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“Late Term Abortion”

The Washington Post points out there is no precise medical or legal definition of “late-term,” and “many doctors and scientists avoid that language, calling it imprecise and misleading.”

The Daily Beast also notes that only 1.3 percent of abortions are performed after 21 weeks of gestation, and the idea that a woman can get an abortion moments before giving birth is “not how medical care works.”

The use of “dog whistles” aka “coded” labels has been common for many years but until recently has been out of the mainstream of conversation. The current administration aided by a neer do well Congress has brought these “coded” statements and words to common use. Along with this common usage the administration has trashed agreements put in place to prevent war and improve trade. Tariffs (taxes) put in place to offset the “tax” policy that was supposed to benefit everyday Americans and threats to bad actors who were in a state of containment with the approval of our now alienated allies. The administration has in a few years undermined our economy, foreign affairs and put us on an isolation footing all because of “dog whistles”.

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Trump’s presidency is crumbling. The GOP will as well.



Opinion by Rex Huppke, USA TODAY • 5h • 5 min read


There has always been one thing, and one thing only, that President Donald Trump is good at: lying. He has conned and audaciously dissembled his way into a fortune and into two terms as president, always leaving chaos in his wake.
Well, it appears the tornadic chaos of the moment – war with Iran, high gas and food prices, a president with a Caesar complex – has finally overwhelmed Trump’s lies, rendering him impotent against collapsing poll numbers and setting the Republican Party up for disaster in the coming midterm elections.
A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research released April 21 showed only 30% of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of the economy, something that was once his strong suit. That’s down from only 38% approving in March.
In the same poll, a whopping 72% of Americans say the country is heading in the wrong direction, and the president’s overall approval rating is a dismal 33%.
Many Americans feel betrayed by Trump’s lies and unmet promises
In a story about its poll, the AP quoted Kathryn Bright, a 60-year-old retired U.S. Air Force captain who supported Trump in the last election: “I feel disgusted with myself, I feel betrayed, like he was a wolf in sheep’s clothing.”

Ouch. Accurate, but still ouch.
A new Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll found: “Trump’s net approval on prices/inflation has fallen to -46, the worst rating on any issue we have ever recorded.”
That poll also found that voters prefer Democrats over Republicans by a 7-point margin.
Trump’s poll numbers are circling the drain
Trump has turned Americans against his deportation policies, with a Reuters/Ipsos poll released April 22 showing 52% of Americans less likely to support a candidate who embraces Trump’s mass deportation plans. Only 42% said they’re more likely to support a candidate who is in line with the president’s draconian approach to immigration.

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With approval ratings in the mid-30s, Trump is well into the dreadful range of George W. Bush during his second term, another president who got the United States embroiled in a war in the Middle East.
But what stands out in this particular moment is the failure of Trump’s usually reliable ability to convince a large swath of America that up is down or that bad is good.
Lying worked so well for Trump. Now it’s failing him.
He keeps telling us that the war in Iran is going swimmingly, that we have dominated the enemy, that he is in complete control and that everything will be over soon. But none of that is true, and Iranian leaders appear to be playing him like a fiddle, leveraging their control over the Strait of Hormuz to spike gas prices here at home and outmaneuver Trump in ceasefire talks.
He keeps telling Americans that things have never been better, like in this April 17 social media post: “The U.S.A. is the ‘HOTTEST’ Country in the World right now. Just a short time ago, under Sleepy Joe Biden, IT WAS DEAD, LAUGHED AT ALL OVER THE WORLD!!! But not anymore ‒ Nobody’s laughing!!!”
He’s right that nobody’s laughing, but that’s certainly not because we’re the “HOTTEST” country in the world. Americans are struggling. Trump hasn’t brought down food prices as he promised, and his unnecessary and wildly unpopular attack on Iran has pushed gas prices through the roof.
Even our once-strong allies in Canada have turned on us, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney saying recently, “Many of our former strengths, based on our close ties to America, have become weaknesses. Weaknesses that we must correct.”
Tucker Carlson is latest of Trump’s supporters to flee like rats.
Meanwhile, a quick stroll through the president’s Truth Social page shows he’s primarily focused on posting self-aggrandizing artificial intelligence slop, worrying about his precious White House ballroom project and insisting everything is perfect.
Trump is now seeing high-profile departures from his clown car of avid right-wing supporters. Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the thing you would get if the word “disingenuous” took human form, recently said he regrets supporting Trump: “We’ll be tormented by it for a long time. I will be. And I want to say I’m sorry for misleading people.”

