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187 pieces since November 4th, 2024
Trump Warns About Election Interference but Skips Outside Watchers
Trump warns about foreign meddling while skipping a long-standing check on US elections.
Jared Kushner Plans Gaza’s Future While His Firm Owns a Piece of the War
The peace envoy's fund is the top owner of Israel's war-supplier investor.
Todd Blanche Went After Minnesota’s Judges for Talking to the Times
Do I have a Todd Blanche Google alert? Maybe. Blanche just filed a misconduct complaint against nearly the whole federal bench in Minnesota. Their crime, according to the Justice Department: talking to the New York Times. Blanche says the judges violated their ethical duties by commenting on cases, some of them still pending, and showed…
Mark Burnett Cast Donald Trump as a Genius Boss. America Forgot It Was Casting.
I helped cast TV narcissists for a living, and I think we accidentally helped make a president. Back in 2000, I was an associate producer on ESPN’s 2 Minute Drill. Kenny Mayne hosted it, and people like Rich Eisen sat on the panel. Contestants answered rapid-fire sports trivia for cash. It was basically a sports…
Chuck Grassley Put Jack Smith on Trial for Doing His Job
Chuck Grassley’s big scandal is that the guy investigating the coup… investigated. That’s what today’s Senate hearing was really about. You’d never know it from the name Grassley gave it, though. He called it “Oversight of Jack Smith’s Abuse of Authority and the Targeting of Republicans and Related Matters.” They put the verdict first and…
They admitted it again: Trump is holding housing hostage to make it harder to vote
He canceled the biggest housing bill in 30 years to force through a law that thins out the voter rolls. I wrote a while back about the Republican Party admitting something they usually keep quiet about. It’s worth bringing up again, because of what just happened. Today, Trump canceled the signing of the biggest housing…
A Court Just Called Pete Hegseth’s Trans Troop Ban a Cover Story
A federal court ruled Pete Hegseth's transgender military ban is likely unconstitutional and built on animus. The judge quoted Groucho Marx. Hegseth answered with four words.
Eric Trump and Don Jr. Learned the Phone Grift From Their Dad’s Licensing Deals
A Florida shell company took the $100 deposits. The Trumps got an undisclosed licensing fee. Same play as Trump Toronto, Trump Panama, Trump SoHo. Ready for some more receipts? Eric Trump and Don Jr. didn’t invent the gold phone grift, they learned it watching their dad license the Trump name onto buildings he didn’t finance,…
Trump Promised a Free Ballroom. Now Republican Bills Would Charge Taxpayers $1.4 Billion
Trump said the ballroom would cost $200M and zero taxpayer dollars. It's now $400M from donors with regulatory asks, $400M more in a new GOP bill, and a proposed $1B for Secret Service security at the site, above ground and below. The math got worse every time he opened his mouth.
#9 The Deal: Trump Tower Moscow and the ‘Nothing to Do With Russia’ Denial
Trump signed the letter of intent, and during the campaign his lawyer asked the Kremlin for help getting Trump Tower Moscow built. Felix Sater emailed: Our boy can become president of the USA and we can engineer it.
Eric Swalwell’s Accusers Brought Receipts - His Lawyer Brought Cease-and-Desist Letters
He admitted “mistakes in judgment.” He just thinks you shouldn’t care. Here’s the thing about the Eric Swalwell allegations - he denies sleeping with his staffers. He just had his lawyer send at least two of the women accusing him letters demanding they stop talking about it. If you’re new here - let’s catch you…
Hungary’s Foreign Minister Was Caught on Tape Spying for Russia. He Still Has His Job.
Verified recordings, 72 delisted Russian entities, zero consequences Okay so Hungary’s Foreign Minister got caught on tape coordinating with Russia and I genuinely don’t understand why this isn’t bigger news, so let me walk you through it ’cause it’s wild. Peter Szijjarto is Hungary’s Foreign Minister. He’s been in the job since 2014. Hungary is…
Paolo Zampolli Connects Epstein, Maxwell, Melania, and Trump. He’s Currently a US Special Envoy.
The modeling agent rabbit hole goes deeper than anyone’s reporting. Oh - you thought I was done writing about Melania’s surprise Epstein press conference and the Amanda Ungaro situation? Well, I fell down the Paolo Zampolli rabbit hole and guess what I found? Every layer of this guy’s biography connects to something worse. So let…
Melania’s Surprise Epstein Denial Makes a Lot More Sense When You Know Who Amanda Ungaro Is
The deported ex says she knows where the bodies are buried. The only reason why I still have a Twitter account is that that’s where you find the real tea. As you all know, Melania Trump went in front of the cameras at the White House yesterday to tell the country she has nothing to…
Kushner’s Firm Took $2 Billion From the Saudis. Now He’s Negotiating a War That Makes Them Richer
Kushner's firm has collected more than $110 million in fees from the Saudi sovereign wealth fund since 2021, congressional Democrats estimate - and as of mid-2024 the fund had made zero returns. He's negotiating on Iran. Saudi Arabia profits when Iran's oil goes offline. Congress sent a letter.
The US Bombed Military Targets on Iran’s Oil Island the Same Day Hungary Lined Up a Deal for US Oil
The war is the sales pitch.
Trump Pardoned 1,500 January 6 Rioters and a Judge Just Ruled He Can Still Be Sued for Sending Them
Trump pardoned or freed every January 6 rioter on day one. Didn't matter. A judge just ruled he can still be personally sued by the Capitol Police officers and members of Congress who say he sent that crowd after them. A trial could be next.
Pete Hegseth Fired the Army Chief of Staff and Replaced Him With His Own Personal Aide
The Army tried to hold a standard this week. Then Hegseth fired the guy running the Army.
Trump Gutted the CDC and by July There’ll Be One Person Left to Handle a Rabies Crisis
The CDC paused rabies and poxvirus testing because Trump fired half the lab staff. One person is left on the rabies team. One.
Kash Patel Gutted the Team That Tracks Iran - Then Iran-Linked Hackers Leaked His Email
Three FBI breaches in one month. The director fired the Iran counterintelligence team days before Iran-linked hackers breached his email.
Kash Patel Is Being Sued By Agents He Fired Over the Trump Investigations
The FBI director was subpoenaed in the same cases he's now firing people for working. Three agents just filed a class action that could reinstate everyone he's purged.
Pete Hegseth’s Broker Tried to Buy Defense Stocks Weeks Before the Iran War Started
Pete Hegseth's broker tried to invest millions in defense contractors before the Iran war. The investment fell through. The whole system lets this happen - and always has.
Memphis Police Pepper-Sprayed the Protest Marshals at the No Kings March
Memphis held a massive No Kings march Saturday. It ended with pepper spray, three arrests, and a brand-new Tennessee law used to charge the people keeping marchers safe.
