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Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco Seized More Ballot Materials. California Is Suing to Stop Him.
650,000 ballots already seized. 426 more boxes taken this week. State says sheriffs do not run elections.
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Senate Passed TSA Funding. House Rejected It. Shutdown Continues.
Johnson CR proposal "dead on arrival." Senate on recess. 510 agents quit. No path forward.
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Iran War Day 27. Pentagon Planning Ground Invasion. Putin Helping Iran.
Iran counter-proposal expected. Deadline: April 6.
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Iran Hackers Breached FBI Director Patel's Email. DOJ Confirmed It.
Classified files claim unverified. FBI investigation ongoing.
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Funding TSA Won't Fix the Lines Overnight. 480+ Agents Already Quit.
Back pay timeline unknown. Replacement training: 4–6 months.
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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco Seized More Ballot Materials. California Says He Has No Authority to Do It.
Bianco already seized about 650,000 ballots and took 426 more boxes this week. California says sheriffs do not run elections and the claimed discrepancy is wildly overstated.
Trump Signed an Order to Pay TSA Workers With 'Other Funds.' Congress Still Hasn't Reopened DHS.
House Republicans killed the Senate compromise. Trump responded with an emergency order. TSA may get paid Monday. DHS is still shut down.
The DOJ Wants 47 States' Voter Files. Republicans Are Redrawing the Map Before 2026.
Courts are starting to block the voter-data grab as a rare mid-decade redistricting wave reshapes House maps before November.
Trump's Proposed ACA Rule Would Let Insurers Sell Plans That Don't Cover What You Think.
CMS proposed rule lifts nonstandardized plan limits. Junk plans can skip essential benefits. Healthy people exit ACA market. Premiums rise for sick.
A Democratic Congresswoman Was Found Guilty of 25 Ethics Violations. Accountability Doesn't Have a Party.
Cherfilus-McCormick: 25 of 27 ethics counts proven, bipartisan panel, $5M in alleged FEMA fraud. Faces expulsion.
DOGE Promised $2 Trillion in Savings. A Year Later, Musk Says It Was Only "Somewhat Successful."
260,000 fired. $2 trillion promised, $215 billion claimed. Agencies rehiring people they fired. Musk wouldn't do it again. Black women bore 33% of all cuts.
DOJ Investigating Stanford, Ohio State, and UC San Diego Medical Schools.
Stanford, Ohio State, UC San Diego medical schools under DOJ civil rights investigation. Deadline April 24 or risk federal funding loss.
Trump Turned the DOJ Into His Personal Law Firm. Ally Cases Dropped. Enemy Investigations Opened.
Eric Adams corruption case dropped — he then backed Trump immigration. Jan 6 prosecutors fired. Roger Stone / Bannon contempt dropped. Opponents investigated.
They're Dissolving the Department of Education. The $1.7T Student Loan Portfolio Goes to Treasury.
August 2026: Education Department dissolution targeted. Treasury taking $1.7T student loan portfolio.
Trump Promised to Cut Energy Bills in Half. They Are Up 13% Since He Took Office.
EIA: electricity up 6.7% in 2025 — 2.5x inflation. Bills 13% higher since he took office. Natural gas +56%. Promised to cut in half. All sourced.
Trump Promised to Lower Grocery Prices Day One. A Year Later, Food Is Growing at Its Fastest Rate Since 2022.
Promised Day 1 lower prices. Year 1: food fastest growth since 2022. Beef +16%, coffee +20%, fruits +6% from tariffs. Grocery cart 5% more.
Hegseth Blocked Promotions of Black and Female Officers. His Aide Said Trump Wouldn't Want to Stand Next to a Black Woman.
Two Black and two female Army officers blocked from becoming one-star generals. Hegseth aide told the Army Secretary Trump wouldn't want to stand next to a Black ...
Housing Assistance for 4.5 Million Households Being Cut by 43%. Called a 'Block Grant.'
Trump budget converts 5 rental assistance programs to state block grant. $26.7B reduction — 43% cut. 4.5M households: families, seniors, disabled.
The Iran War Is Costing Americans 10,000 Jobs a Month. Mortgage Rates Just Had Their Biggest Weekly Jump Since Liberation Day.
Goldman Sachs: 10,000 US jobs lost per month from Iran war. Mortgage rates up to 6.38%, biggest weekly spike since tariff shock. Airlines cutting flights.
The Iran War: 13 Americans Dead. Pentagon Planning a Ground Invasion. Putin Is Helping Iran.
Day 27 of Trump's Iran war. 13 US service members dead. 1,750+ Iranians killed including 217 children. Russia giving Iran intelligence on US positions.
The Iran War's Other Casualty: The Global Food Supply.
A third of global fertilizer goes through the closed Strait of Hormuz. WFP: 45 million more people at risk of acute hunger.
Trump Started a War with Iran Without Congressional Authorization. Democrats Delayed the War Powers Vote.
No declaration of war. No congressional authorization. 60-day War Powers clock expired. Pentagon planning Kharg Island ground invasion.
Iran-Linked Hackers Breached FBI Director Kash Patel's Personal Email. The DOJ Confirmed It.
