8/13/25
TRUMP’S CULTURAL REVOLUTION
Not even the Smithsonian is safe from the President’s desire to re write history. This is a rather jarring story from the Washington Post.
Apparently, some ideologies are “improper” now. Officially.
8/12/25
PROTEST IS NOW REBELLION
That’s the line the Administration is feeding Federal District Judge Charles Breyer, in the suit filed by California Governor Gavin Newsom about whether Trump’s federalization of the California National Guard is a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act.
The commanding general of the Guard task force testified that he never heard the word “rebellion” in reference to the situation in Los Angeles.
8/12/25
IS ALASKA RUSSIAN?
The correct answer is “not since 1867”.
Someone should tell the President. Trump, while touting his fascistic takeover of an American city for a non existent crime wave, said twice that he was “going to Russia” to meet with bloodthirsty Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
Perhaps it was the embarrassment of having invited such a monster to American soil.
8/11/25
TRUMP THREATENS DC TAKEOVER
Calling crime in the city “out of control”, President Trump is threatening another American city with federal occupation. Trump ordered an additional 450 federal law enforcement personnel deployed to the city on Saturday, and plans are in the works to also deploy the DC National Guard.
In the real world, violent crime in Washington DC is actually down 26%.
Trump has also ordered the homeless to leave the city. He offered no explanation of where they will go or how they will get there because, well, they’re homeless. Yet these people, most of whom are at the low point in their lives, are such a threat that the National Guard is required to protect us from them.
8/11/25
PUTIN COMES TO AMERICA
Russian Dictator Vladimir Putin is scheduled to touch down in Alaska this Friday, August 15. Putin has been under indictment by the ICC for war crimes since March of 2023. With this visit, the US will join countries like China and Iran as the only ones in the world to offer him safe passage.
Why is he coming? Because President Trump invited him. To talk about the war in Ukraine.
As yet uninvited to the meeting is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose people are being slaughtered by the bloodthirsty Russian tyrant.
8/10/25
NEW YORK AG LATEST TARGET
The latest target in the Trump Revenge Tour is New York Attorney General Letitia James. Ms. James committed the unpardonable sin of winning a 450 million dollar judgement against Trump and the Trump Organization for business fraud.
Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg actually spent time in prison for charges related to this case.
8/10/25
TRUMP ORDERS COVID DATA SCRUBBED
The Trump Administration has ordered that all COVID compliance data be scrubbed from federal employee records.
8/9/25
WHITMER GOES TO WASHINGTON
Governor Whitmer took another one for the team Tuesday when she traveled to Washington for an in person meeting with President Trump.
In the meeting, the Governor stressed that tariffs, as they are being levied, are hurting the auto industry. Despite Trump’s claim that the main reason for tariffs is bringing back manufacturing, the way the tariffs are structured now is actually making American auto manufacturers LESS competitive in our own country.
The auto industry accounts for 600,000 jobs across Michigan. According to the BLS, Michigan has lost 7500 manufacturing jobs since Trump returned to the presidency.
Governor Whitmer also asked him about the as yet non existent FEMA money to help with the effects of last spring’s ice storm.
8/9/25
GREAT DEPRESSION? BLAME THE COURTS
That’s what President Trump wants you to do if the courts stop his autocratic tariff scheme, claiming it will bring on a “great depression”.
Most historians agree, the last great depression was caused, in large part, by tariffs. Not the lack of them.
8/8/25
TRUMPSTEIN - THE MONSTER THAT WILL NOT DIE
Like the antagonist in Mary Shelley’s classic novel, the Epstein Affair created by MAGA seems destined to pursue Republicans and Donald Trump to the ends of the earth. As of July 29, a whopping 79% of Americans want all of the Epstein files released.
It would be difficult, these days, to find a topic on which more Americans agree. The reason is simple - Epstein was the worst child sex trafficker of this era. His services, however, were not cheap. Many very wealthy people paid him to have sex with children, a crime as great as those of Epstein himself. Everyone wants to know who those people were.
Epstein’s assistant in crime, Ghislaine Maxwell, was convicted and is serving a 20 year sentence. She was recently interviewed by the Deputy Attorney General himself, an unprecedented event despite the President’s assertion that it was “not unusual and totally above board”. Maxwell must have told the Deputy AG what he wanted to hear, because she was transferred to a minimum security facility days later, in another highly unusual move. Trump, meanwhile, denied any knowledge of Maxwell’s transfer, a laughable claim for a control freak who has made the DOJ his private law firm.
