Today’s facts 08-23-2025

Today’s facts …

Trump has mobilized 1,700 National Guard troops in 19 states for his crime and immigration crackdown.

Pete Hegseth has authorized National Guard troops in Washington DC to carry weapons.

Trump said Chicago and New York City will be the next targets for his anti-crime effort.

ICE says agents won’t be at schools when classes begin but future campus visits remain possible.

Hegseth fired a general whose agency’s accurate intelligence assessment of damage to Iran’s nuclear sites from US strikes angered Trump.

Slavery is bad.

Russia’s top diplomat said Putin won’t meet with Zelenskyy until the Ukrainians agree to some of Moscow’s longstanding demands.

An incumbent president’s party almost always loses seats in Congress in the midterms according to historical data.

The Heritage Foundation database lists 206 cases of absentee ballot fraud from 1988 through October 2020 out of 1.6 billion federal votes cast - about 0.000013% — roughly 1 case per 7.8 million ballots.

Trump votes by mail.

Trump said he wants $2 billion from Congress to beautify Washington DC around the White House and Capitol.

Phone fraudsters already have your credit card number. Now they’ll try to trick you into giving your PIN. Don’t.

A federal judge ruled on Friday that the Trump administration cannot cut funding to 34 cities and counties in response to so-called “sanctuary” policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.

Cracker Barrel simplified its logo for a new look upsetting customers.

The White Stripes’ Jack White called the Oval Office redesign “vulgar, gold-leafed, and gaudy, a professional wrestler’s dressing room.”

If you are a Gilded Age fan, read or listen to “Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time: How Mamie Fish, Queen of the Gilded Age, Partied Her Way to Power.” The audiobook is particularly good. https://amzn.to/4oNO5Vt

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