Donald Trump has sweeping plans for a second administration. Here’s what he’s proposed

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Raging Trump, 79, Melts Down Over Impeachment Threat

The president went nuclear in a furious 195-word screed.

Donald Trump called for Rep. Jamie Raskin to be expelled from Congress because the “bum” wants to launch impeachment proceedings against him.

In a typical Truth Social meltdown, the 79-year-old launched a 195-word tirade against the Maryland Democrat while sharing an X post from Fox News host Mark Levin demanding Republicans “move to expel” Raskin from the House.

It is unclear what exactly set Levin and Trump off on their rants against Raskin. The longtime nemesis of the president has frequently hinted that Democrats will launch impeachment proceedings against Trump should Democrats retake control of the House in the midterms, as they are widely expected to do.

Trump’s post also came after The Wall Street Journal reported that he is working on an entirely symbolic effort to pressure lawmakers into passing a resolution to “expunge” his two existing impeachments.

“Jamie Raskin, a Loser in Life, who worked endlessly during my First Term to impeach me, and failed miserably, wasting the Country’s money, time, and effort, will guaranteed be trying to do it again, despite one of the most successful Presidencies in History,” Trump wrote.

The president carried on his rant by lashing out at “pathetic soul” Texas Rep. Al Green and his fruitless attempts to impeach Trump late last year. The 79-year-old also desperately suggested Raskin would “be in jail right now” if former President Joe Biden hadn’t issued sweeping preemptive pardons just before leaving office.

“Something should be done about people like this who do bad things, but always come up on the short end because of their illegal or unscrupulous behavior, and hurt our Country in the process,” Trump continued.“I agree with Mark Levin when he says to, EXPEL THE BUM. Congress can never be great with people like this, who suffer massively from Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS), casting their vote of HATE!”

In his X post, Levin said that if Raskin continues to “abuse our constitutional system and undermine our electoral process,” then Congress should take the “necessary steps” to expel him.

Getting a member of Congress expelled is extremely rare, as the process requires a two-thirds vote in either the House or the Senate.

An expulsion has occurred three times since the Civil War, with New York Republican George Santos the last member to be kicked out in December 2023 amid a string of fraud and ethics scandals.

In an interview on All In with Chris Hayes, Raskin responded to Trump’s Truth Social post by suggesting the president is “having nightmare flashbacks about impeachment.”

“There’s a very easy way to not get impeached: Stop committing impeachable offenses,” Raskin added. “Stop committing high crimes and misdemeanors. Don’t go to war and usurp the powers of Congress to declare war. That’s up to us. Don’t spend money in a way different from how Congress has appropriated money. Don’t impose illegal taxes and tariffs on the American people without congressional consent.

“The president needs a basic constitutional primer. There are a lot of lawyers around him, but he should find one who actually understands what the Constitution says.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/raging-trump-79-melts-down-over-jamie-raskin-impeachment-threat/?

ps:Don't waste your time, because there are to many weak maga republicans who would vote to do this!!!!!

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National Mall vandalism

Huge numbers reading "8647" — a phrase generally used to signal opposition to President Trump — appeared etched into the grass on the National Mall on Thursday. The number "86" is often used in the restaurant industry as a code meaning to get rid of or remove an order or patron, while Trump is the 47th president. A spokesperson for the Department of the Interior condemned the vandalism and said authorities are investigating. Read more.   Trump Mobile's T1 Phone Is Just an HTC U24 Pro, iFixit Teardown Finds 'What you have is not an 'American-Proud Design,' but a phone designed in China, made in China, with the vast majority of parts sourced from China,' iFixit says of Trump Mobile's T1 handset. https://www.pcmag.com/news/trump-mobiles-t1-phone-is-just-an-htc-u24-pro-ifixit-teardown-finds? ps:So once again trumps maga followers are deceived by there criminal leader into thinking that this cellphone is of high quality!!!!! But as all his other garbage it's made in china!!!!! Think about that for a while!!!!! Judge extends block on Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge agreed on Friday to extend indefinitely a court-ordered block on the Trump administration’s creation and operation of a $1.8 billion settlement fund for compensating people who claim to be victims of a weaponized government. https://apnews.com/article/trump-settlement-fund-irs-lawsuit-d8345ce8f5c7f8062b858e54c396c450?

