What Donald Trump Has Done In Six Years Of His Presidency: Part I

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In no special order, the first of two articles, Donald Trump has done the following in his first six years in the Presidency:

He incited the US Capitol Insurrection of January 6, 2021, which caused great destruction; threatened the lives of members of Congress and staff; caused the death of five Capitol police officers; and caused injuries for hundreds of other law enforcement personnel.

He provoked a war with Iran, disrupting oil supplies; promoted high tariffs on all nations, including alienating our allies; has unraveled global economics; and dramatically raised the cost of living.

He put masked, unidentified militia on American streets to surveil, track, and kill American citizens, and mostly law abiding people, through the abuses of ICE.

He implemented inhumane deportation policies, detention centers, and denied due process, including against children, the elderly, and the disabled.

He ruined and politicized the Department of Justice; the Department of Homeland Security; the Department of Health and Human Services; the Department of Defense; and forced the removal and firing of tens of thousands of competent government workers with expertise in a multitude of agencies.

He increased the National Debt and Deficit by about $11 Trillion in his first term, and the first two years of his second term, and is wasting hundreds of billions on vanity projects, as if Washington DC is owned by him, even though he will be leaving in two years.

More on Trump will be delineated in a second essay tomorrow.

The Two Most Inspiring Senate Candidates–Jon Ossoff And James Talarico, And Potential Presidential-Vice Presidential Ticket In 2028 Presidential Election!

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Without any doubt, the two most inspiring Senate candidates in the upcoming Midterm Elections of 2026 are Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff and Texas Senate nominee James Talarico.

They are outstanding in promoting their views, which are enlightening, and knowing how to attack their opponents, Mike Collins and Ken Paxton, who are among the most outrageous, despicable, and corrupt, scandalous candidates that Republicans are offering to the nation in 2026.

These two Democrats are among the most decent public servants we have had in a long term, with Ossoff finishing his first Senate term, and Talarico finishing eight years in the Texas Senate.

They have humanity, compassion, decency, empathy, and common sense, and both are under age 40, with Ossoff age 39 and Talarico age 37, so a new generation of competent leaders for the long term.

Both are favored to win, and it would be a tragedy if either lost to their opponent.

And looking to the future, while neither is talking about the Presidency, they should not be dismissed as a potential team of Jon Ossoff for President and James Talarico for Vice President in 2028.

One might say they are too young, as they would be 41 and 39 respectively in 2028.

But remember Ossoff has been in the Senate for six years, and would be two more years in the Senate by 2028. And Talarico had eight years in the Texas State Senate, and would have two Senate years by 2028.

The naysayers would say NOT enough experience, but consider the following:

Richard Nixon had only six years in Congress, and was 39 when elected Vice President in 1952.

Dan Quayle was only 41 when he was elected Vice President in 1988.

JD Vance had only two years in the Senate when elected Vice President under Donald Trump in 2024, and was only 40 years old.

And William Jennings Bryan was only 36 when he ran for President in 1896.

And John C. Breckinridge was only 36 when elected Vice President in 1856.

So the idea that Talarico could not serve as Vice President at age 39 has no justification.

And Ossoff would simply be the youngest President at 41, while Theodore Roosevelt was 42 and John F. Kennedy was 43.

So the thought of a potential ticket of Ossoff and Talarico is certainly not something to be dismissed.

The Battle For State Legislatures And State Governorships Will Have An Effect On The Presidential Election Of 2028

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The Midterm Elections of 2026 are not only over the composition of the US House of Representatives and the US Senate for the upcoming 120th Congress (2027-2029).

It is also the fierce battle for control of state legislatures and including the governorship, that will help to determine the upcoming Presidential Election of 2028, and the control of the future 121st Congress (2029-2031).

The Democrats have a good shot at winning unified control of seven state legislatures, and break up full Republican control of six state legislatures. This is what is called a “Trifecta”.

Democrats could gain full party control in Minnesota, Nevada, and Pennsylvania.

In four states–Alaska, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin–both the Republicans and Democrats are hoping to gain unified control of state government.

Republicans could lose full party control in six states–Georgia, Ohio, Iowa, Florida, New Hampshire, and Texas.

In Maine and Oregon, Democrats could lose full party control.

