Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Nobody knows what Trump is talking about – and no one seems to care

During Trump's rambling announcement that he's sending the National Guard to DC, it became clear he has caught Sleepy Joe Biden's cognitive decline. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Wed Aug 13 2025

 
President Donald Trump speaks about deploying federal law enforcement agents in Washington, DC, to bolster the local police presence on Aug. 11, 2025.

During Trump's rambling announcement that he's sending the National Guard to DC, it became clear he has caught Sleepy Joe Biden's cognitive decline.

Tents along the sidewalk in Washington, DC, on Aug. 11, 2025, when President Donald Trump announced plans to seize control of Washington's Metropolitan Police Department and sweep homeless people off the city's streets.
 

Trump doing more to help homeless people than failed liberal policies

President Trump's executive order is not an attack on the homeless. It's a defense of each family's right to help the ones they love who are hurting.

A Metropolitan police vehicle is parked near 14th Street SW and Independence Avenue SW, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an increased federal security presence due to crime rates in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 8, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
 

DC should be safer. But Trump won't be the one to curb crime.

Uniformed DEA agents patrolling the National Mall and flooding the streets with 800 National Guard personnel sounds great, but it's all for show.

Washington D.C. residents and activists protested President Donald Trump taking federal control over police and National Guard deployment.
 

DC deserves statehood, not Trump's misguided bullying

President Donald Trump is dehumanizing the residents of Washington, DC – a majority Black jurisdiction – to stop a fictional crime wave.

Then-South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem campaigns with Georgia Republican Reps. Buddy Carter, center, and Mike Collins at a presidential reelection rally for Donald Trump in 2024 in Savannah, Georgia.
 

GOP can't campaign on Trump's failure. They only have scare tactics.

While the Trump administration has successfully targeted trans people, they're currently failing at everything from the economy to health care.

Future President Donald Trump, would-be first lady Melania Trump, financier Jeffrey Epstein and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell in 2000 at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
 

It's time to hear from Epstein victims about what Maxwell did

None of this is going away, despite President Trump's flailing efforts to quiet the controversy. Epstein and Maxwell's victims deserve to be heard.

Kids ride an e-bike on May 25, 2025, in Point Pleasant, New Jersey.
 

E-bikes are everywhere. And it's driving me to frustration.

E-bicycles and other electric-motored vehicles are gaining in popularity. But we have to find ways where we can all share the roads.

One sign at the
 

Medicaid cuts won't prevent fraud. They'll leave people like me behind.

This isn't about Medicaid fraud prevention. It's about making the process for people like me so exhausting that we give up or get left behind.

Protesters rally outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on June 25, 2025, while the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices convenes with all new members appointed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy.
 

Trump team's anti-vaccine crusade threatens older Americans' health

Senior officials in the Trump administration are encouraging vaccine skepticism − and it's jeopardizing the health of our rapidly aging population.

A protester attends a rally in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Aug. 7, 2025, demanding the immediate release of the hostages held by Hamas and the end of the war in Gaza.
 

Israeli control of Gaza is path to peace. Trump should support it.

President Donald Trump should support Israel's decision to occupy all of Gaza. Washington cannot allow Hamas to stay in power.

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