September 11 2001—World Trade Center Attack

Republican Party Of Donald Trump Promotes Prejudice, Hatred, Discrimination, And Bias Against Many Groups Of Americans!

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As the nation nears the Midterm Elections of 2026, reality makes clear that the Republican Party of Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans promote:

Racism
Prejudice
Discrimination
Hatred
Bias
Misogyny

against many groups of Americans.

This includes:

Gay Americans
Trans Americans
Hispanic-Latino Americans
African Americans
Muslim Americans From Middle East and South Asian heritage
Elements Of Anti Semitism against Jewish Americans
Women’s Rights
East Asian and South Asian Americans

This is tragic, as denial of basic human rights and protections have drastically affected gay and trans Americans, with so much vehemence by right wing extremists and Christian supremacists.

Hispanic-Latino Americans have been rounded up by ICE in a brutal fashion, placed in outrageous deportation facilities and horribly mistreated, including a vast majority of citizens or legal residents.

African Americans have faced open racism in a brutal manner, sadly nothing new in the lives of people who deserve better.

Muslim Americans as a group have been accused of lack of loyalty to America, and been made out to be supporters of what happened on September 11, 2001, when the World Trade Center was attacked.

Because of a split over the Israel-Gaza War, large elements of antisemites, and right wing extremist influencers, have promoted the idea of Jews being a group to be hated and face violence, and also the call for destruction of the Jewish state of Israel.

Women’s Rights have been affected, with the push to send women back home to be mothers and wives, and not have careers.

These misogynists advocate the vicious mistreatment of women by male chauvinists and the “manosphere”, who believe women can be violated by men for their own sexual desires, not concerning themselves with the harm visited upon women by rape.

East Asian and South Asian Americans, whether citizens or legal residents, have also been victims of ICE, and faced racial prejudice.

The contradiction is that we have Republicans in power who fit all of these groups, and who do not speak up and oppose the discriminatory policies of the bigoted, biased, hateful, prejudiced President Donald Trump, clear evidence of pure hypocrisy.

The Republican Party needs to be soundly defeated in state races across the nation, and in races for both houses of Congress.

They need to be held accountable for their reprehensible behavior, including Donald Trump, his Cabinet and other advisors, and state leaders and Congressional members who sow hatred, and act as sycophants.

There is a dire need for the reshaping of the Republican Party, returning to the traditional conservatism of its long historic past, as otherwise, there is the necessity of a new political party replacing this extreme MAGA Republican Party and its disgraceful leader, Donald Trump.

Historically, Midterm Elections Favor Party Opposing The President!!

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With the Midterm Congressional Elections of 2026 now two months away, the odds look good for Democrats to regain control of the House of Representatives and the US Senate under Republican President Donald Trump.

The Republicans are trying to argue that such will not happen, but history tells us this is a normal scenario throughout most of history, particularly since 1946, the first midterm after World War II.

The only times that this scenario did not occur was in 1998 under Bill Clinton, and 2002 under George W. Bush.

In 1998, the Democrats actually gained 4 seats in the House, and kept the 45 seats they had in the Senate, so the Republicans actually gained nothing in that election year, although they continued to have control of both houses of Congress.

In 2002, with September 11 being an influential factor, the Republican Party actually gained 8 seats in the House, and 2 seats in the Senate, therefore actually gaining control of the upper chamber after being in the minority previously.

But otherwise, the party out of power in Congress ended up gaining control in 1946, with Republicans gaining control of both houses of Congress under Harry Truman, with Democrats losing 54 seats in the House and 10 in the Senate.

In 1950, Truman’s Democratic Party kept control of Congress, but lost 28 seats in the House and 5 seats in the Senate.

Under Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954, the Republicans lost control of both houses of Congress, which they had won in 1952, losing 18 seats in the House and 2 seats in the Senate.

In 1958, Eisenhower saw a loss of 48 seats in the House and 12 seats in the Senate.

In 1962, in the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Democrats lost 4 seats in the House of Representatives, but gained 4 seats in the US Senate.

In 1966, in the midst of the Vietnam War under Lyndon B. Johnson, the Democrats lost 47 seats in the House, and 3 seats in the Senate, but still had massive margins.

