“The U.S. economy is booming"

Quote Trump.

So why, according to Trump & Company? Because of cuts to regulations! You know, like gutting the EPA, OSHA, and the whole alphabet soup. Not because of skyrocketing energy prices! Not because of Trump’s war with Iran. No, it’s all because, according to Trump, he’s polluting the planet, cutting workplace safety protections, and slashing programs for people with disabilities.

The Washington Times writes;

Mr. Trump says the U.S. is in a “golden age” of economic production and contends that prices will come down once he settles the war after the midterms. He also says new factories from foreign investments will spark a job boom.

Investment in new equipment increased by 21% for the quarter, according to the Commerce Department. 

Mr. Trump attributed the surge to tax credits in GOP legislation and his tariffs, which forced some foreign companies to set up shop in America to avoid the levies.

“All these companies are coming in. They’re flooding America,” Mr. Trump said.

Dream on, dream on!

We know that economic growth, corporate investment, and prosperity for ordinary Americans are not the same thing. And the lies just make us even angrier. Does Trump think we're stupid?

Something Big Is Coming Our Way!

Connect the dots!

Item #1: Automatic military draft registration starts this year: What to know.

Item #2: US Army Starts Practicing Digging Mass Battlefield Graves

Item #3: Iran War Updates: Trump says war "going to end soon" as Qatar pushes for a U.S.-Iran deal

Item #4: Putin fires warning that Russia stands ‘ready for war’ with Europe and ‘there will be no winners’

Item #5: Taiwan demands that China end its military activity in nearby waters

Item #6: What Is FORTRESS? Pentagon’s 90-Day Plan to Keep US Military Bases Running

Item #7: ‘Their Plan Is Insane’: Senator Issues Grave Warning About Post-Election Assault on Iran

I don’t like the way the dots connect! There is a lot of “Saber Rattling” going on. There is a lot of instability going on around the world right now...

I asked ChatGPT about this;

That perspective gets right to the heart of **why historical parallels feel so intense**.

The fear today isn't usually that a single leader *wants* to press a button to start World War III; it’s the fear of a **1914-style diplomatic domino effect**—a situation where separate crises in different regions overlap, create miscalculations, and spiral out of control before anyone can step back.

### The Parallel to 1914

When people look at current events through the lens of WWI, they notice three main structural similarities:

1. **Multiple Flashpoints Active at Once:** In 1914, it was the Balkans, Franco-German border friction, and naval rivalries in the North Sea. Today, news streams jump between the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and the Taiwan Strait.

2. **Shift to "Peer Competition" Doctrine:** For 20 years after 9/11, Western militaries focused on counterterrorism and asymmetric warfare. Today, military exercises like the U.S. Army testing temporary battlefield interment procedures during *Operation Dragon Covenant Phase II* reflect a shift back to planning for high-intensity, peer-vs-peer conflict.

3. **Rigid Postures & Deterrence Traps:** In 1914, mobilization schedules were so strict that once troops started moving, leaders felt they couldn't stop without risking defeat. Today, massive regional deployments, red lines, and public declarations can make backing down politically difficult for any country involved.

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### Key Differences from 1914

While the structural pressures feel familiar, historians and strategic analysts point out several critical safeguards that exist today that were entirely absent in 1914:

* **Nuclear Deterrence (MAD):** In 1914, European leaders genuinely believed a modern war would be "over by Christmas." Today, direct conflict between major nuclear powers carries an undeniable threat of total devastation, which forces high-level caution even during intense posturing.

* **Instant Direct Communication:** World War I escalated partly because leaders communicated via slow, formal telegrams, misinterpreting intent at every turn. Today, hotline communications, direct military-to-military channels, and third-party diplomatic intermediaries (like Qatar or regional partners) allow rapid de-escalation dialog.

* **Economic Interdependence:** While supply chains are shifting, major world economies remain deeply intertwined, creating massive financial disincentives against full-scale war.

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### Summary

Comparing today's atmosphere to 1914 is understandable—it highlights how dangerous "saber-rattling" can be when multiple regional conflicts exist simultaneously. But while the *preparations* look alarming, the fundamental objective of modern military posturing and diplomacy remains **deterrence**: demonstrating capability so that a major conflict never actually begins.

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Updated: @ 2:30PM: Added item #6.

Updated: @ 2:45PM: Added item #7.

Alaska!

That is all I have to say, and you know exactly what I mean.

There are two Dan Sullivans on the ballot:

Sullivan, Dan S. (Registered Republican) Incumbent

Sullivan, Daniel J. Jr.

