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What Happened Today – September 16, 2025

Trump granted another extension on the TikTok sale, letting Oracle and investors claim control while folding national security into political leverage. (TikTok logo)

⚓🇰🇷 Trump is flaunting extrajudicial killings at sea while our own watchdogs are gutted and hidden reports bury right-wing violence. Now even South Korea is investigating the United States for human rights violations against its citizens. The world no longer sees a democracy under strain but a government that breaks its own rules and exports … Read more

What Happened Today – September 15, 2025

President Donald Trump posted military footage to Truth Social showing a second strike in two weeks on an alleged drug boat in international waters, flaunting extrajudicial killings as policy. (Screen capture from Truth Social video)

☣️ No grand ideology exists.  Today’s news was self-interest oozing from the administration’s main players. In one corner of the country, a governor was baselessly blaming “a leftist” for an assassination while the Vice President planned to spend part of Monday hosting his buddy’s podcast. At the exact same time, the Justice Department was in … Read more

What Happened Today – September 14, 2025

Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem, a symbolic act aligning with his private support for Israeli annexation and contradicting White House concerns over regional destabilization. (Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett)

☣️ No grand ideology exists.  Today’s news was self-interest oozing from the administration’s main players. In one corner of the country, a governor was baselessly blaming “a leftist” for an assassination while the Vice President planned to spend part of Monday hosting his buddy’s podcast. At the exact same time, the Justice Department was in … Read more

What Happened Today – September 13, 2025

UC Berkeley, seen here in an aerial shot, provided the Trump administration with 160 names for a federal investigation into alleged campus antisemitism. (California State Library)

🛠️ They’ve swapped the dog whistle for a bullhorn. The quiet part is now the whole speech as they openly draft plans to deploy troops in new American cities, publicly call for political opponents to be jailed, and brazenly demand new laws to punish the media. This is a public dare, a test to see … Read more

What Happened Today – September 12, 2025

D.C. National Guard soldiers stage a Humvee outside Union Station as troops are repurposed for "beautification" projects following Trump's "crime-free" declaration. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Tech Sgt. Andrew Enriquez, 113th Wing)

Speak truth loudly. 📢 Their blueprint is cracking open for all to see. It starts with a lie, like declaring a city is ‘crime free’ or falsely claiming vital aid was destroyed. That lie then becomes the excuse to dismantle everything from local control to public health. Facts must be the final word, and our … Read more

What Happened Today – September 11, 2025

Nearly $10 million in contraceptives procured by USAID sat in a warehouse like this one, destroyed by the Trump administration under a false anti-abortion pretext. (USAID photo)

The state is manufacturing a martyr. 👑 A private citizen’s tragic death is being given the full trappings of state: medals of freedom, proposed Capitol statues, and a personal escort from the Vice President himself aboard Air Force Two. This pomp is used to sanctify a political movement with a fallen saint. The coordinated campaigns … Read more

What Happened Today – September 10, 2025

U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan blocked the deportation of Guatemalan children at an emergency Labor Day hearing, a decisive stand against the very Justice Dept. today's reporting reveals is still deceiving courts on immigration. (Photo: US District Court for DC)

Our nation’s foundational violence is erupting again. 🩸 Earlier this year, Democratic lawmakers were gunned down in their Minnesota homes. Just this morning, the president of the United States shattered all precedent to demand a “Quick” trial and the death penalty for a murder suspect in North Carolina. By evening, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was … Read more

What Happened Today – September 9, 2025

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, shown here addressing the New York Fed in 2024, will keep her job at the independent agency after a federal judge today blocked Trump's attempt to fire her.

They’re cutting the wires inside their fortress. ✂️ Their sabotage is deliberate to avoid accountability. Today, they gutted the Social Security office that lets Congress hear your pleas for help, memory-holed intelligence on a secret Venezuelan deal, and attacked their own economists again for telling the truth. We have to be the alarm system they’re … Read more

What Happened Today – September 8, 2025

Ryan Wesley Routh in custody after his 2024 arrest for the attempted assassination of President Trump, now represents himself against the full power of the federal government (Martin County Sheriff's Office photo).

Republicans stole the Supreme Court in 2016. ⚖️ That’s led to the overturning of abortion rights and handed presidents a roadmap for avoiding criminal immunity. Today, that broken court gave federal agents a green light to racially profile Americans, while the rest of the government is used to punish dissent and reward loyalty. The bill … Read more

What Happened Today – September 7, 2025

American Academy of Pediatrics President Susan J. Kressly, MD, FAAP ((front row, fourth from left), at an AAP board event) warned that Florida’s plan to drop vaccine mandates for school registration will increase illness and death across communities, not just among children. (Photo via Susan J. Kressly, MD/LinkedIn)

You can feel it in the silence between the explosions. ⏳ Their only move is to start a fight. With the press, with allies, with their own party, with the rule of law, with everyone because they treat everyone like an enemy. They’ve stuffed the closet so full of crises that the buckling door is … Read more