Trump’s demands may mean no more reconciliation legislation this year, a welcome event.
The Save America Act
Truth Social: THE SAVE AMERICA ACT!
- ALL VOTERS MUST SHOW PHOTO I.D. (IDENTIFICATION!).
- ALL VOTERS MUST SHOW PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP.
- NO MAIL-IN BALLOTS (EXCEPT FOR ILLNESS, DISABILITY, MILITARY, OR TRAVEL!).
- NO MEN IN WOMEN’S SPORTS.
- NO TRANSGENDER MUTILIZATION SURGERY ON OUR CHILDREN.
Jun 17, 2026, 8:15 PM
Threat to Kill Wanted Legislation
Truth Social: The Republicans agreed with Dumocrats to remove very fair, and talented, William Pulte, from serving as Acting DNI in return for getting FISA approved by the Dumocrats. However, the Republicans moved so fast with the hearings of the Great Jay Clayton, current U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, that Pulte would be gone before the Dumocrats would vote on FISA. Now, the Dumocrats are saying they will vote against FISA — So, the Republicans wound up having fulfilled their commitment, but Dumocrats broke the Deal. In addition, the newly nominated U.S. Attorney, Jamie McDonald, must be confirmed and blue slipped. Because of the ridiculous views of Republicans on blue slipping (Dumocrats are often willing to nix it), I may not be able to get the extraordinary Sullivan & Cromwell Partner, Jamie, approved, and I don’t want to take Jay Clayton away from the great job he is doing until Jamie is in place. Therefore, to add a slight bit of intrigue but, for the Good of the Nation, and the People of our Country, I will not approve FISA without THE SAVE AMERICA ACT going along with it. Not complicated, actually, the Republicans fell into a trap. Regarding the approval of our Great Patriot, Jay Clayton, we are cancelling the Senate Hearing RE: DNI today, and will not be going forward until Jamie McDonald is approved to be U.S. Attorney. In the meantime, Bill Pulte will remain as the Acting Director of National Intelligence. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Jun 17, 2026, 1:54 AM
Trump Blasts Utah Over Mail-In Voting
Truth Social: It seems as though the Great State of Utah, which I won each time, and handily, is going to the All Mail In Ballot format of Colorado, and the rest, that always head LEFT, as soon as the move is made. We should stop Utah from doing this. All Mail In Ballots, dishonestly handled, are a big advantage for the Dumocrats, whose only Road to Victory, because their Policies are so insane, is CHEATING. Does the Republican Party have any idea what is happening to it? Step by step, State by State, the Democrats are smiling all the way to the “Bank.” Stop the onslaught by either immediately terminating the Filibuster and/or pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Jun 18, 2026, 12:09 PM
Trump Calls Republican Senators Fools
Truth Social: Anybody who doesn’t want to Terminate the Filibuster is a FOOL, a very stupid one, at that! The Dumocrats will end it within minutes of taking office, and then rapidly proceed to destroy our Country, adding 2 Radical Left States, 4 Dumocrat Senators, many Congressmen/women, their dream of 21 Supreme Court Justices (Not just 13, an unlucky number!), an impossible to beat number of Electoral College Votes (and that’s the Ballgame!), “Popular” Vote Landslides, and so much else. The Republican Party will never win another Election. I will, sadly, be the last Republican President. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, and the Republican Senate, must not let this “carnage” happen. They will go down on the wrong side of History, as will all Republicans who just stood by and watched. The Republican Party isn’t at stake, our Country is. TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER, AND IMMEDIATELY APPROVE THE SAVE AMERICA ACT. GOD BLESS THE U.S.A. President DONALD J. TRUMP
Jun 18, 2026, 12:24 PM
A Bizarre Setup
Note how bizarre this is. Trump has bundled voter-ID with totally unrelated ideas like men in women’s’ sports, transgender mutilation, and now the FISA Act renewal that allows spying on US citizens.
The SAVE Act itself is very discriminatory against women and minorities and I believe unconstitutional.
