trump
Just when you think he can’t go any lower…
Trump’s lengthy post on social media showed there were really no boundaries when it comes to people he might target, including the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.
#unfit #disgrace #embarrassment
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/us/politics/trump-attacks-pope-leo.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
#Kushner, #Witkoff & the Profitable #Business of “Peace”
When #Trump announced, last Friday, that Jared Kushner & Steven Witkoff, his special envoys for peace missions [🤯], would be returning to Pakistan over the weekend to resume peace talks with #Iran, it was taken as a sign that the #war might in fact be nearing an end. #Stocks closed at record highs & relief from rising #gas prices seemed in reach.
#kleptocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/magazine/kushner-witkoff-board-of-peace-iran.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
"Americans are dying in droves. Deaths due to avoidable causes in the United States –which could be dealt with via prevention or proper healthcare – far outpace those in most of country’s peers in the industrialized world. Most notably, Americans die of treatable conditions at nearly twice the rate as Spaniards, French, Japanese and Australians.
They would most likely live longer if they enjoyed better access to healthcare. Americans are the most likely to skip a doctor’s appointment due to its cost, the most likely to skip a medical test and to skimp on prescription drugs. This is unsurprising, given the extraordinary lack of public health insurance in the United States. Americans face the highest out-of-pocket expenses for medical services in their peer group.
Donald Trump evidently does not believe this is an issue for the world’s richest nation.
If the budget for 2027 the White House proposed last week is anything to go by, healthcare is not the government’s problem: the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) could see its budget cut by over $15bn, 12% less compared with this year.
The cut comes on top of the evisceration of the healthcare budget last year, when the president’s “big, beautiful bill” (BBB) cut more than $1tn over 10 years from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, largely by imposing onerous work requirements on Medicaid that will push 15 million Americans to lose health insurance, according to some analysts."
#USA #Trump #Healthcare #Militarism #Fascism #Authoritarianism
Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule ends in a landslide defeat as Péter Magyar wins about 138 of 199 seats, while Fidesz falls to around 55, marking a major political shift with global implications.
https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-election-results-peter-magyar-viktor-orban/
#Trump says he'll place 25% #tariff on #autos from #EU, accusing bloc of not complying with #trade deal
Trump said Friday that he will increase #tariffs charged on #cars & #trucks from the EU next week to 25%, a move that could jolt the world #economy at a fragile moment.
Trump said in a social media post that the EU “is not complying with our fully agreed to Trade Deal,” though he did not flesh out his objections in the post.
#inflation #CostOfLiving #affordability
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-eu-autos-trade-800e6ed469b73cd4c144edb65e40ba72
#Trump’s New #Medicaid #WorkRequirements Are Here
It’s just cruelty.
On Friday, #Nebraska became the first state to enact Medicaid work requirements, mandatory for states with Medicaid expansion due to Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Notably, the state did it 7 months before the deadline.
Now, ~70k adults below the age of 65 in Nebraska who have Medicaid through its expansion could risk having their #HealthInsurance ripped away from them.
#law #HealthInequity
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/trumps-new-medicaid-work-requirements-are-here/
It begins…
#Louisiana governor prepares to suspend #House primaries after #SCOTUS ruling
Gov. Jeff Landry (R) told #Republican House candidates he plans to suspend the May 16 primary #elections so lawmakers can redraw the congressional map.
#law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #Section2 #redistricting #RepresentationMatters #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Trump #coup
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/29/louisiana-house-primaries-suspend-jeff-landry/
completely unsurprising:
#Trump says he's 'not satisfied' with #Iran's newest peace plan
“They want to make a deal, I’m not satisfied with it, so we’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters Friday at the White House.
Asked about what he sees as the proposal’s shortcomings, Trump said, “They’re asking for things I can’t agree to.”
#IranWar #MafiaState #piracy #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-05-01-2026#0000019d-e476-d6f5-adbf-edfeb6c00000
Raw Story:
'The vibes aren't great' at the White House as Trump chaos grows: Politico
Politico’s Dash Burns claimed White House insiders admit things are not going well on multiple fronts.
Speaking with the hosts of “Morning Joe,” Burns claimed Trump insiders are dismayed at how badly things are going...
“Listen, the vibes aren't great,” ...
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-chaos-vibe/
NEW: As Arrests at Anti-ICE Protests Piled Up, Prosecutions Crumbled
ProPublica and FRONTLINE found more than 300 protesters and bystanders who were arrested on charges like assaulting an immigration agent or interfering with law enforcement.
