Trump's Second Term

[Blue Mountain]

Federal judges allow Tennessee congressional map dividing majority-Black Memphis district [The Hill]

July 23: A federal judicial panel on Thursday allowed Tennessee to use a new congressional map that divides a majority-Black district in Memphis, rejecting an effort to block the plan ahead of the state’s primary elections in August. A three-judge panel declined to issue a preliminary injunction against the new map, clearing the way for the new congressional boundaries and a win for Republicans as the party seeks to protect its fragile majority in the House.

 

[Blue Mountain]

Republican-controlled committee refers former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith for criminal investigation

Committee accused of trying to ‘weaponize’ justice system via ‘laughably weak and vindictive criminal referral’

www.theguardian.com

July 23: Democrats have accused the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives judiciary committee of a “baseless” and “vindictive” attack on former special prosecutor Jack Smith after it referred him for criminal prosecution for allegedly lying to Congress over his investigation into Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

 

[Blue Mountain]

Trump allies vote to weaken protections for historic sites — not just in D.C. [npr.org]

July 23: The Trump administration is eyeing a workaround for one of the procedural hurdles facing its proposed 250-foot arch: weakening federal oversight of all construction projects affecting historic sites. Critics say that the move would not only clear a path for President Trump's controversial projects in D.C., but also endanger the preservation of historic and cultural places across the United States.

 

[Blue Mountain]

Trump imposes new tariffs on over 80 countries based on the false claim the countries are producing goods using forced labour.

July 24: Donald Trump has once again inspired anger and confusion in US allies and trading partners as he imposed a wave of tariffs on more than 80 countries, replacing an expiring global duty introduced earlier this year. The new measures effectively replace blanket 10% tariffs that Trump imposed in February and are based on allegations that countries are failing to enforce bans on goods produced by forced labour. Many countries affected have pointed out that their laws on forced labour and working rights were stronger than those in the US.

‘Forced labour’ rationale for Trump tariffs met with bewilderment

Measures effectively replace blanket 10% tariffs Trump imposed in February that were struck down by US supreme court

www.theguardian.com

 

[zooterkin]

If you were treated according to the number of lives you've destroyed you'd spend the rest of your life in a pillory.

Not you, PitPat.

More than half a million dead due to the USAID cuts, and that was as of November last year. But not Americans, so that's OK.

USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, according to Harvard Chan School’s Atul Gawande.

hsph.harvard.edu

 

[PitPat]

More than half a million dead due to the USAID cuts, and that was as of November last year. But not Americans, so that's OK.

USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, according to Harvard Chan School’s Atul Gawande.

hsph.harvard.edu

And China's swooping in to help plug some of those gaps. That's what world superpowers do.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

It means someone is feeding him the AI slop. Because he certainly can't do it himself.

Someone feels the need to feed him ai slop and write his tweets and print them out for him.
It's what you do when the pink baby gets cranky.

 

[PitPat]

I tend to think it's him most of the time. The stuff is just too bizarre for a ghost writer -- and they would have been reined in by the adults in the room by now.

 

[Darat]

I presume they directly curate what he sees on his truth account so he can repost them and so that he doesn't start throwing his ◊◊◊◊ everywhere in a tantrum if he sees something upsetting.

 

[Mojo]

More than half a million dead due to the USAID cuts, and that was as of November last year. But not Americans, so that's OK.

It's a feature, not a bug.

 

[Mojo]

I tend to think it's him most of the time. The stuff is just too bizarre for a ghost writer -- and they would have been reined in by the adults in the room by now.

If there were any.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

"The Adults" have decided that they would rather ride the shark, not stop or steer it, because that way they themselves won't be eaten.

 

[Andy_Ross]

His posts yesterday afternoon.

