U.S. Senate Races Won by Democrats by Stunning Midterm Margins

Without a doubt, the Democrats’ stunning midterm margins shook the GOP.  Senate races that won down to the wire were supposed to be really close. But the facts were that they weren’t even close at all.

Josh Turek won in Iowa by more than 4 points. Latest count is that he beat his opponent, Republican Ashley Hinson. (50.5 to 46.4)

Annie Andrews won in South Carolina by nearly 5 points. Latest count is that she beat her opponent, Republican Darline Graham. (51.1 to 46.7)

Sherrod Brown won in Ohio against an incumbent Republican Jon Husted which was supposed to be deep red, lost forever Ohio, wasn’t even close. Sherrod Brown won in Ohio by 5 points. (50.0 to 45.2)

Adam Hamilton in Kansas, which was suppost to be an unattainable Democratic victory, ousted another incumbent Republican Senator, Roger Marshall, by 5 points. (51.0 to 46.0)

Troy Jackson in Maine, just did not beat Republican Susan Collins. He won by 7 points. Susan Collins was supposed to be unbeatable in Maine for life. (53.4 to 46.5)

Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, beat the incumbent Mike Rogers by 7 points. Noteable here is that 6 months ago, he made a prediction that he would “smoke him by 7, bet on it”. Abdul kept his promise. He was right on the money. (52.5 to 45.5).

Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota, beat her opponent, Republican Michele Tafoya by even a larger margin of 10 points. (53.7 to 43.6)

Chris Pappas in New Hampshire, beat his opponent, Republican John E. Sununu by even a larger margin of 14 points. (56.0 to 42.2)

James Talarico in Texas has defeated his opponent Ken Paxton, by a larger margin of 20 points. (59.4 to 39.1) at last count.

The margins of victory truly may not have sunk in. But those margins of victory, whether or not the public gets it yet, those margins of victory are sinking in indelibly into the minds of surviving Republican officials in these states.

No state is now safe for Republicans any longer. The Democrats beat every Republican in Senate seat races in this election. It was an overwhelming wipeout.

Thanks to Trump era Republican politics, Democrats won by unbelievable margins. Now those margins are reality. The current Florida Republican Governor called it a nearly “extinction-level event” for the party.

All of these Democratic victorys are the direct result of Trump interfereing in the elections, supporting flailed candidates as the Republicans that lost really had nothing to run on. Trump ruined his own party. Before the election he really didn’t care. He was not on the ballot even though he told his supporters that they needed to pretend that he was because it’s always about him. Now he should really care because of the House Oversight Committee now to be lead by the Democrats will bring accountability to Trump. The Trump/Epstein saga is about to begin. Trump cannot escape acountability for his associate and participation in Epstein raping of innocent young girls. Immunity will not protect him after leaving office. The resounding victories are sinking in. Not only did the Republicans loose the Senate and the House of Reprepresentatives because of Donald Trump, the war that Trump began in Iran, the high gas prices the result of the war, higher food costs, lost jobs, family breakups, government scaled back due to persistant fireings of anyone who would stand in his way of his agenda which seems to be a desire for a total distinction of the American democracy, seems to be what made so many Democrats and Republicans alike run to the polls and vote Democratic this year.

 

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump Committed Sex Crimes with Jeffery Epstein

Eleven Trump survivors have come forward and have directly implicated Donald J. Trump in sex crimes.

The House Democrats, lead by Jamie Raskin is preparing for “bear” in the U.S. House of Representitives when they take over the House in January. When Jamie Raskin gets the gavel of the House Judiciary Committee, they will investigate Donald Trump with Jeffery Epstein in their international sex trafficing scheme. They are linked together to beauty pagents, modeling agencies and Donald Trump with Epstein at the center.

A government report has come out that states that Donald Trump is a sex abuser and rapist.

In a 53 page report…  Executive Summary – Page 2

“A growing body of evidence demonstrates that Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffery Epstein’s sex abuse of young women during the mid to late 1990’s. Trump has claimed that the Epstein files totally exhonorate him of the evidence as detailed in this staff report could not be less exhonorating. The historical record shows that Trump was a close friend and confidant of Epstein. He flew on his jet with victims and made shared references of lusting after young woman.”

