A LETTER TO CONGRESS
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SAMPLE LETTER
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am deeply concerned about the state of our economy and the direction in which our country is headed. These concerns are not limited to inflation, wages, housing costs, or job availability. They extend to a broader pattern of economic mismanagement, corporate consolidation, conflicts of interest, and a growing disconnect between political leadership and the daily realities facing ordinary Americans.
Millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet. Parents are skipping meals so their children can eat. Workers are juggling multiple jobs while falling further behind. Yet instead of acknowledging this hardship, many political leaders and media personalities appear indifferent to it. We have reached a point where a national television anchor has suggested euthanizing homeless people, while political supporters celebrate policies that continue to worsen conditions for the poor and working class. Such callousness toward human suffering should alarm every American.
At the same time, the people entrusted with managing our economy appear increasingly detached from reality. The Director of the National Economic Council has publicly boasted about Americans’ credit card usage as if rising debt were a sign of prosperity. Donald Trump has suggested 50-year mortgages as a solution to housing affordability, a proposal that would saddle future generations with decades of additional debt rather than address the underlying causes of the housing crisis. These statements reflect a profound misunderstanding of the financial pressures facing working families.
Employment opportunities are becoming increasingly difficult to secure. Many job seekers report encountering misleading hiring practices, including “ghost jobs” and postings that appear designed merely to gauge the labor market rather than fill actual positions. As a result, unemployed Americans are forced to spend countless hours applying for jobs that may not even exist.
Meanwhile, large corporations continue to consolidate power across entire sectors of the economy. From media conglomerates to meat processing companies, monopolistic behavior has reduced competition, limited consumer choice, and concentrated economic power in the hands of a small number of corporations. At the same time, technology companies and billionaires are collecting and monetizing vast amounts of consumer data, enabling unprecedented surveillance of Americans’ shopping habits and purchasing behavior.
Equally troubling are the growing concerns about corruption and conflicts of interest at the highest levels of government. Reports continue to emerge involving insider trading allegations connected to powerful political figures. Trump Media and World Liberty Financial have generated substantial financial gains while Donald Trump remains a central political figure, raising legitimate questions about the intersection of public office and private enrichment. Americans deserve confidence that policy decisions are being made in the public interest rather than for personal or financial benefit.
Energy policy represents another area where the interests of powerful corporations appear to take precedence over the interests of the public. Americans are repeatedly told that expanded oil production is the answer to every economic challenge, despite growing demand for diverse and sustainable energy solutions. The “drill, baby, drill” agenda continues to be promoted even when many communities oppose further development. Once again, the priorities of large oil companies are being advanced at the expense of vulnerable communities, protected lands, and long-term environmental stewardship.
Finally, the United States is increasingly isolating itself from allies and trading partners around the world. At the same time, our economy has become intertwined with speculative and largely unregulated prediction markets, creating additional avenues for manipulation and instability. These developments raise serious questions about the resilience, transparency, and long-term health of our economic system.
Taken together, these issues paint a troubling picture of a country where concentrated wealth and power continue to expand while ordinary Americans struggle to afford basic necessities. The examples below illustrate the concerns outlined above. Some are included as historical context, but all help demonstrate the broader patterns that have led to my frustration and alarm.
Chronology.
1960s
1964-to-1992 Summer institute of Linguistics forced Ecuadorian people onto reservations at the will of oil companies. This was around the same time Brazil’s former dictatorship sought to assimilate and eliminate indigenous peoples in the Amazon for development.
1964-01-01 The US-funded Summer Institute of Linguistics proselytized to indigenous people in remote areas, fostered subservience and compliance, forced people onto reservations at the will of oil companies, and helped Brazil assimilate people of the Amazon.
1970s
1971-08-03 Virginian corporate attorney Lewis Powell wrote a confidential 8-page memo “Attack on American Free Enterprise System” outlining efforts for corporations to take over universities and media. He was later nominated by Nixon to the US Supreme Court in 1972. He sat on the Phillips-Morris board and argued cigarettes did not cause cancer.
1980s
1981-08-05 President Ronald Regan fired 11,345 air traffic controllers because they were on strike demanding better pay and conditions.
1987-01-01 Regan warned about the dangers of tariffs.
1990s
1996-06-06 Antitrust Enforcement in the Meat Packing Industry (archived DOJ document)
2009
2009-02-23 “Buy when there’s blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own”.
2009-03-13 A study showed that income inequality is directly related to health and social problems, but more importantly that the wider the inequality gap in the country, the more likely those health problems reach the wealthy. Inequality doesn’t just hurt the people at the bottom; it degrades the entire system.
2011
2011-04-17 Trump said he wanted to seize oil fields in Libya and Iraq.
2012
2012-01-01 Rush Limbaugh mocked food programs for hungry American families, “Now it has to be the best”. Limbaugh called compassion for the poor a “part of a partisan agenda”.
2014
2014-07-17 When returns on capital exceed economic growth, wealth concentrates inevitably.
2015
2015-07-03 Aetna merged with Humana. Trump killed legislation designed to prevent monopolies.
2016
2016-09-21 Trump said he wanted to take the oil from Iraq, “You’re not stealing anything. We’re reimbursing ourselves”.
2016-09-21 Obama brokered a Memorandum of Understanding with Israel that would run through 2028. The bill would guarantee $3.3BN per year to Israel.
2017
2017-05-24 Trump repealed the NAFTA trade agreement between the US, Canada and Mexico during his first term so he could reinvent the wheel in recreating the exact same policy and take credit.
2017-06-05 Trump proposed firing 30,000 FAA workers from the federal payroll and privatizing the entire air traffic control system.
2017-11-01 The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 reduced corporate tax from 35% to 21%. As a result, the richest people took their own tax breaks while inflating their own wealth, it was the largest stock buyback in history, it caused a 120% billionaire boom, and it widened the deficit.
2017-11-24 Trump attempted to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
2018
2018-01-17 Apple announced it would invest $350B in the U.S. economy over the next 5 years.
2018-01-31 Amazon used wristbands to track worker productivity.
2018-02-01 Trump proposed $183M in cuts to Conservation Technical Assistance, which was designed to help farmers implement conservation practices.
2018-03-01 Trump imposed tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum from China.
2018-04-01 The U.S. entered a trade war with China.
2019
2019-02-15 Trump declared a national emergency so he could redirect $8B in military construction and treasury funds into building the border wall***, and the ACLU sued.
2019-07-11 Trump posted “I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air. Unregulated Crypto Assets can facilitate unlawful behavior, including drug trade and other illegal activity”. Then he launched his own crypto.
2020
2020-03-16 The stock market crashed.
2020-05-26 America invested $15M to prevent screwworm and saved farmers an estimated $796M in damages.
2020-06-01 Polymarket was launched and gained rapid traction during both of Trump’s terms.
2020-09-19 Trump backed a TikTok deal where Oracle and Walmart partnered with ByteDance; Walmart would hold 7.5% and ByteDance 80%.
2020-10-28 Trump handed farmers bailouts after his first trade war.
2021
2021-02-19 Americans were economically “battered” by the pandemic.
2021-08-13 JD Vance promoted an indoor farming company that faced allegations of misleading regulators and investors.
2021-10-18 Suppliers blamed supply chain issues for higher prices.
2022
2022-01-01 Either due to lifestyle choice or financial constraints, many Americans started living in their vans. The number reached 1.9M in 2020, and escalated to 3.1M in 2022. Berkshire Hathaway gained a corner on the market by owning the largest RV manufacturers in the country.
2022-01-01 AI-driven dynamic pricing expanded across airlines, groceries, travel, and retail, using algorithms to maximize what consumers would pay. The Iran war, Trump’s tariffs, and emerging “K” economy of 2026 may have exacerbated it.
2022-03-02 Biden openly criticized the “Big Four” for manipulating the meat market.
2022-04-10 The House Oversight Committee investigated a $2 billion Saudi investment in Jared Kushner’s firm and Trump’s receipt of more than $250,000 in foreign gifts. In an article with CBS, Kushner stated he was not interested in rejoining the White House if Trump won the 2024 presidential election. In 2025, Kushner DID JOIN the White House as Trump’s special envoy in foreign affairs.
2022-07-01 The US slipped to 41st place worldwide on the list of developed countries. It is no longer considered a first-world nation.
2022-08-22 Amazon workers reported harsh conditions of excessive warehouse heat, no bathroom breaks, and penalties for talking in the aisles.
2023
2023-01-01 Food prices remained inflated post pandemic in what some reports called “price setting”.
2023-01-01 The concept of “15-minute cities” caused controversy.
2023-02-08 During a State of the Union address, Biden was booed and heckled for predicting that Republicans would make Medicare and Medicaid cuts.
2023-05-07 HP introduced printer subscription tiers charging monthly fees, print limits, overage fees, and cancellation penalties.
2023-05-24 Several States passed legislation forcing Americans to divert their tax money from public schools towards private schools for the elite.
2023-11-01 After the Hamas attacks on Israel, lawmakers pushed for a TikTok ban over alleged anti-Israel bias; venture capitalist Jeff Morris described a “TikTok War.”
2024
2024-01-10 The top 10% of Americans own 93% of US equities.
2024-01-01 Companies filled job sites with “ghost jobs” designed merely to gauge the labor market rather than fill actual positions. As a result, unemployed Americans are forced to spend countless hours applying for jobs that may not even exist.
2024-03-21 The DOJ sued Apple for monopolizing the smartphone market.
2024-04-01 Climate-related cocoa shortages drove prices to record highs. Some manufacturers reduced cocoa content, substituted palm kernel oil for cocoa butter, and relabeled products under FDA rules. Some estimates suggest chocolate production could become severely threatened by 2050.
2024-05-06 Reports claimed lawmakers admitted TikTok ban efforts were tied to pro-Palestinian content.
2024-05-23 The Biden Administration and 39 States filed an anti-trust lawsuit against Live Nation and Ticketmaster. In 2026 Trump reached a settlement with Live Nation that required no divestment of Ticketmaster. A coalition of over 30 states rejected the settlement, arguing it was too weak. By April 2026 a federal jury found Live Nation and Ticketmaster liable on every antitrust count submitted.
2024-06-11 Trump posted on social media that bitcoin mining was the last line of defense against a CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency).
2024-07-10 Vance said during a National Conservatism convention, “Look, the thing on immigration is that no one can avoid that it has made our societies poorer, less safe, less prosperous, and less advanced.”
2024-07-18 Trump campaigned on the promise that he would reduce inflation on day one.
2024-07-24 The federal minimum wage of 7.25 had been stuck at that rate for 15 years.
2024-09-05 Vance claimed during a rally, “There is a logic to what the Democrats are trying to do. It’s disgusting, but there’s a logic to it. They want illegal aliens to steal everybody’s job, and now they want illegal aliens to steal everybody’s vote.”
2024-09-18 JD Vance funded AcreTrader, which led to consolidation of farmland and reduced competition. Allegedly, JD Vance’s firm bought up American farmland and resold it to foreign investors.
2024-10-02 Vance claimed, ”Illegal aliens competing with Americans for scarce homes is one of the most significant drivers of home prices in the country”.
2024-10-24 Yale reported on the ease of manipulating prediction markets.
2024-11-12 Trump appointed Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to DOGE. The White House later alternated between claiming Musk was and was not leading DOGE. Musk was sending out his “What did you do last week” emails.
2024-11-25 Key figures from silicon valley were also involved in DOGE.
2024-12-08 Trump pledged, “we are not touching Social Security” and “we are not raising ages”.
2024-12-27 Algorithms increasingly track user behavior, fueling concerns about tech-billionaire influence and surveillance.
2025 January
2025-01-01 Larry Ellison, OpenAI Sam Altman, and Masayoshi Son of Softbank announced The Stargate Project to invest $500B in AI infrastructure in the U.S. by 2029.
2025-01-06 The CFPB sued Vanderbilt for setting up borrowers to fail in manufactured home loans. Clayton Homes owns 50% of the manufactured house market, Berkshire Hathaway owns its finance, lease, insurance and property management companies. The allegation: the company makes the home virtually unaffordable after buyers already settled a deal, then take the property back from the buyer later. Homeowners also complained of quality issues such as “congolium”, particle board, heavy leaks, safety issues, cardboard under the vinyl, sheetrock under insulation, and mold.
2025-01-13 Prediction market Kalshi named Donald Trump Jr. as their paid advisor.
2025-01-17 TrumpCoin was launched 3 days before inauguration.
2025-01-18 TikTok shut itself down for about 15 hours as Trump’s ban law took effect.
2025-01-20 The Trump administration froze funds to USAID. By March USAID was 83% gutted. By July 24, 2025 Trump signed the Rescissions Act of 2025 to claw back $8B in funding from USAID. Aside from foreign aid, dismantling USAID can negatively impact farm subsidies.
2025-01-20 DOGE cut roughly 271,000 federal positions over 18 months.
2025-01-20 Page 588 of Project 2025 cuts overtime protections for American workers.
2025-01-20 Portions of Project 2025 undermine or hinder union rights, including giving corporations the right to “union bust” on page 602.
2025-01-20 Page 697 of Project 2025 outlines a plan to tax worker benefits.
2025-01-20 Trump rescinded Executive Order 13999 Protecting Worker Health and Safety.
2025-01-20 Trump rescinded Executive Order 14003 Protecting the Federal Workforce.
2025-01-20 Trump rescinded Executive Order 14052 Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
2025-01-20 Trump rescinded Executive Order 14055 Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts.
2025-01-20 Trump rescinded Executive Order 14057 Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability.
2025-01-20 Trump rescinded Executive Order 14069 Advancing Economy, Efficiency, and Effectiveness in Federal Contracting by Promoting Pay Equity and Transparency.
2025-01-20 The Big Beautiful Bill expanded tax cuts that disproportionately benefit high-income earners, with the top 1% receiving over $1T in tax cuts over the next decade.
2025-01-20 Page 465 of Project 2025 outlines a plan to increase Medicare Part D prescription prices and expose seniors to higher out-of-pocket expenses.
2025-01-20 Project 2025 Chapter 14 outlines a complete overhaul of the DHHS to include eliminating the Affordable Care Act and encouraging more privatized systems like Medicare Advantage.
2025-01-20 The Republican Study Committee proposed raising the retirement age to 69.
2025-01-20 State government resources outline how the Trump tax cuts will lower taxes for the wealthy while increase taxes for the poor.
2025-01-20 The Big Beautiful Bill expanded tax cuts that disproportionately benefit high-income earners, with the top 1% receiving over $1T in tax cuts over the next decade.
2025-01-20 While he did not directly create DOGE, Heritage Foundation’s Russell Vought both inspired and worked closely with the entity.
2025-01-25 Trump handed four big tech giants massive tax breaks.
2025 February
2025-02-05 Global economic growth reached its lowest level since the pandemic.
2025-02-06 Egg prices soared due to bird flu. When farmers rebuilt flocks and replaced sick birds, Trump took the credit.
2025-02-10 The Trump administration again attempted to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Russell Vought of the Heritage Foundation posted that the organization is too “woke”.
2025-02-14 Hundreds of videos were removed from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau YouTube channel.
2025-02-28 Elon Musk claimed social security was a “Ponzi scheme”.
2025 March
2025-03-01 A leaked email from the Social Security Commissioner warned about privatizing social security and adding AI automation to replace call center staff.
2025-03-04 Trump falsely claimed over 16 million people aged 100 to 360 were illegally receiving Social Security.
2025-03-05 Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnik called negative economy data “Biden data” and said Trump will fix the economy.
2025-03-05 Veteran Eric Rodriguez warned that Trump’s cut of 400,000 VA jobs brought the VA back to 2019 staffing levels.
2025-03-05 Millions of Veterans feel that privatized healthcare will rapidly eat into the VA budget.
2025-03-06 Trump proposed linking a Ukraine minerals deal with a ceasefire to secure American access to Ukraine’s natural resources.
2025-03-10 Canadian visitors boycotted tourism in the U.S., possibly causing a long-term loss in the U.S. economy.
2025-03-10 Trump has been pouring taxpayer dollars into golf courses; two in Germany, one in Japan, one in Korea, and one in Massachusetts.
2025-03-11 A journalist asked, “Have you ever paid a tariff? Because I have. They don’t get charged on foreign companies. They get charged on the importers”. Karoline Leavitt responded, “and ultimately, when we have fair and balanced trade, which the American people have not seen in decades, as I said at the beginning, revenues will stay here, wages will go up, and our country will be made wealthy again. And I think it’s insulting that you are trying to test my knowledge of economics and the decisions that this president has made. I now regret giving a question to the Associated Press”.
2025-03-12 Trump claimed his administration had “virtually no inflation” during his last term, took credit for lowered egg prices, and cited oil was $65 a barrel.
2026-03-25 Trump wants to hand your 401K over to private equity.
2025-03-27 Trump signed executive order 14251 “Exclusions from Federal Labor Management Relations Programs”, which removed collective bargaining rights for more than 40 federal agencies.
2025 April
2025-04-01 The Trump administration cut $754M in funding from conservation technical assistance.
2025-04-01 Trump repealed Biden’s Salmonella Framework for Raw Poultry Products. Because of the repeal, poultry products contaminated with Salmonella can legally be sold so long as existing, less stringent, safety standards are met.
2025-04-01 The Trump administration made cuts to Meals on Wheels, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, and crisis assistance to the elderly and disabled.
2025-04-01 Musk rerouted Biden’s Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program designed to help rural communities gain access to the internet. Instead, he rerouted funds to his Starlink Telecom company.
2025-04-02 The White House imposed tariffs on uninhabited islands. The Commerce Secretary claimed it was on purpose to tackle any loopholes.
2025-04-08 Companies increasingly used AI to scan resumes, rank candidates, and reject applicants before human review.
2025-04-12 Apple received retroactive exemptions from certain Chinese tariffs on smartphones.
2025-04-17 Trump criticized Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on social media and said Powell’s “termination cannot come fast enough.”
2025-04-28 DOGE claimed to save $160B with cuts, but the cost to taxpayers equated to $135B.
2025 May
2025-05-06 After Trump cut after school programs, weaponized SNAP, dismantled mental health programs, fired working moms and dads, diverted taxpayer dollars to vanity projects, enriched his family business with foreign entanglements, and held lavish dinners for his billionaire friends, he told Meet the Press girls don’t need to have thirty dolls; they can have two or three.
2025-05-10 Congress repealed the CFPB’s overdraft rule which would have capped overdraft fees for consumers.
2025-05-14 The Trump administration removed a CFPB rule designed to shield Americans from data brokers and limit the sale of personal information such as credit history, financial data and social security number.