Finally, Supermajorities, where party control is two thirds or three fifths of members, who could override a governor’s veto, may end with Democratic gains in five states—Florida, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas, and North Carolina.

Top Ten Environmental Reform Presidents

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On the issue of advocacy of Environmental Reform, it is clear that Democratic Presidents have been, to a much greater extent, the champions of protections of our natural resources, our national parks, our national monuments, and our wildlife refuges, than have Republican Presidents.

Historians and other experts on environmental history have come up with the following ranking list of top Environmental Reform Presidents:

Theodore Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Barack Obama
Lyndon B. Johnson
Joe Biden
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bill Clinton
Abraham Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson

There could be some debate about the order of ranking, but it is certainly acknowledged that the first four Presidents listed are easily the top four in American history.

Notice that there are three Republican Presidents and seven Democratic President on this list, and only Richard Nixon is on the list from the last century, starting with the 1930s.

At the same time, five Democratic Presidents in the past century, chronologically FDR, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden are on this list.

So with the exception of Richard Nixon, there is no “modern” Republican President as a champion of the environment.

Donald Trump And Vladimir Putin: The New Appeasement As In 1938 Neville Chamberlain And Adolf Hitler!

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It is shocking to witness Donald Trump making agreements for diesel fuel oil with a known war criminal, who has been attempting for four and a half years to seize Ukraine, and is responsible for mass death and destruction.

The “love affair” that Trump has with Vladimir Putin, and also the leaders of China and North Korea, are a danger to American national security and has alienated all of our NATO and Asian allies, in a manner that would be difficult to reverse anytime in the near future.

For Trump to blame Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the cause of the war is purely insane, as if the United States, if attacked, would not continue to do everything possible to regain lost territory and to defeat the aggressor.

History reminds that appeasement with an enemy does not resolve a war situation, and only persistent dedication to the cause of freedom, liberty, democracy, and national identity works in the long run of history.

This is a time to remind all readers and all sane Americans of what happened when British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain conceded part of Czecholovakia (The Sudetenland), at the Munich Conference of 1938 to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. It was shameful, and led to World War II less than a year later.

One does not give in to an aggressor, and reward brutality and mass murder and destruction, rather persist in fighing such an authoritarian nation, which the Russian Federation is as much as the old Soviet Union, China, North Korea, and in the past, such nations as Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.

It is unconscionable, immoral, unethical, and outrageous that ignorant Donald Trump, apparently not knowing history, or not caring, is willing to sacrifice a democratic nation in his quest for approval from dangerous, psychopathic tyrants.

The world is shocked by Trump’s action, and many in his own Republican Party have condemned this diesel fuel agreement, and called for its reversal, which, sadly, is unlikely to occur.

All the more reason why Democrats MUST win massive majorities in both houses of Congress for the future safety of the United States, and to take all action possible to resist Trump, and investigate the corruption of his Administration, to the maximum possible over the next two years.

Then, the Democrats must keep control of Congress and win the Presidency in 2028, and work to reverse, as much as possible, the horrendous actions of the most corrupt and dangerous President in American history, bar none.

Donald Trump Has Become Ever More Dangerous!

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With the Midterm Congressional Elections of 2026 now a bit more than three weeks away, Donald Trump has become ever more dangerous.

Trump makes a deal for diesel fuel with war criminal Vladimir Putin of Russia, and calls for Ukraine to have a new President, to replace Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has been a Winston Churchill type of leader in a war now deep in its fifth year to free Ukraine of the Russian military intervention.

NATO and other nations are stunned by Trump supporting Russia, and not caring about a nation protecting its own territory from occupation and takeover, and it just adds fuel to the fire that Trump has always caved in to Putin, going back to the interference in the Presidential Election of 2016, which even Marco Rubio asserted in a Senate investigation of Russian collusion in 2019.

Trump calls for anti trust investigation of the five news gatherers that are the White House pool—Fox News, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, as he continues to attempt to destroy freedom of speech and press against any critic of his criminal policies.

Also, Trump has backed his evil, dangerous Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth who has ordered the execution of the Fort Hood shooter in 2009, and stream it to the world. Pope Leo XIV has condemned it, as any sane person realizes it will only incite more terrorist attacks on America, and only nations like Afghanistan, Iran, and a few other rogue nations pursue such dastardly public executions that promote violence.

