After seven and a half months of his second term, President Donald Trump has used a “wrecking ball” that has undermined multiple areas of American progress of past Presidents and Congresses.
Trump has undermined a stable American foreign policy, upending our relationship with NATO and our Asian allies, and encouraging aggression by dictatorships worldwide.
Trump has undermined our heritage of civil rights and civil liberties progress, from the time of Lyndon B. Johnson onward.
Trump has undermined environmental and consumer protection, which has been a guidepost since the time of Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon.
Trump has undermined America’s economic progress with his crazy, mad dash toward tariffs that are already showing signs of bringing about an economic recession and make life more difficult for anyone not of the wealthy upper class.
Trump has declared war on immigrants, upending the concept of tolerance and the essential need for a work force that includes foreigners who wish to become part of the “American Dream”.
Trump has shown total lack of compassion, decency, ethics, morals and tolerance toward anyone not white male Christian, including setting back progress for nonwhites, women, gays and lesbians, and disabled people.
Trump has undermined the independence of universities, the news media, corporations, and law firms, all threatening American democracy and its institutions.
So Trump has declared war on much of the 20th and 21st century progress from Theodore Roosevelt to Joe Biden, Presidents and Congresses of both political parties!
After issuing ‘last warning’ to Hamas, Trump eyes Gaza deal ‘soon’.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/after-issuing-last-warning-hamas-trump-eyes-gaza-deal-soon-2025-09-07/
Israel vows ‘hurricane’ of strikes on Gaza to force Hamas to accept surrender demand.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-vows-hurricane-strikes-gaza-force-hamas-accept-surrender-demand-2025-09-08/
In rare ruling, Israeli Supreme Court says Israel deprives Palestinian prisoners of food.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-war-hamas-prisoners-59d7f8a791aa7b716e8087f865f585bc
Postal traffic to US drops more than 80% after trade exemption rule ends, UN agency says.
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/07/nx-s1-5533121/postal-traffic-to-us-drops-more-than-80-after-trade-exemption-rule-ends-un-agency-says
“Despicable and thoughtless”: Vance’s drug vessel strike praise slammed by senator.
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/07/vance-rand-paul-drug-vessel-strike
“Despicable and thoughtless” pretty much sums up JD Vance. Also “sycophantic,” “fascistic,” “unprincipled,” etc.
LGBTQ+ Americans consider move to Canada to escape Trump.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/07/trump-lgbtq-americans-canada
Perils of the Pentagon’s Plan to Use Military Lawyers to Adjudicate Immigration Cases
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/09/07/perils-of-the-pentagons-plan-to-use-military-lawyers-to-adjudicate-immigration-cases/
Trump defends RFK Jr.: ‘He’s a different kind of a guy’
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5490947-trump-kennedy-vaccine-debate/
By “different,” Trump means “insane,” “psychotic,” “evil” etc?
A decades-long peace vigil outside the White House is dismantled after Trump’s order.
https://apnews.com/article/white-house-peace-vigil-trump-f9b4c8e3d81e7b1e2d4625f726d89bc2
The peace vigil went on through both Democratic and Republican presidents…but Trump can’t handle it.
Trump is breaking Social Security.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5489584-trump-musk-gut-social-security/
Trump Is a Weak and Failing President, and It’s Time to Say So
“It’s possible for Trump to be an inept buffoon—but still extremely dangerous. And it shouldn’t be so hard to make that case.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/200096/trump-polls-approval-rating-weak-failing-president
And yet…it is SO hard for most Democratic “leaders” to do just that!
WILD dishonesty!
Trump Is Taking Credit for Infrastructure Projects Funded by Biden Legislation He Opposed
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-taking-credit-biden-infrastructure-projects-1235422782/
Trump Is Met With Mostly Boos at U.S. Open as Security Delays a Match
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/us/politics/trump-us-open-tennis-boos-delays.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kU8.Njgo.JPjx0WgyMMn3&smid=url-share
JFK grandson Jack Schlossberg takes step towards run for Congress.
