As the nation enters the month of September, President Donald Trump faces a month of reckoning.
Trump seems determined to intervene militarily with the National Guard in Chicago, and the Mayor, Brandon Johnson, and the Illinois Governor, JD Pritzker, are determined to prevent what has happened in Washington DC to occur in their city and state or any other state.
Trump’s tariffs have been challenged in court, and the issue of Presidential power to impose tariffs, which have alienated our allies and our rivals around the world, is moving toward the US Supreme Court.
The Democrats, although not in power in either house of Congress, are on the road to prevention of agreeing to a budget, which is due by the end of September, so we could have a major confrontation with Trump regarding his abuses of power, including his insistence on refusing to spend budget money that Congress has passed for foreign aid and other programs.
And finally, the Epstein Scandal is coming to central casting, wanting to know the truth about Trump’s involvement, but likely not being able to gain the facts about that scandal!
Trump administration demands state voter data, including partial Social Security numbers.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/01/politics/trump-voter-demands-social-security
Israel weighs West Bank annexations in response to Palestine recognition push.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/31/israel-annex-west-bank-palestine-recognition
There’s no way a Biden or Harris administration would have accepted that.
US reportedly suspends visa approvals for nearly all Palestinian passport holders.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/palestine-passport-visa-approval-suspension
1.2 million immigrants are gone from the US labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows.
https://apnews.com/article/labor-day-immigration-trump-9a40f9e371209cc1d145e4a7f157a499
Judge blocks deportation of Guatemalan migrant children as flights were ready to take off.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/guatemala-children-deportation-judge-ruling/
Puppy-killing psychopath strikes again!
Kristi Noem confirms plan to expand ICE operations in major cities.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/kristi-noem-confirms-plan-expand-ice-operations-major-cities-rcna228298
Departing CDC Leader Blasts RFK Jr. for Bombshell COVID Plot
https://www.thedailybeast.com/departing-cdc-leader-debra-houry-sounds-alarm-over-robert-f-kennedy-jr-covid-vaccine-ban-plan/
Medicaid cuts threaten rural hospitals — and access to maternity care
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/01/medicaid-cuts-rural-maternity-care/
So…will people who live in rural areas stop voting for Republicans, who are the ones doing damaging s— like this???
Trump wants to axe an affordable housing grant that’s a lifeline for many rural communities.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-home-affordable-housing-cuts-rural-33a44092cfe5f8451e590e4a28718936
Again, let’s see if those rural communities stop voting Republican. I’m betting they won’t.
Republicans Keep Getting Booed at Their Own Town Halls
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/08/republicans-keep-getting-booed-at-their-own-town-halls/
Already Pardoned by Trump, Jan. 6 Rioters Push for Compensation
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/us/politics/trump-jan-6-rioters-compensation.html
They want to be REWARDFED for waging war on American democracy, assaulting the Capitol, etc???
PBS, NPR stations struggle with Trump-fueled government funding cuts
https://apnews.com/article/npr-pbs-public-broadcasting-trump-cuts-73de8fadf32655aa74752690d22a3758
PBS and NPR have tried for YEARS to be “neutral” by false equivalence and “both sides” b.s. “journalism,” yet the right wingers came for them anyway. Shocking, huh?
WTF???
Trump demands drugmakers ‘justify’ COVID treatment success.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5480506-trump-drugmakers-covid-vaccines-treatment/
Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/us/politics/trumps-unions-federal-workers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ik8.jUIg.qUiurg6cpny-&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Democrats grapple for traction, and another crisis brews in DC as Congress needs to pass a spending bill by the end of the month.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/politics/trump-national-guard-epstein-russia-ukraine-china-senate-analysis
Massive corruption!
Trump Family Amasses $5 Billion Fortune After Crypto Launch
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/trump-family-amasses-6-billion-fortune-after-crypto-launch-567faec5?st=1HHzeF
Ugh!
Trump says he’s awarding former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-giuliani-medal-of-freedom-06457c051711f4a05dc23c2e1a26b123
Trump Declares D.C. a ‘Crime Free Zone’ Despite 442 Crimes Reported in Past Week
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/donald-trump-dc-crime-free-zone-claim-1235419598/
Judge rules Trump can’t act as national police chief.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/02/trump-los-angeles-national-guard-ruling-00539393
Pathetic!