Over and over, the accusations fell apart under scrutiny.
https://www.propublica.org/article/caught-in-crackdown-ice-cbp-doj-trump-arrests-convictions
#news #trump #ice #cbp #LosAngeles #Minneapolis #doj #government
Greg Olear looks at all the documents with information about Trump that he has successfully kept from being released:
Melania's immigration papers
His SAT scores
His academic records
Transcripts of his "perfect call" with Zelensky in October 2019
The Apprentice tapes
Tax returns pre-2015 and post-2020
#Trump #transparency #accountability #coverup #disinformation #Epstein #Melania #MedicalHistory #Zelensky #Putin #PeePeeTapes #AssassinationAttempt #JackSmith
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https://gregolear.substack.com/p/undocumented-a-brief-survey-of-documents
#War in the #MiddleEast has upended the #world #economy, the #IMF said Tues, warning in a report that disruptions to #oil markets could slow growth, fuel #inflation & raise the possibility of a global #recession.
The sober message came after the #GlobalEconomy had largely weathered a #pandemic, #Russia’s war in #Ukraine & soaring inflation without tipping into a recession. But #Trump’s decision to initiate a war in #Iran has stopped the world economy in its tracks.
#FDT
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/business/iran-war-imf-economic-growth.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
#Vance wading into spat between #Trump and the #Pope is only turning the heat up…
“It would be best for the Vatican to stick to matters of morality, to stick to matters of what’s going on in the Catholic church and let the president of the United States stick to dictating American public policy”
- Trump is a dictator acting without checks or balances.
- launching an illegal war is not merely ‘public policy’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/14/jd-vance-defends-trump-pope-leo-spat
Google Broke Its Promise to Me. Now ICE Has My Data.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/google-broke-its-promise-me-now-ice-has-my-data
#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption #maga #ICE #google
#Trump admin’s challenge of #Watergate-era records #law alarms historians
Scholars warn that the #DOJ declaration that the #PresidentialRecordsAct is #unconstitutional could impact other admins.
#accountability #transparency #corruption #CriminalState #MafiaState #kleptocracy
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/03/white-house-records-olc-opinion-00859073
Um … Hell No. Nope.
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
#DOJ moves to toss #SeditiousConspiracy #convictions of #OathKeepers & #ProudBoys
The DOJ on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys & Oath Keepers leaders who were sentenced to #prison terms for leading members of the #FarRight #extremist groups in attacking the US Capitol to keep #Trump in #power >5 years ago.
#law #Jan6 #Insurrection #PoliticalViolence
https://apnews.com/article/proud-boys-oath-keepers-convictions-dropped-doj-ad679108ab84083694261efc101e60ea
Appeals court orders judge to end contempt investigation of #Trump admin #deportation flights
A federal judge must end his “intrusive” contempt investigation of the Trump admin for failing to comply with an order over flights carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador last year, a divided appeals court panel ruled Tuesday.
#law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #DueProcess #rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #judiciary #JudgeShopping
https://apnews.com/article/trump-judge-boasberg-contempt-f5ab5110336be20773e8aa8d5b484879
"Acting AG Todd Blanche went on Fox this morning to reaffirm that the DOJ is completely done with Epstein. No more documents, no more releases, nothing. Everything has been turned over, he says. That’s a lie. Millions of documents are still out there. The cover-up remains in full swing."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Epstein #Trump #ToddBlanche #DOJ #coverup
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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/tuesday-afternoon-news-updates-the
With friends like these…
#Trump is withdrawing 5k troops from #Germany
The #US is withdrawing 5k troops from Germany, the #Pentagon announced Friday, in a rebuke to the close #NATO ally amid a widening rift between Trump & #Europe over the #Iran #war.
Trump had threatened a drawdown in forces earlier this week after sparring with German Chancellor Friedrich #Merz, who said the Iranians were humiliating the US in talks to end the 2-month-old war.
So Schwab, Fidelity, and Vanguard bent the knee to #Trump. Got it. Sell their stock and mutual funds. Everything Trump Touches Dies. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/business/schwab-donations-southern-poverty-law-center.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fFA.lC74.1Cla0qc10Jai&smid=url-share
So the #Trump Phone is actually a reskinned HTC 24 pro
Like exactly lol
Bwahaha! Somebody spray painted 8647 on the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall. Hey, if Trump can illegally vandalize our monuments, we can.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-vandalism-b2969230.html
#Trump #WashingtonDC