October 2026
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• Briefed about how federal agents searched Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s trash for DNA before controversial raid
• Promised a swing district blitz before the 2026 midterms but kept going to a lot of very red states
• Insisted that the current White House chief of staff would remain in her role "until the end"
• Saw federal regulators were investigating a Tesla crash that injured two officers after the driver fell asleep
• Dismayed that White House chaos was overshadowing the administration's midterm push
• Experienced calamitous political rally in Atlanta with multiple interruptions, heckling, booing, and catcalls
• Floated another lifeline for Russia; this time allowing more natural gas sales to Europe, a potential boon for Moscow
• Discovered that dispute between two close administration allies centered on a bank transfer from Congo
• Learned that chaotic DOGE disruptions upended an important $112 million epidemiology contract
• Reportedly interested in former Fox News host Maria Bartiromo for the White House press secretary job
• Condoned military reporting new recruit's undocumented wife to Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• Appreciated DoJ steadfastly insisted before appeals court that the Presidential Records Act was unconstitutional
• Blamed senior aides and political operatives for a faltering GOP midterm strategy amid expected losses
• Told that an appeals court backed the EPA giving Oklahoma authority over environmental rules on tribal lands
• Informed that attempt to restart direct US flights with Lebanon was stalled due to complication
• Lifted restrictions on Mexican airlines that had been imposed over aviation disputes between the two countries
• Heard that judge ruled against DoJ attempt to replace counsel in the ABA's suit against the administration
• Knew Defense secretary's spontaneous announcement about livestreamed execution upended the administration
• Updated that the FAA and the air traffic controllers’ union had reached an agreement on a pay increase
• Accused by California of sending, on short notice, sloppily compiled lists of purported ineligible voters
• Sued Los Angeles County over voter eligibility while faulting them for registrations outside their jurisdiction
• Glad DoJ threatened California election officials with criminal exposure if they counted ballots from flagged voters
• Determined to build a national voter registry, threatening state control of elections
• Noticed HHS secretary was taking another run at defining ultraprocessed foods, a longtime target of his
• Pleased that president's election fraud task force was targeting people who had previously investigated him
• Aware chief of staff set up media interview for erstwhile press secretary, which some saw as deliberate sabotage
• Realized White House aides were jostling more openly for power as they braced for expected midterm election losses
• Told that judge voided Federal Bureau of Prisons’ attempt to re-terminate its collective bargaining agreement
• Seemed to abandon "military complex" rationale for Washington DC arch, as revealed by final plans
• Asked judge to recuse herself in legal battle over planned overhaul of East Potomac Golf Links
• Threatened with sanctions by judge for failing to sit for a mandatory deposition in BBC lawsuit that he filed
• Distressed by new poll showing Americans believed the president more focused on his own wealth than their plight
• Falsely claimed Michigan Democratic Senate candidate was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood
• Appeared to shift boat strike strategy through seizing crews and blowing up vessels at sea
• Conceded that painting Eisenhower building would damage the historical character of the 138-year-old landmark
• Aware Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s sister’s phone was seized before subsequent search of lawmaker’s home
• Tacitly refuted by UK Maritime Trade Operations about actual degree of US control over the Strait of Hormuz
• Imposed drone flight restrictions along the US border with Mexico
• Waived Russian sanctions outlined in the recently passed Graham Act before they took effect
• Noticed FAA said flying Tesla car was not within their regulatory purview because it was not an aircraft
• Updated about how the Army finalized plans to return Confederate statue to Arlington National Cemetery
• Notwithstanding multiple court orders, again barred CNN from Air Force One
• After calling conflict with Iran "war" at rally, backtracked and called it "military exercise" — which killed 21 US troops
• Pleased Centcom chief affirmed publicly that the US and its allies controlled Hormuz and not Iran
• Further, he alleged Iran-backed militias were funneling cash to their struggling Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
• Disclosed former DHS secretary was no longer envoy to Shield of Americas but was serving as senior advisor
• Planned to reduce state and local reliance on FEMA and considered moving their workers out of Washington DC
• Reached settlement with Mississippi police department in discrimination case initiated in 2024
• Allowed Park Service to revert to controversial rule allowing hunters to bait bears with human food like doughnuts
• Reportedly agreed to slow Starlink in Ukraine after Space X's Elon Musk suggested the idea to him
• Fired new White House press secretary after only five days on the job
• Earlier, claimed to have asked the press secretary to reconsider if she wanted the position
• Saw US treasurer was ridiculed for obsequiousness after telling people to spend Trump coins to annoy people
• Demanded Seoul resolve bilateral economic disputes before US resumed intelligence-sharing about North Korea
• Changed annual performance review process for federal workers, creating tensions among the ranks
• Told that blame for weakening global economy was shifting away from China and toward the US over high debt costs
• Considered an advertising campaign to urge South African Afrikaners to emigrate to the US
• Briefed about how US officials and Myanmar's military-backed government held second round of talks in Tokyo
• Noticed HHS secretary and key subordinates stood by actor facing charges he raped or sexually assaulted six women
• Approved of the VA alleging union contract no longer applied after appeals court ruling in administration's favor
• Saw that Labor Department's inspector general was himself a subject of a federal ethics investigation
• Aware that PAC the president used to pay personal legal bills was flirting with insolvency
• Declared that Ukraine's resumed strikes on Russian refineries was a "disgrace"
• Annoyed that judge dismissed administration lawsuit that sought to block New York City sanctuary laws
• Postponed classified threat briefing for election officials due to purported technical difficulties
• Revealed to have scrutinized Congresswoman Ilhan Omar in 2019 but did not find citizenship issues
• Aware a bipartisan group of senators demanded an investigation into Ukraine's satellite disruption
• Sued by nine fired FBI employees who worked on Trump documents case and alleged unlawful termination
• Told that an unidentified person in the White House gave order to limit Ukraine's Starshield defense system
• Briefed about how, for the second time, Commerce secretary upended advanced trade negotiations with Mexico
• Alerted that judge refused CFTC request to reverse $5 million settlement agreed to by Trump backers' firm
• Embarrassed ICE claimed "target" who their vehicle struck and severely injured had actually been dead for years
• Grateful that secretary of state urged Lebanon to resist Hezbollah pressure over seized explosives
• Updated about how ICE agent who drove vehicle that struck Houston man was placed on administrative leave
• Discovered that more administration allies aided pro-Russia Balkan government
• Blamed outgoing GOP senator from Texas for "doing everything possible" to make sure GOP nominee loses
• Approved of FAA seeking ownership stake in air traffic AI company key to its ongoing drive to modernize
• Fired personal friend and former envoy after messy email fight with another official went public
• Supported DoJ halting Meta criminal investigation over facilitating illegal pharmaceutical sales to pursue civil remedy
• Ignored former Army chief of staff's warnings about major missile shortage before ousting him after Iran war started
• Reviewed Defense deputy secretary's financial disclosure, which showed $65.6 million in Cerberus income
• Insisted the president didn’t order limitations on Ukraine’s access to Starshield satellite technology
• Discerned HHS secretary was moving ahead with plan to allow specialty pharmacies to produce certain peptides
• Began preparing to offload Education Department's student loan office to a separate new agency
• Realized TSA scaled back PreCheck benefit announced just weeks earlier
• Liked that court ruled DoJ did not need to save records from investigations into former CIA director
• Learned that CDC was sending a "disease detective" to help stop measles outbreak in Pennsylvania
• Noticed NIH appeared to shut down public comments on a science peer-review rule change ahead of schedule
• Condoned DoJ cutting off evidence sharing with Minnesota investigators probing fatal ICE shootings
• Sued California for allegedly failing to join effort to remove purported non-citizens from the state’s voter rolls
• Irritated that media source inside DHS criticized raid on Congresswoman Ilhan Omar as politically motivated
• Approved Treasury Department pushing global partners to rename AI as "super intelligence"
• Noted that Treasury Department dismissed IMF warning about US debt and and decried their "messy" forecasting
• Defeated when court allowed nonprofits to register voters at naturalization ceremonies
• Saw that donor leading Caucasus fund had major Armenian holdings and a Russian business history
• Pressured Lebanon to revoke license for Iranian bank, one of the country's biggest lenders
• Fully aware Serbia’s ruler personally intervened in allegedly illegal scheme to hand over site for a Trump tower
• Knew some undisclosed White House ballroom donors benefited from regulatory decisions and government contracts
• Planned to hold release of Pentagon's report on the deadly Iran school attack past 2026 US midterms
• Heard that Israel blocked construction of key Gaza base conceived by the US president's peace board
• Rebuffed by EU leaders over idea that frozen Russian assets would be handed to the US as a Moscow bargaining chip
• Announced that Fort Hood shooter's firing-squad execution would not be livestreamed, overruling Defense secretary
• Observed that secretary of state urged starting peace talks to de-escalate Horn of Africa tensions
• Annoyed that Ukraine's president said his country would resume Russian refinery strikes, defying the US president
• Distressed that wholesale prices increased 6.3 percent annually in September 2026, the biggest gain since 2022
• Notified that the FTC civilly subpoenaed OpenAI and Anthropic over possible consumer harms
• Monitored nasty email fight between two top administration appointees as it spilled into the open
• After removing 760,000 people from ACA health plans, reinstated coverage for some
• Reportedly weighed removing White House chief of staff and polled allies about possible replacements
• Not long after, however, publicly refuted claims chief of staff might be replaced
• Contemplated easing sanctions on shadow fleet vessels to cut freight rates and ease US prices
• Pondered unfreezing some Russian assets as a means to restarting Ukraine peace talks
• Considered using massive "mother of all bombs" in hopes of wiping out Iran's energy infrastructure and nuclear sites
• Knew that HHS secretary's anti-vaccine views were a major factor in shelving DoA avian flu response plan
• Observed that some staff were anxious about possibility ex-ambassador could publicly reveal embarrassing secrets
• Castigated for looking on and insulting protester at his rally while his supporters brutally beat her
• Pleased that appeals court ruled California could not require ICE agents to display visible ID
• Sent hundreds of US troops to train local forces in Latin America in hopes of curbing drug trafficking
• Ordered by judge to reopen the green card lottery for 2027
• Informed that new White House press secretary didn’t pass bar exam yet the president called her a lawyer
• Aware that administration official crafting crypto law also had a personal stake in company that would benefit
• Lifted sanctions on head of Venezuela's National Assembly who was also brother of the country's acting president
• Appreciated that secretary of state reminded diplomats to avoid conflicts of interest after ex-ambassador's departure
• Knew that the administration was gripped by fears a single nuclear strike from Iran could cripple the US power grid
• Appealed Stanford Daily lawsuit over revoking visas and deporting legal immigrants because of their speech
• Warned that HUD had deteriorated into a chaotic agency hampered by confusion and delays caused by huge cuts
• Ordered measures to hopefully reduce chances of a widespread mid-Atlantic states power blackout
• Alleged he only asked Qatar to borrow jet to use as Air Force One but they insisted on gifting one to him
• Chagrined that White House aides saw almost no path to the GOP keeping House control after 2026 midterms
• Removed 189,000 allegedly deceased or duplicate enrollees from ACA subsidies
• Delayed new rule that could have restricted imported medicines from Canada and overseas
• Admonished for Americans seeing no real wage growth on average during the second term
• Knew ultimate goal in Congresswoman Ilhan Omar investigation was stripping her of her US citizenship
• After saying Taiwan would buy Alaska LNG, exposed for jumping the gun as the project was still in flux
• Saw Defense secretary planned push after the 2026 midterms for $350+ billion in additional military funding
• Ordered rushed installation of West Wing chandeliers under a no-bid contract
• Condoned ICE detaining women trying to escape domestic abuse and seeking to deport them
• Disappointed that ICE agent who allegedly fought with homeowner was charged with assault
• Imposed sanctions against targets allegedly connected to Mexican cartel money in horse racing
• Prevented by judge from closing historic agricultural research center in Maryland
• Updated about judge ruling that blamed the president, not park plans, for rushed golf course tree removal
• Realized report meant to show debanking of conservatives revealed those actions were nonpartisan
• Planned to appeal judge’s order blocking White House ban of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico
• Glad Supreme Court once again sided with GOP in legal dispute over political ad pricing
• Threatened court action unless California investigated alleged ineligible voters and set aside certain ballots
• However, DoJ cited no legal authority in making their short-notice demands on California
• Briefed about how judge ordered Defense secretary to answer written questions about his transgender ban