Under Richard Nixon, in 1970, 12 Republican seats were lost in the House, but 2 seats were gained in the Senate.

Under Gerald Ford in 1974, in the midst of the Watergate Scandal and the resignation of Richard Nixon, the Republicans lost 48 seats in the House and 4 seats in the Senate.

Under Jimmy Carter in 1978, Democrats lost 15 seats in the House and 2 seats in the Senate, but retained control of both houses of Congress.

Under Ronald Reagan in 1982, Republicans lost 26 seats in the House and no seats in the Senate. Then, in 1986, Republicans lost 5 seats in the House, and lost 8 seats in the Senate, losing control of that chamber it had gained in 1980.

Under George H. W. Bush in 1990,, the Republicans lost 8 seats in the House and 1 seat in the Senate.

Under Bill Clinton in 1994, the Democrats lost control of both houses as part of the “Republican Revolution”, losing 54 seats in the House and 9 seats in the Senate. Then, in 1998, a surprise as Democrats gained 4 seats in the House and no change in the Senate, while the Republicans kept control.

Under George W. Bush in 2002, after September 11, the Republicans gained 8 seats in the House and two seats in the Senate, gaining the majority in the Senate. But in 2006, Republicans lost control of both houses of Congress, losing 32 seats in the House and 6 seats in the Senate.

Under Barack Obama in 2010, the Democrats lost the massive number of 63 seats in the House, and 6 in the Senate, losing control of the House to the Republicans. In 2014, the Democrats lost 13 seats in the House and 9 seats in the Senate, losing control of the Senate to the Republicans.

Under Donald Trump’s first term, in 2018, the Republicans lost control of the House, losing 41 seats, but gained two seats in the Senate, and retained the majority in the Senate.

Finally, under Joe Biden in 2022, Democrats lost control of the House by 9 seats, but gained one in the Senate, and kept control.

In 2026, two months from now, we will see what transpires.

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Donald Trump Has Gone “Mad” Before Our Eyes!

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The United States is in crisis, with the reality that President Donald Trump has gone “Mad” psychologically before our eyes.

He has declared himself ” The Greatest President” above all Presidents, including Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

He has pictured himself as a Pope and a General, and has claimed he looks like Elvis Presley.

He has claimed a great friendship with the late Dolly Parton, posting an AI image of the two walking arm in arm together.

He has, without the authority to do so, changed Lake Ontario’s name to Lake America, and is waging economic warfare against our past “Best Friend”, Canada, which is going to have major deleterious effects on the American economy.

He is refusing to be in NYC on September 11, its 25th Anniversary, because he would not be permitted to give a political speech, an affront to all those firefighters and police who sacrificed their lives on that tragic day in 2001, alongside the 2500 plus citizens who died in the Towers that day.

He tells us he is an “extremely stable genius”, one of a multitude of statements by him, that are clear signs of projection.

He has created disputes and divisions with our long term allies and friends around the world, while cozying up to Russia, China, and North Korea.

The man clearly is a danger to all Americans and the world at large, and yet his Cabinet bows down to him, and never challenges anything he says or does, and neither does members of the Republican Party in Congress, or the right wing majority of the US Supreme Court.

How can one imagine another two plus years of this nightmare Presidency, and not worry about the future?

Major Blunder For Trump To Promote Saudi Arabia Nuclear Development!

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It is stunning that President Trump seemed ready to enrich uranium, and promote Nuclear Development without any controls, for Saudi Arabia.

Yes, it is true that Saudi Arabia is a so called “friend” in the Middle East, certainly in opposition to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

But one must realize that Mohammed bin Salman, the real leader of that nation as Crown Prince, is an autocrat of massive proportions and was involved in ordering the horrendous murder of Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi, who worked at the Washington Post, in 2018.

One must never forget that it was Saudi nationals who attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, and one cannot be sure that elements in the Saudi government were not involved in the planning and execution of that horrendous series of events on that day.

We need to be friendly with Saudi Arabia, but not overly trusting, and apparently, Donald Trump has been told that it will not be acceptable as is, so now he has added the need for Saudi Arabia to formally recognize the state of Israel, and sign the Abraham Accords.