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has bailed, as have Megyn Kelly and Candace Owens. Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene saw the light before most and hopped off the Trump Train, her opportunistic finger sensing which way the political winds would blow.
As more Americans turn on Trump, Republicans face likely midterm doomThere’s a point when even the most deluded among us, those Trump pulled so effectively into his vast web of lies and false promises, cannot reconcile their reality with the president’s fiction. I think we’ve reached that point, which explains why Trump has recently seemed more unhinged than usual. The magic trick isn’t working. He’s flailing.
That spells almost certain doom for Republicans in November’s midterm elections. GOP candidates now face a choice of either siding with a broadly disliked president who has suckered the American people, or running from that president and being torched by his ire and the hate and threats that will invariably come from the dwindling-in-number-but-still-loud MAGA loyalists.
You’ll pardon me if I don’t feel bad for the Republicans. They invited a liar extraordinaire into their parlor and let him sell them the politics of cruelty, dishonesty and scams.
But when the lying stops working, it all crumbles. And it’s looking increasingly likely the GOP will be well and deservedly crumbled come November.

Follow USA TODAY columnist Rex Huppke on Bluesky at @rexhuppke.bsky.social and on Facebook at facebook.com/RexIsAJerk.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Trump’s presidency is crumbling. The GOP will as well. |

UPDATE: After sending billions to Kushner and Trump, Saudis lobby to escalate Iran War


Judd Legum Mar 25

President Trump met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House on November 18, 2025.

“I’m not going to start a war,” President Trump pledged during his November 2024 victory speech. “I’m going to stop wars.”

Today, the United States has been at war with Iran for almost a month, with no clear objectives and no end in sight. Why is Trump, who promised to avoid foreign entanglements, allowing it to drag on?

On Tuesday, the New York Times published a bombshell report. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has been aggressively lobbying Trump not to end the fighting:

Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has been pushing President Trump to continue the war against Iran, arguing that the U.S.-Israeli military campaign presents a “historic opportunity” to remake the Middle East, according to people briefed by American officials on the conversations.

In a series of conversations over the last week, Prince Mohammed has conveyed to Mr. Trump that he must press toward the destruction of Iran’s hard-line government, the people familiar with the conversations said.

Oddly, the New York Times story does not mention that Trump’s chief negotiator, his son-in-law Jared Kushner, is being paid tens of millions annually by the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), which is controlled by MBS.

The PIF invested $2 billion in Kushner’s private equity firm, Affinity Partners. According to an investigation by the Democratic staff of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Oversight Committee released on March 19, “since 2021, Mr. Kushner has collected more than $110 million from the government of Saudi Arabia for investment management services that have reaped little to no return.”

Meanwhile, as Kushner purportedly represents the United States in negotiations with Iran, his private equity firm is seeking to raise an additional $5 billion from foreign sources. According to reports, “Affinity’s representatives have already met with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.”

Trump said that Kushner was one of a handful of top officials who convinced him to start the war. This was consistent with MBS’s petition. According to the Washington Post, in a series of calls in February, MBS privately lobbied Trump to attack Iran. (Now, Iran is refusing to meet with Kushner, having concluded that he is not participating in discussions in good faith.)

Also unmentioned in Tuesday’s New York Times report is that the Saudi government, through PIF, recently financed a $7 billion development deal in Saudi Arabia with the Trump Organization. Under the January 2026 agreement, Dar Global, a developer with close ties to the Saudi government, will build a “Trump-branded hotel and golf course,” along with “500 mansions, priced between $6.7 million and $24 million.” The project is part of Diriyah, a $63 billion development funded entirely by PIF.

When Trump visited Saudi Arabia in May 2025, MBS took him on a tour of Diriyah and showed him a model of the development. According to Jerry Inzerillo, who heads the Diriyah Company, a PIF subsidiary, Trump was “amazed“ with the quality and scale of the project.

Not only does MBS want Trump to continue the war, according to the New York Times report, but he has “pressed for attacks against Iran’s energy infrastructure” and “argued that the United States should consider putting troops in Iran.”

In recent days, Trump has threatened to attack Iranian power plants and moved thousands of troops to the region, heightening “the possibility that American servicemembers will go into Iran.”

The information landscape in the United States is busted. Billionaires are using the powerful social media platforms and media outlets they control to curry favor with Trump.

