I stand by Mark! Donald Trump is a Pedophile and yet they still continue to stand by him. Look at all these pedo-protectors. It’s mind boggling.
Mark Davis is a U.S. Air Force veteran running for Congress in Florida’s 16th Congressional District. He describes his campaign as focused on working families, veterans, democracy, and political accountability.
After defending his unwavering support for data centers, Gov. Lombardo has a new spin on them to try and win over voters: education funding.
Clark County Education Association says they could bring in up to $500 million a year to fund public schools. The math on this promise does not actually hold up.
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Nevada asked for $17.1 MILLION to fund its Division of Forestry. Lombardo recommended just $13.8 million — $3.25 MILLION LESS than what the agency requested. At a time when Nevada faces serious wildfire threats, cutting millions from the requested funding is a decision Nevadans deserve answers about. And Trump’s cuts to federal wildfire prevention, firefighting, and forest-management programs have only made the situation worse, putting even more pressure on Nevada’s resources and leaving communities at greater risk.
- The woman alleges Trump raped her at a Florida hotel in 1997.
- She claims Jeffrey Epstein was present at the hotel during the alleged assault.
- The lawsuit describes the encounter as involving both men.
- These are allegations in a civil complaint, not court-proven findings.
- The claims will be evaluated through the legal process.
A new state audit found serious problems with how CCSD handled taxpayer money. Auditors found ineffective and expensive recruitment trips, weak spending controls, inadequate tracking of whether programs actually worked, and failures to follow established travel policies. The audit also identified questionable credit-card spending and recommended stronger safeguards against fraud, waste, and abuse.
Netanyahu has been sounding the alarm about Iran’s nuclear program for decades. As far back as 1992, he was warning that Iran was only a few years away from a nuclear weapon, and in 2012 he famously went before the U.N. with his “red line,” pushing the Obama administration toward a much harder deadline and keeping military action on the table. Obama resisted that pressure, arguing there was still time for diplomacy rather than rushing into another Middle East war.
That history matters now. Trump ultimately chose the military path that previous administrations had repeatedly tried to avoid, and the U.S. and Israel began the current war with Iran in February 2026. Netanyahu had been making the case for confronting Iran militarily for years; Trump was the president who ultimately acted alongside Israel. Whatever you think of Iran or Netanyahu, Americans should understand that this argument didn’t suddenly appear in 2026—it had been made for decades.
As of September 26, Trump has rejected Iran's latest seven-day proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while global diesel shortages are expected to persist into 2027. With no peace agreement and the threat of further attacks on oil infrastructure, ALL Americans will face even higher fuel bills. 
National average per gallon
$6.48
(Hight to Low)
California $8.43
Washington $7.46
Hawaii $7.18
Indiana $6.89
Ohio $6.87
Oregon $6.87
Nevada $6.83
Illinois $6.81
Michigan $6.81
North Dakota $6.76
Alaska $6.68
Idaho $6.63
Pennsylvania $6.60
Utah $6.58
Washington, D.C. $6.55
West Virginia $6.54
New York $6.52
Minnesota $6.50
Wisconsin $6.50
Connecticut $6.49
Maryland $6.49
Delaware $6.45
New Jersey $6.44
Vermont $6.43
New Hampshire $6.42
Arizona $6.40
Maine $6.39
Virginia $6.37
Kansas $6.34
Rhode Island $6.33
Florida $6.30
Missouri $6.29
Montana $6.29
New Mexico $6.24
Wyoming $6.24
Georgia $6.21
Nebraska $6.21
Iowa $6.20
South Dakota $6.19
Kentucky $6.17
North Carolina $6.17
Tennessee $6.17
Colorado $6.14
Massachusetts $6.13
Arkansas $6.12
Alabama $6.11
South Carolina $6.05
Mississippi $6.03
Louisiana $5.98
Oklahoma $5.97
Texas $5.90
Based on reports from September 18–23, 2026, American farmers are facing record diesel prices exceeding $6.50 a gallon, with some spending $1,500 a day to fuel a single combine. Fertilizer costs are climbing, grain transportation fuel surcharges have surged 153% year over year, and trade tensions with Canada are creating additional uncertainty over export markets. With some crop producers struggling to break even, farmers are entering harvest season under significant financial pressure.
lowa farmers are entering harvest season, when diesel demand is highest. Rising fuel costs are squeezing already-tight profit margins, making harvesting and transporting crops even more expensive.
They paying approximately $5.50 per gallon for farm diesel, up 90% from $2.89 in February. Retail diesel is averaging $6.31 per gallon. One lowa farmer reports using 800 gallons daily, with fuel costs rising by an estimated $75,000 per month just as harvest begins.
California’s 22nd Congressional District shows how significant the Medicaid cuts could be for communities that depend on government-funded healthcare. Nearly two-thirds of its residents, approximately 527,000 people, are enrolled in Medi-Cal. Yet their Republican representative, David Valadao, voted for Trump’s 2025 budget legislation, which cuts federal Medicaid spending.
More than 60,000 district residents are projected to lose coverage as new federal requirements take effect
USDA inspections matter because food safety should never depend on how honest a farmer or meat producer claims to be. Without proper oversight, contaminated meat, unsanitary processing conditions, and unsafe practices can put millions of Americans at risk. Inspections help identify potential hazards, enforce safety standards, and hold businesses accountable before unsafe beef reaches your dinner table.
