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What Happened Today – May 20

Trump announcing the U.S. will build a 175 billion dollar missile defense shield in three years, despite no funding, approval, or plans.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Trump falsely claims Biden has β€˜Stage 9’ cancer and delayed diagnosis disclosure as part of White House cognitive decline coverup. 🎭 Every Trump policy comes with its opposite. They deport legal immigrants while claiming to target criminals. They dismantle surveillance oversight after condemning it. They promise billion-dollar defense systems with no … Read more

What Happened Today – May 19

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sold stock in 34 different companies just two days before Donald Trump's announcement about reciprocal tariffs.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Local Democratic officials join thousands in making a 30-mile human chain across Chicago suburbs to protest Trump administration policies. πŸ‘‘ Trump was never subtle about wanting things his way. He is spending his days remaking America in his own image, using the system to settle grudges while elevating his preferences. This … Read more

What Happened Today – May 18

President Joe Biden greets Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and her son Jack Schlossberg on Monday, September 12, 2022, at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story Oklahoma adds debunked 2020 election fraud claims to high school history curriculum. πŸ” Even on a quiet Sunday, the machinery of power grinds forward. Trump’s budget bill advances behind closed-door deals while Americans form a 30-mile human chain of resistance spanning Chicago suburbs. Meanwhile, as Biden faces a devastating cancer diagnosis, … Read more

What Happened Today – May 17

National Weather Service meteorologists in Jackson, Kentucky rallied to track deadly tornadoes despite Trump administration staffing cuts that now leave this local weather office closed overnight, with the storms claiming 18 lives statewide out of 27 nationwide.

πŸŒͺ️ πŸ“‘ 🚩 From a deadly terrorist bombing in Palm Springs to devastating tornadoes tracked by understaffed weather offices, Trump’s America faces real-life violence while his administration quietly enables more. Now they’re lifting bans on rapid-fire gun triggers, teaching debunked election fraud claims in classrooms, and amplifying assassination conspiracy theories online. Meanwhile, his “solution” to … Read more

What Happened Today – May 16

CDC map showing measles cases. 13% of people diagnosed are hospitalized. Two doses of the MMR vaccine are 97% effective at preventing measles.

πŸ•΅οΈπŸ₯Š Threats and intimidation are the Trump administration’s playbook. Trump officials join the president in targeting judges, artists, and even their own employees who stand in their way. They use more than words. Senior intelligence officials are fired, the former FBI director is accused of calling for Trump’s assassination, and federal agencies purge employees who … Read more

What Happened Today – May 15

Walmart said it would raise prices because of Trump's tariffs after its first quarter profit decreased.

πŸ“ΊπŸŽ–οΈ The government that should protect you is being weaponized against you instead. While Trump offers donors VIP access to military parades featuring soldiers who get only one hot meal per day and will sleep on office floors, his administration revokes security clearances despite court orders, investigates critics, deports students over traffic tickets, and even … Read more

What Happened Today – May 14

Trump's Surgeon General nominee advocates the use of psychedelics in therapy. "4-AcO-DMT, Bacardi, Clonazepam, & LSD" by Rachel Elaine. Licensed under CC BY 2.0.

πŸ₯πŸš‘πŸ©Ί Your health secretary refuses to give health advice while your surgeon general promotes illegal psychedelics. Meanwhile the Houston weather office has no managers and a Kansas office can’t stay open 24/7 as extreme weather season begins. They’re gutting Medicaid to close hospitals, dismantling the very systems meant to keep us alive. They’re not breaking … Read more

What Happened Today – May 13

Before the cuts: NIOSH scientists test firefighter respirators and monitor workplace hazards, life-saving work that's been eliminated. RFK Jr. fired 90% of the agency's 1,300 workers but today reinstated only the director. After 54 years protecting Americans from toxic exposures, these labs sit empty.

🏴 They shook hands with dictators and sold out America while you were working for a living. Trump lifts sanctions on Syria’s al-Qaeda-linked president and pockets a $400 million Qatari jet while Musk cuts Saudi deals and Tesla’s board dumps stock. At home? They’re purging intelligence officials, downsizing military brass, poisoning your drinking water, and … Read more

What Happened Today – May 12

Operation Allies Refuge evacuees lose protected status under Trump administration, face deportation to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brandon Cribelar)

πŸ’Έ $148 million for dinner with Trump. That’s what 220 annonymous crypto buyers finally paid today while white South Africans got refugee status and millions fleeing actual genocide remain blocked. America is dying off and being auctioned to the highest bidder. The price of admission is cruelty: 9,000 Afghans face deportation to Taliban rule, EPA … Read more

What Happened Today – May 11

One of the twin Boeing 747s serving as Air Force One. They have special military features, including the ability to refuel in midair, a medical suite with permanent onboard doctor, and two galleys that can feed 100 people.

πŸ’° While Qatar gifts Trump a $400 million flying palace and China buys tariff relief, everything in America is for sale except mercy for a mother torn from her child or healthcare for those who can’t afford $35 copays. Foreign powers write checks while judges are terrorized at home and families are destroyed in the … Read more