How Are News Networks Handling Trump's Lies During Live Coverage?

While Trump will never get a Noble Peace Prize (unless someone gives him their prize which has already happened) I think he deserves some international recognition for being the biggest liar in the world.

I'm going to submit his name to the Guiness Book of World Records committee with tons of evidence to prove no one lies like our first felon.

Meanwhile let's take a look at how American media outlets are dealing with our demented dictator:

For the record MSNBC changed its name to MS NOW in mid-August. The network's strategy to minimize Trump's live on-air lies are commendable. 

When it comes to handling broadcasts of uninterrupted presidential speeches, they don't allow the feed to run unfiltered. They monitor Trump's addresses by adding real-time fact checking and editorial context before or after showing segments.

Despite pulling back on uninterrupted primetime broadcasts, MS NOW still actively sends correspondents to cover Oval Office press availabilities.

What do the other networks do to try and minimize Trump's live lies? I'm glad you asked.

ABC News and NBC News have opted to completely protect their main broadcast channels from unfiltered, live remarks. 

The strategy involves bypassing traditional TV entirely, refusing to interrupt regularly scheduled primetime entertainment. Instead, they redirect live coverage exclusively to their free digital streaming platforms.

CNN treats Trump's speeches as news material to be gathered and verified rather than a live event for public consumption. 

Their editorial board monitors the live feed internally. The delay gives journalists and legal experts time to actively review newly presented documents, check facts, and consult experts before airing clips with heavily curated context later in the broadcast.

CBS News has carved out a middle ground that involves taking the live feed but tightly controlling the presentation. 

The network will preempt regular television to run a live special report. However, the anchor introduces the feed by warning viewers about the potential for unverified claims.

Fox News takes Trump speeches directly into their highest-rated primetime blocks, such as Sean Hannity's hour, without live interruptions, mid-speech fact checks, or early cutaways. In other words, they invite their dear leader to lie his ass off whenever he feels like it to an eagerly awaiting MAGA mob.

As it Stands, every network - including Fox - is subject to Trump's wrath if he doesn't like what's being reported. The truth is fake news in Donny's one-page book on dealing with the press.

Trump's 'Likely Unlawful' Controversial Ballroom Construction Continues

                   What's going on?

Is this a bad dream?

The Supreme Court has become a criminal organization that allows Trump to trample on existing laws and the Constitution without recourse.

In a 5-4 decision the hard right wing of the court is allowing Trump's ballroom construction to continue. Chief Justice Roberts joined the liberal wing in dissenting while making this statement, "That construction is likely unlawful."

If that's the case, why is Trump getting away with his vanity project? By now it's apparent to most Americans - the hard right wing of the court has turned Trump loose to do whatever his black heart desires. As a malicious narcissist making over Washington DC into his personal vanity legacy Trump is living out his wet dreams.

If the construction continues unimpeded it's slated to be complete in August 2028, according to court documents. Come November - which just happens to be the midterms the framework of the building is expected to be finished. 

Supposedly the whole project is being privately funded according to Trump. We already know that's bullshit. Trump's minions have been plucking money out of various agencies (funded by taxpayers) to meet the rising costs.

The last laughable guess that it will take $400 million to complete the ballroom is already being challenged as insiders suggest it'll end up being $600 to $800 million. Possibly a billion dollars.

The lawsuit to stop construction will return to the lower courts, but documents say that key portions of the project could be complete within months - a quick timeline compared with a typical legal case.

The ballroom never had the mandatory congressional approval (hence Robert's remark) but the Trump regime has plowed forward ignoring court decisions to halt until fully adjudicated.

The irony is Trump won't be in office upon completion of his pet project. I suspect a Democrat will be elected president in 2028. I also think that Congress will be in Democratic hands. Based upon those assumptions the new president may declare the ballroom The Stephen Colbert Media Arts Center.

If Trump is even alive then, the first Master of Ceremonies, Jimmy Kimmell, would probably invite him along with Biden and Obama. The three could sit together in the front row.

As it Stands, even if Trump slaps his name on the front of the ballroom, I doubt it will stay there in a Democratic administration.

Robot Dogs Called Spot Coming Soon - Next Up: RoboCops in Every City?

In 1987 America was introduced to RoboCop.

ED-209 was a law enforcement robot designed to supplant human police. 

But the first ED-209 malfunctioned and brutally killed a volunteer. Meanwhile in an attempt to upgrade the newly minted ED-209 authorities converted a police officer who was killed in the line of duty into a cyborg with no memory of his former life in the year 2028, in this science fiction masterpiece.

It's now 2026 in the real world and robots are being introduced into the American police force. More specifically the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) which is planning on purchasing up to $2 million worth of dog-like robots for use in immigration enforcement and deportation operations.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claims that the RoboDogs are not being acquired to actively chase or make physical arrests. Real quick. When was the last time DHS told the truth about anything?

The RoboDogs are quadruple robots - specifically the ironically named Spot model manufactured by Boston Dynamics. 

See Spot run. Spot can run you down and watch you run with 360-degree cameras and sensors.

You aren't going to get away from Spot who can navigate complex terrains, open doors, and relay live data back to operators.

I'm particularly concerned that the corrupt Trump regime will ignore the manufacturer's restrictions. Boston Dynamics released an ethics statement reiterating that their terms of sale strictly prohibit the weaponization of their robots or use as autonomous targeting systems.

Does anyone really think Trump and his minions are going to play nice with this new technology and not weaponize it? 

There's substantial criticism from civil liberties groups and civil rights advocates who voice concerns about removing the human element of law enforcement and the potential normalization of robot policing. Imagine Spot crouching like Stephen King's Cujo in every neighborhood.

Let's not forget this $2 million proposal follows a heavily contested $20 million contract earlier this month for ICE to purchase shock gloves. 

It's just a matter of time now before ICE introduces humanoid robots to hunt down immigrants and anyone the regime doesn't approve of. 

China is leaps and bounds ahead of the world in humanoid development. Their robots can outrun the fastest man on the planet and are easily adapted into killing machines.

If you think the Trump regime isn't working on similar humanoids to control the public, then you're kidding yourself. There's nothing Trump wouldn't do to stay in office as long as his deteriorating body holds out.

As it Stands, let's just hope Trump supporters don't manage to turn him into a cyborg RoboCop from hell when he kicks the bucket!

Things that the Trump Regime Doesn't Want You to Know

I'll start with the obvious.

The Trump regime doesn't want you to know that dear leader is as crazy as a Madhatter in a fairy tale. 

The lengths that MAGA goes to conceal his dementia just can't override reality, however. 

You probably haven't heard that the Trump regime has sparked a full-blown "financial crisis" within the U.S. Navy after pillaging coffers earmarked for service member payrolls. This news comes from the Guardian who interviewed U.S. Navy officials and reviewed new documents.

The legacy media sure hasn't gone out of its way to hold the regime accountable for the vastly unpopular Trump/Epstein war against Iran, a conflict that has drained the United States' supply of munitions stockpiles.

Pentagon Pete Hegseth has suppressed any news about the war that isn't positive. He's both a bully and a drunken liar who doesn't want you to know what's really going on with our military.

By now most Americans suspect that the war is a real shit show. A Pentagon memo reviewed by the Guardian warns of "shortfalls in payroll" accounts for U.S. service members due to Pentagon "raiding." Interesting. Not a peep from the American press about that.

Then there's unstable alliance fractures that are being shoved under the rug. Behind the regimes "America First" rhetoric lies unprecedented diplomatic fallout. Our allies no longer trust us despite Trump's lies about how popular he is worldwide. 

Unless you've been doing a lot of research you may not be aware of how the Trump regime is systematically rewriting American history by altering school curricula, censoring historical museum exhibits, and changing the names of national public lands to strip out nonwhite historical contributions.

The Trump regime is aggressively pushing book bans and dismantling our public education system to suppress an informed populace.

We must not forget about Trump's efforts to suppress the Epstein files that may incriminate him. He's used every trick in the book to hide his guilt, but the issue still pursues him like a bloodhound on the trail to truth.

It's a given that the regime is locked in a bad marriage but Trump sycophants continue to cover facts like he hates most Americans unless they're wealthy and friendly to him.

It's been difficult for Trump lackeys to maintain that he loves our military when in fact he believes service members are "chumps," to be used in illegal wars and possibly in restraining American citizens from protesting his regime.

In less than two years Trump has made the presidency into a money-making gig that surpasses any of his prior grifts history. 

His spineless cabinet has sought to minimize public awareness of the luxury new Air Force One aircraft-gifted by Qatar but heavily modified using taxpayer money. 

Then it turned out the aircraft didn't have a proper defense system and now Trump can't use it until more modifications are made, which is unlikely to happen with just two years left in his term.

Trump hates and disrespects women, but the regime denies that in spite of all the evidence. Trump is a racist, but the regime claims he's not despite his history of racial slurs.

As it Stands, until Trump is out of office Americans won't know the full extent of Trump's corruption and the extent of the damage he's inflicted on our Democracy.

Trump's 'Throne of Illusions' is in Jeopardy

I try to avoid making broad statements, but I feel compelled to make one today; everyone on the planet knows Trump is a liar and living like a king in his fantasy kingdom.

I recently read a book - The Autumn of the Patriarch - by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, that talks about an unnamed dictator, an illiterate who rises to power and brutally takes control of a country. The eerie resemblance to Trump is captivating.

The "autumn" in the title refers to the corrupt patriarch's physical and mental decay, his growing paranoia, his psychological isolation, and his inability to form genuine human connections.

In the book the dictator surrounds himself with sycophants, creating a false reality, complete with fake news and newspapers, including a single copy of the national newspaper with the news rewritten to please him. In this way he can maintain his throne of illusions.

Sound familiar?

Here we are with a sundowning president (who would be king) with emerging mental decline who requires a "diaper nurse" who follows him around everywhere and is available 24 hours a day. 

Was Marquez a prophet? When you look at Trump's cabinet and staff, they're all simpering sycophants. Fake news is one of Trump's foundational attacks against any media he doesn't like. His short daily briefings are akin to a toddler's show-and-tell time with photos and videos they know will please him.

The patriarch/dictator in the book and Trump have many things in common, including the need to maintain a throne of illusions to stay in power. When those collapse the consequences are disastrous for everyone involved.

At this point in Trump's scandalous second term, it's apparent he's even crazier than ever before... and crueler. He doesn't give a damn about his own party which is struggling to maintain a majority in the upcoming midterms.

To be perfectly clear, Trump doesn't care about his supporters or the rest of the country. He's a dangerous lame duck trying to make a legacy for himself with vanity projects paid for by American taxpayers.

As it Stands, when (you'll notice I didn't say if) the Democrats take Congress back this November Trump's throne is in jeopardy.

During These Hard Times it's Nice to Know Trump Has Won 2 Golf Tournaments at His Properties

Kim Jong II was a North Korean dictator who supposedly shot an impossible 38 under par (a total score of 34) the first time he ever played golf. 

Kim Jong II was the father of the current dictator Kim Jong Un. 

While he hasn't bragged about his golf game, Kim Jong Un does get along well with Trump who adores him. They seem to have a mysterious bond. 

The old North Korean dictator reportedly did a lot of amazing things but today we're going to take a look at the president of the United States awesome golf record.

At 80 Trump recently won two golf tournaments at two of his many courses. He participated in the annual "caddies' day" tournament during the Aug. 21 weekend at Trump National Westchester in Briarcliff Manor, New York. He followed that victory up with another at his club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

In both games he received a trophy for winning the "super senior" and "senior" division" after supposedly shooting a 70 (par is 72 at the club's two courses.)

Now it's time to point out that Trump has a widespread and well-documented reputation for cheating at golf. Sportswriter Rick Reilly even chronicled Trump's cheating in his New York Times bestselling book, Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump.

Isn't it encouraging that Trump has the time to cheat at his favorite game while there's a never-ending war in Iran? While the economy is staggering from high costs caused by his terrible tariffs and his stupid war, you have to give our first felon a break. 

After all his body and brain are rapidly deteriorating and it's inspiring watching him waddle from his golf cart to the tiny ball awaiting him at each hole.

I'll bet that Republicans hoping to get re-elected, or elected, in the midterms are just thrilled by Trump's power at the links. I suspect they'd rather he played golf than accompany them on their campaign tours.

As it Stands, the phrase "playing the fiddle while Rome burns" is a metaphor created by later historians. I've just updated it to "playing golf while America burns." 

Is the Kennedy Center Facing a 'Death Spiral'?

Our petty president is once again proving he's a terrible toddler and is threatening to demolish the "Decrepit" Kennedy Center.

Why? Because a judge has ordered that he take his name off the front of the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts because he illegally put it up there in the first place. Trump defied the order and tried another sneaky tactic to keep his name on the marble wall. That also failed.

Just two years ago the Kennedy Center was thriving and then a freight train called Trump changed all of that when he slunk back into the White House. His push to renovate the facility with additions intended to glorify him personally has spurred a legal battle that goes back to February of 2025.

It was a hostile take-over in every sense of the word. Trump fired all of the board members appointed by former president Joe Biden, fired the center's president (Deborah Rutter) and board chair (David Rubenstein) and installed himself as the new board chairman.

Trump's new hand-picked board later voted to add his name to the building in December 2025, but a federal court ruled the move illegal on May 26, 2026, and ordered his name removed. That triggered the ongoing legal and administrative battle over the venue to this day.