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/07/jack-schlossberg-congress-run-jfk-kennedy-nadler
Sen. Mark Warner says Senate intelligence was not briefed ahead of Venezuelan boat strike.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/sen-mark-warner-says-senate-intelligence-was-not-briefed-ahead-of-venezuelan-boat-strike/
Supreme Court allows Trump to resume ‘roving’ ICE patrols in LA
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/08/politics/supreme-court-ice-patrols-california
Trump is using this attack as an example for why he’s sending troops to Democratic cities.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/08/us/iryna-zarutska-murder-ukraine-refugee
Tuesday’s special election in Virginia expected to narrow an already tight House GOP majority.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/politics/virginia-special-election-house
What a nightmare.
Israel orders full evacuation of Gaza City as Netanyahu warns ‘this is only the beginning’.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/middleeast/israel-gaza-city-evacuation-netanyahu-warning-intl
Ugh, not good.
French government collapses as PM François Bayrou loses confidence vote.
https://www.ft.com/content/7122b003-71c8-41e1-a968-1cc81f736939
US supreme court allows Trump to remove Democrat from FTC post for now.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/08/trump-supreme-court-federal-trade-commission
DHS launches immigration crackdowns in Chicago, Boston
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/08/nx-s1-5534338/ice-chicago-boston-immigration-raids
As Covid surges in the US, Americans can’t get vaccinated.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/08/covid-surge-vaccine-restrictions
Insanity!
Trump shares video highlighting discredited theory linking vaccines to autism.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/08/trump-shares-video-highlighting-discredited-theory-linking-vaccines-to-autism-00551311
This is REALLY bad.
Staffing Crisis Unfolds at BLS With a Third of Leadership Jobs Now Vacant
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-09/third-of-bls-leadership-jobs-sit-empty-at-us-economic-statistics-agency?srnd=homepage-americas
Project 2026: Trump’s Plan to Rig the Next Election
“From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favor.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/donald-trump-plan-to-rig-2026-midterm-elections-voter-suppression-gerrymandering-certification/
Trump Administration Quietly Seeks to Build National Voter Roll
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/us/politics/trump-voter-registration-data.html
Appeals Court Upholds Carroll’s $83 Million Judgment Against Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/nyregion/trump-e-jean-carroll-defamation.html
Senate Republicans eye ‘nuclear option’ for rules change to speed up Trump nominees.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-republicans-nuclear-option-rules-change-trump-nominees-rcna229877
Pentagon told trans troops to get diagnosed. It’s using the paper trail to kick them out.
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/03/nx-s1-5504670/pentagon-trans-troops-gender-dysphoria
Lachlan Murdoch Secures Control Of Family’s Media Empire In Blockbuster Conclusion To Succession Fight
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lachlan-murdoch-succession_n_68bf3d8ee4b0839443d0b772
CBS News Hires Ombudsman From Conservative-Leaning Hudson Institute
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/cbs-news-ombudsman-conservative-think-tank-ken-weinstein-1236365064/
So much for CBS “News”
Bernie Sanders slams Democrats for not endorsing Mamdani.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/politics/video/bernie-sanders-zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-mayoral-election-trump-src-digvid
Israel is facing growing condemnation after it attacked Hamas leadership in the capital of Qatar, a US ally and key mediator in Gaza ceasefire talks — putting hostage negotiations at risk.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/middleeast/israel-strikes-hamas-qatar-explainer-intl-hnk
Poland shoots down Russian drones in its airspace for the first time, accuses Moscow of ‘act of aggression’.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/europe/poland-scramble-jets-russian-drone-reports-intl-hnk-ml
Time for Article 5 immediately.
WTF???
Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2zy4l8jgeo
Judge Rules Fed Governor Can Remain in Role, for Now
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/business/federal-reserve-lisa-cook-ruling.html
The heinous Supreme Court will f*** that up.
