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“Like Father, Like Son” NOT The Case With RFK Jr. And Andrew Cuomo!

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The old saying–“Like Father, Like Son” is certainly NOT the case when one reflects on two very controversial political figures—Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., presently the Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump—and Andrew Cuomo, former New York Governor (2011-2021), and presently running as an Independent for New York City Mayor, after losing the Democratic primary to State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani.

It is very clear that if Robert F. Kennedy, former Attorney General of the United States (1961-1964), New York Senator (1965-1968), and Democratic Presidential contender for the 1968 Presidential election, before being tragically assassinated, were alive today, he would be shocked at what has happened in the life of his son, who has been a denier of science and health, and has a history of drug and alcohol abuse, along with a very loose and disgraceful sexual abuse behavior over many decades. RFK Jr. has demonstrated how unstable he is in his dangerous mental state, willing to undermine public health and promote his own financial assets, while showing no concern for women’s rights and the significance of vaccines in preventing mass disease and death!

It is also very clear that Mario Cuomo, former New York Governor (1983-1995), with a reputation of decency and honesty, who many observers hoped he would run for President in 1992, were alive today, he would be shocked at the arrogant, entitled, and morally corrupt record of his older son. Andrew Cuomo was forced out of the Governorship on allegations of sexual harassment, as well as blunders made during the Covid 19 Pandemic crisis. Andrew Cuomo also has demonstrated willingness to collaborate with Donald Trump against the best interests of New York City and New York State.

Ironically, the late Robert F. Kennedy would reach the age of 100 on November 20, were he alive, sharing that birthday with President Joe Biden, who will be age 83 on that date a month from now. And Biden, in the White House, had a bust of RFK on his desk, always visible, as he considered the father of RFK Jr to be his political hero and idol. But RFK Jr. has repudiated his family’s legacy in his crazed state of mind, and apparently, there are rumors that he is considering a run for the Republican Presidential nomination in 2028, when he would be nearing 75, and already looks in a horrible aging condition!

And the odds of Andrew Cuomo, somehow, pulling victory out of his defeat in the Democratic Mayoral primary, a few weeks from now, seems highly delusional. And if somehow that was to occur, it would NOT be for the best future of New York City!

The Issue Of “Age” In Upcoming Midterm Elections In 2026

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The US Congress, in both chambers, is the oldest in age of any period of American history, and the issue of whether it is time for members in their 70s, 80s, and beyond to move on, and allow a younger generation better able to relate to the future, to be replacing them.

David Hogg of Florida, who was a Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee, caused controversy in promoting such change, and he was pushed out, and is working with others to challenge many older, longer serving members in upcoming primaries for the 2026 Congressional Elections.

And the issue has come to the forefront, particularly, in the state of Maine, where Democratic Governor Janet Mills, age 77, is challenging sitting Republican Senator Susan Collins, who will have served for 30 years in the upper chamber, and is presently 72 years old.

So Graham Plattner, age 41, an oyster famer and Marine Corp veteran, is challenging Janet Mills, with the issue of age being a crucial one.

And Maine already has Senator Angus King, who just won reelection at age 80 in 2024, and Vermont has Bernie Sanders, who won reelection in 2024 at age 83.

But there are other such cases, as with Democratic Senator Ed Markey of Massacusetts, age 80, who has served a half century combined in the House of Representatives until 2013, and since then in the Senate. Congressman Seth Moulton, age 47, is arguing that while Markey has been an excellent leader for Massachusetts, it is time for change.

Other Democratic Senators of advanced age are retiring, including Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, and New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Also Republican Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is retiring in 2026.

But there are others who are over 70 and choosing to run for reelection, or planning to when the next elecion for their seat takes place, including Ron Wyden of Oregon and Chuck Schumer of New York in 2028.

Also, in the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi of California, Steny Hoyer of Maryland, Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, and Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, the fist three past leaders in the chamber, are running again in 2026, despite their being in their 80s. And Republican Senator and President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley also could run for reelection in 2028, although at present, he is 92 years old!