The more things you link toto a bill, the harder it is to pass.
I have been discussing this since March.
There are no votes to kill the filibuster, no votes to remove Thune, and there are not 60 votes to pass the Save Act.
Contrary to popular myth, the Save Act is not a budget item so it needs 60 votes not 50 to pass, and there are not even 50 votes.
Trump blames Thune for this. But Trump’s key problem is there are not 50 votes to end the Filibuster even if the Senate removed Thune, which they won’t because Thune is much more liked than Trump.
On Fox News this week, Thune said the votes weren’t there for the voting-eligibility bill, which would require Americans to provide documentary proof of citizenship to vote. “The only way you can get this done is to nuke the legislative filibuster,” Thune said. “And this is not something that we have anywhere close to the votes to do.”
Trump Refuses to Accept Reality
The Wall Street Journal reports Trump’s Frustration Grows as Senate GOP Leader Keeps Saying ‘No’
President Trump wants Republicans in Congress to do exactly as they are told.
But recently he has been hearing a lot of “no” from John Thune, the Senate’s top Republican.
That has led to open conflict as Trump tries to push through a voter-ID law that he has said is crucial to Republicans’ winning the midterms but lacks enough support to pass. It is one of a series of disputes that have intensified pressure on Thune, the lanky South Dakota conservative who finds himself in an increasingly difficult political position just months ahead of the elections.
Trump’s impatience boiled over Wednesday when he issued a social-media missive that disrupted bipartisan efforts to confirm Jay Clayton quickly as the director of national intelligence—and block Trump’s ally Bill Pulte from taking the job. Trump also blew up negotiations with Democrats to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. To make matters more complicated, Trump bundled both with the contentious voting bill.
About FISA
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is a U.S. federal law enacted in 1978 that establishes procedures for the physical and electronic surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence information between foreign powers and agents of foreign powers. It is highly significant due to the ongoing political debates over its privacy implications.
FISA outlines several key authorities and provisions:
- The FISA Court (FISC): Created by the law, this specialized federal court meets in secret and reviews classified government applications for surveillance warrants targeting foreign agents.
- Section 702: Added in 2008, this provision permits the U.S. government to intercept the electronic communications (emails, text messages, phone calls) of foreign targets located outside the United States without an individualized court warrant.
- “Backdoor” Searches: While Section 702 is aimed at foreigners, it incidentally sweeps in massive amounts of Americans’ communications. The FBI, CIA, and NSA are legally permitted to query this database for U.S. citizens’ data, a practice that has caused severe controversy and prompted pushback from privacy advocates.
Massie on FISA
Israel and FISA
Musical Tribute
Tell “Him” No
Political Realities
Since I am against FISA I an happy Trump bundled it with the Save Act and other silliness.
I hope he bundle more and more garbage with it too, because more garbage is harder to pass. And the best thing now is nothing passes.
I want to see no more spending on the military (or anything else), no FISA, no budget reconciliation bills, and no Save Act.
The only thing I am strongly confident of is the Save Act is going nowhere. But there is also a distinct chance we see no more budget reconciliation bills this year.
Unfortunately, the Uni-Party wants spying on US citizens so I expect that eventually passes without the Save Act.
Three Reasons the Save Act Is Unconstitutional
On March 4, I commented Three Reasons the Save Act Is Unconstitutional
1. Congress Lacks Authority to Impose Voter Qualifications.
2. Violation of the National Voter Registration Act and Supremacy Clause Issues
3. Undue Burden on the Fundamental Right to Vote
Also see my follow-up post SAVE Act Silliness: Trump’s “Go for the Gold” Killed It
The SAVE Act is unconstitutional. Trump want to make it worse. Only fools think they know more than Thune.
Despite having a firm conviction the Save Act would be ruled unconstitutional, I would rather not find out.
Fortunately, there is only a tiny chance the Save Act passes (I suggest 2 percent, Polymarket is 11 percent).
It’s far more likely Trump’s nonsense kills another reconciliation bill.
