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• A Scene before the Senate Judiciary Committee

  September 30, 2026 · 14 min

  September 29, 2026 At a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee Jack Smith was questioned about the case charging Trump with using fraud and deceit to overturn the 2020 election results, The courts have interpreted the language in…

• Headaches for Republican Lawmakers

  September 29, 2026 · 14 min

  September 28, 2026 Trump posted a video ad on television with the words “Paid for by the U.S. Government,”  The backlash was immediate, Social media users and lawyers alike asked why the US government was paying for a poilitical ad, The…

• Bad News Plagues the Administration

  September 27, 2026 · 12 min

  September 26, 2026 Last night, the White House would not allow reporters from CNN on Air Force One as part of the press pool, With bad news plaguing the administration, Trump has reasons for wanting to control the press, A key prosecutor…

• National Lobster Day

  September 26, 2026 · 5 min

  September 25, 2026 September 25 is Dolly Parton Day and also National Lobster Day, National Lobster Day honors the cultural and economic history of the lobster industry, Lobsters have been vital to Maine’s coastal communities, but were…

• A Hard Sell

  September 25, 2026 · 12 min

  Early today, US District Judge Timothy Kelly granted the request of media outlets to stop Trump’s order banning members of their organizations from the White House, Kelly ordered the credentials of 78 journalists restored immediately but…

• Pay-To-Play

  September 24, 2026 · 16 min

  September 23, 2026 When Trump returned to the White House in 2025, he fired the investigators in the anti-corruption group of the FBI who were investigating Sen. Susan Collins for engaging in a pay-to-play scheme, He largely stopped…

• Defiance

  September 24, 2026 · 11 min

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• A Direct Assault

  September 22, 2026 · 11 min

  September 21, 2026 On September 18th, Trump announced he was banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House, Trump invoked “national security,” again, as the explanation for the ban, CNN, MS NOW, and Politico have sued Trump, his…