Vaughn Wicker

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice    #wtpBLUE    WE THE PEOPLE   wtp3265   “We will not allow disputed incidents to be exploited to demonize the hundreds of thousands of law-abiding Jewish residents of Judea and Samara,” Prime Minister Netanyahu recently said. In his statement, he said the facts of the incident “remain unclear and are under investigation.“ What’s not in dispute are the injuries suffered by Heidi Levine, an American photojournalist who was severely beaten with rocks and sticks by Israeli settlers. The IDF stood by and fired teargas, refusing to intervene. She suffered lacerations across her body, a broken rib and four broken vertebrae. She will need surgery on one hand after a finger was ripped open exposing bone.
These Israeli settlers coordinated a massive attack—dozens of men attacked Palestinian villagers trying to gather olives from their trees. The settlers set the trees on fire and were slinging rocks at them.
 If the incident is as disputed as Netanyahu claims, where are reports or photos of Israeli injuries? The occupied West Bank has seen escalating violence, just ahead of the October elections there. Israeli settlers are reshaping the map, seizing more territory. It’s a coordinated effort between settlers and the highest levels of government, according to the Washington Post, while attention is diverted by the US-Israeli war against Iran. Between January and August there were 1600 settler attacks documented by the United Nations, an average of more than six a day since February 28 and the start of the Iran war. At least 76 Palestinians have been killed by gunfire from Israeli forces or settlers. It’s not only Netanyahu. It is the far right cabinet such as finance minister Smotrich and National Security minister Ben-Gvir. Israel wants to reestablish territory it occupied in the 1967 war. Many in the world see that land as illegally settled Palestinian land. Israel has increased settlements even in violation of Israeli law.
 At least 4300 Palestinians have been displaced this year. Israel wants to “bury the idea“ of Palestinian statehood. Groups of Palestinian militias are working alongside Israel, receiving weapons and funding, and attacking fellow Palestinians in their homes. These militias are made up of criminal gangs and want to decrease the ability of Hamas to stay in power, but are unlikely to ever replace Hamas. Israel’s motive is to destabilize them so the rest of the world blames Hamas. So much for any cease-fire agreement. Israel has never kept one.

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice    #wtpBLUE    WE THE PEOPLE   wtp3264   Missouri Republicans aren’t going to let 86 years of their nonpartisan system for electing judges get in the way of gerrymandering desires. Their own state Supreme Court overruled their recent attempts they want to give additional seats to Republicans. Some state lawmakers are calling to overturn their own system to choose top judges under what is known as the Missouri Plan. Missouri lawyers help choose a slate of three candidates—then the governor makes an appointment for the state Supreme Court, appeals court, and in some areas, the circuit courts. This became a model for many states around the country.    Conservative judge-maker Leonard Leo sees Missouri as a crucial battleground—he attempted to convince Governor Matt Blunt in 2007 to reject some Supreme Court candidates in an attempt to weaken the selection system. In 2012, the GOP put a proposed issue before the voters to give the governor more control. Voters rejected that idea. State Republican legislators have tried many things to wrench power of referendums away from the voters— redrawing a gerrymander mid-decade, then Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins attempted to ignore it when the Supreme Court ordered an older map restored, resulting in 14 Republican lawmakers calling to impeach the members of the court if they held Hoskins in contempt. Hoskins finally backed down.   Republicans have tried to weaken all the guardrails that could limit their power nationwide. North Carolina, Wisconsin, and New York all have tried to enforce gerrymanders or take power away from Democrats. Republicans hold every statewide elective office, have supermajorities in both chambers, and six of the state’s congressional seats—but they still want more power. The voters keep rejecting their proposals at the ballot box, especially over use of the ballot initiative. Five of seven Supreme Court justices were appointed by Republican governors, even though some Republicans have called them liberal activists. Any changes to the Missouri plan ultimately will have to be approved by the voters.

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice    #wtpBLUE   WE THE PEOPLE   wtp3263   The Wesleyan Media Project has found over 220 videos full of “generated fakery,” videos often without any disclaimer that they were made with AI. Any election will result in a flood of ads but this time around, they are full of fakes— mostly tied to Republicans or Republican aligned Political Action Committees. Using AI has allowed some candidates to be placed alongside the most polarizing figures in politics, such as Hillary Clinton or AOC. One ad even showed Abdul El-Sayed laughing at cards that read ”Death to America,” and “celebrate 9/11.”
 The media group stated there is more reluctance for Democrats to use ads with AI since their voters are generally in favor of some kind of regulation. 30 states require disclosure that AI is used for these deepfakes in political ads. An ad that normally cost $2 million to produce traditionally only will cost $200,000 with AI. The overall problem with political advertising is the use of deception. Voters should carefully study what issues a candidate supports directly from their websites and take ads with a grain of salt.

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice    #wtpBLUE    WE THE PEOPLE   wtp3262   “My thought was they could keep it in their back pocket to invalidate any [election] results they don’t like,” one of the former officials said. “This goes against everything CISA represents.” First they cut the budget of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), then the Trump administration wants the results of hacking a voting machine sent to the White House? Why would the Trump administration do this?
 The Trump administration has undermined CISA, election officials across the country say. The Trump administration’s attacks have left them to solve security issues themselves with the midterms almost here. The employees of CISA have told administration officials that the task of hacking a machine wasn’t possible since Elon Musk‘s DOGE laid off the agency’s personnel who could’ve pulled that off. Isn’t this a very Russian technique? Create instability, then blame a problem on that instability? One third of CISA’s employees were laid off—over 1000 of them. The president’s 2027 budget proposal would reduce funding for another $700 million—that would result in 900 more layoffs. Trump himself signed the act in 2018.
 In 2025 through mid-September 2026, the preparations for this election have been nonexistent. Some state authorities said they no longer trusted the administration enough to share information with CISA. “They violated the entire premise of that information-sharing relationship,“ said one official. Machine vendors are coming up with contingency plans if the federal government seizes their machines or declares them unusable. Donald Trump losing the election in 2020 has been too much for his fragile ego to take. It was CISA and the FBI that convinced former Attorney General Bill Barr that there wasn’t any systemic fraud in 2020. By the way, what happened to the ballots Tulsi Gabbard seized from Fulton County, Georgia? Make sure you get out and vote. We need to restore integrity.

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice    #wtpBLUE    NOSOTROS, EL PUEBLO   La frustración por la economía es el tema principal en las elecciones de mitad de mandato. Muchos estadounidenses, especialmente los de bajos ingresos, están muy ansiosos ya que la inflación y el aumento de los precios de la gasolina se ven influenciados por la guerra en curso en Irán. El 61 por ciento de los encuestados dijo que hay demasiada desigualdad de ingresos y el 24 por ciento siente que la economía necesita una revisión completa. 4 de cada 10 demócratas ahora dicen que ningún nivel de desigualdad es aceptable. La confianza en que el sistema económico pueda cambiarse eficazmente para abordar la desigualdad es baja. Republicanos y demócratas no están de acuerdo sobre las causas. Los republicanos atribuyen las causas a las elecciones personales, mientras que los demócratas más a menudo citan nuestro sistema tributario y la regulación insuficiente de las grandes corporaciones.   La mayoría de los estadounidenses piensa que el gobierno federal debería tener un papel importante en reducir la desigualdad económica, y que las personas ricas deberían tener mucha responsabilidad en disminuirla. Investigaciones de PEW han dicho que la economía es el tema principal en las elecciones intermedias para todos los votantes. #VoteBlue.

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice    #wtpBLUE    WE THE PEOPLE   The frustration over the economy is the defining issue for the midterm elections. So many Americans, especially lower income individuals are very anxious as inflation and higher gasoline prices are influenced by the ongoing war in Iran. 61 percent of those surveyed have said there is too much income inequality and 24 percent feel the economy needs a complete overhaul. 4 of 10 Democrats now say no amount of inequality is acceptable. Confidence that the economic system can be effectively changed to address inequality is low. Republicans and Democrats disagree on the causes. Republicans will attribute the causes to personal choices, but Democrats most often will cite our tax system and insufficient regulation of major corporations.
 Most Americans think the federal government should play a large role in reducing economic inequality, and says wealthy people should have a lot of responsibility in reducing it. PEW research has said the economy is the top issue in the midterms for all voters. #VoteBlue.

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice    #wtpBLUE    WE THE PEOPLE   wtp3257   Russia expects us all to believe it doesn’t deliberately target civilians when it bombs buses and apartment buildings in Ukraine. So are they saying they just have terrible aim then? President Trump says Russia wants peace. No, no they do not. President Putin just convinced Trump to fall for that fallacy.
 Recently in the city of Kramatorsk, 30 civilians were killed by bombs and just one day after that, 22 were killed at a residential apartment building in the north. President Zelenskyy is urging Trump to step up pressure on Russia, but Trump has clearly chosen a preference to align with the Russian dictator. How likely is a diesel deal going to happen by the way? Experts say there’s currently an export ban in place by Russia as they have no extra to spare. There’s no actual ceasefire by either side, either. While Ukraine is our ally, they’re increasingly asking for support from Europe since President Trump hasn’t renewed any military aid. The only shipments they are receiving were approved during Biden‘s time in office.
 If Democrats win the midterms, the pace of military aid to our true ally will once again resume. General Alexus Grynkewich, the Supreme Allied Commander of Europe, offered a warning during the most recent Warsaw Security Forum. NATO will be implementing its “theory of victory“ planned about three months ago, saying “any attack against an ally will end up utterly futile.“
 Let’s rejoin NATO officially by Voting Blue.

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice    #wtpBLUE    WE THE PEOPLE   wtp3256   Do you remember when President Trump told the progressive caucus “Squad” to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came“? The Department of Justice used to avoid investigations of Congress members so close to an election, but this Department of Justice is full of personal lawyers for Donald Trump. The rule was 60 days, especially if the investigation could occur after an election with no harm done. The DHS claims they are investigating Representative Ilan Omar of Minnesota. Just 22 days or so before Election Day, a search warrant was executed for a long list of reported potential crimes. These include false statements, fraud, immigration paperwork, and a general conspiracy charge. Representative Omar made a statement calling the raid “an attempt to target political enemies, and weaponize federal law-enforcement…this is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation,” adding “I will not be silenced.”
Trump recently said, “she comes from a country that is a non-country,“ and “I think she’s a terrible person.“ 
MarkWayne Mullen, Secretary of Homeland Security says the end result could be deportation. Representative Omar was born in Mogadishu and after the civil war, her family came to the United States. They were admitted as refugees. She was vetted before she ran for Congress. Minnesota is home to the largest Somali diaspora in this country. In the last presidential election, Trump decried the 60-day rule when he accused the DOJ of acting improperly during his campaign. In that case it was in response to a court order, not subject to DOJ policy at all. The investigation against Rep Omar is based on an accusation that her late father either lied or omitted information as he sought legal status. Omar has had basic disagreements with Trump over foreign policy, national security, and immigration. She states Trump has tried to distract from his own legal challenges by attacking her.
 All Americans have a duty to call out President Trump’s bigoted attacks that have villainized an entire community of Muslims.

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice    #wtpBLUE   WE THE PEOPLE   wtp3255   The publication KFF and the AP conducted a poll of rural voters in August. The price of groceries, gasoline, and healthcare are the biggest areas of negative responses among those surveyed, including many Republicans. Rural voters, largely Republican, still support and approve of Donald Trump‘s job performance more than among the rest of US adults overall in separate polling. The results show that rural voters haven’t yet turned on Trump, while still believing he hasn’t delivered on his promises fully. Some are unsure whether they will even cast a vote for the midterms, which would benefit Democrats. Only about 4 in 10 rural voters approved of Trump‘s performance on the economy. These voters usually have lower wages than those who live in suburban and metro areas, and they’ve been hurting for decades. Only about 45 percent of these Republicans say Trump has made their local economies better off. Only 17 percent of voters said Trump‘s healthcare policies have had a positive impact, 41 percent say they’ve had no impact, and another 41 percent say they’ve had a negative impact.
 A year after Trump passed the “Rural Health Transformation Program” 8 in 10 voters in rural areas said they’d heard either a little or nothing at all about the health fund. One woman in Maine stated that hospitals are consolidating making it harder for her to see a specialist, now an hour away. Some hospitals there are closing their labor and delivery centers. About 8 in 10 Democratic voters trust the Democrats to address healthcare costs, while Republicans are more ambivalent. Republicans in rural areas are more likely to blame an imaginary “economic mess“ left behind by Democrats. Democrats have a chance to “show up and give a message that rural people might find appealing,” said Nicholas Jacobs, a political scientist at Colby College and a co-author of the book ‘The Rural Voter’. Democrats need to stay on this message.

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice    #wtpBLUE    WE THE PEOPLE   wtp3254   President Trump’s latest campaign promise is to claim there will be a big Iowa steel mill built, saying it is the “largest steel plant in American history“ and it’s a “done deal” about three weeks before the midterms, where Republicans are facing competitive races.
 But actually the deal is far from done. According to the Washington Sun, the company behind the project, Mesabi Metallics and its Indian parent company the Essar Group, did not own property in Lee County Iowa where the plant is proposed or even in the state anywhere. The Des Moines Register reported that residents were approached by the company in September about purchasing land. Mesabi Metallics is reporting however that it has “secured land in Iowa for the project“ but declined to disclose details. The Washington Sun was unable to find any property records.
 The timing of the announcement has raised eyebrows of both Republican and Democrat state lawmakers. The lawmakers were only told they were in competition with several other states, including Arkansas. The president told reporters September 28 that the investment would be $15 billion, create 6000 construction jobs and 1750 permanent jobs. Secretary of Commerce Lutnick says the president doesn’t bring people together unless it’s a done deal. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds republican after that called the state legislators back to the capital to consider major tax incentives for the company. Democrats were not able to get the company to guarantee the 6000 construction jobs would go to Iowa workers. The governor’s office did not respond with a comment. In 2016 the same company declared bankruptcy in Minnesota while trying to build an iron ore complex. The ore complex finally opened last week. 
 Iowa is ground zero for backlash over Trump’s tariff policies. The White House was quoted as saying the president has “a proven record of securing historic investments creating high-paying jobs and bringing manufacturing back to the United States.” According to Fortune and PBS NewsHour, total US manufacturing is still lower than it was in January 2025.

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice    #wtpBLUE    NOSOTROS, EL PUEBLO   Los incendios, huracanes y tornados se han visto empeorados por el cambio climático. El cambio climático está añadiendo un gasto más al presupuesto de los propietarios de viviendas: el seguro de hogar. Los huracanes en Florida, las inundaciones en Carolina del Norte y las tormentas en Kansas se han sumado al debate sobre los costos antes de las elecciones intermedias. Florida tiene las tarifas de seguro de hogar más altas del país. Carolina del Norte está considerando una enmienda constitucional sobre los impuestos a la propiedad, y en Kansas la carrera por el Comisionado de Seguros se está calentando. Esto ha ayudado a convertir estados confiablemente republicanos en campos de batalla. También ha afectado la política en California. Desde 2021, las tarifas de los propietarios de viviendas han subido un 46 por ciento, casi el triple de la tasa de inflación. El 58 por ciento de los estadounidenses dijo que el aumento de los costos de seguros los haría más propensos a votar.   En otra encuesta, la gran mayoría de los encuestados quería que los funcionarios electos hicieran más para reducir las primas y responsabilizar más a las compañías. Muchos dijeron que tuvieron que posponer compras importantes o decisiones de vida debido a los aumentos de los seguros. Los 10 estados más caros para el seguro de hogar están en el centro del país, en corredores conocidos como el pasillo de tornados y el pasillo del granizo. La prima anual para una casa de $300,000 con un deducible de $1000 ahora es de $5289 en Kansas, un 84 por ciento más que el promedio nacional. California y Oklahoma están eligiendo nuevos comisionados de seguros. California elegirá entre dos demócratas: uno representa el área de los incendios del año pasado, mientras que el otro ha propuesto un plan estatal de desastre de pagador único inspirado en Nueva Zelanda. 1 de cada 7 propietarios de viviendas está optando por no tener seguro para poder pagar otras facturas.   Nuestra primera prioridad debe ser elegir personas que crean que el clima se ve afectado por nuestras acciones. Por favor, #VoteAzul.

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice    #wtpBLUE    WE THE PEOPLE   Fires, hurricanes and tornadoes have all been worsened by climate change. Climate change is adding another expense to homeowners’ budgets - homeowners’ insurance. Hurricanes in Florida, flooding in North Carolina and storms in Kansas have all become added to the debate over costs before the midterms. Florida has the highest home insurance rates in the country. North Carolina is weighing a constitutional amendment to property taxes, and in Kansas the race for Insurance Commissioner is heating up. This has helped to put reliably Republican states into the battlefield. It has affected politics in California as well. Since 2021 homeowner rates have risen 46 percent, nearly triple the rate of inflation. 58 percent of Americans said rising insurance costs would make them more likely to vote.
 In another poll, respondents overwhelmingly wanted elected officials to do more to reduce premiums and hold companies more accountable. Many stated they had to postpone major purchases or life decisions because of insurance spikes. The 10 most expensive states for home insurance are in the middle of the country, in corridors known as tornado alley and hail alley. The annual premium for a $300,000 house with a $1000 deductible is now $5289 in Kansas, 84 percent higher than the national average. California and Oklahoma are electing new insurance commissioners. California will choose between two Democrats - one representing the area of last year’s fires, while the other has proposed a single payer state-run disaster plan modeled after New Zealand. 1 in 7 homeowners are opting to go without insurance to pay other bills.
 Our first priority must be to elect people who believe the climate is affected by our actions. Please #VoteBlue.

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice    #wtpBLUE    WE THE PEOPLE   wtp3253   When has isolationism ever made this country great? The Program Electronic Review Management system (PERM) is the pipeline that brings high skilled immigrants to the United States. Many of them start businesses and improve our economy. The process begins with J-1 education visas. Many visiting scholars become temporary workers, and then they can achieve permanent resident status. Suppressing this pipeline will cause highly talented individuals to simply go to other countries, like Canada or Europe. 
 Vice President Vance recently came out and accused companies like Microsoft of committing visa fraud without any evidence. There’s no evidence of improper financial relationships or visa abuse. “I don’t care how prestigious a university thinks it is, I will personally cuff you in the university square.” Labor Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito said. Trump’s administration has gone all in on this tough guy agenda, making it harder to attract and retain talent for businesses and universities here. Calling it “Project Firewall,” the administration is investigating companies they claim are abusing the H-1B visa program. Vance claims employers are making workers “indentured servants,” but this policy prevents workers the freedom to obtain green cards even if here legally, making them more dependent on unscrupulous employers.
 Work will move overseas, perhaps to India instead. Applications to one Master’s program by foreign students at Columbia University have already fallen 27%.
It seems to be more about money when the administration has changed the fee to $103,265 for a H-1B visa for the “federal government‘s cost.” These fees were already struck down by a judge last year. It replaces random lottery selection to favor higher-paying applicants, and eliminates the 60 days you have to find a new sponsor if you lose the first one. They are also scrutinizing applicants’ social media accounts - they have revoked thousands of student visas during Trump’s terms in office. Trump has employed 566 foreign laborers who make between $15 and $27 per hour on the H-2B and H-2 temporary visa programs. Why is it OK for him to hire foreign workers, but we can’t bring superior students into our universities anymore? It’s anti-intellectualism, and it doesn’t make America great.

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice    #wtpBLUE    WE THE PEOPLE   wtp3252   Army Major Nidal Hasan in 2009 killed 13 fellow soldiers and wounded 32 others. No doubt he should be punished. He’s being held on Leavenworth’s death row. President Trump obviously enjoys a macabre, vicious public spectacle display along with his cage matches, parades, and huge fireworks events. His plan is that on December 3, Hasan will be executed by firing squad. He will be shot by soldiers on the same base, the same day of the week, and the same time of day he committed his crimes, according to Secretary Pete Hegseth. Even though the Army manual restricts witnesses, they are planning on no limits on who would be allowed to watch. They are going ahead with a live-streaming event. 
 J.D. Vance tried to distance himself from the possibility that it would really happen, saying he would not be watching. Trump said “Did I approve? Absolutely I did.” Recall President Trump asking in his first term why he couldn’t have people shot coming across our borders. The lowering of all decency in every aspect of life in America is what this presidency is all about. Secretary Hegseth is trying to take our services backwards in time to when women weren’t allowed in combat, we had no diversity, soldiers were not accused of war crimes, and to rename it the Department of War. Hegseth constantly calls our soldiers “warfighters.” How does this make us great? How does this qualify Trump for a Peace Prize?
 It’s been 90 years since the United States had a public execution. It puts us in a group with Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea, and Somalia. Even some Republicans are calling it barbaric and medieval. Trump admires cruel dictatorships, though. It will most likely have the opposite effect intended - not as a deterrent, but the celebration of martyrdom by radical Islamist groups, encouraging more murder of “infidels.“ During the attack in 2009 Hasan was paralyzed, and the image of a wheelchair-bound prisoner will service propaganda by groups like Al-Qaeda and Islamic State. Already there are messages circulating.
 The Army manual states who can witness an execution. The base Commander, a chaplain, two news media members, the condemned prisoner’s family, and one victim representative, no one under age 18. Author Sonya Lea called public execution a “brutal carnival of sadism.” Hasan’s lawyers may ask for the public viewing to be deemed a violation of cruel and unusual punishment in the military code along with the Eighth Amendment. In 2001, a federal court blocked the feed of the execution of Timothy McVeigh. The Supreme Court has not weighed in directly as yet.

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice    #wtpBLUE   WE THE PEOPLE   wtp3251   The Trump administration calls it their “Election Integrity Investigations,” still promoting the idea that non-citizens are voting. Homeland Security is investigating more than 150 nonprofits, saying they “may be helping non-citizens to vote.“ They have no evidence, but they are considering employee undercover agents to “disrupt activities,“ and they claim this will allow them to “dismantle illicit facilitation networks,” Democracy Forward reported, a legal advocacy organization.
 If you wonder why President Trump has claimed over and over (too many times to count) that non-citizens are voting when there is no evidence, it is so he can once again falsely claim a voting result is corrupt somehow. ProPublica found between January 2025 and May 2026, only 41 people were charged out of 150 million voters in the last presidential election. It’s all so he can claim it’s “rigged“ when the Republicans likely lose control of both chambers of Congress. Instead of going after individuals, now it’s been expanded to organizations who help people vote. It’s all about intimidation, including positioning the National Guard at polling drop boxes.
In Pennsylvania and New Jersey the DHS has investigated 82 organizations, including going after CAIR, a Muslim Civil Rights group. 44 groups were examined in New Jersey and no derogatory information was found. It’s all just to give the impression of cheating with no basis in fact. 
Heather Honey, a 2020 election denier is now serving as the go-to person for “Election Integrity.” She provided 48.4 million records of unknown origin to federal investigators recently. The Trump administration is spending our tax funds determined to purge people from voter rolls, with about three weeks until the election. They are no doubt going to use this strategy for the next Presidential election, as well. In addition, more than 50 million voting records have been sent to iLab, the innovation lab within Homeland Security Investigations, an arm of ICE. Heather Honey is a private investigator and her experience is in counterfeit goods. She’s only supplied theories in order to sow doubt, including a theory that more votes were cast in Pennsylvania than there were voters registered in the state. Trump still repeats that disinformation. 
We must have an overwhelming blue wave in November.

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice       #wtpBLUE      WE THE PEOPLE   wtp3250  Russia has not exported oil or diesel to the United States since the 2022 ban. President Trump has stepped up his support of Putin, calling for Ukraine to replace president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and for them to “make a deal“ with Russia. The only thing that will end the war is for Russia to get out of Ukraine.
 Zelenskyy criticized Trump‘s diesel deal with Russia, Axios reported. Trump recently announced he has lifted sanctions to allow Russia to export diesel to the global energy market, including the United States. Zelenskyy told Axios the deal was, “Not fair and not honest.” Trump made the deal after repeatedly asking Ukraine to stop attacking Russian refineries— “I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal,” and “he better damn well stop,” Trump threatened.
 Ukraine has been without the support of our government under President Trump because he stands to make money under his “deals” on Russian investments Jared Kushner and Steve Witikoff have negotiated. The Republican-majority Congress has sat on its hands while Trump has done everything he can to remake the United States into a Russian-style oligarchy.   Zelenskyy reminds us of the Anchorage, Alaska Summit last year, where Trump agreed to many Russian demands without getting anything in return. President Trump made a statement on Truth Social he agreed to a deal for 3 million tons of diesel fuel from Russia. How much will he personally profit is the question? Do you believe the Kremlin statement that “significant attention was devoted to prospects for resolving the Ukraine crisis.”
 Ukrainian strikes have cut Russia’s capacity by as much as 60% over the summer, and Trump is desperate to shift blame away from his decision to enter a war against Iran. 
 We need to vote out every member of Congress who has allowed Trump to make an alliance with Vladimir Putin.

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice    #wtpBLUE    NOSOTROS, EL PUEBLO   Cuando la Corte Suprema decidió por 5-4 rechazar los esfuerzos del presidente Trump de despedir a la gobernadora de la Reserva Federal, Lisa D. Cook, por acusaciones de fraude hipotecario no comprobadas, él no se dio por vencido en sus intentos de despedirla. Ella es la primera mujer negra en ocupar el cargo. Todo porque la Reserva Federal no ha bajado las tasas de interés. Desafortunadamente, la Corte Suprema no definió cómo sería un proceso adecuado para darle una audiencia justa, así que Trump ha seguido adelante con un tribunal improvisado. Ha creado un “comité de investigación” compuesto por sus propios subordinados elegidos a mano.    No la han acusado de ningún crimen y su abogado dijo que tenían dudas sobre si esta audiencia sería legítima. Un presidente solo puede despedir a un Gobernador del Banco Federal por “causa“, lo que significaría malversación o negligencia en el deber. Cook ocupa su puesto legalmente hasta 2038. Trump ha estado intentando despedirla desde agosto de 2025. Ahora ha reclutado a Kevin Hassett, su principal asesor económico, al director interino de la Oficina de Ética Gubernamental y a Andrea Lucas, la jefa de la Comisión para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo.   La senadora Elizabeth Warren fue citada diciendo: “El presidente Trump está convocando un juicio espectáculo ilegítimo en su peligrosa búsqueda de apoderarse ilegalmente del banco central de nuestra nación.” Recordatorio: la deuda nacional actualmente es de $36 billones, y el gobierno federal gasta casi $1 billón anualmente en pagos de intereses. Pero Trump afirma que tasas de interés más bajas proporcionarán “combustible cohete“ a la economía, ayudando a los compradores primerizos a obtener una hipoteca. Este presidente no entiende cómo funciona la inflación. Él culpa a las tasas de interés mientras ignora sus propias políticas arancelarias y la guerra con Irán por los altos costos del combustible. Su ignorancia es asombrosa, y esto terminará de nuevo en la Corte Suprema. #VoteBlue