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This Week in Tyranny: Trump Excluded From His Own War Room, Food Stamps Cut, Tariffs Refunded to Corporations Not Families
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This Week in Tyranny: The Wall Street Journal reported Trump’s military advisers deliberately excluded him from a live rescue mission inside Iran, they feared his erratic behavior would get troops killed. His generals concluded the most dangerous variable in the operation was Donald Trump himself.
The Big Beautiful Bullshit Bill’s SNAP paperwork requirements have stripped 2.5 million Americans of food benefits, with 4 million expected after the first round phases in.
Trump’s 2027 budget eliminates LIHEAP for the sixth time while raising defense spending to $1.5 trillion - ships, weapons, aircraft, and a new battleship named after Trump. Defense contractor stocks jumped 5% the day it dropped.
Starting Monday, $166 billion in illegal tariff refunds flows back to corporations, not the families who paid $1,700 each.
Tulsi Gabbard filed criminal referrals against the Ukraine whistleblower and the inspector general who triggered Trump’s first impeachment.
Guards at Alligator Alcatraz beat detainees after a federal judge ordered their rights protected.
Rapid fire: Vought lied to Congress about impoundment, an ICE officer was criminally charged in Minnesota, Trump’s all-Trump commission approved a 250-foot golden arch at Arlington Cemetery despite 100% public opposition. The people buried there are the ones Trump called suckers.
Welcome to the golden age.
Hat tip to Jonathan Larsen at The Fucking News for his stellar reporting. Follow him!
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