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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

What Happened Today – July 18

Rear Admiral Yvette Davids salutes during a December 21, 2023 change of command ceremony where she was relieved as Commander of Naval Surface Forces. The combat-decorated officer was transitioning to become the Naval Academy's first female superintendent in January 2024 before being ousted by Trump's Defense Secretary this week over DEI initiatives. (USN photo by Specialist 2nd Class Mikal Chapman)

🤐 They want you to shut up. Every critic is getting the message that there will be consequences to freedom of speech in America. We know this from the deported students, fired comedians, threatened scientists, and sanctioned schools. But they’re learning that we get louder when they squeeze harder. So speak louder, share more, resist … Read more

What Happened Today – July 17

Juul is back. The FDA just authorized its e-cigarettes after candidate Trump promised last year to save the vaping industry.

👀🔍💡 Hey, Mr. President. We’re watching you. Every new grift and power grab becomes exposed. Your health.The crypto scam.Your buddy Epstein.Attacks on public broadcasting, kids, and democracy itself.Firing critics.We see it all. Don’t let up. Keep watch. Share. Help each other. And don’t rely on the algorithm. Let me send this to you every night, … Read more

What Happened Today – July 16

A voting machine in Manatee County, Florida. The Trump administration has demanded access to them in 9 states.

🔥🌍 Trump spirals. America responds. He’s backing off the Epstein client list, calling his base “weaklings,” and spinning wild Coke sugar rumors. A Reuters/Ipsos poll shows 69% think he’s concealing information today. Meanwhile, more than 1,600 Good Trouble Lives On protests are shaking every state with anger turned into action This chaos is a sign … Read more

What Happened Today – July 15

Embattled Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at June's Federal Open Market Committee meeting. Powell gained a significant endorsement from JPMorgan Chair Jamie Dimon today.

‼️Trump’s executive branch runs on personal loyalty. Today, a man who once called a former U.S. President a “terrorist leader” was rewarded with a top Pentagon job for his allegiance to Trump. At the same time, Trump demanded the prosecution of rival Adam Schiff based on a sudden, baseless accusation of fraud. Earlier, dozens of … Read more