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What Happened Today – March 29

Comedian Amber Ruffin was dumped as the Correspondent Dinner entertainment following WH complaints.

GovBrief Intensity Score: 104 âś… Below the two-month average. đź§Š They’re not hiding it. They’re banning books, firing peacekeepers, and threatening to annex Greenland. This isn’t a stunt. It’s a strategy — from anime ICE memes to purging the Pentagon, they’re showing us exactly how far they’ll go. Believe them. Read today’s post. Share it. … Read more

What Happened Today – March 28

The FDA's top vaccine official resigned today and said he wouldn't echo RFK Jr.'s "misinfo and lies."

🔥 One man. One mess. A thousand front lines. Trump’s power grabs are detonating across the system—watchdogs gutted, migrants disappeared, Social Security shoved toward collapse, law firms silenced under threat. Now the backlash is everywhere. 🌍 From Boston to Berlin, hundreds of Tesla protests are hitting Musk where it hurts, his wallet and his brand, … Read more

What Happened Today – March 27

National Museum of the American Indian – Smithsonian Institution

đź’Ą The crackdown is accelerating—and the targets are getting bolder. Maine told Trump to shove his trans athlete ban. Michigan gutted DEI after federal threats. And Trump’s slashing up to half the federal workforce while trying to muzzle law firms, rewrite history at the Smithsonian, and erase war crimes evidence. This isn’t reform. It’s revenge. … Read more

What Happened Today – March 26

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem poses in front of a cell filled with Venezuelan prisoners the US has jailed in El Salvador. (Photo: screengrab from Kristi Noem video posted on X)

đź‘€ Authoritarian overreach is now casual.Trump’s team plotted a military strike in an unsecured chat, while Musk’s DOGE scraped private data on millions—and Social Security rushed service cuts that could block benefits for the sick and poor. Judges are under attack. Troops are expelled. Chaos is a feature, not a bug. Subscribe to get your … Read more

What Happened Today – March 25

An F/A-18E Super Hornet prepares to launch from the USS Harry S. Truman, which has been engaged with attacks on Yemen. (Photo March 18, 2025 by the US Navy)

đź‘€ Authoritarian overreach is now casual.Trump’s team plotted a military strike in an unsecured chat, while Musk’s DOGE scraped private data on millions—and Social Security rushed service cuts that could block benefits for the sick and poor. Judges are under attack. Troops are expelled. Chaos is a feature, not a bug. Subscribe to get your … Read more

What Happened Today – March 24

President Donald J. Trump purchases a Tesla on the South Lawn, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley)

đź‘€ Authoritarian overreach is now casual.Trump’s team plotted a military strike in an unsecured chat, while Musk’s DOGE scraped private data on millions—and Social Security rushed service cuts that could block benefits for the sick and poor. Judges are under attack. Troops are expelled. Chaos is a feature, not a bug. Subscribe to get your … Read more

What Happened Today – March 23

President Obama blows a whistle to begin the 2015 White House Easter Egg Roll. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

🔥 Lines Are Being Crossed. Then Redrawn. Again. From Greenland to Venezuela to the South Lawn, the Trump admin is setting fire to norms—and everyone else is racing to catch up. Deportations without due process. Tariffs shifting by the hour. A top law firm buckled under pressure. Even Canada and Denmark are bracing for impact. … Read more

What Happened Today – March 22

Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Greg Casar address thousands in Tucson during their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour. AOC said 23,000 people turned out for the March 23 rally. Image via Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Bluesky (@aoc.bsky.social)

🛑 Trump’s crackdown is accelerating. Lawyers punished. Judges mocked. Kids in court alone. ICE may get IRS data. FEMA gutted. A Cornell Ph.D. student targeted for suing and leading protests. All of this on a Saturday. But across the West, the “Fighting Oligarchy” tour is drawing thousands. AOC and Bernie Sanders showed up. 30,000 in … Read more

What Happened Today – March 21

The U.S. is now forcing Canadians to clear a formal border crossing just to visit the Haskell Library — a building that literally straddles the border and has welcomed both nations for over a century.

Trump cancels legal permission to live in the US for half a million people… after 8 p.m. on a Friday. He also told reporters that he never signed the proclamation invoking the 1798 wartime act that let him deport people, except his signature is published on it. Somehow he found time to threaten Tesla vandals … Read more

What Happened Today – March 20

Pentagon spokesperson John Ullyot was demoted after aggressively defending the administration’s removal of Jackie Robinson’s tribute from the Defense Department’s official website,

🇺🇸 Friday DispatchWhile the cameras chased shiny objects, the Trump administration moved to enter homes without warrants, torch DEI at law firms, recall Cybertrucks again, hand out cash to voters (again), and fold USAID into a blockchain-powered austerity husk. And yet—teachers marched, whistleblowers spoke, and judges weren’t having it. America’s burning at both ends, but … Read more