Trump got heckled by protestors when he dined out in DC last night.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-melts-down-at-the-secret-service-over-donald-trumps-humiliating-dinner/
Beyond parody, lol.
Oliver North marries Fawn Hall, his document-shredding secretary at the center of Iran-Contra scandal.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/politics/oliver-north-fawn-hall-iran-contra-marry
Local Mennonites among those arrested outside Warner Senate office protesting siege of Gaza.
https://augustafreepress.com/news/local-mennonites-among-those-arrested-outside-warner-office-protesting-siege-of-gaza/
Why do these people keep protesting Democrats, who have basically zero power right now, and not Republicans, who have basically all the power?
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) on “The Trump Administration’s Shockingly Dishonest, Out-Of-Touch Response To Terrible Jobs Report”
Trump even “posted a meme with the words ‘The Golden Age’ above a picture of himself” (!)
https://bluevirginia.us/2025/09/rep-don-beyer-d-va08-on-the-trump-administrations-shockingly-dishonest-out-of-touch-response-to-terrible-jobs-report/
Democrat James Walkinshaw will win US House seat in Virginia special election, narrowing GOP majority.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/politics/virginia-special-election-house
New VCU Poll: “Spanberger leads Earle-Sears 49% to 40% in Virginia governor’s race, margin narrows by 3 points since last month”
Ghazala Hashmi leads 45%-41%; Jay Jones leads 47%-41%
https://bluevirginia.us/2025/09/new-vcu-poll-spanberger-leads-earle-sears-49-to-40-in-virginia-governors-race-margin-narrows-by-3-points-since-last-month/
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk has been killed in a shooting at a political event in Utah.
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-09-10-25
I’m expecting Trump/Fox “News”/MAGA Republicans to turn it political by the end of the night.
Trump Administration Moves to Dismantle Conservation as an Official Use of Public Lands
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10092025/trump-administration-public-lands-conservation/
Ugh.
Harris goes there on the Biden question — and Biden world isn’t having it.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/10/biden-harris-book-partnership-00556763
VCU poll: Spanberger leads. Why? Independents back her more than 2-1 over Earle-Sears.
https://cardinalnews.org/2025/09/11/vcu-poll-spanberger-leads-why-independents-back-her-more-than-2-1-over-earle-sears/
Federal judge says restoring Stonewall Jackson name at Shenandoah school violates students’ rights.
https://virginiamercury.com/2025/09/10/federal-judge-says-restoring-stonewall-jackson-name-at-shenandoah-school-violates-students-rights/
$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/health/usaid-contraceptives-destroyed-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lE8.Iww6.tTCJAdHM_wb3&smid=nytcore-android-share
That’s $10 million in OUR taxpayer money!
Grocery inflation highest since 2022 as Trump tariffs pile up.
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/11/trump-tariffs-grocery-prices-rise-cpi
Trump says he’s targeting Memphis in crime crackdown.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/politics/memphis-trump-crime-crackdown
This administration is pure evil.
Trump administration plans to end EPA’s greenhouse gas tracking program for industrial facilities.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epa-greenhouse-gas-tracking-program-lee-zeldin-trump-administration/
After Trump’s Cuts, ‘Crippled’ NPR and PBS Stations Must Transform
“Radio and television stations, facing enormous budget holes, are pleading with NPR and PBS to lower their fees as they examine whether to drop national programming altogether.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/us/politics/public-broadcasting-cuts.html
Missouri Voters Sue to Block ‘Unconstitutional’ GOP Gerrymander
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/missouri-voters-sue-to-block-unconstitutional-gop-gerrymander/
Youngkin, again, trying to suppress the vote | Repeat of 2024 voter purge on the horizon
https://augustafreepress.com/news/youngkin-again-trying-to-suppress-the-vote-repeat-of-2024-voter-purge-on-the-horizon/
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul endorses Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayoral race.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/14/politics/kathy-hochul-zohran-mamdani