By the way, Trump lost control in Iran, in the Senate, and his global status is in the gutter where it belongs.
I’m really going to miss Thomas Massie. He’s always on point.
When being Republican means supporting the Orangutan or else, bearing the RINO label is a badge of honor.
Wonder who wrote trumps midnight truth social post. Not as rambling and hateful as i have come to expect.
Seems to me hes throwing in 4/5 culture war stuff in as a distraction to give conservative media something to blame dems on.
Off topic. The Fauci files establish how the origins investigation was conducted. They show that officials with a direct institutional and personal stake in the outcome were involved in shaping the process, influencing the experts consulted, and participating in the evaluation of the evidence. They also document allegations that analysts and whistleblowers who challenged the preferred narrative faced professional consequences. DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) on X
Welcome to todays episode of the “Trump Follies”.
Today Trump makes it clear that he has little support from anyone, or any allies left but his MAGA sycophants.
The G7 bitch slapped him down onto his knees and failed to support Israel in any way. BiBi ignores Trumps begging for a real cease fire. Save Act is dead on arrival and chained to other sinking legislative anchors.
Trump is flailing in so many ways that it is hard to keep up.
Hide the Football!
The G7 is wheedling Trump to pivot back to The War On Russia.
Democracies everywhere aren’t really functioning very well. This OECD report highlights the value of citizens’ assemblies as a way of breaking the impasse. They have been tried successfully in Ireland as an example.
https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/innovative-citizen-participation-and-new-democratic-institutions_339306da-en.html
However, I wonder if the US is capable of this. In the US it seems much more important to win against the other side than to genuinely come to a good outcome.
Americans participate at the local level, in town halls. That’s where we live our lives, and pay most of our taxes.
It’s also where most of the power should be distributed.
Very good point. In fact I only got used to Town Hall meetings after working for a US company. Perhaps all is not lost.
That’s because winning at the national level lets you impose your views with impunity on a bunch of people who you’ve never met and places you’ll likely never visit.
The more power is distributed at the State and local levels the better off the country will be.
Representative democracy, as a practical matter, is a fraud, an exercise in passing the buck, in avoiding responsibility. Everyone in power claims to answer to and derive their authority from someone else, going ultimately back to “the people” who themselves do not directly exercise power, and who would find it difficult to exercise as a collective action problem, even if they had the formal authority to do so.
The technical term for this is a “beard”. That is, a cover for the rulers to do what they want, even though the rulers themselves and their policies may be wildly unpopular. After all, your elected representatives approved this. If you don’t like it, next time, you can vote for a different carefully vetted corporate imperialist muppet, so until then, shut up and fall in line!
What this means is that real power is often in the hands of unelected bureaucrats, who typically don’t even want to stand for election because they don’t want the voters to know what their programs are, much less to exercise any oversight. Robert Moses is the classic example here.
Even that minimal level of scrutiny is too much for some, and real power is often exercised by people not formally part of any government structure. Corporate lobbyists or Robert Kagan come to mind.
This is the principal advantage of a democracy over a more authoritarian system. A Lukashenko or a Xi cannot tell the public that he hears their concerns, but sorry, his hands are tied, the Parliamentary Ombudsman made a ruling that the decision has to first go to the sub-committee and then the full committee and they won’t meet until after the by-election, so sorry, he wishes he could help but there’s nothing he can do. In an authoritarian system, everyone knows who makes the decisions and where ultimate responsibility lies. Who calls the shots and where the buck stops.
Of course, heartwarming happy horseshit rhetoric aside, a Starmer or a Johnson isn’t going to let any law or procedure get in the way of something he wants, like bailing out the billionaires at the casino or an escalation of the War On Russia.
The Chinese and Canadian response to the COVID lockdown protests is most illustrative here. The Chinese government gave way to the protests. The restrictions were lifted. The Canadian government ignored every law, right and principle in putting the protests down, even their own courts said so, but somehow, nobody was punished or faced any consequences. Instead, a different corporate imperialist muppet was installed.
