Category: International Situations

SCOTUS Strikes Again

Yet again SCOTUS proves they are a pack of political hacks that care little for the rights of the people.

Once again it is the whole voting thing….

The Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions on a controversial federal voter database before November’s elections, granting President Trump a temporary win in his campaign against noncitizen voting. The court’s three liberal-leaning justices publicly dissented from the decision, reports the AP. The emergency order allows states, for now, to use the Department of Homeland Security program, called Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, in their efforts to verify the eligibility of voters on their rolls. But because existing law blocks most states from systematically purging voters from their rolls within 90 days of an election, the immediate impact on the upcoming midterms is likely limited.

The court’s order puts on hold a federal judge’s June ruling that deemed the administration’s recently revamped version of SAVE illegal. US District Court Judge Sparkle Sooknanan had blocked the use of the tool, saying it violated Americans’ privacy rights and could result in voters being wrongly removed from the rolls. A federal appeals court declined to pause Sooknanan’s ruling, prompting the administration’s appeal to the Supreme Court. The SAVE program was created under an immigration law mandating that DHS help federal, state, and local agencies prevent government benefits from going to noncitizens. Since the Trump administration moved last year to significantly expand its search abilities, at least 67 million registrations have been scanned, but critics worry it could end up purging valid voters.

Some registrants have already been wrongly flagged. In Travis County, Texas, for example, officials said they investigated 97 voters flagged by SAVE as apparent noncitizens and found that at least 10% of them—and likely up to 21%—were US citizens. The county urged the Supreme Court to reject the administration’s appeal, while the state of Texas submitted its own brief defending the database. Even though the use of the SAVE program has been blocked for months, the administration said in court filings that DHS officials have continued to use Social Security Administration data “in certain cases to verify information and help determine whether illegal voting may have occurred.”

What are the possibilities that someone could lose their right to vote because they have the wrong political leaning?

Many eligible voters may be at risk of having their voter registrations wrongfully canceled just weeks before the midterms after the US Supreme Court cleared the way on Friday for the Trump administration to screen voters using a database known for flagging naturalized citizens.

In a 6-3 decision, the court’s conservative majority lifted a lower court order that blocked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from using and expanding the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database—whose original purpose was to check if noncitizens qualified for government benefits—to trawl through state voter rolls and link them to information supposedly confirming citizenship.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/supreme-court-trump-voter-database

This is just an extension to the already felonious rulings that these fools have made that will make cheating in an election almost a gimme.

The slugs continue to rule against the people of this country in favor of corporations and MAGA issues that allows them to rule the roost.

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Donny Gives His Mouth A Break

(The title may be a bit premature….he cannot give that loud mouth a break)

News has come out that Little Donny has decided that he would wait until after the midterms to resume the nonsensical war with Iran…..but he has said that politics has nothing to do with this decision and to that I say BULLSHIT!

He is trying to take away one of the few things that Dems want to use against him before the vote.

Back to his decision….

President Trump has brushed off a weeklong pause in fighting with Iran and is telling aides to anticipate airstrikes resuming once the midterm elections are over, according to US officials. Tehran’s offer: Reopen the Strait of Hormuz, restart nuclear talks, and ease attacks on shipping in exchange for the US lifting its naval blockade and offering sanctions relief on oil, as well as providing access to frozen assets, reports the Wall Street Journal. Trump publicly insists that politics aren’t shaping his Iran moves and that his sole aim is preventing Tehran from getting a nuclear weapon.

The president also suggests that Iran is “begging for a deal,” per the Journal. Privately, however, officials say he doubts Iran will accept his conditions and sees renewed strikes as probable, though perhaps not on the scale of major combat. Mediated talks continue, but Washington is betting that economic pressure—and a reinforced effort to keep tankers moving—will eventually force Iran to a deal on US terms. Meanwhile, in regard to the Strait of Hormuz, Trump posted a graphic late Friday on his Truth Social platform showing a map of the region, with the strait circled on the map and labeled “Trump Strait,” reports the AP.

Will this obvious end run work before the elections?

