On April 27, as part of his ‘Bonanza for America’ post, Trump took to ‘Truth’ Social to stretch the truth about how well the US economy has responded to his policy decisions. He wrote in the post that “massive numbers of jobs are already being created, with new plants and factories currently being built or […]
Month: April 2025
Price transparency for consumers – a ‘hostile and political act’ in Trump’s world
In a truly bizarre press briefing this morning, the Administration’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that a reported measure by Amazon to start displaying the cost of tariffs next to the total price of products on the site was a “hostile and political act.” Really? Showing consumers the actual cost of the goods they purchase […]
A ‘bonanza’ of lies for America – Trump proposes ‘make-believe’ tax policy
In a typical short-on-details, big-on-claims Truth Social post on Sunday, President Trump touted a ‘make-believe’ tax benefit that could come from his chaotic tariff plan. Trump stated that “when Tariffs cut in, many people’s Income Taxes will be substantially reduced, maybe even completely eliminated. Focus will be on people making less than $200,000 a year […]
Trump brings racism back to America’s classrooms
Hot on the heels of his Administration’s April 23 Executive order effectively restoring racism under the guise of ‘equality of opportunity and meritocracy’ in the Civil Service (see: Restoring racism), Trump went one step further that same day and issued an Executive Order for American classrooms to rid them of “unlawful equity ideology” policies. The […]
Restoring racism under the guise of ‘equality of opportunity and meritocracy’
“Our country is going to be based on merit again,” said President Trump in the White House’s official statement on the April 23 signing of an Executive Order to ‘Restore Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy.’ Our, perhaps more appropriate title, may have been Restoring Racism. The sweeping order aims to eliminate the use of disparate-impact […]
Trump’s promised economic ‘boom’ looking more like a bust
Often quoted on the campaign trail, then presidential candidate Donald Trump promised American voters that, if elected, the country would see an economic “boom like no other.” Well, Trump’s promised boom is looking increasingly like a big bust. Yesterday, S&P released its flash PMI Index and business sentiment survey, and the downward trends should make the Administration take […]
Relentless Pursuit – Rubio uses blog post to detail targeting ‘radically liberal civil servants’
In what seems to be an increasing trend with this Administration of using non-official communication platforms, Secretary of State Marco Rubio took to Substack to release his official statement on his proposed overhaul of the State Department. He does know that the State Department has its own website that he could post to, right? Anyway, […]
Can’t stop his meddling ways – President continues to interfere where he doesn’t belong
In an incredibly incoherent, statistically false, and grammatically questionable post to Truth Social, President Trump again publicly put himself in the middle of a policy debate in which he doesn’t belong. Although painful to read, to give context, here is the full text of the post: “”Preemptive Cuts” in Interest Rates are being called for […]
SNAP… Administration looks to break food security program
As April winds down, we’re moving ever closer to the May target date that the Republicans are pushing, for movement on a bill that would see at least $230 billion in cuts to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s core program – the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The Administration is eyeing cuts to […]
Trump’s new Civil Service Regulations: a government workforce without independent thought
“We must root out corruption and implement accountability in our Federal Workforce!,” President Donald Trump announced in a Truth Social post on April 18. His plan for doing such a task? Removing independent thought and critical policy analysis from the civil service. The post detailed that this initiative was all part of his ‘Day One […]