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Declassified, defunded, dismantled. Trump wipes out war crimes data, slashes HIV prevention, and erases FTC guidance—while judges block his transgender military ban and EPA cash grab. Roberts rebukes impeachment talk, and Nebraska voters erupt over Musk, Ukraine, and Medicare cuts.
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Your links:
1. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-talks-putin-ukraine-ceasefire-good-chance-success/story?id=119890671
2. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/18/jfk-assassination-files-released-trump/82517699007/
3. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-blocks-trumps-executive-order-barring-transgender-people-from-the-military/
4. https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5332274/judge-ruling-usaid-shutdown
5. https://www.axios.com/2025/03/18/justice-roberts-trump-impeach-judge-venezuela
6. https://apnews.com/article/social-security-fraud-waste-doge-elon-musk-212e3089951f731fd3f83443e104b315
7. https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-terminating-14-billion-in-green-bank-grants/YCZPGIGJJNE6HKPZAJAMSCUAHM/
8. https://www.mediaite.com/tv/karoline-leavitt-hits-back-at-french-politician-wanting-the-statue-of-liberty-back-be-grateful-you-are-not-speaking-german/
9. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/trump-fires-ftc-commissioners
10. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/18/minnesota-senator-justin-eichorn-trump-derangement-syndrome/82523535007/
11. https://www.ehn.org/trump-administration-moves-to-dismantle-epas-science-office-2671347926.html
12. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/18/trump-ukraine-children-russia-war-crimes/
13. https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/03/19/Tesla-domestic-terrorism/4821742351566/
14. https://abc7ny.com/post/transportation-secretary-sean-duffy-threatens-pull-federal-funding-mta-doesnt-send-subway-crime-statistics/16047073/
15. https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-considers-plan-eliminate-204659563.html
16. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-19/dhs-slashes-personnel-leading-fight-against-domestic-extremism
17. https://www.wired.com/story/federal-trade-commission-removed-blogs-critical-of-ai-amazon-microsoft/
18. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-admin-considers-giving-nato-command-exclusively-american-eisenho-rcna196503
19. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5202362-voters-boo-nebraska-republican-town-hall/
elten
Another day, another step towards insanity
DesdemonaMoor
Assuming he leaves at the end of his term, this administration is crippling the government and setting us back half a century. The next POTUS will be mired in just getting us moderately functional.
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
Nothing wrong with ending the task force that prevented 1000+ white wing terrorist plots, when your goal is to enable them.
Fuck me.
Hey, folks. Punching no longer is enough to stop nazis.
Rebatu
Gutting anti-domestic terrorism agencies means it will be easier to revolt and assassinate members of state.
Not saying anyone should do it, but its curious that he would shoot himself in the foot like this. Isnt that putting him in danger?
FuzzyX
Trump reality cares about no one but himself. You don't want to get HIV/Aids then Trump is "I don't care.". You have your children kidnapped by Russia, even being an open case in the ICC, then Trump again is "I don't care.". It is hard to name a more evil person these days who lacks empathy for victims.
GeorgeBounacos
100% lack of empathy. It's how autocrats can rule.
DireWolf505
Keep it up, I send these out every day, greatly appreciated.
GeorgeBounacos
Fantastic! Thank you for amplifying it.
SolarFlaair
Left out that the Turkish dictator just had his opponent arrested on made up charges
Magus25
The shock and awe tactics are really working. How can anyone keep up with the speed all this shit is coming out? The news coverage there is can't keep up with it all. They have to cherry pick what they can talk about.
GeorgeBounacos
100%. That's why this started in my family group chat. And it was clear from the early days on social when people here and elsewhere were saying, "Wait, I watch the news. I didn't hear anything about that!"
noReallyIamPrincessBob
Thank you George!
Knowledge is power!
SimpleGoings
Leaving NATO is small peepee energy.
brainkandle1
FOX News talking points becoming reality
WolfPackNetwork
please add the following to "what happened today" imgur has removed the ability to register new accounts via email and is allegedly shadow banning any posts about it
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Wotugonado
#1- Because he's a liar.
#10 - Surrounds himself with only the best people, likemeinded is more precise.
#12 - Exactly what scum with no empathy would do.
Again, this seems appropriate to put in this thread
/gallery/uFNodfZ
TheMellowMoron
itzu2jones31415
Soo fucking tired of this shit!
