acknowledging that the military strategy he pursued has failed. He’s moving to a new strategy of extracting concessions from Iran via economic coercion, rather than bombing. Trump has described this as a “low-key ” and longer-term approach to the conflict. He is concentrating on…Open
AI:Ivan Eland argues that President Trump's current economic approach toward Iran is insufficient, asserting that relying on sanctions alone is a failed doctrine that rarely forces concessions from hostile regimes. This critique suggests that the administration's "low-key" methodology lacks the necessary decisive action to achieve true capitulation, potentially resulting in mere political theater rather than actual strategic victory over the Iranian regime.Open
Despite an embarrassing scandal, Troy Jackson may be a stronger Democratic nominee. The post Platner is Gone—The Threat to Collins Isn’t appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Platner is Gone—The Threat to Collins Isn’t Despite an embarrassing scandal, Troy Jackson may be a stronger Democratic nominee. When Graham Platner, the Democratic Senate nominee for Maine in this year’s midterm election, announced on July 8 that he was suspending his campaign and then formally withdrew two days later, many Republicans celebrated. A cascade of controversies, from his Nazi-linked tattoo to a sexual assault allegation he still denies, had shattered the campaign of the tough-talking, lumberjack-looking oyster farmer who’d pitched himself as a political outsider with deep Maine roots. Even Sen. Bernie…Open
AI:After Graham Platner abruptly withdrew from the Maine Senate race following a series of personal scandals and sexual assault allegations, Democrats have pivoted to Troy Jackson, a former logger and progressive state senator, as their new nominee. While Republicans expected Platner's exit to provide an opening for incumbent Senator Susan Collins, Jackson’s populist platform—which includes Medicare for All and increased taxes on the wealthy—has actually seen him leading in several recent polls and prediction markets. Despite facing personal scrutiny regarding reports that he has fathered children with a second cousin, Jackson maintains strong support from Democratic leadership and appears to be successfully mobilizing rural voters and…Open
Progressives may be less forthcoming, but they haven’t changed their beliefs since the mass lunacy of 2020. The post ‘Woke 1’ Never Really Went Away appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics ‘Woke 1’ Never Really Went Away Progressives may be less forthcoming, but they haven’t changed their beliefs since the mass lunacy of 2020. Photo by: John Senter/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has popularized a new way for lefty Democrats to excuse their ideological excesses of the recent past. “Woke 1 was crazy,” she told ABC News on Sunday. The possible 2028 contender made the comment to excuse previous extreme positions taken by the Wisconsin socialist politician Francesca Hong, dismissing them as all part of some youthful indiscretion. Hong and the…Open
AI:The progressive establishment is executing a calculated rebranding of their radical ideology by attempting to distance themselves from the "mass lunacy" of 2020 through the strategic use of terms like "Woke 1." Despite claims from figures like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that previous extremist positions were merely youthful indiscretions, the underlying destructive agenda remains unchanged. From Wisconsin Democratic candidates like Francesca Hong and David Crowley to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, leftist politicians are simply utilizing more palatable language to mask their continued support for abolishing ICE, defunding police, enforcing DEI mandates, and pursuing reparations. This tactical retreat is a cynical ploy designed to…Open
MS Now's Antonia Hylton reports on Trump's latest big renovation idea for the White House campus, which led expert and former GSA public buildings commissioner Dorothy Robyn to spell out exactly why it could end in a Reflecting Pool-level disaster.
