Despite concerns from debt hawks, the U.S. government is continuing to borrow at pace: For the fiscal year of 2026 so far, the federal deficit has totaled just under $1.4 trillion.

Whenever someone criticizes Trump over high gas prices, high inflation, and high groceries, they always say "But it was x.xx under Biden!" The thing is, they're quoting numbers from the early part of the Biden term, when he inherited a COVID economy from Trump, and a war that Putin started.

For months, the Trump Justice Department goons have tried to create a phony, error-filled national voter roll, meddle with the U.S. Post Office’s delivery of ballots, and force states to turn over unredacted voter rolls (losing to date 0-11 in lower courts, 0-1 in appeals courts).

None of the officers at the scene of Araujo’s death in Houston were wearing body cameras. That was according to two DHS officials and a source familiar with the investigation, which is being conducted by ICE’s Inspector General.

We all know the story: Trump gave a $16 million no-bid contract to one of his Mar-a-Lago buddies to resurface the Reflecting Pool. But it began to turn green and the liner buckled almost as soon as it was painted, with algae and paint chips floating on the surface.

Not the first time Trumpers have schemed to disappear witnesses. How Stalinish.

Operating costs for a Boeing 747 on presidential travel are approximately $179,750 to $200,000 per hour. Because the Air Force deploys a second, backup aircraft on official presidential trips, the total travel cost doubles to roughly $360,000 to $400,000 per flight hour for the two jumbo jets.

Trump and his MAGA authoritarian enablers have attempted to supplant separation of church and state with an authoritarian-imposed neo-Confederacy. Theoretically mandated rigid hierarchy in which white males hold the power.

ICE has managed to stay mostly below the radar screen since leaving Minneapolis and changing leadership. This administration can no longer be trusted to clear its agents in civilian deaths before a full investigation is conducted.

Trump ruined our ability to cheer on USA Mens team in FIFA World Cup just like he did with US Mens Hockey in the Winter Olympics. He ruined America’s 250th and July 4th, just like ruined the White House, Reflecting Pool, and Kennedy Center. He truly ruins everything.

Anyone outside WH vortex of spin and lies knew the die was cast as soon as Iran demonstrated its ability to seize the Strait of Hormuz and hold the world’s energy markets hostage.

Fact, the $68 million figure and the descriptions "Temu arch" and "janky Ferris wheel" refer to public and media criticism surrounding Donald Trump's "Great American State Fair".

Instead of containing Trump’s sickness, we as a nation have enabled it, allowing him to put in place individuals and structures that echo his distorted views, ignorance, and stupidity. He has mental impairment that needs to be treated. The door needs to be shut on Trump.

When inequality and corruption raged in the Gilded Age, Congress took action: -Antitrust was used to break up monopolies -Taxes were passed to stop wealth hoarding -Corporations were forbidden from directly giving money to politicians and candidates. Vote smart! All American voters.

Trump's name ruins everything and will have to be erased from everything It will take years to get his stink off of the USA

Currently a large crowd moving through DC towards the Whitehouse with a Declaration of Independence banner, chanting “8647”... Large crowd moving through DC towards the Whitehouse with a Declaration of Independence banner, chanting “8647”...

Hundreds of masked white nationalist Patriot Front members are marching through Washington, D.C., on Independence Day, carrying Confederate flags in formation. A president should be condemning this. The White House is silent.

Mike Johnson is not what he portrays himself to be; he's a white Christian Nationalist. When he can't convince his own people to vote as he wants them to, he calls another recess and sends them home.

Last night, Trump gave what will go down in history as the most horrific, demented, and dangerous speech ever delivered by a U.S. President, demonizing half the people on the planet, demonizing half of the human beings who have ever lived.

As I predicted. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Reminder, that Trump canceled the agreement with Iran that cost us nothing and was working, just because he hates Blacks and to distract from the Epstein files. Trump attacked Iran and LOST and is now forced to pay them $300 billion to get back to some where close to where we were before he started.

Nearly 1 million people who bought Trump’s memecoin have lost money through the end of June, according to a report by the cryptocurrency analytics firm Nansen. Their losses total $3.81 billion.

Demand is building for court reform. That should start with serious consideration of term limits for justices. Some ideas for reform: 1) Enact term limits 2) Enforce ethics standards 3) Require financial disclosures 4) Expand the court 5) Rotate justices

Federal financial records first reviewed by NOTUS showed that on November 21, Patel purchased between $100,000 and $250,000 worth of stock in MicroStrategy, a “bitcoin treasury company” that has done millions of dollars in business with the DOJ over the past decade.

l.smartnews.com/p-821yUS1q/c... Another “Trumpian” disaster looking for a place to happen 😂😂😂

DOJ Accidentally Gives Jack Smith Report to Person They’re Suing - The New Republic apple.news/At4ugptfHRiS...

