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Propaganda 1 of 8

Trump posts 21 times in a Saturday spree, mixing AI images of himself with George Washington and a "Trump 2028" photo captioned "We are going to win."

22nd Amendment bars a third term

Source: Mediaite

August 15, 2026

Military 2 of 8

CENTCOM commander visits the USS Abraham Lincoln after a sailor went overboard and families reported mental health struggles aboard.

Two senators demand bipartisan carrier visit

Source: The Hill

August 15, 2026

Justice Dept 3 of 8

Federal prosecutors spent a year investigating the daughter of the judge who oversaw Trump's hush-money conviction, narrowing their sweeping subpoena to a $468 payment.

No new subpoenas suggest charges unlikely

Source: The Independent

August 15, 2026

Foreign Relations 4 of 8

Over 170,000 Canadians petition Parliament to expel US ambassador Hoekstra for normalizing annexation threats and US diplomatic interference in Canadian unity.

Expelling a US ambassador unprecedented for Canada

Source: The New York Times [gift link]

August 15, 2026

Oversight 5 of 8

Renderings in Trump's Supreme Court filing show gold presidential seals on the ballroom exterior, gilding absent from the plans federal commissions approved.

People's House was designed plain

Source: The Washington Post

August 15, 2026

Military 6 of 8

Navy weighs moving carrier command towers to match Trump's preferred World War II look, a redesign his own first-term study priced in billions.

Rear island placement speeds jet launches

Source: The Washington Post

August 15, 2026

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