Sen. John Kennedy says he’s “very disappointed” and “embarrassed” by how little the Senate has achieved since passing the One Big Beautiful Bill.
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 16, 2026
“The public is upset about a lot of things,” Kennedy says, pointing to the cost of living, questions surrounding Iran, and concerns… pic.twitter.com/nuXXIWT5sn
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JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇪🇺 President Trump threatens to "stop trading with Europe" if Canada joins the European Union as an associate member. pic.twitter.com/NrsVtrBvKs
— Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) September 16, 2026
Gonna double down on the face plant?
JUST IN: Kamala Harris will campaign next week with Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed — her first joint appearance with him as Democrats try to unify a battleground that could decide the Senate. pic.twitter.com/gNY8kewvJk
— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) September 16, 2026
Rep. Massie pointing out the elephant in the room:
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) September 16, 2026
"The Republicans are running against socialism, and what are we promising if we win?
Socialism."
Brutal
Source: @RepThomasMassie / Writer: Ianpic.twitter.com/UXv01V3g2e https://t.co/2VkBQhSIzD
boognish_bear said:Sen. John Kennedy says he’s “very disappointed” and “embarrassed” by how little the Senate has achieved since passing the One Big Beautiful Bill.
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 16, 2026
“The public is upset about a lot of things,” Kennedy says, pointing to the cost of living, questions surrounding Iran, and concerns… pic.twitter.com/nuXXIWT5sn
Coming up on the half-way mark and there's nothing to show for
Trump: "We spent more than $2 billion in FEMA funding. You're waiting for some additional funding. I'm gonna get that to you. Now if Michael loses, I'm not sending it."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 17, 2026
Crowd: *groans* pic.twitter.com/RdZBi1qLfq
Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) privately sought tariff exemptions for Alabama while publicly praising Trump’s tariffs — WSJ pic.twitter.com/L3uqqWA3Hd
— NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) September 16, 2026
Massie: We’re in the majority. Why are we whining about The Save Act? We won the elections. Why are we saying the elections were stolen if we won them all? pic.twitter.com/sab4GGViw3
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 16, 2026
"Interest Rates in the United States should be 1%, or less, because we are the Best Credit in the World — BY FAR... LOWER THE INTEREST RATES FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND FAST!" - President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/n7LTkFpzvJ
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 16, 2026
BigGameBaylorBear said:
Fed independence lives another day. Trump doesn't get his cut
Crap, we going to fire another one now...
+15 Trump district https://t.co/9WRUYRynD8
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) September 17, 2026
Why is he bringing this anecdote back?
Trump: I'm in an electric boat and I see it going down and the water's pouring in, so I know I'm going to be electrocuted, but 5 yards away there are sharks. Do I take the electrocution or do I go swimming with the sharks, and you know what my answer was? I'll take the… pic.twitter.com/IeFwF9ps4N
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 17, 2026
Yeah, man. https://t.co/c6c2RpVxnV pic.twitter.com/UM732KuNsp
— Luke Thomas Gets Political (LTGP) (@LTGetsPolitical) September 17, 2026
Trump: I could have banned fishing. I'll tell you what, the power of this office is crazy. I could have banned fishing. I think I'm gonna do that just for a day or two… pic.twitter.com/SeyPMCzFxu
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 17, 2026
Trump on helipad: Everybody loves it. People are talking about it all over the country. It's really taken on a whole life. It’s really special. pic.twitter.com/6Vena86Nkf
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 17, 2026
There was that one time when he actually made some sense.
boognish_bear said:Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) privately sought tariff exemptions for Alabama while publicly praising Trump’s tariffs — WSJ pic.twitter.com/L3uqqWA3Hd
— NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) September 16, 2026
Because she is a politician. And she is smart enough to not anger her donors by not privately attacking them or her voters for not publicly supporting them
Her corporate donors hate tariffs. Her rank and file Republican voters support them.
[According to an ABC News/Ipsos poll, while 75% of total Republicans approve of Donald Trump's handling of tariffs, that support is heavily driven by MAGA Republicans (87% approval).]
Trump running on lower gas prices and no more foreign wars and then starting a war with Iran that literallly everyone except Pete Hegseth knew was going to be a quagmire has to be on the shortlist for dumbest political blunders in American history. https://t.co/ihXsPYWIlF
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) September 18, 2026
FLBear5630 said:J.R. said:FLBear5630 said:historian said:
The Dems have wanted socialized medicine for decades because they gain more power. They have been pushing for it at least since Truman and the late 1940s. Then there was Hillarycare, their next big push. Thank God we dodged that bullet. Obamacare is basically the same thing but they passed it anyone through their usual tactics: lying, cheating, stealing, back room deals, and unconstitutionality.
The insurance companies got into bed with the corrupt politicians and bureaucrats to create a huge unwieldy behemoth that was never going to succeed. It's impossible. And it was not meant to. It was designed to create a bigger mess they could use to call for "single payer" (Obama was saying that from the start) or "Medicare for all" and here we are.
The problem is that the more government controls anything, the more government destroy it. We must always remember that government is parasitic and does not create anything. It only destroys wealth, innovation, prosperity, success, and especially freedom. Socialized medicine, by whatever label (Marxists are very good at propaganda and we always have "useful idiots" who believe the lies), is all of this and more.
You have to get over this everything is a power move, you have been hanging around MAGA too long.
Cancer treatment is not a power move. Not being able to get a drug because you can't afford it is not a power move. My sister in law can ONLY get the pancreatic cancer meds as part of a study, if she is accepted, because it is too expensive. The great pancreatic cancer drugs the fake news reports, none of us common folk can't afford. Bet Jared and Ivanka can... And don't tell me it doesn't happen. I sat in the office with the oncologist.
My medication is up to $480 a month with insurance, not cancer med. While the CEO of the hospital make 2m a year. The ER is full because there is no option for them without insurance or a credit card. That is happening everyday, it is not "Fake News". That is private health care. Government has nothing to do with it, Insurance companies and peope like Sen. Rick Scott. Read up on him, the great conservative stalwart...
I have an antibiotic that is $3000 per bottle with Insurance. However, my concierge dr in the US can magically find a coupon for Free. Explain that to me.
Sorry, if my government is going to err in a direction of irresponsible spending, spending to make the lives of US citizens better is preferable to spending on blowing **** up or other Nations...
You don't feel like your life, or the lives of other American citizens, is better after the government spent trillions on tying to culturally reconstruct the Islamic world into Berkeley?
"The U.S. government has appropriated and spent an estimated $8 trillion on post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan."
At least the Taliban is not running Afghanistan and girls are finally back in school learning about modern art.
RFK Jr: "We are also looking at chemtrails" pic.twitter.com/9vjjdnXXjO
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 17, 2026
boognish_bear said:Yeah, man. https://t.co/c6c2RpVxnV pic.twitter.com/UM732KuNsp
— Luke Thomas Gets Political (LTGP) (@LTGetsPolitical) September 17, 2026
Can't blame him. Trump ran an awesome campaign in 2024, that's why Republicans won everything
The problem is the people who can't admit that Trump 2.0 is a total failure
Redbrickbear said:FLBear5630 said:J.R. said:FLBear5630 said:historian said:
The Dems have wanted socialized medicine for decades because they gain more power. They have been pushing for it at least since Truman and the late 1940s. Then there was Hillarycare, their next big push. Thank God we dodged that bullet. Obamacare is basically the same thing but they passed it anyone through their usual tactics: lying, cheating, stealing, back room deals, and unconstitutionality.
The insurance companies got into bed with the corrupt politicians and bureaucrats to create a huge unwieldy behemoth that was never going to succeed. It's impossible. And it was not meant to. It was designed to create a bigger mess they could use to call for "single payer" (Obama was saying that from the start) or "Medicare for all" and here we are.