Hegseth Kicked Out the Trans Troops to Replace Them With Potheads and Old Dudes
The Army will take your 42-year-old knees and your weed conviction. It will not take your trans identity. And Hegseth is pushing out the trans troops it already trained.
The War Is a Product Launch
The Pentagon asked for $200 billion. The president's sons own $750 million in drone companies bidding on those contracts. Nobody blinks.
Memes and Body Bags
The White House is running a war like a content house - and Americans are paying for it at the pump and the funeral home.
Party Foul at Fort Bliss
Hey - do you remember last month when they shut down airspace around El Paso TWICE? Well, now we know why. The Pentagon loaned Customs and Border Protection a high-energy laser cannon and told them to go zap some cartel drones on the Texas border. CBP fired it near Fort Bliss without telling the FAA,…
The Alteration
Trump demolished the East Wing, fired the reviewers, stacked the replacements, and called it an improvement. The Trump administration has been playing a very specific game with the White House ballroom lawsuit, and yesterday a judge called it out. For months, the DOJ has been telling courts that the ballroom project is run by the…
They Fired the War-Gamers. Then the War Started.
DOGE fired the State Department's entire Middle East oil team in July 2025. Six months later, Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz and there was nobody left to call.
The Fly They Want to Swat
The SAVE Act was born as a backroom deal at Mar-a-Lago. Now it could block 21 million Americans from voting to solve a problem that produces 0.000007% fraud.
The Sanctions Boomerang
Russia gave Iran intel to target U.S. bases. Americans died. Two weeks later we suspended sanctions on Russian oil. Make it make sense.
The Florida Network Is on Trial
Marco Rubio has to testify against his best friend in a $50 million Venezuelan lobbying trial. The White House chief of staff's role is under seal.
The Spending Spree Is the Receipt
The Pentagon blew a record $93 billion in one month on lobster, pianos, and recliners. Two months later, 42 million Americans lost food stamps for the first time ever.
The Oil Headlines Are Missing What This War Is Doing to the Water
Black rain fell on Tehran. 68 loaded oil tankers are trapped near the Strait of Hormuz. 300+ environmental incidents in 11 days. The Persian Gulf took decades to partially recover from 1991. We're doing it again.
A DOGE Employee Allegedly Walked Out of the Social Security Administration with Your Data on a Thumb Drive
A former DOGE engineer allegedly left the SSA with data on 500 million Americans on a thumb drive. When a colleague raised legal concerns, he said he'd get a pardon.
The EPA’s Chemical Safety Office Is Run by the Chemical Industry’s Former Lobbyists
The people who spent their careers fighting EPA chemical regulations are now running the EPA chemical safety office. Their ethics holds just expired. Zero enforcement actions taken.
The 26-Year-Old Who Fired the Ethics Lawyers Is Now Running Pentagon AI
Gavin Kliger got caught with illegal stock holdings at the CFPB, fired the lawyers who flagged it, and just got named Pentagon Chief Data Officer. During a war.
They’re Not Even Hiding It Anymore
Vietnam fast-tracked a $1.5B Trump deal while negotiating tariffs with his White House. The Trump sons are cutting deals with the same countries their father is negotiating with.
Freedom Is for Sale, and the Price List Is in the Lobbying Filings
A nursing home fraudster paid $960K to voter-suppression lobbyists and got a presidential pardon after 3 months of a 3-year sentence. The inmates at Otisville took notes. The pardon industry has a price list.
The Promotion Nobody Noticed
Trump didn't fire Kristi Noem. He gave her a brand-new title, a whole hemisphere to work with, and zero Senate oversight. The horse commercial got her fired. Not the dead Americans.
The Cyber Strategy That Gutted Its Own Defense Team
Trump's new cyber strategy brags about Iran and Venezuela while CISA has lost a third of its staff and the Salt Typhoon investigation is dead. Great offense. No defense.
The People Hit With Ethics Complaints Wrote the Ethics Complaint Rules
Todd Blanche announced they'd gut bar oversight. Then Pam Bondi signed a rule giving herself veto power over ethics complaints filed against DOJ attorneys - including the ones filed against her.
They Gutted the Watchdogs Before They Made the Appointments
The Social Security commissioner sold about $530 million in stock a few months before it crashed more than 40%. The SEC chair held up to $6 million in crypto, and the SEC dropped its big crypto cases. Both followed the rules. That’s the problem.
The Pentagon’s No. 2 Used to Own the Companies Now Winning Golden Dome Contracts
Steve Feinberg built a private equity empire of defense contractors. Trump made him #2 at the Pentagon. Now those companies are winning Golden Dome contracts. He "divested." His kids got the money.
The Government Is Erasing History From National Parks
Someone leaked the spreadsheet. 880 national park exhibits under review. 542 flagged. The pattern? Every exhibit about Black, Indigenous, or colonized Americans. The Interior's response? Threatening the employees who exposed it.
We’re Spending Millions to Kill a $50,000 Drone and Trump Thinks That’s Winning
While Iran fires $50,000 drones at the Gulf, the US burns through $12.7 million interceptors faster than we can build them. Trump says we can fight forever. The math disagrees.
Trump’s Copy-Paste War
A diplomatic breakthrough was reportedly hours away. Trump bombed anyway. 787 dead, the Strait of Hormuz shut down, six American soldiers killed, and no plan for what comes next.
Your Tax Dollars Are Funding Rapture Prep at the Pentagon
Military commanders told troops the Iran war is the biblical apocalypse. Over 110 complaints. Every branch. The trail leads straight to Pete Hegseth.
The Bag of Rocks: SCOTUS, Iran, and the Week America’s Economy Got Kneecapped
His tariffs were ruled illegal. His war just spiked oil prices. Working families are holding the bill for both.
Election Emergency Playbook: Trump’s QAnon Allies Draft the Order
The 2020 cope has a 17-page sequel and it wants your ballot. A QAnon-adjacent lawyer and an Infowars birther drafted a 17-page executive order to declare a national emergency over elections. The White House is reportedly listening. This is the draft.
The Man Running the Epstein Files Release Was Trump’s Personal Defense Attorney
I need everyone to understand something that apparently were all just fine with?Yesterday the Department of Justice released more than 3 million more pages of Jeffrey Epstein files - nearly 3.5 million in all. The biggest document dump in the history of this case. And the man in charge of what you get to see…
We Were Hours Away from Bombing Iran
On January 14th, top officials believed U.S. bombs would hit Tehran within hours. By that afternoon, Trump had backed off. The strike that almost happened.
