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What? Catering to a known liar and cheat's ego might not be a good idea? How can that be?
Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jan/18/emb…

What? Catering to a known liar and cheat's ego might not be a good idea? How can that be?
Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jan/18/emb…

Vladimir Putin demanded that Ukraine hand over full control of Donetsk Oblast to Russia as a condition for ending the war during a phone call with Donald Trump this week
After this call, in a shift of rhetoric, Trump indicated he would not supply Ukraine with long range cruise missiles

Putin reemphasized full Donetsk control as key to any deal while signaling possible compromises on Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts in Trump call, WP reports
Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that Ukraine hand over full control of Donetsk Oblast to Russia as a condition for ending the war during a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump this week, The Washington Post reported on Oct. 18, citing two senior U.S. officials.

Trump calls for ABC to lose its broadcast license and says Brendan Carr "should look at that" after an ABC reporter asked questions about Khashoggi and Epstein (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/11/trump-abc-license-mary-bruce-saudi-…

Donald Trump Says ABC Should Lose Its Broadcast License After Getting Irate Over Reporter’s Questions About Jamal Khashoggi Murder, Jeffrey Epstein Files
Donald Trump called for ABC to lose its broadcast license over a reporter's questions about the Khashoggi murder and the Epstein files.

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump is Increasing Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research (President Donald J. Trump/The White House)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/12/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-is-increasing-medical-marijuana-and-cannabidiol-research/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251218/p140#a251218p140

This is Europe’s secret weapon against Trump: it could burst his AI bubble | Johnny Ryan | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/17/europe-donald-trump-ai-bubble-us-economy-eu

You have got to be kidding me!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/dec/17/donald-trump-venezuela-…

Donald Trump says Venezuela ‘illegally took’ US oil and ‘we want it back’ – live
President tells reporters that Venezuela ‘took all of our energy rights’ in latest ramping up of rhetoric

Donald Trump Orders Release of Congressman's Son, Who Got 8 Years for Distributing Meth
https://people.com/donald-trump-orders-release-congressman-s-son-who-got-8-years-distributing-meth-11887952

Trump soll Ukraine zur Annahme russischer Bedingungen gedrängt haben
US-Präsident Donald Trump hat die Ukraine einem Medienbericht zufolge gedrängt, die Bedingungen Russlands für eine Beendigung des Krieges zu akzeptieren - sich damit aber nicht durchgesetzt. Trump habe bei einem Treffen mit dem ukrainischen Präsidenten Wolodymyr Selenskyj am Freitag im Weißen Haus gewarnt, Russlands Präsident Wladimir Putin drohe damit, die …
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Putin verlangt offenbar Kontrolle über Donezk ++
Russlands Präsident Putin soll laut einem Medienbericht im Telefonat mit US-Präsident Trump die Kontrolle über das Gebiet Donezk zur Bedingung für ein Ende des Kriegs gemacht haben. Die Ukraine meldet russische Angriffe auf mehrere Städte.

Bursting AI bubble may be EU’s “secret weapon” in clash with Trump, expert says:
Spotify and Accenture caught in crossfire as Trump attacks EU tech regulations.
The US threatened to restrict some of the largest service providers in the European Union as retaliation for EU tech regulations and investigations are increasingly drawing Donald Trump’s ire. […]
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Bursting AI bubble may be EU’s “secret weapon” in clash with Trump, expert says
Spotify and Accenture caught in crossfire as Trump attacks EU tech regulations.

This feels like a massive insult to the FIFA Peace Prize.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/19/donald-trump-greenland-threats-nobel-prize-snub-letter

Donald Trump links threats to seize Greenland to Nobel prize snub in letter
US president says he no longer feels the need to think ‘purely of peace’ in letter to Norwegian prime minister

President Donald Trump signs law strengthening stadium security against drones https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6903655/2025/12/19/trump-drone-law-stadium-security/

Donald Trump's Moral Compass
#trump

"Rare" weakness? From a dude who's nickname is TACO?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/politics/reverse-course-trump-epstein-files-release-weakness

Jack Smith tells Congress he could prove Trump engaged in a 'criminal scheme' to overturn 2020 election - NBC https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jack-smith-tells-congress-prove-trump-enga…