Can you tell the difference? Can you pick out which Sullivan is the Republican? Can you tell who is the Independent?

That is what the battle is about! The Republicans are hopping up and down, pointing fingers! "SEE! SEE! See what they did!"

Okay, how did he get on the ballot? For that, we have to look at how you get on the ballot in Alaska. In most states, you have to collect "X" number of signatures from voters, but not in Alaska.

In Alaska, all you have to do is pay $100 and... voilà, you are on the ballot!

The Alaska Supreme Court has put in its 2¢!

In June, CBS News reported that…

The battle of the Dan Sullivans is on. 

The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Republican candidate with the same name as GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan can challenge the sitting lawmaker in the state's Senate primary in August. The high court upheld a ruling from a lower court judge that cleared the way for Daniel J. Sullivan to appear on the primary ballot, reversing a decision by state officials earlier this month that he was ineligible because he was allegedly trying to confuse voters.

The state Supreme Court directed Alaska's Division of Elections to decide how Daniel J. Sullivan should be listed on the ballot "within the confines of existing Alaska ballot design law."

The Alaska Supreme Court ruled on whether the state could keep the second Sullivan off the ballot. The court said no. The feds have zero jurisdiction over Alaska!

Verdict writes:

Yet the fact that there is a genuine reason for concern does not mean that there is a legal basis for the DOJ’s lawsuit. There is not, as should be apparent to anyone with even a rudimentary legal education who reads the DOJ complaint. It cites no provision of federal law obligating states to mitigate any confusing effect of candidates with similar names. That’s because there is no applicable federal law.

But you know darn well this is going to the Supreme Court!

However, I don’t think that it will end in the courts; I think that it will end on January 3rd, when Congress begins the new term and swears in members as mandated by the Twentieth Amendment.

The question will be… "Will Congress vote for the party or the voters?"

If there is a problem, then it is with Alaska state law. Here in Connecticut, you need 1% of voters to sign a petition for you to get on the ballot in Alaska the is simply too low. But that is a state decision to make, not a federal one!

Then we have this...

[/Political Analysis]

You Know How We Feel…

When foreign money comes in for our elections… we hate it and have laws against it. So why did the Vice President think it was okay to try to sway a Brazilian election? And under whose authority? 

Item #1 & #2: Rockbridge Network & the Investigations

Was This JD Vance Group Trying to Fund Bolsonaro? Brazil Wants to Know

Brazil has ordered an investigation into a donor network tied to Vice President JD Vance.

The New Republic

Hafiz Rashid

October 28, 2026

A Brazilian judge has ordered an investigation into a donor network co-founded by Vice President JD Vance, saying it may have aided right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil’s presidential election.

The Washington Post reports that Brazil Supreme Court Justice Flávio Dino has ordered Brazilian federal police to investigate the contacts between Vance’s Rockbridge Network and any Brazilian political operatives or companies. It’s illegal in Brazil for political candidates to accept assistance or aid from overseas.

[…]

“The Brazilians made false representations about their relationship with Rockbridge and created documents representing or referencing Rockbridge without Rockbridge’s knowledge or consent,” the network said in a statement Tuesday.

Bolsonaro is under investigation for fraud and money laundering in Brazil, and has fled to the U.S. after the State Department reportedly granted him and his family visas. He left before Brazilian police could seize his passport, as the country’s Supreme Court had ordered. If Vance’s group was helping Bolsonaro, that would only add to his charges, and show how far the Trump administration is willing to interfere in other countries’ elections even as it fearmongers about the same happening in the U.S.

Folha de S.Paulo reported that…

Rockbridge Network, a U.S. conservative group founded by Vice President J.D. Vance, reached out to Brazilian businesspeople and politicians about a possible expansion into Brazil. The interest gained prominence after presidential candidate Renan Santos (Missão) suggested that the Americans would support Flávio Bolsonaro’s campaign, an allegation denied by those involved but which prompted a request for an investigation by Brazil’s Supreme Court.

So the Trump administration thinks it's alright to interfere in other countries' elections like we have done in the past? Like in Colombia & Panama (1903), Egypt (1952), Iran (1953), Panama (1989), and now Iran (2026).

Here in the U.S. we have laws banning foreign influence in our elections: the Foreign Money Ban (52 U.S.C. § 30121) and the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA - 22 U.S.C. § 611)—both designed to prevent what the Vice President is doing in Brazil!

Meanwhile, Flávio Bolsonaro flees Brazil with the government hot on his heels for fraud and other crimes, heading to the United States to join his pal Trump.