Pam Bondi Demanded Minnesota’s Voter Rolls the Day Agents Killed Alex Pretti
Pam Bondi just gave America the clearest window yet into what this is actually about. And it’s not immigration. Today - the same day federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse in Minneapolis whose only prior offense was a couple traffic tickets - Bondi fired off a letter to Governor Tim…
“We Do Not Believe in the Political United States” - Danish Pension Funds Are Dumping Our Debt
A Danish pension fund is dumping its 100 million dollars in U.S. Treasuries and calling America 'not a good credit.' Another said it trusts American companies but not the U.S. government. Europe is done.
Did the Generals Say No? Inside Trump’s Reported Greenland Invasion Plan
The Daily Mail’s sources say Trump ordered a plan to invade Greenland and the Joint Chiefs pushed back. U.S. officials told the New York Times the Pentagon hadn’t been asked. Either way, NATO allies are sending troops to Greenland. This is the constitutional crisis no one wanted.
Trump Made Himself Chairman of Gaza
Trump chairs Gaza's oversight board. Kushner and Blair sit on it. Countries pay $1B for permanent seats. Trump controls the money and picks his own successor. The charter doesn't even mention Gaza.
Some of Trump’s New Deportation Recruits Can’t Do Sit-Ups or Pass Basic Tests
ICE hired a 469-pound man his own doctor declared unfit for any physical activity while building Trump's deportation army. Gang tattoos, failed tests, open gun charges: all welcome. Immigrant truckers who can't read English? Dangerous.
Senate Republicans Kill the Venezuela War Powers Check After Trump’s Angry Calls
Hawley and Young voted against requiring congressional approval for war after being assured Trump would seek congressional approval for war. The logic is airtight if you don’t think about it.
Trump’s Former Evangelical Advisor Pled Guilty to 5 Counts of Child Sex Abuse. He Got 6 Months in Jail.
Well - this is pretty disheartening. Robert Morris, the megachurch pastor who served on Donald Trump’s evangelical advisory board, pled guilty to five felony counts of child sexual abuse. He got six months in jail. Six months. Morris was a 21-year-old traveling preacher when he started molesting 12-year-old Cindy Clemishire on Christmas night 1982 while…
Trump’s Labor Secretary Allegedly Keeps Office Liquor Cabinet, Affair With Staffer
The Labor Secretary allegedly has champagne, bourbon, and Kahlua in her office, drinks at work, and is being investigated for an affair with a subordinate. Pete Hegseth must feel seen.
The USDA Froze $129 Million From Minnesota, Pointing to a Fraud That Was Already Prosecuted
More than fifty people have already been convicted. The ringleader got convicted in March. The DOJ literally called it the largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the country. And the USDA just froze $129 million to Minnesota anyway. Pointing to the fraud that’s already been prosecuted - plus a list of other alleged schemes, from housing…
The Minnesota Shakedown
50+ convictions. Ringleader in prison. So why freeze Minnesota's funding? Because Walz ran against Trump. They're testing the sanctions playbook at home. Ask Iran how that ends.
Red States Are the Welfare Queens
Blue states could commit billions in fraud and STILL send more to Washington than they get back. But sure, blame immigrants.
The White House Turned ICE Into a Propaganda Machine
Thousands of internal ICE messages show the White House pressuring public affairs teams to produce viral arrest videos - accuracy optional, drama required.
Hegseth Moves to Cut a Combat Veteran Senator’s Military Retirement Pay Over a Video
Pete Hegseth just announced he’s cutting a sitting U.S. Senator’s military retirement pay. The Senator in question is Mark Kelly, who flew 39 combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, commanded Space Shuttle missions, and spent 25 years serving in the Navy. His crime? Making a video that reminded service members they have a duty to…
It’s Not About the Drugs or the Oil. I Have a More Abstract Venezuela Theory.
Okay - people are now asking - if it’s not about the drugs - and it’s not about the oil - why the hell did we go into Venezuela? And I’m going to give you a very niche, conceptual reason - that’s just something I’ve been thinking about all day. It’s very abstract - so…
The United States Bombed Venezuela at 2 AM and Captured Maduro
Good morning. While you were sleeping, the United States bombed Venezuela - and captured its president. Around 2 AM local time on January 3, 2026, explosions rocked Caracas. Fuerte Tiuna - Venezuela’s largest military complex - went up in flames. The port at La Guaira was hit. Social media filled with footage of smoke columns…
The $400 Million Plane That Wasn’t a Gift
Qatar didn’t gift Trump a plane. They handed him a problem - and wrapped it in diplomacy.
John Bolton Indicted - And The Irony Is Incredible
John Bolton’s name is on the 1973 paper behind Buckley v. Valeo, and he helped bring the case. Now he’s being prosecuted by a billionaire-backed administration using the DOJ for revenge. The irony is incredible.
Harvard’s $57 Billion Lie
Harvard isn’t facing a money crisis. It’s making a values decision, and it tells you exactly where higher education is headed.
Netflix Agreed to Buy Warner Bros. for $82.7 Billion. Watch That Word ‘Expects’.
You might have already heard about the biggest media deal of the decade this morning. Netflix just agreed to buy Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion. What you might not have caught is the single word doing all the heavy lifting in the official announcement. Netflix expects to continue releasing Warner Bros. films in theaters. Expects.…
Amnesty International Says Alligator Alcatraz Held People in 2×2 Metal Boxes
They built a cage inside a cage. Amnesty International released a 59-page report today documenting conditions at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz detention facility. The findings include toilets overflowing with fecal matter into sleeping areas, food sometimes infested with maggots, stadium lights that stay on 24 hours a day, and detainees forced to unclog toilets with their…
FBI Arrests Suspected January 5th Pipe Bomber After Nearly Five Years and 40,000 Videos
The FBI arrested Brian Cole Jr. this morning. A 30-year-old from Woodbridge, Virginia. Works at his family’s bail bonds company. Lives with his mom. Allegedly planted pipe bombs outside both the DNC and RNC headquarters on January 5, 2021. Almost five years. The FBI offered a $500,000 reward, conducted over a thousand interviews, reviewed nearly…
GAO Auditors Created 23 Fake ACA Enrollees. All 23 Got Approved.
Wanna see where my critical thinking essays and current political news collide showing real world consequences? Awesome! Let’s go! On Wednesday, the Government Accountability Office released a report showing that 23 of 24 fictitious applications submitted by auditors were approved for subsidized Affordable Care Act coverage. Eighteen fake enrollees were still collecting over $10,000 monthly…
Trump Wants to Revoke Citizenship From Naturalized Americans Convicted of Crimes
On Sunday on Air Force One, Trump told reporters he would absolutely revoke citizenship from naturalized immigrants convicted of crimes. Then came the qualifier: “If I have the power to do it - I’m not sure that I do, but if I do.” Here’s what prompted this announcement. Last Wednesday, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah…
Pete Hegseth Reportedly Ordered ‘Kill Everybody.’ Attacking Shipwrecked Men Is a War Crime.
