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Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on November 18, 2025.
CAN’T STOP WON’T STOP

Trump Issues Late-Night Threat to Arrest His Enemies

The president’s obsession with his long list of foes is apparently keeping him up at night.

Isabel van Brugen

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on September 16, 2025 in Washington, DC.
HYPOCRITE, MUCH?

Keystone Kash Roasted by MSNBC With Jet Use Supercut

The FBI director faces blowback for using an FBI plane to visit his girlfriend.

Ewan Palmer

Trump issues a list of enemies to investigate.
REVENGE ROLLCALL

Trump Rattles Off Laundry List of Enemies to Investigate

The president is plowing ahead with his revenge campaign against high-profile foes.

Erkki Forster

Joe Scarborough yells on Morning Joe
IDIOCRACY

‘Morning Joe’ Rages at Trump’s ‘Dumber’ Revenge Plots

Joe Scarborough shredded the president for making his administration look like “fools” by “investigating the investigators” time and again.

Will Neal

President Donald Trump insisted the charges against James Comey was not revenge after his former FBI director was indicted on Thursday after the president publicly pressured the Justice Department to go after his political enemies.
BONKERS

Trump Targets Another Enemy Over Unhinged Conspiracy Theory

The president says undercover FBI agents stoked violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021—a claim his own administration officials have denied.

Janna Brancolini

FBI Director Kash Patel indicated he did not know who mass murder Dylann Roof was during a hearing on September 17, 2025.
WELL, TECHNICALLY...

Keystone Kash Tanks Trump’s Insane Jan. 6 Conspiracy Theory

The FBI chief has subtly but very surely just blown apart the president’s mad claims about bureau agents somehow being present in the crowds “prior to” the Capitol Riots.

Will Neal

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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 25: U.S. President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter during a meeting with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office at the White House on September 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump has signaled that the U.S. might lift a ban on F-35 sales to Turkey during Erdogan's first visit to the White House since 2019. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
‘TWO IN A ROW’

Trump Uses Crazy MAGA Smear to Target His Own FBI Chief

The president penned a long Truth Social rant accusing Christopher Wray’s FBI of very dodgy dealings.

Katie Francis

Kash Patel speaks during a the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on May 8.
STOP THE STEAL!

FBI Director Ignites Claims of Bonkers Conspiracy Theory

The scheme involved creating fake mail-in ballots for Joe Biden.

Farrah Tomazin

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a meeting with Britain's Prince William, Prince of Wales (not seen), at the UK Ambassador’s Residence in Paris as part of ceremonies to mark the reopening of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, five-and-a-half years after a fire ravaged the Gothic masterpiece, France, December 7, 2024.
FRENEMY

Trump Dances on the Grave of Outgoing FBI Director

The president-elect rejoiced in the resignation of Christopher Wray Wednesday, but offered some insight into their failed relationship.

Matt Young

FBI Director Christopher Wray delivers opening remarks at a meeting of the Justice Department's Election Threats Task Force in Washington D.C., United States on September 4, 2024.
JUMPING SHIP

Trump’s Hated FBI Director Quits Before He Can Be Fired

The president-elect had already announced he wants MAGA loyalist Kash Patel to replace Wray.

Josh Fiallo

Senator Mike Rounds speaks with ABC This Week on Sunday, December 1st, 2024.
GET BACK IN LINE

MAGA Trashes GOP Senator for Praising Outgoing FBI Head

Mike Rounds' comments calling agency chief Christopher Wray a “very good man” sparked immediate backlash from right-wing pundits online.

Will Neal

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