TheFastpaws
Thanks again my friend. I dunno how you do it. It kills me sharing it each day with friends, family and a few discords. It just keeps getting worse. =\
GeorgeBounacos
Unique set of supports, I guess. And this loving community. :)
updootsonlyupdoots
Please keep doing these. I was looking for and still haven't found a website or a book that listed everulyday of trumps first presidency. This looks as close as I am going to get. Do know that these are downloaded by me for posterity. Additionally, if imgur ever kicks you can you post an alternate social so I can keep up on this stuff. I feel like the mainstream media is biased or cowardly.
StellarJay77
Welcome to "Who's the President Anyway?", where the money is made up and the rules don't matter.
VincitQuiSeVincit
#12 is especially vexing to me. Why on Earth would anyone want Ukrainian children data scrapped unless they were involved in human trafficking?
Rhythmaster
Well, I bet there are some high up russian oligarchs and GOP scumbags involved in human trafficking. Would not surprise me in the least
NomadFeetWanderingToes
It's a gift to Putin. Erasing the moral issues surrounding the war (in Trump's eyes) will be a sweetener in the current negotiations. It's absolutely sickening 🤮
GeorgeBounacos
I think that it's appeasing Russia too. And Putin rolled him yesterday.
Twinklepot
Number 6 will be a kicker. That will be hardship for a huge number of people and their families. Having to be seen in person occasionally, maybe by a visiting official would be better, and necessary to prevent fraud. We had this absurd case in Ireland https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1d7gvlxerdo
Two men brought a man (who happened to be dead) into a post office to claim his pension.
All the other items are terrible as well. France will be annoyed this morning! Thanks for the post!
Twinklepot
I'm waiting for huge rallies of people pushing back against all of this.
GeorgeBounacos
The juxtaposition of closing dozens of offices while mandating office visits is completely on par for this administration. And it will cause difficulties for people. Thanks for the link. Looking forward to reading it!
ChuckleVoodooist
Really depends on the person for office visits. I was my father's caregiver and the only way we could do office visits was for me to physically lift him onto everything as he was unable to walk. We didn't qualify for any nursing or transport assistance.
I get the need for security to prevent fraud but when dealing with the elderly and disabled it's always a toss up on who's going to be put out.
Mirrormancer
Your posts are deeply appreciated. Additionally, my own digging has shown some other troubling prospects that weren't covered here: /gallery/alert-agent-orange-wishes-to-use-fentanyl-to-justify-war-against-mexico-canada-CJQ3q1u
I posted some stuff to try to help rally people together and funnel them to others that can help further: https://imgur.com/gallery/report-request-wisconsins-court-hangs-balance-of-voters-76HSpMG
It's a fucking disaster, but more people are getting mad.
UnrealEstates
How can no one be actually fighting back yet? (Excluding Luigi)
razorsharpdoubleedgedlegaldualmindblades
Americans looking down their noses at the French is the height of USA arrogance and ignorance.
GeorgeBounacos
100%. When your school curriculum is politicized, it's hard to tell people, "Remember when you came to this land, slaughtered the people living here, enslaved another race, and then decided to be your own country? Yeah, we were the first to help you."
Hmm, that doesn't sound as good as I thought.
Kingdomonsterdeath
Remember Freedom Fries? That will probably make a comeback. So very stupid....
csiscotty13
If trump pulls us out of NATO I'll kill him myself
acuteavocado7
dont wait
SprinklesMckitten
so I'm no fan of homeland security, but an agency with victories he coule brag about getting gutted is ......i dunno
GeorgeBounacos
This is all out of the "we stopped more fentanyl than ever before" book.
You have to stop it from pouring in!
Uh, see line 1.
WigglyBlondeNoodle
That's one of the reasons why it's abundantly clear he's a Russian asset. There's no way even a fucking moron like him wouldn't want agencies like homeland security to be fully bolstered to support ICE in these illegal raids. He's just eroding government for the sake of destroying it irreparably.
qwertdeep
He’s a capitalist. He’s gutting out the government so that its functions can be replaced by private corporations owned by his cronies. We’re moving into an age of corporate feudalism
Rpgjgb
Ah, but you don't understand... "that dept was part of Sleepy Joe's Crooked Crime Cronies and if they were any good at their jobs the amount of potential terror plots wouldn't have been so high!" (Or some such bullshit)
OnePostCloserToAHappierLIfe
"Concerning" is the word.