Google paid Trump $25 million to settle a bogus lawsuit.

Jeff Bezos purged Trump critics from the Washington Post opinion page.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg canceled fact-checking on Facebook.

A pro-Trump billionaire bought CBS News — and is now buying CNN.

In Case You Were Surprised


Trumpelstilskin sent J.D. Vance to the Middle East in an attempt to end the war in Iran. The talks did not go well. Please note that in the Obama era there was a deal struck where Iran was allowed to maintain a Nuclear sector geared to energy within the country and released Billions of dollars that was rightfully Iran’s funds. All of this in a (partially successful?) easing the tension in that area. “Trumpel” blew that deal up without researching the details. It is true that Iran has proxy groups who have been at odds with Israel for a lot of years and with the easing of the tensions during the Obama years, there was a possibility of peace or truce among the countries in the region. Since the advent of “Trumpel” and his childish ego we are now supporting and participating the unjust war waged by Israel (almost on a whim) on Palestinians due to an attack by HAMAS (an Iranian proxy?). Gaza is destroyed leaving the thousands of displaced Palestinians fleeing to other countries (not Israel) for safety. Trumpel and his compadre “BIBI” have devastated GAZA while speculating and outwardly offering a rebuilding of Gaza with no input from the Palestinians and other world leaders.

Now the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians that are displaced are in the same position as the Jews from 1939 through World War II, “Displaced” with no place to go. The Israeli right-wing settlers are busily confiscating as much of Gaza as they can get and taking whatever land Palestinians have through violence.

Bottom line here is that Trumpel began this attack on Iran (possibly at BIBI’s request) without consulting Congress or our European allies is now finding himself (and us, the voters) involved in another unwinnable, undeclared war. Trumpel has blasted our Allies for not joining in, because they took a hands-off position because they see no real objective or end in this action. Unless we (voters) make changes in the midterms we may be at war for a long-time while the cost of the War causes inflation at scale along with the ill-considered Tariffs!

As a side note: Iran fought back (which apparently surprised and angered “Trumpel”) has shown it is not just a small country unable to defend its self: example, taking control of the Strait of Hormuz and the attacks on its neighbors. Sending J.D. Vance with Jared Kushner and Amb. Wycoff to ease the tension and create terms of disengagement when they collectively “could not turn a knob to open a door”.

Are You Tired Of Bending Over?


First, I would like to state that we should focus on the individual running for office rather than the associated party. Adhering to the party line is like being a herd animal following the crowd. Each person has the capability to reason and understand the spoken word in hearing or reading. There is no party that can deliver the promises made without Congress and Congress consists of long serving members who range from intelligent to moderately competent. Many members are in for the retirement program by doing just enough to get by some look for glory by pursuing unsubstantiated facts (especially against the opposite party) and pointless hearings (or as I see it “Brow beating sessions” on our dime!). The current administration is so hamstrung by the “Grifter in Chief” that nothing of note is being accomplished other that his ill-fated “executive orders”. In “normal” times, it is hard to govern a country with so many varied people with a multiplex of views on what should happen in the country.

The concept of how the actions of one affect another has been covered over by a blanket of bigotry and ignorance, the reality is that no matter the Religious preference, the nationality of the “melting pot” residents WE are all Americans chasing the American dream, not a reason to denigrate or “other” fellow countrymen and women. At this time we are in the grips of a Master Grifter and his minions who are all out make a buck on the backs of 99% of Americans who are just looking for a decent life for themselves and their children. The last 10 years have brought us plagues (covid, measles), fires and flooding across the nation yet the main powers are literally ignoring the needs of the country while waging an illegal war using our money. at least 6 of these past 10 years have been under the thumb of Trumpelstilskin and the worst cabinet members he can scrape up. If one spends a few minutes and remembers the time when no matter what we had competent members of government who had the wherewithal to consider the results of their actions on the voters. Currently Trumpel has us in a undeclared war with no defined end or result other than destroying a country because his perception was ” they would be easy to defeat”. Coerced by “BIBI: who wants to continue warfare in order to distract from his troubles with his own government, the USA is now isolated from our international allies who were not advised or consulted about the attack (as the proper protocol would dictate). Now there is an icy uneasiness with our European partners along with the expense of an unnecessary “war” which takes funding from programs sorely needed by the American voters. Midterms are coming!

Black farmers shut out of Trump White House farmers’ event: ‘Why can’t we be at the table?’


Gerren Keith Gaynor

Fri, March 27, 2026 at 2:20 PM CDT

As President Trump hails his administration’s efforts to support farmers amid rising costs, Black farmers facing foreclosure continue to get the cold shoulder.

President Donald Trump welcomed hundreds of farmers to the White House on Friday, in what the administration touted as a celebration of agriculture and American farm producers. On the South Lawn, decorated with a massive, obviously Trump-inspired gold tractor, the president hailed the event as the “single largest gathering of American farmers that the White House has ever seen.”

Noticeably missing from the crowd of farmers at the White House were the nation’s Black farmers, who have been repeatedly shut out of meetings and dialogue with the Trump administration, which has simultaneously eliminated several programs intended to address decades-long disparities impacting marginalized farmers at a time when many are facing foreclosures amid continued high costs in farm production, mortgages, and property taxes.

“I certainly asked to be a part of it,” says John Boyd, founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, which represents tens of thousands of Black farmers.

The longtime activist and farmer, who has repeatedly tried to advocate on behalf of Black farmers with the Department of Agriculture and the White House, tells TheGrio he has heard “nothing from this administration.”

“For them not to invite us, they’re really saying, ‘We don’t want you to be a part of this administration at all,’” says Boyd, who told TheGrio that a White House official had previously told him that the administration was “doing away” with farmers of color and DEI. The official told Boyd that farmers being prioritized “happen to be white,” emphasizing, “This is not about race.”

Upon learning about the farmers’ event, Boyd reached out to a Trump official at the White House Office of Public Liaison; however, Boyd’s inquiry to join the event went unanswered. A spokesperson for the White House did not immediately respond to TheGrio’s request for comment.

National Black Farmers Association, USDA payments, theGrio.com

President Trump praised what he described as his administration’s many accomplishments on behalf of farmers, even as input prices for land, machinery, seeds, pesticides, and fertilizers have risen. The president’s war is also driving up fuel costs, which are impacting farmers. Trump pointed to last year’s $12 billion aid announcement to farmers amid the financial firestorm created by his global tariffs, and the elimination of federal estate taxes, even though USDA’s own data shows that only about 0.3% of farm estates are subject to federal estate tax. Trump also announced that the Small Business Administration will issue a new loan program for farmers.

“My first year back in the White House, farm income has soared by 20%,” Trump falsely stated (USDA forecasts income in 2026 will decline). “The American farmers, ranchers, growers and producers, once again have a true friend and champion in the Oval Office.”

Despite the president’s remarks, Boyd says the Trump administration and its anti-DEI policies have been less than friendly to Black farmers. Cultural and systemic barriers largely shut out Black farmers from much of the USDA resources, in addition to the termination of grants and debt relief that was intended to help dig them out of financial ruin.

Boyd tells TheGrio he has turned to the Congressional Black Caucus for help; as many as 190 of his members are facing foreclosures on their farms.

“The White House don’t want us, but these congressional districts have companies in them that represent some of these [agriculture] companies. Let’s bring them to the table and see what they can do to help us with these farmers,” he says.

As for being shut out of Friday’s White House convening of American farmers, Boyd said of President Trump, “[He] says that he’s not racist, but this shows racist tendencies right in your face.”

Where are the White Farmers in the Farming Brotherhood?

Jesse Ventura on Donald Trump assassination attempt: ‘Ever hear of a blade job?’


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Published: Mar. 26, 2026, 5:00 a.m.

By Brian Linder | blinder@pennlive.com


Professional wrestling legend and former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura appeared on Piers Morgan this week and went after Donald Trump again.That’s not uncommon for Ventura, but one of the bits from the interview making headlines is an accusation that he made about the assassination attempt on Trump’s life that took place in Butler, Pennsylvania during the 2024 Presidential Election.

While the two were discussing Trump, Morgan said, “To be fair to Trump, when he got shot, he got back up and said, ‘Fight, fight, fight!’”

“Oh yeah, right, right, right,” Ventura replied. “You ever hear of a blade job?”

A “blade job” is a term used in professional wrestling for when the performers actually cut themselves out of view of the audience so that they bleed during the match.
“You think it was fake?” Morgan replied.

“I don’t know,” Ventura replied. “Where’s his scar today?”

Morgan then referenced Pennsylvania native Corey Comperatore who was in the crowd that day and was killed during the assassination attempt.

“Somebody died literally sitting behind him,” Morgan replied.

“I don’t know,” Ventura said. “You know, come on Piers. You’re gonna tell me this guy is a big hero now? That’s what you are going to tell me?”

“I thought that day he was,” Morgan replied. “That day he was.”

“Really?” Ventura said. “Really?”

Morgan stated again that Trump was a hero on that day.

“Then he accomplished what he wanted out of you guys,” Ventura said smiling.

“No, I think you can be heroic on one day, and you can be less heroic on others,” Morgan said. “But, if you ask me was he heroic when he got shot, he was.”

“Sure, yeah, yeah, you’re right,” Ventura said. “You know what I feel bad about it? Was that if he’d have joined us in Vietnam we might have won, huh?

“Why did he run and hide, when he could have joined us and led us to victory?”

Morgan replied that he didn’t think anything could have changed the United States’ fortunes in Vietnam.

“Yeah, probably not considering he called us all suckers, didn’t he?” Ventura replied.

There is no evidence the assassination attempt on Trump was staged.

“On that tragic day in Butler, Pennsylvania, we tragically lost an American hero, Corey Comperatore, who selflessly laid down his life to protect those around him,” the White House said in a statement. “President Trump will never forget Corey and his beautiful family.

“On that dark day, God spared President Trump’s life by a miraculous millimeter,” the statement continued. “President Trump is standing stronger than ever as he continues to ‘fight, fight, fight’ for the American people. Only a fool would believe otherwise.”

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Ventura is not the only person to question the circumstances around the assassination attempt, with some MAGA-leaning content creators on social media also entering the discussion of late. In fact, the rumors prompted a response from White House communications director Steven Cheung earlier this month.

Cheung shared an X post stating that the assassination attempt was not staged.

“For those of us who were there with POTUS at Butler,” he wrote, “anyone saying it was staged truly needs to have their heads checked out because they have no sense of reality.”

Naivete: affliction affecting voters, both sides!


First rule of political issues: do your homework, do not I repeat DO NOT take promises and statements from ANY politician as fact without investigating issue yourself. All statements may not be false, but you owe it to yourself to spend a little extra time sourcing the basis of that information. It does not matter if you like facts, you just to have them to make intelligent voting decisions. Remember as a general rule all politicians lie (or stretch b the truth) but often their words or beliefs are generated by speech writers and influencers. Common sense always prevails and 99.9% of us have it, so engage that gear!

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Presidiot aka Trumpelstilskin aka mental midget!

Reasons for Current economic conditions and an undeclared war, strained relations with European and Asian allies.

The Bill Came Due


Recently I looked back at events from the past 15 years and wondered how and/ or why we got to this point. It appears to me that over time and quietly the religious, political and radical right have been collectively and separately pursuing an agenda of “owning” America in their cause of authoritarian control. America has long been the champions of justice and freedom in the world, now these right groups have been working to control the Government by elections, payoffs and control of major companies. Our “High Court”: has been “bought”, the Congress appears to be in the pocket of big business.

At this time, we have a war started by a foreign ally and we jumped right in with no examination of the situation, without the benefit experienced military leaders and finally without notifying or conferring with our allies in the region. Currently we are at the beginning of a quagmire of our own making and cursing our allies because they did not jump right in.This the state of our union because of the ill-conceived aggression on what was perceived as a small and weak country. Our “leader” was possibly bullied or flattered into this incursion and now every nearby country we are on good terms with are being attacked by this “small and weak country.

This action has exacerbated the current high prices due of food, energy, farming and manufacturing because of ill-conceived) tariffs, and this poorly thought out and executed war. It is clear that this war benefits no one except the administration and their friends. The misaligned and mishandled administrative actions beg for voter action.

The Useful Idiot


Trumpelstilskin continues to march to a different tune which only he hears. It took no less that 4 Primary Generals and Admirals to wage WWII. They (the Generals) had a mandate from Congress to do so. These top military leaders had many qualified military officers and men to evaluate their moves based on intelligence from a myriad of sources including their allies. Aside from wet dreams what nightmares are popping up in his head other than being used by: BIBI” who has determined along with Putin and our allies that he is no more than a useful idiot. Now he “Trumpel” has become a danger to the world order. There appears to be no other country running to his aid but his actions have prompted other countries to activate their military due to unprovoked attacks by the “little Country” “Trumpel” thought he could bully. It is not too far a stretch to say that China and Russia are working their own plans to continue doing business without being involved in this little war. IF we ever get a few well-endowed members of Congress this all could be halted!