Personal Scandals, Democrats And Republicans , And Accountability

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The treatment and handling of personal scandals is totally different between Democrats and Republicans, with Democrats rapidly working to eliminate such individuals, while Republicans ignore the issue.

Examples of Democrats who were rapidly repudiated are:

Congressman Eric Swalwell of California, who dropped his bid to run for California Governor, and resigned from the House of Representatives, after being accused of sexual misbehavior.

Senate nominee Graham Platner of Maine, who had already won the nomination to oppose Republican Senator Susan Collins, but withdrew after being accused of sexual misbehavior.

Minnesota Senator Al Franken who resigned in 2018 under pressure after accusations of inappropriate behavior lodged by several women.

Examples of Republicans who have not been removed or withdrawn from future races include:

New Arizona House Nominee Mark Lamb of Arizona, who has been accused of inappropriate “sexting” and other such misbehavior while formerly being Sheriff of Pinal County, and also utilizing racist language, and yet claiming to be a loyal member of the Mormon Church.

Congressman Max Miller of Ohio, who is accused of engaging in violence against his ex-wife, the daughter of Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno, and also against former girlfriend Stephanie Grisham, who was White House Press Secretary for part of the first Donald Trump Presidency. But Miller is running for reelection.

Congressman Corey Mills of Florida, who is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for sexual misconduct and dating violence. But Mills is running for reelection.

Considering that the President of the United States has been involved in multiple such sex scandals over the years, it is not at all shocking how Republicans overlook such scandals, and yet, claim to be “good Christians”!

Four Republican Gubernatorial Candidates A Total Disaster!

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Arizona—Andy Biggs–is clearly an extremist right wing Republican Congressman, who is now involved in a controversy over having prevented an investigation into a Mormon sect a decade ago, an extremist group that promoted child sexual abuse while Biggs was then President of the Arizona State Senate. Biggs is seen as the likely Republican Gubernatorial nominee against Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs.

Colorado—Victor Marx–a first time politician, who claims he killed a person at age 7 when ordered to do so by his stepfather, and will not say if he has killed since then. He is the Republican nominee for Governor against Democratic Attorney General Phil Weiser.

Florida—James Fishback–a white supremacist and antisemite running for the Republican Gubernatorial nomination, and using racist language against Republican Congressman Byron Donalds, the likely Republican nominee for Governor in Florida. Fishback is a long shot, with Donalds almost certainly the nominee of his party for Governor, not that Donalds is a moderate, which he most certainly is not.

Minnesota—Mike Lindell–the MY PILLOW businessman, and conspiracy theorist,who has claimed until this moment that the 2020 Presidential Election was fixed, and lost a case in court for his lies, causing him to lose a lot of his fortune and his reputation. He is now running to be the Republican nominee for Governor, even though he is not registered to vote in the state. His opponent, if he wins the Republican nomination, is well regarded Senator Amy Klobuchar.

Fortunately, in Arizona, Colorado, and Minnesota, the Democratic candidates for Governor—Katie Hobbs, Phil Weiser, Amy Klobuchar—are heavy favorites to win and keep those Governorships in Democratic hands.

In Florida, Byron Donalds is the heavy favorite to be the Republican nominee despite the challenge of James Fishback, and the Democrats are likely to nominate David Jolly, former one term Congressman, who switched parties, and is seen as having a reasonable chance to compete with Donalds in November.

Iran War Escalation Moving America Toward Another Long Term Commitment, With Massive Loss Of American Lives And Treasure!

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Donald Trump started a war with Iran, prodded on by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on February 28, claiming it would be brief, and would lead to “Regime Change” in Iran.

After four and a half months, the Iran War is being escalated, and moving America toward massive loss of American lives, (now 17), and major growth in the national debt, and no “Regime Change”, and instead, the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, which was not blocked by Iran before the war.

Hyperinflation seems inevitable, and the cost of living is already a nightmare for tens of millions of Americans, regarding gasoline, food, housing, health care, and many other economic essentials.

We have a government that is intending a likely land invasion, reminding us of the horrors of the long Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s; the twenty year Afghanistan War; and the long, drawn out Iraq War.

We have a President who is unhinged and has no idea what he is doing, as his attention is mostly paid to his own aggrandizement, enrichment, and glorification.

Happy 30th Anniversary Of MS NOW (MSNBC)!

