The current White House ‘border czar,’ Tom Homan has found himself aboard the hot mess express with the deats from an undercover FBI operation last year revealing that he’d accepted $50K in cash in return for getting “biz execs” lucrative contracts in Trump Admin 2.0. Plot twist: those biz execs were undercover agents. According to reporting from MSNBC, both the FBI and DOJ played wait and see on how he’d make his promises happen v. not – a play that became a permanent delay once Trump took office, and has resulted in the investigation being closed in recent weeks. Sick.

It appeared that Trump hit post instead of sending a private direct message to his AG Pam Bondi over the weekend. The post, which was really a weird vent-style rant at Bondi, berated her for not going harder on criminal charges against Trump’s top adversaries and foes. Included in his typed out scream sesh, were complaints about the former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Erik Siebert, who he’d forced out of his role the day before for not taking up charges against NY AG Tish James for mortgage fraud – something Siebert could not find enough evidence for.

Trump, flanked by pseudo-science wackadoodles-in-bs, RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz, spouted an unproven claim that taking Tylenol while pregnant causes autism. The point of the presser, where he shared with the world his inability to even pronounce the word he was trying to demonize, was to inform doctors that they should not be prescribing the pain reliever – the one and only safe pain and fever reducer for pregnant women. 

RFK Jr.’s FDA has begun the approval process for leucovorin as a treatment for autism. The drug is most commonly used to treat autoimmune disease, as well to treat the effects of chemo. While many medicines have multiple uses, the research connecting leucovorin and its impact on children with “autisim-like symptoms” is minimal at best.

A man with no medical degree [the president] suggested that the childhood vaccine schedule should change based on what he feels – men in STEM, right?? He also suggested that children not get the hepatitis b vaccine until they’re 12y/o because from his view it’s an STI…meanwhile, hep b can be transmitted between mothers and their child at birth, which equals out to a 90% chance of infected infants developing chronic hep b and being put on the likely to die from chronic liver disease pipeline.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott [R] has signed yet another extreme abortion ban bill into law. This particular new law allows residents of the LoneStar State to sue manufacturers, distributors, and providers of medication abortion for a minimum of $100k in damages.

In northeast Georgia, St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital is shuttering its labor and delivery service partially as a result of the Medicaid cuts that are courtesy of Trumps’ “big beautiful bill.” The closest labor and delivery unit will now be over an hour drive away.

In an absolutely abhorrent move, the FBI is now going to categorize trans people [people that just want to be their authentic selves] as “nihilistic violent extremists,” according to a new report. The Project 2025-supported categorization from hell, defines “NVE” as “criminal conduct…in furtherance of political, social, or religious goals that derive primarily from a hatred of society at large and a desire to bring about its collapse by sowing indiscriminate chaos.” TBH, feels like the GOP is telling on themselves with this one.

Trump made a central appearance at Charlie Kirk’s funeral [expected]. At the podium, he shared that he differed from Charlie in that he hates his opponents and doesn’t want the best for them [classic].

According to investigative reporting from the Miami Herald, hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees have dropped off the grid after leaving the detention center in some capacity. By the numbers, ~800 detainees showed no record in ICE’s database, and more than 450 didn’t have a location listed.

Trump told the press that when “97% of the stories are bad about a person, that’s no longer free speech.” That’s not girl math, that’s authoritarian math.

A man was arrested in Arizona and is facing terrorism charges, after he’d allegedly shared via a crisis hotline that he had plans to shoot up a gay bar. The shared plans triggered a welfare check by police, with the man telling them that his threats were based on his anger over the murder of Charlie Kirk.

Hegseth’s Defense Department has set out new rules for the press, requiring them to sign a wack ass pledge that if they don’t sign will result in them losing their Pentagon press credentials. The new rules include a block on gathering or reporting info [even if unclassified] unless it’s been authorized for official release by the government.

At the UN, Trump crashed out over a broken escalator and a broken teleprompter. His speech, which included telling all other countries that they’re going to hell, can be best sparknoted with this.

Fmr VP Kamala Harris has been on the press tour grind for her new book. Top takeaway moments include this one with Rachel Maddow, telling CEOs to stand up.

Two Oklahoma Republicans have intro’d a bill that would require that all of the state’s public universities build a “Charlie Kirk Memorial Plaza” that includes a sign that would declare Kirk a “modern civil rights leader.” If a university didn’t follow suit, they would have to pay a monthly fine.