Under the laws of war, you never attack anyone who is hors de combat: shipwrecked, wounded, defenseless, or already in your power. But on September 2, according to the Washington Post, Pete Hegseth gave an order to do exactly that. The DOD Law of War Manual is explicit about this. Section 5.9 states that persons…
Trump’s Ukraine ‘Peace Talks’ Were a Business Development Scheme for His Donors
Id say you won’t believe this, but Ive said that too many times. The Wall Street Journal dropped a huge investigation yesterday about Trump’s Ukraine peace talks, and the only surprising part is that anyone still calls this foreign policy. What they described was a business development scheme for the presidents friends, donors, and family…
Three Years Out and Democrats Are Already Catastrophizing About 2028
Democrats in my comments keep falling into the trap of electability panic about the 2028 presidential election. We’re three years out and people are already catastrophizing about who can’t win. It’s frankly exhausting. Let’s be real. Dem voters didn’t really want Hillary in 2016 - that’s why the party had to put its thumb on…
Stop Letting ‘Electability’ Gaslight You Into Defeating Yourself Before Voting
After I posted that I thought AOC could win the presidency if she ran, I got a lot of pushback about how we shouldn’t support another woman candidate because it’s been proven one can’t win. Well, that’s a bunch of bullshit. DO NOT - I REPEAT - DO NOT BE GASLIT INTO BELIEVING THIS - …
The Make America Sick Again Paradox
RFK Jr. bans food dyes while kids die of measles. 1,600+ cases, 3 deaths, vaccine panel purged. The “healthy” agenda comes with an asterisk: gut public health first.
The Accidental Energy Revolution
AI companies need so much electricity they’re restarting Three Mile Island and funding fusion research. Private greed might accidentally solve climate change. Now we just need regulators who understand what a reactor is.
DOGE Is Dead. It Promised $2 Trillion. Senate Democrats Say It Wasted $21 Billion.
Remember DOGE? You’re gonna love this update! You probably heard that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency was going to save us $2 trillion. Then it was $1 trillion. Then $150 billion. What you might not have heard is that it’s already dead - eight months before its charter was supposed to end - and…
US Embassies Must Now Flag Government-Funded Abortion as a Human Rights Infringement
In case you missed it, and let’s be real, you probably did, the State Department sent a diplomatic cable Thursday instructing U.S. embassies and consulates on how to prepare the next annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Diplomats will now be required to note state-subsidized abortion, DEI enforcement, gender-affirming care for minors, and arrests…
The AI Bubble Is Real and It’s About to Hit Regular People the Hardest
Okay - I just went back through my notes app - and hooooboy. I started to research and write sooooo many things this week that I just abandoned because there’s too much to cover - even if you spend 12 to 14 hours a day, everyday trying to keep up with it all. But I…
A Federal Court Just Handed Trump’s Criminal Conviction Back for Immunity Review
OMG. You guys are not going to believe this!J/k you totally will. A federal appeals court just ordered a district judge to take another look at whether Trump’s criminal conviction can be tossed based on immunity. The court didn’t overturn anything. They just sent it back for reconsideration. But the fact remains that the hush…
Congressman Cohen, Winning Memphis Isn’t the Same as Leading It
An Open Letter to My Congressman About Why Winning Isn’t the Same as Leading Dear Congressman Steve Cohen,I’ve been voting for you since you first won your seat in Congress back in 2006. Before that, I watched you fight for the Tennessee Lottery for nearly twenty years in the State Senate - a fight that…
Trump Called Epstein Files a ‘Hoax’ Then Signed the Release Bill Anyway
So, we’ve all been talking about Trump signing the Epstein files bill. He announced it on Truth Social with a 390-word post painting Epstein as a lifelong Democrat and promising the release would reveal connections to Democrats. Survivors of Epstein’s abuse cheered in the gallery. Trump called the files a hoax designed to distract from…
Billionaires Don’t Make Good Leaders Because They Don’t Need Money. Wrong.
I’m so tired of seeing billionaires be lauded as good options for governing roles because they can’t be tempted by money because they have plenty of it. You don’t get to be a billionaire because money has no effect on you - duh. Every election cycle, some billionaire decides they’re the answer to our problems…
Trump Signed the Epstein Files Bill. Bondi Couldn’t Explain What Changed.
Well, he did it. Trump signed the bill to release the Epstein files tonight. The question everyone’s asking is whether he can still find a way out of this. Here’s why the answer is probably no. Attorney General Pam Bondi stood in front of reporters today and couldn’t explain why the Justice Department suddenly needs…
Trump Accounts Are a Wall Street Subsidy Disguised as a Baby Bonus
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been talking about Trump accounts like he’d just invented sliced bread. What he’s not mentioning is that this whole setup is designed to look generous while quietly offloading risk, funneling billions to Wall Street, and potentially undermining Social Security. Here’s how it works: The government seeds $1,000 into accounts for…
Trump Is Stripping Whistleblower Protections From Thousands of Senior Federal Employees
The Trump administration is about to finalize a rule that strips whistleblower protections from an estimated 50,000 senior federal employees. That’s not spin. That’s what the documents reviewed by Reuters actually say. The Whistleblower Protection Act makes it illegal for agencies to retaliate against employees who report violations of law, gross waste of funds, abuse…
Will the Epstein Files End MAGA? Here’s My Honest Answer.
So, probably like you, I’ve seen a lot of people ask if the release of the Epstein Files will be the end of MAGA. The bill to release them just passed both the House and Senate and this issue created a wedge between Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene that looked unthinkable three months ago. And…
Trump’s 50-Year Mortgage Was Pitched With a Literal Posterboard at a Golf Club
You probably saw that Trump floated a 50-year mortgage plan over the weekend. Maybe you saw the pushback - his own base losing their minds, Republican congresspeople calling it debt slavery, housing experts explaining why it’s economically illiterate. What you might not know is how this disaster actually happened. Saturday night at Trump’s Palm Beach…
Trump Pardoned 77 People Involved in the Plot to Overturn the 2020 Election
In case you missed it over the weekend, Trump pardoned 77 - SEVENTY SEVEN! - people who helped him try to overturn the 2020 election. His pardon attorney announced it on Sunday. Rudy Giuliani got one. Mark Meadows got one. So did lawyers like Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Jenna Ellis and Kenneth Chesebro, aides like…
SCOTUS Wasn’t Buying GEO Group’s Immunity Defense in ICE Detainees’ Forced Labor Suit
The Supreme Court didn’t seem impressed with GEO Groups claim today that it should be immune from forced labor lawsuits at its Colorado immigration detention center. At least four justices signaled they weren’t eager to overturn the lower court ruling that let the case move forward. More than 30,000 former detainees, led by Alejandro Menocal,…
SCOTUS Is About to Decide If Your Mail-In Ballot Gets Thrown Out
The Supreme Court just agreed to hear a case that could decide whether mail-in ballots have to arrive by Election Day to count. Right now, Mississippi let’s ballots postmarked by Election Day arrive up to five business days later and still be valid. Republicans are challenging that, and the Court took the case. Its called…
Democrats Caused the Shutdown, Then Folded First. Stop Making Excuses for Them.
