Trump’s attempt to end federal funding for libraries was reversed by a federal judge. Now $160 million in thousands of grants to libraries around the country, which provide the lion’s share of their funding will be restored.
The chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island called Trump’s actions “arbitrary and capricious,” and a violation of the doctrine of separation of powers. And for once, Trump complied. More at
anothertrumpdisaster.comIt took a record number of farmers declaring bankruptcy to get Trump to release $12 billion in relief to farmers struggling because of Trump’s devastating tariffs on soybeans and other crops. The 181 farmers who filed for bankruptcy in the first six months of 2025 is a 60% increase from last year.
Trump’s tariffs forced China to buy soybeans from Argentina instead of the U.S. as Trump also gave a $20 billion bail out to Argentina’s right-wing gov. More at
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Trump’s cut to the U.S.A.I.D. have killed 600k people so far, including 400k children. Trump crippled USAID operations, including cancelling over 5,300 critical foreign aid projects and the dismissal of nearly 4k personnel, jeopardizing vital health services in countries fighting malaria and HIV.
More deaths will continue as time goes on. More at
anothertrumpdisaster.comTrump is pushing 170,000 Americans with disabilities out of their home and on to the streets. He’s cutting more than $2 million from the program that provides long-term housing to people with disabilities, most of whom are 50+ in age. Cruel. And a typical Trump solution to housing affordability.
Trump is gutting car mileage standards, the same as adding 165 million cars off the roads for one year. His new rule will require only an average of 34.5mpg for cars and light trucks in model year 2031, down from the standard of 50.4 mpg set by Biden. This new rule continues Trump’s war on EVs.
Trump is taking final steps to murder the CFPB, which has saved consumers $21 billion since it was launched in 2011. The CFBP was the first powerful sheriff regulating banks, credit card companies, mortgage and payday lenders. The CFPB has stopped doing anything to protect consumers.
CFPB reversed limiting credit card late payments to $8. Now, with funds dwindling, Trump has not requested any new funds, by law, the CFPB should be getting funding from the Fed. Trump is now arguing that CFPB funding is illegal. No wonder financial crooks love him! More at
anothertrumpdisaster.comTrump’s EPA is delaying the last climate reg still in place, a limit on methane. Methane is 80x worse than CO2 in the short term. The delay is like adding 25 million cars. A huge gift to the already profitable oil and gas industry, saving them an estimated $750m over 11 years in compliance costs.
#TrumpAffordabilityCrisis Trump is sending health premiums through the roof, He’s taking coverage away from 16 million Americans. While he’ll be dancing in his ballroom. GOP war on Obamacare never ends.
Trump’s new vaccine regulator is stepping up anti-vax policies. He blames, without any evidence, that 10 children died from Covid vaccines. Now he’s changing the rules for all vaccines including flu shots and slowing down the process of approval. What will this mean for the next pandemic?
Trump’s FDA is in turmoil (SURPRISE?) FDA’s top drug regulator says approving drugs with less research risks patients’ health. But that’s what the FDA is doing. Even drug industry groups are unhappy. They’ve told Trump that the FDA’s regulatory decisions had become erratic and unpredictable.
In just one week Trump moved to gut 3 environmental laws. His EPA said it will end protections for millions of acres. He announced changes to the Endangered Species Act that could make it harder to rescue species. His Interior Department moved to allow new oil and gas drilling across 1.3B acres
“This was the week from hell for environmental policy in the United States,” said Pat Parenteau, a professor emeritus and senior fellow for climate policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School. Another week,
anothertrumpdisaster.comTrump is gutting the bank regs set up after the ’08 Great Recession. The Fed governor in charge of bank regs is gutting regs and laying off 30% of staff. She weakened measures to detect possible failures, watered down bank supervision at the FDIC and gutted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Remember the Deep Water Horizon?! That disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? One of the worst environmental disasters ever? Guess what? Trump is proposing to open ocean off the CA, FL and AK coast to new oil and gas drilling. First time in 40 yrs for new CA drilling.
FL, Republicans and Democrats hate it fearing a catastrophic oil spill would wreck the tourist business. And these are in addition to dozens of new drilling sites mandated in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Cook Inlet by the Big Ugly Bill passed by Republicans this summer.
Trump’s anti-vaxers may soon end the U.S. status as having eliminated measles. The CDC has confirmed 1,723 cases this year. Countries lose their elimination status, which we’ve held for 25 years, after 12 months of sustained transmission. The U.S., will reach that deadline at the end of 01/2026.
Trump used extortion to block a global proposal to slash climate-wrecking pollution from cargo ships. Just when more than 100 nations were ready to sign-on, he threatened countries with big penalties if they voted for the proposal to impose a fee on heavily polluting vessels.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse called Trump’s team a bunch of gangsters. More at
anothertrumpdisaster.comTrump is using the gov shutdown to pump up his illegal moves to shutter DOE. He’s shriveling agencies for civil rights, special ed, K-12, tribal colleges and HBCUs. He’s cutting staff, ending grant programs, cancelling contracts and moving the gutted functions to other federal agencies.
It’s illegal and courts have ordered temporary halts but he ignores court orders to turn DOE into an empty shell. More at
anothertrumpdisater.comTrump was eviscerated by a federal court judge for refusing to obey his order to reverse layoffs at the Voice of America. For the second time, the judge ordered the VOA to rehire the staff. Trump moved to lay off 532 staff at the agency. All but three radio broadcast technicians were fired.
Even though Voice of America needs those employees to provide radio broadcasting as Congress required, according to court filings. More at
anothertrumpdisaster.comWho cares about tracking toxins in our food? Six Americans are dead of listeria poisoning in pasta months after Trump cut the program that tracks listeria and other food poisons. Does Trump have a poison taster in his meals? Looks like we all need one now.
Trump tried to bribe 9 prestigious public and private universities with an offer of more federal funding if they boosted conservative ideas. But 7 rejected the bribe, with only the University of Texas, no surprise, signing on. Good to see universities putting academic freedom ahead of cash.
Trump played the part of champion for coal miners but now he’s contributing to their deaths. He’s blocking enforcement of a new rule to protect coal miners from Black Lung disease, an incurable disease from exposure to silica dust. Miners and their families protested outside the Labor Department.
but of course he won’t listen. Big biz first always for Trump. More at
anothertrumpdisaster.comTrump is giving a big gift to Big Oil opening 1.56million acres in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development. For Big Mining, he approved a 211mile industrial corridor mining for copper, cobalt and other metals. Plus he greenlit a road through Alaska’s Izembek Wildlife Refuge.
#trumpshutdown Americans working for the federal gov are out 2 paychecks and going to food banks. While 37 crypto bros, Silicon Valley giants and Trump sycophants pay for Trump’s $300M ballroom. The ballroom that will overwhelm the White House he desecrated and desecrates just by living there.
Trump is sending the FBI, DHS and IRS to investigate groups that oppose his agenda. This fascist move aims to intimidate his most effective opponents and bankrupt them when they have to fight in court. BUT IT WON’T WORK. Americans will stand up and stop him. We will fight for our country.
#trumphatesourhealthcare First 12 states out with next year’s premium hikes and they are killing- literally as people will drop their health care and some will die. Hikes of $10k, $20k, and more. For every 1 million Americans whose health care Trump and GOP take away 830 Americans die.
But Trump will just keep the gov shut and give more tax breaks to him and his cronies. More at
AnotherTrumpDisaster.comTrump locked everyone who works in the country’s family planning program out of their office and gov emails last week. This program provides contraception, testing for diseases and basic infertility care. He’s taking away essential health care from millions of women.
