https://www.leftscoop.news Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:32:21+0000 en-us hourly 1 https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/trump-cooks-up-a-truly-bonkers-excuse-for-his-iran-war/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64062 2026-10-03T21:29:12+00:00 Elena Brooks At an Oklahoma midterm rally, Trump described Iranian targets as both drug and nuclear factories while praising Operation Midnight Hammer, even as polling showed broad disapproval of the seven month war and deep doubt about his handling of it. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/pentagon-pete-unveils-frantic-midterm-plot-to-save-trumps-skin/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64059 2026-10-03T21:29:12+00:00 LSN Staff Pete Hegseth ordered Pentagon commanders to set aside an October day for military voting as Trump and the GOP hunt for an edge before midterms that could cost them control of both chambers of Congress. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/furious-gop-senators-profane-trump-texts-blow-their-feud-wide-open/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64056 2026-10-03T21:29:12+00:00 Elena Brooks Thom Tillis’ forthcoming memoir reveals profane private messages to Trump, widening a Republican feud that became public after the North Carolina senator opposed the president’s bill and announced he would not seek re election. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/rattled-vance-lashes-out-at-cruz-as-maga-civil-war-erupts/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64053 2026-10-03T21:29:12+00:00 LSN Staff Vance and Cruz insist they are focused on the midterms, but their increasingly pointed comments reveal an early struggle over the 2028 Republican nomination and who gets to claim the MAGA mantle. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/crush-silicon-valley-megalomania-by-ending-founder-dictatorships/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63960 2026-10-03T21:29:12+00:00 Maya Bennett Meta’s dual class structure gives Mark Zuckerberg 61% of voting power with just 14% of shares, fueling a broader argument that Congress should ban or heavily tax founder control outright. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/ice-mortality-reviews-expose-a-horrifying-pattern-of-deadly-medical-neglect/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63957 2026-10-03T21:29:12+00:00 Julian Hayes Thirty three federal mortality reviews reveal repeated medical failures inside immigration detention, including withheld medication, ignored emergencies and inadequate mental health treatment. ICE removed the documents from its website within days and did not explain their disappearance. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/trump-is-spectacularly-bad-at-dictatoring/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63953 2026-10-03T21:29:12+00:00 Claire Sullivan Timothy Ryback’s account of the 53 days Hitler used to destroy German democracy provides a grim comparison for Trump, whose narcissistic incoherence, reckless policies, and incompetent loyalists have repeatedly sabotaged the authoritarian project described by Robert Kuttner. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/trump-80-sparks-fresh-alarm-as-his-left-leg-twists-inward-watch/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63951 2026-10-03T21:29:12+00:00 LSN Staff New White House footage showing Trump’s left knee bending sharply inward has revived concern about his condition, following previous videos of his unusual walk and an Oval Office appearance in which he seemed to struggle to remain awake. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/trumps-pentagon-threatens-a-wider-assault-across-latin-america/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63948 2026-10-03T21:29:12+00:00 Claire Sullivan U.S. Southern Command chief Gen. Francis Donovan says land strikes, arrests and raids are among the options as the Trump administration expands its military campaign against suspected drug trafficking targets across Latin America. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/jon-stewarts-brutal-prediction-for-democrats-after-a-blue-wave-watch/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63945 2026-10-03T21:29:12+00:00 LSN Staff Jon Stewart says winning Congress would force Democrats to deliver more than opposition to Trump, but he doubts Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have the resolve to use majority power for urgent economic change. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/kaitlan-collins-nails-eric-schmitts-spectacular-humiliation-with-one-savage-line/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63941 2026-10-03T21:29:12+00:00 Julian Hayes Eric Schmitt’s attempt to accuse Jack Smith of perjury collapsed after he confused the Atlanta Hawks with the Iowa Hawkeyes, prompting Kaitlan Collins to place the embarrassing spectacle among Capitol Hill’s most classic testimony moments. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/howard-stern-embarrasses-jimmy-kimmel-with-blistering-warning-to-abc/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63939 2026-10-03T21:29:12+00:00 Maya Bennett Howard Stern used Jimmy Kimmel’s ABC stage to praise the host’s loyalty and warn the network of “hell to pay” if something goes wrong, as contract rumors persist despite ABC’s denial and Kimmel’s strong ratings. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/trumps-secret-white-house-crisis-talks-leak-as-fuel-emergency-threatens-gop/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63933 2026-10-03T21:29:12+00:00 Claire Sullivan Leaked White House talks reveal Trump is considering a diesel export ban as record prices hammer farmers, strain consumers and leave Republicans openly worried that voters could strip them of control of Congress on November 3. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/trumps-nobel-peace-prize-fantasy-gets-a-brutal-reality-check/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64025 2026-10-03T21:29:12+00:00 Julian Hayes Trump’s Nobel ambitions face another setback as experts weigh concerns about political pressure, while possible contenders include Pope Leo and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, two figures whose victories could leave the president fuming. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/kimmel-eviscerates-trump-with-the-perfect-metaphor-for-his-intelligence-failure/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64019 2026-10-03T21:29:12+00:00 Claire Sullivan Jimmy Kimmel mocked Trump’s “Super Intelligence” rollout after the White House misspelled the United States beneath his signature, turning a basic proofreading failure into a brutal metaphor for the president and his new technology policy. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/gop-senate-chief-makes-stunning-admission-about-deep-red-kansas/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64013 2026-10-03T21:29:12+00:00 Elena Brooks Tim Scott conceded that Kansas has become uncomfortably competitive as two polls show Democrat Adam Hamilton leading Republican Sen. Roger Marshall, threatening the GOP in a state that has not elected a Democratic senator since 1932. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/brutal-texas-poll-should-have-the-gop-panicking/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64009 2026-10-03T21:29:12+00:00 Claire Sullivan A Democratic campaign poll shows Republicans facing unexpectedly tight House and Senate contests in Texas’ redrawn 9th District, where Paxton leads Talarico by just 1 point and Trump’s super PAC is spending heavily against Gutierrez. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/gop-writes-off-five-house-seats-as-trump-drags-party-toward-catastrophe/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64007 2026-10-03T21:29:12+00:00 Julian Hayes Republican strategists reportedly view five GOP held House seats as all but lost, while additional districts grow more difficult and Democrats hold an 8.8 percentage point generic ballot lead with 34 days remaining before the midterms. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/white-house-attack-dog-conjures-a-fake-iranian-endorsement-of-democrats/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64004 2026-10-03T21:29:12+00:00 Julian Hayes Steven Cheung and conservative allies portrayed an Iranian letter as an endorsement of Democrats, but the 26 page document never mentions the party. The accusation arrives roughly one month before midterms as Trump’s Iran war weighs on Republicans. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/10/noted-pest-donald-trump-launches-absurd-war-on-bugs/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=64001 2026-10-03T21:29:12+00:00 Daniel Mercer Trump ordered sweeping reductions in Washington’s mosquito and tick populations even after his administration undermined public health research and disease prevention funding, leaving another grand presidential proclamation to collide with the government capacity needed to accomplish it.