Handala hacked FBI Director Patel's personal Gmail. DOJ confirmed it's real. Second time Iran has accessed Patel's communications.
130+ Rural Labor and Delivery Units Risk Closure From Medicaid Cuts. Maternal Mortality Will Rise.
OBBBA cuts: 130+ rural L&D units at risk. Medicaid is their primary payer. US maternal mortality worst in wealthy world. Rural counties already far from care.
No Kings Protests Are Underway Across All 50 States. Organizers Say It Could Be One of the Largest Days of Protest in U.S. History.
3,100+ events. 9M+ expected. Minnesota is the flagship, but the theme is national: executive overreach and democratic backsliding.
Trump Said He Hadn't Read Project 2025. His Advisers Wrote It. He's Implementing It.
Trump: 'I haven't read it.' Heritage Foundation: 140+ contributors now in Trump admin. Dozens of specific proposals implemented. CBPP tracked the match.
RFK Jr. Runs HHS. CDC Lost a Third of Its Staff. Vaccine Advisory Committees Dissolved.
Vaccine misinformation promoter runs public health. CDC down ~1/3 staff. Vaccine advisory committees dissolved. NIH cut. All while measles outbreaks rise.
The Senate Funded TSA at 2 AM. Deliberately Left ICE Out.
42 days. 480+ TSA agents quit. Senate passed DHS funding at 2:19 AM without ICE or Border Patrol. Democrats held the line. House still has to vote.
Trump Promised to Protect Social Security. The OBBBA Is Pulling Forward Its Insolvency Date.
OBBBA accelerates Social Security insolvency. NARSSA: law 'did not help.' SSA offices closed. DOGE cuts SSA staff.
The Deputy AG Admitted at CPAC That the Entire Trump Cabinet Is Afraid of Being Prosecuted.
Blanche at CPAC: 'Everybody in this administration is afraid of being investigated and indicted by the next administration.
Trump Froze $2.2 Billion in Harvard Funding After Harvard Refused to Comply With Political Demands.
Trump demands universities change admissions, DEI, speech policies. Harvard refuses. $2.2B frozen. Harvard sues. Injunction. Administration appeals. All sourced.
Funding TSA Won't Fix the Lines Overnight. The Damage Is Already Done.
$1 billion in missing paychecks. 480+ agents quit. Workers sold plasma. Back pay took 14-30 days last shutdown. Training a replacement: 4-6 months.
Trump Said He'd Take Care of Veterans. His Administration Is Cutting 30,000 VA Workers.
VA targeted for 30,000 layoffs (was 80,000). Probationary workers providing vet healthcare fired. 9 million veterans served. Wait times worsening.
Hegseth Bombed a Dairy Farm and Posted the Video.
Called it "bombing Narco Terrorists." NYT found it was a dairy farm. Soldiers beat the farmworkers before the bombs fell.
Trump Says Talks "Going Very Well." Iran Says "We Have No Intention of Negotiating."
Day 27. Deadline extended to April 6. Iran denied talks. UN says threats may be a war crime.
Jack Smith Memo: Trump Kept Classified Docs for His Business.
Internal memo says Trump retained classified documents relevant to his business interests after leaving office. Transmitted to Congress.
The Kennedy Center Starts Laying People Off. July 4 Closure Incoming.
Renamed it after himself, packed the board with loyalists, closing it for two years on the Fourth of July.
Mike Lindell Got Served Live on Camera at CPAC. The Day After Losing in Court. Again.
Election lies → $2.7M defamation verdict → AI-hallucinated court case to fight it → sanctions threat → served with NEW lawsuit live on camera at CPAC.
He Put His Name on the Money.
Trump's signature going on every US dollar bill. First in history. The Kennedy Center. The warships. The drug program. Now the money.
Longest Wait Times in TSA History. Thanks, DOGE.
450+ TSA agents quit. DHS unfunded 40+ days. Congress left for Easter. Three-hour security lines.
Republicans Are Holding TSA Paychecks Hostage for ICE Funding. Congress Noticed When Their Airport Fast Lane Got Taken Away.
Democrats tried to fund TSA 5 separate times. Republicans blocked it 5 times. Then Delta pulled Congress's skip-the-line privilege. Suddenly there's urgency.
I Almost Ran for Congress.
The honest version of why I didn't — and what MAGA obstruction has to do with it.
I Said What I Said.
About that Facebook post. Yes, I meant every word. Agree to disagree is for pizza toppings, not human rights.
Iran Says the US Is "Negotiating With Itself."
Iran's military asked if the US has started "negotiating with himself." 61% of Americans disapprove. Oil worse than 1973 and 1979 combined.
$580 Million in Oil Futures Traded 15 Minutes Before Trump's Iran Post. Nobel Economist Calls It Treason.
$580M in oil futures. 15 minutes before Trump's announcement. Six times normal volume. No news to explain it.
"Mail-In Cheating." — He Said, Mailing In His Ballot.
Public records caught Trump voting by mail from Mar-a-Lago while in-person voting was next door. Nine days later: "cheating." His defense: "I'm president."
ICE Is Detaining US Citizens. This Is Not a Rumor.
