Deploying troops without police training, defying the courts, and threatening the media, Trump is importing dictator tactics in plain sight and daring Americans to stop him... He says he's deploying the military to Washington DC because of a "crime emergency," but armies don't do policing: Their job, and their training, is to blow things up and kill people. They have no training in evidence-chain-of-custody, arrest procedures, civil rights protections, criminal investigation, or any other aspect of policing. Sending a militia to do policing is like inviting the neighborhood butcher to perform your brain surgery. In America, it's also illegal. Under Posse Comitatus, the American military is explicitly forbidden from engaging in any police activities against civilian populations. Even though the Trump administration is bragging that the National Guard arrested almost 50 people yesterday in DC, the Posse Comitatus Act consists of just one sentence: "Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both." Armies are really good, however, at facing down large crowds of protestors.

As the Nation teeters on the edge of authoritarianism, what will it take to defend democracy and constitutional order? There's no sugarcoating the truth: As fascism's grip tightens under Trump and the GOP, America's government no longer operates as a constitutional republic. The ostensible oaths to "support and defend the Constitution" are hollow, a ghost script read aloud while the regime marches America toward authoritarian collapse in the mode of Russia and Hungary. Every federal institution now performs in synchronous mimicry of Dear Orange Leader's unraveling psyche: false justifications, lop-sided pretenses of accountability, cosplay theater designed more for emotional spectacle than legal legitimacy, accelerating escalation at every turn. Nothing — literally nothing organized or passed by Republicans in the last 44 years — was built to uplift average Americans. It's all been engineered for power consolidation, GOP single-party rule, the wealth of the morbidly rich, and narrative control.

The Best of the Rest of the News. — So, let me get this straight: Because of Trump’s tariffs, Americans will pay 18.3% more for food and products while manufacturing is not returning (we’ve lost over 100,000 manufacturing jobs since Trump became president again), and the top 100 big business CEOs and stockholders are raking in an extra $1.2 trillion in personal income because of the new Trump tax cuts while Trump destroys unions for government workers. Does this sound fair? — James Carville tells Democrats to ‘save democracy’ by adding states and packing the Supreme Court. — Texas Republicans are resorting to threats and intimidation in their effort to rig the 2026 midterms and 2028 presidential election with their extreme gerrymander. — The Epstein Files: Will Joe Rogan speak truth to power or become Trump’s fixer in chief? — Trump calls for new US census that excludes undocumented immigrants. — Get ready for more expensive gas, more pollution, worse severe weather, and bigger profits and paychecks for the fossil fuel billionaires who own the GOP. — Crazy Alert! All bow to the #2 king? — Video of the Day: The Trump administration is bragging that they’ve put a guy who, on January 6th encouraged rioters to “kill” police officers, into a well-paid senior position.

With the Epstein truth collapsing, is America's favorite interviewer about to become Trump's top enabler? Joe Rogan built an empire on being the guy who asked the questions nobody else would. That's why millions of Americans — especially younger men — trust him more than they trust the nation's media, Congress, or the Supreme Court. They believe he sees through the spin. He talks to conspiracy theorists and scientists alike, grills politicians, mocks the media, and makes it all feel like truth-telling. But now, Rogan is at a crossroads. The question isn't whether Joe Rogan will change the country. The question is whether power is changing Joe Rogan.