Infighting Is Funny

“To be clear, I am all-in on a fair, level trading field. I am all-in on level tariffs with all nations. But I am not all-in on Peter Navarro and his reciprocal trade girl math that’s kneecapping the United States, because the trade deficit is not a hallmark of all the cheating that goes on.  “And I go back to …

Mediaite reports: Elon Musk has ramped up his feud with President Donald Trump’s top trade adviser Peter Navarro with a storm of X posts, including one where he called the economist a “moron.” Musk took aim at Navarro Tuesday morning, a day after Navarro chided the billionaire on CNBC. “We all understand in the White House (and the American people …

“Every country around the world cheats us. But it’s like fingerprints — they all do it in different ways. But it all comes down to the non-tariff cheating. It was interesting to hear Elon Musk talk about a zero-tariff zone with Europe. He doesn’t understand that. And the thing that’s important about Elon to understand is, he sells cars. That’s …

Axios reports: Elon Musk blasted top Trump administration trade adviser Peter Navarro overnight, calling out his education and lack of corporate credentials. The two-day rout in the stock market this week, after Trump announced sweeping new tariffs backed by Navarro, cost Musk nearly $18 billion just on his Tesla stock. Friday morning, a user on Musk’s social media platform X …

NBC News reports: The Montana Republican Party announced Friday it is censuring nine state senators after “repeated alignment with Senate Democrats” this legislative session. A press release claims the senators “undermined the Republican majority leadership and disregarded the will of Montana Republican voters.” The censure alleges State Sens. Jason Ellsworth, Wendy McKamey, Gayle Lammers, Josh Kassmier, Butch Gillespie, Gregg Hunter, …

“I can’t believe that Congress was hijacked this week over Luna’s resolution to allow members to skip work and vote from home. As a mom, I know all about seasons of life. If you aren’t capable of doing the job your constituents sent you to do, then you should step aside and let someone else do it. “We have critical …

“Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Rand Paul, also of Kentucky, will hopefully get on the Republican bandwagon, for a change, and fight the Democrats wild and flagrant push to not penalize Canada for the sale, into our Country, of large amounts of Fentanyl, by Tariffing the value of this horrible and deadly …

The Hill reports: A band of Republican lawmakers on Tuesday brought the House floor to a halt over a bitter dispute with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and conservatives in their own party over a plan to allow remote voting for lawmakers who become new parents. A procedural rule vote to advance the House GOP’s package of bills for the week …

The Hill reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Tuesday’s special election in the state’s 6th Congressional District is not a referendum on President Trump’s first few months back in office. “If there’s an underperformance, [political media] is going to say, ‘See it shows the voters are rejecting [Trump].’ It has nothing to do with that,” DeSantis, who previously represented …

Politico reports: On Wednesday evening — following a brutal day of headlines surrounding the now-infamous Signal chat — Vice President JD Vance, chief of staff Susie Wiles and top personnel official Sergio Gor gently offered President Donald Trump some advice in a private meeting. National security adviser Mike Waltz’s accidental inclusion of a journalist in the chat was creating a …

“Out of nowhere, Tom Cotton, the chief warmonger on Capitol Hill, the head of the Senate intel committee, tweets out this morning, a defense of Alex Wong. Remember, Tom Cotton has been behind trying to stop Elbridge Colby. Tom Cotton was the one that was pushing against Tulsi Gabbard. And they’re back for revenge. “The military-industrial complex via the neoconservatives …

The Hill reports: Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Thursday slammed a New York Social Security office closure plan. “The decision to close the only Social Security Hearing Office in the Hudson Valley is a slap in the face to thousands of my constituents who rely on these services,” Lawler said. Social Security Administration offices around the U.S. are expected to …

The Washington Post reports: The Social Security numbers and other private information of more than 200 former congressional staffers and others were made public Tuesday in the unredacted files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, according to a review by The Washington Post. “It’s absolutely outrageous. It’s sloppy, unprofessional,” said former Trump campaign lawyer Joseph diGenova, 80, …

Mediaite reports: Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) kicked off a firestorm of criticism and controversy this week when he posted to X, “Multiculturalism will tear our country apart.” While some critics offered Gill replies boasting the merits of diversity, like Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), many were quick to call the post hypocritical as Gill is married to an Indian-American. Meanwhile, Stew …

“Tucker has no actual substance, right? He’s been attacking me since 2022 when he became obsessed with me. I live rent-free in that little mongrel’s head. And yeah, you know, people ask me all the time, like, ‘Why does he hate you? And I’m like, you know, the fact that you can’t answer that question is indicative of the fact …

“What is the goal of all of this? Seriously, I don’t understand. What is the goal? I want President Trump to succeed. If President Trump is to succeed, we need a thriving economy. Declaring a trade war on Canada under the terms of the USMCA, which he himself negotiated in Trump term one, is not going to be a productive …

Axios reports: President Trump said Monday he will “lead the charge” to oust Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) for his refusal to support Republicans’ government funding bill. A doctrinaire libertarian, Massie has been a persistent thorn in the side for both Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) by defecting on key votes and imperiling major GOP legislation. Trump said Massie …

Politico reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence is breaking with his former boss, criticizing the Trump administration’s tariffs strategy and calling for free trade to lower the cost of goods. Pence responded to comments from Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent defending the tariff policy despite the possibility of it causing economic disruptions. “Access to cheap goods is not the …

The New York Times reports: Marco Rubio was incensed. Here he was in the Cabinet Room of the White House, the secretary of state, seated beside the president and listening to a litany of attacks from the richest man in the world. Seated diagonally opposite, across the elliptical mahogany table, Elon Musk was letting Mr. Rubio have it, accusing him …

The Hill reports: Republican senators vented their concerns about tech billionaire Elon Musk’s aggressive approach to freezing federal spending and cutting government jobs during a private meeting with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles on Wednesday. Gathered in the historic Mansfield Room outside the Senate chamber, some GOP senators complained about what they view as a lack of transparency …