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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart As the final votes are counted in states where the results of the 2026 election are “too close to call,” there is a distinct possibility that the majority of our nation’s states will be controlled by Democrats after January 3, 2027. I have been wiring for more than a decade, claiming that one or the most important factors needed to save the very existence of America is to end the Electoral College. However, if the experts are correct, the division within our nation known as “red and blue states” may suddenly disappear. A LAST MINUTE CAPITULATION WITHIN THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS CREATED THE DIVISION WITHIN OUR NATION TODAY History reveals that although our Founding Fathers original intention was to ensure that the people chose the man who would lead them every four years, states with smaller populations claimed that they would have a lesser voice. in the general elections.  Therefore, the Electoral College was created. Each state would have electors repr...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Pictures on the internet of Republicans celebrating the end of the longest government shutdown in history yesterday, made me both sick and angry. These old, ignorant, insipid, and hypocritical mostly white men, are far dumber than I thought. The shutdown was completely unnecessary and the only reason it happens every couple of years is because they want to play political games. You cannot celebrate a disaster you caused. The ”shutdown” is another first for the American government. No other nation in the world allows something like this to happen. The truth is, all three branches of Trump’s government were enjoying themselves. They continued to receive fullJ pay and benefits while the men and women who actually work on Capitol Hill were struggling to pay their rent or mortgage. Speaker Mike Johnson allowed the members of his House to take a 43 day vacation. His refusal to convene the House was based on his worship of demagogue Donald Trump whose fear of being exp...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart “Impeach him, impeach him.” “Lock him up, lock him up.” These chants should be happening across America, including within the darkest red states in America. Trump continues to violate the Constitution with every breath he takes, none more despicable and egregious than his abuse of limited presidential powers. When the Supreme Court of the United States was corrupted with biased, extremist right-wing supporters in 2020, the intentions of our Founding Fathers were ignored by six members of what will be remembered as the least qualified and most corrupted Supreme Court in American history. Our Founding Fathers’ two primary goals during the Constitutional Convention between 1787 and 1789 were preventing the establishment of a single religion in America, and ensuring that this new country would never be ruled by a king or another form of autocrat. The current Supreme Court took powers away from the legislative branch, and illegally gave them to “King/Dictator/Fuhrer ...

Trump claims that his tariffs will force large corporations to return their factories to the United States. Of course, this will never happen. America’s motto is ‘profits before people.’ When these tariffs take effect, the result will be even higher prices for consumers. I believed that our presidents were intelligent men; more intelligent than me. However, in 2025 I know that I am far more informed and possess far greater mental competence than the buffoon in the White House. One fact proves that even Trump’s businesses would suffer from his ill-advised tariffs. None of his silly hats, etc., etc.,’ etc., are manufactured in the United States. The huge tariffs on China will force an increase of as much as 50 percent for his own merch. Nearly all of his cheap merchandise, and those of his daughter, Ivanka, are manufactured in the country he claims to hate the most: “Jina.” Like Doctors of Medicine, the first duty required of our presidents is “do no harm.” Trump lied to get votes; that ...

You might say ‘it’s too early,” but you would be wrong. One of Kamala Harris biggest problems was the short preparation time she had when President Biden resigned from his 2024 campaign. It is time right now for Democrats to consider the woman or man who will lead their party now. It cannot be cowards like Chuck Schumer, and other old white men. The new leader of the party of FDR must be young and progressive. If you still think this is too early, consider this irrefutable fact: Trump campaigned throughout his first illegitimate presidency, 2017-2021, at taxpayer expense, and continued until election day November 5, 2024. His campaign was seven years in length. That said, I am offering my support today for a Democrat who is a new breed and much needed if those who call themselves “Republicans” are to be crushed in three years and seven months. I believe this person should be a woman who is young, an activist,  and is not afraid to challenge the status quo in Washington, which is de...