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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Hegseth and Co. Are Trying to Steal Other Agencies’ Funds, Dems Say
House Democrats say the Pentagon is attempting to siphon crucial NIH funds.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
While Trump previously praised Cannon for doing everything in her pwr. to keep Smith’sreport from coming to light, AmericanOversight & Knight1stAmendment Institute argue there’spublicinterest inknowingtheir contents.They’re citing the Free.of Info.Act as proof Cannonmust disclosethereport’scontents.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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Backlash surges over Trump judge's order to hide secret DOJ files
A jurist appointed by President Donald Trump to protect him, Florida’s Judge Aileen Cannon, has been described as a “partisan hack” and blasted by House Democrats. Now she is facing a new challenge: C...
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Todd Blanche Confirmation Hearing
A recording from Allison Gill's live video
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
542 days into Trump's term Trump’s net approval rating is -23, down 0.3 points since last week. 36% approve, 59% disapprove, 4% not sure
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Before the Iran war began, the average price for a gallon of fuel was under $3. Now it is $4.48. Scott Bessent has promised that “help is on the way”. Given the administration’s inconsistent statements about the war, Americans could be forgiven for being skeptical.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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Donald Trump’s approval rating
Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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Trump Closes in on Deal That Could Drag Catastrophe Out for Years
The White House believes it is close to an agreement.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Social media users were quick to raise their concerns about his health. “He's struggling," wrote another user. “He sounds winded," a third user commented. “His breathing sounds labored," agreed another user.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
“I have to imagine Trump only has 3-4 good hours a day now. He sleeps in, takes a 90 minute shower, sits in his makeup chair for 2 hours, eats 3 Mc Donald's Happy Meals, and then fights to stay awake during his meetings before ranting the rest of the night on his socials," one X user wrote.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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Trump 'struggling' through speech and 'sounds winded' amid health concerns
Social media users were quick to raise health concerns about president Trump, as some believe he was "winded" during his Trump RX launch speech
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Morris, who runs the polling aggregator 50plusOne, showed that the polling average for Trump’s approval rating on inflation and the cost of living is well below what he had set on his graph. His website shows as of the end of April, his approval rating on inflation is at negative 40.3 percent.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Data journalist and pollster G. Elliott Morris says that Trump’s approval rating on inflation is so low that he had to redo his graph to account for it. “Trump literally broke the scale of this graph on my data portal,” Morris tweeted.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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Trump approval rating so low on inflation he ‘broke the scale,’ pollster says
President’s numbers remain dismally low, sparking concerns about whether Republicans will lose the House of Representatives in November
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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Jeffrey Epstein’s Possible Suicide Note Hidden From Public View
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
While he waited, Trump reportedly wailed throughout a nearly empty West Wing over gas prices—which had surged to an average of $4.09—and the U.S.’s European allies, whom he has repeatedly raged at for not joining the surprise war he and Israel launched on Iran on Feb. 28.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
His hours-long tirade became such a hindrance that aides barred him from the room handling the crisis, opting instead to brief him at intervals, officials revealed to the Journal.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Trump, 79, reportedly threw such a tantrum during a fraught rescue operation in Iran that his aides banished him from the room as they were briefed.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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White House Leak Reveals Trump Booted From Briefing After Hours-Long Freakout
Even the president may have doubts about his war.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
It was the latest ‌instance of Trump backing down at the 11th hour from his repeated threats to bomb every power plant in Iran. UN Secretary General António Guterres & others have condemned the threats, noting international humanitarian law forbids attacks targeting civilians&civilian infrastructure.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
“Trump's ceasefire extension is certainly a ploy to buy time for a surprise strike," Mahdi Mohammadi, the parliament speaker's adviser, said in a statement on social media, calling the U.S. blockade an ongoing military aggression. "The time for Iran to take the initiative ​has ​come."
