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What Happened Today – May 22

May 22, 2025
GovBrief Intensity Score 192 🔥
Extreme, off the charts. 100 = average over past 60 days.
Previous 5 Days 136 | 96 | 136 | 40 | 96

7 Day Trending Story Categories: Courts, Foreign Relations, Economy
7 Day Trending Topics: Harvard, DHS, Defense Dept

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem shocks Senate committee by incorrectly defining habeas corpus as presidential power to deport immigrants.

🏴‍☠️💰 They’re not even hiding it anymore. Trump hosts crypto investors at his golf club with the presidential seal while his officials dump stocks before tariff announcements, Vance declares courts shouldn’t check executive power, and the Senate illegally overturns California’s climate rules because, well, who’s going to stop them?

The grift is the point now – they’re looting in broad daylight, overwhelming every judge and inspector who dares object, and betting you’ll get exhausted before they do.

First, pace yourself, but you’ve got this.

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