The problem is that the more government controls anything, the more government destroy it. We must always remember that government is parasitic and does not create anything. It only destroys wealth, innovation, prosperity, success, and especially freedom. Socialized medicine, by whatever label (Marxists are very good at propaganda and we always have "useful idiots" who believe the lies), is all of this and more.
You have to get over this everything is a power move, you have been hanging around MAGA too long.
Cancer treatment is not a power move. Not being able to get a drug because you can't afford it is not a power move. My sister in law can ONLY get the pancreatic cancer meds as part of a study, if she is accepted, because it is too expensive. The great pancreatic cancer drugs the fake news reports, none of us common folk can't afford. Bet Jared and Ivanka can... And don't tell me it doesn't happen. I sat in the office with the oncologist.
My medication is up to $480 a month with insurance, not cancer med. While the CEO of the hospital make 2m a year. The ER is full because there is no option for them without insurance or a credit card. That is happening everyday, it is not "Fake News". That is private health care. Government has nothing to do with it, Insurance companies and peope like Sen. Rick Scott. Read up on him, the great conservative stalwart...
I have an antibiotic that is $3000 per bottle with Insurance. However, my concierge dr in the US can magically find a coupon for Free. Explain that to me.
Sorry, if my government is going to err in a direction of irresponsible spending, spending to make the lives of US citizens better is preferable to spending on blowing **** up or other Nations...
You don't feel like your life, or the lives of other American citizens, is better after the government spent trillions on tying to culturally reconstruct the Islamic world into Berkeley?
"The U.S. government has appropriated and spent an estimated $8 trillion on post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan."
At least the Taliban is not running Afghanistan and girls are finally back in school learning about modern art.
Yeah, we do such a good. Read a little about Afghanistan's history. Women there had suffrage one year before the US. Like Iran, in the 50's, 60's and 70's women went to schools, became judges, and were pretty western. I am coming to the conclusion that the "superpowers" need to mind their own business and religion needs to STAY OUT of politics.
Then and Now: The Role of Women in Afghanistan
keep givin' 'em hades, sweet donny!!!
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boognish_bear said:Sen. John Kennedy says he’s “very disappointed” and “embarrassed” by how little the Senate has achieved since passing the One Big Beautiful Bill.
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 16, 2026
“The public is upset about a lot of things,” Kennedy says, pointing to the cost of living, questions surrounding Iran, and concerns… pic.twitter.com/nuXXIWT5sn
One of the few R's I respect for. Always liked him as he is a straight shooter.
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US poverty rate dips to lowest on record, Census Bureau says
September 15, 20268:25 AM MDT
WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. poverty rate edged down to the lowest on record in 2025, while median household income hit a record high, the Census Bureau said on Tuesday. There were 34.5 million people in poverty in 2025, the agency said.
The decline marked the second consecutive annual drop in the poverty rate and brought it to its lowest level since the bureau began tracking the measure. It came as policymakers debate the impact of federal spending cuts on safety-net programs.
The poverty rate the percentage of people living in poverty dipped 0.5 percentage point to 10.2% last year, the bureau said. The supplemental measure of poverty, which takes into account non-cash government benefits and taxes, was at 13.1%, and the median household income increased 2.6% to $87,460.
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US poverty rate dips to lowest on record, Census Bureau says
September 15, 20268:25 AM MDT
WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. poverty rate edged down to the lowest on record in 2025, while median household income hit a record high, the Census Bureau said on Tuesday. There were 34.5 million people in poverty in 2025, the agency said.
The decline marked the second consecutive annual drop in the poverty rate and brought it to its lowest level since the bureau began tracking the measure. It came as policymakers debate the impact of federal spending cuts on safety-net programs.