I will be surprised if he can go almost a month without some sort of threat or chest thumping.

Does anyone doubt his words?

Let me know.

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Is This Really A Good Idea?

The excuse that Israel gave for the war with Iran is the possibility of the development of nukes….we did not want the spread of nukes through the world just in case a major war does erupt….and now Donny has done the opposite when it com,es to Saudi Arabia….

Saudi Arabia hasn’t taken nuclear weapons off the table, according to a classified US intelligence assessment that’s now in the hands of Congress, reports the Washington Post. That finding is colliding with President Trump’s new agreement to help Riyadh build a civilian nuclear energy program—a deal that could eventually let the kingdom enrich uranium to nearly 20%, a level that experts say can be relatively quickly upgraded to weapons-grade. The State Department argues the pact includes the strongest safeguards American negotiators can realistically get and insists the US “does not and will not support a Saudi nuclear weapon program.”

Still, Democratic lawmakers and nonproliferation experts are alarmed that Saudi Arabia isn’t required to accept intrusive International Atomic Energy Agency inspections, and they point to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s past pledge to match any Iranian bomb. Opponents also highlight potential financial windfalls for Trump allies, from US nuclear firms to Jared Kushner. A 90-day clock is now running for Congress to try to block the deal; a resolution of disapproval has been introduced, per ABC News.

The Post article, which breaks down the terms and political lines being drawn, can be found here.

Is this really a good idea….they are trying to give nukes to a country that kills dissents, journalist and bloggers….I think it is a horrible idea.

Can KSA really be trusted with nukes?

That would expand the number of nations with nukes….we Pakistan, China, India, Israel, North Korea, on and on….and now they want KSA to join the club….what is this idiot and his Gang of Morons thinking?

Let me see….it is okay for KSA to get their grubby hands on nukes but not Iran….this idea is lunacy.

Apparently just another incident of Donny kissing ass to the Saudis….the US has been doing this for over 50 years and it is getting out of hand.

Any thoughts on this?

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There Sits Cuba

There has not been much talk lately about the US doing its ‘thang” to Cuba….and now there is a memo….

The Pentagon may be quietly gearing up for a Cuba contingency—even as officials insist no decisions have been made. CBS News obtained an internal Army Reserve memo asking commanders to identify logistics, medical, engineering, and military police units that could be made available to the US Southern Command within 90 to 120 days. The document doesn’t name Cuba, but multiple US officials say the planning is aimed at the island. No deployment orders have been issued, and Southern Command declined to discuss potential movements, citing “operational security concerns.”

The planning follows months of tougher economic pressure on Havana and sharper rhetoric from President Trump, who Forbes notes called the island “an absolutely failed state” in his UN address this week, prompting a walkout of the Cuban delegation. Trump has predicted Cuba’s communist government “will fall” and in March said he expects to have “the honor of taking Cuba … in some form.” US officials have already examined options that included an Army-led air assault by the 101st Airborne Division and conducted reconnaissance around the island, though those plans stalled. The Cuba focus comes as the Trump administration pursues a more assertive “Donroe Doctrine” in the region, authorizing lethal strikes on suspected criminal targets at sea and expanding joint operations with partners like Ecuador.

We all knew that Donny had not forgotten Cuba….after all Cubans in American will pay dearly for an all out attack on the Island.

All we can do is wait to see what the idiot in charge will do next.\

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BiBi At The UN

I have covered Donny’s speech to the General Assembly as well as Iran’s retort to Donny’s chest thumping…..now let’s look at BiBi (the arrogant bitch)….

Allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza are not only false but “the biggest lie of the century,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told world leaders Thursday in a defiant speech that asserted his nation’s right to wage war against Iran and was not heard by scores of delegates who trooped out before he started speaking. Netanyahu, his voice rising in emphasis, said attacking Iran “was one of the easiest decisions I’ve ever had to make” and denounced as “moral cowards” a mass of delegates who walked out of the UN General Assembly when he took the podium to speak, the AP reports.

(If it is such a lie why then are the IDF thugs still killing Palestinians daily?)