Jack Smith tells Congress he could prove Trump engaged in a 'criminal scheme' to overturn 2020 election
WASHINGTON — Former special counsel Jack Smith told a congressional committee Wednesday that his team found "proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that President Donald Trump engaged in a “criminal scheme” to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to parts of his opening statement obtained by NBC News

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald-trump-has-posted-an-ai-video-of-himself-dumping-st-on-protesters_uk_68f47da4e4b0e68c2dd0afe4
Note to all reporters, pundits, editorial writers, …

Donald Trump Has Posted An AI Video Of Himself Dumping S**t On Protesters
The US president is seen flying a fighter jet and wearing a crown as he targets those taking part in "No Kings" marches

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Trump Frees
MAGA Rep’s
Meth Dealer Son
in Pardon Spree
https://www.newsbreak.com/share/4447337915477-trump-frees-maga-rep-s-meth-dealer-son-in-pardon-spree

Trump Frees MAGA Rep’s Meth Dealer Son in Pardon Spree - NewsBreak
President Donald Trump’s tough-on-crime rhetoric appears to come with a caveat for people in his political orbit. Trump quietly commuted the sentence of Ja

Is Trump talking about:
❓Inflation & cost of living
❓American healthcare
❓US unemployment
❓Food for the underprivileged
❓The Epstein files
OF COURSE NOT!
☑️ #Trump Brags About #Ballroom Renovations During

Trump Brags About Ballroom Renovations During Epstein Firestorm
Donald Trump remains unbothered by the Epstein chaos.

De VS onder Trump is niet onze bondgenoot of bevriende natie, maar gaat meer richting een vijand, die realiteit moeten de politici nu wel gaan erkennen. Ook in hun uitlatingen.
Trump komt met importheffing voor onder meer Nederland vanwege Groenland https://www.

Trump komt met importheffing voor onder meer Nederland vanwege Groenland
De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump heeft handelsheffingen aangekondigd voor een aantal Europese landen, waaronder Nederland, vanwege de spanningen rond Groenland. De importheffing bedraagt 10 procent op alle producten en zal ingaan op 1 februari.

Trump signs defense bill allocating millions for Cyber Command, mandating Pentagon phone security https://therecord.media/trump-signs-ndaa-cyber-command

Polymarket and Kalshi count Donald Trump Jr. as an adviser, and Trump Media plans to launch Truth Predict, raising ethical questions during Trump's second term (Sharon LaFraniere/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/politics/donald-…

Leading Prediction Firms Share a Commonality: Donald Trump Jr.
Traders in companies with ties to the president’s eldest son can bet on the outcome of events the president affects.

Les trumpettes de la renommée | http://lavoiedelepee.blogspot.com/2025/12/les-trumpettes-de-la-renommee.html
#trump

Les trumpettes de la renommée
Donald Trump a probablement sa nouvelle guerre. C’est la troisième véritable de son nouveau mandat, ce qui est quand même beaucoup en onze m...

During an Air Force One gaggle, President Trump said "Quiet, quiet, piggy" to a female Bloomberg reporter when she asked him about the Jeffrey Epstein emails (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/11/trump-quiet-piggy-jeffrey-epstein-1236621364/…

“Quiet, Piggy”: Donald Trump Lashes Out At Female Reporter Who Asked About Jeffrey Epstein Files
The White House posted a video to its website of Donald Trump‘s recent gaggle with reporters on Air Force One, but one brief moment has drawn media attention. That came on Friday, when one female reporter attempted to ask the president about the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. She appeared to be attempting to […]

Ukraine has a coastline of ~1,729 miles (~2,782km), and a very small navy. Russia blockaded them and end up with a bunch of their ships becoming coral reefs, and largely withdrawing from the Black Sea.
Venezuela has a coastline of 1,700 miles (~2,800km), and a very small navy. The US is gonna blockade them and…

Trump orders blockade of oil tankers into Venezuela
President Donald Trump says he is ordering a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro. The moves comes after U.S. forces last week seized an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast, an unusual move that followed a buildup of military forces in the region. In a post on social media Tuesday night announcing the blockade, Trump alleged Venezuela was using oil to fund drug trafficking and other crimes. The bu…

Trump Phone verzögert sich wohl weiter #trump
https://www.fr.de/wirtschaft/betrug-im-weissen-haus-wo-bleibt-eigentlich-das-trump-phone-zr-9…

Betrugsvorwurf gegen Trump-Söhne: „Scam“ um goldenes Smartphone – Mitarbeiter gibt zu: „Nie eins gesehen“
Unter dem Namen Donald Trump werden unzählige Produkte vertrieben. Darunter auch ein Smartphone. Der Haken: Bei den Geräten wird ein Betrugsversuch vermutet.

