Infighting Is Funny

CNN reports: Gabrielle Cuccia criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s crackdown on press access at the Pentagon. And then, she said, she was fired. Cuccia was briefly the chief Pentagon correspondent OAN. A self-proclaimed “MAGA girl,” Cuccia positioned herself as a proudly conservative voice among the normally nonpartisan Pentagon press corps. But she grew perturbed by Hegseth’s actions against the press. …

CBS News reports: President Trump attacked the powerful conservative legal activist Leonard Leo late Thursday, calling the former Federalist Society leader who once advised the president on Supreme Court picks a “bad person” who “probably hates America.” Mr. Trump lashed out at Leo a day after a panel of judges — including a Trump appointee — called most of his …

The Independent reports: Retiring DOGE hatchet man Elon Musk rushed to the Middle East during Donald Trump’s visit there earlier this month to block a massive American AI partnership with the United Arab Emirates backed by the president – unless it included him, according to a new report. That apparently explains the tech billionaire’s sudden appearance at a Trump meeting …

Politico reports: Elon Musk, growing tired of Vivek Ramaswamy and eager to push him out of the Department of Government Efficiency, telephoned Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine earlier this year with a request: appoint Ramaswamy to the Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect J.D. Vance. Initially, according to a person familiar with the call, Musk urged DeWine to send Ramaswamy …

Politico reports: Elon Musk seems to be unhappy with the sweeping spending bill narrowly passed by the House at the urging of President Donald Trump. Musk, in unusual criticism of a cause favored by his ally the president, said in an interview excerpt released Tuesday that the Trump-backed “Big Beautiful Bill” contradicts the goals of his Department of Government Efficiency. …

The Hill reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) criticized Congress Tuesday for not moving to codify cuts implemented by President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). DeSantis’s comments come ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline to avoid a government shutdown and fund the government for the 2026 fiscal year. Earlier this year, Trump voiced support for Congress approving a rescission …

JOSH HAWLEY: “The Senate’s going to want to put its own stamp on this. We’ll write our own version of the bill. I talked to the president about this last night, and his instructions were pretty clear. Don’t cut Medicaid.” RAND PAUL: “This will be the greatest increase in the debt ceiling ever, and GOP owns this now.” MSNBC: “Senator, …

“Apparently Donald Trump Jr. is now hinting that he wants to run for president at some point in the future. I’m just gonna put it out there right now. No. No! Dynasties are un-American. They are not good. George W after George H W was not great for the country. The idea of Michelle Obama for Barack Obama, not great …

Politico reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing a last-minute rebellion from conservatives on Republicans’ megabill, with a deal on a key tax deduction with blue-state Republicans and a lack of progress on settling other key provisions frustrating hard-liners. “I think actually we’re further away from a deal because that SALT cap increase, I think, upset a lot of conservatives,” …

The New Republic reports: One House Republican is calling out the Trump administration’s lies that the “big, beautiful” budget bill won’t raise the deficit. Speaking to CNN’s Manu Raju on Tuesday, Representative Thomas Massie said that “Under the policies of this bill, we’re going to add $20 trillion dollars to the debt over the next 10 years, which is three …

“I don’t think that we’re out of the woods and I do think that the biggest threat with regard to this sort of stuff is less the tariffs than the feeling of uncertainty for investors as to what comes next. And that’s where the pharmaceutical EO starts to come in or the negotiations over the tax bill. What actually makes …

MARIA BARTIROMO: “You said Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide. People don’t believe it.” KASH PATEL: “Well, I mean, listen, they have a right to their opinion, but as someone who has worked as a public defender, as a prosecutor, who’s been in that prison system, who has been in the Metropolitan Detention Center. Who’s been in segregated housing. You know a …

The Hill reports: Fiscal hawks on the House Budget Committee on Friday blocked the panel from advancing the bill full of President Trump’s domestic priorities. The 16-21 vote marks a major setback for leadership hoping to get the bill to the Senate before Memorial Day. The Budget Committee must advance the 1,116-page bill, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” before …

“The problem is it’s asking conservatives, like myself, to raise the debt ceiling $5 trillion dollars. That’s historic. No one’s ever raised the debt so that much. It will be a record for Congress to raise the debt $5 trillion dollars. But, also it indicates that this year the deficit will be over 2 trillion, but it means they’re anticipating …

Reform Austin reports: Texas Sen. John Cornyn launched his first major ad campaign of the 2026 election cycle today with a website attacking Attorney General Ken Paxton for approving $7.1 million in “left-wing grants” and “fund[ing] woke with your tax dollars.” The two Republican candidates are headed for a heated and expensive showdown to cater to the party’s most extreme …

“The constitution in Article II talks about the president can’t take emoluments or gifts from foreign leaders. And so, there is a provision in the Constitution that says you can’t do this. And so, the question is, can you do it only if it’s only for official purposes? It’s not worth the appearance of impropriety, whether it’s improper or not. …

“Taking sacks of goodies from people who support Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, al-Jazeera, all the rest — that’s not America First! Like, please define America First in a way that says you should take sacks of cash from the Qatari royals who are behind al-Jazeera. “It just isn’t America First in any conceivable way. So back to the original question: …

“I love President Trump.  I would take a bullet for him. But, I have to call a spade a spade. We cannot accept a $400 million ‘gift’ from jihadists in suits. “The Qataris fund the same Iranian proxies in Hamas and Hezbollah who have murdered US Service Members. The same proxies that have worked with the Mexican cartels to get jihadists across …

“I guess the surgeon general is not there yet. Casey Means, she’s gonna get the job, she’s gonna fit right in. Dr. Nesheiwat is gonna be joining that team and I think she is, I don’t know, for some reason she was pulled from surgeon general. Glad to see she’s gonna be involved. I just hope she wasn’t pulled because …

The Christian Post reports: “Every Easter, the Lord will take me to Hell. Not my choice. He wants to do it and I don’t like it. The Lord allowed me to sit in front of demons and ask them questions,” Vineyard Church’s Micah Turnbo claimed in a May 3 episode of his podcast. “I’m with God. You know, the Father, …