(Moral cowards?  This from a person that is condoning the killing of helpless civilians daily….and he calls others ‘moral cowards’….that is rich)

  • “In defending itself, Israel is also defending many of the countries whose delegates just left this hall,” Netanyahu said. “In fact, I want you to know that many of their leaders even thank us privately for taking out Iran’s nukes.”

(Defending?  A modern army killing people that are homeless and close to starving….yeah that is something to be proud of….you douche)

His remarks—which at times sounded like a stump speech as Israel gears up for elections—came after a week filled with speeches by world leaders accusing Israel of genocide and war crimes in Gaza. Netanyahu, who is prone to using visual aids during his General Assembly speeches, at one point held up a pager while reminding the audience of Sept. 17, 2024, when Israel remotely detonated thousands of pagers that had been distributed to the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon. The pager attack wounded more than 3,000 people and killed 12, including two children.

  • Palestinians had called for a mass walkout. The Palestinian Mission to the UN said in a message to many of the 193 UN member nations to bring as many staff as possible to the assembly hall and “collectively walk out of the assembly” once the Israeli prime minister is announced.
  • “This will send a clear message to Netanyahu and his government that no one is willing to aid, abet, or be complicit in its genocide and war crimes and illegal occupation, which all peace-loving states and peoples demand must come to an end,” the message said. Israel rejects allegations that it committed genocide and war crimes and is illegally occupying Palestinian territory.
  • Israel has grown increasingly isolated throughout the war in Gaza. The war began on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants attacked Israel, killing around 1,200 people and kidnapping 251. At least 73,922 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s subsequent offensive, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas also addressed the UN General Assembly earlier Thursday, delivering prerecorded remarks from his office in Ramallah after the United States denied him and other top Palestinian officials visas to attend the gathering for the second year in a row. The 90-year-old leader’s popularity at home and relevance abroad have both waned. But in his remarks, Abbas made clear he did not intend to quietly accept being sidelined.

  • “We will not leave our homeland. We will not accept displacement. And we will not allow anyone to decide our future on our behalf,” Abbas said. Though world leaders have repeatedly invoked the plight of Palestinians in speeches throughout the week, Abbas urged the international community to take more tangible action against Israel.
  • “How long will some countries continue to remain silent about Israel, or continue supplying it with weapons that it uses against our people? The world has witnessed the enormous cost in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank,” Abbas said. “What, then, is the international community waiting for before it acts to protect the Palestinian people?”

There you have it….BiBi is a bigger liar than Donny….He is trying to focus on his re-election to divert from the reality in Gaza and the West Bank….and BULLY for those nations that walked out on the mass murderer….

Believe it or not there are still those that believe his crap and his lies….makes me think that they are really incapable of any sort of rational thought.

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The Right Of Free Speech

+++It will be interesting to see what others think+++

Note:  I apologize but this will be my only offering today for it is chemo day and the aftershock takes me some time to recover.

This is the first part of a series where I look at promises made within the Constitution….are they doing their part or are they falling short?

There has been much debate on this so-called right and since Donny and his cutthroats have come to power that ‘right’ is being what some say under attack.

Like now with this activist problem that Donny is having…..

Free speech groups across the country are sounding the alarm over the Trump administration’s surveillance of social movements in Minnesota and the prosecution of the Minnesota 15, a group of activists from Minneapolis-St. Paul who face federal conspiracy charges after organizing protests against brutal immigration sweeps earlier this year.

President Donald Trump and his allies in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Justice Department have targeted the First Amendment-protected expression of protesters, civil society groups, journalists, universities and the lawyers representing them at a scale that has “not been seen since the Second Red Scare,” according to an amicus brief filed with a federal court in Minnesota on Aug. 25 by Protect Democracy and other groups.

Documents recently released in court filings show that DHS agents spied on churches, schools and libraries to gather information on labor unions, nonprofits and community groups large and small. In June, the Minnesota 15 were arrested and charged with conspiracy to stalk, impede and assault immigration officers under a section of federal law the Trump administration has used to arrest anti-ICE protesters across the country.