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
An adviser to Iran's lead negotiator, the speaker ⁠of parliament, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, said Trump's announcement carried little weight.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Tue, April 21, 2026 at 5:14 PM CDT; Tasnim News Agency, affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guards, said Iran had not asked for a ceasefire extension and repeated threats to break the U.S. blockade by force.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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US announces ceasefire extension with Iran
By Steve Holland, Parisa Hafezi and Mubasher Bukhari WASHINGTON/DUBAI/ISLAMABAD, April 21 (Reuters) - U.S.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn launches another run for Congress in Maryland
Dunn, who is running for retiring Rep. Steny Hoyer's seat, lost a Democratic primary in a neighboring district in 2024.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The ruling marks the1st time the ECJ has found a memberstate guilty of breakingEU lawbased exclusively on breaching thebloc’s fundamentalvalues describedin article2 of its treaty.These incl. respectforhumandignity, democracy,equality,theruleof law&respectforfundamentalrights, incl.thoseofminorities.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
In a wide-ranging judgment, the European court of justice said the 2021 law that bans content about LGBTQ+ people from schools and primetime TV was at odds with a society based on pluralism and fundamental rights, such as prohibition of discrimination and freedom of expression.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The court said in a statement that the Hungarian law was “contrary to the very identity of the union as a common legal order in a society in which pluralism prevails”, and that Hungary could not “validly rely on its national identity” as justification for a law that breached fundamental values.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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EU’s top court finds Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law in breach of key values
ECJ says law passed in 2021 is discriminatory and ‘contrary to the identity of the union’, in early test for new PM
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Trump’s economic approval rating took a nosedive — falling to 32 percent, with 13 percent strongly approving. Of the two-thirds of respondents who are disappointed with Trump’s handling of the key economic issues, 52 percent say they “strongly disapprove” of his performance.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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Trump’s approval rating sinks to second-term low: Poll
President Trump’s approval rating sank to a new second-term low in the latest NBC News poll, amid growing concerns about his handling of the economy. In the NBC News Decision Desk survey, conducted…
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
“Taking on violent hate&extremist groups is among the most dangerous work there is,&we believe it is also amongthe most important work we do,”Fair said. “The actions by the DOJ will not shake our resolve to fight for justice&ensure the promise of the Civil Rights movement becomes a reality for all.”
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
“Recounting the organization’s fight against white supremacy and other forms of injustice, Fair said the SPLC was “unsurprised to be the latest organization targeted by this administration, they have made no secret of who they want to protect and who they want to destroy.”
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Bryan Fair, interim chief executive of SPLC, said in a statement that the organization is still reviewing the charges but that after witnessing the Justice Department’s news conference they are “are outraged by the false allegations.”
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on charges that it fraudulently paid informants in extremist groups
The head of the civil rights organization said the group was "outraged by the false allegations" leveled against it.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
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Epstein files the biggest drag on Trump’s approval rating in Florida, poll finds
“It will continue to have an impact heading into November,” said the Democratic consultant who conducted the poll.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Democrats at the hearing also pressed Gabbard about what intelligence was conveyed to Trump about how Iran would react to a potential U.S. attack, saying the president has expressed surprise at Iran’s strikes on neighboring countries.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
When pressed by Sen. Jon Ossoff on the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear program, Gabbard said that only the commander in chief could decide what represented an urgent threat to the country. “False,”Ossoff replied. “You’re evading a question because a candid statement would contradict the White House.”
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
“Iran’s nuclearenrichment prg.was obliterated.Therehasbeennoefforts sincethentotry to rebuild their enrichment capability,”herprepared remarksread,accord. to herwritten statementpostedonthe SenateIntelligenceCommittee’s website.Inheropeningstatement, Gabbardomittedlanguage incl.inher writtenremarks.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
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Intel chief Gabbard declines to say if Iran posed an 'imminent threat' to U.S.
Tulsi Gabbard's congressional testimony came a day after a top deputy, Joe Kent, resigned in protest over the war.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The IDF had informed the U.S. military ahead of the strikes,but the full scale of the operation still caught Washington off guard. U.S. officialsalso fear that Israel’s attack on infrastructurethat affects everyday Iranians could rally the populationbehind the Islamic regime instead of weakening it.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Trump’s war against Iran is already throwing him and his officials for a loop. The U.S. was blindsided by Israel’s extensive strikes on Iranian oil depots, according to a U.S. official, an Israeli official, and a source with knowledge, Axios reports.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
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Trump Blindsided by What’s Happening in His Own War
The president is vexed as his war veers off script.
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p-bubblegum.bsky.social @p-bubblegum.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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