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TruthSage

Category: Governmental

Relating to Government- politics, government types and systems, effects on the governed

  • A Challenge to Democrats

    20261105

    First I will present a challenge to Jake Broe specifically. Then I will present a challenge to all of the Democrats that were elected to an office in this 2026 mid-term election.

    Let’s establish this right up front. I don’t like Trump and I didn’t vote for him. While I do agree with some of his positions I strongly disagree with many of them. I am greatly offended by how he has conducted himself and how he has represented the United States. His treatment of our allies and our trading partners is inexcusable and goes against our national interests. His actions have done significant damage to the United States of America’s standing in the world that will take decades to repair and some of it may never be able to be repaired. He has negatively damaged the national security interests of the United States.

    Okay, so who is Jake Broe? He is an internet/YouTube blogger/vlogger/influencer. As of the writing of this article his YouTube channel has 715,000 followers.

    I watch each of his videos and appreciate his commitment to Ukraine and the information that he shares in regards to Russia’s war against Ukraine. However, his fervor against Trump is over the top and causes him to often blame Republicans in general for conditions and situations that the Democrats share at least equal blame for. Jake’s statements often do not line up with the historic record and the reality of the party politics as they currently exist in the USA.

    Jake ends his videos with the statement, “Keep defending the truth, keep defending democracy.”

    Democrats and the Democrat Party have been taking away my rights, my freedoms and my liberty for over 100 years.

    My challenge to Jake Broe:

    Stand up and fight for personal liberties and freedoms in the USA as hard as you have fought for Ukraine’s sovereignty, liberties and right to self-determination.

    Now let me turn our attention to the mid-term elections and the Democrat party in general.

    In the 2026 mid-term elections voters did not vote for the Democrat Party’s positions or policies they voted against both Trump and the general state of how our government is functioning and the Democrats share responsibility for creating the current environment.

    After the voting, a pollster asked his focus group who had voted for Democrats and who had voted against Trump. At least 11 out of the 15 said their vote was not for Democrats but rather was against Trump. That is not a mandate for the Democrats, it is a repudiation of Trump personally.

    Greg Terry, another YouTuber, in reflecting on the outcome of the elections noted that, “Donald Trump had to have checks and balances put in place and stopped.” Unfortunately, in a two-party system, the only option you have to apply some checks and balances is to vote for the opposing party even if you despise their policies and what they stand for.

    The votes in this election were against:

    • Trump- the votes were mainly against Trump but also go beyond that
    • The nastiness of our President (but it would also apply to our politics in general)
    • The disrespect for and poor treatment of our allies by our President
    • The lack of support for Ukraine and the principles of liberty (this applies both to the President for his actions and also to the Congress for their inaction)
    • How our President and other members of his administration cozied up to Putin and Russia (an enemy of the USA by their own declaration)
    • The use of private individuals, outside of the established agencies, oversight and protocols, to represent us in negotiations
    • The costs and disruptions of the tariffs
    • The seemingly endless self engrandizement and the enrichment of self, family & associates by the President
    • The disregard for national security and interests by the President
    • The bombastic egotism of our President

    The Democrat Party now has significant majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. They are in a position to make a difference.

    My Challenge to the Democrats:

    • Quit trying to control every aspect of my life
    • Respect my rights and liberties
    • Forget about fighting against Republicans and fight for Americans
    • Abolish the tight party control and allow members to vote their conscience and in the interest of their constituents instead of power brokers, special interest groups, party agendas, etc.
    • Change course and start undoing the extensive damage that you have done to this country over the past 100 plus years

  • is it illegal

    20261030

    The statement, “It’s cheating, it’s fraud, but is it illegal?”, was asked by several main stream media newscasts regarding the Alaska senate race as they covered the situation.

    The democrat candidate, Mary Peltola, her campaign committee and the Alaska democratic party have reportedly recruited a man with the same name as the incumbent and encouraged him to get onto the ticket in order to confuse voters and potentially syphon off votes that were intended to go for the incumbent. The reporting claims to have text messages and documents that reveal the plan and statements from a dozen people, including Peltola’s former campaign manager, that confirm it.

    This is fraudulent behavior and should be illegal if it isn’t.

    The democrat party’s candidate, Mary Peltola, is asking Alaska citizens to elect her to represent them in the Senate of the USA. She is asking to be placed in a position from which she can influence the laws, rules, regulations, and government agencies that will control the lives of those citizens.

    Whether she was actively involved in the campaign committee’s fraudulent activity or not, if she had knowledge of it and allowed it to happen she should resign from her campaign immediately and withdraw her name from the ballot. If she had no knowledge of it but allowed it to occur within her campaign committee she should take responsibility for what happened under her watch and withdraw her candidacy.

    Being a USA Senator should require being honest and trustworthy.

  • Two Neighbors

    20260321

    Let’s start by considering an example scenario.

    Consider three individuals that live with their families on three adjoining lots. The lots are oversized at a third of an acre each.

    Now take on the role of the neighbor in the middle and consider this scenario.

    (I was going to try to write this with all neutral references but it was too distracting for me so I will just refer to both neighbors as males. They could be females. One could be male and the other female. For the sake of the example it does not matter.)

    The first neighbor is always friendly, waves, says hi and interacts with your kids in a positive manner. If he sees you working on a project he comes over and offers to help. You plan social events together and celebrate birthdays, etc.