Every attempt at deflection, and they are coming in bunches every day, only adds fuel to the fire. It’s so bad that a strategy meeting was scheduled at VP Vance’s house to discuss how to make Epstein go away. This meeting was cancelled when the press got wind of it, and Vance denied it was happening, but not really - it was moved to the White House itself.
It’s not going away. Perhaps it’s because of all those photos of Trump and Epstein, or perhaps it’s because of all the nice things Trump said about him.
8/8/25
MAGA FANTASIES CHECKED BY REALITY
You could almost hear the dancing and clapping yesterday as the FBI announced that they would provide help to round up and arrest the Texas Democrats who broke quorum and fled to other states to defend democracy.
Except - there is nothing they can do. The tactic employed by the Texas Democrats is enshrined in the Texas constitution. They haven’t even broken a state law, much less a federal one.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has made vague references to “bribery” but, as with most MAGA conspiracies, there is no evidence whatsoever to support it.
This situation bears watching closely. If the FBI DOES arrest Democrats who have committed no crimes, and drags them across state lines, it will be an inflection point for our party and, more importantly, for our republic.
8/7/25
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO SCALE BACK HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
The widely anticipated annual reports are taking on a whole new meaning. Expect a lot of ”right wing freedom of expression” issues, as well as right to life issues.
Expect a lot more fake genocides (South Africa) while ignoring real genocides (Gaza).
It will now more closely follow a core Trump belief: “If we don’t report it, it’s not happening. If we don’t test for it, it doesn’t exist.”
8/6/25
KENNEDY CANCELS 500 MILLION IN mRNA RESEARCH FUNDING
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has cancelled nearly half a billion dollars in mRNA development funds. The funds were being used to develop COVID, flu, and bird flu vaccines.
Epidemiologist Dr. Michael Osterholm called it "one of the worst decisions I've seen in 50 years of public health preparedness work."
Kennedy said, "HHS has determined that mRNA technology poses more risk than benefits for these respiratory viruses."
It should be noted that RFK Jr. does not have a medical degree.
8/6/25
TRUMP CREATES OLYMPICS TASK FORCE, NAMES HIMSELF CHAIR
You really can’t make this stuff up.
President Trump has issued an executive order creating a “task force” for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, and named himself chair of the task force.
He also said he’s willing to use the military to keep the games “safe”.
8/6/25
CEASEFIRE DEADLINE COMING UP
President Trump has given Russia until Friday to accept a ceasefire in the war they started in Ukraine, or face secondary sanctions from the US.
Envoy Steve Witkoff is in Moscow for meetings with Russian leaders.
Trump has also threatened Russia’s largest oil customers, China and India, with sanctions as part of this ultimatum. We seem to be getting sucked in to a war he said he would end on day one, and it seems to be getting bigger.
8/6/25
MEET ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATE MARK TOTTEN
8/5/25
AG LAUNCHES GRAND JURY PROBE OF OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed prosecutors under her to begin a grand jury investigation of the Obama administration.
Over what, you may ask? Why, it’s the 2016 election, and the help Russia gave the Trump campaign. This is from a referral from DNI Tulsi Gabbard, who maintains that recently uncovered evidence says that Obama himself ordered intelligence information to be altered to smear Donald Trump.
The problem with Gabbard’s claim? It, itself, is based on Russian disinformation! Who says so? John Durham, the special prosecutor hired by the first Trump administration to prove his innocence.
Just another attempt by Trump to deflect from the Epstein scandal and rewrite history.
8/4/25
WAR ON CANADA CONTINUES
Out of all the questionable Trump policies, this remains one of the most baffling. Canada has been our most steadfast ally and a top 3 trading partner. What is to be gained by causing them economic pain?
As you might expect a country to do when faced with an unprovoked sneak attack, Canada is busy finding other countries to trade with. Countries than can be trusted to honor their agreements.
The first excuse given by the Trump administration for this unprovoked aggression was “fentanyl”. Like many things MAGA, this was just thrown out there with no regard for it’s veracity. It turns out that the truth is only 1% of the fentanyl arriving in the US crosses in from Canada.