Trump’s actions in these and other policies and statements are only provoking an even greater reaction by voters in the elections, in which it seems clear he will try to deny the results, and stage a much more serious coup d’etat.

How can this lunatic be stopped, and removed, which is a dire need for the survival of democracy and the rule of law?

Facts On Deficit Under Last Seven Presidents

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Facts are facts, no matter how much political propaganda is spread by the internet and political party misinformation.

The national debt under the past seven Presidents:

Ronald Reagan–added $74 billion to the deficit

George H W Bush—Added $102 billion to the deficit

Bill Clinton–Reduced the deficit by $383 billion, leaving the budget in surplus when he left office

George W. Bush–Added $1.54 Trillion to the deficit

Barack Obama–Reduced the deficit by $825 billion

Donald Trump–Added $2 Trillion to the deficit, and now has added about $4 Trillion in his first nearly two years of his second term, including massive tax cuts to the wealthy

Joe Biden–Reduced the deficit by about $942 billion.

So under Republican Presidents, particularly Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump, all giving massive tax cuts to the wealthy, the deficits have soared.

Under Democratic Presidents, great progress to lower deficits were accomplished.

Women In The 119th Congress: Democrats Vs Republicans

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When one examines the number of women in the US House Of Representatives, it is overwhelming how there are so many more Democrats than Republicans in the chamber.

Presently, there are 97 women serving in the lower chamber who are Democrats, about 45 percent of the party membership; while the Republicans only have 32 women serving, 15 percent of the party membership.

The expectation is that in the 120th Congress, there will be more than 100 women Democrats.

In the Senate, presently, there are 16 women Democrats and 10 women Republicans.

There were 22 newly elected women in the present House membership—19 Democrats and 3 Republicans; and 3 newly elected Democratic women in the Senate.

So a grand total of 155 women are serving in the 119th Congress.

State Governorships Could See Switch To Democrats In Midterm Elections

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A number of Republican governed state goverments could switch hands to Democratic contenders, in the upcoming Midterm Elections of 2026.

This includes:

Alabama–Doug Jones over Tommy Tuberville
Alaska–Jonathan Kreiss Tomkins over Dave Bronson
Florida–David Jolly over Byron Donalds
Georgia–Keisha Lance Bottoms over Rick Jackson
Iowa–Rob Sand over Zach Lahn
Kansas–Cindy Holscher over Ty Masterson
Nevada–Aaron Ford over Joe Lombardo
Ohio–Amy Acton over Vivek Ramaswamy
Texas–Gina Hinojosa over Greg Abbott

Only Nevada and Texas have an incumbent Governor running for reelection, and the rest are two contenders for the Governorship.

The odds in these nine states is that five seem likely to go Democratic, with longer odds in Alabama, Kansas, Nevada, and Texas.

The Botched Execution Of Christa Pike In Tennessee: Time To End Death Penalty, Which Violates The 8th Amendment–Cruel And Unusual Punishment!

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The botched execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee last week was an abomination, barbaric, a disgrace, immmoral, unethical in every way imaginable.

This is not saying that Christa Pike’s murder of Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1995 is to be excused, far from it.

But a male who was 17, while Pike was 18, avoided such a punishment, all because of being, technically, under age.

But Pike has not had an easy life in prison, most of the time, in solitary, having little human contact for the past 30 years.

Her execution was against the 8th Amendment, denunciation of “cruel and unusual punishment”, and nothing will bring Colleen Slemmer back to life.

Slemmer’s mother is bitter, understandably, but having such hate for 30 years is also unhealthy, and execution will not fully satisfy her, but it is time to say that continued life imprisonment, much of it in solitary, is more of a punishment than killing her.

And since the botched attempt, it is outrageous that Tennessee would again consider executing Pike, and whatever court is necessary to intervene, should do so.

The death penalty never resolves the ultimate issue of accountability, as much as life in prison without parole, and there are plenty of cases where such a strong punishment is never administered.

It is disturbing how many “Law and Order” conservatives, who often break the law when convenient, including killing of innocents by government and military authority, are so gung ho over executions, and although, not in this particular case, is more often utilized against racial and religious minorities.