    The second neighbor is not friendly. When he sees you in your yard he yells threats of one kind or another. He chases off your kids if they wander onto his driveway a little bit as they walk home past his house. He has stated that he is going to take 10 feet from the edge of your property, whether you like it or not, because he “needs” it.

    Now, let’s suppose they both ask you for a favor. Well, actually, the first neighbor comes over and asks nicely. The second neighbor yells from his yard that you better come help or he will make things difficult.

    You can fill in whatever kind of favor you want but for illustration purposes I will present one.

    Lets say that it just happens that they both hired the same roofing company to redo their roof. And that roofing company lacks a little bit in the customer service side of things and Sunday afternoon their trucks rolled up to both properties and dumped the plywood, pallets of shingles, gutters and other materials across the end of the driveways blocking any cars from getting in or out. Both of your neighbors and their wives need to get out of the driveway Monday morning to go to work. Being that it is Sunday, nobody is answering the phone at the roofing company.

    The roofing material is heavy and they need help moving it.

    Would you help either neighbor move the material? Which neighbor(s) would you help?

    I would help both. Neighbor Two I would help not because they were a friend and not because they deserved it but simply because it would be the right thing to do. Neighbor One I would help for very different and more positive and compelling reasons.

    Now, the reality is more nuanced. Here is how it would probably go down. Neighbor One and I would go over together to help Neighbor Two knowing full well that once we cleared a path on his driveway and moved over to Neighbor One’s driveway, Neighbor Two would find some excuse to not come over and help.

    The resulting reality is that for Neighbor Two we would probably move the material the minimal amount of distance to clear the narrowest path required to get a car through and he would continue to have to deal with the mess.

    For Neighbor One it would be different, I would help him figure out the best place to stage everything and move it all to that area so that it is out of the way and he does not continue to have to deal with it. The kids would probably come and do what they could to help. It would turn into a big party, we would order pizza and drinks to be delivered and we would sit out in the yard laughing and having a good time.

    Lets apply that example to the real world.

    Neighbor One is the kind of ally the United States has been for the past 75 years or so. Perfect? No, but working on maintaining good, mutually beneficial relations.

    Neighbor Two is the kind of ally the United States is today under Trump.

    Trump threatens our allies, slams them with tariffs, shouts nasty remarks calling them by disparaging names/terms and then wonders why they don’t want to help him.

    The truth is that the United States strength and standing in the world was partly a result of our alliances, of our allies. Trump just looks at dollar figures over the years and fails to recognize the many other ways that the United States also benefited.

    Trump has weakened the United States, reduced our standing in the world, and reduced our safety and security.

    Trump is supposed to be representing America’s interest. Stand up America. It is our future.

  • Hegseth Blame Mongering

    20260319

    The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, held a press briefing at the Pentagon on March 19. In it he inexcusably and shamefully engaged in blame mongering to try to dodge the administrations responsibilities for it’s Iran policy and actions.

    Hegseth stated, “We are still dealing with the consequences of what Joe Biden did—namely, depleting our stockpiles and sending them not to our own military, but to Ukraine,” Hegseth said.

    So he is trying to blame Biden and Ukraine for our weapons stockpiles. This administration has been in office for over a year. Plenty of time to do something about any stockpile shortage.

    In addition, while Iran has been a bad actor for almost 50 years, the US was not attacked in this case. The administration chose to execute a military confrontation. They should have analyzed and weighed resources available against resources needed before starting the action.

    In regards to Ukraine, not very much was actually given to Ukraine and much of what went to Ukraine was slated for being rotated out of service.

    In the first 3 days of the Iran engagement approximately 800 guided missiles, primarily Patriots, were used. That is more than what has been expended in Ukraine in the 4 years since 2022. During those 4 years Ukrainian cities have been being bombed on a daily basis.

    On March 4, President Trump posted on Truth Social that the United States has a “virtually unlimited” weapons stockpile that could allow it to “fight forever.” So, which is it? Do we have a “virtually unlimited” stockpile as Donald Trump claims or “depleted stockpiles” as Hegseth claims.

    The truth matters.

  • Lacking Clarity

    20260319

    One of the problems with Trump is that by making his statements bombastic in nature he sacrifices clarity.

    Regarding the closing of the Strait of Hormuz he said, “I have chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure on the Island. However, should Iran, or anyone else, do anything to interfere with the Free and Safe Passage of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz, I will immediately reconsider this decision.”

    “Reconsider this decision” does do lay out clear boundaries and consequences. Something like, “Iran must irrevocably and clearly declare the Strait of Hormuz open and that they will in no way interfere with shipping within 48 hours. If they do not make such a declaration we will start to dismantle their oil infrastructure and capacity on Kharg Island.”

    More recently Iran bombed Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG export facilities. Trump threatened Iran saying that the United States would “massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars Gas Field” (which is the portion that lies within Iran and supplies about 80% of Iran’s natural gas) if Tehran chose to retaliate in response to a strike by Israel. This threat is after Iran’s attack on Qatar which sidelined about 12.8 million tons of LNG production annually and will take three to five years to repair. This strike was a retaliation already it just was conducted against a third party bystander rather than against Israel.

    Trump should have clearly stated many weeks ago that attacks on Arab nations by Iran will not be tolerated and will trigger retaliatory strikes against Iranian oil infrastructure. Not the military targets that they have been focusing on but the infrastructure that provides a massive amount of revenue to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.