Good Friday morning.
Here is what’s on President Trump’s agenda today:
8:00 AM THE PRESIDENT participates in Executive Time
12:30 PM THE PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting
1:30 PM THE PRESIDENT signs Executive Orders
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Two minutes of hate:
Domestic issues are starting to look especially important for the midterm landscape. Some Republicans are openly pushing back on Trump’s support for rapid AI data-center expansion because voters are worried about higher electricity bills and local development. The astroturfed campaign against data centers, certainly foreign by foreign adversaries with an intrest in crippling US innovation, has been particularly effective.
Mortgage rates are moving back toward 7 percent, their highest level of 2026, adding to the affordability problem plaguing America.
Additionally, a pretty wild Gallup poll finding: 89 percent of Americans now say corruption is widespread in the federal government, suggesting that distrust of Washington may be one of the few issues voters across the political spectrum still broadly agree on. The results show that Democrats are feeding the increase which is no surprise because the Trump deranged media is obsessively focused on Trump’s “corruption” and the lefties that orient themselves according to the New York Times’ dictates are just parroting what they read. I would bet Republicans who say that corruption is widespread are referring to all the disclosures of Biden-era shenanigans the Trump administration has revealed.
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Trump continues to fight on several political fronts, including a Supreme Court battle over new mail-ballot rules. The administration is seeking permission to implement new Postal Service requirements for mail ballots before November’s midterms. The Democrats are very worried about mail ballot transparency because they get a substantial amount of electoral help via curious performance with mail ballot voting. There was a redistricting setback in Missouri, with the state’s supreme court ruling that a Republican-drawn congressional map cannot be used in the November midterms without first going before voters in a statewide referendum. Republicans are concerned about whether Trump is spending enough money to protect vulnerable GOP candidates before the midterms.
News roundup:
Excavation work on Trump’s arch in Washington to begin over next 2 weeks, administration says
Johnson cancels House votes, leaving few days in session before midterms
Some battleground Republicans set to skip GOP midterm convention next week
Unemployment claims tick up to 206,000 but remain at historically low levels
A record 47% want stronger unions. Labor’s challenge is turning support into power.
Maria Bartiromo departs Fox
Brain implants fuel U.S.-China bioscience rivalry
Pro-Migration Lobbies Defend College Pipeline for Migrant Workers
Xi Jinping Proposes Elbowing U.S. Out of Middle East on Egypt Trip
Federal Court Blocks Virginia Law Banning Police from Working with ICE
Elliot Page Says She Hasn’t Been Offered Any Film Roles Since ‘The Odyssey’: ‘A Little Tricky… for Obvious Reasons’
Rep. Eli Crane: We Should Be ‘Clearing the Way’ to Suppressor Access
Alleged Minneapolis Shooter Was Known to Police
Smithsonian showdown intensifies as Trump administration issues a stark new warning
Deadpool’ star Ryan Reynolds torches 1980s nostalgia, calls decade a ‘f—ing mess’ people ‘forget’
DOJ charges ICE officer with lying to investigators following Minneapolis shooting of Venezuelan man
Israeli medics train US synagogues how to respond to attacks, as high holidays approach
Maduro claims immunity, asks judge to dismiss drug-trafficking charges against him and his wife
Trump admin again asks Supreme Court to allow mail-in voting order
Pentagon temporarily rescinds new testosterone screening rules for men over 30
Vance conditions Iran talks on end to Iranian strikes on commercial shipping
First disclosure of Elon Musk’s super PAC shows heavy spending in Texas, Maine races
Older people outnumber younger people for the first time in recorded history: U.S. Census
Burning Man has become a wrinkled sausage fest of aging millennial men, data shows
Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer irate as he fights for juror to be removed
NY pols introduce legislation designating ‘9-25’ as Dolly Parton day
Kamala Harris brutally snubbed by Dems in battleground races as she plots major campaign: ‘Bad idea’
Green Card wait for most Indian immigrants is now 179 years after Trump imposed tough limits
Trump admin targets 18K schools with race-based criteria — threatening pricey consequences
15 colleges now cost $100k+ per year — and almost none of them are worth it
RFK Jr. is investigating whether troops died of Covid vaccine, Army doctor says
Secret Service failed to update protection policies for decades, report finds
Somehow Voters Still Hate Democrats More Than Republicans
House Cancels Two Weeks Of Work After Brief Return
DHS Considers Blocking Some Foreign Pregnant Women From Entering U.S.
U.S. military reviewing deadly strike on Iranian wedding
Report: Canada Gave Millions in Contracts to Son of Iran’s Former Vice President
Ted Cruz Plots Anti-Trump 2028 Presidential Campaign
Jeanine Pirro: DOJ Seizes $560K In Cryptocurrency Meant for Hamas, Derails Recruitment Network
US military took down approximately 100 suspected cartel drones at southern border in August
Judge grants injunction against NCAA, SEC, allowing athletes with NFL ties eligible to play for LSU, others
California legislature raises several new taxes to bring in billions of dollars more
Biden to attend 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York City along with Obama, Bush and JD Vance
Professors punished for resisting woke orthodoxy win six-figure settlements, freedom to teach
CHP launches 78-hour crackdown over Labor Day weekend
Nithya Raman wins Democratic Socialists’ endorsement in bid to unseat LA Mayor Karen Bass
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Anod that’s all I’ve got, now go beat back the angry mob!
