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Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low

Disapproval has risen to 60%

Trump’s all-time low was 34% in 2021, at the end of his first term after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

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Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low
President Donald Trump's job approval rating has slipped to a new second-term low point and is approaching his all-time low of 34%.
news.gallup.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
As Trump throws Great Gatsby parties for his billionaire friends - while cutting aid for the poor - a new report shows top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year

Oxfam: Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report
Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Trump is threatening a military invaision of Nigeria

He previously threatened to invade Venezuela, Canada and Greenland. He bombed Iran, wants to resume nuclear testing and believes he deserves a Peace Prize

Our future is in the hands of a lunatic

www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
Trump threatens Nigeria with potential military action over claims of Christian persecution
President Donald Trump on Saturday said he's ordered the Pentagon to begin planning for potential military action in Nigeria as he stepped up his allegations that the government is failing to rein in ...
www.pbs.org
November 1, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It is eerie that the story of Trump and his cult of hate and hypocrisy, was foretold on The Twilight Zone in 1963 -
down to the detail of Hitler advising the New Hitler: "you need a martyr!" - "someone who was worthless"

You can stream it here for free

www.dailymotion.com/video/x7y3z51
"He's Alive" condensed to regular Twilight Zone screen time
Dailymotion video by Josué Bochi
www.dailymotion.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Ronald Reagan’s Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade (The Tariff speech) from April 1987

Courtesy of the Reagan Library

Spoiler alert: He says he is strongly against tariffs

reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speec…
https://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speec…
October 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
According to the non-partisan CBO:

An increase in immigration over the 2021–2026 boosts federal revenues as well as mandatory spending and interest on the debt in CBO’s baseline projections, lowering deficits, on net, by $0.9 trillion from 2024–2034

www.cbo.gov/publication/....
Effects of the Immigration Surge on the Federal Budget and the Economy
An increase in immigration over the 2021–2026 period boosts federal revenues as well as mandatory spending and interest on the debt in CBO’s baseline projections, lowering deficits, on net, by $0.9 tr...
www.cbo.gov
October 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Because, Gee, what could go wrong?

Key US nuclear agency to send 80% of workforce home as shutdown drags on

About 1,400 staff at NNAS, which manages America’s nuclear weapons stockpile, to be furloughed on Monday.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Key US nuclear agency to send 80% of workforce home as shutdown drags on
About 1,400 staff at NNAS, which manages America’s nuclear weapons stockpile, to be furloughed on Monday
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The party that once proclaimed itself to be the party of “small government” and “liberty” is now the authoritarian party of micromanagement and peevish grievance

Trump threatens removal of World Cup games from Boston, Olympics from LA

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...
Trump threatens removal of World Cup games from Boston, Olympics from LA
Blaming Boston street takeovers and LA wildfires, the US president said both global sporting events could be moved for supposed safety reasons
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Reposted
October 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Megachurch pastor and ex-Trump adviser pleads guilty to child sexual abuse

Robert Morris to serve only six months in county jail after charged with five counts of lewd or indecent acts with child

Release the Epstein tapes!

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Megachurch pastor and ex-Trump adviser pleads guilty to child sexual abuse
Robert Morris to serve only six months in county jail after charged with five counts of lewd or indecent acts with child
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Remember when Trump Disavowed Project 2025 During the Campaign?

Today he posted: “I have a meeting today with Russ Vought..of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies…he recommends to be cut”

Trump lies about everything

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...
Trump Disavowed Project 2025 During the Campaign. Not Anymore.
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This is the crowd Hegseth railed at to complain about diversity, fat people, beards and lesser physical standards for women in combat

It has since pointed out, women have always been required to meet the same high physical standards. And look at the crowd. Fat? Diverse? Beards?
October 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Reposted
Georgia’s senators want answers from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem on why detainees are dying at the highest rate ever recorded. 10 in the first 6 months, 15 total, after Noem cut oversight positions focused on civil rights. Humanity is not optional, no matter what your views are.
September 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Popular Vote Totals:

Obama - 2008 - 69,498,516 - 52.93%
Obama - 2012 - 65,915,795 - 51.06%
Trump - 2016 - 62,984,828 -46.09%
Biden - 2020 - 81,283,501 - 51.31%
Trump - 2024 - 77,302,580 - a mere 49.8%

Trump has never won a majority of the popular vote

www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/d...
Presidential Election Margin of Victory | The American Presidency Project
www.presidency.ucsb.edu
September 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Trump's 'impeachable offense' sparks fury: 'Most corrupt thing I've seen from a president

When MAGA calls itself the party “Law and Order” - they’re just demonstrating their warped sense of humor

www.rawstory.com/trump-corrup...
Trump's 'impeachable offense' sparks fury: 'Most corrupt thing I've seen from a president'
Donald Trump made waves on Saturday with this bombshell letter criticizing Pam Bondi.The president over the weekend unleashed a blistering criticism on his hand-picked attorney general. The president ...
www.rawstory.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
How will Trump deal with the problem of hunger in America?

He’ll just ignore it

Trump Admin to Stop Measuring Food Insecurity,
the main gauge of hunger in America, and will impede efforts to track the impact of aid cuts

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
Trump Administration to Stop Measuring Food Insecurity
www.nytimes.com
September 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Today is the day that will go down in history as the day Free Speech in America died.

We will come to miss it in time.

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’.

New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells

www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.
The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.
www.propublica.org
September 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
How Charter Schools really work

These Charter Superintendents Are Some of the Highest Paid in Texas.

Their Districts Are Among the Lowest Performing

www.propublica.org/article/texa...
These Charter Superintendents Are Some of the Highest Paid in Texas. Their Districts Are Among the Lowest Performing.
Three charter school districts in Texas underreported the compensation paid to their top leaders. The same three districts have also had failing or near-failing performance ratings in recent years.
www.propublica.org
September 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Utah finds domestic violence is leading cause of homicide as Trump focuses on street crime

US president cuts funding for victims as state faces more than a third of killings from partner or familial violence

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Utah finds domestic violence is leading cause of homicide as Trump focuses on street crime
US president cuts funding for victims as state faces more than a third of killings from partner or familial violence
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Utah finds domestic violence is leading cause of homicide as Trump focuses on street crime

US president cuts funding for victims as state faces more than a third of killings from partner or familial violence

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Utah finds domestic violence is leading cause of homicide as Trump focuses on street crime
US president cuts funding for victims as state faces more than a third of killings from partner or familial violence
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
As Trump’s terrible tariffs begin to gut the working class - 

The Trump Administration halts an I.R.S. Crackdown on Major Tax Shelters used by America’s biggest multinational companies and wealthiest people.

The Elites are eating your lunch

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
Trump Administration Halts I.R.S. Crackdown on Major Tax Shelters
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Reposted
Every Democrat Has Signed Thomas Massie's Epstein Files Discharge Petition

Only 4 Republicans have signed it

meidasnews.com/news/every-d...
Every Democrat Has Signed Thomas Massie's Epstein Files Discharge Petition
Only 4 Republicans have signed it
meidasnews.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
As Trump’s terrible tariffs begin to gut the working class - 

The Trump Administration halts an I.R.S. Crackdown on Major Tax Shelters used by America’s biggest multinational companies and wealthiest people.

The Elites are eating your lunch

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
Trump Administration Halts I.R.S. Crackdown on Major Tax Shelters
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Ticket sales at the Kennedy Center have continued to plummet following Trump’s takeover of the nation’s premier performing arts venue

The prestigious Stuttgart Ballet is expected to dance next month to houses less than 20% full

Trump’s bad at everything

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Kennedy Center ticket sales take a nosedive after Trump takeover
Prestigious Stuttgart Ballet likely to face 80% empty seats at DC’s premier arts venue as audiences ‘vote with their feet’
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM