BREAKING: judge rules Trump can’t use National Guard in California to enforce laws, or make arrests. Add it to the growing list of his f%ck ups.
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BREAKING: judge rules Trump can’t use National Guard in California to enforce laws, or make arrests. Add it to the growing list of his f%ck ups.
The irony of Trump‘s attempted coup of the Federal Reserve in an attempt to juice the economy by lowering rates, just as rates are spiking today because of him - the court ruling over his power grab, imposing tariffs without authority to do so.
Please don’t get your hopes up for this 2 PM announcement. He is failing, it’s just going to be him throwing a shiny coin to distract us with something new.
What a damn mess! open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
WSJ top story: Trump Is Starting to Turn on the People He Handpicked
NEW: in a 7-4 decision, a federal appeals court has ruled that most of Trump's sweeping global tariffs are unlawful, potentially dealing a significant blow to the president's effort to reshape the country's trade policy unilaterally.👊👏👏
The new acting head of the CDC is not a doctor, has no public health experience, and is connected to and sponsored by Peter Thiel. What could go wrong!
So F*cking petty.
WHAT A F*CKING MESS! What? All of it. Trump is a total failure.
My version of keeping Americans safe, doesn’t include kids getting shot at school.
With Congress still on recess, this week it felt as if Trump was running the country on his own. He even mused at a half-day-long cabinet meeting about being a dictator! He certainly is increasingly acting like one. Catch up on all you missed. open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
Another mess created by incompetent fools at the Trump regime: Lawyers for Susan Monarez say ‘she remains as CDC Director’, only Trump has power to ‘fire her’
Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe. womp womp. 😂😅🥰
The CFO of Nvidia said last night in the call that they are selling chips to China, but not paying 15% to the government as Trump had promised because they never got any documentation. Such incompetent imbeciles!
ROTFL 😂😅🤣
CDC Director Monarez was ousted and four other senior CDC officials resigned, after pressure from Kennedy to rescind certain approvals for coronavirus vaccines. This f*cking quack!
Tough week. Not gonna lie. A crazy, busy week for August. Catch up on all you missed! open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
Trump’s approval hits a new low for his second regime: Approve 37 Disapprove 55 (net -18 down from -14 in July) - Quinnipiac polls
Wow, and thank you D.C.: a federal grand jury refused to indict a former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal law enforcement agent.
Amazing news out of Iowa tonight! Let’s GO! More: www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
I wrote about the ways Trump is seizing control of and nationalizing the U.S. economy, and whether, given his track record, this is a good thing for U.S. taxpayers. open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
Judge Xinis to Trump’s DOJ: “Your clients,” she told them, referring to regime officials, “are absolutely forbidden at this juncture to remove Mr. Abrego Garcia from the continental United States.”
Wow, the conservative WSJ editorial board weighs in on Bolton search: “The real offender here is a President who seems to think he can use the powers of his office to run vendettas. We said this was one of the risks of a second Trump term, and it’s turning out to be worse than we imagined.”
Let’s just say, having the guy who bankrupt six of the companies he ran, now allocating billions of dollars of US taxpayer money as investments may not be such a great idea! This is crazy! I wouldn’t let him manage a dime of my money!
I wanted to share this just to let you know that hope is in sight a mere year away. Things are going to change drastically if we do the work!  3/3
Once Democrats take control of the House, Trump is effectively a lame duck. The House will initiate hearings and issues subpoenas, and many of the people in the regime will resign rather than face the music. 2/
Some Monday morning thoughts from a Wall Street political analyst on Bloomberg News this morning: Democrats are likely to pick up 5 to 25 seats in the House and take back control. They have an outside chance of taking control of the Senate as well, with possible pick ups in Ohio, NC and Maine. 1/
Kinda love this. Let us know if you need a step-stool Pete! 😅😂🤣
Kilmar Abrego, the migrant whose wrongful deportation in March to his native El Salvador made him a symbol of President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration policies, was released from criminal custody in Tennessee on Friday, his lawyer said.