GAO: ICE arrested 674 potential US citizens, detained 121, deported 70 in five years. Under Trump 2.0, experts warn citizenship is no longer a guaranteed shield.
Things Trump Just Made Up This Week.
15 million phantom ballots. Drugs down 97%. Hormuz "doesn't affect us." Iran has Tomahawks. All false.
He Says His Book Predicted 9/11. His Book Does Not Say That.
Trump claims his 2000 book warned about bin Laden. The book contains no such warning. CNN checked. FactCheck checked. The book doesn't say it.
Trump's Iran War: What He Knows vs. What's Actually Happening.
Watching a 2-min highlight reel. Wasn't told 5 US planes got hit. 59% say the war was wrong.
DOGE Killed 92,000 Jobs in February. Gas Is Up 35% in One Month.
63,583 private-sector layoffs directly blamed on DOGE. Black unemployment at 7.7%. Gas at $3.96. Cabinet calls it a success.
He's Lying. About Everything. Again.
Tariff lies, voting fabrications, Iran war falsehoods, and the White House strategy of saying "President Trump is right" about false claims.
Leavitt Said the SAVE Act Won't Affect Married Women. Then She Described How It Would.
"Zero validity." Then: "They just have to go through their state processes." Same breath. 69 million women affected.
Your Wallet Called. It Wants Its Money Back.
Gas nearly $4. Groceries up. DOGE check never came. Tariff dividend is a fantasy.
ICE Violated 96 Court Orders. A Judge Said It's the Most in US History.
Bush-appointed judge: ICE violated 96 court orders in one month — most in US history. Deportation planes flew while a judge was mid-order.
The State of the Union Was a Work of Fiction.
8 documented lies. Inflated numbers. Fabricated crime stats. Wars he didn't end.
"We Will ALWAYS Protect Social Security." The Biggest Lie He's Told Yet.
SSA gutted. Medicare broke 12 years early. 64 million seniors getting less. He said ALWAYS.
The SAVE America Act Is Voter Suppression. The Math Is Not Complicated.
21 million Americans can't get required documents. 69 million married women have name mismatches.
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Zelensky: Nobel Peace Prize nomination. Trump: unauthorized war, 61% disapproval. One of these men is being honored for defending democracy.
Tariffs Are a Tax. You're Paying It. He Calls It \
Largest US tax hike since 1993. $1,500 per household. Businesses absorbing costs last year are now passing them to you. OECD cut US growth forecast nearly in half.
He Thinks a Dementia Test Is an IQ Test. And He's Bragging About It.
Aced a dementia screening, called it an IQ test, challenged AOC. One task: identify a giraffe. The test creator: not an IQ test.
He Said He'd Never Cut Medicaid. He Just Cut Nearly a Trillion Dollars From It.
$1 trillion from Medicaid. $536B in triggered Medicare cuts. 10 million lose coverage. Rural hospitals closing maternity wards.
Trump's Own Intelligence Said No. He Invoked the Alien Enemies Act Anyway.
All 18 US intelligence agencies: Tren de Aragua is not coordinated with Venezuela.
They Deported Him to the Wrong Country. Then Tried to Keep Him There.
ICE deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a Salvadoran mega-prison despite a court order. Called it an 'administrative error.
Trump Signed an EO Ending Birthright Citizenship. The 14th Amendment Says He Can't. Courts Blocked It Immediately.
January 20, 2025: EO ending birthright citizenship. 14th Amendment directly contradicts it. Courts blocked within days. SCOTUS taking the case.
ICE Is Arresting People at Schools, Churches, and Hospitals. Decades of Protections Revoked Day One.
Decades of protection for schools, churches, hospitals from ICE: revoked Day One 2025. Arrests at schools. Agents at churches. Hospital incidents.
On Day One, Trump Pardoned the Seditious Conspiracy Convicts Who Stormed the Capitol.
Enrique Tarrio (Proud Boys, seditious conspiracy) pardoned. Stewart Rhodes (Oath Keepers, seditious conspiracy) pardoned. ~1,500 Jan 6 defendants pardoned.
Trump Launched a Meme Coin 3 Days Before Inauguration. Foreign Nationals Bought Millions. He Kept 80%.
$TRUMP launched Jan 17, 2025. $14B market cap. Trump entities kept 80%. Foreign nationals from policy-active countries buying.
The Supreme Court Made the President a King. Then He Acted Like One.
Six conservative justices created presidential immunity from prosecution — nowhere in the Constitution. Nixon would have survived Watergate.
Trump Paid Hush Money to a Porn Star Before the 2016 Election. Was Convicted of 34 Felonies.
Cohen paid Daniels $130K. Trump reimbursed through fake records. Convicted on all 34 counts May 2024. First former US president convicted of a crime in history.
Federal Jury: Trump Liable for Sexual Abuse and Defamation. Judge: His Conduct Was Rape.
May 2023: liable for sexual abuse + defamation. $5M. Judge: 'fits, by common parlance definition, rape.' Continued defaming Carroll. Second jury 2024: $83M more.
The Trump Organization Was Convicted of 17 Felonies. CFO Went to Prison. Company Fined $1.6M.