“Epstein and Trump, working with other predators like Palo Zempoli who owned a modeling agency called ‘ID’ and John Casablankus who owned a modeling agency called ‘ELITE’, exploited this thin veneer of professionalism offered by the 1990’s modeling industry to lure victims into their orbit. Above all, the actual evidence that we have seen as in the accounts and stories of eleven women, indicates that Trump abused, assulted, and even raped numerous women along side and in coordination with Jeffery Epstein.”

Up front, these crimes have no statue of limitations. These acts were committed before Donald Trump became President. He will have no immunity to prosecution for these crimes.

More details, including some of the names of the victims will be shared here.

With tomorrows mid term elections at hand, it will be known if either the U.S. Senate or U.S. House of Representatives will be lead by Democrats in the next Congress. If the U.S. House is to be managed by the Democrats, there will finally be accountability for Donald J. Trump.

The Facts about Ken Paxton’s Properties

Ken Paxton appears to be a rich man. So much has been said about the properties that he owns on his salary of Attorney General of Texas.

So, let’s investigate this further, shall we? A friend at a recent temporary job told me that that Ken Paxton does not own 16 homes as the Democrats and news media claim he does. But with the big question out there, let’s investigate this further.
To start, many of his properties are in a blind trust.  What does he really own, and what does he manage regarding realistate?
Actually, it’s hard to even figure this out because the Republican U.S. Senate nominee appears to have violated federal ethics law, which requires candidates to report their income and disclose mortgages on properties on other than the personal residences. He has not disclosed information that was demanded by law to confirm the facts about some of his properties. This is outright corruption. With his $153,000 salary which is public knowledge, there is ample reason why there is massive speculation that he has deliberately withheld inform to hide the facts regarding his properties.
Recent disclosures of his assents and liabilities created confusion about his net worth and holdings. Whether the fact that what is reported by media is that he owns 16 homes or not, the facts are clear that Ken Paxton has something to hide when it comes to his wealth and properties that he owns and manages.
Paxton himself as the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, claims that he only owns seven homes. But even with that revelation, he claims that he hasn’t made any income from any of them. Can you actually believe that. Ken Paxton wants you to believe this because receiving income and not reporting it is a violation of federal disclosure law.
Why doesn’t Ken Paxton put these rumors or at least state the facts and put this all to rest? I believe he will not because he has something to hide. So it’s reasonable to conclude that Ken Paxton is not honest about his properties and income made from them, even if they are only rental properties.
He also did not disclose mortgages at a Utah golf resort where he has three condos, even when that federal law requires him to list them as liabilites if they are not personal residences. What is he hiding here?
He owns a vacant lot in Texas with a his stated value of $50,000, but is this figure accurate? He undervalued his property, pulling a Donald Trump stunt, by claiming his property is worth less to pay less taxes, but at the same time one of his own business partners claimed that Paxton’s share for years has been worth about $1 million. Federal financial disclosure laws require property to be listed at fair market value.
So who knows how voters can make sense of his finances because of the apparent errors and omissions found to obscure the extent of Paxton’s income streams, his assents and debt.
Whether he owns 16 homes or a mixture of homes and rental properties, since he hasn’t disclose the properties correctly as required by law, it goes to prove how sloppy Ken Paxton has been regard the properties, in a clear effort to conseal some of his investments and property holdings.
Paxton has been an attorney general for Texas for at least 3 terms. He has deliberately withheld financial information that can explain how he became a multimillionaire on a meager $153,000 salary. How could he had the resources to purchase more than a dozen properties in five states. He has purchased these properties when Ken Paxton’s salary was no more that $153,000 a year.
In just a few days from now, the voters in Texas will chose their next U.S. Senator. Do you what a man as your U.S. Senator that is corrupt and breaks the laws that we the citizens of this country must follow? Should a man with these flaws gain a U.S. Senate position? It’s obvious to me that corruption is rampant when you talk about Ken Paxton.

Midterm Elections in Full Swing

The time is now. It’s less than 2 weeks away from Election Day, November 3rd, 2026. The Democrats are poised to sweep both the House and Senate in the election. Why?

The answer is suprisingly simple. The Republicans have absolutely nothing to run on. Then they have a black horse (Donald J. Trump) who is campaigning around the country, trying to save the very states that he actually won big in just two years ago.  Instead of trying to win in Democratically let states, he’s frantically trying to keep the ones that he has.

The Dems just have to flip 4 seats from Red to Blue. With the help of Donald Trump, it is a lot easier to accomplish. Democrats are now campaigning in historically Republican led states, because now thanks to Donald Trump and the Republican party have done absolutely nothing for the American people. Actually, he’s done just the opposite. He promised to keep America out of wars. So what does he do once elected? He puts America in what will always be known as Trump’s war in Iran. Almost two dozen American soldiers have been killed in this war, one that was started by Trump. Democrats’ likeliest pickup is North Carolina, where former Governor Roy Cooper has consistently led Republican Michael Whatley in polls, prompting Republicans to pull their spending out of the state. That leaves the party hunting for three more flips across a cluster of states President Donald Trump carried in 2024, including Ohio, Texas, Iowa, Alaska and Kansas, along with Maine, while defending an open seat in Michigan.

Trump has no idea on how to get out of the war, even though when the war begain in February, he told the world that it would be over in days. It was started on February 28th, 2026, and now has been raging for nearly 8 months with no end in site.

So what’s happening in the meantime?

The U.S. military cost of the war with Iran has reached $43.6 billion as of early September 2026, according to The New York Times and AP News. [1, 2]
  • Gas and diesel prices have surged since the Iran war began, but those are only the most visible hits as groceries, airfares, and mortgage rates are rising.
  • Energy and Consumer Costs: According to the Watson Institute Iran War Energy Cost Tracker, national average regular gasoline prices rose from $2.98 per gallon at the start of the conflict to over $4.30 per gallon.
  • The Strait of Hormuz is a chokepoint not just for oil but also for natural gas, fertilizer, and pharmaceutical supply chains, meaning the war’s financial reach extends far beyond the gas station.
  • Munitions & Weapons: $28.1 billion spent on bombs, missiles, and interceptors (making up over 60% of total expenses). [1] Heavy use has severely drawn down U.S. stockpiles, cutting Tomahawk missile inventories by roughly half and ballistic missile interceptors by a third.
  • Food costs has skyrocketed.

If there were ever a chance for the Democrats to rebound and win the midterms, the time is NOW but voters need to turn out.  And it’s obvious with the large turnout in early voting, at least in the State of Texas, a state that the Republicans need to keep. Instead, Democrats who are running is the state are willing the polls decisively.  This is being replayed throughout the country.

What happens if the Democrats actually win back the House and Senate. Of course the answer is in the numbers. For starters, the Republicans will be put on notice and many will have to account for their actions especially when called to testify in the House overssight hearings. It will be brutal, as the Democrats will not hold anything back to prosecute those who deserve it or acted against the U.S. Constitution.

 

Why Trump Banned News Reporters – He Loves Attention

I ask myself, why would Donald Trump bar news reporters from the White House? You would think that he would want the news reporters to cover him at all times. He loves being in the news. He always wants the attention. He wants to be the talk of the town. But I think I understand now.

He was upset because the news reporters told the truth about depleted munitions because of the Iran war. He claimed that what they said became a National Security issue. So he retaliates against them.

But it was ok that he stole top secret documents from the United States and kept them in the bathroom at his golf club after his first term. Wasn’t that a national security issue?

He would lie and say that it wasn’t, when everyone else would say that it was. Whatever he said was right, and everything everyone else says that disagrees with him are wrong.

It was ok to him that he started a war, when he blamed past presidents for doing just that. Did that become a security issue?

Aren’t soldiers dead because of the war that he started in Iran? The answer is yes.

It was ok to Trump to alienate our allies.

Will they be there if we need them, like helping us in a war that we started without their knowledge or consent? Of course not. But Trump expects everyone to follow him. In his mind, it’s me, me, me, me. It’s not about the people now.

It was ok to Trump to hire a Fox News reporter Pete Hegseth to the United States Secretary of Defense.

He’s one of the greatest national security threats we have. But whenever Trump needs an excuse to do something, he usually claims it’s for national security. And he will get his way until he exhausts all avenues before he stops, and usually then doesn’t stop until he wants an opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court. In most cases, the U.S Supreme Court usually votes against the lower courts because Trump gave them their jobs as right leaning judges.

But the press does what they do and they do it well. They inform the public, and they don’t mislead them like Trump does.

Fox news is the only exception. They had to pay millions for repeating a lie that Trump claims true about the Dominion voting machines.

But Trump keeps whining about the CNN, MS Now and Political. There reporting has a purpose and that’s to report the truth, and Donald Trump doesn’t like what they say about him.

Trump wants everyone to believe that the lies he says are the truth.

He’s all about misconception. The midterm elections are definitely a referendum against Trump.

Wouldn’t it be cool if Trump would come out and say outright, that he’s going to say something honest! Maybe he doesn’t have to give too much information, like maybe just telling the truth about what he had for breakfast, and not once talk about what Joe Biden or Kamala Harris would eat. Maybe he could tell us that he eats Big Macs for breakfast and maybe he would then tell us that he was prepared Big Macs for breakfast because he told them it was a national security issue. And why wouldn’t he do that, because everything that comes out of his mouth usually get top coverage around the world whether it’s the truth or not.

The shit show will end sooner than Trump thinks. If the Senate and the House go back to Democratic control, Trump will have a very disappointing last two years in office. It’s about accountability, and let’s see Donald Trump stop the reporters from reporting what’s being said in Congress.

Trump knows Specific Things are Illegal, But Does Them Anyway

Here you have the president of the United States, someone who is supposed to know right from wrong, most likely does, but decides to do what’s illegal anyway.

That president is Donald J. Trump. He is a control freak. Only kings, dictators and someone trying to rule in a Democracy but wants to be an authoritarian leader, wishes he had no constraints by the rule of the law in the United States, provided to everyone, including himself by the Constitution.

But that doesn’t faze Donald J. Trump. Here’s a few things he can’t do as president, even though he believes that he can…

He doesn’t get to control on what’s on television.

He doesn’t get to control what’s in movie theaters.

The president doesn’t get to control what’s in the newspaper.

He doesn’t get to control Democratic FREE press that visit the White House.

The president does not even have the right to bar  reporters for asking questions that he doesn’t like.

But Donald J. Trump does all that, even though he knows it’s illegal. He does this because he can, temporarily, and he knows it. He also does it to try and control the news cycle. The stations who are represented by the press that were barred from the White House will sue, and then their passes to enter the White House grounds will be reissued. Again, Trump knows this. But Trump ultimately thinks he’s a king, that he can do things the authoritarian way, but this time he’s going to loose yet again.

So what is the real reason why Donald J. Trump decided to take the headlines on something that he knows will not be permanent? Maybe a story that just came out from a reporter named Katie Fang, an MS NOW reporter that is suing Attorney General Todd Blanche for not providing Epstein documents in a timely manner, required by a law that Donald J. Trump signed, the Epstein Act that a U.S. Court judge ruled that he must provide those documents. These documents may point fingers at Trump, as it’s been stated openly that like Epstein, Donald J. Trump abused girls. None of that is proven yet, but rumors are sailing, and Trump knows that if proven true, he will be incarcerated in the future for it. No immunity for that one.

Trump acts like the White House is he palace, that it belongs to him. He wants things to be like they are in Russia. He wants this to be a country in which he is a king. He feels he can tear down the White House and build it to his liking. He can, but only with the approval from Congress, but I honestly believe that he thinks HE is the only one who can make decisions. He never asks the U.S. Congress to approve anything. The U.S. Constitution says otherwise. He tore down the East Wing without Congressional approval. He’s building a ballroom in place of the East Wing without Congressional approval, and he’s building an ARCH without approval, but you can bet he will have US pay for it.

That’s where Trump gets it ALL wrong. He is NOT a king. It’s not his say-so. It’s the American peoples say-so. The people never asked him to build such structures. The No Kings thing is not just a slogan, it is a TRUTH.

So Trump may be doing things that go against amendments in the U.S. Constitution, but he actually knows what he is doing. He’s doing it because the Supreme Court game him immunity to do what ever he wants when acting as the president. His character and inclinations have been utterly consistent from the very beginning. But the American public’s reflexes against these things are pretty strong. They are detesting his actions, with what he’s doing in Washington, trying to build a memorial for himself while being president.

Trump doesn’t know what else to do. He knows he has lost the public opinion, but now he’s only doing it for his base, like my friend Scott K, who will follow him regardless of what Trump does, permitted by the U.S. Constitution or not. That’s the sad thing. People follow him when even they know what’s right and what’s wrong. They do it anyway.  So if Trump believes it, they believe it.

But what the American people know instinctually and habit for generations of sacrifice and centuries of living that this is NOT the American way.

His lack to control himself in leadership and his anti-American tendencies are something that ought to disqualify him from future leadership.

 

Trump Bans CNN, MS Now and Politico from the Oval Office

Press Outlets – CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO have been banned from the White House. Banning the Freedom of the Press is expressly prohibited. The President is not respecting the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This action by Trump most likely will be overturned in court and these press outlets will again have access. This is what an authoritarian nation would do. He acts like a few of his best friends, North Korea and Russia. This ban is a strategic error and “bad politics” primarily because it distracts from positive economic indicators. These actions are a hallmark of dictatorship, like Ortega and it wouldn’t be the first time that the press is being silenced to avoid critical reporting.

Will Republicans stand up for the Constitution and support news media outlets that lean liberal?

The oath to uphold the Constitution should supersede partisan loyalty in the face of “authoritarian” behavior. Trump boldly says that he never said he would support the Constitution.

Actually, will the Conservative news outlets actually stand by the media outlets that have been banned, should be the question. As previously mentioned, I have no doubt that these banned news outlets will quickly regain access to the president. Now it will be interesting to find out how long will it take the courts to overturn his decision because of the First Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause which applies First Amendment protections (including freedom of the press) to state governments, ensuring the state actions against the press,  must also respect their fundamental rights. Government access cannot be removed without a fair process as stated through the Incorporation Doctrine. The Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause applies First Amendment protections (including freedom of the press) to state governments, ensuring that state actions against the press must also respect these fundamental rights. Trump makes his own rules and disrespects the U.S. Constitution which is what he swore to uphold.

A notable fact…

Donald Trump (2025): Did not place his hand on the two Bibles held by First Lady Melania Trump during his second inauguration, though the oath was administered correctly by Chief Justice John Roberts. 

The oath was still legally valid, as the Constitution doesn’t require a Bible for the swearing-in.

President Trump likes to distract, as instead of the reporters having access to the White House and discussing things that are in every persons minds, like the high price of gasoline, or the war in Iran, and other domestic and foreign policy failures. Trump has elected that he has the right to choose the new media he wants to cover him and to prevent the world from hearing what he doesn’t want them to hear.

Many may not know, but access issues are not limited to the White House as the Trump administration has previously pushed reporters out of the Pentagon. But the news outlets do what they do best as they also still report on military assets – including AI threats and photos of destroyed US airbases has continued.

According to Congress – Trump Must Get Out of His War With IRAN

The House of Representatives passed a third War Powers Resolution (220-204) to formally rebuke the executive branch’s unauthorized military actions in Iran.

Supported by seven Republicans, the resolution underscores a bipartisan rejection of a conflict now characterized by severe military attrition and domestic economic instability.

The conflict has resulted in to a high-intensity war of attrition, severely depleting U.S. strategic reserves and infrastructure. The conflict has resulted in 19 U.S. service members killed and over 750 wounded. Also, the U.S. military has expended between 505 and 66% of its total missile defense interceptor stockpile. A single defensive operation in Jordan required approximately 70-120 Patriot and THAAD interceptors which was a $500 million expenditure in just 24 hours.

The assets lost in the conflict are the following:

Hundreds of buildings across bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, and Jordan.

Confirmed equipment losses include F-35s, F-15s,       A-10s, and $1 billion E-3 AWACS aircraft.

While official reports cite $38 billion in equipment damage, internal assessments suggest the true cost of infrastructure and personnel recovery ranges from $300 billion to $500 billion.

Trump promises that the U.S. will be out of the war and out of the region right after the mid-terms, but he always lies, as he originally said the U.S. would be out the first week. That has been stretched to 7 months with no end in site.

But now Trump no longer has the authority to keep our troops there. Congress, who rightfully voted to stop this ‘forever war’ instigated by Trump, MUST END now.  Will he listen to the U.S. Congress. Of course not. What will happen now? That is the $64 million dollar question.

Kash Patel Senate Oversight Hearing – Didn’t Go Well

FBI Director Kash Patel appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday on Tuesday, September 15th on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. It signaled the tenure of FBI director as a tragedy, as the FBI has fallen under the direction of Kash Patel himself.

Key topics lawmakers questioned Kash Patel were on the changes to FBI hiring standards, concerns of potential election interference,  his travel on government aircraft, and staff departures and agency leadership especially those agents that were involved in investigations of President Trump.

Patel defended new regulations that remove automatic disqualifications for individuals involved in bestiality, prostitution, or human trafficking. Really?/’:/? He actually argued that the changes were intended to allow the FBI to consider applicants who were victims “forced into” these acts. Critics, including Republican Senator John Kennedy, characterized the policy as a degradation of agency integrity. So the points to take out of his testimony are the following are the following:

Kash Patel would still  employ someone that was involved in bestiality.

Kash Patel would still employ someone who was involved in prostitution.

Kash Patel would still employ someone who was involved in human trafficking.

He further went on to say that if the applicants were victims that were “forced into” these acts, that should be considered. Him stating the obvious, if the applicants were victims of trafficking or prostitution not of their choice, they may be considered for employment, only if the applicant really displayed the strength to perform such a job.

To me, someone involved in sex with an animal, is someone that doesn’t possess the ‘should be’ standards of the FBI. And yes, a person who was ‘forced’ into prostitution should be able to qualify, but Kash Patel does not separate that person who should qualify from someone who creates the act, like the perpetrator. Anyone who was forced into prostitution may just not have the mindset of an agent of the FBI. The person abused now may be suffering from PTSD, and how can they rightly perform as an FBI agent.  These potential agents would need to be scrutinized on an individual basis, and no one entering the FBI needs to be cleared without a background check that would include these facts.

Kash Patel was asked about Election Day deployment of FBI agents. As expected, he did not provide an unequivocal commitment to keep FBI agents away from the polling places. He maintained that the Bureau would “follow the law” and deploy agents if legal violations occurred. Legal analysts noted that federal statutes generally prohibit armed men at polling places to prevent voter intimidation. So any voting place is no business to the FBI.

Kash Patel was facing scrutiny regarding the termination of hundreds of agents linked to investigations of Donald Trump in the past. Patel testified that all personnel actions were based on uniform standards rather than political retaliation, despite ongoing wrongful termination lawsuits.

The media is not blind and not stupid, even though Donald J. Trump openly accuses the media as “crooked”. Legal analyst Barbara McQuaid characterized Patel as a “partisan activist” rather than a neutral law enforcement leader, citing his combative responses to Democratic senators and his refusal to acknowledge the 2020 election results during the hearing.

Kash Patel possesses “unfettered power” to make narrowly tailored exceptions for victims without broadly lowering hiring standards, which means what he is doing now can only be considered as ‘sloppy policy’.

It was told at the Congressional hearing by Democratic Senators that while the current Congress may not investigate the mass termination of agents, the next Congress likely will, indicating a long-term legal and political risk for Kash Patel and have assisted and supported his actions within the FBI.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who chairs the committee, pressed Patel in May about reports that he used taxpayer dollars to fund his personal travel.

“As Director, I have reimbursed all personal travel and expenses and am fully compliant with and strictly follow the Office of Management and Budget rules,” the FBI chief wrote in a July letter.

Additionally,

Several outlets reported earlier this year that Patel took a VIP snorkeling trip in Hawaii around the wreckage of the USS Arizona during a visit to Pearl Harbor last summer. Additionally, Democratic lawmakers pointed to other excursions the FBI director reportedly made on work trips, including a helicopter tour and jet skiing in Asia.