#resist

Trump and Mr Bone Saw stage love-in as Saudi’s $1tn wipes the bloody slate clean
In the Oval Office the US president dismissed the murder of the columnist Jamal Khashoggi, saying: ‘things happen’

Donald Trump Has Posted An AI Video Of Himself Dumping S**t On Protesters (Kevin Schofield/HuffPost)
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-posted-ai-video-062046140.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251019/p44#a251019p44

In acht Tagen spreche ich im #39C3 Sendezentrum im c’t uplink Podcast mit @… und anderen Gästen über #DigitaleSouveränität.
Habt Ihr dazu in letzter Z…

#TheAtlantic has compiled a series of photos showing #protests against Darth Donald #Trump and his administration that have taken place over the last few days. While the crowd was small compared to those supporting…

Photos: More ‘No Kings’ Protests Across the U.S.
Organizers expect millions of Americans to attend rallies in cities and towns across America, protesting the policies and actions of President Trump and his administration.

Feiert sich selbst - Trump in Rede: Viel Selbstlob und Hass auf Biden #News #Nachrichten

Epstein directed a survivor to have sex with male guests at party Trump attended: report - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-2674617242/

Trump sought to pin any worries about high inflation on his predecessor, Joe Biden.
“Eleven months ago, I inherited a mess,
and I’m fixing it,” Trump said.
“We’re poised for an economic boom, the likes of which the world has never seen.”
His holiday wishes came at a crucial time as he tries to rebuild his steadily eroding popularity.
Public polling shows most U.S. adults are frustrated with his handling of the economy as
inflation picked up after his tari…

WATCH: Trump addresses the nation from the White House | PBS News special coverage
President Donald Trump delivered a politically charged speech Wednesday carried live in prime time on network television, seeking to pin the blame for economic challenges on Democrats while announcing he is sending a $1,776 bonus check to U.S. troops for Christmas.

Machado gave Trump the Nobel prize medal and got a swag bag in return, aha. Not even a t-shirt?!?
And of course he kept the medal—it’s made of gold, after all.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/15/americas/venezuela-machado-trump-meeting-nobel-intl-hnk

Im ersten Jahr seiner Amtszeit hat der Donald Trump sein Privatvermögen gewaltig vergrößert. https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1196885.trump-krypto-der-praesident-macht-fette-beute.html

Ich entdecke gerade die Künstlerin Isabelle #Brourman, die als Gerichtszeichnerin den Heard-vs-Depp-Prozess, die New Yorker Prozessse gegen Donald #Trump und Laetitia James begleitet hat und jetzt die Abschiebungsmaschinerie der USA "removable as charged" künstlerisch begleitet.
-Artik…

A federal appeals court upholds a lower court's 2023 dismissal of Trump's defamation suit against CNN for calling his 2020 stolen election claims the "Big Lie" (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/11/trump-cnn-lawsuit-dismissed…

Appeals Court Rejects Donald Trump’s Attempt To Revive Lawsuit Against CNN
Trump had sued the network over the use of the term "The Big Lie."

Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy' (Meredith Kile/People)
https://people.com/donald-trump-snaps-quiet-piggy-at-female-reporter-who-asks-about-epstein-11851131
http://www.memeorandum.com/251117/p149#a251117p149

Under Trump, Inflation Is Costing Average US Family $700 More Per Month | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/inflation-under-donald-trump

Donald Trump is worried that Republicans aren’t as afraid of him as they used to be.
Despite his self-billing as a dealmaker,
the president has only ever had one tool to control his party: fear.
GOP politicians have been afraid of career damage and literal physical harm if they crossed him.
Trump is not above reminding elected officials that he has unhinged followers who are known to be violent.
But as his approval ratings fall and the 2026 midterm elections …