Wisconsin’s only deafblind youth program is closing its doors because the Trump’s Department of Education cut it. The reason for the cut? Apparently the program had “goals involving diversity.” The program, which families told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is a “lifeline,” taught deafblind kids ASL, assistive tech, and life skills from the jump.

Trump’s Dept of Edu is #collabing with more than 40 conservative orgs to make “civics” content in honor of USA’s 250th birthday. The group of orgs has been dubbed the America 250 Civics Education Coalition and includes Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA and the Heritage Foundation as its leads. Mind you, according to NPR, the federal gov isn’t allowed to direct/supervise/control school curriculums.

As Trump and the GOP continue to blame “the radical left” for political violence, Time Mag took to the IG feed with this chart, showcasing that the majority of political violence actually comes from the right.

The dollar has fallen faster than Hawk Tuah’s short-lived career, with the dollar falling a whopping 11% in value from Trump’s inauguration through June 2025 – the biggest decline in over 50 years.

A yearly survey that’s been done to track food insecurity across the country, the Household Food Security Report, has gotten the Trump Admin axe. The report’s longstanding goal has been to provide data that can inform how to combat food insecurity, and in some version of political twister, the Trump Admin has dubbed that goal as ‘too politicized.’ 

American’s credit scores are dropping at the fastest pace since the Great Recession. Gen-Z specifically is cited as having the biggest credit score decline, with an average three-point drop.

Two droughts of shitty proportions are hitting Vermont dairy farmers harder than a Nor’easter. The result is farmers needing to spend mega-bucks to bring in water and feed to keep their cows moo-ving. For ref on impact, per CBS News, dairy farming generates $5.4 billion for the state’s economy yearly.

Sunday was a day of chaos for holders of H-1B visas, specifically those that received news while returning to the U.S. that there would now be a $100,000 fee for H-1B visa holders. The confusion was brought down a notch when the Trump Admin clarified that the new fee would not apply to current H-1B visa holders. However, the news has absolutely rattled visa holders and businesses [and anyone that has a desire for a competitive economy and talent pool]. 

During a Teen Vogue Summit panel, Vivian Musk shared how gender affirming care saved her life. The model also discussed the dangerous demonization of trans people that’s been happening from the powers that be.

These Dems members of Congress, who are all members of the Dads Caucus, shared the worst places they’ve had to change their child’s diaper before, using it as the catalyst to discuss their legislation that would make it easiest for small businesses to install diaper changing stations in their bathrooms.

Congressman John Larson [D-CT] went scorched earth on Republicans, Elon, and DOGE for operating outside of Congress and having no backbone, to the point where no one knew if the mic in front of him would hold up.

Sen. John Hickenlooper [D-CO] asked former CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez and former CDC Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Debra Houry what keeps them up at night – and their answers might keep you up too.

The National Guard has been spotted hard at work in DC cleaning, which was further confirmed via this statement that shares: “Guardsman have cleared 1,022 bags of trash, spread 744 cubic yards of mulch, removed 35 truckloads of plant waste, cleared 6.7 miles of roadway, and painted 270 feet of fencing.”

Don Lemon sat down with Sen. Slotkin [D-MI] asked her point blank, “is free speech dead?” This is what she said.

A self-proclaimed pro-MAGA rapper known as…drum roll please… “Forgiato Blow,” performed a song he wrote in honor of Charlie Kirk to supporters waiting in line to attend Kirk’s funeral.

10 NY state legislators and NYC Comptroller Brad Lander were arrested last week while protesting ICE on what has become a terrifyingly notorious floor in 26 Federal Plaza. Additional electeds were arrested outside the building as well – which btw, Homeland Security referred to as “agistators and sanctuary politicians.”

A federal judge has ruled that an offshore wind project that was put on pause in August by the Trump Admin, can resume its construction. The nearly complete project had received a stop-work order under the guise of national security, leading the developer behind the project, and the two states involved – Rhode Island and Connecticut – to sue [aka how we got here].

In another “L” for Trump, a federal judge ordered that the Trump Admin restore $500 million in federal grant money to UCLA -  money that Admin had frozen. The judge’s injunction is based on what she views as a likely violation of Administrative Procedure Act.

SCOTUS has agreed to take up a rush job case from Trump on whether he can fire members of the Federal Trade Commission [FTC]. In the meantime, while SCOTUS twiddles their legal thumbs, they’ve allowed Trump to go ahead and fire Rebecca Slaughter, the FTC Commissioner the case is built around. 

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