Exactly why this citizen assembly idea is interesting – suggest you read it.
Not desperate!! Really !!
Donald Trump: We didn’t meet out of desperation, Iran did. They are FINISHED! We’ll play out the 60 days. They get no money, not ten cents!
Is anyone over the age of 10 impressed by Trump’s consistent employment of the moniker Dumocrats? This is not the most presidential conduct we have ever seen. Then again, I don’t understand 5D chess.
Trump is famous for projecting his own failings onto others. Every time he uses that moniker, he is outing himself as a dumb person on so many levels and dimensions.
He screamed about “Unconditional Surrender!” at Iran and that’s what he ended up doing himself. At the start of this campaign he called immigrants rapists and it turns out he is accused of the same. “Little Marco Rubio” and turns out Trump has tiny toadstool.
Those insults tell you more about him than his target, use them wisely and be informed.
I was astounded to learn that there was as a “b” in dum(b)
Thanks for having an uncle that was a professor!
(signed: “a big strong man with tears in his eyes”)
The Oxymoron of Trump and “Intelligence”We spend $100-billion-a-year on US intelligence that Donald Trump can’t be bothered to read.
https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-oxymoron-of-trump-and-intelligence
Trump (Wednesday): If we don’t reopen the strait I’ll be Herbert Hoover and I’m desperate to avoid that.
Bibi (Thursday): Invades some more.
Iran (Friday): Deal is off until you rein in Bibi.
Iran’s drones will chime in soon enough with their version of events
I see the argument about the SAVE act being discriminatory by inconvenience to women because of name mismatches between birth certificates and married names. The major counter argument is women were largely supportive of Biden’s mass immigration policies, which lead to concerns about non-citizens participating in election. Unfortunately, the minority of women who did not support Biden’s immigration policies are being negatively impacted by the poor judgment of the majority of women. Worse yet, the majority don’t seem to have learned their lesson.
pro tip. our borders have been wide open for vast majority of past 400 years. a few short years of enforcing the borders has occurred too, over the centuries. pro tip. most of the worlds borders are wide open, too. the mileage of enforced borders in the world is tiny.
the human species migrates for the past million years. nothing has changed.
Some peoples make things nicer. Others make things worse. It makes sense to discriminate based on who’s more likely to improve this country by looking at their countries of origin.
Yeah but for those centuries we didn’t provide free k-12 education and free emergency medical care to anyone who arrived – to say nothing of vast profits from opening a “Learing Center”. To some degree, this administration’s enforcement has been dumb. Leave the Mexicans, take the Somalis. Have you ever seen a bunch of Somalis putting a new roof on a house? Yeah, me neither.
Obviously every state has laws, rules and procedures that ensure non-citizens can’t vote. Which is why by you never see any successful lawsuits or studies suggesting otherwise. Therefore there is no need for anyone to have such concerns.
The wife voted for Biden? Lol
Biden deported 4.6 million people. The total population of undocumented people in the United States barely changed during the Biden administration: estimated to be 11 to 13 million passed to him by the first Trump administration; ended at estimated 11 to 14 million at the end of the Biden administration. The claim that an additional 10 million were in the country by the end of the Biden administration is a make believe number created out of thin air to trick race motivated voters into voting for the worst President in American history.
Seems to me you are saying is since you dont agree with the other sides beliefs ( bidens immigration policies)its ok to strip women of the right to vote. That is not how democracy should work.
Imo the only difference between dems and republican immigration policy are dems try to follow the laws in a broken system with a bit of humanity. Trump not so much. Been some 40 year since any immigration reform.
There has been plenty of times like now where republicans are in charge and could change the system. Why not. Well first is labor for businesses those who contribute to the campaigns of republicans want cheap labor. Second is if you fix it the republican party will lose a time honored flag to rally the voters around.
You want to fix immigration a good start would be hefty fines for businesses who hire illegals. Right now the issue is privatize profits public the expenses
At this point what even is the 4th amendment? I say we tear that poor rag we call the Constitution up and replace it with something we at least try to enforce.