It would seem legitimate that these older political leaders would finally give up their positions, and allow for the future generation to take over Congress.

With One Month To Go, Virginia And New Jersey Gubernatorial Races Seem Safe For Democrats!

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With one month to go until the only two state Gubernatorial elections of 2025 in Virginia and New Jersey, signs seem clear that the Democrats are in very good shape.

This is not a time to “rest on laurels”, but Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey are ahead of their Republican opponents, more so the case in Virginia.

Both are women with military careers and national security backgrounds, and their opponents are horrendous alternatives, particularly so in Virginia.

Spanberger served in the CIA, and Sherrill was a Naval Aviator.

So hopefully, there will be a continuation of a “Blue Wave”, which has been showing up in less publicized races to fill state legislative seats and other local races, or House of Representatives vacancies, across America.

Ironic That James Comey Actually “Helped” Trump Win In 2016, And Now Indicted By Trump Administration!

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There are so many ironies about Donald Trump, but one of the most amazing is that Trump has no regard for someone who, unwittingly, helped him become President.

As head of the FBI in 2016, Comey, a registered Republican, announced an investigation of Hillary Clinton, which he then dropped 11 days later, but the damage was done.

Despite Clinton’s winning the popular vote by 2.85 million votes over Donald Trump, it was not enough to stop Trump in the Electoral College, making him the fourth time that a popular vote loser won the Presidency in the Electoral College.

Trump was not happy with James Comey, and fired him early in his first term, but now is attempting to bring him to a conviction based on flimsy evidence, forcing his politicized Justice Department under Attorney General Pam Bondi to indict him, as has just occurred.

This will be an interesting legal challenge for James Comey, but the odds of Donald Trump seeing a conviction of the former FBI head is quite remote!

It should remind Trump supporters in Congress that Trump will stop at nothing in his quest to be an authoritarian dictator!

Kamala Harris Memoir Burns Bridges, Likely Insures End Of Political Career!

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris, by publishing a memoir with strong statements about many political leaders she has worked with, is likely burning her bridges, making it highly doubtful that she will ever again hold public office.

History records that once a Presidential nominee has lost election to the White House, the odds are extremely high that such individual will never be President.

There are only six cases of a defeated Presidential nominee going on to be elected President–three before the Civil War, once in the Gilded Age, once in the mid 20th century, and finally, Donald Trump.

Two of the cases–Grover Cleveland and Donald Trump– won the Presidency, then lost, and then returned, so unusual and special cases. In the case of Cleveland, he won in 1884, lost in 1888, and won in 1892. Trump won in 2016, lost in 2020, and won in 2024.

The three before the Civil War were Thomas Jefferson, who lost in 1796 and won in 1800; Andrew Jackson, who lost in 1824, and won in 1828; and William Henry Harrison, who lost in 1836 and won in 1840.

Finally, Richard Nixon lost in 1960, but then won in 1968 and 1972.

So the odds of Harris coming back are very low, but additionally, by being critical of Joe and Jill Biden and the Biden Staff, and stating her reasons for not selecting Josh Shapiro or Pete Buttigieg as her Vice Presidential running mate instead of Tim Walz, has caused controversy and a sense of anger by those individuals and others.

And it is generally well known that Kamala Harris was not an easy person to work for, losing staff regularly in the Senate and the Vice Presidency.

One gets the feeling from her appearance on Rachel Maddow, and on “The View”, that she does not seem to have the “fire in the belly” to compete in another strenuous Presidential campaign.

It would have been easier for Harris to have run for California Governor, with assurance of an easy victory, and a major role in the largest state’s impact in reaction to Donald Trump and the Republican Party, just like Gavin Newsom is now waging.

So it seems clear this is the end of any serious “comeback” by Kamala Harris to national politics.

Instead, she is on a major speaking tour to promote her book, and to spread the argument of strong opposition to the horrors of Donald Trump, but not a formal national or state role in that effort.

Epstein Congressional Resolution Opposed By All But Four Republicans, And Termed A “Hoax” By Donald Trump, Absolutely Stunning!

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It is stunning and shocking the the House resolution proposed by Kentucky Republican Congressman Thomas Massie, to have a complete accounting of all government records on the Epstein Scandal, has been unable to gain the backing of more than three other Republicans—Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, and Nancy Mace of South Carolina–at this moment of time.

A majority of the House of Representatives is needed to force the issue, but it is two votes short, and no other Republicans seem ready to back the resolution, due to Donald Trump threatening his party members, calling taking such action as “hostile”, and saying the whole Epstein investigation is a Democratic “hoax”.

And this, despite survivors holding a press conference last week to reveal the horrors of what they went through, and wanting accountability and transparency!

Trump is opposed to any action, or revelations, clearly, because he clearly personally engaged in illicit sex with underage girls and young women, in league with Jeffrey Epstein.

The Republican Party in Congress is a total disgrace, and should be drummed out of office in the midterms in 2026 and in 2028, but sadly, many Americans, with their racism, misogyny, nativism, and ignorance of reality, are likely to continue backing Donald Trump and his party, as they destroy American democracy and the rule of law!

Hopefully, however, Marjorie Taylor Greene has threatened to reveal names, and if she does, she will have done one good thing, while otherwise, she has been a total nightmare in the House of Representatives with her various lunatic activities and behavior!

Horrible Potential Republican Governors In 2026 Midterm Elections!

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With the midterm 2026 State Gubernatorial Elections just a bit more than a year away, there is the potential for a group of horrible individuals running for the Governorship in Republican states winning executive control of their state governments.

These would include the following:

Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville

Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs

Florida Congressman Byron Donalds

Michigan Congressman John James

New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik

Ohio entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy

South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace

Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn

All eight of these individuals are highly controversial, overtly loyal to Donald Trump, and would promote the MAGA concept of the Republican Party in state government.

The odds at this moment, more than a year ahead of the elections, is that Tuberville, Donalds, Ramaswamy, Mace, and Blackburn would be odds on favorites to become their states’ governors, while Biggs, James, and Stefanik have a tougher battle ahead, with their states presently having Democratic Governors.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. A Total Disaster As HHS Secretary, A Danger To All Americans’ Health And Well Being! :(

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Americans’ health and well being are in dire threat and danger, due to the total mental disaster that is Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Totally unqualified from the beginning, with no expertise in science or health, RFK Jr., himself is a perpetual drug and alcohol abuser, and a well known sexual abuser as well.

This nightmare Trump Cabinet officer is endangering the entire nation by his firing of qualified people to lead public health agencies, and declaring war on vaccines, which have saved millions of American lives over the past century.

RFK Jr. displayed how unstable and dangerous he is in his testimony on Thursday before a contentious Senate committee hearing, including expressed outrage by two Republican medical doctor Senators, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, and John Barrasso of Wyoming, who were taken aback at his utterances and unstable behavior. And Barrasso is also the second highest ranking Republican in the Senate, as Senate Majority Whip, so his complaints and concerns are significant.

There were calls for RFK Jr.s resignation, and condemnation of his belief in conspiracy theories about vaccines and diseases, and RFK Jr’s totally unstable behavior in his answering of questions from committee members.

RFK Jr. is a disgrace to the Kennedy family name, and his own sister, Kerry Kennedy; his own cousin, Caroline Kennedy; and his own second cousin and grandson of John F. Kennedy, Jack Schlossberg, warned against him becoming HHS Secretary.

Many “Blue States” will ignore the HHS Department, and promote their own vaccinations and health related issues, such as California, Oregon, and Washington State, and likely the same for the New England States and the Middle Atlantic States.