Brazil Orders Election Interference Probe Into Vance Donor Network, Polymarket and Meta

A sweeping Supreme Court order targets alleged foreign financing, paid influencers, social media algorithms and AI-powered political manipulation.

Meidas News

Oct 28, 2026

By Brett Meiselas

Key points:

• Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered a federal investigation into alleged foreign interference in its presidential election.
• Authorities will examine donor networks, influencers, Polymarket, Meta algorithms, artificial intelligence, and potential mineral deals.
• The allegations remain unproven; investigators will determine whether unlawful foreign assistance or manipulation occurred.

Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered a sweeping federal investigation into alleged foreign interference in the country’s presidential election, placing a powerful American donor network co-founded by Vice President JD Vance under scrutiny alongside allegations involving Polymarket, Meta, paid political influencers, artificial intelligence and even potential deals involving Brazil’s valuable mineral resources.

The 38-page ruling, issued Tuesday by Supreme Court Justice Flávio Dino, directs Brazil’s Federal Police to investigate whether foreign actors secretly provided financial or other assistance to the presidential campaign of Flávio Bolsonaro, the right-wing son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who lost Sunday’s election to incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

But the investigation extends well beyond traditional campaign financing. It also raises questions about the increasingly sophisticated digital machinery that can be deployed to influence elections: undisclosed payments to social media personalities, online betting markets used to promote political narratives, algorithms that allegedly favor one candidate over another, and artificial intelligence technology capable of flooding the internet with fake accounts and disinformation.

And this is the guy Trump opened his arms to!

What's ironic is that this is not the first time a Bolsonaro has fled to the United States: Jair Bolsonaro (the father), and now Flávio Bolsonaro (the son).

I guess sleazebags flock together, just like birds of a feather.

So follow the money!

1. U.S. Networks Export Political Money & Strategy

 (Rockbridge Network / Foreign Tech Channels) 

2. Target Nation Investigates Illegal Interference

 (Brazil Federal Police & Supreme Court Probes)

3. The Candidate Defies Courts & Flees to U.S. Safe Harbor

 (Flávio Bolsonaro lands in Miami)  

4. The Domestic Backlash Reaches the U.S. Backer

(Brazilian authorities probe U.S. networks/JD Vance)

Big Brother Is Watching You!

It is a marriage made in a Brave New World and 1984... it is a "Thought Crime" it is the marriage of AI and ALPRs! The feds are using a network of more than 120,000 cameras being fed into AI. It’s not about whether you have committed a crime, but whether you "may" be committing a crime according to an AI!

More drivers pulled over as AI deems driving patterns ‘suspicious,’ ACLU warns

News Nation

Sana Azem

Oct 27, 2026

More American drivers are being pulled over as law enforcement agencies use automated license plate readers and Artificial Intelligence tools to deem their driving patterns “suspicious,” according to the American Civil Liberties Union.

The civil rights group warns that police are using AI-identified driving patterns as a reason to pull people over, saying that the growing use of AI license plate surveillance from Flock and other companies is leading to more people being stopped, even if they did not do anything wrong.

Not that you are doing anything wrong... you are just acting ‘suspicious’ according to a computer!

In their report, ACLU spoke to a woman who was taking a road trip, which included driving through Oregon, Texas, and Louisiana, when she was stopped by an officer.

When the woman reportedly left New Orleans, she noticed that a police car was following her, and although she was going at a normal speed, an officer pulled her over.

The woman, identified as Grace Knowles in her 20s, said that the officer made an excuse for stopping her, which was that she had been in the left lane for too long. Knowles, according to the ACLU, told the officer she was taking a road trip. He asked her for proof, and when she showed the proof, he relaxed.

The officer eventually identified himself as a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who was on a project for human and drug trafficking. He told her that he had to be sure because when he scanned her plate, he could see she had suspicious travel patterns.

Do you remember how in the novel 1984 surveillance by the Party was constant using two-way telescreens in homes and workplaces? Well the Institute for Justice writes:

Dozens of Innocent Motorists Have Been Pulled Over, Detained at Gunpoint, or Jailed Due to AI License Plate Camera Errors

As the number of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) has skyrocketed nationwide, erroneous stops, detainments and arrests are becoming increasingly common.

Christopher Ingraham

July 20, 2026

In February of this year, a Flock camera in Sherwood, Arkansas, misread the license plate of an SUV, leading officers to detain an innocent couple at gunpoint while their six-week-old baby sat alone in a car seat in the back of the vehicle.

