Trump's Second Term

[Norman Alexander]

Watters: They are radically trying to transform America… by putting a cap on our net worth. If I want to be a trillionaire, damn right I’ll be. Don't try to stop me.

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You're not even a thousandaire, Mouthpiece.

 

[Norman Alexander]

'God, Trump finally called somebody a Commie for whom there might be evidence they are; Darializa Avila Chevalierm the Dem NYC candidate for congress. who has along history of tweets praising the Soviet Union and Mouthing Marxist crap. IMHO< the Mayor of New York showed poor judgement in endorsing her.

I suspect if Chevalier has really had such a chaotic and chequered history as Fox depicts here that she would go absolutely nowhere in any election process. Nobody would touch her. Not even be nominated. And yet there she goes, with success. Perhaps the Fox reporting is not quite as fact-checked and accurate as it might have been?? Maybe..?

 

[bruto]

I don't think you can make beer by fermenting sedition.

No, but apparently secret Antifa labs are, as we speak, fermenting sediment!

 

[shemp]

Watters: They are radically trying to transform America… by putting a cap on our net worth. If I want to be a trillionaire, damn right I’ll be. Don't try to stop me.

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No one has stopped you from being an idiot and an ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ either.

 

[dudalb]

Number of political writers saying Hesgeth might well be kicked out by the end of the summer: He has simply made too many enemies on both sides of the aisle in congress, and is creating too many headaches for Donnie.
For one thing, his religious preducies have alientated the Catholics and the Mormons in Congress; his statment that the LDS is not a Christian Church want over like a lead balloon with the Utah delegation.

 

[kookbreaker]

How many drunken Fox commentators does Donnie have in the wings to replace him?

 

[ZiprHead]

Tesla customers perhaps who foolishly thought the car was theirs?

Actually this was a case against an auto repair shop owner who was illegally removing federally mandated anti smog equipment from diesel trucks, I assume so they can "roll coal."

 

[The Great Zaganza]

There is a real danger of Trump attacking Iran every time the oil price drops low enough - since that's the only parameter for success or failure as far as he's concerned.

 

[dann]

From the reflecting pool to the reflecting sunglasses:
It was amazing to see Fox reporters trying to gaslight people into believing that the green pool was blue, but their attempts to make the State Fair appear to be a success are even more grotesque: "It's reallly an awesome crowd."
It really, really isn't!
And now the reflection in the sunglasses of one of the performers makes the lie even more obvious:

Sunglasses accidentally reveal truth about Trump’s 250 party (MS NOW on YouTube, June 30, 2026 – 9:51 min.)
The reflection in a guitarist’s shades may have accidentally exposed the turnout problem at Trump’s America 250 party.

0:46--> One of the organizers posted this photo of a performance on the National Mall.
If you zoom in, let's do it, on the guitarist's sunglasses. Oh boy, you can see a crowd of less than a dozen people in the reflection. The organizers appear to have recently deleted that image from the social media feed, replacing it instead with this image of the performance, cropping out the guitarist and his really cool cool shades.

It kind of reminds me of the sunglasses in the John Carpenter movie They Live.

 

[dudalb]

How many drunken Fox commentators does Donnie have in the wings to replace him?

Good Question. His policy of picking TV celebs has been a disaster, and no doubt more Whiskey Pete's are waiting in the wing.
But earning the ill will of the Catholic Church and the LDS requires a special kind of stupidity.

 

[Blue Mountain]

Trump nominates a tax lawyer at a firm that that does taxes for one of his companies for the job of chief counsel at the IRS.

June 23: Trump's nominee for chief counsel at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), James R. Gadwood, is a tax lawyer at Miller & Chevalier. The firm represents DJT Holdings LLC, Trump’s holding company, in tax matters, including IRS audits and tax returns for Trump's company.

Trump’s Pick for Top I.R.S. Lawyer Works at Firm That Represents Him [New York Times]

 

[Blue Mountain]

Trump asks the DOJ to investigate companies that aren't lowering the price of gasoline at the pumps.

June 24: Trump asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to look into oil companies who are not lowering gas prices, accusing them of "gouging" customers. The average price of gasoline has been much higher since the start of the war with Iran (averaging just under $4 per gallon this week, compared to around $2.80 pre-war).

Trump calls out Exxon and Chevron in probe over alleged gasoline price 'gouging'

U.S. President Donald Trump said on ‌Wednesday he has instructed the Department of Justice to look into oil companies for not lowering gasoline pump prices in line with falling crude costs, accusing the companies of "gouging" customers.

www.reuters.com

 

[Blue Mountain]

ICE and CBP are increasingly using AI tools to track immigrants.

