The U.S. is experiencing a severe fuel crisis driven by the conflict with Iran and the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz. Spirit Airlines ceased operations and began an orderly wind-down, following a failure to secure a $500 million government bailout. After years of financial struggles, two bankruptcies in 18 months, and rising fuel costs, the 34-year-old budget carrier went out of business. Over 17,000 employees lost their jobs and all flights were canceled. At the same time the fuel crisis has caused gasoline prices to average $4.30 per gallon, a four-year peak, with some California stations exceeding $8. The crisis is fueled by a global supply shock, with diesel rising fast and refineries prioritizing jet fuel over gasoline
#spirit #project2025 #corporategreed #fuelprices #gasprices
Sources include:
Centre for Climate Reporting 8.15.2024 “Undercover in Project 2025”
CBS News 5.2.2026 “Spirit Airlines shutting down after failed effort at government rescue deal”
The Hill 7.25.2024 “What to know about Project 2025’s plan for agriculture, and how it could lead to real chaos”
WBUR 4.2.2026 “Skyrocketing fuel prices squeeze Rhode Island fishermen”
Spectrum News 5.8.2026 “Texas farmers struggle with higher costs due to war with Iran”
BlackRock Inc. 2.2026 “Form 10-K Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2025”
Trump Media made $871,000 last quarter and lost $405 million. He walked away with $4 billion. The believers paid for that paper fortune with their savings, and the platform sold them out.
#trump #truthsocial #money #accountability
Sources include:
Trump Media & Technology Group SEC Filing 5.8.2026 “First Quarter 2026 Results Form 8-K”
Yahoo Finance 5.3.2026 “Donald Trump’s Truth Social Stake Hit $4 Billion. Everyday Investors Have Watched Billions Evaporate”
The New York Times 1.28.2023 “On Trump’s Social Network: Ads for Miracle Cures, Scams and Fake Merchandise”
Rolling Stone 10.6.2024 “Users Are Getting Scammed Out of Money on Trump’s Truth Social”
Variety 5.8.2026 “Trump Media Reports Q1 Sales of $871,000 and $405.9
Million Net Loss”
Racism k*lls Americans before babys take a first breath. Mississippi b*ries Black babies at almost 3 times the rate it b*ries white ones. There is a federal survey that could explain why. But the Trump administration just shut it off.
#motherhood #womensrights #bigdata #fdt #paperplanet
Sources include:
Mississippi State Department of Health 7.01.2025 “Mississippi Infant Mortality Report: Review of 2023-2024”
The Guardian 5.07.2026 “Trump administration deleting data: what we lose when public datasets disappear”
The Guardian 9.16.2025 “Mississippi terminates PRAMS data collection as infant deaths soar”
TIME 8.25.2025 “Infant Deaths Spur Public Health Emergency in Mississippi” Commonwealth Fund 10.01.2025 “Maternal Child Mortality: How Do U.S. States Compare Internationally?”
World Bank 2024 “Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) – Libya”
Commonwealth Fund 10.01.2025 “Maternal Child Mortality: How Do U.S. States Compare Internationally?”
What does a government do when it cuts food for 42 million people? It kills the survey that would have measured the damage. Let’s be clear MAGA didn’t stop the hunger, they stopped the witness. #SNAP #food #data #PaperPlanet
Sources:
The Guardian 5.07.2026 “The Trump administration is deleting government data. From infant deaths to hunger, here are five ways it’s hurting Americans”
USDA 9.20.2025 “USDA Terminates Redundant Food Insecurity Survey”
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities 5.06.2026 “SNAP Tracker: People Are Losing Food Assistance as the Republican Megabill Is Implemented”
USDA Economic Research Service 12.2025 “Household Food Security in the
United States in 2024”
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities 8.14.2025 “By the Numbers: Harmful Republican Megabill Takes Food Assistance Away From Millions of People”
Great news, America! Your new ballroom only cost a billion dollars. But you’re not invited.
#paperplanet #News #Money #billionaire
Sources include:
NBC News 5.06.2026 “Track gas prices in your county or state as Iran war drives prices up”
NBC News 5.01.2026 “Trump says he doesn’t need congressional authorization for Iran operations, citing ceasefire”
CNN 5.05.2026 “The White House ballroom: Taxpayer money could go toward security related to the project”
NBC News 5.05.2026 “Republicans propose $1 billion in taxpayer dollars to secure Trump ballroom”
Fortune 10.26.2025 “Meet all 37 White House ballroom donors funding the $400 million build”
The State Department just fast-tracked 8.6 billion in weapons to 4 countries. Coincidentally, 3 of them have been paying the President’s family directly. So who exactly is making these decisions?
#money #paytoplay #america #corrupt
Sources:
New York Times 5.02.2026 “U.S. Fast-Tracks Arms Deals Valued at $8.6
Billion to Mideast Partners”
Associated Press 5.02.2026 “Air Force says former Qatari 747 will be
ready to fly as Air Force One this summer”
Washington Post 2.01.2026 “Trump family crypto firm sold major stake
to UAE investment firm”
Washington Post 5.13.2025 “Luxury skyscrapers, golf courses and
cryptocurrency: Trump’s expanding Middle East business”
New York Times 7.21.2025 “Pentagon Diverts Funds From Nuclear Missile
Program to Refurbish Qatari Jet”
A town of 300 residents just found out on Facebook that ICE bought the biggest building in town and is converting it into a detention center for 7,500 immigrants. And 23 more towns are next.
#ICE #ruralamerica #money #paperplanet
Sources:
NYT2.5.2026 “Rural America Is Getting Blindsided by Something New”
WVIA News 1.30.2026 “Plans for ICE detention center in Schuylkill County draw angry, concerned residents to town hall”
Pennsylvania Capital-Star 4.9.2026 “ICE fighting DEP orders on two Pennsylvania detention center sites”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution 3.2026 “ICE spent $200 million on two Georgia warehouses. Did the feds overpay?”
Common Dreams 2.16.2026 “Private Prison Firm GEO Group Reports Record $254 Million Profit After New ICE Contracts”
ProPublica 10.2025 “We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents”
The men running the Pentagon want a country where your sister can’t vote them out. These are not unconnected events, but an intentional strategy to keep men in power and erase women from politics.
#feminism #supremecourt #mifepristone #fdt #paperplanet
Sources:
NPR 5.01.2026 “Court restricts abortion access across the US by blocking the mailing of mifepristone”
Tennessee Lookout 12.17.2025 “Despite improvements, DCS continues to fail Tennessee children, audit finds”
NPR 3.10.2026 “The impact of Trump’s food stamp changes on single parents”
NPR 8.09.2025 “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposts video of pastors saying women shouldn’t vote”
Boston Globe 4.22.2026 “Pronatalists, MAHA influencers, and social conservatives are finding common cause against contraception”
Every time Hegseth breaks the law and walks free, every American is in danger. If Trump and Hegseth can commit war crimes with a smile on their faces, what stops them when the enemy is a political opponent, a critic, your neighbor?
#fdt #corruption #war #Military #paperplanet
Sources:
CBS News 4.30.2026 “Iran war’s true cost closer to $50 billion, not $25 billion, U.S. officials say”
The Hill 4.30.2026 “Pete Hegseth, Rep. Ro Khanna spar over economic impact of Iran war”
NPR 3.06.2025 “Understanding Defense Secretary Hegseth’s contempt for Judge Advocate General officers”
Washington Post 4.20.2026 “Pentagon dismantled civilian harm protections in months before Iran war”
Can someone explain to our dear nepobaby Elon that a white supremacist algorithm will come for him too?
#AI #tech #civilrights #consumerprotection #paperplanet
Sources:
The Hill 4.10.2026 “xAI sues Colorado over AI regulation law”
Jenner & Block 4.29.2026 “DOJ Joins xAI in Lawsuit Challenging Colorado AI Act”
U.S. Department of Justice 4.24.2026 “Complaint in Intervention, xAI v. Weiser”
GovTech 4.29.2026 “Lawsuit Targets Colorado’s AI Law as Its Successor Is Drafted”
73% of people in ICE cages have no criminal record, and you’re paying 14 billion dollars this year to keep them there.
#Immigration #goldcard #ICE #trumpcorruption #news
Sources:
NPR: ICE detention costs and the economy (March 2026)
Brennan Center for Justice: The Deportation Industrial Complex (September 2025)
Bloomberg: Trump’s Gold Card visa sales (April 2026)
AILA: Americans Want Safe Communities Policy Brief (March 2026)
This Monday, the Supreme Court hears Monsanto v. Durnell, a case that could kill 61,000 cancer lawsuits. The Trump administration filed a brief backing Monsanto and here’s why.
#cancer #corruption #fdt #farming #maha
So much for Making America Healthy Again.
Sources:
New York Times 4.23.2026 “The Make America Healthy Again Movement Is Cooling on Trump and Republicans”
Associated Press 2.23.2026 “RFK Jr. fought pesticides for years. Now he’s backing their production”
CNN 2.24.2026 “What to know about glyphosate, the herbicide behind a Trump executive order that’s angered MAHA moms”
NPR 1.22.2025 “RFK Jr. to keep collecting fees from lawsuits against Merck over HPV vaccines”
CNBC 2.27.2026 “Trump angering MAHA with glyphosate order gives Democrats an opening”