2025-05-15 Trump kicked a new VA budget in high gear to privatize VA healthcare and dismantle the system. According to Veteran’s Affairs CMTE, at least 1.2M Veterans will lose their provider AND 62000 Veterans will lose their federal jobs.
2025-05-20 Trump and supporters announced the lackluster “No Tax For Tips” bill, which ended up being temporary in nature, featured an income cap up to $25,000, and excluded payroll and state taxes.
2025 June
2025-06-01 Inflation surged.
2025-06-22 During the affordability crisis more Americans decided to try “tiny home living”.
2025-06-24 During Trump’s second trade war farmers sought after another bailout.
2025-06-24 Newsmax posted, “A government agency spending $300 million in taxpayer dollars to produce sterilized flies sounds like a dream scenario for a DOGE team looking to cut waste, fraud and abuse”. In June of 2026 there was a flesh-eating screwworm outbreak after DOGE cut the research and development sectors responsible for sterilizing the males so there wouldn’t be an outbreak.
2025-06-24 The Trump administration scrambled to rehire federal workers fired by DOGE. Those DOGE cuts cost taxpayers an estimated $135B.
2025-06-26 In response to ghost job postings applicants started using AI to generate blanket resumes.
2025-06-30 DeSantis vetoed stormwater funding, homeless housing, $200,000 for a Samaritan Resource Center program, and $400,000 for the Transition House Homeless Veterans Program in Osceola County.
2025 July
2025-07-01 A UCLA Fielding research study showed that DOGE’s dismantling USAID will lead to more than 14M preventable deaths including more than 4M children under the age of 5
2025-07-03 DeSantis vetoed funds set aside for “Patriot Passport”, a veteran program designed to allow permanent Florida residents who are veterans to ride transit lines for free.
2025-07-04 Trump signed a bill to change gambling loss deductions, potentially causing a “tax on phantom income” and unregulated offshore betting.
2025-07-04 As outlined in Project 2025, Trump signed a sweeping reconciliation bill HR-1 that would add $3.3T (trillion) to the national debt, eliminate renewable energy subsidies, and terminate clean energy incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
2025-07-04 The Big Beautiful Bill was signed into law, which touts a sweeping agenda to sharply reduce assistance programs for struggling families.
2025-07-04 As outlined in Project 2025, Trump signed a sweeping reconciliation bill HR-1 that would add $3.3T (trillion) to the national debt while eliminating renewable energy subsidies by modifying or terminating clean energy incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
2025-07-07 Paramount and Skydance announced a merger.
2025-07-09 The Trump administration removed a “click to cancel” rule intended to make canceling subscriptions easier.
2025-07-09 Trump revoked Biden’s Executive Order 14036 on Promoting Competition in the American Economy, a legislation meant to prevent monopolies and higher food prices.
2025-07-10 Trump ended federal subsidies for electric vehicles.
2025-07-10 Project 2025 calls to completely dismantle the National Weather Service and fully commercialize forecasting operations. DOGE torched NOAA’s staff.
2025-07-18 Trump signed “The Genius Act” to regulate the stablecoin industry.
2025-07-24 Trump signed off on an $8.4B merger between Paramount and Skydance.
2025-07-24 Senators requested an investigation into corruption and bribery related to the Paramount megamerger.
2025-07-28 Retrofitting the gifted Qatari 747 into Air Force One was estimated at $1BN in taxpayer dollars.
2025-07-30 Trump pressured Jerome Powell to lower interest rates. The Federal Reserve pushed back, maintaining that rate cuts are dependent upon economic data and not political pressure.
2025-07-30 Trump imposed an additional 40% tariff on Brazilian imports after the arrest of Jair Bolsonaro.
2025-07-31 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clarified that “Trump Baby Accounts” were intended to supplement, not replace, Social Security. However, reports also indicated he previously referred to them as a “back door for privatizing Social Security”.
2025 August
2025-08-01 Donald Trump Jr. is an investor for and sits on the advisory board of Polymarket through his venture capital firm 1789 Capital.
2025-08-01 Even after Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Chief Erika McEntarfer, the job market data still showed a heavy decline. Trump nominated Heritage Foundation’s E.J. Antoni to replace McEntarfer.
2025-08-01 Trump’s trade war caused the manufacturing sector to lose 42,000 jobs between April 2025 through August 2025 alone.
2025-08-03 Companies used AI to conduct job interviews.
2025-08-05 Trump claimed he would pay off national debt in large quantities and issue dividends to the American people.
2025-08-05 Critics accused DOGE of indiscriminate cuts to agriculture, education, science, infrastructure, and environmental programs despite promises of “surgical” reductions.
2025-08-06 Apple announced a $600B U.S. investment over 4 years.
2025-08-07 Trump called for Intel’s CEO to resign, causing the company’s stock to drop.
2025-08-08 WNBA sex toy incident, courtesy of prediction market manipulation.
2025-08-10 Trump posted on social media, “The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY…FAR from the Capital….It’s all going to happen very fast, just like the Border….This will be easier - Be prepared! There will be no “MR. NICE GUY.” We want our Capital BACK…”
2025-08-11 Trump reversed course on Intel’s CEO after a meeting, praising his “success and rise”, writing on Truth Social “The meeting was a very interesting one. His success and rise is an amazing story. Mr. Tan and my Cabinet members are going to spend time together and bring suggestions to me during the next week”.
2025-08-11 Trump told the press he wanted to shelter the homeless DC population, but then there was no follow up as to what happened to those people. This was after he posted on social media that the homeless needed to move out “far from the capitol”.
2025-08-12 The National Alliance to End Homelessness issued a statement, “Homelessness is not a criminal issue. It is an economic issue” and cited that Trump’s use of military force is making outreach significantly harder.
2025-08-14 Wholesale inflation surges and tariff costs are being passed down to consumers.
2025-08-18 Executive Order 14321 directs federal agencies to prioritize funding to cities that enforce anti-camping ordinances and forced relocations.
2025-08-19 Trump pushed back on a court decision to temporarily block the Resolution Copper project, blaming the delay on the “radical left”. The Resolution Copper project aims to develop copper mining upon sacred and protected Native American holy sites.
2025-08-19 Nexstar Media (managed by conservative donor Perry Sook and Fox exec Bill Shine) announced acquisition of TEGNA for $6.2B.
2025-08-22 The federal government announced a 10% stake in Intel, purchasing 433.3M primary shares.
2025-08-23 European postal services have suspended shipments to the US.
2025-08-25 The Congressional Budget Office released a projected tariff revenue of $3.3T (trillion) but did not explain how that would weigh against the proposed $3.4T (trillion) budget increase proposed by the Trump administration.
2025-08-26 Trump cancelled a nearly complete offshore wind project (Revolution Wind in RI and CT) and announced his plans to “drill-baby-drill” stating, “We don’t call it coal, we call it clean coal, and even very very clean coal”.
2025-08-29 The U.S. ended exemptions on small cost exports.
2025-08-29 The federal appeals court ruled that Trump’s tariffs were an overreach.
2025 September
2025-09-01 Soybean sales to China plummet compared to $12.6 Billion in sales in September 2024.
2025-09-01 According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the annual labor inflation rose to 3% from 2024. Gas rose 4.1%, and groceries rose 2.7%.
2025-09-03 Utah unveiled a 1300-bed homeless camp near Rose Park.
2025-09-05 Paramount announced its intent to buy Free Press for $100M and make its founder Bari Weiss editor in chief of CBS.
2025-09-08 As outlined on page 299 of Project 2025, the administration cut SNAP, school food programs, energy and internet assistance, and funding to the Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program (SNAP-ED).
2025-09-09 U.S. added one million fewer jobs to the market than reported.
2025-09-11 The stock market reached record highs.
2025-09-11 Paramount announced its bid for Warner Brothers Discovery, which would then place two of Hollywood’s most powerful studios under the same owner.
2025-09-12 During an interview with Fox, Trump claimed he solved inflation.
2025-09-14 Stephen Miran was sworn in as federal governor for the Federal Reserve Board just minutes before the Central Bank meeting so he could vote to lower interest rates. Miran did not resign from his other seat as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors.
2025-09-14 Days after Fox commentator Brian Kilmeade suggested euthanizing the homeless, “Just kill them”, he was forced to issue an apology, in which he reasserted his opinion that homeless people are criminals.
2025-09-14 Trump requested an additional $58M in taxpayer funds for security.
2025-09-14 Trump’s government spending on immigration reached $75 billion.
2025-09-15 Trump considered selling TikTok to Larry Ellison.
2025-09-17 Against Chairman Powell’s advice, the U.S. lowered interest rates.
2025-09-17 Before the shutdown, Democrats proposed a bill to keep government funding going through October 31st, reverse Medicaid cuts, and extend the affordable care act subsidies. Unfortunately, they didn’t get enough votes for the bill to pass.
2025-09-18 Senator Elizabeth Warren sparred with Sara Eisen about tariff policies and explained to her how making a deal to exclude some companies’ items from tariffs is “greasing palms”.
2025-09-18 Israel’s finance minister described postwar Gaza as a “real-estate bonanza,” claimed the “demolition phase” was complete, and said a business plan was on Trump’s desk.
2025-09-19 Trump signed an executive order imposing a $100K fee for H1B1 visas. This visa would normally allow highly skilled workers to enter the country’s tech industry; now it will only be accessible to those with wealth.
2025-09-20 The USDA stopped tracking food insecurity and terminated the annual Household Food Security Report.