The poverty rate the percentage of people living in poverty dipped 0.5 percentage point to 10.2% last year, the bureau said. The supplemental measure of poverty, which takes into account non-cash government benefits and taxes, was at 13.1%, and the median household income increased 2.6% to $87,460.
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EXCLUSIVE
Anthropic quietly sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug program
At a time when fears of AI are gripping the public, the startup has built a wet lab or place for physical experiments in the San Francisco Bay Area, two people familiar with the matter said.
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In politics, regulatory capture (also called agency capture) is a form of corruption of authority that occurs when a political entity, policymaker, or regulator is co-opted to serve the commercial, ideological, or political interests of a minor constituency, such as a particular geographic area, industry, profession, or ideological group.[1][2]
When regulatory capture occurs, a special interest is prioritized over the general interests of the public, leading to a net loss for society. The theory of client politics is related to that of rent-seeking and political failure; client politics "occurs when most or all of the benefits of a program go to some single, reasonably small interest (e.g., industry, profession, or locality) but most or all of the costs will be borne by a large number of people (for example, all taxpayers)".[3]
EXCLUSIVE
Anthropic quietly sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug program
At a time when fears of AI are gripping the public, the startup has built a wet lab or place for physical experiments in the San Francisco Bay Area, two people familiar with the matter said.
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In politics, regulatory capture (also called agency capture) is a form of corruption of authority that occurs when a political entity, policymaker, or regulator is co-opted to serve the commercial, ideological, or political interests of a minor constituency, such as a particular geographic area, industry, profession, or ideological group.[1][2]
When regulatory capture occurs, a special interest is prioritized over the general interests of the public, leading to a net loss for society. The theory of client politics is related to that of rent-seeking and political failure; client politics "occurs when most or all of the benefits of a program go to some single, reasonably small interest (e.g., industry, profession, or locality) but most or all of the costs will be borne by a large number of people (for example, all taxpayers)".[3]
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Rep. Jordan suggests ActBlue is in legal jeopardy after latest report on company's fraud policies
New findings allege that the almost exclusively leftist fundraising platform ActBlue failed to properly verify foreign donor identities, prompting renewed calls for Justice Department intervention.
Lawmakers are accusing ActBlue executives of a cover-up, with House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, warning the fundraising giant could be in serious legal jeopardy over its lax security controls and officials' testimony to Congress.
Jordan's Judiciary Committee, along with the House Administration and Oversight Committees, released the third interim report detailing the joint congressional investigation into ActBlue. The three committees launched the probe into the fundraising giant in 2024 after reviewing evidence that the platform, which is widely used by Democratic Party campaigns and progressive causes, accepted donations from foreign sources and employed lax verification standards.
The new report provides evidence that its passport verification system, which it previously told Congress was designed to exclude foreign donors from contributing to its system, did not actually verify passport numbers at all. Instead, ActBlue only verified that the number of characters matched the number used in valid passport numbers, according to internal company messages released by the committees.
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Rep. Jordan suggests ActBlue is in legal jeopardy after latest report on company's fraud policies
New findings allege that the almost exclusively leftist fundraising platform ActBlue failed to properly verify foreign donor identities, prompting renewed calls for Justice Department intervention.
Lawmakers are accusing ActBlue executives of a cover-up, with House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, warning the fundraising giant could be in serious legal jeopardy over its lax security controls and officials' testimony to Congress.
Jordan's Judiciary Committee, along with the House Administration and Oversight Committees, released the third interim report detailing the joint congressional investigation into ActBlue. The three committees launched the probe into the fundraising giant in 2024 after reviewing evidence that the platform, which is widely used by Democratic Party campaigns and progressive causes, accepted donations from foreign sources and employed lax verification standards.
The new report provides evidence that its passport verification system, which it previously told Congress was designed to exclude foreign donors from contributing to its system, did not actually verify passport numbers at all. Instead, ActBlue only verified that the number of characters matched the number used in valid passport numbers, according to internal company messages released by the committees.