Republicans are quiet quitting on Trump
The White House chief of staff says the president has “an alcoholic’s personality”

Bericht: Putin verlangt in Trump-Anruf Kontrolle über Donezk
Kremlchef Wladimir Putin soll einem Medienbericht zufolge in seinem Telefonat mit US-Präsident Donald Trump die Abtretung des strategisch wichtigen Gebiets Donezk von der Ukraine als Bedingung für ein Ende des russischen Angriffskriegs gefordert haben. Im Gegenzug soll Moskau bereit sein, Teile von zwei weiteren, teilweise von Russland ein…
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Did you know Trump repeatedly lied lied LIED & bankrupted an entire sports league all because the NFL hurt his feelings?
▶️ One Man’s Ego vs. the NFL: Donald Trump and the demise of the USFL - Press Box Chronicles
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lCjWo9A_51E&si=LGdbd7…

Trump not ruling out war with Venezuela (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-not-ruling-war-venezuela-rcna250012
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p10#a251219p10

A profile of Wang Jian, a journalist who has moved to the US in 2018 due to increasing press restrictions in Hong Kong and has built a news operation on YouTube (Lauren Hilgers/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct

TL;DR: ; yes.
Did the Trump-Kennedy Center board violate federal law by renaming facility? | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/kennedy-center-donald-trump-rename-performing-arts-b2887327.html

Streit mit Unis - Trump löst nun sogar Bildungsministerium auf #News #Nachrichten

Donald Trump nimmt sich, was er will #trump #wtf #fifa

FIFA Klub-WM: Donald Trump erneut im Rampenlicht - Präsident behält Pokal
Der FC Chelsea hat die Klub-WM gewonnen. Den originalen Pokal darf jedoch jemand anderes behalten: Donald Trump. Der Klub aus London muss sich mit einer Kopie zufrieden geben.

Donald Trump is borrowing a strategy from authoritarian regimes to intimidate potential critics and discourage them from speaking out, according to a senator under investigation by his administration.
Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, faces questioning after she organised and appeared in a video with other Democrats imploring military service members to refuse “illegal orders”. Fellow senator Mark Kelly and three Democrats from the House of Representatives are also being invest…

Brutal New Poll Shows Just How Badly Donald Trump Is Tanking On Epstein And The Economy (Reuters)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-reuters-poll_n_691d6dcde4b06f2a60ca9428
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p24#a251119p24

“ A European diplomat said that troops from the Netherlands, Canada and Germany were also taking part.” , https://www.politico.eu/article/denmark-allies-boost-greenland-military-presence-donald-trump-ramps-up-pressure/

Denmark and allies boost Greenland military footprint as Trump ramps up pressure
The deployment comes as U.S. President Donald Trump intensifies talk of taking over the Arctic island.

Your reminder that Trump openly threatened the citizenship of Zohran Mamdani.
✅ Trump ramps up attacks against Zohran Mamdani | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/trump-zohran-mamdani-new-york-communism-attacks-nyc-ma…

Trump ramps up attacks against Zohran Mamdani
President Donald Trump has a new political foil: New York’s Democratic nominee for mayor, Zohran Mamdani. In recent days, the president has escalated his attacks against the 33-year-old self-described Democratic socialist, threatening to arrest Mamdani, to deport him and even take over the country’s largest city if he wins the general election in November. Mamdani’s stunning, surprise victory over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has given Republicans a new target as they seek to paint t…

Donald Trump delivered a fear-drenched rant live from the White House
This Is What Presidential Panic Looks Like
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/what-presidential-panic-looks-like/685307/

This Is What Presidential Panic Looks Like
Donald Trump delivered a fear-drenched rant live from the White House.

„Hab‘ sie angeschrien“ - Kein Deal: Trump sauer auf „dumme“ Handelspartner #News #Nachrichten <…

Trump suspends green-card lottery program used by Brown University, MIT shootings suspect (The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5656588-donald-trump-green-card-lottery-suspension-brown-mit-shootings/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p71#a251219p71

Donald Trump and his top advisers have set aggressive goals for deporting historic numbers of immigrants.
But “the largest Mass Deportation Operation of Illegal Aliens in History,” as Trump described it, requires officers — lots of them.
Far more, it turns out, than Immigration and Customs Enforcement has on staff.
So the administration is shifting tens of thousands of personnel from other federal agencies to help ICE,
-- raising concerns that other law enforcement…

How Trump’s Immigration Focus Hinders Federal Crime Fighting
“It’s a good time to be an American-born criminal,” said one expert, as ICE’s dragnet now includes thousands of agents from other federal law enforcement.

