Trump- the Disaster Years

How is this happening? Trump announces cheaper prices for pharmaceuticals on Trump RX. Why is it called Trump RX? Obamacare is not a real name. It is the ACA (Affordable Care Act)- Marketplace Exchange. Republicans came up with the term Obamacare for derogatory purposes. No government website should have Trump's name on it. According to NPR, "The website deals would only be accessible for patients not using their health insurance, according to one of the government officials briefing reporters anonymously. And even then, the discounted medicines might not be affordable because they're based on high drug list prices." This news comes out as the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), nonprofit organization that provides nonpartisan information on health policy, estmates 22 million Americans who get Obamacare tax credits will see their monthly premiums more than double on average. Oh- have to mention Trump pardoned his partner in crime, attorney (and former New York may...

The people rose up yesterday and there was a referendum on Trump. Trump does not represent the best interests of the country. He has made it clear, he only helps Republicans. Well, yesterday the people went to the polls and overwhelmingly voted Democrat (from Prop 50 in California to electing 2 Democrat governors in New Jersay and Virginia). All people matter. No post today. The election results are enough!

Trump has threatened to withhold SNAP benefits (supplemental nutrition assistance program) until the government shutdown has ended. This is harsh. A decent human being does not jeopardize the nutrition and health of children and impoverished people to get his way. 2024 numbers show approximately 1 in 8 Americans receiving SNAP benefits. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to pay the SNAP benefits. Despite the Court's order, Trump wrote on Truth Social (Tuesday) that SNAP "will be given only when those Radical Left Democrats open up the government, which they can easily do, and not before!" After the post, the White House now says it will comply with the judge's order. Why is the government shutdown? Why is Trump telling Republicans not to talk to Democrats? Both sides must agree to a budget bill. The Republicans do not have enough votes in the Senate to pass a budget bill without working with Democrats. The big issue preventing a negotiation is th...

No surprise. Donors to Trump's White House ballroom have $279 billion in federal contracts. Some donors are being investigated by the feds. The donors were given an opportunity to remain anonymous (does not mean Trump doesn't know who they are). Among donors whose identity have not been released to the public are: health care companies Vantive and Extremity Care (seeking to shape Medicare reimbursement rates for their products), Wall Street powerhouse BlackRock (bidding to acquire a stake in Panama Canal ports & supported by Trump), and Jeff Yass, a major investor in TikTok’s parent company (who could benefit from a Trump-backed deal to keep Tik Tok running in the US). Building the ballroom (while destroying the East wing in its entirety without Congressional approval) is just another way to buy influence from Trump, the ultimate grifter (check out his lawsuits for not paying folks ). May history remember while Americans are suffering the second longest government shutd...

Trump just wrapped up his Asia tour. While visiting Japan, he declared Toyota would be looking to invest $10 billion in the United States. Amidst his disastrous tariffs ( on Nov. 5 the Supreme Court will determine if he can legally make these tariffs ), it is important to go back to the basics. The Constitution gives Congress the power to regulate foreign commerce, impose tariffs, and collect revenue. It is one thing for Congress to pass legislation allowing Presidential intervention in certain circumstancs, quite another to allow the President to unilaterally decide what impacts the commerce of this country. What next, despite the Constitution, is Trump going to decide to overtake the Judicial branch and make his own decisions and not the courts? The Supreme Court better watch out, if they don't draw clear lines they are next. One way or another, he will unilaterally attempt to decide cases himself (Hasn't he already? Pardoning and commuting the sentences of violent Janua...

Staunch Trump supporter U.S. Representative Jim Jordan (defended Trump during impeachment inquiries, supported overturning the 2020 election results , and who received the Medal of Freedom from Trump), chairs the House Judiciary Committee. He said in an interview impeachment of judges who issue "stupid rulings thwarting President Trump" is "on the table." Impeachment is a mechanism to remove a judge or justice who commits serious criminal or ethical misconduct, it is not a mechanism for removing judges who issue unfavorable rulings. According to one news source, Republican lawmakers are targeting the following judges for impeachment: Paul Engelmeyer (limited DOGE's access to sensitive Treasury data), John Bates (ordered the Trump administration to restore health agency webpages), Amir Hatem Mahdi Ali (ordered the Trump administration to temporarily reinstate foreign aid funding) and John McConnell, Jr. (ordered the Trump administration to lift its federal spen...

Presidents of the United States do not use the military against their own cities. We have police for crime control. Police receive extensive training on how to effect crime control our military does not (yes, there are military police in the armed forces this is now what Trump is solely using). Today, Trump vows to "send more than the National Guard" into U.S. cities. What is the purpose? Well, the real purpose is to scare Democrats. So far, Trump has sent the National Guard only to Democratic cities: Washington D.C., Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland (Oregon), and Memphis (Tennessee). According to 2024 FBI crime rates, the majority of Democrat run cities have crime rates similar to the Republican- affiliated mayor of cities (some cities elect their mayors with party affiliation). When you break it down to states, according to Congressional research, the murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Trump exceeds the murder rate for the 25 states that voted for Joe Biden ev...