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What Happened Today – August 16

A guest at an Alaska hotel found Trump-Putin summit papers left in a printer — including the menu, schedule, and personal contact info for U.S. staffers (Image: NPR)

🦅🚔 Trump’s takeover is accelerating. Today, he doubled down on his Washington takeover with hundreds more troops from red-state governors. Meanwhile, the Post got internal ICE maps and charts showing plans to double detention capacity in just months. America is now blocking medical visas for sick Gazans. New analysis shows $500B in mandatory Medicare cuts … Read more

What Happened Today – August 15

Redistricting map released Friday by the DCCC for California voters to decide this fall, in sharp contrast to GOP gerrymandering in Texas.

😡 Trump’s White House is telling America to normalize a federal takeover of our cities the way we were told to normalize death in the pandemic. Except this time it’s liberty being stripped away. Soldiers and federal agents patrol LA and DC while Trump struts off to Alaska chasing a Nobel Peace Prize with Putin. … Read more

What Happened Today – August 14

Teddy Roosevelt, Wilson, Carter (pictured in 2002), and Obama have won the Nobel Peace Prize. Trump has lobbied for years. Last month, he unexpectedly called Norway’s foreign minister to push again.

🔥🛑 Trump spent the day before his Putin summit rewriting rules, installing loyalty enforcers, and shutting down satellites and science that don’t serve him. He continued his takeover of the local DC government, rewarded the rich, and made clear no one is untouchable. Public disapproval is growing, but stopping authoritarianism takes more than bad poll … Read more

What Happened Today – August 13

A U.S. Postal Service employee sorts mail at a processing center. More than 10,000 USPS workers accepted early retirement offers this summer, meeting the agency’s goal to shrink its workforce. (Courtesy USPS)

🥪🌱 A man threw a sandwich, Trump’s furious about “old, tired” grass and neither is a joke. Military troops and federal police are patrolling the nation’s capital with Trump openly saying he will not pull them out in 30 days. Every petty excuse works for them: a broken taillight, a tent in a park, a … Read more

What Happened Today – August 12

The Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters building in Washington, D.C., where severe healthcare staffing shortages rose 50% this fiscal year as the department cuts nearly 30,000 jobs through attrition. (Photo: GSA)

🚨🚨 Authoritarianism accelerated in just one day. Yesterday Trump federalized DC police. Today his administration said there were plans to extend that beyond 30 days, which literally requires an act of Congress. Meanwhile, they’re preparing 600 troops to put down “civil unrest” while the Texas AG asked a judge to jail a political opponent. A … Read more

What Happened Today – August 11

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan met with Trump at the White House Monday, four days after the president demanded his resignation over China connections. Trump afterwards praised Tan's "amazing story." (Photograph: Intel Corporation)

🔒 Trump is seizing control of the people, one place at a time. While courts hear challenges to his National Guard takeover in California, he federalizes DC police and deploys troops there despite crime hitting 30-year lows. His allies threaten to “eliminate” 10 more Democratic House seats while immigration detention smashes records with internment camps … Read more

What Happened Today – August 9

President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to retired U.S. Army Capt. Florent Groberg at the White House on Nov. 12, 2015, for tackling a suicide bomber in Afghanistan on Aug. 8, 2012, with Sgt. Andrew Mahoney, saving their brigade commander and others. Laura Loomer is now attacking Army Secretary Dan Driscoll for honoring Groberg. (U.S. Army photo by Eboni L. Everson-Myart).

💉🗂️🏥 The vaccine wars are back, and the stakes are bigger than shots. An anti-vax shooting at the CDC, a whiplash reinstatement at FDA, and a federal purge of vaccine records point to a coordinated rollback of public health while GOP leaders insist Medicare and Medicaid are safe. Call your reps now to defend vaccines, … Read more

What Happened Today – August 8

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposted a video segment showcasing pastor Doug Wilson and other CREC-affiliated pastors advocating the repeal of women’s voting rights, underscoring his alignment with Christian nationalist ideas. (Image: Screenshot from X/Twitter)

💥 A local Georgia cop is dead after a shooter opened fire in Atlanta near the CDC, but Trump’s political machine continues turning up the heat. Gerrymandering in Texas, a billion-dollar shakedown of UCLA, and armed patrols in DC streets are fueling a system that thrives on chaos and fear. If we don’t meet this … Read more

What Happened Today – August 7

Little Miami River in southwest Ohio. The U.S. Secret Service asked the Army Corps of Engineers to raise water levels for Vice President JD Vance’s birthday kayak trip for security. (Photo courtesy National Wild & Scenic River System.)

📚⚖️ We learned this a long time ago. Don’t gamble with retirement savings, don’t lock people up for their heritage, and don’t sell policy for cash. Today’s orders, purges, and donor wins try to make breaking those rules feel normal, but they are not. It takes about 3.5% of us in sustained, peaceful action to … Read more