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The Second Term of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States of America
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This is extremely worrisome!
Remember Captain Sully — the HERO who successfully landed a plane on the Hudson
The problem? Trump’s pick for the head of the FAA. But it’s best to let the captain tell you why
“Aviation Safety has been my life's work.
After my emergency landing in the Hudson River and the Colgan Air crash the following month, I knew that I had an obligation to make it my mission to keep safe everyone who flies.
But with the nomination of Bryan Bedford to be FAA Administrator, my life's work could be undone.
Mr. Bedford has already shown that he is willing to lie about his qualifications as a pilot, and he is not willing to uphold the critically important pilot experience requirements put in place in 2010 that have been so effective in ensuring the safety of the traveling public.
Let me be crystal clear: Mr. Bedford will not commit to .....
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Good morning! It took thirty-five minutes, a sweltering, overcrowded room, and the collective willpower of dozens of reporters to not faint from heatstroke before Donald Trump finally emerged for his grand D.C. “crime and homelessness” announcement, a spectacle that looked less like a policy rollout and more like a Fox News Christmas card.
Flanked by Pam Bondi (double-necklaced, with a gold cross positioned like a moral permission slip), Pete Hegseth, Kash Patel, and Jeannine Pirro, each nodding in synchronized approval like animatronics at a MAGA theme park, Trump declared that Washington, D.C. was no longer under local control. Invoking Section 740 of the Home Rule Act, he announced he was placing the Metropolitan Police Department under federal command and handing operational oversight to none other than Bondi, whose résumé already includes purging the DOJ of inconvenient prosecutors. The National Guard, 800 troops to start, will be deployed on “night patrols” alongside FBI agents to “re-establish law and order.”
And in case you thought this was about actual crime rates, Mayor Muriel Bowser was quick to remind everyone that violent crime in the capital is at a thirty-year low. But facts don’t photograph well, so Trump came armed with charts stripped of context and a scattershot of dog whistles: promises to “eliminate slums,” scrap sanctuary cities, and remove the homeless from underpasses and “relocate them far from the capital”, a phrase that manages to be both vague and ominous.
Then came the campaign-ready one-liner: “You spit, we hit, and they get hit real ....
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Flanked by Pam Bondi (double-necklaced, with a gold cross positioned like a moral permission slip), Pete Hegseth, Kash Patel, and Jeannine Pirro, each nodding in synchronized approval like animatronics at a MAGA theme park, Trump declared that Washington, D.C. was no longer under local control. Invoking Section 740 of the Home Rule Act, he announced he was placing the Metropolitan Police Department under federal command and handing operational oversight to none other than Bondi, whose résumé already includes purging the DOJ of inconvenient prosecutors. The National Guard, 800 troops to start, will be deployed on “night patrols” alongside FBI agents to “re-establish law and order.”
And in case you thought this was about actual crime rates, Mayor Muriel Bowser was quick to remind everyone that violent crime in the capital is at a thirty-year low. But facts don’t photograph well, so Trump came armed with charts stripped of context and a scattershot of dog whistles: promises to “eliminate slums,” scrap sanctuary cities, and remove the homeless from underpasses and “relocate them far from the capital”, a phrase that manages to be both vague and ominous.
Then came the campaign-ready one-liner: “You spit, we hit, and they get hit real ....
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Following on #1.240
More on farmers and tariffs
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Chinese Tariffs Devastate American Farmers – What’s Next?.
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So the golden age is actually a golden shower"....the true trickle down theory
BREAKING: Goldman Sachs delivers an urgent warning to the American people about Donald Trump's disastrous tariffs and predicts that the economy is about to get substantially worse.
These numbers are truly stunning. Trump's so-called "Golden Age" is about to get a whole lot darker...
Bloomberg reports that new analysis by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has concluded that the "impact" from the tariffs on consumer prices is "just getting started."
Through June, American consumers absorbed roughly 22% of the tariff costs but that number will soon rise to a jaw-dropping 67% if trends continue along historic patterns. Keep in mind that Trump has repeatedly promised that companies and foreign countries will "eat the tariffs" and that Americans will be unaffected. That lie is about to cost us big.