The New York Post is reporting that the FBI rated former NSA John Bolton‘s home this morning, coming days after Bolton had rightly criticized. Trump saying Putin won at the summit. 
NEW: a federal judge ordered the Trump regime and the state of Florida to effectively wind down operations at “Alligator Alcatraz" over environmental concerns within 60 days.
South Park does it again 😅😂
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There is no bottom. Flori-dumb. “Orlando officials on Thursday denounced the overnight removal of a rainbow-colored crosswalk outside the Pulse nightclub where 49 people were gunned down, saying it was part of an attack on LGBTQ lives by Gov. DeSantis' admin.” abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wi...
The Weekly List podcast will catch you up o all you need to know from the past week. Tune in and share! open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
Tik Tok too 😅😂🥰
This week we continue the storyline of Trump's efforts to rewrite history and manipulate data to fit his narratives, both hallmarks of authoritarianism. More troubling actions relating to the Fed and the economy. Catch up on all you missed! open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
Why isn't a top story that the Justice Dept had a deadline yesterday to turn over Epstein materials subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee, and they failed to do so?
Today was the deadline for the DOJ to turn over Epstein file materials subpoenaed by the Republican-led House Committee on Oversight. Guess what.
CNBC is reporting that Trump staffers are hanging a photo of him and Putin on the wall as European leaders and Zelenskyy arrive. Just disgusting! Such a coward and an embarrassment.
Statement by British Intelligence. It would take Russia 4.4 years and more than 1 million Russian casualties to take the 4 regions Trump wants Ukraine to hand over. No wonder Putin is smiling.
One more 😂😅🥰
Camille Zapata is her name! The brilliant social media guru managing Newsom’s X account.
Just how bad was the Trump-Putin summit? Let us count the ways! The TOP 7 ways this was a failure and humiliation for our country! open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
WSJ reported on another symbolic win for Putin: Trump waited onboard Air Force One for 30 minutes before the Russian president's plane touched down. What a loser!
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TACO. What an embarrassment. Trump makes our country look so weak.
With his little tiny hands
What a complete and utter embarrassment for our country!
Witkoff came away thinking that Russia was proposing a “peaceful withdrawal” of its troops from two regions of Ukraine, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia — in fact, though, Putin was demanding that Ukraine pull its forces out of those regions, the sources said. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ 2/2
The German newspaper Bild first reporting, a misunderstanding of Russia’s stance on Ukraine by Trump special envoy Steve Witkoff may have provided the initial impetus for Friday’s hastily organized summit, according to a European official and two former U.S. officials. 1/2
TRUMP ‘TACO’ AGAIN: After threatening “very severe consequences” if Putin doesn’t agree to a cease-fire, tonight Trump tells Fox News,” We don't have to think about that right now” on sanctions. Loser! Weak!
So embarrassing for our country. We look weak because Trump is a Putin puppet.
Congratulations to our media for being played like fools, just as Trump has done so many times ala North Korea summit, and letting Trump drive the narrative away from what he doesn’t want you to actually cover.
Pew Research finds Trump's approval at its lowest level of the second regime: * Approve 38 * Disapprove 60 Major slide with younger voters.
Bondi named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration as Washington’s “emergency police commissioner,” saying she is granting him the powers of the police chief amid the federal takeover. Kray kray.
Project 2029. Let’s GO!
What the hell is happening! The Trump regime is in talks with taking a stake in Intel. In other words, they’ll be able to give favorable rules to a company in which they will economically benefit! This is a straight up shake down. I gifted this so you can read it www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Best line: “I did it. I threw a sandwich.” And he is/was a DOJ employee!
The striking thing about this week’s list is not the number of broken norms, but the nature of what Trump is getting away with, and how he has yet again seized control of the narrative. open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
ROTFL 😅😂
Trump compensating for his micro-penis.
