The past two weeks have felt like a political hurricane — and that’s by design. The Trump administration, taking a page directly from Steve Bannon’s playbook, is flooding the zone with chaos. The strategy is simple: overwhelm you, exhaust you, distract you. Bury yesterday’s scandal under today’s scandal. Drown the truth in a constant tide of noise.

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But first — let’s remind ourselves of the stories they want you to forget:

First, there was a targeted political assassination in Minnesota. A sitting lawmaker and her husband were murdered in their own home. Another lawmaker and his wife were shot. The assassin carried a hit list of more than 40 additional political targets — a domestic terror plot with chilling implications. And yet, you barely hear a word about it.

Second, as mass protests erupted across Los Angeles, Donald Trump did what strongmen do: he deployed the National Guard and Marines against American civilians exercising their constitutional rights. Military vehicles patrolling American streets. Live ammunition aimed at protestors.

Third, on No Kings Day, millions of Americans marched nationwide in spontaneous, massive protests against Trump’s authoritarian rule — one of the largest protest movements of this presidency. And yet: silence.

And now? The administration counts on your exhaustion. They flood the headlines daily, betting you won’t notice what’s slipping away beneath the noise.

Meanwhile, just today alone:

  • Immigrant detention centers in southern Texas continue to function as de facto prisons for children and families. According to new court filings: adults fighting children for clean water. Toddlers denied medical care. A child with swollen, infected feet refused treatment. This is happening right now.
  • Idaho Senators Risch and Crapo publicly broke with the Trump administration, opposing a federal bill to sell off public lands to private corporations. Its passage is now in doubt.
  • Multiple U.S. aerial refueling tankers were tracked escorting aircraft from the Midwest toward the Pacific — suggesting potential military deployments.
  • CIA Director Ratcliffe has summoned all U.S. Senators for an emergency classified briefing on Iran this coming Tuesday.
  • According to reports from Israeli and American officials, a U.S. military strike on Iran is expected within days. Israel has warned Trump they may act unilaterally if Washington hesitates.
  • A senior Iranian official declared: “If it’s a choice between halting uranium enrichment and going to war — we choose war.” The risk of open conflict escalates by the hour.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers have pledged $1 million in direct aid for immigrant families suffering under Trump’s crackdowns.
  • Trump publicly joked that his deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller “wants a country of 100 million people who all look like him.” The mask is fully off.
  • ICE is preparing to reopen a notorious private prison in Leavenworth, Kansas — once described by a federal judge as “a hellhole.”
  • At the University of Florida, a self-identified Nazi law student submitted a paper arguing that the Constitution only applies to white people. A Trump-appointed federal judge — teaching the class — gave him the highest grade and awarded him a prize. The university defended the decision.

    • This is the reality they want you to forget. This is the chaos they rely on to keep you overwhelmed and disengaged.

    I will not stop reporting these stories. I will keep updating you — no matter how much they want you distracted.

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