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BREAKING - A 92-page report by the California State Auditor has found that over $70 billion in taxpayer funds have been lost, including $2.5 billion in SNAP fraud, $24 billion on fighting homelessness, and $18 billion for a high-speed rail where not a single track has been laid.
BREAKING - A 92-page report by the California State Auditor has found that over $70 billion in taxpayer funds have been lost, including $2.5 billion in SNAP fraud, $24 billion on fighting homelessness, and $18 billion for a high-speed rail where not a single track has been laid.
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An Arizona addiction treatment clinic owner has been sentenced to 14 Years in prison for her leadership role in $69 million medicaid fraud scheme.
**** ***** ****** pleaded guilty to fraudulently billing Arizona's Medicaid agency more than $69 million in less than one year for addiction treatment therapy.
Many of the patients the defendant used to fuel her scheme were Native Americans covered by Arizona Medicaid under a specific program that reimbursed at higher rates than other Medicaid programs.
She has also been ordered to pay almost $55 million in restitution, and to forfeit almost $9.5 million in fraud proceeds seized from seven bank accounts she controlled and almost $7 million in real estate properties.
An Arizona addiction treatment clinic owner has been sentenced to 14 Years in prison for her leadership role in $69 million medicaid fraud scheme.
**** ***** ****** pleaded guilty to fraudulently billing Arizona's Medicaid agency more than $69 million in less than one year for addiction treatment therapy.
Many of the patients the defendant used to fuel her scheme were Native Americans covered by Arizona Medicaid under a specific program that reimbursed at higher rates than other Medicaid programs.
She has also been ordered to pay almost $55 million in restitution, and to forfeit almost $9.5 million in fraud proceeds seized from seven bank accounts she controlled and almost $7 million in real estate properties.
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HE GOT A VISA. THEN HE STAYED TWENTY YEARS.
Jose ****-****** ****** is 49 and from El Salvador. He entered the United States legally in December 2004. His permission expired in June 2005. ICE says he refused to leave and lived here illegally for more than two decades.
On August 31, ICE officers arrested him in Falls Church, Virginia. Colorado wants him on felony charges for sexual assault of a child by a person of trust, solicitation of child prostitution, and using the internet to lure a child with intent to exploit. Glenwood Springs police had already arrested him in March 2024.
ICE's Washington Field Office Director Robert Guadian called him a substantial threat and exactly the kind of criminal alien ICE means by the worst of the worst. He is in ICE custody pending removal while they coordinate with Colorado on the criminal case.
Local Virginia covered it. National cable mostly did not.
HE GOT A VISA. THEN HE STAYED TWENTY YEARS.
Jose ****-****** ****** is 49 and from El Salvador. He entered the United States legally in December 2004. His permission expired in June 2005. ICE says he refused to leave and lived here illegally for more than two decades.
On August 31, ICE officers arrested him in Falls Church, Virginia. Colorado wants him on felony charges for sexual assault of a child by a person of trust, solicitation of child prostitution, and using the internet to lure a child with intent to exploit. Glenwood Springs police had already arrested him in March 2024.
ICE's Washington Field Office Director Robert Guadian called him a substantial threat and exactly the kind of criminal alien ICE means by the worst of the worst. He is in ICE custody pending removal while they coordinate with Colorado on the criminal case.
Local Virginia covered it. National cable mostly did not.
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boognish_bear said:Trump running on lower gas prices and no more foreign wars and then starting a war with Iran that literallly everyone except Pete Hegseth knew was going to be a quagmire has to be on the shortlist for dumbest political blunders in American history. https://t.co/ihXsPYWIlF
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) September 18, 2026
I have been saying it for months and months but the Republicans are going to get trounced in November. People are voting with their wallets not their 401s. The economy sucks unless you are already rich and getting richer off the high prices.
And Trump will blame everyone but himself.
Then we will get 2 years of him crying on social media because he can't get anything done and the Dems will try to impeach him every other month. So nothing will get done at any branch of government for 2 years.