Trump Org convicted all 17 counts December 2022. CFO Weisselberg guilty, sentenced prison. $1.6M fine. 15-year scheme paying execs off-books. All from court records.
Trump's 3 SCOTUS Picks Overturned Roe. He Said 'I Did It.' Then Blamed Republicans When They Lost Elections.
Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett overturned Roe. Trump: 'I did it.' Republicans lost. Trump: don't make abortion a centerpiece.
January 6 Was Not a Spontaneous Riot. The House Select Committee Documented It Was Planned.
Not spontaneous. Multi-part plan: fake electors, pressure on Pence, DOJ pressure, state pressure, extremist group coordination, rally, attack. 1,000+ witnesses.
Trump Called Georgia's Secretary of State and Asked Him to 'Find 11,780 Votes.' The Call Was Recorded.
Jan 2, 2021: Trump calls Raffensperger, asks for 11,780 votes — one more than Biden's margin. Raffensperger refuses. Call recorded. WaPo published transcript.
Trump Fired the Head of Election Security for Saying the 2020 Election Was Secure.
CISA director Krebs (Trump-appointed): 2020 election 'most secure in American history.' Fired by Trump tweet. Did his job accurately. Got fired for it.
'Stand Back and Stand By.' Trump Refused to Condemn the Proud Boys. They Printed It on T-Shirts.
Debate Sept 2020: told to condemn white supremacists. 'Proud Boys, stand back and stand by.' They made T-shirts.
Bannon Raised $25M for the Border Wall. His Team Pocketed Hundreds of Thousands. Trump Pardoned Him.
$25M raised for border wall. Bannon diverted $1M+ for himself. Indicted 2020. Trump pardoned final hours in office. Later contempt conviction — served prison.
They Tear-Gassed Peaceful Protesters So Trump Could Hold Up a Bible He Didn't Open.
Peaceful crowd cleared 30 min before curfew with tear gas and batons. Trump walked to church for Bible photo. Bishop outraged. IG report: no warnings given.
Trump Ordered the Assassination of Iran's Top General Without Notifying Congress. 110 US Troops Injured.
Jan 3 2020: Soleimani drone-killed without notifying Congress. Iran retaliates: 110+ US troops with TBI. Trump called them headaches.
Trump Promoted Hydroxychloroquine. Suggested Injecting Bleach. Mocked Masks. While Knowing COVID Was Deadly.
Promoted unproven hydroxychloroquine — FDA revoked EUA. Suggested injecting disinfectant. Mocked masks. Told Woodward in Feb 2020 it was airborne and deadly.
He Knew COVID Was Deadly in February. He Told Woodward. Then Told America Not to Worry.
Feb 7 2020: told Woodward COVID more deadly than flu, airborne. Three weeks later: 'Democratic hoax.' 'I wanted to play it down.' 400K dead. All from the recordings.
Trump Withheld $400M in Military Aid to Ukraine and Demanded Biden Investigation. Got Impeached.
$400M military aid withheld. 'Do us a favor though.' Demanded Biden investigation from Zelensky. Whistleblower. Impeached on abuse of power. Senate acquitted.
Trump Tried to Add a Citizenship Question to the Census. SCOTUS Blocked It. His Own Documents Showed Why.
Citizenship question attempt blocked 5-4 SCOTUS 2019 — 'pretextual.' Redistricting strategist files show real reason: undercount immigrants for Republican apporti...
Mueller Found 10 Obstruction Instances. Barr Hid the Report for a Month and Misrepresented It.
10 obstruction instances. 140+ Russia contacts. Mueller couldn't clear Trump. Barr's 4-page summary misrepresented this. Mueller wrote a letter saying so.
Trump Recognized Israeli Sovereignty Over Golan Heights — Reversing 50 Years of US Policy. Israel Named a Settlement After Him.
March 2019: Golan Heights recognized as Israeli — 50 years of policy reversed. EU, Arab League, Russia, UN opposed. Netanyahu thanks Trump.
Trump Declared a National Emergency to Build the Wall Congress Refused to Fund. Courts Blocked It.
35-day shutdown, longest ever, failed to get wall funding. Feb 2019: emergency declared to redirect $3.6B military funds. Courts blocked it. SCOTUS partial.
Trump Shut Down the Government for 35 Days Over a Wall Mexico Was Supposed to Pay For.
Longest shutdown in US history. 800K workers missed checks. Air traffic controllers, TSA, Coast Guard worked for free. CBO: $11B damage, $3B permanently lost.
Trump Stood Next to Putin in Helsinki and Sided with Russia Over US Intelligence Agencies.
Met Putin alone. Press conference: sided with Russia over all 17 US intel agencies. 'Didn't see any reason why' Russia interfered. Bipartisan outrage.
Trump Killed the Iran Nuclear Deal. Iran Is Now Closer to a Bomb Than At Any Point Since the Deal Was Signed.
JCPOA capped Iran at 3.67% enrichment. Trump withdrew 2018. By 2023: 83.7% — near weapons grade. Breakout time: weeks. Then Trump started a war.
Trump Called Haiti, El Salvador, and Africa 'Shithole Countries.' Senators Confirmed It.
