Donald Trump is the Disruptor in Chief.
He has declared the Gulf of Mexico is the Gulf of America.
He wants Veterans Day (November 11) and V E Day (May 8) to be renamed.
He wants Alcatraz, an infamous prison off of San Francisco, closed six decades ago and a much visited national park since then, to be renovated and reopened for the “worst of the worst” criminals.
He has no shame, and portrays himself as a potential Pope before the Catholic Church conclave to select the successor to Pope Francis.
He also shares the image of Darth Vader on “Star Wars Day”, May 4, as a muscular image of himself.
He wants to put tariffs on foreign produced films.
He wants to purge the Smithsonian Institution and its various museums of any references to race and gender.
He has mounted an attack on higher education at the top Ivy League universities.
He wonders if he must obey the Consitution that he swore the oath to enforce both in 2017 and 2025.
He wants anyone opposed to him and his actions in the past and present to be prosecuted by a Justice Department that is his personal fiefdom.
He has taken action against corporations, law firms, and media organizations to force them into compliance or face the consequences.
He refuses to make sure the laws are faithfully executed, even from federal courts, and doubts about the veracity of “due process”.
He lies incessantly without a sense of shame or guilt, and no one can trust anything he says.
There has never been a President anything like him, not even Richard Nixon at his worst!
Biden Torches Trump in First Interview Since Leaving Office: ‘What the Hell’s Going on Here?’
https://www.thedailybeast.com/biden-torches-trump-in-first-interview-since-leaving-office-what-the-hells-going-on-here/
WTF???
U.S. Orders Intelligence Agencies to Step Up Spying on Greenland
https://www.wsj.com/world/greenland-spying-us-intelligence-809c4ef2?st=szxFWE&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink
Trump team urged Ukraine to take U.S. deportees amid war, documents show.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/06/trump-ukraine-deportees/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzQ2NTA0MDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzQ3ODg2Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NDY1MDQwMDAsImp0aSI6ImYyYjM3ZGY4LTM3MDAtNGNlYy1hMjRjLTA5OTc5MDhlYzY3ZCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9uYXRpb25hbC1zZWN1cml0eS8yMDI1LzA1LzA2L3RydW1wLXVrcmFpbmUtZGVwb3J0ZWVzLyJ9.muCFfMY1lPsdq2EtROxY7x4yXLAt5LSQJ2FHFdVfNy8&itid=gfta
Trump plans to announce the US will call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf, officials tell AP.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-persian-gulf-saudi-arabia-ce30874c27bc01426d93ad3c65a18844
This is insane and corrupt…
Trump administration to stop US research on space pollution, in boon to Elon Musk
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/07/space-pollution-elon-musk
We are living in a nightmare on so many levels.
Kari Lake says OAN’s far-right coverage will fuel Voice of America.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/nx-s1-5389453/kari-lake-says-oans-far-right-coverage-will-fuel-voice-of-america
Trump Administration Plans to Send Migrants to Libya on a Military Flight
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/us/politics/trump-libya-migrants.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FU8.63kT.sjnDYgjp6zPS&smid=url-share
JD Vance Jokes About Deporting Tourists Attending 2026 World Cup
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-vance-jokes-about-deporting-tourists-attending-2026-world-cup_n_681a7b3ee4b0c2b15d969c4b
Trump’s Cabinet members warn FIFA World Cup visitors not to overstay their visas.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-officials-warn-fifa-world-cup-visitors-not-overstay-visas-rcna205236
‘We Don’t Have to Sign Deals’: Trump Backs Off Big Promises About Tariffs
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/us/politics/trump-deals-tariffs.html
So…another broken promise, another massive failure.
Trump Brags About Gold-Plated Office While Telling Americans to Cut Expenses
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-brags-gold-plated-office-tariffs-1235332861/
Trump’s Rants About Young Girls’ Dolls Just Got Weirder and Darker
https://newrepublic.com/article/194938/trump-dolls-weird-tariffs-scarcity
Supreme Court allows Trump to implement transgender military ban.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-allows-trump-implement-transgender-military-ban-rcna204135
E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/climate/epa-energy-star-eliminated.html
FAA suspends work of independent panel reviewing air traffic control.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2025/05/06/faa-halts-review-of-atc-oversight/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzQ2NTA0MDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzQ3ODg2Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NDY1MDQwMDAsImp0aSI6ImY3YzYyY2VhLTk0MTctNGNlMC04MWIzLWM1Mzg4N2Y0YWIxYSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90cmFuc3BvcnRhdGlvbi8yMDI1LzA1LzA2L2ZhYS1oYWx0cy1yZXZpZXctb2YtYXRjLW92ZXJzaWdodC8ifQ.SWGEvLHm1a-2cnTqvrPgWMIiA_NYUMSVB3tEL64__7M&itid=gfta
This is so f’ing stupid.
Department of Education Eliminates Grant for PBS Children’s Shows
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/us/politics/doe-kills-grant-pbs-childrens-shows.html
Trump Team Wants CBS to Pay For His MAGA Kennedy Center
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-team-wants-cbs-to-pay-for-his-maga-kennedy-center/
ICE Agents Are Targeting DC Restaurants
https://www.washingtonian.com/2025/05/06/ice-agents-are-targeting-dc-restaurants/
Trump’s ICE Secretly Deported Two U.S. Citizen Children
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-border-czar-tom-homan-secretly-deported-two-us-citizen-children-to-mexico/
This is disturbing…
Trump admin tapping right-wing MAGA outlet OAN for taxpayer-funded news network.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari/watch/-disturbing-trump-admin-tapping-right-wing-maga-outlet-oan-for-taxpayer-funded-news-network-239126597921
Nutjob RFK Jr. Announces New Database for Research Into ‘Root Causes’ of Autism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/us/politics/rfk-jr-autism-cause-database.html
Trump picks conspiracy theorist with no medical license to replace Fox News contributor as Surgeon General.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/surgeon-general-pick-medical-school-b2746743.html
She sounds completely insane.