On a plus side, hopefully the Dems trying to play lawfare against Trump will cause everyone to want to get rid of them and we can get a sane R back in the White House.
cowboycwr said:boognish_bear said:Trump running on lower gas prices and no more foreign wars and then starting a war with Iran that literallly everyone except Pete Hegseth knew was going to be a quagmire has to be on the shortlist for dumbest political blunders in American history. https://t.co/ihXsPYWIlF
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) September 18, 2026
I have been saying it for months and months but the Republicans are going to get trounced in November. People are voting with their wallets not their 401s. The economy sucks unless you are already rich and getting richer off the high prices.
And Trump will blame everyone but himself.
Then we will get 2 years of him crying on social media because he can't get anything done and the Dems will try to impeach him every other month. So nothing will get done at any branch of government for 2 years.
On a plus side, hopefully the Dems trying to play lawfare against Trump will cause everyone to want to get rid of them and we can get a sane R back in the White House.
Sane R??? There are none left. They are now all Independents or out of politics. Trump did long term damage to the GOP. They brow beat all the rational people out. We may get an Independent.
FLBear5630 said:cowboycwr said:boognish_bear said:Trump running on lower gas prices and no more foreign wars and then starting a war with Iran that literallly everyone except Pete Hegseth knew was going to be a quagmire has to be on the shortlist for dumbest political blunders in American history. https://t.co/ihXsPYWIlF
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) September 18, 2026
I have been saying it for months and months but the Republicans are going to get trounced in November. People are voting with their wallets not their 401s. The economy sucks unless you are already rich and getting richer off the high prices.
And Trump will blame everyone but himself.
Then we will get 2 years of him crying on social media because he can't get anything done and the Dems will try to impeach him every other month. So nothing will get done at any branch of government for 2 years.
On a plus side, hopefully the Dems trying to play lawfare against Trump will cause everyone to want to get rid of them and we can get a sane R back in the White House.
Sane R??? There are none left. They are now all Independents or out of politics. Trump did long term damage to the GOP. They brow beat all the rational people out. We may get an Independent.
There are plenty left. They just keep mostly quite right now. But that will change once Trump is lame duck. They will start to speak out against him.
Desantis is the first to come to mind.
President Trump said he is banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House over their coverage of his administration. He said the ban would take effect immediately, and he said he planned to ban other outlets in the future.
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) September 18, 2026
🎥 Read more: https://t.co/dz7GExFd1W pic.twitter.com/rh5pkAwkt0
cowboycwr said:FLBear5630 said:cowboycwr said:boognish_bear said:
,Trump running on lower gas prices and no more foreign wars and then starting a war with Iran that literallly everyone except Pete Hegseth knew was going to be a quagmire has to be on the shortlist for dumbest political blunders in American history. https://t.co/ihXsPYWIlF
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) September 18, 2026
I have been saying it for months and months but the Republicans are going to get trounced in November. People are voting with their wallets not their 401s. The economy sucks unless you are already rich and getting richer off the high prices.
And Trump will blame everyone but himself.
Then we will get 2 years of him crying on social media because he can't get anything done and the Dems will try to impeach him every other month. So nothing will get done at any branch of government for 2 years.
On a plus side, hopefully the Dems trying to play lawfare against Trump will cause everyone to want to get rid of them and we can get a sane R back in the White House.
Sane R??? There are none left. They are now all Independents or out of politics. Trump did long term damage to the GOP. They brow beat all the rational people out. We may get an Independent.
There are plenty left. They just keep mostly quite right now. But that will change once Trump is lame duck. They will start to speak out against him.
Desantis is the first to come to mind.
We do not want DeSantis as President. Great job with COVID, good on the operations. Competent, intelligent and driven. But, Authoritarian and vindictive as hell.
You want one person in each Department having 100% power, he is the guy. If you want the checks and balances, no way.