2025-09-21 Trump considered selling ByteDance to Rupert Murdoch while seeking U.S. control of 6 of 7 TikTok board seats.
2025-09-23 Deaths rose in emergency rooms after hospitals were acquired by private equity firms
2025-09-24 The Trump administration rehired many DOGE-fired federal workers.
2025-09-26 Trump joked he would make TikTok’s algorithm “100% MAGA.”
2025 October
2025-10-01 In response to the government shutdown, the Trump administration furloughed 96% of NRCS staff, effectively freezing conservation programs and the processing of financial aid and contracts for farmers.
2025-10-01 During the shutdown Republicans falsely claimed Democrats were trying to give free Medicare to immigrants.
2025-10-01 The White House posted partisan anti-Democrat shutdown messaging across federal websites (research the Hatch Act and violating it). Messages included “Democrats Have Shut Down the Government” and “The Radical Left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American people unless they get their $1.5 trillion wish list of demands. The Trump administration wants to keep the government open for the American people”.
2025-10-02 In two closely timed interviews, Karoline Leavitt told reporters servicemembers were not receiving pay due to the shutdown right after Russell Vought said servicemembers were.
2025-10-02 In response to the shutdown Trump pulled $8 billion in clean-energy funding from Democratic-led states.
2025-10-03 China bought 25% (roughly 7 billion tons) of Argentina’s soybean complex.
2025-10-07 Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks said she would hold town halls “when hell freezes over”, saying, “I don’t have to hold a town hall so you can come and yell at me”.
2025-10-09 The FAA canceled $6.7 million in infrastructure grants for Indianapolis International Airport, citing it did not align with Trump’s priorities.
2025-10-09 Trump suggested some federal employees affected by the shutdown might not get their back pay, “I would say it depends on who we’re talking about. We’re gonna take care of our people, there are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of, and we’ll take care of them in a different way”.
2025-10-10 Speaker Mike Johnson canceled House votes during the shutdown, delaying the swearing-in of Representative Adelita Grijalva and efforts to release Epstein files.
2025-10-10 In a retaliatory move to the government shutdown, the Trump administration fired 4000 federal workers, withheld backpay, and cut funds. Meanwhile they’re asking for ballroom funds, suing the IRS, building a J6 slush fund and paying Argentina?
2025-10-12 The Trump Administration bailed Argentina out with $40 BILLION in American taxpayer dollars. In November the Senate refused to vote for a takeback of those funds during the shutdown while millions of American families went hungry.
2025-10-14 RFK Jr. fired more than 1,000 CDC doctors and scientists during the shutdown
2025-10-15 A US District Judge had to step in and block the Trump administration from going forward with their plans to mass-fire thousands of federal employees who had been furloughed during the shutdown.
2025-10-16 Trump proposed building a giant “victory arch” overlooking Arlington Cemetery.
2025-10-21 Americans received letters saying their health insurance prices would double or quadruple.
2025-10-22 Trump pushed onward with a lawsuit against the DOJ for $230M.
2025-10-23 Allegedly Melania Trump meme coin architects knew the token value would plunge before they sold it.
2025-10-23 Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who had been convicted of money laundering. Later that month, Trump told 60 Minutes he did not know Zhao even though Binance facilitated a $2 billion purchase of a World Liberty Financial stablecoin founded by Trump’s family.
2025-10-23 The U.S. national debt surpassed $38 TRILLION.
2025-10-24 After bailing Argentina out with $40M, Trump announced the U.S. would be buying their beef too.
2025-10-24 Trump removed protections from Alaska’s National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas drilling.
2025-10-24 Trump refused trade talks with Canada because of an ad campaign out of Ontario featuring a 1987 video of Ronald Regan warning that tariffs are dangerous.
2025-10-27 Trump appointed Michael Selig as chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Selig threatened states that challenged prediction markets, saying, “To those who seek to challenge our authority in this space let me be clear – we will see you in court”.
2025-10-28 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called himself a farmer during an ABC interview. For context, Bessent owns land in North Dakota which he rents out to farmers.
2025-10-28 Rob Schmitt commented on both Newsmax and X that there should be a weight limit for SNAP recipients, claiming benefits were going to people who “weigh 300 pounds” and were “selling their benefits to get their nails done and buy weaves”.
2025-10-30 Trump discussed trade deals in China with Xi Jinping, lowering tariff rates to 47% and establishing that China will buy 25M metric tons of soybeans annually over the next 3 years.
2025-10-31 Trump hosted a lavish Halloween party for his billionaire friends, hours before SNAP benefits expired.
2025-10-31 Trump repeatedly posted about a marble White House bathroom renovation during a hunger crisis.
2025 November
2025-11-02 Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins perpetuated SNAP fraud claims on social media and praised Trump for withholding food assistance.
2025-11-03 Despite court orders, Trump continued delaying SNAP funding, at times proposing partial or no release of funds
2025-11-03 Kash Patel used a government jet to visit his girlfriend. After the story surfaced, Patel fired FBI veteran Steven Palmer, whose unit oversaw the agency’s aircraft fleet.
2025-11-04 Trump continued to weaponize SNAP benefits posting on his social media account he would continue to leverage food for millions of Americans until the “Radical Left Democrats open up government”.
2025-11-04 Trump administration Social Security reforms will now make it harder to attain assistance or housing.
2025-11-06 Trump removed the Direct File tool which allowed Americans to file their federal income taxes for free.
2025-11-09 Trump proposed a 50-year mortgage. News outlets reported the idea came from Bill Pulte.
2025-11-10 The Agriculture Department threatened to penalize states that didn’t “undo” steps to fully fund SNAP.
2025-11-10 Eight Democratic senators joined Republicans in voting to reopen the government without additional concessions, and nobody voted to take back the $40B bailout that Trump gave to Argentina.
2025-11-11 Trump threatened to dock pay for air traffic controllers who called out sick during the government shutdown. Air traffic controllers were out looking for second jobs to help pay for bills and groceries.
2025-11-12 The Trump Administration ended penny production.
2025-11-12 Trump cut Continuum of Care funding designed to create permanent housing for homeless people. Funds were redirected to policing encampments, arresting people, and transitional housing offered to already employed tenants.
2025-11-13 Private equity firms gutted American businesses and pensions (i.e. Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital). See Elizabeth Warren’s bill “Corporate Crimes Against Healthcare Act”.
2025-11-14 Kristi Noem allegedly funneled $143M of the $220M in taxpayer money to a Virginia media company for her ad campaign.
2025-11-20 The administration expanded offshore oil and gas sales.
2025-11-21 Tyson Foods closed the Lexington Nebraska beef plant, leaving roughly 3200 people out of a job. This boosted Tyson stocks by 6%.
2025-11-24 The EPA approved two new pesticides with “forever chemicals” that would be used on food.
2025-11-30 Trump commuted the sentence of fraudster David Gentile who was sentenced to seven years in prison for defrauding thousands of investors by misrepresenting the performance of private equity firms.
2025 December
2025-12-02 CNN partnered with Kalshi prediction market. CNN gained access to Kalshi’s data through an API and features a Kalshi ticker.
2025-12-03 Trump rolled back vehicle fuel-efficiency standards, reduced targets from roughly 50 MPG to about 35 MPG and claimed that lowering carbon emissions was the cause for high auto prices.
2025-12-03 Layoff announcements hit a record high of 1.1 million since 2020 when Trump was last president.
2025-12-14 Trump announced a $12B bailout for farmers using tariff revenue.
2025-12-15 Another 35,000 VA jobs were cut.
2025-12-16 Four Republicans joined Democrats to stop Obamacare subsidies from expiring, but Congress sent lawmakers home before the vote could happen.
2025-12-17 Trump held an 18-minute press conference to fixate on Biden, deflect affordability concerns, and tout a so-called “great economy”.
2025-12-31 Just 181,000 jobs were added in 2025, compared to 1.46M jobs in 2024 under Biden.
2026 January
2026-01-01 Three companies control roughly 75% of beer production. Trump revoked EO 14036 limiting monopolies.
2026-01-01 Amazon controls 38% of e-commerce. Trump revoked EO 14036 limiting monopolies.
2026-01-01 Whirlpool controls all the major appliances. Trump revoked EO 14036 limiting monopolies.
2026-01-01 Sysco delivers the same shitty frozen food products to all the restaurants. Trump revoked EO 14036 limiting monopolies.
2026-01-01 VISA dominates the global credit card industry. Trump revoked EO 14036 limiting monopolies.
2026-01-01 De Beers controls the entire diamond industry. Trump revoked EO 14036 limiting monopolies.
2026-01-01 Luxottica controls all the eyewear. Trump revoked EO 14036 limiting monopolies.
2026-01-01 Trump’s IRS is going to consider student loans as income and start taxing them.
2026-01-06 People are using insider information on prediction markets.
2026-01-07 Dow Jones signed a partnership agreement with Polymarket prediction markets.
2026-01-13 Jeff Bezos said personal computing will inevitably move to the cloud, so someday people will have to “rent” cloud space just to use their computers.
2026-01-13 The Clarity Act was introduced to regulate digital assets but has come down to a fight over ethics enforcement, entanglements, and loopholes.
2026-01-14 The Congressional Budget Office estimated American taxpayers would spend $125M just to rebrand the DoD as “Department of War”.
2026-01-20 Trump added $2.25TRN back into the national debt during his first year back in charge.
2026-01-27 Trump said, “I don’t want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people that own their homes. And they can be assured that’s what’s going to happen”.
