Opinion | Missing Trump DMs point to Trump administration’s disdain for records act ^68.2%

MS NOW - By Ja'han Jones - 6/5/2026, 7:20 PM

Negativity Bias 40.9% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 35.2% - Appeal to Authority 32.7%

President Donald Trump’s missing Twitter messages add to a brewing scandal over his administration’s defiance of the Presidential Records Act, a law that requires the retention of federal records and communications. And the missing messages are likely to fuel concerns that Trump and his allies may hoard or destroy documents in violation... more

Trump vows to use an ‘Election Integrity Army’ for midterms ^86.1%

MS NOW - By Ja'han Jones - 5/11/2026, 10:15 PM

Negativity Bias 79.7% - Politically Left Leaning Bias 57.4% - Biased Writer Voice 51.3%

The history of the United States is replete with examples of white conservative groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan, sending throngs of people to observe and intimidate Black voters at polling places. The very Voting Rights Act that GOP-appointed Supreme Court justices have been effectively dismantling for decades, including just two weeks... more

Arrest of pardoned Jan. 6 rioter adds to embarrassing trend for White House ^54.2%

MS NOW - By Ja'han Jones - 5/4/2026, 9:39 PM

Once is an anomaly, twice is a trend — and whatever number we have hit in the running tally of MAGA activists charged with sex crimes certainly constitutes a disturbing pattern. My colleague Steve Benen has done an excellent job of keeping track of Jan. 6 insurrectionists who have been charged or convicted of sex crimes after being... more

Wisconsin voters deal blow to Trump’s data center dreams ^0%

MS NOW - By Ja'han Jones - 4/8/2026, 6:49 PM

Biased Writer Voice 64.3% - Negativity Bias 48.1% - Framing Effect 39%

Wisconsin voters in Port Washington, a small suburb of Milwaukee, just dealt a potentially significant blow to President Donald Trump’s data center dreams. Trump, who has been showered with money and gifts from Big Tech oligarchs, has issued multiple executive orders pressing for rapid construction of controversial data centers that can... more

Paula White sparks MAGA backlash after comparing Trump to Jesus ^0%

MS NOW - By Ja'han Jones - 4/2/2026, 9:14 PM

Biased Writer Voice 51.1% - Negativity Bias 42.6% - Hasty Generalization 35.2%

Paula White, a spiritual adviser to President Donald Trump, continues to be a source of division within the MAGA movement. The controversial preacher of the so-called prosperity gospel has garnered side-eyes and allegations of heresy from some right-wing Christians ever since she was tapped to lead the White House Faith Office. White... more

Emails show Trump official’s thirst for violence against protesters ^0%

MS NOW - By Ja'han Jones - 3/27/2026, 6:51 PM

Negativity Bias 65.6% - Biased Writer Voice 64.6% - Politically Left Leaning Bias 32.4%

Newly unearthed emails show a top Trump administration official’s thirst for violence against people protesting the administration’s racist anti-immigrant crackdown last summer. Donald Trump has a long history of publicly fantasizing about police violence. The emails, which were shared with the Los Angeles Times but have have not been... more

Judge OKs release of embarrassing DOGE employee deposition videos ^0%

MS NOW - By Ja'han Jones - 3/24/2026, 9:34 PM

Biased Writer Voice 38.7% - Framing Effect 36% - Politically Left Leaning Bias 24.1%

Happy Tuesday! Here’s your Tuesday Tech Drop, the past week’s top stories from the intersection of technology and politics. DOGE deposition videos released To paraphrase the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.: Now is the time for justice to roll down like water and righteousness like a mighty (YouTube) stream. more

Netanyahu tries to explain his Jesus comments after furious backlash from some MAGA allies ^0%

MS NOW - By Ja'han Jones - 3/20/2026, 6:18 PM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu isn’t doing the Trump administration any favors as it tries to convince Americans that President Donald Trump’s war with Iran is just and worth its tremendous costs. The prime minister prompted a bit of a conniption on social media Thursday with comments he made invoking Jesus and Genghis Khan —... more

Columbia University admits ‘irregular process’ for Epstein girlfriend as files rock academia ^0%

MS NOW - By Ja'han Jones - 2/13/2026, 3:20 PM

When I was a student at Arizona State University almost 15 years ago, I helped film a massive event on campus known as the Origins Symposium, a science-focused discussion series led by the well-known physicist Lawrence Krauss and attended by thousands. Years later, I’d come to see Krauss’ name all over the Jeffrey Epstein files, in... more

Pro-MAGA voices groan over Trump’s latest beef buyout plan ^0%

MS NOW - By Ja'han Jones - 2/9/2026, 10:59 PM

The Trump administration’s simmering beef with American cattle ranchers continued this past weekend following Donald Trump’s announcement of a massive new investment in Argentina's meat market. One of the biggest storylines last fall and winter was the bipartisan backlash Trump and his administration received as they showered Argentina... more