Category: Politics

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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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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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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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The Return (Why) Of Mitch

After many months in the hospital Sen. Mitch McConnell returns to the Senate to resume his duties….

But the first vote he almost voted with the Dems (god forbid)….

Senator Mitch McConnell drew attention during a Senate Agriculture Committee vote on September 16, when other Republicans spoke to him as he prepared to cast his vote on the Farm Bill.

McConnell, 84, had recently returned to the Senate after a roughly three-month absence following a fall and hospitalization.

During the latest vote, he first appeared ready to vote “aye,” but Sen. John Hoeven of North Dakota leaned toward him and said “no.”

When the clerk called his name, McConnell quietly said “aye,” but his response was apparently not heard clearly.

Hoeven again said “no,” while Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman and a staff member also spoke to McConnell.

McConnell then gave his answer again, more clearly: “Aye.”

Video of the moment quickly spread online, with some reports initially suggesting that McConnell had almost voted with Democrats before being corrected, per The New Republic.

However, it seemed to most likely be a misunderstanding.

McConnell’s vote helped the committee advance the Farm Bill by a 12-11 vote along party lines.

After the vote, McConnell posted a statement on X saying he was proud to support the legislation.

He wrote, “I want to commend Chairman Boozman for his work on the Farm Bill. I was proud to vote yes on the Farm Bill on behalf of the hardworking farm families across Kentucky. America’s farmers are the cornerstone of our nation and the backbone of Kentucky’s economy.”

The vote came during McConnell’s first week back in the Senate after an extended absence.

He had been away for about three months after a fall at his Washington home and a hospitalization that included treatment for pneumonia.

After the bill hearing, he told Reuters, “I must admit. After ‌two years of, decades, actually, dodging your questions, I wasn’t sure how many of you would be here today. But I’m glad to see you. Time to get back to work, finish the ​job for this Congress.”

His return has drawn attention because his Senate vote can be important on closely divided committee decisions. The Farm Bill vote was one such case, passing by a single vote.

(knewz.com)

Come on…..seriously?

His mind is gone and time for him to pack it in and go way.

The media is doing all they can to make it look like it was someone else at fault not this aging dinosaur.

A great example of why all politicians elected must retire at age 70 so there is not a news report on incompetence.

I guess we will have to hire someone to follow his around to make sure he does not embarrass the GOP.

We deserve better than Mitch is delivering.

More on the on-going saga of the politician that would not go away….

Apparently, Sen. Mitch McConnell Can’t Vote On His Own [Op-Ed]

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Is There A Coming Revolution?

First before anyone freaks out I am talking about a political revolution not one with bombs and shit.

Donny has crapped up this nation and we have at least 2 more years of his stupidity….but on the outside chance that we can send this pasty asshole to Florida we will have a mountain of work to do….that is those gutless twats in DC will have a mountain of work that will need doing.

Americans’ celebration of 250 years of independence invites reflection on the Declaration of Independence and its values of equality, liberty and democratic renewal. Those values are a beacon to guide where our nation must go to live up to its promise—to make sure we have a democracy where your vote counts no matter how much money you have or where you live.

We have work to do. Democracy is under profound stress. Twentieth-century rules and norms are straining under 21st century realities: increasing polarization, weakening media, rising economic inequality, and loss of trust in political parties and governing institutions. Americans have elected a president ready to push the boundaries of autocracy and kleptocracy.

But out of the ashes comes hope. Sustaining American democracy depends on a new wave of major change that speaks to the moment.

Here’s a rundown of reforms within reach—and what each reform would mean for rural Americans.

read the list and say whether you agree or not)

A Coming Revolution in American Democracy

I can say that I agree with every one of those changes….but will there be a will once Donny has fled the country?

To be fair I will post what the fearmongering Right thinks about a new American Revolution….

Sorry I would post the link but there is a paywall and I will be damned if those lying bastards will get any of my money….

Let’s say their are concerned about the rise of the DSA and in true fashion will like it to the Russian Revolution and the rise of Lenin.

Now you can choose to believe that crap and if you do then I have a bridge for sale.

Now back to the main body of the post….we desperately need political reform….but I do not see much of it materializing….do you?

Educate, Agitate

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NOLA Flips Off DOJ

New Orleans is the latest city to tell the DOJ and their grant to piss off….a virtual finger to Donny and his Gestapo….

After taking a “serious look” at applying for federal funding under the Trump administration’s Model Cities Initiative, the city leaders of cash-strapped New Orleans announced on Aug. 31 that they will not apply for the controversial grant program.

The $300 million grant program for cities and local governments of more than 100,000 people offers to pay for high-tech policing and public safety infrastructure in exchange for local officials complying with federal mass deportation efforts, among other priorities. Critics say the initiative is the tip of the spear for deploying mass surveillance tech and indulging the authoritarian impulses of President Donald Trump, who has filled the streets of multiple cities with violent federal immigration agents and, in several cases, armed federal troops.

New Orleans is a majority-Black city steeped in civil rights history, and activists have been ringing alarm bells for weeks as Mayor Helena Moreno and other city leaders mulled over whether to apply for the grant amid pressure from the state’s GOP-controlled government to address an ongoing budget crisis.

“The Model Cities Initiative is a Justice Department grant program that comes with serious strings attached, including the sharing of immigration information between state, federal and local agencies,” Romero told Truthout in an email. “This means surveillance for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to separate families and terrorize our communities.”

According to the Justice Department, one of the policy “blueprints” for the Model Cities Initiative is President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Memphis, Tennessee — another Democratic-led, majority-Black city in a GOP-controlled state. Launched about a year ago and involving 13 federal agencies as well as state and local law enforcement, the surge of what the White House calls “hypervigilant policing” in Memphis is still in effect. Residents and civil rights groups describe the surge as a racist and militarized federal “assault” and “occupation” and a new form of colonialism.

New Orleans Rejects Trump’s ‘Model City’

I am proud of NOLA for I know the grant money would have helped in so many areas….but like they said….too damn many strings attached.

I knew I like NOLA….bully for them.

There is not a city in my state that would be so bold….how about where you live?

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I Guess I’m Going To Hell

Bold statement I know but according to Donny that is what will eventually happen to me.

He made this statement at that lame convention while forcing a pledge from by-standers….

US President Donald Trump has threatened Americans who do not vote Republican will “go to hell”.

He started by calling himself “the greatest President in the history of the United States”, urging supporters at the convention to pledge allegiance to him.

“Please right your right hand,” he started. “I pledge to the greatest President in the history of the United States that loves us so much he can’t even breathe that I will go out with my family and friends, I’ll do it in any way, I don’t care if I’m registered or not, I’m going to try and cheat like hell like they [referring to the Democrats] do.

“I don’t want to waste the words ‘vote Republican’… If you’re going to vote, you’ll vote Republican.

“You know what happens if you don’t vote, you go to Hell, you know that, you go to Hell and I don’t want that to happen to you so please go and vote.”

(indy100.com)

There you have it….I am going to Hell….when the time comes do not send flowers….send ice water.

Actually I had rather shot myself in the nuts than vote for a republican….in 58 years I have never voted for a republican and never will.

Plus he basically ordered his minions to commit voter fraud….did I misread what he said?

Now what about the demand that supporters pledge to him and his greatness….is any of this really legal?

All this is in public record surely someone can use this in a legal battle….or am I just naive?

Gotta go…see you in Hell….

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To Create Another Donny

Let’s say Donny actually leaves the White House and at his age there maybe another such tool lurking but will the Dems, the status quo Dems, help create the next horrific Donny?

Now there is a good question….and it needs asking and more important it needs an answer.

This is an interesting look by David Sirota….

When I look back on all of my work over the last 30 years, one of the projects I’m most proud of is Meltdown, an audio series I did in 2021 with acclaimed director Alex Gibney that reveals the untold story of how Obama-era Democrats turning promises of economic hope and change into more of the same created the backlash conditions for the rise of Donald Trump.

It is a miracle Meltdown ever got made, because calling its tale “untold” is an understatement. The story of Obama’s 2008 victory concluding with Trump’s 2016 win involves a sequence of economic facts and events that have been suppressed, shadowbanned, memory-holed, and censored from America’s political conversation. This is particularly true in media outlets that serve liberals, who seek comfort in the idea that Trump is an anomaly rather than a symptom of something their own political party participated in creating.

Every now and again, there are attempts to warn about this perpetual doom loop. Gibney and I did so ourselves after Meltdown debuted in the pages of Rolling Stone, where we cautioned against Democrats coming into office promising big New Deal-style economic changes, then mostly delivering only for their big donors. We warned that such a bait-and-switch would result in the inevitable backlash from disillusioned voters who would ignore syrupy odes to restoring democratic “norms” and decide once again to vote for a Joker-style candidate like Trump promising to blow up the entire system.

The piece went viral, but the message went largely unheard amid Democratic politicians and pundits insinuating that voters were insufficiently grateful for Joe Biden’s allegedly wonderful economy.

Fast forward five years and we are on the verge of the 2028 Democratic presidential primaries. For the most part, Democrats and their media outlets are still soothing themselves with the fraudulent story of Trump as an anomaly rather than a symptom and still promoting the politics of restoration rather than transformation. Indeed, the over-the-top celebration of Barack Obama’s new $800 million monument to himself was an example of this desperate pining for a return to a pre-Trump normal — even though that “normal” was what created Trump in the first place, and even though restoring such a “normal” could create the conditions for an even worse Trump in the future.

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-status-quo-democrats-could-create-another-trump/

Interesting if not a bit terrifying….but do you think Sirota is on to something?

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