As expected, Kash Patel denies this, but documented records and reports claim that he is lying under oath. This will mean further investigation will be coming Kash’s way and most likely, he can be convicted of lying to Congress, when the Democratic Congress takes hold on January 3, 2027.

The following are what you may not be aware of, things that Kash Patel doesn’t want you to know…

Operational and Security Missteps

  • Charlie Kirk Investigation: Patel falsely announced on social media that a suspect in the Charlie Kirk assassination was in custody, only to retract the claim an hour later, drawing sharp criticism for prioritizing social media presence over operational accuracy.

  • Iran Counterintelligence: He ordered the firing of agents with specialized expertise in countering Iranian threats, a move Senator Dick Durbin described as deliberately undermining national security to distract from his own failings.

  • International Relations: Patel reneged on a personal pledge to MI5 to preserve a critical FBI liaison position in London, straining the U.S.-U.K. intelligence partnership and violating “Five Eyes” protocols.

  •  Personal Conduct: Additionally, The Atlantic reported on his excessive drinking and chronic absenteeism, prompting Patel to file a $250 million defamation lawsuit against the publication.

Mail-In Voting Allowed by the U.S. Supreme Court

It should have been unanimous, but regardless, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 7-2 against the Department of Justice. Mail-In ballots can still be used for the mid-term elections that take place in about 60 days. In Donald Trump’s last ditch effort to suppress the vote, Donald Trump lost, and he lost big.

Voting rights groups from California and other states brought up the case. The two Supreme Court Justices that dissented were Justice Thomas and Justice Alito. Both of these Justices were nominated by the Bush Presidents, one from George W, and the other From George H.W. Bush.

Trump started his effort to suppress the vote by an Executive Order that required the US Postal Service to do his bidding and become part of a right wing voter suppression war machine.

The shameful effort by the Postmaster General to turn the mail into a weapon against voting rights has failed. The application for a stay presented to Supreme Court Justice Jackson referred to the court was denied.

Here is what the Supreme Court said that put this issue to rest…

“The Government is unlikely to succeed on the merits of its challenge to the district court’s preliminary injunction, and the equitable factors applicable for obtaining emergency relief from this court do not favor a stay.”

To break this statement down by the Supreme Court, it is reciting the standard for a preliminary injunction but in plain English, what six justices of the Supreme Court have said, which is that the DOJ’s position is not correct, or at least it is likely not correct. Also if this case were briefed and heard on the merits, and if all the time in the world was there and everybody could brief it, and amicus briefs could be filed, and there were oral arguments, it is likely that the states and the non-profit organizations who brought the lawsuit would prevail. In other words, the Supreme Court believes that the government would unlikely succeed. So the plaintiff wins in this case, and mail-in balloting will go forward in the mid-term elections.

Actually, since it is very close to the mid-term elections, as some states are already mailing out mail-in ballots, I would have thought that the courts would have said that it was just too late to transform away from the mail-in ballots. That would be the easy way.

Instead, the Court openly states that the U.S. Government with the Executive Order by Donald J. Trump is wrong besides being too close to the election, and the consequences of preventing mail-in balloting this late in the election cycle would just be too great. The order by the Supreme Court made it very clear that Donald Trump’s Department of Justice was wrong on the law, and that it was unlikely to succeed.

The bottom line is that when you look at the harms to the voters and to the states by this Executive Order by Trump, you look at the harms to the public and that the President and the U.S.P.S do not have any right to interfere in the election process in an attempt to disenfranchise voters just so Trump can have a win in the midterms. That’s what this is all about.

Now that Trump can’t stop voting by mail, most likely the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives will become Democratically controlled. Maybe the U.S. Congress will become more assertive and they would be willing to do their jobs and be the gatekeeper to what Trump wants to do in the future.

The only power that Donald J. Trump would have would be the power of his pen, ironically as he mocked Joe Biden’s use of the pen. Trump will become a Lame Duck President in his last two years, and he will be extremely busy trying to stave off the House when they go after him once in power. This is the exact reason why Trump wanted to stop mail-in ballots, because  that would be his only chance of winning in the midterms, which would be to keep the House and Senate away from Democratic control. Trump could never win outright for his merits, as he has none, at least none in the first two years of office that would help the American people.