Stop making excuses for Democrats. Here’s what actually happened, stripped of all the partisan spin and cable news theatrics: The Democrats shut down the government. Full stop. They made a calculated decision to pull the trigger on a shutdown, presumably thinking they had leverage, thinking they had the Republicans cornered. And then they blinked first.…
Why Eight Democratic Senators Voted to Cave on Healthcare: The Real Theory
Dems caved on protecting your healthcare. Here’s my theory on why. The eight Democratic senators who voted for the stopgap funding bill - Tim Kaine, Dick Durbin, John Fetterman, Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, Angus King, Catherine Cortez Masto, and Jackie Rosen - didn’t just randomly cave on healthcare. This was coordinated political theater designed to…
Trump’s USDA Ordered States to ‘Undo’ the Full SNAP Payments They’d Already Sent
The Trump administration ordered states to “immediately undo” the full November SNAP payments some of them had already sent out to low-income families. The order came yesterday, just hours after the Supreme Court temporarily blocked full program funding. States that don’t comply risk losing federal administrative money. The directive, which followed an emergency stay from…
Trump’s Plan to End Trans Care for Minors Without Ever Writing the Word ‘Ban’
Well, heres how you outlaw something without writing the word ban. The Trump administration is drafting a rule to cut off all Medicare and Medicaid payments to any hospital that provides gender-affirming care to minors. NPR got the draft. If it goes through, hospitals treating trans kids lose access to every federal dollar they depend…
Trump’s Refugee Policy Now Prioritizes White South Africans Over War Zones
Well, here’s a policy that says the quiet part out loud. The Trump administration quietly revised refugee admission priorities this month to favor white South Africans while effectively closing the door on refugees from war zones in the Middle East, Africa, and Central America. The change wasn’t announced in a press conference. It showed up…
Trump’s Hiring Freeze Has No End Date Now - and Every Hire Has to Fit His ‘Priorities’
There is so much news everyday it is very easy to miss stuff - which is basically the “flood the zone” strategy Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon spelled out. Well, in case you missed it, Trump signed an executive order on October 15 extending the federal hiring freeze and setting up committees of top…
Seven Universities Just Told Trump No Thanks to His Funding-for-Politics Compact
Well - wanna hear something that’s actually good news? Seven universities - MIT, Brown, Penn, USC, Dartmouth, the University of Virginia and the University of Arizona - all rejected the Trump administrations new Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. The deal sounded harmless enough: priority access to federal research grants and regulatory flexibility in…
Hacked Emails Show Larry Ellison Vetting Marco Rubio on Israel in 2015
Wanna fall down a rabbit hole with me? I never thought we’d end up with tech billionaires, ex-prime ministers, social-media apps, and war zones all tangled together - yet here we are. This story starts with Larry Ellison, the Oracle billionaire. According to hacked emails first reported by Drop Site News this month, back in…
JD Vance Hates Chinese Farmland Ownership Because He Wants It for Himself
Well, I fell down another rabbit hole today. You know how JD Vance is always talking about China owning American farm land and how it’s bad? Well, it’s not because he wants to protect American farmers - it’s because he wants it for himself. Peter Thiel bankrolled JD Vance’s venture capital fund Narya Capital when…
They Recalled Furloughed Workers to Check Inflation Numbers Then Sent Them Back
Well, this might be peak irony. The government recalled furloughed workers to calculate how much more expensive your groceries are getting - then sent them straight back to the food bank. The Bureau of Labor Statistics dropped September’s inflation data late because the shutdown benched almost everyone whose job is to track prices. Then someone…
Thune Just Called Bull on Trump’s Beef Deal
The Senate Majority Leader sides with ranchers over the president. Well, I didn’t expect to see John Thune throw a punch at his own party’s president, but here we are. The Senate Majority Leader just came out against Trump’s plan to flood the U.S. market with Argentine beef. Thune told Semafor “this isn’t the way…
Karoline Leavitt Owes $326,000 in Campaign Debt Including Illegal Contributions
Well, heres a grift you might not have heard about yet. Karoline Leavitt - Trump’s new White House Press Secretary - used to be a congressional candidate in New Hampshire. She ran for the 1st District seat in 2022, lost to Democrat Chris Pappas by eight points, and somehow came out of it owing over…
DHS Is Funneling $10 Billion Through the Navy to Build Detention Centers Faster
The Trump administration just found a creative way to spend $10 billion on detention centers while sidestepping those pesky federal procurement rules that slow things down. They’re funneling the money through the Navy to build what CNN calls a sprawling network of migrant detention facilities across the country. Construction on some of these facilities could…
The Shutdown’s Real Purpose Is Gutting Everything You’re Not Watching
The government shutdown standoff is supposedly about health care subsidies. Republicans won’t extend them. Democrats won’t budge. The media frames it as a principled fight over Affordable Care Act funding that helps about 22 million people afford insurance. That’s real, but it’s not the whole story. The subsidy fight is useful cover for gutting everything…
Trump’s $300 Million White House Ballroom Works Out to $3,333 Per Square Foot
I just read a post on FB that got my spidey senses tingling. An architect named Andrew Kerr just laid out why Trump’s White House ballroom project is basically bullshit. And his math checks out. Here’s the deal. Trump’s now saying this 90,000 square foot ballroom will cost $300 million. Do the math on that…
Trump Is Stocking His Election Oversight Team With 2020 Deniers. Fear 2026.
If you’re not already worried about the 2026 Election - you definitely should be. Trump’s out here building his second administration like he’s assembling the Avengers of election denial. The man who spent four years claiming he won an election he clearly lost is now putting those same conspiracy theorists in charge of protecting our…
Google Says Its Quantum Computer Just Smoked a Supercomputer - and Someday Your Password Could Be Next
Alright, buckle up - this one’s long and messy. Google just said their quantum computer solved a problem 13,000 times faster than one of the world’s fastest supercomputers. Unlike their last quantum supremacy claims, Google says this one can actually be checked and is a real step toward real-world uses. They used their Willow chip…
Coast Guard Gets Luxury Jets in the Middle of a Shutdown
Noem’s DHS signs off on up to $200 million for private aircraft during shutdown The government may have run out of money for paychecks but somehow found up to $200 million for private jets. While the shutdown drags into its third week, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem just approved a sole-source contract for two Gulfstream G700s…
Hegseth’s New Pentagon Press Corps Is Mostly Right-Wing Government Stenographers
The Pentagon just announced its shiny new press corps - and surprise - it’s mostly right-wing outlets that signed up for what amounts to a government-approved stenography program. Last week, dozens of credentialed Pentagon journalists turned in their badges after refusing to sign Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s restrictive new press policy. The policy requires reporters…
Harvard Has $57 Billion and Is Slashing PhD Admissions. Pick a Lane.
