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“Secy of State Rubio & Defense Secy Hegseth…provided a classified briefing for…Congress where they indicated that the admin is not currently preparing to target Venezuela directly & didn’t have a proper legal argument for doing so….” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Senate rejects bipartisan bid to prevent Trump from attacking Venezuela
Administration officials, hoping to reassure wary Republicans, have claimed in recent days that there is no plan for military intervention, despite the president’s threats.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The Trump economy is badly hurting Iowa farmers — Andy they are starting to get mad. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u...
In Trump-Friendly Iowa, the President’s Policies Have Hit Hard
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October 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“President Trump’s favorability among Hispanic voters has dropped by 19 percentage points over the past 10 months…” thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Trump’s approval on immigration, economy declines among Hispanic voters: Poll
President Trump’s favorability among Hispanic voters has dropped by 19 percentage points over the past 10 months as the White House charts an aggressive approach to immigration enforcement and econ…
thehill.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Protests all over the United States and the @washingtonpost.com puts a picture of a guy wearing a shirt saying “Mexico” on its front page. Boy that’s bad.
October 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Attacking civilian boats on the high seas and killing passengers is illegal and called murder under the law. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. repatriating survivors of alleged drug boat strike to Colombia, Ecuador
It is unclear if the two surviving alleged drug smugglers have any links to Venezuelan criminal organizations.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Pete Hegseth wore a Russian flag tie to his meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky. But what did he have in mind?
October 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Republicans say they like fascism and Democrats say that they are against it. The truth is more complicated.
October 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Obamacare, aka the Affordable Care Act, is critical to small businesses and their employees. That’s what the Democrats are fighting to save in Congress right now. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The workers whose health care is most at stake in the government shutdown
About 10 million small-business owners, employees and the self-employed are caught in the middle of the shutdown fight over the Affordable Care Act.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
They’ve turned the Justice Department against political opponents. Now they are turning the IRS against political opponents. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups
The effort would install a Trump ally at the IRS’s criminal unit who has drawn up a list of investigative targets.
www.wsj.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
October 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Trump is undermining young Americans’ higher education by cutting funds for community colleges. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Your crazy nut dictator is now threatening to send forces to disarm Hamas. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump says U.S. will disarm Hamas if it does not do so itself
Hamas has not yet publicly agreed to or signed anything that specifies how it would disarm, but Trump suggested he had received verbal assurances.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Joe Biden was the President of all America. Barack Obama was the President of all America. Donald Trump is only the President of Republican states.

This is not how the President is supposed to lead or the government is supposed to be used. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump escalates his use of federal power to target Democratic states
Democrats see a clear pattern of inflicting pain on places that are politically unfriendly, while Trump has declared his intent to hurt liberal areas and policies.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Trump/RFK Jr: Let’s make America healthy by firing thousands of people who fight infectious disease in the U.S. and around the world.

More stupid from the Trump regime. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown
Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Sending the National Guard to fight crime is incredibly inefficient and wasteful. It has cost hundreds of millions to deploy the Guard to DC and other cities, many times the cost of hiring more police and backing groups which reduce violence. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
A Very, Very Expensive Way to Reduce Crime
The Trump administration’s National Guard deployments are highly inefficient.
www.theatlantic.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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As a principled libertarian, I have no problem with Trump prosecuting his political enemies and filling our streets with his personal army.
October 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Speaker Johnson won’t swear in new House member until Senate votes to keep govt open. 🤯🤬

“I am anxious to administer the oath to her as soon as you guys vote to open the government,” Johnson told Sens. Kelly and Gallego after he crashed their press conference. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Column | She won her election, but the House speaker still has not sworn her in
Congresswoman-in-limbo Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat, has mounted a media campaign meant to shame House Speaker Mike Johnson.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM