100 Days of Hell

4.29.25

Happy Tuesday, readers, and welcome back to Common Sense. We are your source for news and analysis on the circus that is American politics and entertainment. Today was Trump’s 100th day in office. Buckle in because it’s all Trump.

Trump already believes he can be a dictator and now the GOP has a big bill to expand his power… A thousand times no. No, no, no, no, no. He already goes around Congress and violates the Constitution, thinking he can determine which Congressional appropriations he will implement. Does MAGA Mike want to make himself completely irrelevant? Politico reports, “the GOP’s sweeping domestic policy bill” was supposed to “cut taxes, boost border security and slash federal spending.” But “they’re also proposing to hand President Donald Trump a broad new swath of executive power” like “consolidat(ing) the federal government’s antitrust enforcement powers at the Justice Department… supercharge the GOP’s deregulatory agenda… a key provision included in the bill would grant Trump sweeping powers to erase existing federal regulations from the books. It would task federal agencies with submitting portions of their rules to Congress for approval over a five-year period. Absent that approval, the rules would cease to have effect — in essence, fast-tracking Trump’s deregulatory agenda.”

Supporters of federal workers rally in Washington. Photo credit: Reuters.

Trump’s 100 days story is about the people he has harmed, Substack post argues… The Alt Media’s Adam Parkhomenko reflects on the pd, arguing that the importaeople Donald Trump has harment stories aren’t “about polls or posturing or Pierre Poilievre,” but “about people” because “at the other end of Trump’s vile rhetoric and heartless executive orders are people being harmed with no headlines.” The post proceeds with a list of specific federal workers fired, specific immigrants caught up in Trump’s xenophobic raids, specific small business owners hurt by Trump tariffs and uncertainty, and many more… ending with a list of Trump Administration officials who Trump has also “harmed.” Of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Parkhomenko writes, Hegseth “took a big pay cut and got no makeup studio. And where in Pete’s on-the-job training did it say not to share war plans with his wife and a reporter? So unfair.” It’s worth a read.

Has Donald Trump kept his campaign promises? NBC News looked into 14 of them… Trump promises a lot. Remember how Mexico was going to pay for the wall. Yeah… NBC News takes a look at key Donald Trump campaign promises and reports, “President Donald Trump has moved with remarkable speed in his first 100 days, issuing more than 100 executive orders and pushing an agenda that has the potential to rapidly remake America. The effort comes from some big promises he made on the campaign trail, among them to implement tariffs, carry out mass deportations and end major international conflicts. Here's a look at many of those promises and whether or not he has followed through…” The first “Promise” NBC News looks at? “End war in Ukraine on or before Day 1.” LOL.

photo credit: Getty

Fire Elon! Trump has spent $220 billion more than Biden spent during the same period last year despite “government efficiency” promises… CBS News reports, “Despite promises to cut spending during the campaign and his first few months in office, President Trump's federal government has spent about $220 billion more in his first 100 days compared to the same time period last year. In fact, the government is now spending more, day to day, than was spent in nine of the last 10 years. The exception: 2021, when the government was spending trillions to fight the coronavirus pandemic and prevent an economic disaster. CBS News analyzed the Treasury Department's daily financial reports to track the money flowing out of every government account each day since Mr. Trump returned to office. Here's a breakdown of what we found.”

Today’s Furry Friend

Canines have some unique fears… Willie, for instance, was afraid of doors! But a loving family and brother helped him conquer that fear.

Today’s Buzz

The View went off the rails today on Trump and Amazon with “record number of Full Goldberg Collapse™ moments”... EW reports, “Nothing speaks louder in the contemporary American political landscape than a silent Whoopi Goldberg collapse over an agonizing Hot Topics discussion on The View. Just four full months into the year, 2025 has already hosted a record number of Full Goldberg Collapse™ moments at the talk show's table, with the EGOT-winning actress' latest fall backward into her seat arising during a chat about the Donald Trump administration's response to public reaction to his controversial tariffs. Goldberg kicked off the show by lamenting Trump's approval ratings after his first 100 days in office, before segueing into video footage of a press conference hours prior, related to Amazon's recent reaction to tariffs leading to increased prices on some of its items.”

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