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What Happened Today – August 20

Vice President J.D. Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller address National Guard troops outside Union Station during a D.C. security operation marked by authoritarian optics. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)

⛔ Texas Republicans gerrymandered five more GOP seats in Congress as Trump deploys federal forces to cement his D.C. takeover. Now CBP agents are even patrolling National Park Service sites across the city. At the same time, he’s gutting the IRS, CDC, and national intelligence so corruption keeps running wild. Authoritarianism advances by choking the … Read more