3:22 PM - An AI art installation of Trump throwing a ‘Trump 2028’ hat
3:23 PM - Photo of him standing next to a TV with Biden’s final Oval Office address playing
3:23 PM - AI art of him giving his speech at the WHCD
3:23 PM - AI photo of Chris Christie fighting Democrat Rep. Jerry Nadler
3:23 PM - AI image attacking Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, and Stephen Colbert
3:24 PM - Trump 2028 poster that says “give the enemy nightmares.”
3:24 PM - AI image attacking Rosie O’Donnell
3:25 PM - Fake movie poster of him in Star Trek
3:25 PM - Another Trump 2028 poster
3:31 PM - AI poster of the U.S. attacking Kharg Island in Iran
3:31 PM - AI image of him taking over an Iranian oil tanker
3:32 PM - AI image of him taking over an Iranian oil tanker
3:33 PM - AI image of him taking over an Iranian oil tanker
3:47 PM - Posts an AI image of an Iranian ship being blown up
4:36 PM - AI image of him taking over an Iranian oil tanker
4:36 PM - AI image of him taking over an Iranian oil tanker
4:37 PM - AI image of him taking over an Iranian oil tanker
4:39 PM - AI image of him cosplaying as a Navy Commander
4:39 PM - AI image of him smoking a cigar wearing a Trump 2028 hat
4:40 PM - AI poster of him with founding fathers
4:41 PM - Poster of himself saying “the man who saved America”
4:41 PM - Weird photo of him standing behind a pillar
4:45 PM - AI image of himself saying “Guardians of the world”
4:47 PM - AI image of American jets saying “Guardian Angels of the world”
4:48 PM - Another AI photo of an Iranian ship being blown up
4:49 PM - AI image of himself saying “Guardians of the world”
4:52 PM - AI photo of lightning over the Capitol building saying “panic in DC”
4:53 PM - A photo of himself saying “plan trusted”
4:54 PM - AI image of an eagle and a jet saying “America is back”
4:54 PM - AI photo of a beach saying “Trump’s America”
4:55 PM - Photo of him giving a speech
4:56 PM - Photo of himself pointing at members of his cabinet
4:57 PM - AI photo of himself and JFK
4:58 PM - Fake photo of himself wearing a pink Trump 2028 hat
4:59 PM - AI photo of a Trump 2028 mug surrounded by crying people
4:59 PM - Photo of him putting on his Trump 2028 hat at the White House Correspondents Dinner
5:00 PM - Posts graph downplaying American casualties in Iran
5:01 PM - AI photo of a giant air filter wall between the United States and Canada
5:04 PM - Attacks Republican Senator John Thune
5:04 PM - AI image of him as a doctor
5:16 PM - Fake movie poster of him and George Washington in a time travel movie

 

[PitPat]

If that is him alone, that is downright pathological. I'm not a psychiatrist but how could this not be considered a mental/social disorder? Especially considering the bizarre and often nonsensical nature of the content. I dare say it is not Presidential behavior! Nay!

 

[The Great Zaganza]

You don't need to look at any content: the fact that the Commander in Chief spends hours doing social media when there's a war going on should be grounds for removal

 

[P.J. Denyer]

Hmmm, 58,000 Vietnam dead? I heard him say it was over 200,000 just yesterday.

See, he's such a great president he's brought 142,000 war dead back to life!

 

[Mojo]

See, he's such a great president he's brought 142,000 war dead back to life!

That's 245% of them!

 

[dann]

The White House on X, July 27, 2026
Hop in... best dimension yet.

With a video, 36 sec.

Marjorie Taylor Greene on X, July 27, 2026
People can’t afford gas, groceries, rent, and healthcare and this is the weird embarrassing crap the official White House account is putting out.

 

[dann]

Trump & Crypto: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (LastWeekTonight on YouTube, July 27, 2026 –26:32 min.)
John Oliver discusses how the Trump family’s cryptocurrency ventures have overshadowed their other businesses, how they’ve created massive conflicts of interest for the Trump administration, and what it all has to do with Fartcoin.

 

[Helen]

That's 245% of them!

Oh, that's great, then none of them are dead! And there's actually even more people than there were before they not died, which must mean that Trump won the 2020 election in an even landier and slidier landslide, since if they're not dead, they're not losers, and only losers would vote for the dumocrats!