Scott Trotter

Here a short analysis of the potential risk and rewards of Trump's actions in Venezuela. Bottom line, few likely rewards and a lot of risk. viewfromspace.substack.com/p/trumps-ven...

Seems it took an extra 41 years for Orwell's 1984 to become reality. Johnson, Nixon, and Clinton were the only presidents to be impeached or forced to resign. Believing Trump was impeached is a thought crime. Only a slight exaggeration. www.reuters.com/world/us/ame...

Trump chooses corporate donors over supporters. The Direct File program allowed taxpayers to file their taxes directly with the IRS instead of paying companies like TurboTax. Trump sided with corporate lobbyist to kill this program despite its popularity. www.cnbc.com/2025/07/30/i...

How could the President not be aware of the dollar's historic decline since January. He just said a smart president would never let the dollar slide, but a dummy could let it happen. The dollar has had the worst decline in 50 years under Trump, what a dummy. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-inadve...

Unlike most of the EU, Spain has embraced immigration. They integrated them into Spanish society and simplified the naturalization. This transformed their stagnant economy into one of the fastest growing in Europe and lowered unemployment. Don’t believe the MAGA talking points. youtu.be/qIQyG26zKo0

HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr has delivered his Make America Healthy Again report. Despite assurances it would be the gold standard in science, it turned out to be full of fake or misrepresented citations and contains multiple other obvious mistakes. I'm shocked. newrepublic.com/post/195843/...

Trump's acceptance of corruption is disgraceful. There's no compelling reason for this pardon other than he's a Trump supporter and Trump's view that bribery isn't a real crime. It should also be recognized Trump has his own history of bribery, both giving and receiving. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Sen Tuberville was voting in Florida and claiming a homestead tax exemption in Alabama at the same time in 2018. So, is it voter fraud or tax evasion? I'm sure Trump's voter integrity task force will get right on this. www.al.com/news/2025/05...

France is openly courting top American scientist. As of 3 days ago 298 had applied. Seems likely other countries will do the same. There are real world consequences to Trump's decision to save money by defunding scientific research. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

This is Joe Biden's final Easter message compared to Donald Trump's message this Easter. When I first saw Trump's I thought it had to be fake. That's the rantings of a person who's untethered to reality. I copied both of these directly off their official social media accounts.

A very successful #handsoff protest in Roanoke VA.

Trump’s stupidity is on public display for all to see. After giving Putin everything he wanted, Trump is just shocked that Putin won’t do what he wants. Trump failed to see the obvious that once Putin has everything he wanted, he has no reason to compromise. www.livenowfox.com/news/trump-a...

Trump pulls Stefanik's nomination after Dems gain 16% in a PA special election. Polls also show FL’s 6th dist. is even despite winning that seat by 33% in Nov. GoP panic has prompted Musk to start dumping money in the race. Trump’s honeymoon is over. www.axios.com/2025/03/28/e...

The rich taking care of the rich. Trump pardons convicted fraudster Trevor Milton who was about to be ordered to pay back nearly $700M he stole from investors, now he gets to keep the money. www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/t...

Overlooked story, according to the leaked chat, the target was killed by collapsing his girlfriends building. According to the BBC the attack killed 53, including 5 children, with 98 injured. No concern for civilian deaths was ever mentioned. Biden struck Houthi weapon storage, not apartment bldgs.

Remember the concern about Pete Hegseth's nomination as Sec of Def due to his alcholism & lack of experience. Those concerns now seem fully justified. It was just revealed that Hegseth accidently texted our war plans against the Houthi rebels in Yemen to a reporter. www.alternet.org/hegseth-yeme...

When asked about the timing of his EO invoking the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, Trump stated “I don’t know when it was signed because I didn’t sign it, other people handled it.” His team’s later said he meant he didn't sign the 1798 law. That's the lie you're going with. www.cnn.com/2025/03/21/p...

A Republican state senator in Minnesota who introduced a bill to recognize "Trump Derangement Syndrome" as a mental illness has been arrested for soliiciting a minor for prostitution. Perhaps MAGA brain rot should be studied in a lab. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Republicans are so terrified of diversity they've banned images of the Enola Gay. They also removed pictures of anyone with the last name of Gay. www.yahoo.com/news/pete-he...

Gosh, I wonder why Trump selected these to members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to fire? #military #maga #racism

Trump loves to talk about how much he loves our veterans, but these random and chaotic firings are wrecking havoc on our military communities. Veterans and military spouses make up a significant portion of the people being fired by DOGE. #DOGE #veterans www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

Who are Republicans representing? Apparently it's the American Bankers Association who lobbied hard to overturn Biden's rule that limited overdraft fees to $5. The $35 fees they used to collect were like money from Heaven and banks want it back. #banks #MAGA prospect.org/economy/2025...

Trump seems to think these firings at the FAA won't effect safety because they aren't Air Traffic Controllers. How stupid do you have to be to think firing the guys who keep the radar working won't effect safety. #trumpkills apnews.com/article/doge...

I know a lot of people on BlueSky came here after leaving #Facebook. It's shocking what Zuckerberg is allowing on Facebook now even if clearly violates their community standards. I just reported this post and they almost instantly came back and said it didn't violate their community standards.

America in 1945 denazifies Germany. America in 2025 trying to re-nazify Germany. www.commondreams.org/news/jd-vanc...

Oh snap! Not really, this is just a fake news story I made this afternoon to show how stupid Trump's renaming of the Gulf of Mexico is.

According to Trump brown Central Americans fleeing for their lives are "poisoning the blood of America" and must be kept out. White South Africans fleeing land reform are desperate immigrants who need immediate resettlement. Tell me again how Trump isn't a racist. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-o...

In yet another sign the crazy is still ramping up, Trump just fired the entire board of trustees of the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, and is naming himself as it's chairman. apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump managed to piss off the entire country of India by deporting 104 Indians who were kept bound at the hands and feet for the entire 40 hours trip on military aircraft. Biden deported over 1000 Indians last year unbound on commercial flights without incident. www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/i...

Trump determines inflation is too low, decides to end the trade deal he negotiated to bring inflation back up. www.barrons.com/articles/tru...

Remember how Trump claimed Biden wasn't providing enough aid after the floods even though those governors stated the opposite. Trump is now saying he wants to eliminate FEMA and make states handle natural disasters alone. Well how about them apples! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...