What Happened Today - 8 Sept 2025
What Happened Today – 8 Sept 2025
(Not a typical update broken up into themes as it was a LONG day today)
Monday’s here, but in Trump land it’s anything but “mundane.” MAGA spent the weekend knee-deep in chaos, with Trump dropping a truly disturbing AI image of himself in front of a burning Chicago skyline, complete with helicopters, trying to channel “Apocalypse Now.” The caption: “Nothing like the smell of deportations…” Absolutely disgusting, and Illinois leaders fired back hard, calling out the president for threatening war on an American city, urging everyone not to normalize this strongman stunt.
Mike Johnson was backpedaling fast after claiming Trump was some kind of FBI informant in the Epstein case—literally walked it all the way back by Sunday, saying Johnson “misspoke” and was only repeating rumors. Meanwhile, Democrats and a handful of Republicans are still pushing for full transparency on the Epstein files, while Trump keeps calling the whole thing a “Democrat hoax” and refuses to release any files even though he’s sitting on them. In his press gaggles, Trump doubled down on calling coverage “fake news,” never giving a straight answer, just roasting anyone who dares to ask about accountability.
Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s press secretary, went full MAGA performance art in her briefing. Instead of addressing Epstein, ICE, or recent CDC firings, she decided the real crisis was “fentanyl flooding the streets” and that Trump’s “economic wins” deserved more praise—even though inflation’s still up and seniors still pay taxes on Social Security. The moment anyone challenged her, she attacked the media for “lying” and spun everything as responsible government while refusing to provide proof or details. She brushed aside questions about ICE protests and deaths, claiming anyone who got the boot at CDC “wasn’t loyal enough to the president.”
Everywhere you looked, the lying was off the charts. Trump kept repeating that there’s “no inflation,” that he’s ended Social Security taxes (he hasn’t), and that he personally sent in the National Guard to Minneapolis back in the day—pure fiction, debunked ages ago. The “rigged election” narrative got another full airing, with Trump insisting his own party was duped by Democrats on Epstein, pivoting to gaslighting instead of facts.
Even the markets want a break from the drama—nothing wild happened, just more bluster about trade moves with China that nobody takes seriously. Trump’s talking up “big wins for religious freedom,” issuing new executive orders, and pumping completely fabricated job numbers, none of which remotely line up with official reports. ICE, as usual, gets a free pass from the administration: no mention of the protests or deaths, just blanket reassurances and law-and-order memes.
On social media, Trump blared that Democrats are covering up secrets and “trying to destroy America.” Karoline retweeted and echoed these lines in the briefing, reaching peak absurdity when she claimed press coverage of the CDC drama was just a distraction from, you guessed it, the border and crime.
House Oversight just released Epstein’s infamous “birthday book”—and yeah, it’s got Trump’s name on it. The note? Suggestive as hell, includes a sketch of a curvy woman and talks about “another wonderful secret” supposedly shared with Epstein. Trump’s first name is scribbled right where you’d least expect it. The White House spins: “It’s fake. Not Trump’s art. Not Trump’s signature.” Meanwhile, Trump’s screaming lawsuit and blaming “Democrat hoaxers,” but Dems and half the internet are pressing for the full Epstein files to drop. The evidence is out, the denials are wild, and Trump world looks seriously desperate to bury this story.
And here’s what nobody on Team MAGA wants to talk about: Trump’s cognitive decline is now front and center. Psychologists and even his own niece, Mary Trump, have been sounding the alarm on clear symptoms—he’s stumbling, rambling, forgetting names, wandering off stage, losing track of his own words, and straight up inventing “facts” that everyone knows are lies. Experts point to a noticeable drop in his motor skills (wide gait, slow movement), frantic efforts to hide physical changes, and increasingly dysfunctional speech patterns. There’s real concern that the president is showing signs of frontotemporal dementia, and folks who actually care about his health (or the country) say it’s only getting worse. The White House won’t comment on it, but all you have to do is watch the man try to string together a sentence in public or read his own Truth Social rants—he’s not the same. It’s all covered up with more propaganda, more attacks on reality, and more desperate attempts at power.
Trump world, in full messy meltdown mode, is putting on a show—just not the kind anyone should applaud. Brace yourself for a week of crazy….another fucking week of crazy. This has to end.
Go Cause Good Trouble, with Your Elbows Up!
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