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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Jul 26, 2025, 02:36 PM Jul 26

Trump to Taxpayers: 'You Got Venmo?,' Powell's Face Says It All, & Is J.D. Doing Trump Dirty on Epstein? [View all]

If there was ever a week that perfectly captured the chaos, cowardice, and cartoonish cruelty of the Trump era, it was this one. In Arizona and Oregon, wildfires rage across the land, while Trump’s gutted Forest Service leaves firefighters to clean toilets and beg for gas money. At the White House, the President faced bombshell reporting that his name appears in the Epstein files — so he did what any narcissist cornered by consequence does: he accused Barack Obama of treason.

Then came the kicker: The Treasury Department added Venmo as a way to “help reduce the national debt,” as if crowdfunding could undo decades of tax cuts, wars, and corporate theft. Meanwhile, Trump picked a fight with Jerome Powell over imaginary budget overruns, only to fold once the Fed Chair did the math in real time.

Every story this week reveals the same pattern: hollow out government, weaponize grievance, and scapegoat your enemies. Nothing is too small to politicize and nothing is too sacred to destroy. Whether it’s frontline workers or democratic norms, the goal is always the same — discredit the system while demanding its obedience.

Welcome to The Lincoln Logue — the part of your week where we pull back the curtain and light up the lies.

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