“Those cameras are placed everywhere, and they hit license plates,” one of the officers explained as they uncuffed the couple after realizing their error several minutes later. “I’m not gonna say they’re completely perfect, because, you know, that’s modern technology.” 

As the number of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) has skyrocketed nationwide, errors like this one are becoming increasingly common. An Institute for Justice (IJ) review of media reports and court records finds there have been at least 27 such cases since 2018, with the majority of those happening since 2023. 

[...]

“Every one of those stops is a high-risk encounter where a wrong move, a misunderstanding, or a moment of fear can turn deadly,” said Michael Soyfer, an IJ attorney who is representing residents of San Jose and Norfolk in lawsuits challenging their cities’ ALPR surveillance networks. “No one should have to prove their innocence on the side of the road because a camera couldn’t tell a zero from an O.” 

The recent uptick in ALPR errors owes largely to Flock Safety, which in the past several years has become the leading ALPR provider in the market. The company claims its cameras accurately capture 93 out of every 100 license plates that pass by them.  

And I wouldn't brag about an error rate of 7%!

Also, people think that the camera photos are kept at the local police station in their town... WRONG! They go into a national database where a computer builds a profile on you: your habits, your favorite stores, the places you go to relax! Big Brother is watching you!

I’m Not Voting!

How many time have you heard… the parties are the same! Or “My vote won’t make a difference? 

Didn’t you see ICE agent kill a person in cold blood and then lie about what happened? Haven’t you heard about the war in Iran? Haven’t you seen all the anti-trans laws that have been passed? Haven’t you heard all the lies? One party is trying to wipe us off the map. One party is passing laws to protect us! 

As for your vote not making a difference? 

Three dictators have just been voted out of office! In just over six months, Hungary voted Orbán out, Serbia's voters rejected Vučić's ruling party, and Brazil reelected Lula over Bolsonaro's son. Elections can change the course of a country. Show up and vote!

How many times have you heard this?

I’m a Republican…

But they’re talking about the “ol'-time Republicans” — back when the debate was government vs. government. Before Trump, the argument was over small government, like the EPA, OSHA, MSHA, NIOSH, CDC, and the whole alphabet soup.

But now it’s “anti-” they’re against the “melting pot,” they interfere in the doctor-patient relationship, they’re against the LGBTQ+ community, and they criminalize homelessness. They are not your parents’ party!

Here in Connecticut, the shift was very clear. I do a workshop on trans history, and these are the slides…

The first slide is the vote in the Senate in 2007. Notice the vote: Yea = 30, Nay = 4. Almost unanimous!

This slide is the vote when the bill was passed the nondiscrimination bill in 2011…

Right down party lines!

One of the Republican senators that I knew was for the bill. In the first Senate vote, he voted for the bill, but in the second vote he voted against it, and when the bill passed, he gave us a thumbs-up.

For those who still vote red because they have always voted red, it’s time to wake up and smell the roses, as they are led down the road to fascism! Vote Blue!

Hacked!

Trump has been saying that the voting machines can be hacked! Which is just another one of Trump's lies!

Don't you think that the states tried to hack them before they bought them? Does Trump think that the states are to stupid to test them?

Connecticut Tried to Hack Its New Voting Machines Before Buying Them. Here's What Happened.

As national claims about voting machine security  resurface, Secretary Thomas explains why voters can have confidence in tabulator results.

In the 2012–2018 hit TV show Scandal, created and produced by Connecticut resident Shonda Rhimes, voting tabulators are rigged to help ensure that character Fitzgerald "Fitz" Grant is elected U.S. president.

Recently revived claims from the White House that foreign-made components in voting machines present a national security risk and could lead to tabulators being hacked this election have resurfaced in the news.

But Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas is among top U.S. election officials assuring the public that, just like Scandal, that story is fiction. And she has a compelling story to share about why Connecticut voters can be confident their votes will be counted accurately.

In 2024, as Connecticut prepared to invest $20 million to replace voting equipment that had been in use for nearly two decades, Secretary Thomas and other state election officials wanted to be sure the equipment they were considering could withstand attempts to compromise its security.

So, Secretary Thomas said, they enlisted researchers from UConn's Voting Technology Research (VoTeR) Center to try to hack the tabulators made by the companies competing for the contract.

Known as white-hat hacking, the practice involves authorized attempts to breach computer systems to uncover weaknesses before malicious actors can exploit them.

As part of the process, UConn researchers also examined the procedures used to prepare and operate the equipment, looking for potential vulnerabilities that could affect election security.

Just another one in Trump's endless lies. He is trying to weaken our electoral process, to create doubt in our elections! To subvert elections in the United States!