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  Huh. Well, according to this article : Presidents cannot do such a thing without congressional approval; It would cost over 1 trillion dollars;  The so-call "tariff revenues" wouldn't cover it. But not to bury the lead here: the POTUS told voters that he'll pay them if they keep his political party in power...the same political party whose actions (or inactions) have made a lot of voters either very frustrated or experiencing "buyer's remorse."  Keep in mind that Donald Trump has a history of not paying people , misusing charity money , and just generally being untrustworthy . Food recalls; higher gas prices and groceries; unresolved foreign wars and conflicts; using the office for personal financial gain; forcing colleges and museums to change or abandon their mission statements; promoting power-sucking, environmentally harmful, expensive, data centers; and more. There are plenty of reasons for voters to at the very least, provide government with a pr...

  Call it the, "Who Do You Believe, Me Or Your Lying Eyes?" Convention. President Trump is hoping that by expanding his alternate reality bubble to more Republicans across the country, turnout will get a boost. My guess is this "plan" will come with no real strategy for Republicans to follow, and electoral success will be determined on the state and local level. 

 

 

Everything that the United States of America does abroad will eventually make it home. Every foreign policy is just a domestic policy being tested in another country.  Just for the sake of context, we have BreakThrough News (via Brian Becker and Professor Richard Wolff) and Due Dissidence discussing President Trump's idea that Republicans should essentially be controlling the election process for the 2026 midterms: There are already ways in place to make sure that actual citizens vote. And just to address the hypocrisy of the group advocating bringing a suitcase full of documents with you to vote in a two-party system: these same people, whenever there is a school shooting are so quick to dismiss calls for gun legislation by saying, "just enforce the laws on the books." Why, oh why, can't we use that same logic for voter registration? Anyway, I have to stress that this ploy reinforces the theory that the those in power will not allow the system they've benefitted ...