At the same time, tragically, the state of Florida is leading the movement, under the despicable Governor Ron DeSantis and his lunatic Florida Surgeon General, Dr.Joseph Ladapo, to end the requirement that all children be vaccinated for many diseases before they enter school years.

This will cause a massive health crisis, and loss of life of young children and adults, with this reckless war on mandatory health requirements!

Preposterous Idea: Nobel Peace Prize For Trump, Or Addition To Mount Rushmore!

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Donald Trump, and those who support him without any qualms, are promoting preposterous ideas, that indicate total delusion.

The idea of a Nobel Peace Prize for Trump is hilarious, as he has no credentials to win such an award, and it seems clear that the Nobel Committee will not consider giving an authoritarian who is Fascist and mentally deranged, such an award.

The fact that Trump is also a convicted felon, and was impeached twice, and has had multiple bankruptcies, and have lied so often that he has no idea of truth, only adds to the craziness of the concept of a Nobel Peace Prize.

Also, the idea of Trump being added to Mount Rushmore National Monument in South Dakota, is immediately a joke.

Of course, then South Dakota Governor, and current Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, was the loon who came up with that idea, which led to her gaining a position in the Trump Administration as close to the worst single appointment of a long list of many. Noem is a danger in her position, and an embarrassment to the idea of women in government!

For one thing, no one can be added to that monument, without creating damage to the tenuous condition of that site.

But also, if there were to be the equivalent of a second Mount Rushmore being created somewhere else on American soil, Trump would not be on the list to be considered.

Instead, the likelihood would be a combination of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman or Lyndon B. Johnson, Ronald Reagan, and Barack Obama!

Reagan would be the Republican to add, not Trump!

This is silly season, overall, with the craziness of the Nobel Peace Prize and Mount Rushmore being bandied about as proper awards for Trump, and it will never happen!

New York City Mayoralty Race In Tumult!

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New York City, the largest city in America, will elect its 111th Mayor in its history in November.

In a “wild and woolly” race, we have professed Democratic Socialist and Shiite Muslim Queens County State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, 33 years old, way ahead of former NY Governor Andrew Cuomo, present NYC Mayor Eric Adams, and Republican Guardian Angels Founder Curtis Sliwa.

While there is concern about Mamdani’s Socialist leanings and his Shiite Muslim religion, he is seen as winning no matter who stays in the race or drops out.

Sliwa certainly has ZERO chance of being elected Mayor, as there is no appetite to elect a Republican to the Mayoralty in the time of Donald Trump.

Sliwa is no Fiorello LaGuardia, John Lindsey, Rudy Giuliani, or Michael Bloomberg, all affiliated with the Republican Party in the past hundred years of Mayoral history.

Adams has become the only sitting Mayor to be indicted, and then, seemingly, given a pass by Donald Trump as long as he does not interfere with ICE Raids. The corruption in his administration of so many aides, along with his own personal corruption, is mind boggling.

At the same time, Andrew Cuomo has a corrupt background as well, forcing him to resign as NY Governor in 2021 on sexual harassment accusations.

So polls indicate despite concerns about Mamdani’s background and experience and his youth, he is extremely likely to win the election, despite police unions against him, the Jewish community uneasy, and the African American community being disinterested in him.

Mamdani has drawn support particularly from young voters, and Latino, Asian American, and white liberal voters, who see him as a refreshing change from corrupt leadership of Adams and Cuomo.

Mamdani has over 40 percent in the polls, and if any of his opponents drop out of the race, he rises to the mid to high 40s.

It is not a requirement for any candidate for Mayor or any public office in America to win a majority of the popular vote, as many Presidents have not done so, as well as Governors and Senators historically.

So it is likely that Mamdani will become the 111th Mayor!

And Mamdani will face the hostile President Trump, who has spoken of sending the National Guard into NYC, and even of deporting Mamdani, who was born in Uganda where he lived to age 5, then in South Africa until age 7, and then moved to New York City.

Both his parents are of Indian descent, with his mother being Hindu and his father being Muslim.