Trump jabs 'No Kings' protesters with AI videos of himself wearing crown (Zac Anderson/USA Today)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/19/donald-trump-no-kings-crown-protests-videos-rallies/86782600007/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=68f4d9e741ccb1000198431c
http://www.memeorandum.com/251019/p25#a251019p25

KI-Video geht viral - „König“ Trump wirft Gülle auf Demonstranten ab #News #Nachrichten

For two decades, the media defaulted to portraying
Chief Justice John Roberts as a moderate institutionalist,
pointing to high-profile decisions
—to uphold parts of the Affordable Care Act or striking down President Donald Trump’s attempt to ask about citizenship in the 2020 census
—in which he broke from conservative orthodoxy.
But those decisions were always the exception.
Today, as the Roberts court rewrites the Constitution in the image of Trumpian aut…

This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.

"Two Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Monday added their names to a discharge petition that will now force a vote on legislation to restore the collective bargaining rights of hundreds of thousands of federal workers targeted by GOP President Donald Trump."
'Speaker Johnson has run out of excuses': Major org cheers as Republicans break with Trump - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-2674303971/

On July 18, a mild, overcast night in Nairobi, Kenya, a team of Donald Trump’s top foreign aid advisers
ducked into a meeting room at the Tribe Hotel,
their luxury accommodations in the city’s diplomatic quarter,
for a private dinner.
To press the urgency of the situation in East Africa, the embassy officials enlisted Dragica Pajevic,
a World Food Program veteran of more than two decades.
Pajevic arrived at the Tribe Hotel early. She brought props. The b…

Inside the Trump Administration’s Man-Made Hunger Crisis
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.

Secret Service discovers hunting stand with direct sight line to Trump's Air Force One exit in Florida (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/secret-service-discovers-hunting-stand-direct-sight-line-air-force-one-rcna238477
http://www.memeorandum.com/251019/p51#a251019p51

Dozens of former US Department of Justice attorneys have now gone on record to describe the unprecedented corruption of federal law enforcement taking place during Donald Trump’s second term.
In a lengthy story published on Sunday by the New York Times,
the former DOJ attorneys described rampant politicization of prosecutions,
directives to dig up evidence on Trump’s political foes,
and orders to drop investigations into potential terrorist plots and white-collar crime…

‘Americans Should Be Enraged’: Reports Expose Unprecedented Corruption at Trump DOJ | Common Dreams
Former DOJ attorneys detail unprecedented corruption under Trump's second term. Politicization, pardons, and misuse of power exposed.

Former NATO chief accuses Trump of ‘gangster’ threat over Greenland as protests held in Denmark | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/nato-greenland-donald-trump-denmark-protest-b2902402.html

Sources: Bay Area radio station KCBS-AM, which faced MAGA backlash over ICE coverage, scaled back political reporting after Brendan Carr's threats of a probe (Byron Tau/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-media-fcc-kcbs-5dbed5c466771d53e2c7…

How a local radio station weathered Trump's media attacks
Six days into President Donald Trump's new administration, the San Francisco Bay-area radio station KCBS-AM and other outlets reported on local immigration raids. The brief story quickly drew the ire of conservative influencers who attacked KCBS’ report as endangering agents’ lives. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr accused KCBS of failing to operate in the public interest and said he was opening an investigation. Current and former staffers say KCBS began taking steps…

Political leaders, CEOs and opinion-makers arrived at #Davos in Switzerland ahead of the World Economic Forum ( #WEF ),
with mounting trade tensions between the US and Europe set to dominate discussions after Donald Trump’s renewed tariff threats.
Trump, who is expected to deliver a keynote address later this week…

World leaders gather in Davos with Trump’s Greenland threats set to dominate forum
Influential meeting takes place as Europe scrambles to respond to Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats

Popular podcaster and comedian Tim Dillon,
who’s credited with helping bring young male voters over to President Donald Trump,
now has a dire prediction for MAGA.
“Let’s look at Trump here, and I do think, unfortunately, this is, kind of is the end of
— and I say unfortunately not because I care, truly
— but I say unfortunately because it seems to not be doing anything good for anyone,” Dillon said.
He continued:
This is the end of the Trump admini…

Tim Dillon Claims ‘This Is The End Of The Trump Administration’: ‘It’s Obvious To ...
Popular podcaster and comic Tim Dillon, who's credited with helping bring young male voters over to President Donald Trump, now has a dire prediction for MAGA.