SocialMicrotransactionist
What hinders Trump to get rid of Judges? Why are they preoccupied with decisions/actions being “illegal”? Trump obviously ignored court rulings in at least one major, well documented case.
whereismymind86
He doesn’t have any authority to do so, hence his need to try and get them to resign via intimidation etc
They can be impeached and removed with a 2/3s vote like the president but otherwise cannot be fired
GeorgeBounacos
The Judiciary is a separate, co-equal branch of government, just like Congress. It is not part of the executive branch that Trump runs and is enshrined in the Constitution. Only Congress has the ability to remove a judge like that, and then only by impeachment. That is a vote to impeach in the House and a trial and vote to convict in the Senate.
Judges at this level are appointed for life.
Trump can't fire one any more than he can fire a U.S. Senator.
KuroNeko00
Congress controls the purse as well. The executive branch isn't supposed to be able to touch those funds either, but they're doing it. I don't doubt they'll just start getting rid of judges, regardless of any legality.
The701
I also wonder what workarounds this mafia administration will find. Things like... "hey guess what, your building has been sold," or "we've bought the place upwind from your courtroom and are building a tire-burning facility there," or "we're going to dox and publicly threaten your staff members until they quit," or "we're going to arrest and deport this judge because they had dark skin and a single tattoo."
SocialMicrotransactionist
I understand what they are. But if they cannot be touched, why were they bypassed with no consequences? See the kidney transplantation expert among other deportations?
GeorgeBounacos
She was a perfect example of them being strategic. Not Trump, whoever is calling those shots. They say to half the country, "Look she's flying back after attending a terrorist's funeral. We don't want her here, right?"
They're appealing to humanity's base, ugliest side because it works.
And after it's normalized, it's nothing to round bunches of people up.
EternallyIgnorant
Because a decent chunk of the population and the politicians support him and block anyone from enacting punishment.
LeeeB
Are you okay? How are you mentally?
Thank you so much for compiling this every day
jenoween
Second this. It must be taxing. I know just following it makes me angry.
GeorgeBounacos
I'm doing well, thank you for asking. Slowed a little on Sunday, but my wonderful family cheered me up. :)
cmsport2
I know you are already doing this out of the kindness of your heart and desire to keep everyone informed...but if you ever felt like setting up a Patreon, Ko-fi, or Buy Me A Coffee type account, I know many of us would be happy to further show you our humble appreciation.
Zamm005
Can't agree with everyone else strongly enough. Fantastic work. Keep it up!
reurra
We need more heroes like you. Thank you for your service!
super3dcow
You are awesome for putting in these efforts. I share these with my friends every day to keep them up to date too.
Rynath
Thank you so much.
bluewitch
You are doing us a lot of good. We appreciate you.
RyvaTheRenamon
Let us know if there's anything we can do to help, if this becomes too much.
stardustsilverfoxes31415
Same! I just woke up and was trying to word this, haven't had coffee so piggy backing on your comment 🙃
Jeenius
jasminedragonteashop
You are doing very important work. Please make sure you have back-up accounts and an offline database. You have support. Please let us know if you want help.
GeorgeBounacos
Got 'em, both, and will do. Thank you!
secretdpp
Make sure you slot some time out to decompress a little
DontKnowTheSource
Please continue to do this only as long as you can. Do not push yourself for us, we all HEAVILY appreciate it, but your health matters far more
trumpypumpyinyourrumpy
If the US leaves NATO, it won't get back in.
Until we liberate you.
GeorgeBounacos
NATO won't want us with our implicit, perhaps explicit in the future, ties to Russia. And Hungary. And North Korea.
qwertdeep
Good luck with that, the US has a stronger military than the rest of NATO combined on paper. Their “defence” budget has been higher than the next top 10 countries combined for the entirety of all our lives. They have at least 3 times as many military bases as there are countries in the world, some sources report them having 750 military bases in 80 countries. This is before we discuss their nukes and their likelihood to use them if anyone posed an actual threat to their power.
trumpypumpyinyourrumpy
So did Germany in ww2. It didn't end well for them
qwertdeep
The military strength difference between Germany and the rest of the world is nothing like the dominance that USA has. The number of bases and global hegemony is nothing alike either.
derekjohn
I wouldn't waste the service personnel on liberating the USA from itself.
