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…
Trump’s NOAA Killed the Billion-Dollar Disaster Database. A Nonprofit Brought It Back.
The Trump administration quietly retired a federal database that tracked billion-dollar weather disasters back in May. The database, maintained by NOAA, documented the most expensive storms, floods, wildfires, and other climate-related events in U.S. history. It was a key tool for researchers, policymakers, and insurance companies trying to understand the growing costs of extreme weather.…
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…
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…
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…
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…