Former NIH scientist sues Trump administration, claims illegal firing over research cuts | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-nih-national-institutes-of-health-washington-national-institute-of-allergy-and-infectious-diseases-b2885886.html

John Catsimatidis on Donald Trump, Immigration, and New York Republicans (The New York Editorial Board)
https://nyeditorialboard.substack.com/p/john-catsimatidis-on-donald-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p87#a251217p87

A profile of Bari Weiss and an in-depth look at her hostile takeover of CBS News; a source says Weiss has said she is pursuing a "de-Baathification of CBS" (Clare Malone/New Yorker)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01

Inside Bari Weiss’s Hostile Takeover of CBS News
A Profile of the new editor-in-chief, covering her previous work at the Times and The Free Press and her work and relationships with Larry and David Ellison, Donald Trump, Sharyn Alfonsi, and Tony Dokoupil.

Donald Trump has comprehensively
failed to meet a key election promise
to slash Americans’ energy bills in half within the first year of his presidency
-- with ❌power prices instead surging across the US.
The average household electricity bill in the US was 💥6.7% more expensive in 2025 compared with the previous year,
according to a Guardian analysis of data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the Department of Energy’s statistical arm.
The i…

Trump expected to sign an order moving to reclassify cannabis and open up medical potential (Julie Tsirkin/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-expected-order-reclassify-cannabis-open-medical-pot-rcna249550
http://www.memeorandum.com/251216/p138#a251216p138

As Donald Trump ramped up his threats against the people he is supposed to be working for,
his administration’s extreme immigration enforcement led Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to admit that anyone
— U.S. citizen or otherwise
— should be prepared to have to prove their citizenship to DHS agents.
Asked Thursday about U.S. citizens being asked to provide proof of citizenship in Minnesota
and whether that is “targeted enforcement,”
Noem said the f…

Noem says that virtually anyone could face a Kavanaugh stop
Trump started off the day with an Insurrection Act threat. Noem followed up by saying that anyone "surrounding" any DHS target has to prove their legal status.

Nearly 60 percent of Americans in new survey have negative view of Donald Trump's economy
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5694036-trump-economy-weakness-survey/

Russian officials welcomed Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland,
with Kremlin economic negotiator Kirill Dmitriev claiming on Jan. 17 that the move signals
the "collapse" of the transatlantic alliance.
https://kyivindepen…

Russia welcomes Trump's tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland as 'collapse' of alliance
"The transatlantic alliance is over," Kremlin economic negotiator Kirill Dmitriev said.

US prices rose 2.7% in the year to November,
according to federal data released
a day after Donald Trump claimed they were falling “very fast” on his watch.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/18/november-us-inflation?CMP=Sh…

The EU's problem isn't Belgium -- it's Trump (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-belgium-donald-trump-vladimir-putin-russia-war-ukraine-friedrich-merz/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p50#a251217p50

“I no longer wish to represent a company that coddles a man so seemingly void of compassion as he marches our country towards autocracy”
Mick Foley cuts ties with WWE, citing Donald Trump's comments on Rob Reiner
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5651850-foley-quits-wwe-trump-ties/

A broad retreat is underway in the nonprofit world.
After Donald Trump ordered his administration to root out “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts earlier this year,
opening the door to investigations and funding cuts for offenders,
more than 1,000 charities rewrote their mission statements in forms they filed this year with the Internal Revenue Service,
removing or minimizing language tied to race, inequity and historically disadvantaged communities.<…

Deleting DEI
As the Trump administration ordered agencies to eradicate “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, we identified more than 1,000 nonprofits that removed such language from the mission statements in their tax filings.

