What Happened Today - 31 Oct 2025

What Happened Today – 31 Oct 2025 
The Lies they told this week…
Asia Trip Update/Facts we Know 
Venezuela Update
Quick Update on “the rest” 
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The Lies they told this week…
Trump
- Still lying that the 2020 election was fraudulent: Trump once again called Biden “the guy that’s in there fraudulently,” and claimed last Thursday, “We know the election was rigged now, you can see it.” This is just the same old, same old with no new evidence, and every court and recount—plus tons of his own administration’s officials—have confirmed that it’s absolutely false.
- Mail-in ballots only exist in the US: Trump told a host, “We’re the only country in the whole world that uses mail-in ballots.” Flat-out not true. Lots of other countries, including Canada, the UK, Australia, Switzerland, Germany—you name it—have mail-in voting.
- “I turned on the valve” to bring LA more water: He loves this yarn, but there isn’t actually a magical “valve” for California’s water, and anything he approved to move water around was miles and miles from Los Angeles and had no real direct impact there. State water experts have called this fiction.
- $350 billion in aid to Ukraine: He repeated this all week, but the real number is way, way lower—actual tracked numbers are about a third of what he’s claiming.
- South Korea defense payments: Trump misleads about how much South Korea has paid for hosting American troops (and complained Biden “let them off the hook”). In fact, the South Koreans have upped their payments under Biden, signing two new cost-sharing agreements.
- “10-year prison for monument destruction” law: Trump keeps claiming he passed a law making it a decade in jail for destroying monuments. He issued an executive order, but did not change the law; prosecutors could seek up to 10 years under existing law, but there’s no mandatory 10.
- “One year in jail now for burning the flag”: Again, no such law. He signed an executive order telling the AG to find some penalty, but the First Amendment is still the law of the land; burning the American flag remains protected speech.
- Wes Moore—the made up compliment: Trump claimed Maryland Gov. Wes Moore told him, “You’re the greatest of my life,” in a private conversation. This never happened. Fox News of all places checked the tapes; Moore said none of that nonsense.

JD Vance
- Project 2025 “pregnancy registry”: Vance recently suggested the conservative Project 2025 plan would create a government database tracking every pregnancy. That’s not true. What Project 2025 actually proposes is more detailed stats from the states about abortions—not tracking everyone who gets pregnant.
- Wild numbers on immigration: Vance habitually inflates immigration statistics well beyond what’s confirmed by border agencies and independent analysts. The numbers he dropped in recent interviews and that debate with Tim Walz don’t line up with official figures—he’s painting a far more dramatic crisis than the data support.
- Political violence is bigger on the left: Another favorite this season—Vance insists political violence is overwhelmingly a left-wing problem. Multiple organizations tracking political violence show that’s just cherry-picking—there are incidents all around, but the numbers don’t support singling out just one side as the culprit.

Mike Johnson
- Blaming Democrats 100% for shutdown: Johnson continues pushing the talking point that Democrats are solely to blame for the government shutdown dragging on. In reality, it’s been plenty of gridlock and no-compromise from Republicans in the House, topped with votes sent home on his watch—so the story’s not as clear cut as he says.
- “No path for Trump third term” denial: Johnson gave the constitutional hard sell about Trump running for a third term “if the country demands it,” which just isn’t possible under the 22nd Amendment. No loophole, no secret plan—that’s just not how our system works.
- Massive trade claims with Canada: Johnson and his caucus pushed the idea that the US “cut off” trade talks with Canada last week. The reality is negotiations may be tense, but no verifiable U.S. government statement or Reagan Foundation evidence matches that scenario.
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Asia Trip Update/Facts we Know 
Here’s what actually went down during Trump’s trip to Asia this week, not just what the official spin claims. Despite all the lofty talk and social media hype, there were some legitimate agreements signed—but, predictably, the details are thinner than Trump wants you to believe, and some deals still aren’t much more than handshake promises.
The real, formal deals: The U.S. signed finalized trade agreements with Malaysia and Cambodia, covering things like tariffs and market access for American products. Both Malaysian and U.S. governments say these are legit, signed deals—so these aren’t just vapor contracts. Trump also inked a critical minerals agreement with Thailand, setting up new supply chain partnerships (mainly rare earths, so we aren’t as reliant on China). Japan upped its investment pledges and signed a new mineral supply deal, plus confirmed orders for American-made planes. South Korea agreed to buy billions worth of Boeing jets and U.S. liquefied gas, and Trump claims he secured $350 billion in Korean investments back home—though independent sources suggest that number’s inflated compared to actual signed contracts.