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Republicans Freak Out About Trump’s Chaotic Plan

From centrists to MAGA loyalists, Hill Republicans are privately—and not so privately—alarmed.

Republican lawmakers are losing their patience with President Donald Trump’s flip-flopping Iran strategy.

A growing number are now openly warning that the war, and the inflation it’s fueling, could cost them their congressional majority in the November midterms.

Trump said last month during a Cabinet meeting that he does not “care about the midterms,” but Republicans on Capitol Hill certainly do. Hours after Trump threatened to seize a major Iranian oil hub, several key Republicans told CNN they were deeply uncomfortable with the president’s willingness to escalate without a coherent endgame.

The anxiety spans the party’s spectrum, from centrists to leadership allies to die-hard MAGA loyalists, and is rapidly growing as gas prices and consumer costs continue to climb. This is another concern that the 79-year-old billionaire has downplayed, calling the affordability crisis a “hoax” cooked up by political foes.

“I think people are really feeling it,” said Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia. “It’s not just gas prices, food prices, and other things, and I think there’s a level of frustration. So I think the pressure is for the president to reach a peace solution and move on.”

Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a centrist from New Jersey who says he supports the broader goal of neutralizing Iran’s nuclear capabilities, was more blunt. “Get it done. Get out,” he said. “We need an exit strategy.”

Trump’s main domestic response to the economic fallout has been a push to temporarily freeze the federal gas tax, a proposal widely panned by his own party as offering negligible relief. Republicans say the White House isn’t helping itself with recent side projects, either, and his “I love the inflation” comment this week landed like a grenade in the camp.

“Makes absolutely no sense to me,” said Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, who was beaten by Trump’s hand-picked candidate, controversial Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, in a runoff election last month.

“The fact that we’re not talking about or focused on the things that most people care about at election time, kitchen table issues, I think, is a problem,” he said.

Behind the scenes, the frustration runs deeper. Several senior lawmakers, including the House GOP’s top spending leader, Rep. Tom Cole, have complained they’ve been left in the dark about the war’s total cost. Trump has floated a Pentagon funding request of up to $350 billion, due sometime by August, and Republicans are already balking. Others say Trump has failed to make a convincing public case—or a private one—for the conflict.

“I think we can lay out the case right, but we haven’t done a good job at it,” said retiring Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, who has made a habit in his last days in office of dissenting against the MAGA figurehead.

The prospect of ground troops is where Republican alarm reaches its crescendo. Trump’s threat to seize Kharg Island, Iran’s primary oil export hub, drew swift warnings from within his own party.

“I don’t support boots on the ground. I don’t think America has the stomach for that,” said Rep. Nick LaLota of New York, who declined to rule out backing a formal congressional vote to authorize the conflict—against party leaders’ wishes.

Even Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana, one of Trump’s most reliable allies, said he was “worried” about the Kharg Island idea, offering a stark historical warning: “This is how it started in Vietnam.”

Kennedy acknowledged the economic toll but stopped short of condemning the strategy outright, noting he’s not privy to classified briefings.

“I think the president has clearly decided to take the pain,” Kennedy said. “I think he’s decided that long-term, the benefits of crippling Iran permanently, if possible, are worth the costs to our economy, to our inflation rate, and the world’s economy. I think he’s made that decision, and it has been painful.”

One Republican lawmaker, granted anonymity to speak candidly, offered a grim outlook for the party. “It needed to happen even if it costs us our majority. And it might.”

Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota framed the electoral stakes plainly. “People often vote their pocketbook,” he said. “If people don’t feel secure financially, they oftentimes obviously respond by choosing somebody else.”

He added, with unusual candor, “I don’t think people have a great deal of confidence in any of us right now, quite honestly.”

Sen. Josh Hawley called this week’s inflation numbers a “wake-up call.” “If Congress doesn’t deliver the relief,” he warned, “I think voters are not going to be pleased.”

The White House has been approached for comment.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-freak-out-about-trumps-chaotic-iran-strategy/?

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Diehard Trump Voters Turn on Him With Furious ‘Buyer’s Remorse’

Republicans have blasted the man they voted for over his poor handling of the economy and broken promises.