There are doubts that the Saudi government would agree to that, and of course, Israel itself is in alarm mode that Trump would even consider allowing US technical expertise to be given to Saudi Arabia, without strong controls.

And Saudi Arabia wants Israel to agree to a “Two State Solution” before any idea of them signing the Abraham Accords, which Israel is vehemently against considering after the war that has killed over 70,000 Palestinians since the attack on Israel, and loss of 1,200 Israelis on October 7, 2023.

It is clear it is more of a profit and business deal for Jared Kushner and the entire Trump family than anything else, but undermines American national security, as well as Israel.

One can be a critic of Benjamin Netanyahu and his monstrous war on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and still realize that giving Saudi Arabia the capacity for a future nuclear weapon, if attitudes change in that Middle Eastern nation, is a gamble not worth pursuing.

Additionally, the fact that Trump can announce an agreement, and then add changes less than 24 hours later, is a sign of his continuing mental decline, alarming everyone with any sense of the danger of having an 80 year old clearly in dementia, having control of the nuclear codes, and his constant threats to unleash massive attacks on Iranian civilians that would be perceived as war crimes.

Donald Trump’s Destruction Of Trust With NATO Nations Undermining American And International Cooperation And Intelligence Gathering!

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Donald Trump has destroyed any trust that NATO nations have in American government leadership, after he made the outrageous accusation that NATO nations did not contribute anything worthy to their participation in the Afghanistan War after the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

The fact is that all of the nations in NATO sent troops, and lost many, in size of their populations, in that Afghanistan War, including Denmark, which has been pressured to give control of Greenland to the United States, an action that will never be approved by NATO or Denmark and Greenland.

The deleterious effect of unstable Donald Trump’s utterances have ended any possibility that there will be the same intimacy and collaboration of the so called “Five Eyes” nations (US, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand)–all English speaking nations–on intelligence gathering, which has existed for many decades.

It will also make other nations in NATO who have also collaborated and cooperated with the United States–including France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Denmark,The Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain–be hesitant to engage in the same relationship with the US that it has had.

The Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom (Keir Starmer) and Canada (John Carney), have issued outraged statements, and demands of apology for the horrible, uncaring statements Trump has issued. Trump has responded lamely on this matter, so the international world order established after World War II is in its death knell, as the nations listed above, plus others in Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East will pause and reconsider how they best protect their own security and safety, with Donald Trump clearly seen as more of a danger than a reliable ally!

5th Anniversary Of January 6, 2021 Insurrection:The Truth Cannot Be Eliminated!

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Today is the 5th Anniversary of the January 6, 2021 US Capitol Insurrection, perpetrated by Donald Trump, and his evil minions, who are attempting to wipe out history for future generations!

But the struggle to retain the truth of the horrors of that day, which should be regarded as equivalent of December 7, November 22, and September 11 goes on.

Despite Donald Trump being able to evade punishment at this point for his authoritarian actions then and since, it is essential that the truth be told.

Otherwise, the battle for the rule of law and American democracy and the Constitution, will lead to myths and lies that will undermine the history of the American Republic, as the 250th Anniversary awaits us six months from yesterday.

The sacrifices of the US Capitol Police that day, with 170 injured, and five dying, cannot be eliminated as facts, and the danger that the members of Congress faced that day, cannot be allowed to disappear into history as a myth.

American history long term will NOT hide the truth that Donald Trump was engaged in criminal activity, and will be seen in history as a traitor, and will face ultimate punishment no matter how much MAGA Republicans work to deny reality!

25 Years Since Bush V Gore: What Might Have Been!

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It has been exactly a quarter century since the US Supreme Court in Bush V Gore awarded the Presidency to George W. Bush over Al Gore, declaring Bush the winner of the popular vote in the state of Florida, governed by his brother, Jeb Bush, by the grand total of 537 votes out of 6 million votes cast in the Sunshine State, but with Gore winning the national popular vote by about 540,000 votes.

Bush won the Electoral College by 271-266, the second closest electoral vote in American history, after the Presidential Election of 1876, where Rutherford B. Hayes won the Electoral College 185-184, despite losing the popular vote by about 250,000 votes to Samuel Tilden.