Oval Office Jan 2018: Trump calls Haiti, El Salvador, Africa 'shithole countries,' says get people from Norway. Denied it. Senators there confirmed it.
Trump's 2017 Tax Cuts: Corporations Got Permanent. You Got an Expiration Date. $1.9T Added to Debt.
Corporate rate cut permanent. Individual cuts expire 2025. $1.9T deficit increase. ACA mandate eliminated. Top 1% biggest beneficiaries.
Trump's FCC Killed Net Neutrality. 83% of Americans Opposed It. States Had to Step In.
December 2017: Ajit Pai kills net neutrality 3-2. 83% of Americans opposed. 23 million comments mostly against. FCC tried to block state rules.
Trump Declared the Opioid Crisis an Emergency. Provided Almost No Funding to Fight It.
Public health emergency declared — no new money. Christie commission recommended stronger option. Opioid deaths: 47,600 in 2017, rose after.
Trump Ended DACA for 800,000 Dreamers Who Grew Up in America. Then Demanded the Wall as the Price.
September 2017: DACA ended, 800K threatened. Congress failed. Trump demanded wall for deal. Courts blocked termination repeatedly. Still unresolved. All documented.
Trump Pardoned Joe Arpaio Before He Was Even Sentenced for Criminal Contempt.
Arpaio: Tent City jails, racial profiling, defied court order. Convicted criminal contempt. Trump pardoned him before sentencing August 2017. All documented.
Trump: 'Very Fine People on Both Sides' at Charlottesville. One Side Had Nazi Flags.
Neo-Nazis march, chant 'Jews will not replace us.' Car attack kills Heather Heyer. Trump refuses to name ideology, says 'very fine people on both sides.
Republicans Tried to Repeal Obamacare 3 Times in 2017. McCain's Thumbs Down Stopped the Last One.
2017: AHCA failed, BCRA failed, skinny repeal failed at 1:30AM when McCain (brain cancer, flew back to vote) gave thumbs down. CBO: 15M more uninsured if passed.
Trumpcare Would Have Thrown 23 Million People Off Health Insurance. John McCain's Thumb Said No.
AHCA would have left 23M more uninsured, cut $880B Medicaid. 17% public support. McCain walked in at 3 AM, gave thumbs-down, and killed it.
Trump Banned Transgender Service Members — Twice. First by Tweet in 2017. Again by Executive Order in 2025.
2017: banned by tweet — Pentagon not told. Courts blocked it. Biden reversed Day 1. 2025: Trump reinstated it Day 1 — broader scope.
Trump Gave Classified Intelligence to Russia in the Oval Office. The Intel Came from Israel.
May 10 2017, day after firing Comey: Trump tells Russian FM Lavrov classified ISIS intel that Israel shared in confidence. Israel not told. Sources compromised.
Trump Fired the FBI Director Investigating His Campaign. Then Told NBC It Was 'The Russia Thing.'
May 9 2017: Comey fired while leading Russia investigation. May 11: tells Lester Holt 'this Russia thing' was in his mind.
Trump Signed the Muslim Ban on Day 7. People Detained at Airports. Courts Blocked It.
Jan 27 2017: travel ban on 7 Muslim-majority countries. Valid visa holders detained. Lawyers in airports. Courts blocked v1, v2. SCOTUS 5-4 upheld v3.
On His First Full Day as President, Trump Sent His Press Secretary to Lie About Crowd Size.
Jan 21, 2017: Spicer insists largest inauguration crowd ever. Photos and Metro data: no. Conway: 'alternative facts.
'When You're a Star, They Let You Do It.' The Access Hollywood Tape. He Bragged About Assaulting Women.
Trump bragged about grabbing women without consent on tape. 'Locker room talk.' 26+ accusers. Federal jury found him liable for sexual abuse.
'I Could Shoot Somebody on Fifth Avenue and Wouldn't Lose Voters.' He Was Right.
January 2016: could shoot someone, wouldn't lose voters. 34 felonies. 2 impeachments. 4 indictments. Sexual abuse verdict. Re-elected twice. It wasn't hyperbole.
4.6 Million More Americans Were Uninsured by 2019 Than When Trump Took Office.
CDC: 28.2M uninsured 2016 → 32.8M 2019. +4.6 million. Rate: 10.4% → 12.1%. Uninsured kids: +400K. Research: ~2,500 additional preventable deaths/year.
Trump Called It for Turkey on a Phone Call. The Kurds Who Fought ISIS for Us Were Left to Die.
October 2019: Trump-Erdogan call, US withdraws from Syria, Kurds abandoned. 11,000 Kurdish fighters had died fighting ISIS. Turkey attacks within days.
After ACA Repeal Failed, Trump Spent 4 Years Sabotaging It: Mandate Killed, Insurer Payments Cut, Ads Cut 90%.
Failed repeal led to 4 years of sabotage. Mandate killed in tax bill. CSR payments cut. Junk plans allowed. Outreach cut 90%.
Trump Gutted the Agency That Returned $12B to Consumers. Appointed Someone Who Called It a 'Sad Joke.'
CFPB: $12B returned to consumers 2011-2017. Mulvaney appointed — called it sick sad joke, took $31K from payday lenders. Enforcement collapsed.