The Chinese “deal” is more like a framework or mutual handshake, not a finished contract. Trump and Xi agreed to lower tariffs, grow agricultural exports like soybeans, and cooperate on rare earths and fentanyl. But the fine print is “to be finalized,” so the big numbers Trump is shouting about aren’t locked in yet—more PR than actual paperwork.
Peace deals: Trump helped broker a ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia, a legit diplomatic win to stop border fights that killed dozens. That agreement is signed, not just announced.

Lots of the other “trillion-dollar” stuff Trump boasted about on his socials is overblown or not yet finalized. Most trade experts say billions are real, but not trillions, and a bunch of announcements are just negotiating frameworks—which means they’re promises to negotiate for real contracts later.
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Venezuela Update
The situation with Venezuela is on a razor’s edge right now. Trump’s administration has massively ramped up military pressure with warships and covert CIA authorizations, but despite the breathless headlines and rumors, there’s no full-on war just yet. Here’s what’s real:

Trump has publicly okayed boat strikes and covert ops to target what he calls drug-running cartels allegedly tied to Maduro’s regime. Since September, U.S. forces have hit more than a dozen boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, mostly Venezuelan and Colombian, with at least 61 killed. The White House claims these are anti-drug operations, but the scale and language is straight-up regime-change posture—with tens of thousands of U.S. military personnel, an aircraft carrier, and nuclear subs now circling Venezuela’s coast.

Everyone’s chattering about possible strikes on Venezuelan land targets—ports, airports, military bases—especially after journalists said Trump might have greenlit them. Today, Trump himself said “no decision has been made” about actual attacks inside Venezuela (on the ground) and the White House is trying to tamp down the “imminent” war talk, saying only direct presidential announcements will be real. Still, it's very clear there are lots of plans drawn up and targets picked if Trump changes his mind—or if Maduro retaliates harder than he has so far.

Behind all the drama: Washington is trying to choke off Maduro’s government with escalating force, aiming for regime change and bragging about arrest warrants and CIA missions. Venezuelan opposition leaders and international analysts are split—some think it’s just saber-rattling, others think the U.S. is about to go all-in. Maduro is accusing Trump of manufacturing a “forever war” and rallying Russia and China for backup.

Ground war isn’t happening today, but Trump’s moved as close to the red line as you can get without crossing. If he pulls the trigger on those prepped land strikes, things could blow up instantly. If not, it stays ugly and tense, but not a declared war—yet.
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Quick Update on “the rest” 
Here’s the hot news today, straight—no spin, no filter. The country’s now at day 31 of this never-ending government shutdown and things are officially breaking down on Main Street. With Congress out on holiday and no deal in sight, SNAP food assistance for millions was set to run out this weekend. Only reason folks aren’t starving yet—a federal judge stepped in this morning and blocked Trump’s gang from axing those food benefits, ordering payments to continue despite the shutdown. Military paychecks are still going out, but everyone else—especially low-income families and small businesses—is getting hammered.

Flight delays are cascading across the country, with air traffic control short-staffed due to the shutdown, causing major headaches for everyone trying to get home before the weekend. Lawmakers are blaming each other, but Trump is demanding Senate Republicans kill the filibuster so he can jam through a GOP-only funding bill. No one’s blinking.

Meanwhile, ICE is back in the headlines with horrifying new videos of agents violently arresting a mother on a school run because she couldn’t recite her Social Security number—sparking more outrage about the administration’s use of facial recognition and “papers, please” tactics on U.S. streets.

Overseas, Israel is bombing Gaza again, even while saying it’s honoring a ceasefire—U.S. intelligence has flagged possible hundreds of Israeli rights law violations, the first-ever government report to actually admit what’s been obvious for months. The U.S. also just slashed refugee admissions down to just 7,500 a year, mostly favoring white South Africans—making humanitarian groups furious.

And just to round out the Friday horror show: major new storms are wrecking parts of the Northeast, and Trump’s economic sabotage—tariffs, suspended healthcare funding, and axed federal investments—has state officials from California to New York sounding the alarm that D.C. is tanking the recovery and pushing more people to the brink.

That’s today’s news—no Halloween required, because this is scary enough as is.

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