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This week, specifically July 15, marked the 30th Anniversary of the creation of MSNBC, now reorganized in the past year in mid November 2025, as MS NOW–“My Source News Opinion World”.

Clearly the most progressive-liberal news channel, it has produced amazing journalism, and had top notch people in its lineup of shows and correspondents.

Among the present lineup of individuals involved with the channel, in no special order, and not necessarily a complete list, are:

Joe Scarborough
Mika Brzezinski
Willie Geist
Ali Vitali
Rachel Maddow
Chris Hayes
Ari Melber
Stephanie Ruhle
Katy Tur
Alicia Menendez
Nicole Wallace
Jen Psaki
Ali Velshi
Luke Russert
Lawrence O’Donnell
Eugene Daniels
Jacob Soboroff
Jonathan Capehart
Ayman Mohyeldin
Vaughn Hillyard
Michael Steele
Symone Sanders Townsend
Al Sharpton
Jonathan Lemire
Elise Jordan

While this author and blogger watches other news channels, and specifically, CNN, the sense of confidence in the coverage of news on MS NOW is much higher than CNN or the regular networks (NBC, ABC, CBS).

MS NOW has done very well in ratings, much improved during the second Presidency of Donald Trump.

Along with the regular reading of the NY Times and Washington Post, watching MS NOW gives one a sense of total, thorough, reliable coverage of news of the nation and the world.

Donald Trump Threats Against Free And Fair Elections Must Be Vigorously Resisted!

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Donald Trump gave a speech from the Oval Office on Thursday evening, full of delusion and lies, regarding his false claims about the Presidential Election of 2020, which he lost massively to Joe Biden.

But he set the stage for the Department of Homeland Security, under MarkWayne Mullin, to threaten interference in the promotion of free and fair elections in November, 2026, as he well knows that his Republican Party is is dire straits in public opinion polls, and in fund raising in many Congressional races, particularly for the US Senate.

Trump also threatened to take away the licenses of ABC and NBC for refusing to cover live the propaganda speech he was engaging in, an attack on the news media.

Trump’s henchmen, including Mullin; Brendan Carr of the Federal Communications Commission; Russell Vought of the Office of Management and Budget; Kevin Roberts, the head of the Heritage Foundation and author of “Project 2025”; and Stephen Miller, White House Deputy Chief of Staff For Policy and Homeland Security Adviser—are determined to undermine American democracy and free elections, and the battle against these authoritarian forces must be waged!

The Thought Of A Potential President JD Vance Is Horrifying!

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At a time when America has an unstable, authoritarian oriented President, who often gives evidence of dementia, we are cursed with a Vice President, JD Vance, who does not engender confidence.

Instead, we have a Vice President who has made multiple inaccurate statements, and has demonstrated a lack of being able to be genuine in his interactions with news media and the general public.

Vance has also been a total sycophant to Trump, after having years ago called Trump a “Hitler”.

Now, it has been revealed that Vance used a Marine One Helicopter to take his young son to a golf lesson, an outrageous abuse of government costs, when he could have been taken by automobile to the appointment.

Also, Vance had claimed, during the Presidential campaign of 2024, that Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, were eating pets, an outrageous lie.

Also, Vance has made the odd statement about his “wife’s kids”, as if he is not the father, but meanwhile decided to pursue his wife having a fourth child, as part of the promotion of increasing childbearing among women in America.

Also, in a sign of lack of respect of the fact that his wife, Usha Vance, is of Hindu faith and her parents were immigrants from India, Vance has said publicly that he hopes his wife will become a “good Christian”, after his own weird changes from an Evangelical Christian to an atheist, and now a Catholic.

Vance has incessantly lied on a multitude of matters, and the thought that he might well become President in this term is a horror.

There have been other controversial Vice Presidents, but their competency level was higher, with even Vice President Dan Quayle under President George H. W. Bush, by comparison, seemingly less objectionable than Vance.

The thought that Vance is a heartbeat away from the Presidency, and that there is a reasonable expectation that he might become President during this term is quite disturbing.

By comparison, former Vice President Mike Pence, from the first term of Donald Trump, looks so much better, and the prospect of a Vance Presidency is something unwelcome by intelligent observers.

A Salute To The Major News Media, Resisting Trump Presidency Efforts To Intimidate Truth And Facts!

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America is blessed with a basic set of freedoms, as stated in the First Amendment to the US Constitution–the right to freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and to petition the government for redress of grievances.

Tragically, the Trump Presidency has massively violated the First Amendment, leading to legal and judicial challenges, many which have been won, but at great financial and emotional cost.

Now, the Trump Administration is investigating and suing NY TIMES journalists for exposing the dangers of the new Air Force One “gift” from the Middle East nation of Qatar, showing how unsafe the plane is for protecting the President, other government officials, and news reporters that travel with the President.

Crazily, Trump wants to prosecute these reporters, despite the fact that their exposure of the issue about the plane involved protection not only of him, but of national security in a broad sense.

So this blogger and author, once again, as often in the past, salutes the major news media that will NOT bend to Trump, and will continue to commit themselves to exposure of truth and facts without any ideological basis.

Specifically, although not only, these pathbreaking and great news media include:

NY TIMES
WASHINGTON POST
LOS ANGELES TIMES
CABLE NEWS NETWORK (CNN)
MS NOW
NBC NEWS
ABC NEWS
CBS NEWS

Already, there is a challenge to the independence of CBS News, controlled by Larry Ellison and his son, David Ellison, who is trying to gain control of CNN, as part of a massive merger, being resisted by 12 Attorneys General of states in court.

ICE On Campaign Of Mass Terror And Promotion Of White Supremacy!

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Supposedly, placing former Oklahoma Senator MarkWayne Mullin into the position of heading the Department of Homeland Security, including responsibility for Immigration And Customs Enforcement (ICE), was going to lead to major improvements, after the removal of former head Kristi Noem.

Well, it is now clear no such improvement has occurred, as now, two Latino immigrant males–one in Texas and one in Maine–have been murdered by the abuses of ICE agents, who are unlikely to be held accountable in any way.

The American government is authorizing mass murder, a holy war against immigrants who are not white, and particularly, those of Latino ancestry and brown skin, with Stephen Miller being the leading perpetrator of this abuse of power by the Donald Trump Administration.

There is a dire need for restraints on ICE, as we are living in a time of mass terror, where anyone could face the danger of death or major injuries due to abuses perpetrated by ICE agents in the name of a policy of white supremacy.

US Senate In Great Flux As Fall Elections Arrive!

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The United States Senate is in great flux as the Midterm Elections of 2026 arrive in less than four months.

Turnover will be massive:

11 Senators are retiring.

2 Senators have been defeated for renomination.

1 Senator (Lindsey Graham) just passed away.

Seven other Senators running for reelection face the possibility of losing their seat, 5 Republicans and 2 Democrats.

Dan Sullivan in Alaska (R)
Ashley Moody in Florida (R)
Jon Ossoff in Georgia (D)
Susan Collins in Maine (R)
Ed Markey in Massachusetts (D)
Pete Ricketts in Nebraska (R)
Jon Husted in Ohio (R)

Additionally, with Republican Senator Mitch McConnell still in recovery from a fall and a bout with pneumonia, and with Lindsey Graham’s passing creating a void on key Senate committees, plus the opposition of several Republican Senators to some Donald Trump agenda items, it is unlikely that what the White House wants will occur in the three and a half months until the midterms.

Senators John Cornyn of Texas, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky when he returns to the Senate, are all “wild cards” that make major actions unlikely.

Also, the fact of Lindsey Graham’s death opens up the possibility that his South Carolina Senate seat might be a possible gain for Democratic nominee Dr. Annie Andrews.

The Coming Population Decline, With Baby “Bust” And Immigration Restrictions!

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America in 2026 is in crisis in so many ways, including the coming population decline in future decades, due to the Baby “Bust” and Immigration Restrictions.

So many young people are choosing NOT to have children in a society in which the cost of living is skyrocketing in every way imaginable.

But also, the crackdown on immigration, and the mass deportation strategy being perpetrated by Donald Trump and his collaborators, is causing a long term economic crisis of inadequate labor supply, and promoting nativism, which defies the history of America as the land of opportunity for immigrants.

Such lack of population growth will cause massive crisis for the future of those who become elderly, as there will be problems with support of the aged, plus lack of labor to provide services to this growing group of Americans.

So unless the Donald Trump population disaster that is being promoted is reversed in future elections of Presidents and members of Congress, the United States will be in a rapid decline in the later decades of the 21st century.