The news that Harvard, of all institutions, is slashing PhD admissions due to budget issues is pure absurdity. This is a university sitting on an endowment that just ballooned to nearly 57 billion dollars as of this fiscal year - yes, billion with a b - racking up its best investment returns since 2021 and…
Trump Is Updating Nixon’s Playbook
Trump is pulling a Nixon - but somehow making it worse. The administration is getting ready to overhaul the IRS Criminal Investigation division and install loyalists - and the Wall Street Journal reports a senior IRS official has already drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors.
The Young Republicans Scandal Was Not a College Group Chat
JD Vance wants you to believe the Young Republicans telegram scandal is just harmless banter from a college group chat. That would be a neat trick if these people were actually in college. Peter Giun...
Trump’s Deportation Contractor of 20 Years Is Suing DHS Over a $915 Million Deal
I’ve written about the corruption behind Trump’s deportation scheme before - but there’s some new tea that is piping hot. When one of Trump’s own deportation contractors takes his administration to court, you know the rot’s gone deep. CSI Aviation has been flying deportation flights for ICE for twenty years - over $1.6 billion worth…
Trade Policy Ruled By Tantrum
If you’re waiting on a package from another country - there’s now a chance it might just get thrown away before it makes it to you. Trump’s war on the de minimis exemption is exactly what it looks li...
Trump Asked Influencers to Snitch on Antifa Like It’s a McCarthy-Era Blacklist
So, Trump spent an hour and a half yesterday asking conservative influencers to snitch on Antifa’s funders like he’s crowdsourcing a McCarthy-era blacklist. One guy brought him a burned flag and Trump acted like he’d just been handed the Ark of the Covenant. The whole spectacle would be funny if it wasn’t so transparently stupid.…
Trump’s Fossil Fuel Agenda Is a Debt Payment to Oil Executives
Trump’s fossil fuel agenda isn’t about energy security or economic prosperity or any of the bullshit he spouts from the Oval Office. It’s about paying back the oil executives who bought him the presidency. They made an investment and they expect returns. Simple as that. I’d say that there ought to be a law against…
Trump’s Aid Cuts Are Killing Children
In May, a two-year-old kid died in a Rohingya internment camp after his family’s food rations stopped coming. His name was Hashim and his father Mohammed Taher held his lifeless body while the other 145,000 people trapped in those prison camps wondered if their kids would be next.
Trump’s Plan To Make Social Security Disability Harder To Get After 50
The Trump administration wants to make it harder for older Americans to get Social Security disability payments - and if you’re over 50 with a busted back or bum knee, you might want to pay attention....
Federal Workers Are Now Just Campaign Props
So federal workers are being handed scripts to blame Democrats for the government shutdown. Let me explain why this is actually a big deal - and not just another day in the political circus. Yesterda...
The Impact of COVID-19 on IQ and Its Potential Influence on Political Decisions Among the Unvaccinated
COVID doesn't just attack your lungs - it rewires your brain. Oxford researchers found people hospitalized with it tested the equivalent of 10 IQ points lower on average. For the unvaccinated making political choices with diminished cognitive capacity - it's like navigating a complex chess game while missing critical pieces.
Trillions Down the Drain and Lives Torn Apart: Trump’s Ukraine-Russia Stance Pisses on America’s Sacrifice
For generations, the United States has been the world’s self-appointed hall monitor. It has spent trillions of dollars. Military bases have been scattered like confetti. The Quincy Institute counts about 750 in 80 countries and territories, all to keep the playground bullies in line. Why? To stand against aggressors who think “might makes right” is…
Voter Suppression Law Blocked by 9th Circuit Court
In February, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a blow to Arizona’s voter laws. They ruled against provisions requiring documentary proof of citizenship for presidential elections. The panel’s 2-1 majority didn’t mince words, calling many of these measures “unlawful measures of voter suppression.” Like a Pavement song that seemed straightforward until you really listened…
How Trump is Using “America First” For Personal Gain
Back in January, Trump Media launched Truth.Fi - a financial services arm designed to build investment vehicles with Charles Schwab and Yorkville Advisors, a registered investment adviser. Their stated goal? Strengthening the so-called “Patriot Economy” by funneling money into American businesses that align with their ideological and political vision. Now, could this be tied to…
Trump’s Trans Policy is Dangerous and Dumb
The Trump administration decided that trans people must list their birth gender on passports and other official documents - though a federal judge put the passport part on hold nationwide in June. At first glance, it might seem like just another bureaucratic rule - annoying but not catastrophic. But in reality, it’s absurd, impractical, and dangerous. This policy serves no legitimate purpose other than to make life harder for trans people.
My Tariff Inflation Call Was Right - The Fed Just Proved It
If anyone thinks I am above being petty - you are wrong. Remember when I told you Trump was manufacturing his own rate cut through tariff inflation? Well, here we are. The Fed just met and cut rates ...
The 9/11 Bill Comes Due
How 24 Years of Post-9/11 Fiscal Fantasy Led to Trump’s Hidden Tax on Working Families
The Quiet Breakup of America
You probably remember Marjorie Taylor Greene ranting about a “national divorce” between red and blue states. What you might not realize is that the divorce is already happening - blue states just aren...
How Trump is Hurting His Own Voters
Here’s another SMDH moment. While punishing blue states seems to be very high on Trump’s list of things to do - his policies, once again, usually end up actually fucking over his MAGA base. In another...
The Alliance Trump Keeps Feeding - For His Enemies
So, while Trump has been busy doing his usual bit - alienating allies, threatening NATO, and basically gaslighting every country on the planet - BRICS has been busy too. In 2024 and early 2025, it went from a five-country side project to a ten-member economic monster.
The Gerrymander Gamble
You’re never going to believe this - but Texas Republicans might have just fucked themselves with their gerrymandering stunt. They might have just handed Democrats an opening they couldn’t have dreame...
79% of DC Residents Oppose Trump’s Crime Crackdown - It’s Pure Theater
Trump is out here bragging about his big DC crime crackdown like its some kind of policy win, while 79% of the people who actually live in DC think he’s ful...
Trump Doesn’t Care About Inflation.
He cares about the fact that the government has to refinance $9.2 trillion in debt this year and he’s not smart enough to fix the math. His solution? Bully ...
The Art of the Arms Deal
So, I guess the real reason behind Trump’s tariffs have been pretty obvious all along. I remember thinking when they were first being discussed that on their face - they made no sense. When it comes ...
