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A comprehensive list in chronological order of the 500 Worst Things the Trump Admin Did in 2025.

Here is Part 1: 1-100. Jan-Feb 2025. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
500 Worst Things Trump Did in 2025
Part 1-100, January-March 2025.
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December 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
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December 28, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Bankruptcies are exploding across the economy, hitting small businesses and households. Few industries are immune.
Source: Business Insider
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Bankruptcies are exploding across the economy, hitting small businesses and households. Few industries are immune. - NewsBreak
Bankruptcies are suddenly everywhere, from billion-dollar giants to small businesses to individuals. Experts are stumped at the breadth of industries.
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December 28, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Federal Judge Cancels Immigrant’s Trial, Orders Probe Into DOJ Instead
Source: Inquisitr News
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Federal Judge Cancels Immigrant’s Trial, Orders Probe Into DOJ Instead - NewsBreak
A Trump DOJ prosecution against a Salvadoran immigrant has encountered a significant obstacle in federal court. A judge in Tennessee has removed the trial
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December 28, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Two Republicans Join Democrats to Oppose Trump Order
Source: Charlotte Observer
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Two Republicans Join Democrats to Oppose Trump Order - NewsBreak
Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Susan Collins (R-ME) joined Democrats as co-sponsors of a bill that would undo President Donald Trump’s executive order lim
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December 28, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Retired U.S. General Barry McCaffrey Says Pete Hegseth “Should Be Fired” Over Controversial Strike
Source: The Coffman Chronicle
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Retired U.S. General Barry McCaffrey Says Pete Hegseth “Should Be Fired” Over Controversial Strike - NewsBreak
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December 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Days Before He Died by Suicide, Jeffrey Epstein Gave Specific Reason for Why He Would Never Take His Own Life
Source: Fort Worth LLC
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Days Before He Died by Suicide, Jeffrey Epstein Gave Specific Reason for Why He Would Never Take His Own Life - NewsBreak
Days before Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in 2019, the convicted *** offender reportedly insisted he would never take his own life—saying that suicide is
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December 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Trump is actively causing 'harm' to this deep-red state's key industry: WSJ
President Donald Trump's signature trade policy is wreaking havoc on the economy of one of the reddest states in the country, according to the Wall Street Journal. In a Friday editorial, the Journal a...
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December 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Trump admin fudged the numbers to make faltering economy look better: economists
Los Angeles Times reporter Michael Hiltzik writes that President Donald Trump and his helpers are cheering prematurely over some good economic numbers that came out this month.On Dec. 18, the Bureau o...
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December 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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'At least we haven't invaded': White House officials say Trump almost launched a war
President Donald Trump spent the Christmas holiday bombing Nigeria with overpriced and scarce long-range Tomahawk missiles — between social media attacks on Somali immigrants, rationalizing his attemp...
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December 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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The Trump official who did the most harm to public health in 2025 isn't Kennedy
For much of 2025, public-health debates in the United States have focused on the damage being caused by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with his reckless vaccine policy decisions, deep funding ...
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December 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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'Hunh?' MS NOW host stumped by Kash Patel answer about Epstein sex trafficking
An answer given by FBI Director Kash Patel to a Republican senator about who Jeffrey Epstein was trafficking teens and young women to, was resurrected and dismantled on MS NOW on Saturday morning.As p...
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December 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Trump's Kennedy Center ally hits musician with $1M demand over Christmas Eve cancelation
The president of the Kennedy Center’s board is once again lashing out at critics of President Donald Trump – this time targeting a veteran jazz musician who abruptly canceled a Christmas Eve performan...
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December 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Trump's claim he moved 100K books demolished by author: 'Haven't seen anything'
President Donald Trump bragged this week that his endorsement caused sales to skyrocket on a book — but even the author of that book is calling this out as nonsense, The Daily Beast reported on Friday...
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December 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Trump admin's 'eerie' holiday posts 'may have violated the Constitution': analysis
New Republic Associate Writer Edith Olmstead argues President Donald Trump's administration violated the Constitution while it was haunting the internet with holiday images invoking Christian national...
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December 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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‘January’s going to be a big month’: GOP lawmakers look to reclaim power from Trump
A growing number of Republican lawmakers are growing dissatisfied with the ever-increasing power of the executive branch under President Donald Trump and are hoping to reclaim some of Congress’ author...
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December 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Trump’s legacy may trigger the 'political collapse' of the GOP
The Guardian reports President Donald Trump is struggling to remain conscious at public events while opinion polls suggest Americans are turning against their president and Republicans make for the ex...
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December 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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'Too damn bad': Conservative rips 'thin-skinned whiner-in-chief' Trump
Former GOP Communications Director Tara Setmayer whacked President Donald Trump’s 2025 attack on comedians and entertainment as a sign of a weak man on MS NOW’s “The Weekend.”“He's done [this] from da...
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December 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Veteran journalist issues ruthless takedown of legacy media
While growing up in a working-class town in New Jersey, my family took the morning and evening newspapers, the latter of which I dutifully delivered to the houses in my tangled neighborhood and along ...
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December 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Republicans fretting over Trump 'acting like old people': analysis
David Drucker, senior correspondent for the conservative Washington Examiner, told an MS NOW panel that President Donald Trump’s ‘old people’ style is beginning to weigh down Republicans for the midte...
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December 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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'I’ve had my people kidnapped': California Republican whines about losing political war
The New York Times reports residents of rural north California have longed to pull out of liberal California and merge with conservative territory in Oregon to form a new Republican state. But what th...
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December 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Who thinks Republicans will suffer in 2026? Republicans
The midterm elections for Congress won’t take place until November, but already a record number of members have declared their intention not to run – a total of 43 in the House, plus 10 senators. Perh...
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December 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Inside the 'daunting challenges' Trump will face in 2026
When holiday celebrations are done President Donald Trump will be facing “daunting challenges in 2026,” said USA Today writer Bart Jansen.The lingering impasse over government spending is brewing in t...
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December 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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'They threatened to burn her': Why you don't know more about Epstein's victims
As the DOJ releases the largest batch of files yet on the federal investigation into Epstein, we look at some of the most significant revelations with investigative journalist Vicky Ward, who has spen...
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December 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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'A very small man': Conservative lays waste to Trump's 'immense insecurity'
Republican pundit S.E. Cupp ragged President Donald Trump’s constant need for adulation and compliments.“There were some big tests [in Washington — one of them, loyalty,” reported “Table for Five” hos...
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December 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM