What Happened Today - 18 Sept 2025
What Happened Today – 18 Sept 2025
Freedom of Speech for SOME, not all
Our Healthcare…or lack thereof
Trump’s performance in the UK….F-
The Lies they told today…
Investigation’s update….
Garcia Update
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Freedom of Speech for SOME, not all
Trump is absolutely basking in the spotlight after ABC dropped the ax on Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night gig. Apparently, Kimmel went a little too rogue with his latest monologue, taking aim at MAGA and the mess around Charlie Kirk’s murder. Trump didn’t just gloat—he went to Truth Social and mocked Kimmel’s ratings, called him talentless, and demanded that NBC “do it” too by canceling Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers. He’s basically treating late-night hosts like enemy combatants, firing public threats like he’s got the FCC and every network exec on speed dial.
What’s wild is the politics behind the scenes. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr—a Trump loyalist who’s been flexing regulatory muscle hard—made it very clear that if ABC didn’t act, they risked having their affiliates’ broadcast licenses yanked or denied renewals. Carr, acting more like Trump’s enforcer than a regulator, slammed Kimmel’s remarks about Kirk’s killing as “sick” and went on air urging station owners to dump the show. Nexstar and Sinclair, two huge station groups, jumped at the chance, promptly dropping Kimmel, and that forced ABC’s hand. The whole “do what we say or else” routine is basically how Trump and his buddies have started operating: pressure from the top, overt threats about licenses, and the unmistakable message—play ball or pay the price.
Meanwhile, Hollywood’s fuming, free speech advocates are yelling about First Amendment violations, and everyone from the ACLU to SAG-AFTRA is calling it government censorship. But Trump and his fans are stoked—the more big corporations bend, the bigger his bootprint gets on American media. Forget subtlety: Trump’s bragging about running cancel culture in reverse, weaponizing “public interest” and FCC threats, and leveraging multimillion-dollar lawsuits just to keep the media nervous. Even CBS caved on interview formats after getting hit with Trump-initiated legal headaches, and Paramount’s putting a conservative policies watchdog in place as a sop to keep MAGA off their backs.
It’s not just about Kimmel anymore—it’s Trump showing the power to shut down critics, push networks around, and get corporate America to fold quick. MAGA diehards see it all as a win, cheering each new takedown of a “fake news enemy,” while late-night TV is suddenly looking less like satire and more like a battleground.
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Our Healthcare…or lack thereof
Healthcare is officially in meltdown mode thanks to Trump and the GOP’s monster budget bill. They carved out more than a trillion dollars from Medicaid and the ACA, which means regular folks are feeling the sting—premiums for ACA marketplace plans are jumping 18% across the board, but if you’re out in rural America, brace yourself for price hikes topping 100%. Some residents will lose over $1,000 in premium credits, and more than 2.8 million rural folks are directly at risk of losing coverage or being priced out entirely. Hospitals and care centers are closing left and right, ERs are jammed, and people now have to travel hours just to see a doctor or hit an ER that isn’t overwhelmed.
The wild thing is that while moderate Republicans are panicked—some even teaming up with Democrats fighting to hold onto premium subsidies—the Freedom Caucus crew is doing cartwheels, celebrating every dollar cut like they just found a winning lottery ticket. Anyone uninsured or relatively healthy will see a little less cost, but if insurance is a must (seniors, folks with chronic illness, families with kids), sky-high bills and outright loss of coverage are becoming the new normal, especially for rural Americans and the working poor.
Democrats have dropped their own mega-bill hoping to roll back those Medicaid cuts, permanently extend ACA premium subsidies, and generally stop the bleeding. But Trump’s base and House GOP are dug in, daring Dems to shut down the government before they restore funding—so Washington is now one giant standoff with millions of Americans’ health hanging in the balance.
On the vaccine front, things are absolutely bonkers. RFK Jr. (now Health Secretary) and Trump’s team have gutted mRNA vaccine development and pushed new “safer” alternatives, yanking nearly half a billion in research funds. The FDA just dropped Emergency Use Authorization for current COVID vaccines and only allows new shots for adults 65+ or those 5–64 with serious health risks; healthy adults and kids are shut out unless they can beg a reluctant doctor for a risky off-label script. States like Florida have slammed the door on mandates, making access spotty at best, and insurance won’t always cover new vaccines for low-risk groups anymore.
Congress is locked in a nasty, very public battle over mandates and access—Rand Paul is grilling former CDC heads on live TV, RFK Jr. is cheering anti-vax rhetoric on social media, and Democratic senators are joining blue states to fight back with their own pro-vaccine coalitions. The federal government’s stance is now “no mandates, minimal recommendations,” while states pick sides and confusion reigns. Meanwhile, the anti-vax crowd is emboldened, the pro-vaccine folks are organizing, and average Americans are left wading through a pile of contradictory rules just to figure out which shots are available and who will pay for them.
It’s gridlock and chaos—and it’s clear that nobody’s health or pocketbook is getting a break any time soon.
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Trump’s performance in the UK….F-
Trump's UK trip was every bit the circus you’d expect—a big parade of royal pomp for the cameras, but total embarrassment for America once the wider world tuned in. He wrapped up his trip to Windsor with the usual pageantry, but the headlines blasting around the globe weren’t about diplomacy; they were about his boneheaded speech and public protests. At Windsor Castle, Trump managed to make a mess of the state banquet, famously calling King Charles “queen” by accident in front of the whole royal family and assorted world media. He then glazed right past Queen Camilla, accidentally directing his “special queen” toast to Kate Middleton. The awkwardness just hung in the air while the assembled royals did their best to stay on script. Add in the part where he praised Charles for raising “a remarkable son” but snubbed Prince Harry entirely—and it was pure cringe, the stuff that goes viral when you want to hide under the nearest table.
That royal weirdness was just background noise to the actual street-level chaos. Thousands of Brits filled London and Windsor with “Dump Trump” signs and those infamous Trump baby blimps, calling out racism, war crimes, and his support for Israel’s Gaza campaign. Activists projected images of Trump with Epstein onto Windsor Castle, and human rights groups branded the visit a celebration of authoritarianism. Brits marched, booed, and let their feelings rip so loudly that UK officials had to route official events away from the hottest protest zones just to spare Trump more humiliation. Over 1,600 cops were deployed to keep the peace while central London choked with “Trump Not Welcome” rallies.
While Trump played diplomatic peacemaker with Starmer, promising “good news” soon on Ukraine, the details were all smoke. He offered up vague security guarantees but admitted Putin had straight-up “let him down” and wasn’t willing to deal, even after all Trump’s promises of rapid fire “deal-making.” Instead of a quick end to Russia’s invasion, the whole thing now feels like the same old stalemate, just wrapped in MAGA bravado and PR spin. Trump keeps hinting—mostly to fuel his own ego—that Ukraine peace is almost at hand, but every time he gets pressed on specifics, it’s more shrug than substance.
End of the day? America looked feckless and ridiculous on the world stage once again. Protesters drowned out the royal horse parade and made sure every viral pic reminded us how global opinion has turned. Trump’s speech blunders, dodgy photo ops, and all-around refusal to read the room made the US look more out of touch than ever. The only folks happy with the trip are MAGA diehards who don’t care about diplomacy or optics—while the rest of the planet points, laughs, and wonders when we might get our act together.
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The Lies they told today…
Karoline Leavitt put on quite the show at today’s White House press briefing—classic meltdown mode. It started with reporters hammering her about what the administration was hiding in its Medicaid chaos, and whether Trump’s team was even telling the truth about how deep the cuts actually go. Karoline’s patience ran out quick, voices rose, and she stormed out in the middle of questions, leaving the press room in total confusion. No explanations, no clarifications—just pure drama.
But it gets dumber. Just before her exit, Karoline tried spinning Medicaid cuts as the “largest middle-class tax cut in history,” completely ignoring the millions that will lose coverage and local hospitals shutting down left and right. When asked about the big hit to rural communities, she dodged with a rehearsed line about “raising wages for North Carolina families by $6,400” thanks to the bill, which economists immediately called nonsense—wage growth is nowhere near that, and most rural hospitals are facing closure instead.
Pam Bondi, Trump’s Attorney General, took the crazy up another notch by flat-out declaring on a podcast that there’s a “hate speech exemption to the First Amendment,” and promising the DOJ will “target you” for violating it. That’s not even remotely how the Constitution works. Bondi tried to walk the statement back after getting shredded for it, but the damage was done—making threats to prosecute businesses for not advertising pro-MAGA vigils.
Stephen Miller, Trump’s right-hand man, went off-script in a speech saying the administration “could use RICO, conspiracy, whatever it takes” not just for criminal charges, but to “take away money and power” from left-leaning nonprofits—even if they haven’t broken any laws. He straight-up threatened to strip away “power” for dissenters, signaling major clampdowns are coming and leaving even judges uneasy about what’s next.
And don’t forget the Proud Boys drama—one ex-leader admitted to mounting “hypocritical” campaigns of “eye for an eye” retaliation, justifying every Trump policy mess with playground logic.
Lastly, Karoline dropped her own doozy after the briefing when she tweeted that “the economy is back on track under President Trump,” ignoring the fact that markets are flat and rural America is sinking fast thanks to his healthcare bill.
If anyone is keeping score for MAGA blunders and wild statements, the scoreboard keeps climbing higher each week.
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Investigations Update…
Let’s take a real look at the laundry list of MAGA “investigations” they swore would take down everyone from Obama to Biden, Harris, and Bolton, along with those infamous “burn bags” and autopen drama. Here’s how it’s playing out: all bombast, no boom.
Obama and the Burn Bags: Trump and Kash Patel kicked off with accusations of “Obamagate” treason against Obama, complete with tall tales of burn bags filled with secret intel hidden by FBI insiders. Kash claimed he found a “secret room” loaded with these smoking-gun documents. Months later, not a single piece of “evidence” has turned into criminal charges, indictments, or even a readable press release. The Justice Department strike force announced in July hasn’t moved an inch on Obama, and all we’ve gotten are interviews with Kash and Tulsi Gabbard making wild, unsupported statements.
Biden, Harris, Autopen: The “autopen scandal” was supposed to be a historic disgrace—Biden allegedly letting staff rubber-stamp thousands of pardons and exec orders, suggesting the real president wasn’t running anything. The Oversight Committee, hyped by Comer, has done over a dozen interviews with Biden’s staff and floated threats to bring Harris in. But all that’s come out is that some aides used autopen for routine work, and not one criminal charge, bombshell, or major revelation about fake pardons.
John Bolton Raids: FBI agents invaded Bolton’s home and office with the promise of prosecuting him for mishandling classified materials. They snagged a ton of documents, photos, hard drives—even binders labeled “Trump I-IV.” Despite this, Bolton is still out and about, never detained, never charged, still tweeting and criticizing Trump for being a joke on foreign policy. The “active investigation” is just sitting on ice, dragged out for headlines—with no arrests, no indictments, no juicy leaks.
Trump’s “evidence” team wanted everyone to believe the indictments were coming for Kamala Harris, Jake Tapper, and just about every Biden aide guilty of “running the country.” Subpoenas get threatened, but mainly for show. The House has held hearings and interrogations, and Comer hypes political doom on talk shows. Still, nothing but hot air and sound bites.
Epstein Files, Kash Patel: Yesterday, Kash showed up in Congress huffing and puffing about court orders holding back the Epstein files. He fumbled answers for hours, contradicted judges’ statements, and somehow forgot last spring’s firestorm when he promised total “disclosure.” Congress roasted him for his “evasiveness,” and everyone took turns calling him out for not knowing what his own agency could release. Meanwhile, all the big talk from MAGA about naming Epstein’s co-conspirators? Still zero new names or cases, just recycled news about Maxwell’s old conviction and the same handful of documents Congress already had. Kash looked utterly unprepared for basic questions, misread legal memos, and ended up looking lost and out of his depth.
If any of these “historic” investigations mattered as much as MAGA said they did weeks ago, we’d see arrests, bombshells, indictments—something concrete. Instead, it’s all noise and vague threats, serving up absolutely nothing. The only action was a raid on Bolton’s house, followed by… silence.
Meanwhile, the Epstein mess just reminded everyone how little Kash and the Trump team ever really deliver. MAGA has spent weeks calling for “justice,” but still can’t show any of the big evidence or payoffs they yell about on TV. The GOP keeps teasing the next bombshell, but all we get are headlines with no substance.
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Garcia Update
Kilmar Abrego Garcia—whose name is all over immigration headlines this year—is currently back with his family in Maryland under home detention while he awaits a federal trial for alleged human smuggling. After a wild ride of wrongful deportation (first to El Salvador, then threats of sending him to Uganda or anywhere but home), a judge in Maryland blocked Trump’s team from moving him again until at least October while attorneys dig through the mess. So right now, he’s in Maryland, reporting to ICE and waiting for his next court date. There’s still legal drama, and the threat of deportation looms with every ICE check-in, but he is not in jail or overseas—he’s with his people in Maryland, still under strict watch
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Tomorrow is finally Friday, let’s hope they can give us a day of peace – the campaign to overwhelm us is on….stay sharp.
Speak Truth! Keep speaking TRUTH!
Go Cause Good Trouble, with Your Elbows Up!
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