Scott Trotter

Trump's Venezuelan Gamble Trump's latest spin of the foreign policy roulette wheel is unlikely to end well

Here a short analysis of the potential risk and rewards of Trump's actions in Venezuela. Bottom line, few likely rewards and a lot of risk. viewfromspace.substack.com/p/trumps-ven...

American history museum removes Trump's name from impeachment exhibit The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History has removed explicit reference to President Donald Trump from an exhibit about impeachment, a spokesperson said on Thursday.

Seems it took an extra 41 years for Orwell's 1984 to become reality. Johnson, Nixon, and Clinton were the only presidents to be impeached or forced to resign. Believing Trump was impeached is a thought crime. Only a slight exaggeration. www.reuters.com/world/us/ame...

'I don't care about Direct File': IRS chief says agency plans to end free filing program Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Bill Long said the agency will end its Direct File program.

Trump chooses corporate donors over supporters. The Direct File program allowed taxpayers to file their taxes directly with the IRS instead of paying companies like TurboTax. Trump sided with corporate lobbyist to kill this program despite its popularity. www.cnbc.com/2025/07/30/i...

Trump Inadvertently Admits He’s Not a ‘Smart President’ The president made an eyebrow-raising claim while speaking at a bill signing ceremony.

How could the President not be aware of the dollar's historic decline since January. He just said a smart president would never let the dollar slide, but a dummy could let it happen. The dollar has had the worst decline in 50 years under Trump, what a dummy. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-inadve...

YouTube video by TLDR News EU Why Spain is Moving Left on Immigration While Europe Moves Right

Unlike most of the EU, Spain has embraced immigration. They integrated them into Spanish society and simplified the naturalization. This transformed their stagnant economy into one of the fastest growing in Europe and lowered unemployment. Don’t believe the MAGA talking points. youtu.be/qIQyG26zKo0

Surprise! New “MAHA” Report Is Full of Junk Science and Fake Studies The latest Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again”

HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr has delivered his Make America Healthy Again report. Despite assurances it would be the gold standard in science, it turned out to be full of fake or misrepresented citations and contains multiple other obvious mistakes. I'm shocked. newrepublic.com/post/195843/...

Trump's acceptance of corruption is disgraceful. There's no compelling reason for this pardon other than he's a Trump supporter and Trump's view that bribery isn't a real crime. It should also be recognized Trump has his own history of bribery, both giving and receiving. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Why did Tommy Tuberville vote in Florida if he lived in Alabama? Election records show Tuberville voted in Florida after he says a homestead exemption puts his residency in Alabama.

Sen Tuberville was voting in Florida and claiming a homestead tax exemption in Alabama at the same time in 2018. So, is it voter fraud or tax evasion? I'm sure Trump's voter integrity task force will get right on this. www.al.com/news/2025/05...

When the case falls apart it will lay out in the open the Executive Branch attempted intimidation of the judiciary.

His assertion that it wasn't an emergency is detached from reality.

Israel is a terrorist state

Nearly 300 apply as French university offers US academics ‘scientific asylum’ Aix-Marseille University generates interest amid a US crackdown and calls for a ‘scientific refugee’ status

France is openly courting top American scientist. As of 3 days ago 298 had applied. Seems likely other countries will do the same. There are real world consequences to Trump's decision to save money by defunding scientific research.
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This is Joe Biden's final Easter message compared to Donald Trump's message this Easter. When I first saw Trump's I thought it had to be fake. That's the rantings of a person who's untethered to reality. I copied both of these directly off their official social media accounts.

The evidence against him is he was wearing a Chicago Bulls hoodie, so obviously in a gang, and a suspected gang member who was trying to cut a deal said he was in a gang on Long Island, even though we know he never lived on Long Island. The facts, 14 years in the U.S. with no criminal record.

I think the problem is not confirming them let's Trump appoint acting directors that are even less qualified and more overtly corrupt. So when he nominates someone who's at least minimally qualified they figure better to get them in there as the least bad option.

A very successful #handsoff protest in Roanoke VA.

