Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) tore into the Nancy Pelosi-picked Select Committee on January 6 for reportedly deleting or password-protecting some 2 terabytes worth of data just days before Republicans took over the House a year ago. Earlier this week, the House Administration Committee’s Oversight Subcommittee, responsible for investigating both the 2021 Capitol…

House Speaker Mike Johnson has committed to officially forming a new committee to examine the events of January 6, 2021, when the U.S. Capitol was attacked. This committee, headed by Republican Representative Barry Loudermilk from Georgia, is a component of a larger initiative by Republicans to persist in and broaden the investigations that were initiated…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is being called out by critics after he refused to respond to a question from a CNN host about when he was aware of former President Joe Biden’s obvious mental decline while in office. During an interview with CNN’s Kasie Hunt, the New York Democrat refused to directly answer the…

For the first time, a federal judge has supported President Donald Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act, a wartime power Trump invoked to deport Venezuelans he claims are members of a criminal gang. U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines, a Trump appointee in Pennsylvania, upheld Trump’s March 14 proclamation, which declared that Tren de Aragua,…

A pro-Trump legal organization founded by White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller has filed a lawsuit against Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, marking a long-shot effort as Trump allies push back against court rulings that have blocked key executive actions. The suit, brought by the America First Legal Foundation, targets Roberts in…

A North Carolina Republican is once again in the spotlight following a heated incident with a voter, but this time, the lawmaker is accused of taking matters into his own hands. Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., allegedly struck an attendee with a clipboard at a non-partisan event on Saturday evening after launching into a pro-Trump rant,…

The one main character flaw about socialists is that they are gigantic hypocrites when it comes to actually living the kind of life they imagine for everyone. But that trait lends itself to all of the others that make socialists and socialism one of the most enslaving, evil systems of governance ever devised: Socialist leaders…

President Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio will represent his administration in Turkey to oversee peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. Trump had previously suggested he might attend the negotiations in Istanbul himself, emphasizing his relentless efforts to end the years-long conflict. On Monday, he mentioned that he would go…

If Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), a member of the ‘Squad’, follows through on her recent anti-Trump commitment, she may face arrest, as stated by a spokesperson from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Tricia McLaughlin, the assistant secretary for public affairs at the immigration agency, informed Fox News viewers on Monday evening that the Bronx…

President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” may already be on life support in the Republican-controlled Senate, and that’s only if it makes it out of the House, which has an even slimmer GOP majority. CNN reporter Manu Raju tweeted Monday that the bill already faces opposition from two Republican senators—Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who voiced concerns…