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Stephen Miller's 'worst bet ever' put the 'blood of many' on his hands: ex-GOP operative

A former Republican strategist said Monday that Stephen Miller, one of President Donald Trump's top aides, has gambled on stifling free speech and using fear to maintain power — but there's a chance it won't work.

In a Substack video, Steve Schmidt called out the White House deputy chief of staff, whom he referred to as "the architect of fear." Schmidt referred to Miller as the "most psychotic and unhinged advisor, a man with the blood of many on his hands, including Alex Pretti and Renee Good, including all of these people who lost their lives under the weight of his viciousness and his insanity."

The co-founder of the anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project made it clear that he views Miller as "an empty little Nazi" and "Little Goebbels of Santa Monica." He also identified how Miller doesn't have unchecked political power.

"We have the right to speech, and we have the right to faith, and we have the right to dissent, and we have the right to oppose this whack job with the full weight of our convictions," Schmidt argued.

Schmidt pointed to Trump's confusion on stage after Spain's FIFA World Cup win as an example of how "he's not capable psychologically of stepping away from power" — and that Miller is part of the problem.

"There are people around Donald Trump who encourage this, who stoke it, who provoke it," Schmidt added. "They believe that they're going to benefit from it. I think it's the worst bet ever made because for those who have placed it, my opposite wager is on their ruination because the survival of the American Republic depends on it. What these people have done and threatened, the thousands they have abused, the money they have stolen, the crimes they have committed cannot be gotten away with."

"If they are gotten away with, then that will mean Trump has won. If Trump wins, then the Republic dies. It's as simple as that. And the choice has always been as simple as that: America or Trump," he added.

Stephen Miller's tribute to Lindsey Graham on Fox News immediately blows up in his face

The internet mocked White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller after he told Fox News that politicians should serve for "love of the game" and "not for personal enrichment."

Miller was talking to conservative host Will Cain when he described the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and his dedication and work ethic. The comment raised eyebrows after reports of President Donald Trump and his family raking in billions — between crypto schemes and defense technology investments — during the president's second administration.

"You want senators who love being a senator, who embrace what it means, who embrace the opportunity, who seek no personal enrichment," Miller said.

Social media commentators noted the remarks.

"With a straight face," user SMR_MD, who self-describes as a "burned out Chicago ER MD" with more than 13,000 followers, wrote on X.

"Personal enrichment is only for Republican presidents," Hemant Mehta, podcaster and political commentator, wrote on X.

"Allllllllllllllrighty then," the popular influencer account Spiro's Ghost wrote on X.

"Right, Trump has enriched the lives of Americans from sea to… HE’S MADE BILLIONS FROM CRYPTO SCAMS…shining sea," political commentator Chris Robinson wrote on X.

with a straight face https://t.co/FwARslPsiD
— SRM_MD (@srmduke87) July 13, 2026

'Dead in the water': Ex-MAGA influencer eviscerates final hopes for dying right-wing group

A former MAGA influencer sounded the death knell for a prominent right-wing group that she says is now "a disaster."

On a recent episode of The Daily Beast Podcast, Ashley St. Clair wrote off the youth conservative organization Turning Point USA as it tries to carry on without its slain founder, Charlie Kirk.

"Turning Point is dead in the water," St. Clair said. "I think it's a disaster, I really do."

Host Joanna Coles had asked St. Clair what she thinks of the organization that Kirk built, now nearly a year after his assassination.

"Everyone doing these things in the name of Charlie to push this agenda, I think, has been horrific," St. Clair said, while reflecting on the memorial service for Kirk. She remembered a speech by top Trump White House aide Stephen Miller that put her off.

"If you go back to things like Stephen Miller's speech at that memorial, it was horrific," St. Clair said. "It was akin to what you would hear from Nazis. It was awful what they used that memorial for."

Coles also asked St. Clair to evaluate how Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk, has done in "carrying on Charlie's mantle."

"I think she should take some time with the kids," St. Clair said. "It's a very difficult position to be in when you're grieving, and you're raising children, to now be the public face of this. I think she needs to take time off."

Before Kirk's death, St. Clair separated herself from Turning Point USA and recalled a "public scuffle with Charlie over birth control because he's like, 'birth control is black tar heroin.'" According to St. Clair, "there was a shift" in Kirk's views on women that she didn't like.

St. Clair also weighed in on questions and theories surrounding Kirk's assassination, saying, "I do think there are more questions that should be asked about the investigation about how Charlie died, about how certain things were conducted. I think those are important questions to ask."

'Say no to drugs': Stephen Miller heaped with scorn for pious Trump praise

Online critics slammed top White House aide Stephen Miller after he implied President Donald Trump's second term was an act of God.

