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- Karl Rove Torches Trump Over His Revenge ‘Stunt’ in Indiana: ‘Damage to Hi...
LEFT: Donald Trump (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) RIGHT: Karl Rove (screenshot) Longtime GOP operative Karl Rove torched President Donald Trump over his largely successful effort to primary seven Republican state senators in Indiana over their refusal to redraw the Hoosier State’s congressional map in a new column for The Wall Street Journal. Under the headline “The GOP Defeats Itself in Indiana,” Rove observed that Trump “got the Indiana scalps he wanted” after spending millions on the seen races. “So what was gained by all this?” asked Rove before providing a dismal answer: “Republicans spent money on intraparty payback that could have helped defend at-risk Republicans and defeat vulnerable Democrats. And to no immediate effect on redistricting. Indiana won’t redraw its maps this year. The winning primary candidates still face a November general election before they can go to Indianapolis next year and craft new congressional districts for 2028.” He did concede, though, that “the stunt did reinforce Mr. Trump’s reputation for being willing to get even if he doesn’t get his way.” “Presidential endorsements invariably carry weight, but the power isn’t unlimited. When used too freely against one’s own party members or in open contests, they can weaken rather than strengthen a president,” argued Rove, pointing to the failures of Herschel Walker’s campaign for the Senate in the Peach State and former senator David Perdue’s attempt at primarying Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) as examples. “Another downside of going overboard on endorsements: Officeholders affected by adverse presidential judgments have the opportunity to get payback as free agents,” submitted Rove, who cited Senator Thom Tillis’s (R-NC) recent pushback against the administration. “This president likes calling all the shots. But attempting to dominate so many of his party’s choices carries risks,” he concluded. “Mr. Trump hasn’t learned he can get more with honey than vinegar, doesn’t need to make every pick in every contest and can achieve more by focusing on important stuff and letting GOP voters make up their own minds sometimes. If he keeps up what he did in Indiana, Mr. Trump could further damage his party and presidency.”The post Karl Rove Torches Trump Over His Revenge ‘Stunt’ in Indiana: ‘Damage to His Party and Presidency’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Newsmax Host Confronts House Republican With New Poll Showing 8 in 10 Feel Finan...
Newsmax host and former Trump administration official Marc Lotter confronted Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) with a poll on Thursday, showing that eight out of 10 Americans feel financial “strain” under President Donald Trump, with six out of 10 blaming the president. “So obviously ending the war, very critical ahead of the midterms,” said Lotter during his interview with Self on Wake Up America. “Americans, I mean, we know they want lower gas prices, they want lower grocery prices, they want things back to normal.” Lotter then confronted Self with a new NPR/PBS/Marist poll, which shows “81% [of Americans] say the pain at the pump is really putting a strain on their household budgets,” while 63% “place a great deal or good amount of blame on President Trump.” “A strong majority blame the president for this. Do you worry about this heading into the midterms?” the Newsmax host questioned. “Or do you think once the war is over and we start to see the light at the end of the tunnel, people are gonna go, ‘OK, it was worth that short-term price increase’?” Self responded, “Well, we do need to get the prices down because it is a key – and look, the November election will turn on the economy unless we have this war still going, which we are not, so it will turn on the economy, and I believe that once people get the idea that their lives are improving, and they are improving in many factors – but we do need to get that price down because it’s right there in your face every day when you buy gasoline or diesel.” While Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent assured Americans on Monday that gas prices would fall in the coming weeks, Trump shrugged off the problem, boasting that “everybody was wrong” about gas prices skyrocketing as a result of his ongoing conflict with Iran. “Everybody was wrong,” claimed Trump. “They thought that energy would be at $300, right? Three hundred dollars a barrel. And it’s, like, at $100. And I think going down. And I see it going down very substantially when this is over.” Watch above via Newsmax.The post Newsmax Host Confronts House Republican With New Poll Showing 8 in 10 Feel Financial ‘Strain’ — and 6 in 10 Blame Trump first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - CNN’s Jake Tapper Calls Out Trump’s ‘I Have All The Cards’ Meme — Asks...CNN anchor Jake Tapper called out President Donald Trump’s UNO meme and asked if he’s “losing the propaganda war” against a barrage of AI-generated videos posted by Iran. Since the war began, Iran has been posting videos and memes mocking Trump, often with AI-generated videos like their response to Trump’s UNO-themed meme about having “all the cards.” Iranian accounts posted a fake clip of Trump losing an UNO game to an Iranian official. “I have all the cards” clip is released also. https://t.co/Yyv8Qai1SG pic.twitter.com/NNvZsVqp0E — Iran In Hyderabad (@IraninHyderabad) May 6, 2026 On Wednesday’s edition of CNN’s The Lead, Tapper informed Trump and his viewers that Trump’s meme depicts “a losing hand” and examined whether the “bad guys” in the regime are nevertheless beating Trump in this area: TAPPER: In our World Lead, is the United States losing the propaganda war to Iran? Let’s start with the most recent big exchange. This meme from the White House two days ago shows President Donald Trump holding Uno cards, and the text states, “I have all the cards.” Now, unfortunately, if you’ve ever played Uno, the objective is to have no cards. Having all the cards is a losing hand. So, the Iranian Consulate General in India replied on X with a meme saying, yes, we have less cards, and his cards are draw four, which is how you win Uno, forcing the other person to have all the cards. Since the start of the war, official Iranian government and embassy accounts, plus some regime and propaganda groups-based in Iran have been dropping a whole bunch of English language memes and A.I.- generate-generated videos all over the place. Trump allies might be concerned. Some of these posts are racking up millions of views, and they borrow from American culture and mock Trump. There’s these viral videos from a group called Explosive Media that show A.I.-generated animation in the style of the Lego movies, with world leaders caricatured as yellow bobbleheads, missiles as plastic bricks. The Iranian Embassy in South Africa posted a 1980s-style A.I. video of President Trump singing about a blockade in the strait. Here’s a post from the same embassy with the caption, the way the United States closed the Strait of Hormuz, and it shows a guy accidentally welding his own head inside a railing. Here’s another from the same embassy showing Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, Defense… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- DOJ Probes $2.6B Oil Bets Placed Just Before Trump’s Iran War Announcements: R...
(AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) The Department of Justice is reportedly investigating a series of high-value oil trades placed just before key announcements relating to the war in Iran by President Donald Trump, probing whether the bets were made with advanced knowledge. Sources told ABC News that federal investigators, alongside the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, are examining at least four trades in which investors collectively wagered more than $2.6 billion that oil prices would fall in the minutes or hours before public statements that sent markets lower, sources told ABC News. The pattern — first reported by Reuters — was backed up by data from the London Stock Exchange Group obtained by the network, which shows one of the transactions occurred on March 23, when traders placed more than $500 million in bets that oil prices would decline just 15 minutes before Trump announced he would delay threatened attacks on Iran’s power grid. On April 7, in another trade pointed out by ABC News, traders reportedly bet $960 million on falling oil prices hours before Trump announced a temporary ceasefire. A further trade took place on April 17, when investors wagered $760 million on lower oil prices roughly 20 minutes before Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted on social media that the Strait of Hormuz remained open. A fourth rush of trades worth $430 million was placed on April 21, shortly before Trump announced an extension of the ceasefire. The Department of Justice and the CFTC have not publicly confirmed the investigation.The post DOJ Probes $2.6B Oil Bets Placed Just Before Trump’s Iran War Announcements: Report first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - BMI’s Jackson Dean Throws Party for Second No. 1 “Heavens to Betsy”
BMI welcomed Blue Highway Records’ PLATINUM-selling singer/songwriter Jackson Dean along with industry professionals to celebrate his second career No. One hit “Heavens To Betsy” in BMI’s Nashville lobby yesterday afternoon (5/05). Originally appearing as a live track on his Live At The Ryman album, “Heavens To Betsy” is the reflective lead single from Dean’s sophomore [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Trump ‘Vetoed a Bill That Would’ve Brought Water to a Large Portion of Color...Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) claimed on Wednesday that President Donald Trump “vetoed a bill that would’ve brought water to a large portion of Colorado” as revenge after Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) backed a petition to release government documents related to the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. During a discussion on The Tucker Carlson Show about the Trump administration’s frantic attempts to stop the release of the Epstein files, Massie told host Tucker Carlson that Boebert was summoned to the White House Situation Room after she backed a discharge petition to force a vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act. “Lauren Boebert, they took her over to the Situation Room,” said Massie. “Like, this is where if they are trying to kill or capture Osama Bin Laden, this is where they are at the White House. They took her into the Situation Room and tried to whip her into taking her name off of the discharge petition.” “Over Epstein?” questioned Carlson. Massie replied, “Over Epstein, yep, and then the president vetoed a bill that would’ve brought water to a large portion of Colorado. Over Epstein. And this isn’t even, at this point it’s not just about Lauren Boebert. Why are people in Colorado deprived of water because their representative wants to expose a sex trafficking ring?” During his appearance on The Tucker Carlson Show, Massie also expressed disgust over Trump’s treatment of his former ally Marjorie Taylor Greene after she split with him over his position on the Epstein files. “There’s three women – Nancy Mace, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Lauren Boebert – who signed their names on that discharge petition and all suffered,” said Massie. “Marjorie practically gave up her political career over this. She and her children got death threats over this. Not from the left, from the right.” Carlson responded, “And she went to President Trump and said, ‘One of my children is getting death threats,’ and he said, ‘That’s your fault.'” “Yeah, despicable. He also told her that if she insisted on following through with this, she was gonna hurt his friends,” Massie concluded. “And I suppose some of them have been hurt. Howard Lutnick was shown to be a bold-faced liar, right?” Watch above via The Tucker Carlson Show.The post Trump ‘Vetoed a Bill That Would’ve Brought Water to a Large Portion of Colorado’ After Boebert Voted to Release Epstein Files, Thomas Massie Claims first appeared… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
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