Fetterman sounds completely unhinged.
https://apnews.com/article/john-fetterman-trump-democrats-senate-pennsylvania-8129e206ed9479ad8534eac3fd128abe
Griffin concedes NC Supreme Court race, ending unprecedented effort to overturn election.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article305898251.html
House passes GOP-led bill to rename Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/politics/gulf-of-america-bill-house
The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been fired one day after he broke with fellow members of the administration when he told lawmakers he does not support dismantling the agency.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/politics/fema-administrator-acting-fired-cameron-hamilton
Trump names Jeanine Pirro interim US attorney for DC.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/politics/jeanine-pirro-trump-acting-dc-prosecutor
Now Trump is talking about going down to 80% on Chinese tariffs.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/09/economy/china-tariff-trump-trade
The U.S.-U.K. deal shows the trade war is here to stay.
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/09/uk-trade-deal-trump-tariffs
DHS Secretary Flouts SCOTUS Order, Says ‘No Scenario’ Where Abrego Garcia Comes Back
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kristi-noem-supreme-court-order-kilmar-abrego-garcia_n_681cd152e4b0a178bbffc98e
So…yep, we’re in a constitutional crisis NOW!
Trump gives break to Rolls-Royce cars but threatens more tariffs on Mattel toys.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/trump-helps-rolls-royce-threatens-higher-tariffs-mattel-toys-trade-war-rcna205660
NOAA to stop tracking cost of climate crisis-fueled disasters.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/08/noaa-climate-crisis-extreme-weather-disasters-trump
LOL!
Trump’s New Surgeon General Pick Wants to “Raise the Vibration of Humanity”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/casey-means-surgeon-general/
Up to 1,000 transgender troops are being moved out of the military in new Pentagon order.
https://apnews.com/article/trangender-troops-ban-military-trump-pentagon-1d152b538a37e230fd48f33432dea273
That’s cruel and stupid – the hallmarks of MAGA and Trumpism.
Trump fires Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-library-of-congress-carla-hayden-20a1862ce6d2e0d51a84a37b264ce2ef
Joe Biden Still Thinks He Could Have Won in 2024
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/joe-biden-still-thinks-he-could-have-won-in-2024
It sure didn’t look like that, based on the polls, his disastrous debate performance, etc.
Justice Dept. investigating N.Y. attorney general who has targeted Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/08/letitia-james-mortgage-investigation-trump-justice-fbi/
Retribution and intimidation – wildly unacceptable.
‘Les Misérables’ Cast Members Plan To Boycott During Donald Trump’s Kennedy Center Visit
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-les-miserables-kennedy-center-boycott_n_681d01d7e4b007ccedaf8200
The number of cargo ships coming in from China is now zero.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/business/zero-ships-china-trade-ports-pandemic
Tufts student detained by ICE in viral video is released, thanks supporters.
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/bail-hearing-tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk-detained-in-louisiana/3708999/?at
She NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN ARRESTED, let alone imprisoned, and anyone involved in doing so should face SEVERE consequences. But they won’t, of course…
Newark’s Mayor Arrested at Protest Outside ICE Detention Center
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/nyregion/newark-ice-protest-arrest-ras-baraka.html
ICE is out of control.
Stephen Miller says Trump administration is ‘actively looking at’ suspending habeas corpus.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-stephen-miller-says-trump-administration-is-actively-looking-at-suspending-habeas-corpus
The fact that they’re even thinking/talking about this is HORRENDOUS – can’t overstate how dangerous this is!
Judge Pauses Much Of Trump Administration’s Massive Downsizing Of Federal Agencies
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-trump-mass-firings_n_681eba5ae4b0108bb6b70283
Trump has sat for only 12 ‘daily’ intelligence briefings since taking office.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/09/trump-intelligence-briefing-frequency-00338946
Just imagine the reaction by Republicans and the media if Biden had done this??? They would have been screaming that he’s old, senile, etc.- which obviously he’s not.
Another illegal move by Trump…
Trump fires 3 Democrats on Consumer Product Safety Commission
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5292326-trump-fires-dems-cpsc-reports/
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she won’t run for U.S. Senate
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-says-wont-run-us-senate-rcna205987
Too bad, I was looking forward to Ossoff kicking her pathetic ass.
An isolated John Fetterman clashes with colleagues and staff as he skips his Senate duties.
“Fetterman, who is facing scrutiny after former staffers have raised concerns about his mental health, has missed nearly every committee hearing and regularly skips votes.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/john-fetterman-clashes-colleagues-staff-skips-senate-duties-rcna205596
Not doing your job is unacceptable. Next election, Democrats in Pennsylvania need to nominate somebody else.
Trump administration halts research to help babies with heart defects.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pediaflow-research-babies-heart-defects-trump-administration-rcna197155
This is a great example of how the Trump administration is operating – saving basically no money, nothing whatsoever to do with the deficit or debt, just gratuitous cruelty for no good reason at all.
WTF??
Trump fires director of U.S. Copyright Office.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fires-director-of-u-s-copyright-office-shira-perlmutter-sources/