Miller praised the Trump presidency in a Saturday post on X.

"It is impossible to review the events of the last decade and conclude that it is anything other than divine providence that Donald J. Trump is the President of the United States on the year of America 250, July 4th, 2026," he wrote.

Not everyone responding to Miller's post saw the Trump presidency the same way.

Veteran political columnist Bill Kristol reacted by writing, "Stephen Miller, for some reason trying to give divine providence a bad name."

The account PatriotTakes, which monitors right-wing extremism, responded, "Trump is a religion for MAGA."

"Easy to dismiss this as the delusional fevered rantings of a diseased mind," wrote former GOP strategist Jeff Timmer. "But the disease is rampant at the epicenter of the most powerful government ever known on the planet. We should be far more alarmed than we are. Far more."

Tom Nichols, another long-time political commentator and staff writer for The Atlantic, reacted to Miller's post with an Abraham Lincoln quote and a Bible passage.

"The Almighty has His own purposes," he wrote. 'Woe unto the world because of offenses for it must needs be that offenses come but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.'"

Meanwhile, journalist John Harwood simply advised, "Just say no to drugs."

Menswear expert reveals what caused fashion faux pas for Trump's 'threatened anteater'

A menswear expert gave a full breakdown on men's suit styles and commented on a Trump administration official's fashion, offering some tailoring advice.

Derek Guy, writer and editor at Put This On, described his thoughts on why White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller's suit did not fit him correctly after the Trump official was seen speaking to National Guard troops and booed by demonstrators while sporting a blue suit jacket without shoulder pads.

"Stephen Miller's suit here shows one of the biggest problems with men's tailoring today," Guy wrote on X.

"I should first emphasize this thread is not meant to body shame. I mean that sincerely. Few men are built like Adonis, so when shopping for clothes, most will have their own fit challenges, including muscular figures. This thread is only meant to highlight a tailoring issue," Guy explained, sharing a series of side-by-side images and examples of men's tailoring styles.

"As the world has gotten more casual, brands have had to adapt. So they've ripped even more structure out of the suit. Gone is the stiffer haircloth, padding, and wadding. Sometimes there's only soft layer of canvas from shoulder to hem. Sometimes there's no structure at all!" Guy said.

He revealed how silhouette and cut can make a big difference for men's styles.

"When you remove so much structure out of a jacket, you lose what's special about tailoring. Without the structure underneath, the garment will hang more like a t-shirt, button-up shirt, or polo shirt, which rarely look good on men (especially when worn on their own)."

"This is especially true if a man is built like a threatened anteater. Miller has relatively narrow shoulders and wide hips, which means there's not much shape through the torso," Guy added.

This is especially true if a man is built like a threatened anteater. Miller has relatively narrow shoulders and wide hips, which means there's not much shape through the torso. pic.twitter.com/3vHGv9W4jC
— derek guy (@dieworkwear) July 2, 2026

'Ingratitude!' Hegseth lashes out at 'ingrates' burying Trump's top officials in boos

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was furious as demonstrators overpowered Trump administration officials speaking to a crowd of National Guard members on Thursday.

Hegseth, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and National Guard Bureau Chief Gen. Steven Nordhaus were speaking to the group of about 200 guard members ahead of the Fourth of July at Meridian Hill Park when the sounds of booing and sirens started to drown out the speeches.

"This background noise this morning is perfect," Hegseth said. "It's the sound of ingrates, of ingratitude, of people who are so blinded by ideology they can't see law and order and common sense in front of them."

Pete Hegseth: "This background noise is perfect. It's the sound of ingrates, of ingratitude, of people who are so blinded by ideology they can't see law and order and common sense in front of them." pic.twitter.com/aWt5ciuRG3
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 2, 2026

Jeers and sirens drown out Stephen Miller during his DC National Guard speech

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller was booed and disrupted by protesters while speaking to National Guard members in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.

Miller was speaking with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and National Guard Bureau Chief Gen. Nordhaus at Meridian Hill Park, where they were hosting a DC Safe & Beautiful Task Force Ceremony with about 200 National Guardsmen, according to CNN Pentagon reporter Haley Britzky.

Video footage captured Miller trying to speak over the sound of chanting and sirens.

The internet mocked Miller for the embarrassing moment.

"Incredible how this white supremacist is the worst possible example of white supremacy," writer and podcaster Hemant Mehta posted on X.

"Ha! Stephen Miller deserves it!" Political commentator Lucas Sanders wrote on X.

"I love this for Stephen Miller," journalist Aaron Rupar wrote on X.