The ‘Red Scare’ Repression of ICE-Watch Activists

Is anyone surprised at this turn of events?

Maybe you should not.

The right to free speech in the United States is protected by the First Amendment, which stops the government from making laws that limit what people say, write, or peacefully protest.

  • Political opinions: Expressing views about government leaders, policies, and public issues is the main goal of the First Amendment.
  • Symbolic actions: Non-verbal actions like burning an American flag as a protest are protected as free expression.
  • Offensive ideas: Saying things that people find unpopular, rude, or offensive is generally legal and protected from the government.

That is the short version of what most people believe…..that our right of free speech is guaranteed by the Constitution which is after all the laws of the land, right?

If all that is true why is Donny curbing our right?

First of all the Constitution means nothing to him or his minions….if so then who guarantees our right to free speech?

Since the Constitution is the laws of the state then it would be the state.

A blogging friend, Tina, recently posted an article on this subject.

Do Anarchists Support “Free Speech”?

Now if one has a critical thinking mind then what was written holds true….at least in these days.

Just look at what is happening now…..

The freedom of speech and of the press is not a gift bestowed by a president, Congress or a federal agency. It is a natural right of all persons. The First Amendment does not create that right; it prohibits the government from infringing upon it. The ability to think, speak, write, criticize, ridicule, persuade, offend, dissent and challenge those in government is among the most fundamental preconditions of the exercise of human liberty.

It is also indispensable to personal happiness. A person who cannot speak his mind, question authority, express unpopular ideas or tell the government that it is wrong is not fully free. And free speech is essential to the survival of the republic because a government that cannot be criticized cannot be effectively held accountable.

Today, government power is being brought to bear against institutions, journalists and universities because their speech is considered objectionable by the president and his political allies.

This is hardly the first time an American administration has made that mistake.

https://original.antiwar.com/andrew-p-napolitano/2026/09/17/more-threats-to-the-freedom-of-speech/

Your freedom of speech should be protected…..instead it will be used against you by these ‘Black Shirts’ of Donny and his ICE thugs…..

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The Meaning Of Political Protest

Now a days there are too many that are willing to sit on the sidelines and shrug at the events that are killing this country….their excuse is ‘there is nothing we can do about it’….well that is defeatism plain and simple and I for one will not embrace that cowardly situation.

About ten years ago I wrote a post on the meaning of protest and I offer it here for those that may not have been around that far back.

The Meaning of Political Protest

It is a simple thing….either you want change or you are happy being bullied by the government but are too meek to do anything about it.

Me I will do what I can to change things….I know I am a small voice but I will not accept this crap as my country is dying under the boot of stupid.

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Donny At The UN

As per tradition the US president gives a speech to the UN…..but most presidents touch on issues that represent a grasp of world affairs….and then along came the babbling buffoon…..and threatens genocide in front of the General assembly….

In his address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, President Trump threatened Iran with “annihilation” and “hell,” but said he believes there would be a deal after the midterm elections, and said later in the day that his envoys held talks with Iranian officials.

Trump told the General Assembly that he has a “big decision to make” regarding Iran, repeating a talking point he’s used in recent media interviews.

“Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before, maybe one of the greatest in the Middle East or even the world? Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again? Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness or generations?” the president said.

“But I believe we’ll make a deal right after the election because it doesn’t make sense for them not to. They’re waiting to see how I do in the midterm election. What they don’t realize is that I’m not running. I did that already and won in a landslide. We won in a giant landslide, and I’ll be here for two and a half years. The Republican Party is running, and I’ll be helping them. But I am not running. I gave absolutely no credence and will not give credence to the election when it comes to Iran,” he added.

Trump also boasted of his attack on Venezuela and takeover of Venezuela’s oil industry, saying “to the victor belongs the spoils.” He also took aim at Cuba, where civilians are suffering under a ramped-up US oil embargo, calling it a “failed state.”

(antiwar.com)

All that smacks of authoritarian bullshit…..can it be used against his loud obnoxious mouth?