I remember when Americans belileved in law and order and the Constitution. Creamer is a sure sign those days have died long ago
In the 1850s several thousands of Americans from Missouri crossed into Kansas and illegally voted in their election. Americans have never actually believed in law and order. This illegal action was celebrated as patriotism.
Ah… Those slave holding Missourians just couldn’t get enough of a good thing so they crossed over to vote for human bondage in Kansas.
When the wolves and the sheep vote for dinner, guess who’s on the menu?
Oh I believe in it. I believe in it more than most people. I just also believe it’s been beaten to death by the most slimy thugs and grifters humanity has ever seen.
People can downvote all they want, it doesn’t change the fact that most of the things guaranteed in the document have been hollowed out and taken away. What guarantees the right to free speech when the supreme Court can just shrug and allow the 4th amendment to be fed into a shredder? How about voting rights, which got similar treatment only weeks ago? Your rights are decided by a court of unelected fossils who can simply change the law as they please because this system is far too old.
Update the constitution, make it capable of being updated practically, make it strictly enforced, and frame that document in the Capitol so our lawmakers actually have to read it. I’m tired of paying lip service to a document that doesn’t actually protect us.
Slimy thugs and grifters. You mean politicians. Maybe we should hold our own politicians to the standard we expect the other party. Instead of letting our respective politicians distract from thier actions by blaming the other side.
Except you can’t because corrupt money was legalized by SCOTUS too, so they just run you out of elections in both parties by pumping tens of millions of dollars from the modern monarchy into your competitor. Go against the flow like Massie, get squashed under 30 bazillion dollars of superPAC money.
Both parties hate candidates who challenge this status quo, so they collude to run them out. I think the only real opposition to that is the democratic socialist movement picking up steam and maybe Massie and friends on the right. Beyond that, it’s either vote for a neo-nazi with the mind of a toddler or a west coast limousine liberal with more money than God.
We the people are not asked permission to let the politicians do anything. They got a carte blanche and will do as they please.
Democracy is tyranny in musical chairs.
This Court as currently constructed has ruled that the Constitution is unconstitutional. It is pettifoggery on steroids.
The Constitution has long been a dead letter.
Just say the magic words “Muh National Security!” and The Bill of Rights disappears.
Why, I don’t remember that.
No one has ever been governed by a document.
So why have laws at all then? Why not just have anarchy since I guess documents don’t matter? Clearly that’s working out so great for our dear nation and the dear leader they voted in.
I didn’t say documents don’t matter, but they only matter when you have a high trust society and those governing the population try to abide by the terms and requirements set forth in the document. . A document can’t enforce itself. Swapping out one document for another ostensibly improved document is pointless if the governing humans (and maybe someday, alas, computers) disregard the document and never face any consequences for doing so. If we don’t “at least try to enforce” our current constitution, we almost certainly wouldn’t enforce a new one.
The issue is that the institutions responsible for enforcing that have been usurped and corrupted. I am arguing for a total restructuring based on what Americans actually believe in. Kill this electoral college nonsense and the first past the post polling, put in ranked choice ballots for all races, and you’d see a radically different America where Americans can have their voices heard outside of Twitter.
Those responsible for enforcing the constitution are those who open it: we the people.
Tell Him No. Top 10 1959 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnvXCeYhGtQ&list=RDxnvXCeYhGtQ&start_radio=1
It sure seems like Peak Trump is in the past.
All of the misjudgment and craziness over the last 18 months has alienated the other people he needs (the non sycophants) to govern.
He hasn’t realized this yet, so he sounds like a lunatic. He probably never will, being who he is
You know he is incapable of making that adjustment. We all know it.
Independents are actually a plurality of voters, and both parties need them to win elections. They gave a majority of their votes to Trump in the election, but have turned solidly against him and Republicans in general.
They’re stupid, and will always run back to being the Republicans they actually are. Probably before November. Right now the black rapist scare is rockin’ world wide. They fall for that bullshit every time.
