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TrumpVersusUS
@trumpversusus.bsky.social
Chronicling the ways big and small that Donald Trump operates against the interests, values and well-being of America and our citizens.

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📰: https://trumpversusus.substack.com/
"As for whether 'DOGE' is actually fighting fraud, or just building a surveillance dragnet, we still have no way to be sure — thanks, again, to the Supreme Court … [which continues] to shield 'DOGE' from having to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request for documents on its operations."
June 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Folks …
June 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
🤦: “The Trump administration has ended a program with a key role in funding research into a shot for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The move was the latest in a series of decisions to pull back funding of efforts to prevent and control the spread of the disease … both in the U.S. and abroad.”
June 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“Gender appears to be a particular focus of the ongoing purge at the agency, with Patel seemingly focused on ensuring that the FBI’s G-Men are … well, men. … ‘The actions have obliterated decades of experience in national security and criminal matters,” the New York Times reports.’”
June 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“This isn’t just a story about next level corruption and grifting — some of the president’s deals made money for his family at the expense of the rest of us. Take the recent pardon of a convicted tax cheat, who *had* been scheduled to pay $4.4 million in restitution to the federal treasury …”
June 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
“The cash-grabbing frenzy makes concerns during Trump’s first term about profits from housing Secret Service agents in his hotels seem quaint. … [The] shameless sales pitch: doing business with Trump’s companies can buy his favor, while spurning his attention might land one in a world of hurt.”
June 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
So there was just a domestic terror attack, but rest easy: the FBI has its eyes locked on … (*checks notes*) … er, the stuff that matters? open.substack.com/pub/trumpver...
June 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The White House spun proposed GOP cuts to Pell Grants and student loans by saying 'let them eat trade schools' — without acknowledging that, as @gregsargent.bsky.social notes, their plans put college out of reach for working-class Americans … but offer trade schools no new funds.
May 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The world's richest man spoke to the newspaper owned by the world's _third_ richest man to seek pity — because amid the mass firings, re-hirings, and re-firings, and the impact that wrecking programs has had on communities, he wants us to understand that _he's_ the victim.
May 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Our very normal health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., joined a wellness podcast with _this_ home page to label the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The Lancet were “corrupt":
May 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"For billionaires, [the "Big, Beautiful Bill Act" comes with] a bonanza of new tax giveaways — resulting in people who earn over $1 million a year adding on average more than $89,000 to their annual take-home pay."
May 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The Justice Department went on a political prosecution and intimidation spree—announcing charges against House member and investigations of Chicago's mayor and New York's former governor, while the president posted threats to investigate Bruce Springsteen, Beyoncé, and Oprah. Mmm, freedom.
May 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
“Just so we’re clear … Secretary Kennedy — who urged parents to “do your own research” on childhood vaccines — has gone mask-off with his conviction that he should decide who gets access to medications. Even if you [want vaccines] he may restrict them — and restrict other safe medications, too.”
May 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“Billionaires might reap a few more dollars of tax cuts as CDC and other agencies shrink, and the White House might amass more power as Trump’s appointees trample the spending directives of Congress. In exchange, however, Americans might lose life-saving and life-extending scientific progress.”
May 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Going back to Musk, plans to upgrade air traffic control systems are sure to pique interest with the SpaceX and Tesla CEO — who's taken quite a keen interest in the contracting plans of the Federal Aviation Administration … trumpversusus.substack.com/p/cashing-in...
May 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Overseas, Elon Musk has a new sales force working on his behalf: the U.S. diplomatic corps, which under Secretary of State Marco Rubio is reportedly urging countries that want lower tariffs to do Musk's Starlink satellite-internet business a favor. open.substack.com/pub/trumpver...
May 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
May 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A month ago, the administration laid off 10,000 employees at the Department of Health and Human Services. www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/h...

How's that going, you wonder? Well …
April 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
April 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
People don't like seeing Trump trample on our laws, and our Constitution.
April 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Old enough to remember when Trump inherited an economy described as “the envy of the world”? Yeah, so are we.
April 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Seems like double-digit inflation used to bother Trump a great deal more. How weird, hm?
April 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
And we talk about the president’s chronic inability to even act like he supports the troops:

“Trump skipped the dignified transfer ceremony for the remains of four U.S. soldiers who died in a training exercise. … Instead of showing his respects to the remains … Trump [opted] to golf.”
April 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Seems like a rough headline for a president who’s less than three months into his term.
April 6, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Panorama shot from DC rally taken at about 12:15pm
April 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM