The Gov Hub Newsletter: November 11, 2025

Trump was booed so loudly at the Commander’s game on Sunday, they may have heard it on Mars – seriously, it was that loud and that intense.

To recap an incredibly bizarre presser in the Oval Office – first Trump fell asleep. Then a man in attendance began passing out, and Trump just stood there while people tried to help the man in medical crisis behind him. As they say, and as the Lincoln Project agrees, it’s a picture worth a thousand words.

From besties to beefing, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Trump are finding themselves at odds. It presumably began when MTG started a press tour of sorts, which included a stop on The View, sharing her critiques of rising prices at the grocery store and with a lack of GOP plan on healthcare. Then, AOC dropped the tea that MTG is actually on a revenge tour because she couldn’t get Trump’s blessing for a Georgia senate or governor run. And now Trump is saying that MTG has “lost her way.”

The leading Dem Senate candidate in TX, James Talarico came under GOP fire for following sex workers and IG models on social – this is the quick breakdown of scandal that’s not a scandal.

The amount of gaudy gold embellishments at the White House would be enough to turn anyone into a silver person, but the cherry on top of design hell is the new sign outside the Oval Office that looks like it was made with an oversized label maker.

The Kansas Republican on The Hill [Tucker Stewart] who rose to 15-minutes of fame in September for his drafted erotica novel that was making its rounds, has landed a new job apparently as a legal advisor to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins.

Eight Senate Dems shit the bed when they voted to re-open the gov, getting absolutely nothing out of the negotiation but an empty pinky promise from the Republicans that they’ll get a vote on healthcare – something Speaker Mike Johnson in the House has already said he won’t guarantee. So, instead of holding the line or reading the room following last week’s election, the eight are under fire from generally the entire left. In that same boat, there are rumors that the eight worked outside of Minority Leader Schumer’s direction, which does nothing for the POV that many hold that he’s failing to meet the moment. The bill will now go to the House, where House Dems across the board are a “no vote” and have come out swinging [the DNC too] against what the eight did.

At the beginning of the year, there was a rumor that people would get “DOGE” checks from the government [BS]. Now, Trump is “playing with the idea” to send out $2,000 checks to Americans under a certain income threshold – hold for the fine print. The money that would be used for this would be tariff yields, which are estimated at $300 billion – the cost of the “send checks endeavor” is estimated to cost $600 billion. 

Trump and his pals he pays to work for him have announced an idea that brings back 2008 housing bubble crash PTSD for many – it’s the idea of making 50 year mortgages a thing again with the goal of lowering monthly payments for potential homebuyers. However good that sounds at the jump, there are an array of consequences, like less homeowner equity, and the paying more in interest, amongst other not-so-great things.

The pasta-ability that 13+ Italian pasta brands could pull their products from U.S. grocery stores has risen to a boil, after the Trump Admin has threatened a 107% total tariff on imported Italian pasta. The threat, which if made good on, would go into effect in January, comes as a result of the Commerce Department investigating Italian pasta companies for possibly violating anti-dumping laws and undercutting American companies. The bottom line is there’s some nuance in the noodles, but consumer choice will decrease and prices will increase.

The National Association of Realtors had to re-do the cover of their report, which was OG going to have a picture of a young couple on the brink of having their first kid, to a couple near retirement, because of drastic market shifts. Now, the average age of a first-time home buyer is 40 years old, with only one in five homes sold recently being sold to a first-time home buyer.

According to a new report, October 2025 was crowned as the month that layoffs hit their highest point in over two decades.

Ghislaine Maxwell has allegedly called in a request for a commutation from Trump, all the while getting the royal treatment at her newish minimum-security prison, where she’s serving time for sex trafficking. The news comes via a whistleblower that reported that a commutation application was being prepped to the House Dems on the judiciary committee, as well as details on her use of the prison warden as her personal secretary, customized and personally delivered meals, private visits in cordoned off sections where guests could bring their computers, and more on the WTF list.

Trump quietly pardoned a whole group of cronies that were accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election, including the man known for his infamous hair dye drip, Rudy Giuliani. The group, which received unconditional pardons, totaled 77 people. MTG, who is beefing with Trump, then tried to appeal to him to pardon a county clerk – Tina Peters – that’s serving nine years in prison for election interference. 

In a different set of pardons, Trump pardoned two Tennessee men –  former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada who was serving time for fraud, money, laundering, and conspiracy and his former chief of staff, Cade Cothren.

Also in pardon-landia, was this one, where Trump pardoned a former NYPD officer that was convicted of stalking a NJ-located family on behalf of the Chinese government. 

ICE used pepper spray on a 1-year old and her father, spraying the agent into their car, when they decided to leave a Sam’s Club in the Chicago suburb of Little Village. DHS denies that this happened, but here’s the video. In the same neighborhood [Little Village], an ICE officer pointed a gun at protestors.

In Fitchburg, MA, a man that ICE was violently trying to pull from his car began to have a seizure; the man as captured in this eyewitness video, also shows them holding his toddler, whose mother was then detained by ICE.

ICE is considering buying mega-warehouses to create mega detention centers to detain immigrants in – like warehouses that are designed to hold products like those made for Amazon.

A Jan 6.’er – John Emanuel Banuelos – who was accused of firing a gun at the U.S. capitol during the riot, has been arrested and charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault.

Texas’ Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick decided to donate $1M smackaroos to a campaign that aims to launch/open Turning Point USA chapters at every high school and college in the state. Some might call that indoctrination.

Giving very nationalistic creepy crawly vibes, is the marketing campaign out of the labor department, which features these vintage looking AI-generated drawings of young white men from another era with phrases like “build your homeland’s future” emblazoned on them. The tl;dr on the convos happening around this are that it winks and nods at the Trump Admin’s vision of what they want the U.S. to look like.

Yet another case with possible ‘big yikes’ ramifications out of Mississippi will be making its way in front of SCOTUS. This particular case asks the court to answer the question on whether or not federal law prohibits states from counting ballots that arrive after Election Day. For reference, around 30 states allow for mail-in ballots to be counted after E-Day. 

In a rare W out of SCOTUS, the justices declined to hear a case brought by four-time divorcee, Kim Davis, who sought to overturn a prior landmark ruling that had guaranteed the right to same-sex marriage across the country.

A group of 12+ trans Air Force service members are suing the U.S. military for denying them the benefits they were promised when they were forced to resign after Trump issued an executive order to push out all trans troops. The service members are asking a court to reinstate these benefits, earned over 18 years of service to the USA.

Ziwe interviewed none other than soon-to-be former Mayor of NY, Eric Adams who claimed that Ziwe’s dog clearly “loved him.” We’ll let the evidence do the talking.

These two veterans, working with Everytown, pointed out what loser vibes the ads run by gun companies give, and how the guys that buy them are compensating for something.

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly of Kansas and Republican Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri filmed this made-for-tv but put into a Reel video under the banner of “disagree better” and with the message that “we” should all learn to “disagree better.”

The soon-to-be first gentleman of Virginia, modeled what healthy masculinity looks like on the acceptance speech stage, as seen in this now viral video from last Tuesday, when his wife, Virginia Gov-elect Abigail Spanberger, addressed Virginians (and the nation).

ICYMI, Nancy Pelosi announced that she will retire after this term – like the woman that has had Republicans running scared for decades to the point where they made their campaign boogeyman. Alas, she’s had many iconic moments, like those in this round-up, and in this one too.

AirMail dropped this campy IG round-up of the 15 reasons that Gavin Newsom should be president. Regardless of your thoughts & feels, it’s a fun click-through.

The Trump Admin’s EPA is looking to loosen PFAS (forever chemicals) reporting standards for companies that make or import the chemicals. The proposal is to exempt companies from reporting if an item or mixture they make contains less than .1% or less of PFAS. 

A new investigative report from ProPublica found that U.S. inspections of international food coming into the country have plummeted –  like big time – undermining food safety. The core reason? Staffing cuts by the Trump Admin.

Also at the infamous Trump presser, headlined by sleeping, fainting, and Dr. Oz, was this comment made on infertility drugs by Dr. Oz himself: “We’ve dropped the infertility drugs to make lots of Trump babies I’m hoping by the midterms.” Cringe.

The Trump Admin has issued new health-related guidance for visa applicants, sharing that those with diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and other chronic medical conditions may be denied; the same goes for an applicant’s dependents. The “rationale” is to reduce the possibility of the potential visa holder from being a “public charge.”

Politico: The Medicaid Program That Saved Money, Turned People’s Health Around – and Got Killed

ProPublica: Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.

The New Yorker: J.B. Pritzker Sounds The Alarm

Vogue: The 2025 Election Was a Major Win for Democratic Women Across the US