DOGE Gutted American Science. 5,000 NASA Workers Gone. $1 Trillion Goal Never Met.
DOGE closed Nov 2025. Saved $160B — 0.5% of debt. 5,000 NASA gone. 14,000+ HHS/NIH. Research grants cut. 15% overhead cap.
Trump Withdrew from Paris Climate Agreement, Rolled Back 100+ Environmental Rules.
Only nation to leave Paris Agreement. 100+ environmental protections rolled back. National monuments shrunk. Clean Water Rule repealed.
Zero Tolerance Separated 5,569 Children From Their Parents. Hundreds Were Never Reunited.
April 2018: zero tolerance policy separates 5,569 kids from parents. No reunification plan. Courts ordered it. ACLU still finding families years later.
Trump Tried to Fire a Federal Reserve Governor. A Court Blocked It. Now It's at the Supreme Court.
Trump tried to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook September 2025. Court: unlawful. SCOTUS will hear it 2026. Goal: control the Fed, force rate cuts.
Trump Fired Five Inspectors General in Two Months. Several Were Investigating His Administration.
Spring 2020: 5 Inspectors General fired in 2 months. Several investigating Trump's circle. Law requires 30 days Congress notice — ignored.
Trump's China Trade War Cost American Farmers $27B in Bailouts. The Trade Deficit Hit a Record.
Trump tariffs hit China. China hit back: soybeans, pork, corn — rural Trump voters. China switched to Brazil soybeans. US: $27B farm bailouts.
The Defense Secretary Has an Alcohol Problem, a Sexual Misconduct Settlement, and His Email Was Hacked by Iran.
2017 sexual assault allegation, settlement paid. Alcohol documented serious enough Fox considered removing him. Iranian email hack.
Trump Put Ivanka and Jared in the White House. Both Got Security Clearances Career Officials Opposed. They Made $640M.
Trump put daughter and son-in-law in White House. Anti-nepotism law: not applied. Career security officials opposed clearances — overridden.
Saudi Arabia Murdered a Washington Post Journalist. Trump Said 'Maybe He Did, Maybe He Didn't.'
Saudi consulate murder. CIA high confidence: MBS ordered it. Trump 'maybe he did maybe he didn't.' Arms deal prioritized. 'Great ally.' All sourced.
DHS IG: Immigration Detention a 'Ticking Time Bomb.' Children in Chain-Link Enclosures. 7 Children Died.
DHS IG 2019: 'ticking time bomb.' Children in chain-link enclosures beyond legal time limits. Facilities at 700% capacity. 7 children died. Trump blamed Obama.
Michael Flynn: 24 Days as NSA. Lied to FBI. White House Warned. Trump Asked Comey to Drop It.
24 days. Lied about Russia sanctions call. Yates warned White House twice: Flynn compromised. Trump response: asked Comey to drop it. Flynn guilty twice.
Trump Called Fallen Soldiers 'Suckers and Losers.' Coast Guard Worked Without Pay. VA Being Cut.
Atlantic: Trump called WWII cemetery fallen soldiers 'suckers and losers,' refused to visit in rain. Corroborated. Coast Guard worked without pay.
Trump Pardoned Every Single Person Convicted in the Russia Investigation.
Flynn, Manafort, Stone, Papadopoulos — all convicted, all pardoned. Manafort shared campaign data with Russian intel. Stone tampered with witnesses.
Elon Musk Ran DOGE While His Companies Had $15 Billion in Government Contracts.
DOGE chief Musk: SpaceX and Tesla ~$15B in federal contracts. DOGE cut programs competing with Musk businesses. Net worth record. Not required to divest.
Trump Called NATO 'Obsolete,' Refused to Commit to Article 5, and According to Bolton, Discussed Withdrawing the US.
Called NATO obsolete before taking office. Refused Article 5 at 2017 summit. Threatened withdrawal. Bolton says Trump privately discussed leaving NATO.
Trump Met Kim Jong Un 3 Times, Called Him Talented, Said They 'Fell in Love.' North Korea Still Has Nukes.
3 summits. 'Fell in love' via beautiful letters. 'No longer nuclear threat.' Result: more missile tests. Zero warheads surrendered.
Trump Took $30M from the NRA. After Every Mass Shooting, He Said He'd Act. He Never Did.
NRA $30M. After Parkland: said universal background checks. After El Paso: said red flag laws. After each: called NRA, dropped it.
Trump Gutted OSHA. Workplace Deaths Rose. Inspectors Hit All-Time Low.
Enforcement down. Deaths up. Inspectors at historic low. Same plant, two amputations, zero OSHA visits. 5,000 workers killed in 2017. NIOSH fired in 2025.
Federal Agents in Unmarked Vehicles Grabbed Portland Protesters Off the Street in 2020.
July 2020: federal agents in unmarked camouflage, no insignia, grab Portland protesters off streets into unmarked vans. No identification. No charges explained.
Trump Appointed a Major Donor to Run the Post Office. Sorting Machines Removed. Mail Slowed. Before a Mail-In Election.
DeJoy appointed May 2020. Sorting machines removed. Mail slowed. Record mail-in ballots being requested. Trump attacking mail-in voting publicly. All documented.
