Conor Lynch

3 weeks ago | truthdig.com | Conor Lynch

Last year’s election left the Democratic Party in shambles, and things haven’t improved much for them since. According to a string of recent polls, the general public’s perception of the party has recently hit rock bottom, with less than 3 in 10 registered voters expressing a positive view of the party. This collapse has been driven largely by Democratic voters themselves, who have become increasingly frustrated with their party’s leadership (or lack of leadership).

1 month ago | truthdig.com | Conor Lynch

For Donald Trump, politics has been lucrative. According to some estimates, the president has roughly doubled his net worth since announcing his candidacy in 2016, and almost all of this new wealth can be traced back to businesses that exist because of his political career. Trump Media, which went public last year, accounts for more than half of his entire net worth. Measured by its fundamentals, Trump Media is essentially worthless.

2 months ago | truthdig.com | Conor Lynch

The basic premise of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency — that the federal government loses untold billions of dollars each year due to waste, fraud and systemic inefficiencies — is mostly true. According to the Government Accountability Office, the federal government made roughly $236 billion in “improper payments” during the fiscal year of 2023. This includes everything from overpayments to inaccurate recordkeeping to outright fraud.

2 months ago | truthdig.com | Conor Lynch

When Donald Trump issued the original Executive Order known as Schedule F in late 2020, it was widely condemned by a broad spectrum of critics as a thinly veiled effort to install loyalists throughout the federal bureaucracy. Under the pretense of “restoring accountability,” the order created a new “exempted service” in the federal workforce that effectively stripped career employees working on policy of their civil service protections.

Jan 22, 2025 | truthdig.com | Conor Lynch

During his first term as president, Donald Trump often pointed to Andrew Jackson as his favorite predecessor. He hung the seventh president’s portrait in the Oval Office, visited the Hermitage to commemorate his 250th birthday and even delayed the planned removal of Old Hickory from the $20 bill.