The Gospel of the Government
Do you remember when you first heard about Project 2025? Maybe you were curious enough to read an article about it, or even download the PDF and read through the entire thing. Your takeaway was proba...
Guess Who Got Caught Lying - Again?
Well, you’re never going to believe this - but Trump lied - again. Let me tell you about Trump’s latest performance - whining about not getting thanked for sending aid to Gaza. If this doesn’t perfec...
Democracy’s Red Flag: The Gerrymandering Crisis That Demands Action Now
While everyone’s gawking at the Epstein circus, (yes, me included) the most important political story in the country is slipping past unnoticed. Trump is actively trying to steal democracy in broad da...
Alligator Alcatraz Is Just Another GOP Grift
If you voted for Trump because you think that your tax dollars are going to undocumented immigrants living off welfare and getting free healthcare - let me explain to you what’s really happening. And ...
The Department of Education Doesn’t Write Your Kid’s Textbook
The Department of Education doesn't write your kid's textbook or control curriculum. Here's what it actually does - and why gutting it hurts the people screaming loudest.
AOC Said the Quiet Part Loud and MAGA Melted Down
Good Morning! Trump supporters are stupid! MAGA is throwing a tantrum because AOC did what she always does - said the thing everybody else is too scared to. You may have seen that I posted her tweet from yesterday that said, Wow who would have thought that electing a rapist would have complicated the release…
Kash Patel Is Running the FBI Like a Personal Travel Agency
So, if you think Pam Bondi is a grifter - wait until you hear this crazy story about Kash Patel Let me start with the most absurd part: Patel is currently running the FBI like its his personal travel agency. Since taking over in February, hes been jet-setting around the country on taxpayer-funded FBI planes…
TikTok, Red Note, and Why Americans Don’t Understand Communism
Good morning! Lets talk about CHINA and communism! This is LONG - but worth your time. Back in January, when everyone thought TikTok was about to be shut down by CHY-NA because they wouldnt bend the knee to the U.S. and sell to the highest American bidder, a lot of TikTokers downloaded Red Note (a…
That Time Reagan Accidentally Broke Democracy
Have you ever wondered how politics became so partisan? Is it really a shifting of demographics and values - or has the distance between viewpoints been artificially inflated? Looking at media today...
No, Your Undocumented Neighbor Isn’t Stealing Your Medicaid
Someone asked me to please put into easy-to-understand verbiage proof that illegal immigrants do not qualify for Medicaid so we can share the information with our maga family and friends?Challenge accepted! Its long and a lot of info - but stick with me. To make it more easily digestible, Ill break it up into 2…
The Big, Bullshit Bill: Stripping Health Insurance from Millions
Okay, lets go through this one more time, since MAGA can not seem to grasp this shit. The Big, Bullshit Bill passed and is now set to leave about 10 million more Americans without health insurance by 2034 - and millions more lose it as the ACA subsidies it didn’t renew run out. Thats not…
Birthright Citizenship: America’s Sacred Yet Lonely Ritual
I read the massive amounts of comments on my post from earlier today about birthright citizenship and it made me feel very existential. America clings to birthright citizenship like a sacred ritual most of the world has abandoned. Only 33 countries still grant citizenship simply for being born on their soil and were increasingly alone…
Trump’s Backup Plan: Shutting Down Litigation Explosion
Oh shit - wait a minute. After thinking about it more - heres an addendum to my previous poSt. Trumps people arent complete idiots - there is actually a backup plan to shut down this litigation explosion they accidentally created. Buried in the massive big beautiful bill currently being reworked in the Senate is a…
Why Trump’s Middle East Peace Fantasy Was Always Doomed
Let’s talk about Donald Trump’s belief that he could end a 46-year blood feud with a Truth Social post demanding “PEACEFUL and RESPECTFUL” behavior. The man is too dumb to understand that some conflic...
Americans Are About To Pay More For Everything
Now that Iran has announced the closing of the Strait of Hormuz - are you curious about how you’ll be affected? I was - and after I had a commentor say that since we make our own oil, we wouldn’t be ...
Juneteenth: Understanding America’s Long Overdue Freedom
Happy Juneteenth!If youre like me, you only learned about this holiday in the past decade or so, and I bet many of you still dont know what it is - so let me tell you about the day America actually became free - or at least when it finally started pretending it believed its own…
Trump’s Tehran Tweet: A Threat or Just a Bad Idea?
I still cant stop thinking about how the president of the United States just flippantly tweeted Evacuate Immediately to Tehran, a city of 17 million people, when it was 3 AM there on Monday. Think about that. Think about how you would feel if Kim Jong Un started shooting missiles at Canada, and then tweeted…
Republicans Admit It: Voter Access Hurts Their Chances
While were on the subject of votingWell, this is awkward. The Republican National Committee just filed a court motion that basically admits what Democrats have been saying for years - that making it easier for people to vote hurts Republican candidates. They didnt even try to dress it up in flowery language about election integrity…
Supreme Court and Mail-In Ballots: What’s Really at Stake?
So the Supreme Court just announced theyre taking on a case from Illinois about mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day. Before you start rolling your eyes thinking this is just another partisan squabble, let me break down whats actually happening here - because its both simpler and more complicated than you might think. The…
There Is No Distraction
I keep seeing people keep insist that the very public Trump-Musk feud this week was some elaborate theatrical performance - a carefully orchestrated distraction to keep us from noticing the “real” age...
The Living Wage Reality Check
A living wage is simply the amount of money someone needs to earn to cover basic living costs - like rent, food, and transportation - without needing extra help. Right now, the federal minimum wage in...
The Great Refugee Scam
So Trump recently welcomed the first group of South African "refugees" to American soil. What a touching scene - white families from one of the world's most privileged minorities getting the red carpe...
The U.S. Runs on Minority Rule Disguised as Democracy
I am FLABBERGASTED almost daily by how many people literally can’t see that we are NOT a divided country when it comes to politics - we are a RIGGED country. Let's cut through the bullshit - the Unit...
The Defense Budget Circus: When Nearly a Trillion Isn’t Enough
Since watching these budget hearings until I want to tear my hair out, I can't stop thinking about the sheer absurdity of our defense spending. What strikes me most is how Democrats tiptoe around the ...
Trump’s Oval Office Stunt: Conspiracy Theory in the Spotlight
Let’s talk about the stupidest piece of political theater we’ve witnessed in recent memory. Trump just staged an Oval Office performance that would make even reality TV producers cringe, complete with dimmed lights and a video presentation claiming those white crosses in South Africa represent over 1,000 murdered white farmers. The actual math behind this…
The Unauthorized Immigrant Count: What’s the Real Number?