Economists including Goldman's chief economist Jan Hatzius predict that companies will soon begin radically hiking prices to offset the tariffs. Those costs will then be paid directly by consumers. Inflation will rapidly accelerate.
"The core personal consumer expenditure index, one of the Federal Reserve’s favorite measures of inflation, will hit 3.2% year-on-year in December, according to the Goldman analysts," wrote Matthew Thomas of Bloomberg. "They said underlying inflation net of tariffs would be 2.4%. The rate was 2.8% in June."
Back in February, Trump made it abundantly clear that he is willing to inflict economic suffering on the American people to test out his pet policies. While stopping short of admitting that consumers bear the brunt of tariffs, he predicted "PAIN."
"WILL THERE BE SOME PAIN? YES, MAYBE (AND MAYBE NOT!),” he wrote on Truth Social. “IT WILL ALL BE WORTH THE PRICE THAT MUST BE PAID.”
Is anyone surprised that a corrupt billionaire insulated from the effects of his own policies is apathetic towards the price of gas, bread, and milk?
BREAKING: Goldman Sachs delivers an urgent warning to the American people about Donald Trump's disastrous tariffs and predicts that the economy is about to get substantially worse.
These numbers are truly stunning. Trump's so-called "Golden Age" is about to get a whole lot darker...
Bloomberg reports that new analysis by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has concluded that the "impact" from the tariffs on consumer prices is "just getting started."
Through June, American consumers absorbed roughly 22% of the tariff costs but that number will soon rise to a jaw-dropping 67% if trends continue along historic patterns. Keep in mind that Trump has repeatedly promised that companies and foreign countries will "eat the tariffs" and that Americans will be unaffected. That lie is about to cost us big.
Economists including Goldman's chief economist Jan Hatzius predict that companies will soon begin radically hiking prices to offset the tariffs. Those costs will then be paid directly by consumers. Inflation will rapidly accelerate.
"The core personal consumer expenditure index, one of the Federal Reserve’s favorite measures of inflation, will hit 3.2% year-on-year in December, according to the Goldman analysts," wrote Matthew Thomas of Bloomberg. "They said underlying inflation net of tariffs would be 2.4%. The rate was 2.8% in June."
Back in February, Trump made it abundantly clear that he is willing to inflict economic suffering on the American people to test out his pet policies. While stopping short of admitting that consumers bear the brunt of tariffs, he predicted "PAIN."
"WILL THERE BE SOME PAIN? YES, MAYBE (AND MAYBE NOT!),” he wrote on Truth Social. “IT WILL ALL BE WORTH THE PRICE THAT MUST BE PAID.”
Is anyone surprised that a corrupt billionaire insulated from the effects of his own policies is apathetic towards the price of gas, bread, and milk?
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TACO delivers unhinged word salad in Scotland
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Completely unhinged 🤦.
Another insane speech where he claims to have stopped five wars
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Be sure to follow @reallyamericanmedia on Instagram, Bluesky, and on Twitter..
Trump on the Epstein investigation
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JD Vance in 2021: "If you're a journalist and you're not asking questions about this case you should be ashamed of yourself" MAGA lawmakers in 2025: "the fact that you're even covering Epstein is...
Trump's biggest day in financial history ...
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Stocks surged to historic highs following Trump’s 90-day pause on tariffs. #StephenColbert.
Back to January 6
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And finally The Big Beautiful Bill
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#TrumpIsALiar, #TrumpIsCorrupt, #TrumpIsAFascist, #TrumpIsARapist, #TrumpIsAFelon, #TrumpIsAConman.
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Rural America is losing their most affordable grocery stores thanks to Trump as Walmart closes 154 stores (and that's just in the first six months of this year - there are more to come)
And in many of these towns that leaves no grocery stores whatsoever
And in many of these towns that leaves no grocery stores whatsoever
S&P 500, Nasdaq end at record closing highs as moderate inflation lifts rate hopes
By Saeed Azhar, Johann M Cherian and Sanchayaita Roy / August 12, 20253:00 PM GMT-5NEW YORK, Aug 12 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq ended at record closing highs on Tuesday, as news that July inflation rose broadly in line with expectations bolstered bets on a Federal Reserve interest rate cut next month.
