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This really may be the political end for Trump

This really may be the political end for Trump

AI Bubble Warning: Big Tech’s $3 Trillion Gamble Could Mirror 2008 Crash

AI Bubble Warning: Big Tech’s $3 Trillion Gamble Could Mirror 2008 Crash

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Podcast: swamp stories

Podcast: swamp stories
The Fulcrum
By The FulcrumJan 18, 2022
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In this episode of Issue One’s “Swamp Stories” podcast, Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI) chats about a range of issues, including legislating instead of “throwing bombs”; fighting pessimism in Congress; election disinformation; using government to solve problems; and the future of conservatism. This is the fifth episode in the periodic series of longform conversations with elected leaders, activists, and experts from across the political spectrum on how to fix America’s broken political system.

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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal

One of the two Palm Beach, Florida, homes that Donald Trump signed a mortgage for in the mid-1990s. The Mar-a-Lago tower appears behind the house.

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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal

For months, the Trump administration has been accusing its political enemies of mortgage fraud for claiming more than one primary residence.

President Donald Trump branded one foe who did so “deceitful and potentially criminal.” He called another “CROOKED” on Truth Social and pushed the attorney general to take action.

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President’s Use of Force in the Caribbean Is Another Test for Congress and the Constitutional System

U.S. President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House on December 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. A bipartisan Congressional investigation has begun about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's role in ordering U.S. military strikes on small boats that have killed scores of people in the waters off Venezuela, which Hegseth said are intended "to stop lethal drugs, destroy narco-boats and kill the narco-terrorists who are poisoning the American people.”

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President’s Use of Force in the Caribbean Is Another Test for Congress and the Constitutional System

Since president Trump returned to office, Congress has seemed either irrelevant or impotent. Republican majorities in the Senate and the House have acquiesced in the president’s desire to radically expand executive power.

Examples are legion. The Congress sat idly by while the administration dismantled agencies that the Congress created. It sat idly by while the administration refused to spend money it had appropriated. Congress didn’t do a thing when the president ignored laws it passed.

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People draped in an American flag and a Ukrainian flag.
People draped in an American flag and a Ukrainian flag join a march toward the United Nations.
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Ukraine Kept Its Word. The World Did Not.

In my work as a homeowner advocate and civic voice, I’ve come to believe that honesty and integrity aren’t just personal virtues—they’re the foundation of every meaningful relationship, every credible institution, and every lasting peace. When those values are compromised, trust erodes—and with it, so does the social fabric that holds communities and nations together.

This isn’t just a local lesson. It’s a global one.

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You can’t hide from war crimes by calling them ‘fake news’

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a cabinet meeting hosted by President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025.

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You can’t hide from war crimes by calling them ‘fake news’

Since September of this year, the United States military has been blowing up boats allegedly trafficking drugs in the Caribbean.

Whether these attacks are legal is hotly debated. Congress hasn’t declared war or even authorized the use of force against “narco-terrorists” or against Venezuela, the apparent real target of a massive U.S. military build-up off its coast.

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