The rest of the speech was pretty much….blah, blah, blah….same regurgitation as always.

After thumping his chest like a sex crazed primate he them attacks the media….

President Donald Trump lashed out at a CNN journalist Tuesday morning at the United Nations, telling her, “You should not be here covering me,” as the Department of Justice prepares to defend in federal court his ban on that media outlet, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.

CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins had asked Trump about a new poll that found two-thirds of Americans do not think the U.S. is winning its war with Iran.

“When will it end?” Collins asked the president.

“So it’s an honor to be here. I’m surprised that CNN is here covering me,” Trump told reporters as he gestured at Collins, before he entered the General Assembly in New York to address that body.

Collins interjected, “The United Nations allowed us in here, sir.”

(cnbc.com)

The world is really starting to see what an infantile bully this moron truly is and they will make work arounds….

Once again the clown prince of absurdity embarrassed himself and the country….any wonder why people do not like this twat?

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2026–Here We Go Again

The mid terms are about a month away and the former Dem candidate is inserting herself into the races where she can….

As Kamala Harris considers whether to run for president again, she’s throwing herself into the midterms by campaigning with fellow Democrats, starting with a Tuesday trip to Michigan on behalf of Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed. It’s an especially notable destination for the former vice president. Michigan was one of seven battlegrounds she lost to Donald Trump two years ago, and it’s now one of six states that will start Democrats’ next presidential nominating process. Harris has rallies scheduled in Nevada and Georgia, the AP reports; her campaigning could serve to solidify or undermine her status as a potential Democratic front-runner.

Although Harris is one of the nation’s best-known politicians and a barrier-breaking figure, there are others eager to turn the page after she failed to defeat Trump when she replaced Joe Biden on the top of the ticket. “I think she’s run her course,” said Barry Goodman, a Democratic National Committee member from Michigan who raised money for Biden and then Harris. “I just don’t think her running again would be the right thing for America moving forward.” Some Democratic candidates, especially in places Trump won handily, have curtly dismissed any possibility of campaigning with Harris. “No thanks,” Iowa gubernatorial nominee Rob Sand told Politico. “Let’s move on. We need some new leadership.”

But plenty of Democrats said she has earned the space to consider her options without being rushed or pilloried. Underscoring her unique position, California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently told CNN that he would not seek the nomination if Harris does. “Kamala isn’t under any deadline to run for anything,” said Donna Brazile, a former Democratic National Committee chair who managed Al Gore’s presidential campaign in 2000. She called it a “waste of time” to relitigate Harris’s truncated 2024 campaign and said any White House hopefuls “should follow Kamala’s lead and get out there” by trying to help midterm candidates.

She wants new leadership?

She is the same as all other centrist Dems….playing the game for cash.

Make no mistake unless something hits the fan she will run in 2028….and apparently some are looking at Newsome for the second spot….but will that be in our best interests?

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he might not run for president after all – depending on who’s in the race with him.

In a new 40-minute interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, the pair spoke about a range of topics, including his potential presidential bid, while fly-fishing in Montana. Tapper asked what would happen if former Vice President Kamala Harris were to enter the race as well.

“I wouldn’t do that to her,” Newsom said. “I wouldn’t do that to you. I wouldn’t waste everyone’s time. Who needs that?”

It was a shocking declaration, because Newsom has long been considered a front-runner in the 2028 presidential election. He clearly seems to aspire to higher office.

Even the interview itself – the appeal to the everyman through Newsom’s choice of dress and activity, as well as the affectation of his speech as he answers Tapper’s questions – gives off the vibe of someone who is going to run. But perhaps it’s a sign that he has different aspirations – still a desire to be in the Oval Office, albeit in a different role.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/09/16/newsom-harris-president-2028-california-democrats/91774550007/

I cannot state loud enough what a horrible idea this will be….these to running in 2028.

Why?

They talk a mean progressive game but at the first chance they will run for the center and be no better than countless others that have come before them.

I agree that this country needs new leadership….but these two are NOT it.

Thoughts?

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