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A question about January 6th ....
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The Question Jan 6th Apologists Can't Answer.
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Having to explain the Constitution to elected officials is simply embarrassing
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A few words on Christian Nationalism
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It was billed as a celebration of the arts, but Donald Trump’s Kennedy Center Honors announcement looked more like a late-night cable variety special scripted by a committee of sycophants and sleep-deprived improv comics. The backdrop was respectable enough: the Kennedy Center stage, flanked by two women in glittering evening gowns. The premise was straightforward: name the honorees, George Strait, Michael Crawford, Sylvester Stallone, Gloria Gaynor, and KISS, and bask in the reflected glow of cultural achievement. But Trump could no more keep it to the nominees than he could keep a rally speech under an hour.
He opened with the awards but quickly made himself the protagonist, lamenting that he never got a Kennedy Center Honor, then musing aloud that the solution was simple: “I’ll become chairman and give myself one.” What followed was less an awards announcement than a grab bag of grievances, boasts, and half-formed policy declarations stitched together by free-association. In the same breath he lauded Stallone’s filmography, he declared he was fine with Russian hacking, “that’s what they do… we’re actually better at it”, and casually admitted he couldn’t persuade Putin to stop bombing civilians in Ukraine.
The honorees themselves became props in a broader ideological display. Trump bragged that he personally rejected “woke” nominees because, in his view, the Kennedy Center should be “very different than it used to be.” “I would say I was about ninety-eight percent involved,” he boasted when asked about the selection process. “They all went through me… I turned down plenty. They were too woke. I had a couple of wokesters.” In his telling, this wasn’t political, just a matter of taste, though the criteria ....
It was billed as a celebration of the arts, but Donald Trump’s Kennedy Center Honors announcement looked more like a late-night cable variety special scripted by a committee of sycophants and sleep-deprived improv comics. The backdrop was respectable enough: the Kennedy Center stage, flanked by two women in glittering evening gowns. The premise was straightforward: name the honorees, George Strait, Michael Crawford, Sylvester Stallone, Gloria Gaynor, and KISS, and bask in the reflected glow of cultural achievement. But Trump could no more keep it to the nominees than he could keep a rally speech under an hour.
He opened with the awards but quickly made himself the protagonist, lamenting that he never got a Kennedy Center Honor, then musing aloud that the solution was simple: “I’ll become chairman and give myself one.” What followed was less an awards announcement than a grab bag of grievances, boasts, and half-formed policy declarations stitched together by free-association. In the same breath he lauded Stallone’s filmography, he declared he was fine with Russian hacking, “that’s what they do… we’re actually better at it”, and casually admitted he couldn’t persuade Putin to stop bombing civilians in Ukraine.
The honorees themselves became props in a broader ideological display. Trump bragged that he personally rejected “woke” nominees because, in his view, the Kennedy Center should be “very different than it used to be.” “I would say I was about ninety-eight percent involved,” he boasted when asked about the selection process. “They all went through me… I turned down plenty. They were too woke. I had a couple of wokesters.” In his telling, this wasn’t political, just a matter of taste, though the criteria ...
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He opened with the awards but quickly made himself the protagonist, lamenting that he never got a Kennedy Center Honor, then musing aloud that the solution was simple: “I’ll become chairman and give myself one.” What followed was less an awards announcement than a grab bag of grievances, boasts, and half-formed policy declarations stitched together by free-association. In the same breath he lauded Stallone’s filmography, he declared he was fine with Russian hacking, “that’s what they do… we’re actually better at it”, and casually admitted he couldn’t persuade Putin to stop bombing civilians in Ukraine.
The honorees themselves became props in a broader ideological display. Trump bragged that he personally rejected “woke” nominees because, in his view, the Kennedy Center should be “very different than it used to be.” “I would say I was about ninety-eight percent involved,” he boasted when asked about the selection process. “They all went through me… I turned down plenty. They were too woke. I had a couple of wokesters.” In his telling, this wasn’t political, just a matter of taste, though the criteria ....
