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What Happened Today – October 7, 2025

Trump displays a Hurricane Dorian forecast map altered with black Sharpie to support his false claim Alabama was at risk, a lie defended by NOAA official Neil Jacobs who was confirmed today as the agency's chief. (Official White House photo, September 4, 2019)

🖕 Trump breaks the law. His cabinet enables him. And they’ll attack you if you speak up. Troops are now on the ground in Illinois over the governor’s objections. Trump says he’ll decide which federal workers get their back pay, and OMB deleted the law requiring it from their website. When the Senate Judiciary Committee … Read more