Umm, when has anything “Unconstitutional” stopped Congress from passing shitty laws? The National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934 or the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA), were total Constitution violations.
Less true than you would imagine. The Supreme Court recognizes the federal government’s constitutional responsibility to the public welfare, along with upholding the 2nd amendment. It recognizes that neither is absolute in respect to the other, and tries to defer to Congress if possible. The NFW doesn’t confiscate existing weapons, but regulates the sale of certain classes of guns by restricting the license to produce and sell them. It uses the same scheme to make drug sales illegal.
Hmm, the SAVE act is an undue burden on the right to vote? Heck, we burden all sorts of other constitutional rights. 2nd amendment is certainly a 2nd class right. (although you can smoke weed now and buy a firearm) 1st amendment “Congress shall Make No Law”…abridging speech….yeah, sure.
I agree with Mish that the votes aren’t there, but let’s not kid ourselves – vote by mail has lots of room for hinky with no chain of custody. I voted against the measure in Oregon in the late 90’s, and still believe convenience has replaced security and voting integrity in my state. It’s purely a faith-based system. Now we take up to a WEEK for ballots to arrive? Pure nonsense.
You seem to equate timelines with a lack of security. How convenient for you.
And how long does it take to get a passport? Have you tried lately?
Where is the security and chain of custody verification of delivering ballots via the U.S. Postal service? In Oregon even the postmark doesn’t really matter. I doubt you’ll have a credible answer.
If you don’t like vote by mail, then you should take it up with your state.
That’s like asking office holders to enact term limits or cops to arrest themselves. I get that the constitution leaves places and manner to the states’ legislatures, but anyone who denies that widespread mail-in voting increases the opportunity for fraud is being willfully obtuse and disingenuous. We’re stuck with a degree of fraud and suppression. We have to hope it’s not too extreme. When it compares to making our representative democracy dysfunctional, electoral problems pale beside the effects of money and manufacturing consent. See Massie’s primary where his 2024 primary outcome was completely reversed.
So explain how the rules and procedures regarding mail-in voting in your state fails to prevent widespread fraud.
The political situation changed? WTF is wrong with you?
Ordered by Trump, executed by AIPAC.
That’s Federal interference, and it’s far worse than any local mail-in voting issues.
So tired of you morons.
The SAVE Act itself is very discriminatory against minorities. Is that so?
Good luck in your quest for knowledge, fare thee well!
I would say Trump lost self-control as well…
but you can’t lose what you’ve never had.
Surprise: the Trump Administration is just as far removed from reality as Trump himself…
“Following a $14 million renovation and a severe algae bloom, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool water is reported as “crystal clear” by the US Department of the Interior.”
its new pond syndrome Here is the science https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEMX2KBkGQY&t=138s
It’s not a natural situation as the video suggests. It’s completely man made. The problem has always been the filtration system. There’s no other way to control the algae, just like a pool. No one addressed the real problem because they’re idiots. Even pond water has algae in the summer. I grew up right next to a pond. The only way to control it “naturally” is to keep it flowing. Like the song says, Moss doesn’t grow on a rolling stone. Now pieces of either the paint or the sealant are coming up. Just another subpar job by a construction conman.
🔆🔆🔆 3-Star Mishelin award issued on this post.
Yes, Trump’s total failures are stacking up, did anyone think it would be different this time around? Let’s home the rest of the GOP garbage gets tossed at midterms.
Nothing will get done now except…
Do worry, Trump & Walrus will find a way to make things even worse.™
its already falling apart: Iranian negotiators have reportedly suspended plans to attend the next round of talks in Switzerland because of ongoing Israeli strikes in Lebanon, throwing the new MOU into doubt just as it enters into force….
The timing of the pause in talks could not be worse for shipping: the first signs of large-scale movement in the Strait of Hormuz just began on Thursday with a small exodus of vessels that had been trapped inside the Arabian Gulf. If Iran suspends talks on the MOU, the future of Hormuz maritime security could be substantially less certain.
“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”
― Winston S. Churchill
Churchill did not say this