For a president who wants to project vigor and command at all times, Donald Trump made the worst possible spectacle of himself in the Oval Office last Thursday
when a participant fainted and several officials on hand rushed over.
-- Not Trump, however, who, after turning to look at the fallen man, stood a few feet away at the Resolute Desk with his back to the action, wearing an indifferent expression.
This was pointedly reflected in news photos that instantly went viral.

Donald Trump Is a Lamer Duck Than Ever
Even though he doesn’t want you to think so

Reagan-Era Judge Calls Trump 'Authoritarian' As He Prepares To Block Deportations (Katelynn Richardson/The Daily Caller)
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/16/reagan-era-judge-william-young-donald-trump-authoritarian/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260116/p109#a260116p109

Donald Trump on Monday blamed Rob Reiner’s outspoken opposition to the president for the actor-director’s killing,
delivering the unsubstantiated claim in a shocking post that seemed intent on decrying his opponents even in the face of a tragedy.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-…

Trump levels political attack on Rob Reiner after his killing
President Donald Trump is blaming Rob Reiner’s outspoken opposition to the president for the actor-director’s killing, delivering the unsubstantiated claim in a shocking post that seemed intent on decrying his opponents even in the face of a tragedy. The statement on Monday, even for Trump, was a shocking comment that came as police were still investigating the deaths of the beloved director and his wife as an apparent homicide. The couple were found dead at their home Sunday in Los Angeles…

The debate regarding the “Goldwater rule” has intensified
following President Trump’s recent rambling presentation in Pennsylvania
(Trump rails on affordability ‘hoax’ and flings racist attacks in rally-style speech, 10 December).
As a physician with decades of experience in health policy, I believe the current discourse misses a vital distinction:
the difference between prohibited diagnosis and legitimate observation.
The Goldwater rule was designed to prevent …

11/19/25 ☀️ AM: ... President Donald Trump and House Republicans thought ... (Punchbowl News)
https://punchbowl.news/archive/111925-am/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p5#a251119p5

The privately funded National Trust for Historic Preservation last week asked the U.S. District Court to block Trump’s project.
“No president is legally allowed to tear down portions of the White House without any review whatsoever
— not President Trump, not President Biden, and not anyone else,” the lawsuit states.
“And no president is legally allowed to construct a ballroom on public property without giving the public the opportunity to weigh in.”
Trump had the East W…

Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security
The Trump administration says in a court filing that the president’s White House ballroom construction project must continue for unexplained national security reasons. It also says a preservationists’ organization that wants it stopped has no standing to sue. The court filing Monday was in response to a lawsuit filed last Friday by the National Trust for Historic Preservation asking a federal judge to halt President Donald Trump’s project until it goes through multiple independent reviews…

I was Donald Trump's lawyer. Jack Smith should be celebrated, not vilified. (John Dowd/MS NOW)
https://www.ms.now/opinion/jack-smith-testimony-trump-lawyer-house-republicans
http://www.memeorandum.com/251216/p151#a251216p151

Trump vs BBC
Donald Trump is suing the BBC for $10 billion
over a documentary he claims removed portions of his speech on Jan 6, 2021,
in which he urged supporters to protest the 2020 election results peacefully.
Lawsuit's claims
The lawsuit accuses the BBC of defamation and violations of Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act,
seeking $5 billion in damages for each claim.
BBC's response
The BBC says it will defend the lawsu…

Trump sues BBC for $10B over edited Jan. 6 speech
President Donald Trump is suing the BBC for $10 billion over a documentary that edited his Jan. 6, 2021, speech at the Capitol Ellipse.

Republicans Condemn Donald Trump Over Vile Remarks About Rob and Michele Reiner (Aaron Parnas/MeidasTouch News)
https://meidasnews.com/news/republicans-condemn-donald-trump-over-vile-remarks-about-rob-and-michele-reiner
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p97#a251215p97

UN security council passes US-drafted resolution authorising an international stabilisation force in Gaza
The UN security council has voted to pass the US-drafted resolution regarding the mandate for an International Stabilisation Force in Gaza, one of the key points in Trump’s Gaza plan

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Designates Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction (The White House)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/12/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-designates-fentanyl-as-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p107#a251215p107

Donald Trump has finally unveiled his long-awaited framework for healthcare affordability,
almost a year and a half after announcing during a pre-election presidential debate that he had the “concepts of a plan” for healthcare reform.
The short document, titled
"the Great Healthcare Plan",
provides four headline objectives,
but few specific details as to how they will be achieved.
The Trump administration says it intends to lower prescription pri…