Trump Said Drug Prices Fell for First Time in 51 Years. 4,311 Drugs Raised Prices That Year.
2020 SOTU: 'drug prices actually went down.' PolitiFact: Mostly False. In 2019: 4,311 drugs up (avg 21%). 619 down. Executive orders largely blocked. All documented.
Trump Called the Press 'Enemy of the People' 150+ Times. Dictators Around the World Cited Him.
150+ 'enemy of the people' attacks on press. Stalin used the phrase. Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia cited Trump to justify jailing journalists.
'Remain in Mexico' Sent Asylum Seekers to One of the World's Deadliest Regions. 1,500+ Were Attacked.
Remain in Mexico forced asylum seekers to wait in border cities with extreme violence. 1,500+ documented attacks: murders, rapes, kidnappings. Courts fought it.
White House Rose Garden: 200 People, No Masks. At Least 36 Tested Positive Including Trump.
Sept 26 2020: Rose Garden event, 200 people, no masks. 36+ positive including Trump, Christie, Conway, senators. Trump hospitalized.
Trump Impeached for Incitement of Insurrection. 57 Senators Voted to Convict. Not Enough.
January 13: impeached, 10 Republicans voted yes. Senate: 57-43 to convict, 7 Republicans. Majority voted guilty. Still acquitted — needed 67.
Hegseth Shared Attack Plans in a Signal Chat That Included a Magazine Editor.
Hegseth: specific strike details on Signal consumer app. Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg added by accident. Published it. Trump: 'sleazebag.' Hegseth kept job.
Trump Tried to Cut Food Stamps Four Times. Nearly Stripped 700,000 People During a Pandemic.
4 SNAP cut attempts first term. 2019 rule would strip 700K. Court blocked it during COVID. Second term OBBBA cuts SNAP eligibility. All sourced.
Trump Tried to Kick 3 Million People Off Food Stamps. Courts Blocked It. OBBBA Cut $300B More.
First term: 3M+ removal from SNAP attempted, courts blocked. Second term OBBBA: $300B SNAP cut — largest in history. All sourced.
Stephen Miller, Architect of Trump Immigration Policy, Was Emailing White Nationalist Sites. 900 Emails Published.
SPLC: 900+ Miller emails promoting white nationalist texts and sites. 'Camp of the Saints.' VDARE. American Renaissance.
Trump's Education Department Sided with Predatory For-Profit Colleges Against Defrauded Students.
Borrower defense: DeVos delayed 160K approved claims. Court held her in contempt. For-profit fraud colleges kept operating. Biden reversed. Trump reversed that.
DeVos Protected For-Profit Schools That Defrauded Students. Trump University Had Already Paid $25M.
DeVos delayed borrower defense rules. For-profit schools defrauded students — ITT Tech, Corinthians. Students stuck with loans.
McConnell Stole a Supreme Court Seat in 2016. Trump Got Three Justices. The Court Overturned Roe.
Scalia dies 2016, 10 months left. McConnell blocks Garland — unprecedented. Barrett confirmed 8 days before 2020 election despite McConnell's own 2016 'rule.
30,573 False or Misleading Claims in 4 Years. The Washington Post Fact-Checked Every Single One.
30,573 false/misleading claims first term. 20+/day average. 50+/day in Oct 2020. Most repeated: crowd sizes, vote claims, trade deficits. All in public database.
Trump Called a Federal Judge a 'So-Called Judge.' Said Another Couldn't Be Fair Because He Was Mexican.
'So-called judge' on Muslim ban. Trump U judge 'can't be fair, he's Mexican.' Roberts rare rebuke: 'no Obama judges.' Second term: defying 96+ court orders.
Trump: McCain 'Not a War Hero.' Attacked Gold Star Parents. Mocked Disabled Reporter.
McCain: 'I like people who weren't captured.' Khan Gold Star family attacked — Ghazala 'wasn't allowed to speak.' Disabled reporter mocked with arm flailing.
Trump Said He'd Drain the Swamp. His Cabinet Blew Nearly $3M on Private Flights and $43K on a Soundproof Phone Booth.
Tom Price resigned over $1M charter flights. Pruitt $900K travel + $43K soundproof booth. Zinke 12+ IG probes, $139K office doors.
Trump Called Fallen Soldiers 'Losers' and 'Suckers.' Skipped Their Graves Because of Rain.
Skipped Aisne-Marne Cemetery (1,800 Marines buried) because of rain. Called fallen soldiers 'losers' and 'suckers.' Asked what was 'in it for them.
Trump Added $7.8 Trillion to the National Debt. More Than Any Peacetime President in History.
$19.9T to $27.7T in 4 years. Tax cuts. Pre-COVID spending. $2.3T COVID relief. Campaigned criticizing debt. Added most ever in peacetime.
Trump Promised Drug Price Negotiation. Pharma Lobbied. He Folded. Americans Still Pay 3x More.
Pharma 'getting away with murder' — Trump 2017. Met CEOs. Promised action. Backed away. US pays 2-3x more. Biden finally passed drug negotiation.
