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Ben Shapiro
@benshapiro· May 12, 2025

Is this good for President Trump, is it good for his agenda? Is it good for draining the swamp and getting things done? The answer is no, it isn’t.

msnbc.com
Tucker Carlson
@tuckercarlson· May 4, 2025

Whatever you think of tariffs, it’s clear that now is the worst possible time for the United States to participate in a military strike on Iran.

thenation.com
Joe Rogan
@joerogan· Apr 22, 2025

What if you are an enemy of, let’s not say any current president. Let’s pretend we got a new president, totally new guy in 2028, and this is a common practice now of just rounding up gang members with no due process and shipping them to El…

vox.com
Bill Maher
@billmaher· Apr 17, 2025

You’re scaring people. Do you really want to be scaring your own citizens so much?

thehill.com
Bill Maher
@billmaher· Apr 17, 2025

Not true. Check the tapes. Moving Israel’s embassy to Jerusalem? Loved it.

thehill.com
Bill Maher
@billmaher· Apr 17, 2025

I’m not the leader of anything, except maybe a contingent of centrist-minded people who think there’s got to be a better way of running this country than hating each other every minute.

thehill.com
Nate Silver
@natesilver· Apr 16, 2025

Ocasio-Cortez further cemented herself as one of the Democratic Party's most prominent voices in March when she criticized Schumer.

foxnews.com
Nate Silver
@natesilver· Apr 16, 2025

I mean, look, in polls, if she were to run — try to primary Chuck Schumer, she is now ahead in those polls.

foxnews.com
Ben Shapiro
@benshapiro· Apr 10, 2025

The idea that this is inherently good and makes the American economy strong is wrongheaded … It’s untrue.

vox.com
Joe Rogan
@joerogan· Apr 10, 2025

I’m scared of this tariff stuff because it’s radical change, and I’m scared of radical change.

vox.com
Hasan Piker
@hasanpiker· Mar 31, 2025

I’m done with the billionaires and millionaires. I’m done with you. I’m done with the rest of the Democratic Party.

vox.com
Hasan Piker
@hasanpiker· Mar 31, 2025

I think Donald Trump is further breaking the system that was broken previously prior to this.

vox.com
Hasan Piker
@hasanpiker· Mar 31, 2025

You should fight back. You should be like, ‘No, this is what I believe.’ Why do you not want to give health care to poor people? Like, what’s wrong with you?

vox.com
Joe Rogan
@joerogan· Mar 29, 2025

Why is that even on the table? I thought this was peaceful protesting.

foxnews.com
Joe Rogan
@joerogan· Mar 29, 2025

They were giving out $1,000 bucks for people to protest, I think it was Tesla.

foxnews.com
Van Jones
@vanjones· Mar 13, 2025

This is a punch in the gut because we only have leverage in two ways right now. One is in the courts and the other is with Congress.

transcripts.cnn.com
Chris Hayes
@chrishayes· Mar 8, 2025

Everyone has an obligation as a citizen to defend the country’s democracy, this shared project that we all undertake together by any peaceful democratic means necessary.

msnbc.com
Laura Ingraham
@lauraingraham· Mar 6, 2025

These midterms don't go the right way … the Democrats are already planning to impeach President Trump. That is the truth.

newsweek.com
Ben Shapiro
@benshapiro· Mar 5, 2025

The mere fact that so many people on the right had condemned a white cop for killing a Black man was proof that systemic racism is a myth.

msnbc.com
Ben Shapiro
@benshapiro· Mar 5, 2025

George Floyd’s killer would be prosecuted, Shapiro promised, and that would prove the system works.

msnbc.com
Ben Shapiro
@benshapiro· Mar 5, 2025

Chauvin should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and should go to jail.

msnbc.com
Ben Shapiro
@benshapiro· Mar 5, 2025

Chauvin’s conviction represents the defining achievement of the Woke movement in American politics.

msnbc.com
Krystal Ball
@krystalball· Mar 5, 2025

Crash and crisis leads to governments and authoritarian leaders claiming more power for themselves.

commondreams.org