Trump Military Deferment… In September 1968, at age 22, Trump was classified as 1-Y (unqualified for military duty except in a national emergency) due to bone spurs in his heels. This followed four prior academic deferments while he attended college. “He didn’t have the foot Ailment.”

Trump staged a hostile takeover of the US’s 250th anniversary celebration to enrich political allies, harvest voter data and promote Christian nationalist ideology, according to a congressional investigation released on Thursday.

The oath you take when joining the federal government as a soldier or a civil servant is not to a president. It is not to an administration. It is not to a director, a party, or a policy outcome. It is to the U.S. Constitution. That principle can sound ceremonial — until it is tested.

While Trump seems to have perfected the art of turning America’s 250th birthday into a phantasmagoria of self-indulgence, bad taste, and garish dictatorial pomp, neither the occasion nor the country is his.

Another tRump lie exposed: He claims his Great American State Fair was "packed," but photos and visitors show mostly empty grounds on the National Mall. States bailed, performers dropped out, and the crowd stayed home. tRump's 250th birthday ego trip is a bust. www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...

In 2008, something wildly implausible happened, which offered proof of the power of that expansive idea of America. The election of Barack Obama as president validated a narrative of national progress, and exorcised (at least a few) racist demons.

The “Great America State Fair” has turned out to be another bust in the series of cringeworthy Trump public events associated with America’s 250th birthday. Pennsylvania became the latest of several Democratic states to declare it was not taking part.”

For the first time in 20 years tourism to the United States has declined thanks to Donald Trump. The U.S. tourism industry lost approximately $12.5 billion in international visitor spending in 2025, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). Blame Trump's tariffs and immigration.

John Bolton spent years beating the drum for war and acting untouchable. He's a convicted felon now. $2.25M fine, pension stripped, prison still on the table. Nobody's shedding a tear. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/one-by-one...

Washington hands billionaires everything. New York's new mayor froze the rent for a million families instead. First two-year freeze in city history. Six months into the job. Proof it can be done: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/one-by-one...

DOJ is 0-11. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Unfeasible! The company that renovated the Reflecting Pool under Obama said tRump's demands were 'unfeasible' and walked away. His rushed version is now full of green algae and rips. tRump's response? Blame 'radical left vandals.' 😂 tinyurl.com/2p7jnm9x

Donald Trump has already paid this $5M sum into a deposit account held by the United States District Court. E. Jean Carroll will receive her money shortly, after the SCOTUS clerk's office issues that Court's final judgment.

Trump‘s regime and the Republican’s do not have a plan to improve the lives for people across the country. No solutions or ideas for improving the lives of working people. No plan to fundamentally make peoples material life better. No plan of heath care, or plan on our economy. No realistic vision.

101 Former Judges Ask the New York Bar to Investigate Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche: , joined by Democracy Defenders Fund and Lawyers Defending American Democracy, filed a complaint, asking the New York State Bar Attorney Grievance Commission.

The Trump administration has heavily altered the 250th-anniversary planning, diverting over $100 million in federal funds away from the bipartisan congressional commission to finance "Freedom 250".

What could the house judiciary committee do to govern with leadership? Hold Todd Blanche the Acting Attorney General in contempt of Congress, under the inherent power of that body to get the information it needs to carry out its congressional duties. Congress cannot function without this power.

The Smithsonian Institution-wide undertaking engages every museum, research center, and program to explore America's past, present, and future through extensive new exhibitions, public programming, and historic building reopenings.

Trump has centered himself in the celebration of the 250th anniversary of our nation. Trump has destroyed much of the Smithsonian institutions plan. The WH forced the Smithsonian to hand over precise details, wall text, and outlines of its planned 250th-anniversary exhibits for review.

It’s not about political party it’s about doing what’s right! Five major pillars of society — Universities, Science, the Media, the Law, and the Arts. “This is essential. There is no other way.”

It's so sad to see people who have been so mendaciously supportive of a decompensating, mentally ill president suffer because of his decompensation and mental illnesses

The Reflecting Pool at National Mall that many Americans enjoyed is a disaster. Trump spent $16 million of our tax dollars to “fix” something that wasn’t broken. Trump handed over all of that money in the form of no-bid contracts to his Mar-a-Lago neighbor, John J. Cafaro, who is also a donor.

Back in March, President Donald Trump claimed that an expensive renovation to a White House pathway was paid for by himself personally, but on Friday, The Atlantic's Michael Scherer revealed that the bill was actually footed by taxpayers.