Imagine the differences that would have occurred if Al Gore had been President, and most observers would think America would have been better off.

The major issue that arises is whether the September 11 Al Qaeda attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon would have occurred.

Also, how would a President Gore have reacted if such an attack had still taken place, meaning how would we have dealt with the issue of Afghanistan, and what turned out to be a 20 year war?

Also, there would have been an Iraq War which dragged on for years, alongside the Afghanistan War, since the decision to go to war in 2003 was based on false premises?

This is all speculation, a potential novel, as who is in office determines the future in so many ways that one cannot calculate ahead of time, or even for sure, in retrospect!

84th Anniversary Of Pearl Harbor: America In Great Danger Under An Incompetent And Unstable President!

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Today is the 84th Anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which brought America into World War II.

There are only 12 survivors of that attack, all at least 102 years of age.

Their sacrifice, and that of all those who perished on that day in 1941, led to America’s role in world affairs, after the crazy isolationism of the 1920s and 1930s.

And yet, now, we have an incompetent and unstable occupant of the Oval Office, who is only too willing to be charmed by authoritarian figures, as he works to model himself on them and their evil doings.

Donald Trump has worked to destroy American foreign policy, and is now condemning democratic leaders in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, as well as allies in Asia, and democracies elsewhere.

The danger is that with our naivete in the White House, we could see another intelligence failure that leads to a disaster far worse than Pearl Harbor or even the September 11, 2001 attacks.

We have an incompetent Secretary of Defense in Pete Hegseth, and a Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, only too willing to bend to the wishes of Donald Trump, and the entire Trump Cabinet are a bunch of lackeys, only too eager to be sycophants.

Dick Cheney, Most Controversial Vice President, Dies At Age 84!

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Dick Cheney, the 46th Vice President of the United States, under the two terms of President George W. Bush, passed away at age 84 on November 3.

The most controversial Vice President since John C. Calhoun under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson 170 years earlier, Cheney was termed “Darth Vader” by the multitude of critics, who condemned Cheney and Bush for intervention in Iraq on false premises of “Weapons of Mass Destruction” that were never found, but caused the deaths of about 4,500 American military personnel in a war that lasted for nearly a decade.

Cheney was seen as corrupt in his corporate dealings, and had a tough public persona that caused great anger and vehemence against him.

Cheney promoted the use of torture, including waterboarding, against Muslim suspects, in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Cheney came across as “tough as nails”, harsh, uncompromising, and many observers felt he was more the President in the first term of George W. Bush, than Bush himself.

In the second term, Bush became more assertive, and the role of Cheney declined in influence.

The public image never changed, but ironically, Cheney and his daughter, former Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney, became the image of a family which resisted the threat of Donald Trump, making Dick Cheney in retrospect seem less evil and threatening by comparison.

The idea that Dick Cheney would actually “cross the aisle” and vote for Kamala Harris in 2024 is a sign of how much the Republican Party had changed from the time of Bush-Cheney to the time of the authoritarian oriented Donald Trump!

Cheney had served as a Wyoming Congressman and Republican Whip in the House of Representatives, after being White House Chief Of Staff to President Gerald Ford, before being a creditable Secretary of Defense under President George H W Bush.

Trump Is Promoting Division, Rather Than Unity, After Charlie Kirk Murder!

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In past times, when shocking events and tragedies occurred, whoever was President of the United States promoted a sense of unity, rather than division.

Such was the case when John F. Kennedy was assassinated, followed by Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy, all under the Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson.

Such was the case when September 11 occurred, under the Presidency of George W. Bush.

Such was the case when Donald Trump faced an assassination threat in 2024, under the Presidency of Joe Biden.

The four former Presidents—Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden–all issued compassionate and unifying statements after the tragic murder of Charlie Kirk on this past Wednesday.

But Donald Trump, as usual, is promoting division and threats, and making claims about the assassin, which are totally untrue.

Instead of “lowering the temperature” of the rhetoric, he is escalating the potential of political violence!

The assassin was a straight white Utah Mormon, whose family are Trump supporters, not some liberal or socialist or gay or Muslim or immigrant or Latino or anything remotely related to the so called Left!