K.I.S.S.

One of the primary “rules” of messaging is K.I.S.S. or Keep It Simple, Stupid. With that in mind let’s recap the first month of the Trump Presidency 2.0. Of course, in addition to short, snippy recaps of the chaos monster, we’re including national media coverage that goes deeper into these stories if you want to read more.

Trump fired everyone in charge of airplane safety and a week later planes started crashing into each other.

Added context: there have been 94 aviation accidents so far in 2025, get the details on incidents at USA Today here.

Trump raised the cost of prescription medications for millions of Americans. More nuance at US News here.

Trump removed bird safety regulations and now bird flu is killing so many hens that eggs are $5/dozen. Read more at the Nation.

Trump disbanded the pandemic response team and now there’s a bird flue and tuberculosis outbreak. Historical coverage of the disbanding. And coverage of the TB outbreak in Kansas.