How many fucking unauthorized immigrants are there in the US - really? I posted a tweet from Laura Loomer last week that noted there were now 65 MILLION illegal immigrants in the US currently. Thats both insane and idiotic. Its 3 times the number even Donald Trump claims - which made me wonder - how…
Qatar’s “Gift” to Trump: A Decades-Old Problem the Royals Can’t Unload
You know that Boeing 747-8 that Qatar supposedly “gifted” to Donald Trump - it’s not the grand gesture it appears to be. This plane is basically an expensive garage sale item the Qatari royals have been desperately trying to unload since 2020. First off - this aircraft is ancient history in aviation terms. Delivered in…
Political Gifts: From Nixon’s Checkers to Trump’s Qatar Jet
Let’s talk about political scandals and the strange art of accepting gifts while in office - because somehow we’ve evolved from defending a dog named Checkers to justifying a $400 million “flying palace” from Qatar. Back in 1952, then-vice presidential candidate Richard Nixon found himself in hot water over an $18,000 fund established by his…
Republicans’ No Tax on Tips: A Budgetary Mirage?
Now that more details are coming out about the Republican budget - lets talk about that No Tax on Tips promise. It shouldnt be surprising that it looks a lot less appealing in the light. This proposal - originally part of the Trump campaign and now being considered by Congress - aims to exempt tips…
Trump’s Drug Price Promise: Just Hot Air or Real Change?
So - how seriously should we take Trumps prescription drug announcement today on Truth Social? Trump’s latest announcement about slashing prescription drug prices by 30-80% through a “Most Favored Nation” policy is probably just a lot of hot air - and might be conveniently timed to distract from his Qatar plane controversy. First off - …
Trump’s Big Announcement: What’s the Real Tea Here?
Okay - I will delete this if Im wrong. But heres the tea on what I think Trumps big announcement will be Remember when Mike Waltz got the boot - it turns out it wasnt just because he accidentally added a journalist to a Signal group chat about bombing Yemen. Remember when photos got released…
The Artistic Guillotine: Trump’s War on Culture
Let’s talk about the demolition of art funding that’s happening right now - because that’s exactly what it is. Arts organizations across America got the digital equivalent of a pink slip this month. The Albany Symphony, Empire State Youth Orchestra, and hundreds of others received emails essentially saying “your money’s gone” - all stemming from…
Trump’s Tariff Logic: Blackmail or Simply Ignorance?
It literally hurts my brain to see people back retaliatory tariffs based on the fact that other countries have tariffs on American products. Its like they cant spend even one moment working through why this might be. When foreign countries impose tariffs on American goods - it’s not personal, it’s practical. Their targeted approach to…
Money in Politics: The Root of Our Political Dumpster Fire
I’ve been thinking about what’s wrong with our political system. When people ask me how to fix the absolute dumpster fire we’re currently living through - I usually admit I don’t have an answer. But recently I had a revelation: we need to stop focusing on individual issues and tackle the root cause - money…
Stock Buyback Bonanza: Wall Street’s $800 Billion Puzzle
Im amazed at how steady the stock market has been - even with all of the ups and downs. I couldnt help but wonder - how can this be with all of the news about the coming economic downturn - and then I read a Bloomberg piece that might be the key to this puzzle.…
The Manufacturing Reshoring Fantasy: Where Are All the Workers?
Why is no one talking about this? The Manufacturing Reshoring Fantasy: Where Are All The Workers? Let’s be real about this whole “bring manufacturing back to America” thing. Politicians love to stand in front of factories and promise the return of production jobs from China - but there’s a tiny problem no one wants to…
Mar-a-Lago Accord: Trump’s Dollar-Destroying Economic Strategy
I have been digging deeper into what / who has been shaping Trumps economic plan and exactly what the big picture is - and I found the link below. TL;DR The Mar-a-Lago Accord is Trump's aggressive economic strategy aimed at weakening the dollar to boost US exports and manufacturing. Authored by Stephen Miran and already…
America’s $916 Billion Question: If Not for Ukraine, What’s Our Military For?
Congress delayed a critical $45 billion Ukraine aid package for nearly six months in 2023, during which Ukrainian forces lost ground due to ammunition shortages. Meanwhile, we approved $2.9 billion for naval vessels the Pentagon admits are unsuitable for combat. Our priorities reveal our principles.
Voter Suppression: Now With More Technology!
Voter suppression’s ditched the poll tax for a scalpel - gerrymandering twists districts into serpents, digital lies flood your feed, and the Voting Rights Act’s a gutted relic since Shelby (2013). It’s not random; it targets minorities, youth, the poor. History’s remix is slicker, but the game’s the same.
The Shadow Strategist: The Dark Force Behind Trump’s New Political Playbook
This Trump administration situation has turned into a political psychological thriller with all the subtlety of an M. Night Shyamalan movie. We're watching Trump and Musk ham it up for cameras while the real mastermind lurks in shadows. They're setting off smoke bombs while the master thief slips away with democratic norms in a briefcase.
The Hidden Cost of America First: 3.3 Million Lives at Stake
Slashing U.S. foreign aid isn’t just cruel - it’s shortsighted. This year alone, 3.3 million people will die from preventable causes due to these cuts. But here’s the kicker: instability, disease, and hunger don’t stay contained. What we ignore today becomes tomorrow’s crisis. Compassion aside, even self-preservation should make this terrifying.
Trump’s Trade War: A Clumsy Path to Canadian Annexation
Since its become pretty obvious that Trumps trade war with Canada really has nothing to do with Fentanyl and is much more likely to be a poorly planned strategy to weaken their economy in the hopes to annex them, lets talk about why making them our 51st state is a batshit crazy idea that will…
Democrats Can’t Win by Playing Republican Dress-Up
Democrats can't beat Republicans by turning into their awkward twin. It's like showing up to a bar fight with a Nerf bat - nobody's scared, and you're just embarrassing yourself. The real prize is the millions of Americans who've ghosted the voting booth entirely, not the tiny sliver of undecided moderates.
We Need to Talk About Authoritarianism and Fascism
Okay, this is me trying to talk about something without any snarkiness or condescension - which is very, very hard for me 😅 We need to talk about authoritarianism and fascism. Authoritarianism is l...
Why “The Professors Are the Enemy” Isn’t About Professors
When politicians attack higher education, they’re not fighting bias. They’re fighting the idea that people might learn how to think for themselves.
JD Vance Said The Professors Are the Enemy
First of all - imagine quoting Richard Nixon for his wisdom… J.D. Vance just got up at the National Conservatism Conference and literally said these words - "The professors are the enemy." People lo...
Here’s a Breakdown of What’s Happening With Crypto
Trump signed the first pro-crypto Executive Order, creating a digital asset reserve and banning CBDCs. Here's what it means - and why scrapping SAB 121 might expose your money.
I’m Not Worried About Tuesday at All
I'm not worried about Tuesday at all - I have no doubt Kamala Harris will be declared our next president tomorrow night - here's why: One thing the press has not pointed out enough is that Trump has ...