Trump's hand picked IG after he fired the real IGs. I'm not expecting much out of this sham investigation.

Perhaps there are efficiencies to be found. The Way to realize those efficiencies is to study their systems and procedures to find ways to improve them, then resize the department to align with the new requirements. Randomly firing people is a plan to cripple the organization.

I don't think there's ever been a time when we needed objective noncommercial news and educational programming more than now. They need the country to be misinformed if they want to keep getting elected.

Trump says he's 'angry' and 'pissed off' at Putin President Trump did something he rarely does on Sunday morning: He called an NBC News journalist to complain about Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump’s stupidity is on public display for all to see. After giving Putin everything he wanted, Trump is just shocked that Putin won’t do what he wants. Trump failed to see the obvious that once Putin has everything he wanted, he has no reason to compromise. www.livenowfox.com/news/trump-a...

Fallout coming for House GOP over Trump's rug pull on Stefanik "With a very tight Majority, I don't want to take a chance on anyone else running for Elise's seat."

Trump pulls Stefanik's nomination after Dems gain 16% in a PA special election. Polls also show FL’s 6th dist. is even despite winning that seat by 33% in Nov. GoP panic has prompted Musk to start dumping money in the race. Trump’s honeymoon is over. www.axios.com/2025/03/28/e...

Trump pardons Nikola founder Trevor Milton in securities fraud case Milton, who compared his prosecution by the Justice Department to its criminal cases against President Trump, said he had been "railroaded" in the fraud case.

The rich taking care of the rich. Trump pardons convicted fraudster Trevor Milton who was about to be ordered to pay back nearly $700M he stole from investors, now he gets to keep the money. www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/t...

Overlooked story, according to the leaked chat, the target was killed by collapsing his girlfriends building. According to the BBC the attack killed 53, including 5 children, with 98 injured. No concern for civilian deaths was ever mentioned. Biden struck Houthi weapon storage, not apartment bldgs.

'Shocking recklessness': Trump’s defense department accidentally texted war plans to reporter On Saturday, March 15, President Donald Trump announced military strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. The news broke in the afternoon, but The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg found out about the opera...

Remember the concern about Pete Hegseth's nomination as Sec of Def due to his alcholism & lack of experience. Those concerns now seem fully justified. It was just revealed that Hegseth accidently texted our war plans against the Houthi rebels in Yemen to a reporter. www.alternet.org/hegseth-yeme...

Trump says he didn’t sign proclamation invoking Alien Enemies Act | CNN Politics President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn’t signed the proclamation, e...

When asked about the timing of his EO invoking the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, Trump stated “I don’t know when it was signed because I didn’t sign it, other people handled it.” His team’s later said he meant he didn't sign the 1798 law. That's the lie you're going with. www.cnn.com/2025/03/21/p...

Minnesota state senator is accused of soliciting a minor for prostitution Republican Justin Eichorn recently made headlines for sponsoring a proposed bill that would recognize “Trump Derangement Syndrome” as a form of mental illness.

A Republican state senator in Minnesota who introduced a bill to recognize "Trump Derangement Syndrome" as a mental illness has been arrested for soliiciting a minor for prostitution. Perhaps MAGA brain rot should be studied in a lab. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Pete Hegseth Banned Images of ‘Enola Gay’ Plane in DEI Crackdown In Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s quest to nix all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) content, some photos on the Pentagon’s website and online posts appear to be marked for deletion just becaus...

Republicans are so terrified of diversity they've banned images of the Enola Gay. They also removed pictures of anyone with the last name of Gay. www.yahoo.com/news/pete-he...

Studying questions that have already been answered, sounds like fraud. Where's Musk?

Gosh, I wonder why Trump selected these to members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to fire? #military #maga #racism

Military families rocked by Trump’s federal government cuts | CNN Politics The Trump administration’s swift, sweeping cuts to the federal workforce is set to derail the livelihoods of potentially thousands of military families.

Trump loves to talk about how much he loves our veterans, but these random and chaotic firings are wrecking havoc on our military communities. Veterans and military spouses make up a significant portion of the people being fired by DOGE. #DOGE #veterans www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...