It was billed as a celebration of the arts, but Donald Trump’s Kennedy Center Honors announcement looked more like a late-night cable variety special scripted by a committee of sycophants and sleep-deprived improv comics. The backdrop was respectable enough: the Kennedy Center stage, flanked by two women in glittering evening gowns. The premise was straightforward: name the honorees, George Strait, Michael Crawford, Sylvester Stallone, Gloria Gaynor, and KISS, and bask in the reflected glow of cultural achievement. But Trump could no more keep it to the nominees than he could keep a rally speech under an hour.
He opened with the awards but quickly made himself the protagonist, lamenting that he never got a Kennedy Center Honor, then musing aloud that the solution was simple: “I’ll become chairman and give myself one.” What followed was less an awards announcement than a grab bag of grievances, boasts, and half-formed policy declarations stitched together by free-association. In the same breath he lauded Stallone’s filmography, he declared he was fine with Russian hacking, “that’s what they do… we’re actually better at it”, and casually admitted he couldn’t persuade Putin to stop bombing civilians in Ukraine.
The honorees themselves became props in a broader ideological display. Trump bragged that he personally rejected “woke” nominees because, in his view, the Kennedy Center should be “very different than it used to be.” “I would say I was about ninety-eight percent involved,” he boasted when asked about the selection process. “They all went through me… I turned down plenty. They were too woke. I had a couple of wokesters.” In his telling, this wasn’t political, just a matter of taste, though the criteria ...
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Does this mean that they don't grow tea in Arizona?
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I would be concerned that this gaffe is Trump unable to keep a Secret and is in 'talks' to 'Make a Deal' to Sell Back Alaska back to Russia. Russia has greatly regretted selling Alaska to the USA in 1867 for 7.2 Million Dollars. Can you imagine how much the value of Alaska's yet untapped Natural Resources and land based entry into Canada is Worth to Russia today??? I believe we should All be Very Concerned!
We KNOW Trump would sell his Own Children for the Right Price!!!
When the President Trips Over His Words, the World Gets a Preview of His Agenda…
Telling the press—twice—that you’re flying to Russia for a meeting that’s actually in Alaska might sound like a harmless gaffe. But it’s also a live window into the worldview driving the diplomacy. This isn’t confusion—it’s the underside of a worldview that treats excruciating simplicity and performative ambiguity as strategic depth. 
His press secretary spun it as “future plans,” but the slip speaks volumes. The man who rebranded diplomacy as “Truth Social theater,” with all-caps flairs and abrupt mood swings, just gave it away. The real summit isn’t happening in Moscow—it’s happening in the White House arena.  
And that’s no accident. While Trump flunks geography, he’s ramping up geopolitical disorientation—rubbing elbows with Putin, praising Orbán’s realpolitik, and dismissing Ukraine’s right to self-determination. Both Hungary’s Prime Minister and Trump are signaling the same thing: democracy is negotiable; peace means ....
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We KNOW Trump would sell his Own Children for the Right Price!!!
When the President Trips Over His Words, the World Gets a Preview of His Agenda…
Telling the press—twice—that you’re flying to Russia for a meeting that’s actually in Alaska might sound like a harmless gaffe. But it’s also a live window into the worldview driving the diplomacy. This isn’t confusion—it’s the underside of a worldview that treats excruciating simplicity and performative ambiguity as strategic depth. 
His press secretary spun it as “future plans,” but the slip speaks volumes. The man who rebranded diplomacy as “Truth Social theater,” with all-caps flairs and abrupt mood swings, just gave it away. The real summit isn’t happening in Moscow—it’s happening in the White House arena.  
And that’s no accident. While Trump flunks geography, he’s ramping up geopolitical disorientation—rubbing elbows with Putin, praising Orbán’s realpolitik, and dismissing Ukraine’s right to self-determination. Both Hungary’s Prime Minister and Trump are signaling the same thing: democracy is negotiable; peace means ....
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