2026-01-28 In the same month, Jeff Bezos both fired 16,000 Amazon workers and forked over $75M to Melania Trump so she could make a documentary about herself.
2026-01-28 New York city comptroller Mark Levine encouraged people to reinvest the city’s pension funds in Israeli bonds. In response, protestors stated, “Levine says it’s profitable to invest in the Israeli bonds. He says that they are solid investments with high returns. It’s not surprising that a war economy is profitable. That’s what Israel’s economy is. It’s a war economy. That’s why there is high yields. But buying these bonds only ensures the injustice and the system of occupation continues”.
2026-01-29 Social security is estimated to run dry by 2035.
2026-01-29 Trump sued the IRS and Treasury Department for $10B in taxpayer money for sharing Trump’s tax information.
2026 February
2026-02-01 Trump family’s World Liberty Financial sold a 49% stake in its cryptocurrency business to members of the Emirati royal family.
2026-02-01 Producer Price Index (wholesale inflation) increased at a seasonally adjusted 0.7% for February 2026. The expectation was 0.3%. PPI inflation was at 3.4% for the year. Core PPI was up 3.9% for the year. These are generally indicators of our CPI. These numbers do not yet reflect the cause-and-effect of Trump’s war in Iran.
2026-02-02 Trump announced luxurious Kennedy Center renovations while Americans struggled with healthcare costs. Meanwhile, a Gallup survey showed that millions of Americans were skipping meals to pay for their healthcare.
2026-02-03 The Washington Post laid off a third of their staff.
2026-02-05 Homeowners saw a return of homeowner debts, calling them zombie mortgages.
2026-02-05 The Trump administration advanced a plan to strip job protections from federal workers by reclassifying them under Schedule F.
2026-02-06 Trump launched TrumpRX.
2026-02-10 Crypto and BitCoin collapsed under Trump, dropping by 45% since October 2025.
2026-02-11 The House Budget Committee reported findings that personal bankruptcy increased by 11% during Trump’s first year.
2026-02-11 Shortly after the closure, the story as to why the shutdown occurred spread, that the shutdown was due to a “Mexican cartel drone”. Sean Duffy posted “the threat has been neutralized”, Pam Bondi used the incident to pivot away from Epstein questions at her hearing, and White House officials pointed fingers at the FAA for the shutdown. Ultimately, the Pentagon (or the FAA) utilized an uncoordinated attack and fired an anti-drone laser at a stray party balloon.
2026-02-11 The Pentagon shut down El Paso airport claiming it was due to a “cartel drone”. The Pentagon issued an uncoordinated attack and fired upon what ended up being a stray party balloon. Sean Duffy posted, “the treat has been neutralized”.
2026-02-13 “The Epstein Class War”: the wealthy and well-connected remain insulated from consequences as they hold all the political power.
2026-02-16 The Trump administration spent $38 billion in taxpayer money to acquire warehouses across the country and turn them into detention centers.
2026-02-19 The Federal Reserve signaled they would have to raise interest rates.
2026-02-19 JP Morgan reported that mid-size companies were hit the hardest from tariffs and that manufacturing jobs were not actually coming back to the U.S. like Trump promised.
2026-02-20 After the Supreme Court struck down his tariffs in a 6–3 ruling, Trump criticized the Court as disloyal to the Constitution and unpatriotic. The following day, he raised global tariffs to 15% in retaliation.
2026-02-25 Reports show the current global population is over 8 billion, compared to 1.4 billion in 1900.
2026-02-25 Dr. Oz and JD Vance placed a 6-month moratorium on enrollments for medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies, claiming it was all too subject to fraudulent activity. Governor Tim Walz responded, “This has nothing to do with fraud. This is a campaign of retribution. Trump is weaponizing the entirety of the federal government to punish blue states like Minnesota”.
2026-02-27 North Dakota judge ordered Greenpeace to pay $345 million in damages related to Dakota Access Pipeline protests.
2026-02-27 Trump administration officials devised legal strategies to pocket illegal tariffs despite a Supreme Court ruling.
2026-02-28 The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a sharp drop of 92,000 jobs and an unemployment rate of 4.4%.
2026 March
2026-03-01 After Trump surprise-attacked Iran oil prices soared. Trump even mused over plans to purchase oil from Russia.
2026-03-02 South Bow revealed plans to revive parts of the Keystone pipeline project.
2026-03-04 Fast-food CEOs did cameos of themselves eating their own food as a promotion to boost sales.
2026-03-05 Trump fired Kristi Noem and replaced her with Markwayne Mullin after her unauthorized $250M ad campaign.
2026-03-08 Billion-dollar farm subsidies for the top 2% of farmers.
2026-03-09 Congressman Michael Cloud argued charity should not be government-compelled through taxes.
2026-03-09 Lindsey Graham said the Iran war would make the U.S. “a ton of money.”
2026-03-10 The war in Iran affected global fertilizer trade and global helium supplies.
2026-03-10 Pete Hegseth used taxpayer money for a lavish spending spree while SNAP expired: $9M on crab legs, $6.9M on lobster tail, $98,000 for a grand piano, $5.3M on Apple devices, $15.1M for steak, $124,000 on ice cream machines, $139,000 on doughnut orders, $225M on furniture, $12,000 for fruit basket stands, and $50.1B on grants and contracts.
2026-03-10 Americans pulled money out of their 401k funds at record rates.
2026-03-10 The first six days of the war in Iran cost American taxpayers $11B.
2026-03-11 Senator John Husted said, “People living in poverty are not experienced at navigating the real world”.
2026-03-13 The Senate passed a bipartisan bill aimed at lowering housing costs. The bill passed 89 to 10.
2026-03-13 Republicans blocked measures to fund TSA, FEMA and other agencies including legislation by Senator Patty Murray to pay TSA agents.
2026-03-14 Trump received a $10B transactional payout for brokering TikTok’s sale to Larry Ellison.
2026-03-14 The administration approved BP’s $5 billion deep-water drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico despite concerns about marine ecosystems and BP’s Deepwater Horizon history. This will threaten deep sea ecosystems and marine life.
2026-03-16 Leaks revealed that DOGE used ChatGPT to decide who and what to cut.
2026-03-16 Michael Savage proposed homeless internment camps during a Newsmax interview.
2026-03-17 Trump requested an addition $200B for his elective war in Iran, claiming it, “would be over soon”. Meanwhile hundreds of TSA workers quit their jobs due to no pay while Trump ensured DHS received their paychecks. For contrast, the war in Iraq cost $815B over the course of 13 years. Fast-forward, the US entered a deal with Iran in June to give them $300B for reconstruction.
2026-03-17 Trump offered a $1B payoff to big energy companies to walk away from their wind farm leases.
2026-03-19 Israel bombed the South Pars gas field, which holds 75% of gas in Iran.
2026-03-19 Scott Bessent said the US may lift sanctions on Iranian oil.
2026-03-19 The Iran war impacted food packaging, resin, aluminum and the polymer market.
2026-03-20 Globally because of the Iran war people are rationing petrol, cutting out meals, and losing crops.
2026-03-20 In an interview with CNN’s Kaitlyn Collins, Scott Perry said he’d like to see Iran pay for the war.
2026-03-23 Trump paid a French energy company $1B in American taxpayer money to cancel offshore wind farm projects outside New York and North Carolina.
2026-03-25 Trump wants to hand your 401K over to private equity.
2026-03-26 Democratic Senator Chris Murphy wrote that $1.5B in S&P 500 futures were sold minutes before Trump announced a 5-day pause on attacking Iran, “…let me say it again – a $1.5B bet, bigger than any futures purchases made at the time, 5 minutes before Trump’s post. Who was it? Trump? A family member? A White House staffer? This is corruption. Mind blowing corruption”.
2026-03-26 More mysterious trading patterns emerged on Polymarket.
2026-03-26 Wall Street suffered its worst day since the start of the Corona Virus pandemic. The price of crude oil topped $110 a barrel.
2026-03-26 OECD said Trump’s war was projected to cause inflation to jump from 2.4% to 4.2%.
2026-03-26 After slamming down Democrat attempts to pass a bill asking to fund TSA, Trump said he would issue an emergency order to ensure TSA employees were paid during the government shutdown
2026-03-26 Ukrainian drones struck ports and refineries along the Baltic sea, halting at least 40% of Russian oil export capacity. Zelenskyy reported that the U.S. was making any security guarantees for Ukraine contingent upon Ukraine giving up its defense of the Eastern Donbas region.
2026-03-26 The Trump administration redirected $1.25B from the State Department to his Boad of Peace. They took the funds from international disaster assistance, peacekeeping efforts, and other International programs.
2026-03-27 Sony raised PlayStation 5 prices globally due to chip shortages.
2026-03-27 The proposed funding bill by Democrats to fund TSA workers passed the House, but the GOP Senate warned the bill would be “dead on arrival” once it met the Senate.
2026-03-29 Trump touted more plans for his ballroom to include bulletproof glass and drone-proof construction. This during a war in Iran, the lowest job-market in decades, surging inflation, unaffordable healthcare, increasing poverty, and a shutdown.
2026 April
2026-04-03 Trump proposed a 44% budget hike for the Department of Defense.
2026-04-03 Trump made deep cuts to the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and recommended cutting it entirely while simultaneously demanding $1.5T in defense spending to support Israels war. He stated, “It’s not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual…things. They can do it on a State basis. You can’t do it on a Federal – we have to take care of one thing: military protection. We have to guard the country”.
