The Second Term of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States of America

The Netherlands (2026): De Nederlandsche Bank transferred 86 metric tons of gold out of the U.S. and Canada to London between March and August 2026. The bank cited "increasing geopolitical unrest" and stated that gold stored in London is easier and quicker to trade during a crisis

France (2026): The Banque de France moved 129 tonnes of gold worth about $17 billion from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York back to Paris in January 2026, citing technical updates and return optimization.

Germany (2013–2017): Germany previously moved more than 600 tonnes of gold from New York to Frankfurt to secure its national reserves.

And so forth

Sad that we need the KPOP Act or anything like it

Before vaccines, children died in huge numbers from diseases which are now almost unheard of. Sometimes whole families died in a matter of a few days, as in this sad case.

We want to be up front: we aren't certain that these specific children died from a vaccine preventable disease, although such a large number of children dead within such a short time frame is typically characteristic of diphtheria, a disease so feared it was known as 'the strangling angel of children'.

ALT TEXT: a 2 panel meme. The right panel reads:

WHAT WAS BEING A PARENT LIKE BEFORE VACCINES?

SOMETIMES IT WAS LIKE THIS.

SEVEN DAYS.

FIVE CHILDREN DEAD.

LET'S NOT GO BACK THERE, ANTI-VAXXERS.

The left panel is an image of an old gravestone, which reads:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE CHILDREN OF RICHARD AND JANE GRINDON BROWNHILL FARM, WARSLOW

MARIA DIED 15th DEC. 1846
AGED 10 YEARS

DOROTHY DIED 18th DEC. 1846
AGED 4 YEARS

JOHN DIED 20th DEC. 1846
AGED 8 YEARS

HANNAH DIED 20th DEC. 1846
AGED 15 YEARS

RICHARD DIED 21st DEC. 1846
AGED 6 YEARS

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And Vance on single mothers