Supreme Court Majority Extremism

Donald Trump’s Attack On Mail Ballots A Major Crisis!

President Donald Trump clearly is an authoritarian whose aim is to destroy American democracy, with his latest ploy being to attack mail ballots in his push to prevent any possibility of the opposition Democrats gaining control of the House of Representatives and US Senate in the Midterm Elections of 2026 two months from now.

When one examines the states and the use of mail ballots, it is noticeable that the majority of states with high percentage of citizens voting by mail are “Blue” States, although not only such states.

Statistics show that the top ten states include primarily “Blue” states, including Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Colorado, Utah, California, Arizona, Vermont, District of Columbia, Nevada, and Michigan.

Only Utah is a reliably “Red” state, with Arizona, Nevada, and Michigan being “Battleground” states.

Notice also that most of the top ten states in mail voting are “Western” states.

The first five states have between 90 and 100 percent mail voting, with California and Arizona in the 80s; Vermont and DC in the 60s; with Nevada at 54 percent and Michigan at 37 percent. Florida and Nebraska follow at 35 percent, both “Red” states.

At the same time, Donald Trump and his family that votes in Florida always vote by mail ballot, so clearly, total hypocrisy.

The fact that the majority of the Supreme Court has been assisting Trump in his ploy to interfere with the elections is outrageous.

Also, the made up argument that massive numbers of noncitizens are voting has been shown to be totally without reality.

Internal Discontent In The Trump Presidency, As Turmoil Grows!

As the war in Iran is in its sixth month with no clear end in sight, and with a decrease in employment of 23,000 reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and inflation raging, there are growing signs of internal discontent in the Trump Presidency.

General Dan Caine, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is seeking an “off ramp”, regarding the Iran War, with US stockpiles of key munitions needed in the war effort rapidly in decline.

There are hints that Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe are discussing alternatives to the war effort that has failed to dislodge the Iranian government, and has upended stability in the Middle East neighbors of Iran.

And Donald Trump is angry with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for the growing shortage of munitions, complicating the Iran War effort, and also, being noticed by the Russian and Chinese governments.

It has already been evident by body language and statements of Rubio and Vance, in particular, that they realize the future of the Republican Party and of their own potential candidacies to succeed Donald Trump, are in danger.

And even Caine, while a “loyal soldier”, has been perceived as doubtful from the beginning of the Iran War over the move by reckless Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to prosecute the war, and clear doubts about the wisdom of allowing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to have such a strong influence on Donald Trump in deciding to wage war without a clear path to overcoming the Iranian government.

Iran’s top leaders were eliminated, but if anything, the extremism and dedication of the new Iranian leadership not to cave in, and indeed making them more hard line as a result of their leadership losses, makes the situation in the Middle East a literal nightmare.

This turmoil grows as we arrive today at the 52nd Anniversary of the Resignation of Richard Nixon from the Presidency, on August 9, 1974, the past lowest point of the American Presidency, but now being challenged by the multiple disasters of the Donald Trump Presidency!

The reality is that the low point of public opinion since 1940 was when Richard Nixon resigned, but now Donald Trump has the second lowest rating in public opinion behind the Nixon debacle.

Nixon, under pressure from Republican Party leaders, knew to resign, but sadly, the present Republican Party is totally sycophantic, and Donald Trump is determined to burn down all limits on his power, and has been assisted by a disastrous and extremist right wing Supreme Court majority!