Donald Trump deeply misjudged his response to the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner,
and he's incapable of understanding why.
https://bsky.app/profile/mirror.co.uk/post/3ma4h4dojyc26

The Mirror (@mirror.co.uk)
Donald Trump deeply misjudged his response to the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner, and he's incapable of understanding why. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/9-unhinged-donald-trump-moments-36410478?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1765898033

Remind me, who was president in 2020?
Oh, the *same* Donald J. Trump who is president during this *other* worst year for job growth, you say?
-- Mrs Betty Bowers
https://bsky.app/profile/mrsbettybowers.bsky.social/post/3ma5p47h6k22g

Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social)
Remind me, who was president in 2020? Oh, the *same* Donald J. Trump who is president during this *other* worst year for job growth, you say?

House Republicans on Wednesday
defeated a pair of war powers resolutions
aimed at reining in Donald Trump’s airstrikes on alleged drug-running boats in the Caribbean Sea
and Pacific Ocean
and his increasingly aggressive provocations that critics fear are leading to a war on Venezuela
htt…

House Republicans Squash Venezuela War Powers Resolutions
This follows two failed Senate attempts to stop Trump from continuing military action without congressional approval.

J.D. Vance
-- Not That One!
-- Gets 2 Years in Prison for Threatening the Vice President
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/jd-vance-threats-michigan.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=artic…

J.D. Vance, Not That One, Gets 2 Years in Prison for Threatening the Vice President
James Donald Vance Jr., of Grand Rapids, Mich., had also threatened President Trump, according to a criminal complaint.

Brandon LaRoque kept his life savings in a cryptocurrency account.
One morning, as he went to check his balance, he discovered that it was all missing.
LaRoque is one of many victims of the unregulated crypto industry,
and soon there may be more.
Donald Trump has rolled back regulation of the industry.
At the same time, he and his family have earned untold billions of dollars from new crypto ventures.
Molly White, a writer focused on the intersection…

How Crypto Is Used for Political Corruption
This new source of money is giving the administration unprecedented new powers.

Trump's latest pardons underscore the breadth of his efforts to clear anyone involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, which was won by Joe Biden.
Donald Trump on Friday issued a second pardon to Daniel Edwin Wilson,
whom he had previously pardoned for participation in the breach of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021,
but was in prison on a separate gun charge. The action was announced Saturday morning.

Trump also pardoned Suzanne Kaye, who had been sentenced to…

Trump gives second pardon to Jan. 6 participant and pardons two others
The latest pardons underscore the breadth of the efforts the president has taken to clear anyone involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.

Trump has been an outspoken critic of Biden’s use of the autopen to conduct executive business,
going as far as to display a picture of one such device in place of a portrait of his predecessor in a new “Presidential Walk of Fame” he created along the West Wing colonnade.
His Republican allies in Congress last month released a blistering critique of Biden’s alleged “diminished faculties” and mental state during his term that ranked the Democrat’s use of the autopen among “the gr…

Justice Department quietly replaced 'identical' Trump signatures on recent pardons
President Donald Trump is facing new scrutiny over the use of a replicated signature on several recent pardons. Online commenters noticed identical signatures on clemency documents for Darryl Strawberry, Glen Casada, and Michael McMahon. Two forensic experts told The Associated Press on Friday that the signatures were identical. The administration replaced the images on Thursday with new documents showing varied signatures. The Justice Department attributed the replacements to a “technical er…

Republican congressman Thomas Massie challenged Donald Trump on Sunday
over whether the US president is making a “last-ditch effort” to keep the full files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein from becoming public
by ordering a fresh investigation.
Massie and Democratic congressman Ro Khanna,
the two US representatives leading the bipartisan push to make all the files held by the government public
both raised fresh concerns about the latest actions by the Wh…

Donald Trump's family business and its Saudi partner are to build
a luxury Maldives resort that uses
blockchain technology to attract investment
https://www.memeorandum.com/251117/p41

Trump family and Saudi partner unveil tokenised Maldives resort
By Chloe Cornish / Financial Times. View the full context on memeorandum.