Some diehard Donald Trump supporters have finally had enough of the 79-year-old president, saying he has broken his promises during his second term.

In a segment on MS Now’s The Briefing with Jen Psaki, voters who backed Trump in the past three elections told reporter Alex Tabet that they regret voting for him in 2024 because of his poor handling of the economy and other issues.

While introducing the segment and noting Trump’s poor polling numbers on the economy and inflation, Psaki suggested that some Trump supporters are experiencing “buyer’s remorse” as his second term enters its 18th month.

“I actually have panic attacks. I’ve had a couple this past week, and I get very emotional over it,” Annette Dombrowski, a three-time Trump voter from Ohio who is at risk of losing her job because the power plant where she works as a janitor is closing at the end of the month, said. “I don’t want to work anymore, but I can’t afford to retire.”

When Tabet asked whether she believes Trump, who has an estimated net worth of around $6.5 billion, understands the financial hardships facing tens of millions of Americans, Dombrowski immediately replied, “No.”

“He hasn’t lived it to understand it. He sees it, he has not lived it. He needs to live it. Wear the clothes. Wear the shoes. Wear your Walmart clothes. Wear your Walmart shoes. Do your thrift store shopping. Don’t eat steaks. I don’t get to go out to dinner,” Dombrowski said.

“It’s been two years now. You said you’d bring down the grocery prices. I must be the most angry person when I grocery shop because I buy the same things every week and I see it jump every week. It is not every couple of months. It’s literally every week.”

Chris Tackett, a truck driver from Ohio who also voted for Trump in 2016, 2020, and 2024, expressed similar frustration that the president has failed to keep his pledge to tackle food prices, inflation, and the cost-of-living crisis.Instead, the 79-year-old has exacerbated these hardships by launching a war with Iran, which has sent gas prices soaring in the U.S.

“He’s backtracked on every single pitch point he had during his election,” Tackett said. “All we heard was drill, drill, drill during the election, and now all we’re getting is drilled into the dirt with these prices.

“So I’m not a fan of him,” Tackett added. “I voted for Trump all three terms. To be honest with you, I’m not a big supporter of him at this point.”

When asked by Tabet what he would say to Trump if he had the chance, Tackett replied: “Get it together, man.”

“The average American is struggling to make ends meet right now. And nobody wants to hear ‘the war’s almost over.’ Nobody wants to hear ‘it’s gonna get better,’" he said. “You’ve had a year to make it better at this point. Make it better. ‘Make America Great Again,’ right?”

Finally, Psaki introduced Rob Couch, a one-time Trump voter, who said he had a “more explicit message” for Trump that “encapsulates the buyer’s remorse we’ve been seeing lately.”

“You want me to really say it on air? I’d say f--- you,” Couch said. “I don’t mean to be disrespectful to any leader, but he’s disrespectful to us, and he doesn’t care.”

The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/diehard-trump-voters-turn-on-him-with-furious-buyers-remorse/?

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New UFO records released

Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios The Trump administration released a sweeping cache of government records and videos today that include colorful UFO-like orbs flying across the sky in seemingly impossible ways, Axios' Alex Isenstadt reports. The disclosure is part of a wave of releases aimed at shedding light on the government's probes into such sightings. 🕵️‍♂️ The documents indicate that government agents have spent years monitoring, investigating and documenting suspected unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) incidents — the modern term for UFOs. Among the items: Videos showing orbs emitting red and yellow light, some of which appear to split apart and reattach as they fly across the sky. Memos from government agents describing their UAP sightings. An illustration of a grayish-white, balloon-like object hovering near Colorado Springs, Colorado. Another illustration depicting incidents that took place in the "western United States" where government officials reported UAP sightings in 2023. 👽 The new records don't indicate whether the government believes the UAPs represent the existence of alien life. Nor do they indicate conclusions regarding any national security threat. Go deeper.

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Workers at the Kennedy Center this afternoon. Photo: Andrew Leyden/Bloomberg via Getty Images

🏗️ Workers were seen removing President Trump's name from the Kennedy Center this afternoon.

• A judge denied Trump's request to pause a ruling requiring his name to be pulled from the iconic venue.