The latest breakdown in trade talks seems to stem from Canada’s intent to recognize a Palestinian state.
8/4/25
TRUMP LABELS BLS DATA A “SCAM”
Still stinging from the abysmal jobs report recently released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the preeminent purveyor of presidential paranoia accused the BLS of purposely cooking the books to make him look bad. Trump called the data a “scam”, and also said the numbers were “rigged” against him. With a little more effort, he could have probably worked in a few more of his favorite words, like fake and hoax.
To be clear, the recent 3 months jobs report is so bad that you have to go all the way back to Trump’s first administration and his botched handling of COVID to find a worse 3 month period.
8/4/25
“COME AND TAKE IT”
That’s the four word response from Texas House Democrats to Governor Greg Abbott’s threat to remove them from their elected positions.
The legislators left the state of Texas in order to deny Republicans a quorum and prevent a blatant gerrymander attempt ordered by President Trump that would give Republicans as many as 5 additional seats in the US House of Representatives. Ordinarily, redistricting is done after a census, and Texas completed their last one in 2022.
Abbott has given the Democrats until 3:00 PM today to return, or face removal.
8/3/25
TREASURY SECRETARY SLIPS UP, TELLS TRUTH
Speaking at an event last Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the audience that the “Trump Accounts” created by the “Big, Beautiful Bill” would be a “backdoor for privatizing Social Security”.
8/3/25
REPUBLICANS TARGET JACK SMITH
In their ongoing efforts to normalize criminal behavior and destroy the rule of law, the Department of Justice has announced that they are opening an investigation into former Special Prosecutor Jack Smith, for violations of the Hatch Act.
The Hatch Act is the federal statute that prohibits public employees from engaging in political activities on the job.
Americans see this for what it is, a blatant effort by President Trump to take revenge on those who try to hold him accountable. As such, it’s a much more serious violation of the Hatch Act than anything Jack Smith ever did.
8/3/25
TRUMP CURSES OUT DEMOCRATIC LEADER
The Senate is headed home for break with dozens of President Trump’s appointments unconfirmed. Trump wanted them to stay through summer break to get them confirmed, but Democrats have been very successful at slow walking them - which, by the way, is the very same thing Republicans did to President Biden.
Given the quality of Trump’s appointments so far - or, rather, lack thereof - we have to count this as a win for America and Democrats.
An enraged Trump posted on his Truth Social page that Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer can “GO TO HELL!”
8/2/25
TRUMP ALREADY INTERFERING IN 2026 ELECTION
It’s not just gerrymandering in Texas. The Trump regime is attempting to seize control of US elections all across the country.
This represents one of the greatest threats our democratic republic has ever faced, and it’s being done with full approval of Republicans.
8/2/25
DOW JONES FALLS OVER 500 POINTS
In response to weak jobs numbers and new tariffs, the bellwether Dow Jones Industrial average fell 542 points on Friday, deepening concerns over Trump’s handling of the economy.
8/2/25
JULY JOBS REPORT DISMAL
The July jobs report showed that our economy created only 73,000 jobs in July, well below the already anemic 115,000 that had been forecast.
In addition, the May and June jobs numbers were revised, with a loss of 258,000 jobs over what had been reported, meaning the economy created only 19,000 jobs in May, and 14,000 in June.
In response, President Trump fired the messenger, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer. Trump also accused the commissioner of faking data to help Vice President Kamala Harris in her failed election bid last fall.
Where do we go from here? Can any numbers coming out of Washington be trusted now? And, is Trump driving our economy off a cliff? It certainly looks like it.
8/1/25
RCSO SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH ICE
On June 5, 2025, the Roscommon County Sheriffs Office became only the 5th law enforcement agency in Michigan to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The RCSO entered this agreement under the “Task Force Model”.
Among the things detailed in this agreement is the idea that citizens can be questioned and detained for the mere suspicion that they are “illegal aliens”. It also makes clear that, except for training and some IT services, Roscommon County is on the hook for ANY expenses associated with this agreement.
As of this article, there are now 6 Michigan LEAs (out of hundreds) that have signed these agreements with ICE.
Roscommon County’s economy is based on tourism. We have no agriculture to speak of. We have not, in the past, had a large “Illegal alien” problem. What is the point of this agreement? We have been provided with no evidence that the benefits outweigh the cost.