Meanwhile the venue's decline began as the finances deteriorated after the name change. The public hated the change. Many considered it blasphemous that Trump would try to take over a memorial for a popular president who was assassinated. Attendance quickly and dramatically decreased and the artists who performed there left rather than be associated with Trump.

Now for the first time, a desperate Trump is threatening to demolish the iconic Kennedy Center if he isn't allowed to follow his plans for the site, including adding his name to the front of the building.

Trump's corrupt lawyers claim that without those efforts, the Center will deteriorate into an unsafe, decrepit structure. 

It's interesting to note that before Trump got his dirty little mitts on the Center it was doing fine. It was actually making money from donors and public attendance. Those donors (and attendance) dried up when Trump seized the building. 

Ironically the board members claim that without prominent recognition of Trump and his efforts, donors will not contribute, and the Center will continue to be in a financial and structural death spiral. 

What began as a living memorial to a slain president is now facing extinction because Trump is petty little bitch. There's a hearing planned in DC on Thursday (Aug.27) to address this latest assault on what Trump calls a "Woke" institution.

As it Stands, Americans are learning firsthand what a malicious narcissist means.

Trump Plans Another 'S----Show' Grift

One of the reasons Republican lawmakers don't want to participate in Trump's latest grift is because they're being singled out to finance his so-called Midterm Convention.

It's their own fault, however. They elected a clown and now are part of his circus presidency.

If you never heard of a Midterm Convention for either party, it's because this is another first for Trump's 2nd term grift spree. Like a greedy fascist ringleader Trump is touting the event as having "lots of Great Entertainment" and "a RALLY like none other." 

This latest version of money-grabbing is coming from the wallets of GOP lawmakers who are expected to cough up $25,000 for themselves and a guest to attend the two-day convention in Dallas, Texas. By the way, that's the cheap rate, with the highest tier asking for $100,000 from lawmakers.

Trump has been squeezing his loyalists to attend his latest personal fundraiser the last few weeks by sending out invitations, way after lawmakers had already committed to other events.

The timing couldn't be worse for GOP lawmakers who are already facing a blue wave in November. Republican campaign strategists are seething and swing district lawmakers aren't exactly clamoring to be associated with Trump.

That doesn't trouble Trump who looks at the event as another opportunity to shake down corporate America. The potential optics are toxic for the whole Republican party. It's also another opportunity for Trump to be the center of attention.

The midterm convention is going to take place two days before the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and GOP lawmakers are loath to be photographed carousing in elephant hats with the party's wealthy elite.

Meanwhile Democrats look at this latest grift as a political gift. And why not? Watching Trump rubbing his stink of failure on Republicans who are trying to get elected distancing themselves from the most unpopular president in American history is entertaining.

As it Stands, Trump is playing concert promoter again - remember the Great American State Fair debacle? - so prepare yourself for multiple performances of Proud to Be an American by Lee Greenwood.

News on Trump's Ballroom Bunker Blues

This may come as news to many Americans.

The White House already has a protected bunker that was completed during the Obama administration.

Despite that, Trump's lawyers are arguing that Trump's ballroom/bunker project is a national security issue that will give future presidents a bunker-grade, fortified complex.

Sounds great. But there's a big problem with that argument. About 60 feet below the Oval Office there's a state-of-the-art highly protected bunker that can shelter dozens of people for weeks and is built to withstand a nuclear blast. In the case of a national emergency there's a secure command center for the president.

Chief Justice John Roberts allowed part of the project to continue construction - the bunker - in an emergency docket filing last week in spite of the federal court rulings ordering all construction to stop as the legality of the project is examined.

The case is now before the full Supreme Court where the regime is counting on another victory by Trump's conservative lackeys. Critics warn that by the time the court hears the case the project will be finished. A fait accompli.

That was the idea from the start. Trump's favorite method of dragging out court cases while he goes ahead with construction projects has been effective numerous times and this project is no different.

Right now, Trump's corrupt lawyers are calling the project a "military complex" that needs to go forward.

Okay. What about the existing "military complex" that's currently lingering below the White House? Does the regime destroy it? Do they keep it? If they do, will they sell a membership for billionaires who want to hide in style?

These are all questions that may never be answered. The Trump regime has been staying mum about the bunker's presence since he first displayed posters of his gilded ballroom. 

Trump knows all about the existing bunker because Secret Service agents rushed him to it on Friday May 29, 2020, when hundreds of protestors were gathered outside the White House over the murder of George Floyd. Afterward Trump lied to the media and claimed he just went there briefly to "inspect it."

It appears Trump forgot all about that inspection. His lawyers came up with a dodge by adding a secure bunker below his vanity project and claiming it's a national security issue of the utmost importance.

They might get away with it too. The complex is already reportedly 65% complete. The regime has 250 workers on 20-hour shifts working to finish it.

As it Stands, Trump isn't going to let laws slow him down when it comes to his vanity projects in Washington DC.

Trump Ignores Judges Orders and is Actively Politicizing the US Postal Service

The bottom line of Trump's recent executive order is the US Postal Service is being used to suppress votes, despite an August 11th judicial ruling that ordered Trump to keep his tiny hands off of the postal system.

In fact, Trump's executive order would supplant the states' authority to administer elections. The proposed rule would recast the Postal Service as an auditor of state voter rolls and an arbiter of ballot validity.

The idea that Trump is misusing the postal service as a gatekeeper of who can vote by mail is a violation of the Constitution by commandeering state resources. Not that that deters our first felon who is openly lawless in his second term.

The restrictions on mail-in voting are part and parcel of Trump's main mission to disenfranchise voters in the midterms. Critics argue the postal service could use the new rules to gather information and reject ballots in states that do not comply with Trump's demands.

In June, US District Judge Indira Talwani blocked Trump's attempt to illegally coopt the postal service. 

The judge ruled a second time on August 11, this time addressing the case brought by voting rights groups. Once again, she issued a preliminary injunction to prevent the rules from taking effect, noting that there were fewer than 90 days until the midterms.

Talwani wrote, [Where Trump's executive order] is presently causing confusion and threatening both increasing chaos and erosion of trust in our democracy, the court finds that enfranchisement heavily outweighs the executive's attempt to unconstitutionally insert itself in the domain of election regulation."

Despite that ruling the Postal Service has issued a "final order" to restrict mail-in voting on Friday Aug. 21st. In the ruling the agency said it would deliver mail ballots only in states that provide voter information to the Trump regime.

However, there's some hope the scheme can still be stopped. The Postal Service acknowledged that injunctions issued in courts in California and Massachusetts must be lifted in order for Trump's scam to be implemented.

The fight is not over yet. While Trumps' executive order was blocked by two federal courts, his regime has asked the Supreme Court to move quickly to clear the way for the new restrictions in time for the midterm elections.

(UPDATE: The Supreme Court didn't waste any time. On Monday it allowed the regime to move ahead with implementing key portions of Trump's executive order. In a 6-3 ruling they gave Trump the green light. The unsigned decision declared that the states filed their lawsuit too soon!)

As it Stands, I'm not surprised at how quickly the high court responded, proving it's Trump territory now. 

Tariff Terrorist Trump Strikes Again

It only took Trump about a year and a half to turn our once longtime ally Canada into an enemy.

After months of threatening the Canadian economy to go along with Trump's version of a trade deal Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney walked away from the negotiations Saturday.

The result was a 50% tariff on Canadian goods. Carney immediately retaliated with 50% tariffs on American goods. It should have never come to this bitter trade war, but Trump loves bossing other countries around and illegally forcing his will on them.

After Trump's so-called "Liberation Day" in April where he illegally levied steep tariffs on nearly all US trading partners, the Supreme Court had to step in and stop the grift - even going so far as ordering Trump to pay back the nations he tried to rip off.

That barely slowed our first felon down. He quickly came up with another cockamamie scheme under untested authorities to keep imposing arbitrary tariffs. 

This latest assault against Canada shows how stupid he is. One of the reasons our economy is staggering is his terrorist tariffs.

Here's some key findings provided by the TAX FOUNDATION on Trump tariffs by the numbers:

* US tariff policy has changed more than 50 times since January 2025. 

* It's estimated new tariffs apply to 54% of US goods in 2026.

* It's estimated Trump's tariffs increased taxes by an average of $1,000 per US household in 2025, before the Supreme Court's ruling that struck down the IEEPA (International Emergency Economic Powers Act) tariffs.

* In 2026, it's estimated the tariffs will increase taxes by an average of $840 per US household, as the new tariffs have not fully replaced the struck down IEEPA tariffs.

Trump's tariff imposition on Canada is going to be a blow to North American competitiveness in this self-defeating trade saga, according to Candace Laing, CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

Once again Americans will see their costs go up thanks to Trump's favorite way to punish other countries that don't give in to his demands.

Under Trump the national debt has ballooned to 40.05 trillion according to an August 2026 report from the US Treasury Department. 

As it Stands, as long as Trump is in charge there's going to be a mismatch between spending and revenues thanks to his tariffs, vanity projects, and his war in Iran.