Key GOP senator declines to elaborate on planned ‘oversight’ of RFK Jr. after CDC exodus.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republican-senator-oversight-robert-f-kennedy-hhs-cdc-firing-resigns-rcna228688
Prominent critic of RFK Jr. blocked from FDA vaccine committee.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/09/02/paul-offit-vaccine-fda/
Appeals court blocks Trump from firing FTC commissioner.
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/02/fired-ftc-commissioner-reinstated-appeals-court-trump
Trump, who questioned his opponents’ health, rebuffs rumors about his own.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-rebuffs-health-speculation-golf-hand-bruise-biden-clinton-rcna228542
Bowser to provide indefinite coordination with federal law enforcement.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/02/bowser-dc-federal-law-enforcement-trump-takeover/
I guess she has few good choices, but still…this is very jarring/disturbing.
Florida is ending vaccine mandates for kids.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/health/florida-vaccine-mandates
GOP unease with RFK Jr. builds ahead of high-profile hearing.
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/04/republicans-rfk-cdc-firing-susan-monarez
Well then DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT you f’ing cowards!
Democrats Can’t Afford to Ignore Trump’s Creeping Fascism
“Their approach implicitly legitimizes Trump’s lawlessness as relatively unimportant.”
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/democrats-cant-afford-to-ignore-trumps-creeping-fascism.html
Yep, Democrats are completely f’ing up.
Epstein Survivor Nukes Trump in Emotional Speech as WH Quietly Panics
https://newrepublic.com/article/199973/epstein-survivor-nukes-trump-emotional-speech-wh-quietly-panics
Epstein Survivors Are Compiling a List of His Associates: ‘We Know the Names’
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-capitol-epstein-survivors-list-associates-names-1235420879/
The MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/maga-hitler-anti-semitism/684078/?gift=Y5UOGK3oJJO3esRHvDP7oaL48gPVGjYarTgx2L5-WNM&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Trump’s DOJ seeks voting equipment in Missouri ahead of 2026 election.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/03/trump-2020-election-integrity/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzU2ODcyMDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzU4MjU0Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTY4NzIwMDAsImp0aSI6IjI1YzgwMDkyLTA3N2UtNDk0Zi1iNzU4LTg1MDBiY2I1OTU5NyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI1LzA5LzAzL3RydW1wLTIwMjAtZWxlY3Rpb24taW50ZWdyaXR5LyJ9.FsxOa7RgfEmlVuCnhABFNiC7aY8CR12FUvbiI86jiIM
Colorado issues orders allowing people to get a COVID vaccination this year without a prescription.
https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/03/colorado-covid-vaccination-prescription-order/
DC National Guard troops have orders extended through December, official says.
https://apnews.com/article/national-guard-dc-troops-extended-trump-crime-829278c21a182d28c907ff4ef25bb952
House GOP weighing bills to remove elected D.C. AG, overhaul justice policies.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/09/03/house-gop-weighing-bills-remove-elected-dc-ag-overhaul-justice-policies/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzU2ODcyMDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzU4MjU0Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTY4NzIwMDAsImp0aSI6ImMyNzE2YjcxLTMxYzctNDc2Ni1hMWMwLTI0OWY0MDlmNDBkZCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9kYy1tZC12YS8yMDI1LzA5LzAzL2hvdXNlLWdvcC13ZWlnaGluZy1iaWxscy1yZW1vdmUtZWxlY3RlZC1kYy1hZy1vdmVyaGF1bC1qdXN0aWNlLXBvbGljaWVzLyJ9.AjWbub0A4fdoxXeA0tATj7mCtlWG4Nq7a703sIMndyg&itid=gfta
Trump Advisers Have Discussed a Job for Adams if He Quits Mayor’s Race
“The conversations have also involved finding a place for Curtis Sliwa with the goal of giving Andrew Cuomo a better chance of defeating Zohran Mamdani in November.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/nyregion/trump-adams-sliwa-quit-nyc-mayor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jE8.1vby.99eyhvwznQvY&smid=url-share
Florida’s Surgeon General is completely insane.
Mark Warner says spy agency visit canceled over posts by Laura Loomer.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/03/mark-warner-senate-loomer-canceled-hegseth/
Musk may become the world’s first trillionaire.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/business/elon-musk-tesla-new-pay-package