2026-04-03 Trump’s new budget seeks TSA privatization.
2026-04-03 Part of Trump’s FY 2027 Department of War Budget overview book addresses making “transformative investments in our Nation’s critical minerals industry”.
2026-04-06 Gulf investors, including Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund L’imad, backed Paramount’s proposed $81 billion acquisition of Warner
2026-04-07 Fox News struck a deal with Kalshi for prediction market data.
2026-04-07 San Francisco launched the first round of layoffs to counter Trump’s federal budget cuts.
2026-04-08 The House Freedom Caucus posted “We cannot leave ICE and CBP hanging with nothing but hopes and prayers that reconciliation 2.0 comes together. That’s why we must use reconciliation to fully fund all of the Department of Homeland Security. We can tightly control this process with strict instructions to the various committees involved so no one can sneak in unrelated garbage and distract us from our mission”.
2026-04-10 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission under Trump stops states from regulating prediction markets and permits certain loopholes tied to elections.
2026-04-13 Chevron set to expand oil extraction operations in Venezuela.
2026-04-13 Hollywood actors, writers and directors signed an open letter to voice opposition for the Paramount-Warner Brothers-Discovery merger. Part of the letter reads, “The integrity, independence, and diversity of our industry would be grievously compromised. Competition is essential for a healthy economy and a healthy democracy. So is thoughtful regulation and enforcement”.
2026-04-13 UN’s Chief Economist Maximo Torero warned of a global food crisis because of the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran.
2026-04-13 Texas Democrat Representative James Talarico announced he will introduce a bill to close billionaire loopholes by targeting luxury deductions, restricting offshore accounts, and ending buy-borrow-die practices.
2026-04-14 Trump’s “DoorDash Grandma” turned out to be a known lobbyist for the “No Tax for Tips” policy.
2026-04-15 Tapatio was bought out by a private equity firm.
2026-04-15 The White House submitted plans for a $125M Triumphal Arch to overshadow Arlington Cemetery.
2026-04-15 JD Vance and Mike Johnson lashed out at the Pope for criticizing Trump’s elective war in Iran. Vance threatened the Pope should “be careful talking about theology,” while Johnson cited “Just War Doctrine.” The Pope later warned against manipulating religion for political, economic, or military purposes and condemned a world “ravaged by a handful of tyrants.”
2026-04-16 After a six-week trial, a New York jury found that Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticket Master illegally dominated major concert venues and kept ticket prices too high.
2026-04-16 AllBirds pivoted from footwear into AI GPUs and announced a rebrand to “NewBird AI.”
2026-04-16 Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) advocated for aggressive US action against Iran, saying that blocking oil shipments to China would be a “wonderful” outcome.
2026-04-16 The Trump administration defunded Catholic charities that provide shelter and care for migrant children.
2026-04-16 New York Governor Kathy Hochul proposed a new tax on multi-million dollar second homes in New York City. In a press conference she stated, “Those who benefit from the city without living in a full-time capacity should contribute to the cost that it takes to run the city…” This tax would target roughly 13,000 high-rise condos and investment properties, generating at least $500M in revenue annually as Mamdani tries to fill a $5B budget deficit.
2026-04-17 The worlds 100 top oil and gas companies banked $30M per hour during the first month of the Israeli-Iran war.
2026-04-18 Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz again, saying the U.S. violated agreements by continuing to blockade Iranian ports.
2026-04-19 Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney said economic ties with the U.S. are a weakness that must be corrected, “We have to take care of ourselves because we can’t rely on one foreign partner…we can’t control the disruption coming from our neighbors”.
2026-04-19 After the Supreme Court said Trump’s tariffs were illegal, the administration announced the kick-off of a $166B tariff refund for businesses and importers only, for which they can submit a claim for online. Consumers will not be receiving a refund.
2026-04-21 The DOJ opened an investigation into whether meat packers were colluding with fixed prices or manipulating the market. See 2022 when the Biden Administration often publicly criticized the “Big Four” for manipulating the markets.
2026-04-21 Between March 2 and April 16, 45 oil refineries and tankers worldwide “accidentally” caught fire.
2026-04-21 Pete Hegseth said that Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz and warned that threatening commercial ships with missiles and drones is an act of “piracy” and “terrorism”. Four days later the US Navy forcibly seized an Iranian cargo ship, and then six days later, Hegseth ordered US troops to board an Iranian oil tanker in international waters.
2026-04-21 Republican Senator of Alabama Tommy Tuberville responded to Dear Son’s post “Name a huge scam that has been normalised?”, writing, “Social Security”.
2026-04-22 Trump Media fired Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes after stock dropped 67%, and TMTG pivoted to crypto and prediction markets.
2026-04-22 A Senate finance committee hearing revealed TrumpRX is not more affordable as advertised. For example, TrumpRX offers Protonix for $200, but Costco offers it for $16. TrumpRX offers heart medication for $336 while CostPlus sells it for $12.
2026-04-23 A U.S. soldier was charged after making $400,000 on Maduro’s arrest in a Polymarket bet.
2026-04-23 Kalshi fined and suspended congressional candidates for betting on their own elections.
2026-04-23 French police probed suspected airport weather device tampering around the same time a Polymarket trader cashed on in a weather report bet.
2026-04-23 Nike cut 1400 jobs.
2026-04-23 Meta announced they would be cutting 8000 jobs.
2026-04-23 Microsoft announced they would be cutting around 9000 workers amid AI shifts.
2026-04-23 Eric Trump’s startup company Foundation Futures Industries - of which he is the Chief Strategy Adviser - landed a $24M contract with the Pentagon.
2026-04-23 A Paramount-Warner Brothers Discovery merger for $111B was approved.
2026-04-23 Republicans used budget reconciliation measures to bypass votes and approve an additional $70B in ICE funding.
2026-04-24 By the end of April Trump had spent at least $4.7B on extrajudicial killings and boat strikes in Latin America.
2026-04-27 Lindsey Graham pushed for taxpayers to fund Trump’s ballroom despite earlier promises of private financing.
2026-04-28 Louisiana advanced HB211 to criminalize being homeless. Under the Streets to Success Act, homeless individuals would be arrested and fined for sleeping in public places. If they cannot pay the fines, they will be forced into hard labor to pay off the fines. In some cases they can be forced into a treatment program for which they would have to pay off with hard labor. Republican State Representative Debbie Villio stated in her proposal, “We aren’t looking to jail anyone, we’re looking to integrate them with the criminal justice system in an effort to connect them with service providers”.
2026-04-28 The UAE departed from OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries).
2026-04-28 After the DOE declassified nursing careers as “professional”, Senator Merkley pressed Linda McMahon on why she gutted TRIO, a program designed to encourage nursing careers. McMahon said declassifying nursing jobs would make tuition more affordable. What really has happened is students who can’t get a sufficient federal loan with low interest now will have to seek out a privatized loan with higher interest rates.
2026-04-29 Maryland became the first state to ban AI-driven grocery dynamic pricing.
2026-04-29 The Senate voted to open pristine Minnesota boundary waters in Canada for mining and drilling.
2026-04-30 A bale of hay costs $23, diesel costs rose up over 46%, screwworms were an issue in the Southern border, and additional cuts to SNAP benefits were made. Meanwhile farming families are under duress and the rate of farmer suicide is increasing.
2026-04-30 The U.S. debt was larger than its GDP.
2026-04-30 The partial government shutdown ended after 75 days.
2026 May
2026-05-01 Money market funds experienced high cash flow as investors parked their money in them, topping assets out at $8TR.
2026-05-01 Nebraska was the first red state to roll out Medicaid work requirements.
2026-05-03 Small businesses received rejections for their tariff refund claims.
2026-05-03 Spirit Airlines liquidated all its assets.
2026-05-04 Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced a state emergency due to rising costs and gas prices.
2026-05-04 The UAE reported an attack of Iranian drones on the Port of Fujairah fire causing an oil refinery fire.
2026-05-05 Coinbase cut 14% of its workforce due to AI.
2026-05-05 Delta Airlines announced it would drop food and beverage services from flights under 350 miles.
2026-05-05 Met Gala protestors criticized Jeff Bezos and Amazon labor conditions.
2026-05-06 KraftHeinz reported that consumers are dipping into their savings accounts just to eat.
2026-05-06 National Economic Council Director Kevin Hasset told Fox news “In fact, I had the head of one of the big five banks in my office yesterday going through the credit card data. And just as Secretary Bessent said, credit card spending is through the roof. They’re spending more on gasoline, but they’re spending more no everything else too.
2026-05-06 Republicans proposed spending $1B in taxpayer funds on ballroom “security features.”
2026-05-07 Gas prices rose more than 50% under Trump.
2026-05-07 Whirlpool reported a “recession-level industry decline” with a 12% drop in shares and said they would be raising their prices.
2026-05-07 Oil companies reported record profits amidst rising fuel prices and the war in Iran. Shell reported $6.9B in its first quarter.
2026-05-08 During a Milken Institute panel, Ted Cruz described Trump Accounts as a “dirty little secret” for advancing privatized Social Security through accounts created for newborns, and an article quoted him as saying, “it’s because we gave the money to babies so the old people didn’t get pissed”.
2026-05-09 The U.S. obligated millions of dollars in soybean, corn and vegetable oil trade from Argentina.
2026-05-09 An oil spill was detected near Kharg Island.
