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What Happened Today – July 28

Trump seated at a ceremonial desk dragged into the Rose Garden for a National Day of Prayer on May 1, 2025. Today, he told federal workers they can preach on the job and call others' beliefs wrong.(Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian.)

🏷️ Everything has a price tag now. Trump is selling off the country. Reproductive rights. Public lands. The safety net. All for sale. And now he’s accepted a private jet from the Qatar government. It will cost taxpayers up to $1 billion to convert it into Air Force One. That money is being pulled directly … Read more

What Happened Today – July 27

Trump's approval rating fell to a second-term low of 37% in July, with independent voters dropping to 29% - their lowest level in either of his terms.

💰 Clearance Sale on Democracy Trumpworld is a protection racket where loyalty buys immunity, dissent gets crushed. He forced foreign leaders to negotiate at his golf course under threat, then handed a judgeship to his criminal defense lawyer. That nominee is now under two whistleblower complaints for telling DOJ staff to ignore court orders. And … Read more

What Happened Today – July 26

The Department of Education said that it would release billions of dollars next week that will go to school districts in every state to provide tutoring, counseling, and after-school programs. The White House ordered the money to be held after claiming it was used to support a "radical leftwing agenda."

🎪 The con is falling apart, but dangerous clowns still run the show. Trump’s own State Department admits his refugee program is whites-only despite his public denials, while a teenager known as “Big Balls” helps eliminate federal regulations with AI. The Defense Secretary shut down lie detector exams at the Pentagon before facing his own … Read more

What Happened Today – July 25

Ghislaine Maxwell’s MDC Brooklyn mugshot, taken July 2020, a stark reminder of the pardon whispers swirling around the immunity received for two days of interviews this week.

✈️ While Trump golfs in Scotland and downplays his long running ties to sex traffickers, his administration doubles down on its immigration crackdown. The real horror: FEMA funds rerouted to detention camps and making the citizenship test even tougher. The Justice Department is prosecuting two surgical center workers who tried to block ICE from storming … Read more

What Happened Today – July 24

Trump tours the Federal Reserve renovation site with Chair Jerome Powell and Senator Tim Scott. Powell publicly corrected Trump’s inflated $3.1 billion cost claim on camera, which the White House still aired after Trump brushed it off. Photo (Official White House video released July 24, 2025)

🔥 A deceptively light day as the Epstein files controversy persists and the vulnerable pay again. Trump flies to Scotland under the guise of trade talks while maintaining his grip on two family-owned golf courses while scrutiny intensifies over his relationship with Epstein. At home his administration pushes forced psychiatric hospitalization for unhoused people, ankle … Read more

What Happened Today – July 23

A farmer fills a sprayer with dicamba, which EPA plans to re-approve despite two prior bans. (Photo: USDA)

🚨 The Project 2025 machine is humming, but Trump’s DOJ is choking on the Epstein files. While Cabinet secretaries push the authoritarian playbook, Trumpworld is spiraling into full-blown Watergate mode: secret briefings, strike forces, banana-republic revenge plays. A bipartisan subpoena for DOJ’s Epstein files just hit. The spotlight’s coming, and this time, the crime and … Read more

What Happened Today – July 22

The US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. The organization complied with Trump's demands and has banned trans women from competing as women. (Library of Congress photo by Carol Highsmith)

🔨 They’re moving fast and breaking things, which is a disastrous way to run a government. The foundation of climate law is about to be dynamited while our national nuclear security was critically breached. Local control is only a talking point. After judges in New Jersey chose a replacement to a Trump appointee, his AG … Read more

What Happened Today – July 21

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., talks with President Lyndon B. Johnson on December 3, 1963. On Monday, the Trump administration released 200,000 pages of FBI surveillance records on Dr. King, a move critics labeled a distraction from the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein controversy.

🎭 They continued rewriting history again today. First, you change the facts to fit your narrative, like the FCC deciding to ignore whether you can actually afford the internet before giving the industry a passing grade. Then, you punish anyone who reports the real story, like kicking The Wall Street Journal off Air Force One … Read more

What Happened Today – July 20

An aerial view of the Robert F. Kennedy Stadium site in Washington, D.C., pictured in the 1980s. The former home of Washington's football team is now at the center of new presidential threats. (Photo Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress)

📢 They made a lot of noise today, but most of it was sound and fury. Bluster, brags, and threats flew all day against immigrants, allies, and even football teams over their names and stadium deals that aren’t Trump’s to block. It’s all a desperate screen to hide the fact that his support is cratering … Read more

What Happened Today – July 19

A B-2 takes off from Whiteman AFB in Missouri for the Iran bombing issues. Donald Trump is the only official source claiming it was 100% effective.

🏗️ They can’t manage what they have yet they’re building something massive. Trump stumbles from one self-inflicted crisis to the next. Whether its the Epstein follies, watching Hegseth lose his sixth senior aide in six months, or threatening global airline partnerships over routine disputes, it’s easy to understand why so many of his businesses have … Read more