62 Courts Rejected His Claims. His Own AG Said No Fraud. He Kept Lying Anyway.
62 court rejections. Barr: no fraud. Krebs: most secure election. Republican officials confirmed Biden. Hand recounts confirmed Biden. Trump lied 2 months.
The Constitution Bans Foreign Payments to Presidents. Foreign Governments Spent Millions at Trump Hotels.
Emoluments Clause prohibits it. Trump refused to divest. Saudi Arabia, foreign embassies, military paid Trump properties millions. 3,000+ conflict instances.
Farm Bankruptcies Hit Decade High Under Trump. $28B in Bailouts. China Now Buys From Brazil.
Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies at 10-year high under Trump trade war. Soy/hog/dairy markets crushed by China retaliation. $28B bailout.
The Trump Foundation Was a Personal Piggy Bank. New York Sued. It Was Dissolved. Trump Paid $2M.
NY AG: Trump Foundation used to settle personal debts, benefit Trump businesses, boost 2016 campaign. Dissolved 2019. Trump + 3 children pay $2M. All documented.
Trump Attacked Obama for Golfing. Then Spent $144 Million in Taxpayer Money on His Own Golf Trips.
200+ tweets criticizing Obama golf. Trump: 298 golf property visits, $144M+ taxpayer cost. Paid his own properties with government money. Golfed more than Obama.
Trump Threatened to Annex Greenland, Take the Panama Canal, and Make Canada the 51st State.
Trump refused to rule out military action to take Greenland. Threatened 'economic force' against Canada to become 51st state. Claimed Panama Canal for US.
Trump Promised to Eliminate the National Debt in 8 Years. He Added $8 Trillion to It.
Promised to eliminate debt in 8 years. Added $7.8 trillion. Pre-COVID deficit nearly tripled from baseline. Left with largest peacetime deficit in US history.
'Infrastructure Week' Became a Running Joke. Trump Had 17 Infrastructure Weeks and Built Nothing.
Trump promised $1T infrastructure plan. 17 announced 'Infrastructure Weeks.' Zero legislation passed. ASCE: C- grade. Biden passed it in 2021. Trump opposed it.
Hurricane Maria Killed Nearly 3,000 Americans in Puerto Rico. Trump Threw Paper Towels and Disputed the Death Toll.
2,975 Puerto Ricans died. Trump visited: threw paper towels. Called leaders 'grossly incompetent.' Disputed official death toll. Withheld relief.
Trump's First Federal Lawsuit Was Racial Housing Discrimination in 1973. In 2020 He Killed the Anti-Segregation Rule.
DOJ 1973: 'C' for colored on applications, systematically refused Black renters. 2020: AFFH rule killed. 'Suburban lifestyle.' 47 years documented.
Three Years Later, Hundreds of Separated Children Still Had Not Been Reunited With Their Parents.
Biden task force: 1,000+ parents deported without children. Some kids adopted. Some parents can't be found. ACLU still searching 2026.
Trump's Inaugural Committee Raised a Record $107 Million. Prosecutors Said Some of It Was Misused.
$107M record inaugural fund. Federal prosecutors: illegal foreign donations, funds misused, payments to Trump businesses. DC/MD sued. All documented.
Trump Paid $750 in Federal Income Tax in 2016. He Spent 5 Years in Court Hiding His Returns.
Broke 48-year tradition. NYT leaked returns: $750 federal taxes in 2016, $750 in 2017, no taxes 10 of 15 years. Fought court battles to hide them. All documented.
Trump Stopped White House Visitor Logs, Foreign Call Transcripts, Tore Up Documents, Took Classified Files.
Trump ended White House visitor logs Day One. Ended foreign call summaries. Tore up official docs — staff taped back. Took classified docs when leaving.
2.3 Million More Americans Lost Health Insurance Under Trump. Including 400,000 Children.
Census Bureau: 2.3M more uninsured 2016-2019. 400K more uninsured children 2017-2018. Research: 1 death per 800 uninsured = ~2,500 preventable deaths per year.
Trump Shut Down USAID. The World's Largest AIDS Prevention Program Is Collapsing.
USAID dismantled. PEPFAR — HIV treatment for 20M globally — suspended. Health workers fired. Supply chains disrupted.
Trump's Voter Fraud Commission Was Disbanded After 44 States Refused to Hand Over Data.
Trump's voter fraud commission demanded voter data from all 50 states. 44 refused. Courts blocked it. Disbanded 2018. Mission transferred to DHS anyway.
Trump's White House Had 65% Senior Staff Turnover in 2 Years — Highest in Modern History.
Brookings: 65% of senior White House staff replaced by year 2. 4 chiefs of staff. 2 NSAs fired year 1. Chaos wasn't a bug. All sourced.
85 People Died in California Wildfires. Trump Suggested Raking the Forest. Threatened to Withhold Aid.
Camp Fire 2018: 85 dead, Paradise destroyed. Trump: rake the forests, threatened to withhold aid. Finland denied the claim. Fires are on federal land.
Trump Rolled Back Overtime, Tip Protections, Retirement Savings Rules. Here's the Cost to Workers.
Overtime protections reversed. Employers allowed to pool worker tips. Fiduciary rule killed. OSHA weakened. NLRB stacked. All while corps hit record profits.