2026-05-09 Former reality TV star, Trump supporter, and healing crystal peddler Spencer Pratt campaigned to be the next Los Angeles mayor, touting claims that the homeless have homes and choose to live in the streets, stating “They’re not homeless – they’re drug addicts”.
2026-05-11 Trump’s reflection pool project was estimated to cost $13.1M. The botched project would end up costing more later.
2026-05-12 Trump said, “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation – I don’t think about anybody”. Two days later JD Vance denied Trump ever said this.
2026-05-13 The fertilizer shortage hit home for farmers in Michigan.
2026-05-13 Trump met with President Xi Jinping in China to discuss trade and arms sales.
2026-05-14 The White House erected a taxpayer-funded stage at the National Mall to advance Christian Nationalism and exclude other religions. Co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation Annie Laurie Gaylor wrote, “Our Constitution is godless by design. The government has no authority to organize religious revivals, much less use them to promote a Christian nationalist agenda”.
2026-05-16 Over 3500 unionized workers walked off the job for the first LIR strike in over 30 years.
2026-05-16 Trump dropped his $10 billion IRS lawsuit in exchange for a taxpayer-funded $1.7 billion slush fund to pay off J6 insurrectionists. As part of the IRS settlement, the DOJ agreed to drop pending tax claims involving Trump and his family, and never investigate them for tax fraud again.
2026-05-19 Trump sued Minnesota for banning Kalshi prediction markets.
2026-05-19 Twenty-five percent of job seekers reported it had taken them a year or longer to find a job.
2026-05-20 Two officers filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for rewarding J6 insurrectionists with a slush fund.
2026-05-21 Cargill locked out a labor union in Fort Morgan, Colorado.
2026-05-23 Trump proposed a budget to entirely cut housing and community development funds. Appropriations committee Tom Cole responded to Trump’s proposed housing and community development cuts, “Remember, the power of the Appropriation Committee is here, and we will make those decisions”.
2026-05-26 Vance hosted an anti-fraud roundtable with FTC chair and state attorney generals.
2026-05-26 There is a movement to have oil-rich Alberta separate from Canada.
2026-05-26 Mamdani released a housing plan to build affordable housing and reform maintenance code enforcement. The Heritage Foundation wrote a smear campaign against it (of course they did).
2026-05-31 The aluminum market was caught in between tariffs and the elective Iranian war and faced a supply risk.
2026 June
2026-06-01 The drought crisis forced farmers to navigate water shortages.
2026-06-01 Anthropic filed for an initial public offering after it raised $65B and pushed its valuation to $965B. Bernie Sanders announced a new bill that would create a sovereign wealth fund by imposing a one-time 50% tax on big-tech stock. Sanders wrote in an op-ed it would, “give the public a direct role in determining the future of this technology….not simply to make the richest people in the world even richer…”.
2026-06-03 Farm Journal reported that “40% of agricultural economists say that many farmers will need significant restructuring to remain viable”.
2026-06-03 Trump signed an EO to make it easier to fire federal workers.
2026-06-03 On Capitol hill Mark Rubio testified that military operations against Iran were over, while Trump on the same day in the Oval Office told reporters the U.S. attacked Iran recently.
2026-06-04 Texas issued a state of disaster after a new world screwworm case was detected in cattle, goats and dogs.
2026-06-04 Trump used a Cold-War era national defense law to grant $700M to coal plants.
2026-06-05 Trump visited a swing district in Wisconsin amidst rising costs for American farmers. Experts reported numerous farmers are asset heavy and going bankrupt. Farm families held up banners while Trump talked about his reflecting pool project.
2026-06-05 The Senate passed a $70B ICE funding budget.
2026-06-05 The White House took over federal grant-making draws, allowing the President to have more partisan power over grants and research.
2026-06-09 A new report from the Government Accountability Office was released on ICE detention facility Camp East Montana which cited “serious performance and oversight challenges” and a huge drain in fraud, waste and abuse of taxpayer money.
2026-06-10 Representative Maxwell Frost of Florida wrote, “Instead of investing in you and ensuring you can afford your healthcare, groceries, or rent – they chose to hand $70 BILLION to agencies operating without any guardrails while terrorizing and brutalizing our communities.”
2026-06-10 Trump is trying to take control over the US Postal Service.
2026-06-10 After the Civil Rights Division was placed under Harmeet Dhillon, it stepped in to undo Biden-era settlements. One example of a settlement they undid involved Lowndes County, Alabama. There residents do not have access to municipal water and must contend with untreated sewage backing up into their homes. Homeowners there cannot afford the specialized septic systems required for the soil type, so they had been harassed with criminal charges, fines and jailtime. Biden enforced an interim resolution to stop the state from imposing fines and required the state to be an active participant in helping residents get septic systems. Trump’s DOJ eliminated that help, calling the resolution “Illegal DEI” because it was in a predominantly Black neighborhood.
2026-06-11 Trump further advocated on Fox that he wanted the Chinese Communist Party to continue buying up American farmland.
2026-06-15 Fox Corporation wants to buy Roku for $22BN.
2026-06-16 An investigation was launched into allegations that Kash Patel created a $1M personal slush fund of taxpayer money to pay off MAGA loyalists.
2026-06-18 SanDisk drives prices soared to almost $3000.
2026-06-19 The DOJ released a memo undermining the Olmstead mandate designed to provide community-based services to people with disabilities, particularly if they are homeless disabled.
2026-06-23 Trump’s botched reflection pool project is estimated to cost taxpayers $16M.
2026-06-22 Mamdani signed an Executive Order protecting workers from extreme heat.
2026-06-22 The Interior Department introduced new guidelines to slash oil and gas fees paid by energy companies, eliminate requirements to detail plans to eliminate methane emissions, and reduce environmental protections.
2026-06-22 Trump’s UFC stunt destroyed the White House front lawn. Taxpayer cost to repair: pending.
2026-06-23 Banks have not lowered interest rates despite Trump’s pledge in January for them to do so. Citizens are putting food and gas on credit cards, credit delinquency reached the highest level since the crash of 2008, and since January Americans have paid $57B more in credit card interest above 10%. One in three people are skipping meals, medications, and healthcare services.
2026-06-23 United Auto Workers voted to divest from Israel Bonds and issued a statement, “This is going to send a message to – not just the billionaire class – but to politicians and any single person who is not afraid to stand up to genocide, to Netanyahu, to the United States government, and will put the UAW again on the map for standing up for international solidarity”.
2026-06-23 Trump signed an executive order calling for a quantum computer.
2026-06-24 Trump cancelled signage of the affordable housing bill until the SAVE act passes.
2026-06-25 A billion-dollar port in South Carolina was shut down.
2026-06-29 Mike Johnson stated the housing bill would be signed into law without Trump’s signature.
2026-06-30 Trump posted, “Gasoline retailers must get their prices down immediately”.
2026-06-30 Airline fares climbed 26.5%
2026-06-30 Heritage Foundation’s Russel Voght stated that there would be no final evaluation report or after-action plan for DOGE.
2026 July
2026-07-01 Elon Musk threatened to sue anyone who talks about DOGE cuts.
2026-07-02 Trump declined to renew the USMCA trade deal with Mexico and Canada.
2026-07-02 The House voted to pass a legislation forcing public disclosure of congressmember use of taxpayer dollars to fund sexual misconduct payouts.
2026-07-06 Microsoft cut 4800 more jobs, citing a loss of 64 cents for every dollar the company invested.
2026-07-06 Trump said the administration is developing an Australian-style retirement savings plan.
2026-07-08 ExxonMobil’s top attorney Robert Levy retired and joined Trump’s newly renamed Energy and Natural Resources Division, previously the Environment and Natural Resources Division. Co-president of Public Citizen’s Robert Weissman wrote, “Big Oil’s capture of the U.S. government is now complete. The Justice Department that should be fighting to protect clean air and water and avert catastrophic climate change will now work on behalf of polluters to advance the poisoning of people and the planet”.
2026-07-08 Due to cost-of-living retirees are returning to the workforce.
2026-07-08 Salem Media Partners released a taxpayer-funded movie By Dawn’s Early Light that chastises non-Trump supporters and claims systemic bias against Christians during the Biden administration. Salem Media Partners also promoted election fraud claims in their other movie 2000 Mules.
2026-07-09 Trump launched Freedom Fuel gas stations.
2026-07-09 The Trump administration is changing the rules on applying and receiving grants for farmers that will make the process more burdensome and less reliable.
2026-07-09 The White House is quietly remodeling or changing the columns behind tarps. No information at this time how much that will cost taxpayers.
2026-07-10 Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller called for a special center to address AI data centers taking over Texas farmland.
2026-07-10 The bipartisan Road to Housing bill was expected to pass despite Trump’s attempt to veto it. The housing bill is intended to create affordable housing, yet it still loosens building regulations.
2026-07-10 Trump again drained the Reflecting Pool to try again. No information at this time how much that will cost taxpayers.
2026-07-10 The US granted the UAE expanded access to AI chips.
2026-07-10 The White House left Trump’s Qatari jet in Turkey over security concerns.
2026-07-12 West Virginia spent $3M to establish an “anti-woke” university program.
2026-07-13 The USDA provided an inaccurate report overreporting beef sales by 90%. After they were caught, they reissued a new report, blaming the original report numbers on staffing shortages.
2026-07-13 Trump claimed the US would be guardian over the Strait of Hormuz and change a 20% fee for cargo shipped through.
2026-07-13 A judge found that Trump misused court for his IRS case to earmark $10B in taxpayer money.