MarriNikari
I'm subscribed on Imgur, any reason the email is better?
DireWolf505
Backups are good.
noReallyIamPrincessBob
I have both, just in case something happens on Imgur.
PuzzledCompletely
I also have both, partly because it is easier for me to just forward an email. I read the email, and then come here for the comments, so I don't feel so alone in the fight.
GeorgeBounacos
I love Imgur. I've been here forever, but it was actually some in the community here who asked often and erm, vocally, for an email alternative "just in case."
I'll let them speak here because I haven't experienced what they have.
WizBardBarian
I hope I'm not the first to encourage you to get a donation link somewhere, maybe at the bottom of your website or at the end of your citations. Maybe just a Buy Me a Coffee kind of link. You're doing great work that takes time and effort that many of us would like to support in more than just imaginary points.
qwertdeep
I don’t know if it’s changed recently but subscriptions usually only tell you when the post goes viral on Imgur. If the poster gets shadow banned then you will not see the post
muffmunchies
I believe when you follow someone you can choose to be notified when they post or if post goes viral.
MarriNikari
You have the option to do all posts or viral posts, I have all posts on for this one
qwertdeep
Thanks! The last time I followed anyone new was back during the BLM times or during lockdown, it’s changed since then.
GeorgeBounacos
awwww, thank you! :)
MarriNikari
Of course! Your posts are a wonderful resource and have also been pretty key at helping me manage my anxiety, it's the least I can do until you get a tip button together :)
GeorgeBounacos
Nah, no tip button, but thank you. We're all in this together.
Take care of your local community. We're not going to win this marching on DC. We're only going to win at the hyperlocal level and building up.
thepsudo
Trump's dismantling of the checks and balances of the federal government is such a dangerous national embarrassment.
StellarJay77
The truly shameful and pathetic thing is how spineless Congress has been in just rolling over and taking it.
jenoween
I'm Canadian and just a few weeks ago my provincial premier tried to fire the Auditor General and eliminate her position entirely and remove any access to her findings for the public to access because he didn't want criticism. Surprise! He's conservative.
SociallyAwkwardCanadianMoose
Sounds like what ablerta is dealing with....
thepsudo
I don't have a problem with conservative principles, but I can't name many conservative politicians that have any principles.
noReallyIamPrincessBob
But thankfully he was forced to backpedal.
Bullet dodged. Phew!
Gotta keep an eye on those politicians though.
StellarJay77
Something tells me we should go over those findings now with a fine toothed comb.
deadlyJumper
Something tells me he should be removed from his position. Violently if necessary. As the US shows, you can't give an inch or else it emboldens them.
noReallyIamPrincessBob
Yeah, makes you wonder what he was trying to hide.
FetteredJuvenescence
The only useful thing Trump is doing is showing us that we never had checks and balances. If they don't actually stop him, they were never real.
eeps
A fair and balanced government has always been a shared delusion. It only exists because we say it exists and enough people involved play along. There are very few types of government that aren't. Fascism backed by violence and similar systems. Most good things exist because we will them into existence.
cmsport2
Legitimacy by the consent of the governed. That was our shared delusion. No one ever thought the governed would so easily give up their rights and protections.
StellarJay77
The SCOTUS ruling that a President cannot be prosecuted for crimes committed under the official duties of the office effectively neutered both the legislated branch and the judicial branch of government. They basically kicked the door wide open for a lawless President to have carte blanche to do whatever they please with impunity. The shameful thing is there have been several Presidents believing themselves above the law so you'd think the US would have learned that lesson already, but noooo.
FetteredJuvenescence
The more important thing is that there has never been anything stopping a president from purging the military and promoting bootlickers to command, like Trump has done. And that means that no one is willing to back Donny into a corner and force him to put up or shut up, because at this point he can and will just use the military if he has to.
The rule of law is dead.
StellarJay77
Well yes there actually is. Several generals have already publicly stated they will not follow any orders that go against the Constitution and there are enough of those type in the US military that have the respect and admiration of their men and women who serve under them for an unconstitutional order to fall on deaf ears.
FetteredJuvenescence
He'll just add them to the list to be fired. You seem to not grasp that he 100% absolutely without question does have the legal authority to fire any military officer he feels like firing. Every person who publicly says they won't follow his orders will just be removed from a command position and made irrelevant.