Found the high crime area. 😅😂
Trump’s DC coup got the Epstein files out of the discussion. That’s how he works! Keep looking for that shiny coin and creating chaos to drive the news cycle and narrative.
Trump appointed the chief economist at The Heritage Foundation as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Every day is a trip to crazy land!
Listening to the ramblings of a madman, lllllying about DC, which has the lowest crime in 30 years, doing a coup of our capitol to change the subject from the Epstein files, his failing trade war and foreign policy. Shameful!
Just like our employment numbers, crime in DC is falling. Trump will probably fire the person who compile this data too.
Sorry, no, Kristi Noem, you don’t get to play the gender card when it suits you. You have done ZERO to advance women. South Park did Trump’s micro-penis the prior week (also true), so you’re both going to have to live with hard truths!
Clueless, born with a silver spoon in your mouth, idiot.
The Orange menace is doing a little coup of D.C., where crime is actually down! www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Still can’t believe this moron was confirmed. 😡😡 apnews.com/article/wome...
Prepare for a Democrat midterm blowout (plus we are going to make this happen)!
NEW: shooter at Emory was reportedly targeting the CDC because he believed he was sick from the Covid vaccine. Kennedy and the GOP have done so much damage!
New Wall Street term for promises counties are making and Trump is touting, but nothing is in writing with any country, other than a vague framework: EMPANADA Everyone Makes Promises And Never Actually Does Anything
While Trump is claiming tonight that crime in Washington D.C. is "totally out of control" as he effectively seizes the city, Washington's crime rates, including violent crime, thefts and burglaries, has been falling significantly.
Well it appears Trump is beginning his little coup of D.C. tonight, ordering federal law enforcement officers to be deployed. Always with the shiny coins - look over here!
Putin plays Trump like a fiddle. It’s embarrassing!
South Park does it again 😅😂
Recurring applications for unemployment benefits surged to the highest since November 2021, adding to recent signs that the labor market is weakening. So in a nutshell, Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for sharing data that was the truth. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This week we’re doing something a little different. We’re discussing some of the week’s most important stories, many of which got little if any media coverage. We’re also exploring why this is happening. open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
I hope no one is falling for this stunt with Maxwell. Obviously, if she was going to say things about Trump and Epstein, the whole notion that they were interviewing her would never have been made public. This is such a decoy for dummies!
This week, some of the most consequential stories got the least media coverage. Check out all the stories and broken norms you need to know! open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
More signs of an economic slowdown. Who is Trump gonna blame and fire now!?
NEW: the House Oversight Committee sent a subpoena to the DOJ for the Epstein Files, and requested the documents by August 19.
Just disgusting. Release the files! UNREDACT the predators’ names! I gifted this article. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/u...
Good for the Texas Democrats! I am so sick and tired of Democrats being so damn weak and doing nothing. Draw attention, and let’s redistrict other blue states, and make them pay. Let’s GO!
womp womp.
If you are on Facebook, please follow me there. I am trying here, but just not getting traction/conversations in the same way. Character limitations also preclude a lot of my content. See you there! www.facebook.com/share/16gRpJ...
After Trump baselessly fires the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, another index of U.S. employment fell to its lowest point since October last year. www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
I can't believe this story, and its importance, got so little media coverage! I took it on and explain why it matters! open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
As seen at a rest stop. And before you ask, no, I didn’t write it 😂😅
The Post's fact checker's last column. He writes about how we have normalized false accounts. He didn't even try during the second Trump regime. Sad to see him go. Now The Weekly List will become even more important. wapo.st/3IZHyqs
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South Park does it again!
OMG! The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History removed references to President Donald Trump's two impeachment proceedings from an exhibit on the "Limits of Presidential Power," a Smithsonian spokesperson confirmed.
Why Trump's moves yesterday are so dangerous to our economy and faith in our institutions. It was tin-pot dictator level stuff! There must be pushback! open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
Bye bye Felicia 👋
The bribing has begun.