• While DoJ tried to convince the judge in that case to ignore Defense secretary's anti-trans social media posts
• Blamed inflation caused by Iran war on President Biden nearly two years after he left office
• Despite GAO advice, revealed ICE agents wouldn't automatically switch on body cameras, citing privacy concerns
• Blocked by judge from imposing sanctions on groups aiding International Criminal Court with Gaza investigation
• Delayed release of detailed data showing how 2025 GOP tax cuts affected millions of Americans’ taxes
• Insisted that the US had not cut back intelligence sharing with Ukraine, which was confirmed by Kiev
• After envoys pledged upgraded post-war security guarantees for Ukraine, derailed that with Russian diesel deal
• Declared that the penalty for government sources who reveal key military plans to the media should be death
• Named new Kennedy Center artistic director with deep ties to the president's second term takeover of the venue
• Directed White House counsel to investigate allegations of a missing $6 million Kennedy Center donation
• Heard that judge limited DoJ access to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s records in immigration fraud investigation
• Alerted that court extended pause on taxpayer-funded ads promoting the president beyond election day
• Posted more political ads on White House YouTube account, appearing to defy a court order that blocked the ads
• After Starshield issues in Ukraine rendered the country more vulnerable, identified as cause of the problem
• Some hours later, saw that Ukraine was reporting improvements in Starshield performance but not at 100 percent
• Contradicted by Greenland over president's claim that "massive" oil and gas drilling was about to begin there
• Warned that the data centers battle was turning his supporters into Democrats
• May have withheld warnings to Ukraine about pending Russian air strikes that killed six and cut power to 600,000
• Reviewed report showing Lincoln Monument reflecting pool liner failed in more places than previously disclosed
• Caused Canadian Black Hawk helicopter deal to be paused by reigniting trade war
• Learned majority of top bidders to attend meme coin dinner with the president seemed to be from foreign countries
• Angered that inflation worsened to 3.7 percent in September 2026 as gas and diesel prices squeezed consumers
• Remained silent after Russia hit American businesses with drones and missiles in Ukraine during October 2026
• Cautioned that DoJ antitrust investigation into TV networks for pool coverage actions was legally dubious
• Faulted for granting concessions to Russia while receiving nothing in return
• Pardoned two Alaska mechanics prosecuted over Clean Air Act violations
• Informed that judge had extended order giving CNN, MS NOW, and Politico access to the White House
• During campaign appearance, announced Taiwan planned to buy gas from Alaskan LNG pipeline project
• Notified a judge halted USDA relocation plans for now, citing violations of congressional spending restrictions
• Used Cold War-era Defense Production Act to expand Texas refinery's processing capacity
• Informed that Jamaica began receiving third-country deportees under controversial US agreement
• Updated about how the Pentagon had named new acting Stars and Stripes publisher
• Moved to drop criminal charges against former CIA analyst over alleged assistance to South Korea
• Wrongly claimed GOP Senate candidate was required by law to demand late payments from patients
• Dismayed that US airstrikes were failing to stop the global cocaine boom
• Shortened time persecuted refugees have to contest termination of their status, potentially hastening deportation
• Condoned ICE using AI to monitor immigrants' calls and movements at detention centers
• Briefed about how DoJ issued subpoenas to family of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar in immigration investigation
• In granting pardons to public officials, overwhelmingly favored Republicans
• Strangely, posted graphic video online of man fatally attacked by tiger
• Learned the Supreme Court agreed to consider whether administration must release DOGE records in FOIA lawsuit
• Told that FTC joined states in petitioning court to hold "pharma bro" Shkreli in contempt for trading drug stocks
• Asked court to reassess prior approval of nearly-completed offshore wind farm as part of its attack on green energy
• Knew White House officials questioned how long new press secretary could last after "brutal" press briefing
• Heard Texas prosecutors could seek charges against ICE agent who struck fleeing man with his vehicle
• Considered calling off livestream of firing squad execution after learning Fort Hood shooter was paralyzed
• Acknowledged US may have gone "too far" in killing Iranian leaders, thereby complicating peace talks
• Learned judge said Elon Musk engaged in intimidation of ex-FEMA CFO and cleared her name
• Saw Treasury imposed $1.2 billion fine on Bank of America for money laundering and sanctions violations