Moderate Democrats Defend Opening the Government - Trump47

Guardian: Reports in its 3.17pm post that moderate Democrats are defending  their vote to open the Government.

Lets Get Real:

As the Guardian points out none of the Moderates are up for re-election  in 2026 Mid Terms,  of the eight only two are retiring in 2026, so no political cost to them. Democrats will have to explain why they shut the government for 40 days and Republicans will have to produce their own health plan, if they have one.  They have hated ObamaCare since the start, and the subsidiaries to ObamaCare was due to covid outbreak, that is the problem with welfare, once given it is hard to take back.

Obama Care and the Mid Terms - Trump47

CNN: Reports on the consequences of the US Government Shutdown for the Democrats.

Lets Get Real:

CNN is showing its bias, they castgate the Democratic moderates in the US Senate, the cave in does not match their hatred of Trump, would rather see people starve than deal with Trump.  The left wanted a fight, the cave in has to rise the question why the Democrats Shutdown the government in the first place, will they gain in the 2026 Mid Terms, or will the news cycle have have moved on. A win for Trump, perhaps, depends how he plays it over the days and weeks ahead.

US Senate Approves Resolution Opening Government - Trump47

BBC News; Reports in its 1.57am post that the US Senate approves resolution to open Government, the Resoultion now goes to the US House of Representatives.

Lets Get Real:

The Dems in the Senate just caved, they get a promise of a vote on Obama care subsidiaries, thar is all, the House is more complicated, the Democratic Left can bring more pressure to keep the Government shut, in till they get what they want on Obama Care subsidiaries, more money as usual from the government.  The next fight in the House.

 

Russia does not want peace yet - Trump47

Sky News: Reports in its 6.08pm post that President Trump has stated thar Russia dies not want to stop the War yet.

Lets Get Real:

The above the reason that the Trump Oval cancelled the Hungary Summit with President Putin of Russia.  The Reports from the Russian perspective is that they are winning more ground in the Ukraine, thus do not want a ceasefire, Ukraine disagrees with this assessment.

Future of the Democratic Party ? - Trump47

Guardian; Reports in its 7.09pm post that President Trump has  called Zohran Mamdani,  the Mayor Elect of New York a Communist.

Lets Get Real:

This blog had to chuckle at the latest from POTUS, the Mayor Elect is a socialist, the same as Senator Sanders, bad yes, not a disaster, if Mamdani does go all socialist then the good people will kick him put in four years, it will give the Trump Oval someone he  can be critical of all the time, Democrats will have to defend whatever his socialist policies, and the Mid Terms are next and then the big one, 2028 Presidential Election.

Tariffs before the US Supreme Court - Trump47

BBC News: Reports that the use of Tariffs by President Trump is before the US Supreme Court.

Lets Get Real:

The article gives the impression that the US Supreme  Court is not buying the Trump arguments on the authority of POTUS to set Tariffs due to the national debt, the Liberal justices want to show the limit of the Presidential power in the case of Trump, some part of the constitution must be able to block Trump, at this rate we have an Imperial President, just look at Trump's demolition of the East Wing without permission from anyone.  Reagan did not support Tariffs, and only used them for very special cases.

Former VP Cheney Dies - Bush 43 Era

BBC News: Reports in its 3.19pm post on the political career of former VP Richard Cheney.

Lets Get Real:

VP Richard Cheney was a giant of US politics, Deputy Chief and later Chief of Staff to President Ford after the Watergate scandal had bought down Richard Nixon, a Congressman who was a Reagan foot solider in the Congress, defended Reagan during the Iran - Contra scandal, Defence Secretary to Bush 41, was a key character in Gulf War 1, and later VP to Bush 43, and bought political weight to the Republican ticket, Cheney and was firm supporter of the Iraq War.  The close relationship between the VP and POTUS took a hit due to peace disaster that was Iraq, also Bush 43 would not pardon Scooter Libby for breaking the law, in fact Trump in one of the first things he did was the Oval was to pardon Libby.  This did not help with the frosty non relationship between Cheney and Trump.  The former VP voted for VP Harris in 2024.