"Temu Goebbels is at it again, this time in front of a DC public he swears are leftist criminals," political commentator Anna Baxter wrote on Bluesky.

i love this for Stephen Miller pic.twitter.com/yD2KmstPjg
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 2, 2026

Stephen Miller ridiculed after 'pompous' rant about immigrants on Fox News

Trump White House aide Stephen Miller went on a rant about immigrants that's drawing scorn from online critics.

Miller claimed during an interview with Fox News anchor Will Cain that immigrants in cities like New York City come from countries that "would have never developed the combustion engine or airplanes" if it weren't for contact with "the West."

His comments were part of a rant about democratic socialists who are running for congressional seats and recently won Democratic primaries. Fox News displayed "Is Socialism the Future of the Dem Party?" under Miller while he spoke. Although Cain told Miller his comments were "very well said," the response from online critics struck a different tone.

"Stephen Miller talks like America was built by pure-blood geniuses instead of generations of immigrants doing the work MAGA now looks down on," wrote progressive news personality Alex Cole on X.

"When Stephen Miller's own family came here, his intellectual predecessors saw them as backward [and] shifty Jews who were unable to ever assimilate to this country, and who would never be real Americans," immigration policy analyst Aaron Reichlin-Melnick reacted.

Former pro tennis player turned political commentator Martina Navratilova attacked Miller, writing, "He really is such a pompous, ignorant f—"

Progressive blogger Matthew Shochat simply pointed out, "the combustion engine was not developed in the US."

Ex-insider warns of 'dictatorial dementia' as Trump copes with his 'impending mortality'

A GOP analyst and former White House insider revealed that as President Donald Trump has shown signs of "dictatorial dementia," energetic "young henchmen" around him are in a hurry to reshape the government — even rushing to conduct mass firings.

Bill Kristol, the editor at large for The Bulwark and a former chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle, described how 80-year-old Trump has surrounded himself with young men. Acting director of national intelligence Bill Pulte is 38 years old, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller is 40, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin and FBI Director Kash Patel are all 46 years old. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is 51, and Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought is 50.

"A sense of impending mortality seems to be making our president even more unhinged than ever," Kristol wrote.

Kristol described how Trump might not have "the patience to carry out a thoroughgoing subversion of the rule of law, of our political and civil liberties, or of our elections," or the ability to enact a full authoritarian takeover.

"On the other hand, there’s no doubt he would like to see such a takeover," Kristol wrote.

"And he does have young men with a lean and hungry look in positions of authority and power in the executive branch who are committed to making his dream of power without limits a reality," Kristol wrote.

These men have something in common, Kristol explained.

"They’re young, but they’re as determined as the old man they work for not to hand their positions over to anyone other than fellow loyalists after their terms in office, if they intend to leave office at all," Kristol wrote. "They’re as determined as the old man they work for not to step aside from their powers and allow political opponents to look into what they have done. And like the old man they work for, they aren’t committed to the peaceful and democratic transfer of power after an election, or to the political norms or lawful procedures of a liberal democracy."

"None of these men should be in a position of power and authority in the government of the United States," Kristol added. "Yet here they are, hiring and firing at will, abusing their authority and politicizing their agencies in unprecedented ways."

Stephen Miller's big UFO announcement backfires: 'They're coming to take you home!'

Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff, was mocked on Friday after he announced that a batch of UFO videos and materials had been released to the public.

Miller shared the government news in a post on X: "New tranche of UFO files and videos just dropped."

Miller's post comes amid a broader Trump administration push to release UFO files that began on May 8 when the Department of War published the first tranche of declassified records through a new portal called the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters, or PURSUE. The initial release contained dozens of photos, videos, witness accounts, and military records dating to the 1940s.

A second batch followed, and Friday's release marked the third tranche of files.

The Trump administration first announced the project in February after former President Barack Obama's televised remarks about extraterrestrial life renewed public interest in the subject. Critics have accused the administration of using the rolling UFO releases to distract from a growing list of political crises, including Trump's war in Iran, the collapse of his anti-weaponization fund, and ongoing scrutiny of his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

And the internet was quick to mock Miller over the announcement.

"Finally. The administration releases Stephen Miller’s birth records," Gov Press Office, the official account for the press office of California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, posted on X.

"They're coming to take you home, you ugly f---!" Progressive political commentator Billie Nelson wrote on X.

"You’re a UFO. Ugly F------- Ogre," political commentator and self-described "Quadriplegic dude" Owen Wheelson, who has more than 44,000 followers, wrote on X.

"Are the Epstein Files included?" Writer and political commentator Derek Cressman wrote on X.

"I’m convinced you’re an alien," combat veteran and Republican civic leader Matthew Paul McCaffery wrote on X.