2026-07-14 Twelve states sued Paramount over the $111B Warner takeover.
2026-07-14 Republicans are expected to begin work on “Reconciliation 3.0” for an additional $67B and $350B in Pentagon funding.
2026-07-14 Lawmakers are expected to vote on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to authorize an addition $1.14TR in military spending.
2026-07-14 Utility companies requested an additional $9.2BN rate increase.
2026-07-14 The Iran war cost reached approximately $100BN.
2026-07-15 The House passed a bill to make Daylight Savings Time permanent.
2026-07-15 Vance and his family allegedly misused taxpayer-funded resources such as federal helicopters for personal use.
2026-07-15 “Kalshi’s ‘Segregation Market’ Turns Black Suffering Into a Betting Line”
2026-07-15 The House GOP voted 216 to 214 to advance a $95BN reconciliation bill to fund Iran, aid farmers, and push for the SAVE Act.
2026-07-16 Karoline Leavitt responded to questions about Trump’s teleprompter entablements with insider trading on the Kalshi market calling them a “disgrace”.
2026-07-17 France blocked access to Polymarket.
2026-07-18 Hewlett-Packard India was fined $14.4M for rigging government bids and fixing ink and toner prices.
2026-07-19 A Fox journalist Johnny Belisario publicly mocked homeless people for media as he went digging through their personal belongings.
2026-07-21 Hegseth wants $70B more for the war in Iran after already spending roughly $37B.
2026-07-21 The EEOC’s Republican majority voted 2-to-1 to rescind data collection requirements on US workers.
2026-07-22 The No More 24 advocacy campaign movement in New York aims to ban mandatory 24-hour work shifts for home health care aides.
2026-07-23 Senator Thune said he didn’t have the votes to pass the $95B reconciliation bill.
2026-07-24 Landlords in New York are suing to overturn Mamdani’s rent freeze on apartments.
2026-07-24 Farmers spent an addition $1.4 Billion dollars in diesel fuel compared to a year ago since the start of the Iran war.
2026-07-24 In a statement Chief Economist of Food & Agriculture Maximo Torero warned that the Iran war will delay progress on ending global hunger.
2026-07-24 The Trump administration imposed more emergency tariffs despite a SCOTUS ruling striking down earlier emergency power tariffs.
2026-07-25 The Trump administration announced the Bureau of Economic Analysis will be rolling out a new methodology for the Personal Consumer Expenditures Numbers, with the new calculation expected to drop the inflation rate by a quarter percent ahead of mid-terms.
2026-07-25 Ranchers in Colorado reported the need for water hauling amidst droughts.
2026-07-27 The USDA announced a plan to open the southern border for two select areas of Mexico in August for cattle ranchers.
2026-07-27 The latest request for farm aid would cost each taxpayer $360.
2026-07-28 Mayor Mamdani proposed plans to create city-owned grocery stores to help lower grocery costs on staple items like meat, pasta, produce, seafood, bread, yogurt, rice and beans.
2026-07-30 Oil firms reported the highest quarterly profits in years.
2026-07-31 The heatwave blanketing much cattle country took a physical toll on herds with losses in the thousands.
August
2026-08-01 Trump posted an AI generated image of his face looming over the coast of Greenland captioned “Hello, Greenland!”.
2026-08-04 Oil company BP reported making $6B between April and June.
2026-08-04 Oil company Saudi Aramco reported it made $33B during this quarter with a 33% jump in profit over last year.
2026-08-05 Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won the Michigan Senate primary campaigning on Medicare for all, ending aid to Israel, and getting money out of politics. Trump said on Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI), “He’s a man of hate. He doesn’t love Israel, he doesn’t love Jewish people, he hates ‘em. He hates ‘em with a passion that burns in his heart and there’s not a freaking thing he can do about it”.
2026-08-05 Iran and Oman have agreed to a shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz.
2026-08-06 Senator Cory booker (D-NJ) argued against the SNAP funding proposal within the farm bill, “That rich people get to grift and fraud, but we’re going after a program to try to save a few billion dollars, and nobody wants to talk about fraud and abuse”.
2026-08-07 The Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal the national cap on television station ownership. This will lead to greater media consolidation. Free Press announced its plans to challenge the move.
2026-08-07 A New York judge issued a pause on Mamdani’s Pied-a-Tierre Tax. The tax is meant to target homes valued at $5M or more and co-ops and condos worth $1M or more when the owners do not live there as a primary residence. The surcharge asks those who own second homes valued in the millions to contribute their fair share to the city from which they benefit.
2026-08-07 Republican senator Dan Crenshaw posted, “Just hearing about this dumb $20 burrito debate. So, just thought I’d make the losers on social media angry before going to bed. Stop whining, get a job, eat ramen like the rest of us did in college on a budget with four roommates. The market doesn’t care what you think something should cost. Only communists care. They set prices, remember? Then everyone starves, remember? Are you a communist, or are you an American adult make capable of handling his own shit?”
2026-08-08 Trump’s job report came out in the negative, showing we lost more jobs under Trump than expected. In July we lost 23,000 jobs where economists had earlier predicted a job growth of 80K.
2026-08-09 Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in as President of Colombia and the US promised $1BN in security aid for a drug crackdown.
2026-08-10 Greenland issued a warning against the US firm responsible for dropping off drilling equipment, telling them not to drill on their territory.
2026-08-11 A US oil company linked to Trump called Greenland energy announced they plan to drill in Greenland without local approval
2026-08-11 According to a review of financial disclosures Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito profited up to $2.9M from his fossil fuel interests between 2005 and 2024. This came as SCOTUS was about to hear a case involving Suncor Energy and Exxon.
2026-08-12 When asked about the 30,000 pounds of beef at the border that was not reinspected Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller (R) stated, “Well basically the first time I ever disagreed with Trump about bringing in Argentine beef to start with”, “We also have an agriculture trade deficit. It was about $50B. So, buying more food from outside the US increased our deficit…”
2026-08-13 Gen Z is using sports betting as a part of their long term financial planning.
2026-08-13 Trump’s ballroom estimate (which Trump said would be privately paid for) ballooned to $900M in taxpayer money.
2026-08-13 Tyson Foods shut down several more meat packing facilities, laying off more than 2500 workers. This after Tyson Food CEO Donnie King made over $34M in 2025 according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
2026-08-18 Kellogg’s Omaha plant closed and laid off the remaining 350 employees.
2026-08-20 The national debt surpassed $40TRN. For contrast, the national debt in 2016 was $19TRN.
2026-08-20 Trump threatened “economic warfare and isolation” via social media towards any countries trading with Iran.
2026-08-21 A major Dominican sugar producer with ties to Trump was accused of forced labor.
2026-08-22 The US launched an economic trade war with Canada starting with 50% tariffs on roughly $20B worth of imports. In response Canada did the same, start date September 8 2026.
2026-08-24 Bessent launched “Operation Economic Outcast” to isolate and target Iran and so-called enablers.
2026-08-24 Republicans still had not passed a federal budget and announced plans to instead vote on a continuing resolution to get the US to December without a shutdown.
2026-08-24 An economic research firm Ludwig Institute released new information finding that the actual unemployment rate of US workers is 25% when considering the “functionally unemployed”, or those who live at or below the poverty line.
2026-08-25 A natural disaster emergency response team was sent to Washington DC to work on Trump’s pet projects including the reflecting pool, fountain renovations, and removing debris on the East Potomac golf course. At the directive of Trump, around 300 workers will be used for private vanity projects and cleaning up Trump’s reflecting pool mess at the expense of taxpayers. Meanwhile the Western US confronted the most wildfires in a decade.
2026-08-25 The Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association argued letting 300K metric tons of imported beef into the US supply chain is bad policy.
2026-08-28 Trump announced a deal was struck with Venezuela to control 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil. Economists warned Venezuelans will not see benefit from the agreement. Senator Chris Van Hollen stated, “This is proof Trump put our service members at risk to get Venezuelan oil for his billionaire buddies. Putting our soldiers’ lives on the line for private profit is a gross dereliction of his constitutional duty”.
2026-08-30 The gambling industry set out to end prediction markets.
2026-08-31 ICE announced plans to spend $2M on robot dogs to aid in immigration enforcement.
2026-08-31 Kalshi permanently banned George Santos over illegal trading.
2026-08-31 GOP candidate Laurie Buckhout was suspended for betting on herself on Kalshi prediction markets.
2026-08-31 Allegedly China rejected Argentine beef its high levels of chloramphenicol.
2026 September
2026-09-01 Putin announced continued support for Iran and countering US sanction.
2026-09-01 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened to impose secondary sanctions against Iran’s trading partners. Afterwards Russia’s Finance Minister attended the Summit of Central Bankers summit in North Carolina for the first time in four years since their invasion of Ukraine.
2026-09-01 The World Food Programme had to slash food assistance in half due to funding.
2026-09-01 Iranians faced dire economic conditions as runaway food inflation caused food prices to rise well over 300%.
2026-09-01 According to a lawsuit, Trump’s “Freedom Fuel” allegedly sold nearly $4M in stolen fuel.
2026-09-02 The DOJ issued a statement warning that any state resisting Trump’s mass deportation program will lose funding for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Security Income program (SSI).
2026-09-07 Many cattle ranchers who were hit by drought and high costs started selling their herds.
2026-09-08 The Trump administration planned to redirect funding from a Child Care Subsidy Program toward married couples with a stay-at-home spouse.