June 24: A new report highlights a big increase in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) contracts with tech firms that use AI-powered tools to track immigrants. Spending doubled in 24/25 to over $310 million and now in 2026 stands at $510 million. The main driver appear to be new contracts to Palantir, per the analysis produced by immigration rights organization Mijente, legal advocates Just Futures Law and research group Surveillance Resistance Lab.

‘We should be worried’: report sheds light on ICE’s booming arsenal of hi-tech surveillance tools

Spending on government contracts with tech firms that use AI-powered tools to track immigrants has soared to record levels under Trump 2.0, report says

www.theguardian.com

 

[Blue Mountain]

New Director of National Intelligence has dismissed over 50 staff members in less than a week.

June 24: Trump's new Acting Director of the office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Bill Pulte dismissed over 50 staff members less than a week after his appointment, sending some back to their respective home agencies and firing others.

Trump’s acting intelligence chief fires dozens of staff members – report

Firings come less than a week after US president appointed Bill Pulte as acting director after Tulsi Gabbard left the post

www.theguardian.com

 

[Blue Mountain]

US Post Office will not deliver mail-in ballots in states that refuse to share their voter rolls with the federal government.

June 24: Postmaster General David Steiner told lawmakers Wednesday that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will no longer deliver mail-in ballots in states that refuse to provide sensitive voter data to the federal government, in line with a proposed rule from the Trump administration.

Postmaster general confirms plan to hold back mail ballots in states that won’t share voter data [The Hill]

 

[Blue Mountain]

Two Republican senators flip their votes after an angry confrontation with Trump, giving Trump a narrow win in the Senate.

June 24: Following outrage from Trump, 2 of the 4 Senate Republicans who had voted in favour of the Iran war powers resolution to bring an end to the Iran war to help it pass in the Senate (it passed 50-48) ,brought a similar resolution to the floor to vote against it. Although largely symbolic, Reps Paul (Kentucky) and Cassidy (Louisiana) changed their vote after an angry confrontation with Trump.

After Trump’s Outburst, Senate Republicans Reject Iran War Powers Resolution [New York Times; may be paywalled]

 

[Blue Mountain]

Pete Hegseth fires yet another General, in what amounts to a purge of the military's top brass.

June 24: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has forced Gen. Christopher T. Donahue, the top U.S. Army commander in Europe, to retire. It is unclear why Mr. Hegseth, who has fired or sidelined many of the Army’s most experienced combat leaders over the last 18 months, viewed General Donahue with skepticism. General Donahue was widely seen as Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll’s top choice to become Army chief of staff after Mr. Hegseth fired Gen. Randy George in early April. Mr. Hegseth’s decision to bypass General Donahue for the top Army job cements his control over the Army, whose top generals Mr. Hegseth has systematically replaced with leaders he views as in line with his vision for the military.

A General Many Hoped Would Lead the Army Is Forced to Step Aside [New York Times - paywalled]

 

[Blue Mountain]

Trump lies yet again about election fraud.

June 24: President Trump took credit for a Republican’s advance to the runoff for governor in California. He suggested that the Republican in the gubernatorial race, Steve Hilton, a former Fox News host, became the No. 2 vote-getter because Mr. Trump called the federal prosecutor and asked for a look into election fraud. Trump said he told the prosecutor "‘Do me a favor. Take a look. They are trying to steal that election.’” No evidence has emerged of election fraud in the primary election, and it was unclear what, if anything, a federal prosecutor could do to influence the outcome.

Trump Claims He Asked Prosecutor to ‘Do Me a Favor’ and Look Into the California Election [New York Times - paywalled]

 

[Blue Mountain]

Conservative majority on the US Supreme Court has paved the way for Trump's aggressive immigration policies.

June 26: Since Donald Trump returned to the presidency last year promising to aggressively crack down on immigration and pursue a campaign of mass deportation, the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court has, for the most part, smoothed the way. In case after case, the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, has green-lighted the Republican president's policies targeting both legal and illegal immigration with few exceptions, while its three liberal justices have objected to most of his actions.

On immigration, Supreme Court accedes to Trump's restrictive agenda

The court gave the Trump administration three victories in cases that make it easier to deport ‌people, or refuse them entry, including those who have legal status in the United States.

www.reuters.com

 

[Blue Mountain]

US prepares to deport a 78 year old pastor to Uganda, which is in the midst of an Ebola outbreak.

June 26: The United States is preparing to deport a 78-year-old retired pastor whose health is rapidly declining to Uganda, a country in East Africa near the center of the Ebola outbreak. The pastor also claims to be the target of the country’s authoritarian government.

The US Is About to Deport an Immigrant to the Center of the Ebola Crisis

Edward Nalwamba is a 78-year-old retired pastor whose health has rapidly declined while in detention, his attorney says.

www.wired.com