German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the U.S. has “no strategy” with Iran, and “An entire nation is being humiliated by the Iranian state leadership.”
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Trump has changed almost every aspect of the food stamp program, including changes to who is eligible, how much they receive, and what the stamps can be used for, resulting in the program helping 3 million fewer people. I gifted this so you can read it. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/u...
The Trump Administration Has Changed Almost Every Aspect of Food Stamps
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Patel is an absolute 🤡 . Has to politicize it, and fawn over Trump. Disgusting disgrace. He’s probably drunk.
Wolf Blitzer says he has been to 30 WHCDs, and security at this one was the most intense. Yet a 30 y-o from California made it through security, and was steps away from the ballroom 🤔
WHCD is canceled. Trump to hold a press conference in 30 minutes. Can only imagine - making this about him.
Wolf Blitzer said the shooter went through security before firing several shots. 🤔
BREAKING: Secretary of the Navy John Phelan “is departing the administration, effective immediately.” In the middle of a war? WTH is going on?
This was one of the longest list of broken norms so far. There is so much important stuff happening beyond Trump's Iran War. Our federal agencies are in disarray, and corruption is running rampant. Catch up on all you missed! open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
Week 76 - The Return
Trump backs himself into a corner, while at home his regime is in disarray
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At least 34 Iran-linked tankers and gas carriers, including two Iranian ships carrying oil carrying four million barrels of oil, have passed through the U.S. blockade during the week, per Bloomberg.
E.U. energy commissioner Dan Jorgensen warned that Europe faced years of higher prices due to the Iran War, saying "This is a crisis that is as serious as 1973 and 2022 crises combined." The world is going to hate us!
Oil spikes to $105. We’ve gotten to the point that Trump creates headlines on Iran minutes before the stock market is set to open, and the markets have stopped reacting to him.
Listen to Republicans whine now that Trump’s little redistricting ploy has backfired and we are actually picking up seats. Now they discover democracy!
Trump is seeing his worst poll approval numbers ever in recent days: AP/NORC 33 (-34 net) ARG 32 (-31) Ipsos 36 (-26) Angus Reid 35 (-24). ALL pollster LOWS.
Trump, who dodged the draft 5x during the Vietnam War, and later said dodging STD’s at NYC clubs was his personal Vietnam, now claims he would have “won” the Vietnam War as president. Let that level of delusion sink in.
Trump is in free-fall. His approval for handling the Iran War and our economy is even worse!
They are ALL awful. All incompetent, one dysfunctional alcoholic, one playing army like a 12 y-o, one in charge of our nation’s health who stopped on 684 to cut off a raccoon penis, and so on. And yet all three of the firings have been of women.
Looks like the Trump and Witkoff sons are just as ‘sharp’ at business as their dads. 🤣 www.ft.com/content/ac47... Trump family’s World Liberty crypto venture faces investor backlash
Just two days after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States would not extend a sanctions exemption on the sale of some Russian oil, the Treasury Department did just that on Friday, per NYT. #PutinPuppet
OMG. There is no bottom. "After Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé’s husband died, an inheritance battle exploded. Her stepson then used his influence to have her arrested, an Alabama probate judge said." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u...
ICE Arrests 85-Year-Old French Widow Who Married Her G.I. Sweetheart
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Hey, I know you are all super busy right now, and probably not paying attention to the new (for self preservation). This podcast will catch you up on all you need to know from last week, in an easy listen! open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
Episode 75 - Trump's Mental Health in Question, While He and the Country Increasingly Stand Alone
Catch up on the themes from Week 75's list in an easy listen!
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In Week 75, Trump losses more allies, and the U.S. increasingly stand alone. One volatile man, whose mental health is clearly in question, is now making decisions with a shrinking circle of trusted aides, that impact the entire world. open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
Trump now has zero allies left in the EU: ““May the ministry of the Holy Father help promote the resolution of conflicts and the restoration of peace—both within nations and among them,” Meloni said in a statement that came hours after Trump lashed out at Leo for his criticism of the war.”
BREAKING: ORBAN IS OUT!!!! Orbán conceded defeat on Sunday after what he called a "painful" election result, ending 16 years in power for a powerful figure in the far-right movement, who was backed by Trump and Putin.
Record turnout in Budapest. It’s going to be a new dawn of democracy in Hungary.
The Dream Team failed. Total shock. We sent two of our most mediocre real estate developers and a fraud. Who could’ve guessed this outcome?
So we have two real estate guys, and the guy Iran wanted, negotiating for the US, with no consultation with State Department experts. What could go wrong.
“I’ll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval,” Trump said in a recent meeting to laughs, according to people with knowledge of the comments. That radius appears to be expanding as the president repeats the line. I gifted this so you can read it. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Trump Promises Mass Pardons to Staff Before Leaving Office
In a recent meeting, the president said he would pardon those within 200 feet of the Oval Office, according to people familiar with the remarks.
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Trump has no plan: a week of escalation then capitulation, and more drama in the regime, and the US slipping globally. All in one week! Catch up on all you missed. open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