And as this rancher points out, not everyone in the industry can be trusted to put public health ahead of profit. That's exactly why independent oversight matters: consumers deserve more than someone's word that their food is safe. 
The brain gymnastics are wild with this one.
Empathy doesn’t mean pretending political choices have no consequences. Many rural voters supported policies they believed would help them, and when those choices contribute to financial struggles, acknowledging that responsibility is not cruelty. Criticizing the policies and decisions that helped create the problem isn’t the same as celebrating anyone’s suffering.
Farmers can’t simply raise prices to make up the difference because they sell into global markets, where competition sets the price. Tariffs therefore bring higher input costs, lost buyers, canceled orders, shrinking margins, and more debt. At the same time, rising oil prices, especially the cost of diesel used to run tractors, combines, trucks, irrigation pumps, and other equipment, push operating expenses even higher.
That’s why farmers are asking taxpayers to bail them out. This isn’t just about tariffs or temporary relief, it’s a demand for government support to cover losses caused by policies and rising fuel costs that have made it harder to stay afloat. But I thought this is what they voted for, to make their farm “great again”.
Your vote isn’t just about the name you checked on a ballot. It’s about what that person represents and what you gave them the power to do once they took office.
The policies they pass, the rights they protect or take away, the communities they support or target, and the consequences of their decisions all matter. You may not personally agree with everything they do, but people are allowed to judge what their money supports based on the leaders you chose to support.
You were free to cast your vote. Others are just as free to decide where they spend their money.
A vote lasts a moment. What you voted to put into power can last for years.
These are a few I can name…
34 felony convictions
Found liable for sexual abuse
Found liable for defaming his sexual-abuse accuser — twice, with juries awarding millions in damages
Found liable for business fraud involving false/inflated asset valuations
Trump Organization convicted of criminal tax fraud
Attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election
Refused to accept his electoral defeat and spread false stolen-election claims leading up to January 6
Access Hollywood tape; bragged about sexually grabbing/kissing women without waiting for consent
Family-separation policy that separated thousands of children from their parents
Numerous additional sexual-misconduct allegations
Hush-money scheme involving Stormy Daniels while married
Years of paying extraordinarily little or no federal income tax while claiming enormous wealth
Repeated false or misleading statements on elections, immigration, the economy, crime and other issues
Repeatedly continued false claims even after they were publicly disproven
Mocked John McCain for being captured as a POW
Repeated personal attacks on veterans, political opponents, judges, prosecutors and private citizens
Dehumanizing and inflammatory rhetoric about immigrants
Publicly mocked and insulted people based on appearance, gender and personal characteristics
Repeated rhetoric portraying political opponents as enemies who deserve punishment or prosecution
Refused for years to voluntarily release his tax returns while running for and serving as president
Made wildly out-of-touch statements about everyday life, including repeatedly claiming Americans need ID to buy groceries
Frequently makes inaccurate claims about grocery prices and the cost of everyday goods
Long history of attacking journalists and news organizations that publish unfavorable coverage
Used presidential power to pressure Ukraine to investigate a political rival, resulting in his first impeachment
Second impeachment followed January 6, making him the only U.S. president impeached twice
Repeatedly attacked the legitimacy of elections, courts and other institutions when their decisions went against him
Public behavior that critics argue conflicts sharply with the Christian and “family values” principles he campaigns alongside
Repeated insults, name-calling, vulgarity and personal humiliation of others as a central part of his political style
Regularly portrays himself as representing ordinary working Americans despite living most of his life as a billionaire real-estate celebrity
The broader moral question: How many of these behaviors would you accept from your spouse, your boss, your pastor, your child’s teacher, or your child, before deciding that character matters?
The result is exactly what farmers were warned about: crops don’t wait for politics. When experienced agricultural workers disappear, fruit stays on the trees and rots, farmers lose revenue, workers lose wages, and those losses can eventually work their way into food prices. Reporting shows this isn’t simply about undocumented workers either, the fear surrounding enforcement has affected workers with legal status and work authorization as well.
Fertilizer costs are squeezing American farmers at a time when many already have razor-thin margins. USDA now forecasts fertilizer, lime and soil-conditioner expenses will rise 15.3% in 2026, adding roughly $5.3 billion to farmers’ costs. Total U.S. farm production expenses are projected to reach nearly $493 billion this year. Economic Research Service
In Iowa, the numbers are brutal. One farmer reported nitrogen fertilizer rising from about $490 per ton in 2021 to $1,150 per ton this year.
Another Iowa farmer said fertilizer prices are the highest he’s ever experienced. When the cost of simply putting a crop in the ground keeps climbing while farm margins remain tight, farmers aren’t just making less money, they’re being pushed toward the point where farming itself is no longer financially sustainable.
Now the farmers who supported these deportation policies are discovering the consequences of their own choices. You don’t get to build your business around immigrant labor, support policies that target and deport those workers, and then complain that “no one wants to work.” You helped drive away your own workforce, this crisis didn’t just happen to you; it came from the republicans you supported.
This is a Georgia farmer and agricultural YouTuber named Patrick Shivers. Here is his website MP Produce