JamesWNeal 🔒

In January, 72 percent of Republican voters said the economy was better than it had been a year before.

Now, just 29 percent of Republicans say that’s the case, a new poll found. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/15/republicans-have-soured-economy-poll-finds

For more than 90% of those born between 1951 & 1980, blood lead levels exceeded 5 micrograms per deciliter, a level associated with lower IQ, attention and behavior problems, & smaller brain volume. In the late 1970s, the peak of the lead crisis, levels in children under 5 averaged 16 micrograms per deciliter, nearly 5 times higher than today’s threshold for triggering public health intervention. Before monitoring began in 1976, lead levels were probably much higher. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/09/15/how-lead-1970s-gasoline-exhaust-may-increase-your-dementia-risk-today

Ed needs to quit the Ed show.

Iran war cost hits $38 billion, forecast to rise $3 billion a month, CBO says. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-war-cost-hits-38-billion-forecast-rise-3-billion-month-cbo-says-2026-09-15/

A father wanted to vaccinate his children. Their mother didn’t. Then the kids got sick. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/09/07/the-maha-custody-battle

The images were sent to CBS News by active service members on condition of anonymity because of rigid media restrictions within the military. (Proving Hegseth doesn't have a lock on everybody) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-photos-damage-u-s-kuwait-saudi-arabia-iran-drone-missile-attacks

The U.S. is massively in debt, but apparently we can always find billions to pay for bombs for Bibi.

“I thought you weren’t going to be sending people to the polls,” Mr. Welch said.

“When did you hear that? Just another lie,” Mr. Patel declared, raising his voice.

Mr. Welch revisited the issue. “So you are sending F.B.I. agents to the polls?”

“We have election crisis coordinators manned at all 56 field offices,” Mr. Patel replied, appearing to refer to what are known as election crime coordinators. “Election integrity is of paramount importance.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/us/politics/patel-fbi-agents-election.html

Refurbished ‘60 Minutes’ Debuts to a 19% Ratings Drop. The CBS newsmagazine’s audience fell 33% in the key 25-to-54 demo, according to preliminary Nielsen data. https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/tv-shows/60-minutes-season-59-premiere-ratings-decline/

(it's OK if THEY do it) Former elections official accuses #Missouri secretary of state of altering results, misleading judge.
Nick La Strada, fired in May as director of #election integrity, alleges Denny Hoskins also illegally used public funds to influence a St. Louis County election. https://missouriindependent.com/2026/09/14/former-elections-official-accuses-missouri-secretary-of-state-of-altering-results-misleading-judge/

I just don't think lashing out at people who have their jobs sewn up for life is the way to get what you want from #SCOTUS

The $2.8 billion package, which would be purchased with U.S. taxpayer dollars, includes 40,000 bombs that weigh 2,000 pounds each, including 20,000 MK-84s and 20,000 BLU-117s, said the official, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss military matters. The sale also includes 20,000 I-2000 Penetrator warheads. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/09/15/trump-preparing-send-massive-shipment-2000-pound-bombs-israel/

Maybe this hasn't occurred to you, but every time a Russian puts money into anything a Trump does, they're letting Trump spend an equal amount of money on the family campaign to turn the U.S. into Russia.

Source: https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-bankrolled-russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-putin

(HCR) This morning, Justin Elliott, Brett Murphy, Joshua Kaplan, and Alex Mierjeski of ProPublica broke the news that Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin, spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the wedding of Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson in May. Kremlev attended the wedding along with a large group of Russians whose presence, the journalists note, puzzled the other guests. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-14-2026?

Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh wrote in a concurrence that while there was “at least a fair prospect” the administration’s rule was within its authority, it “would be arbitrary and capricious” to impose its changes in the midterms, because state and local authorities would not have time to implement them.

#SCOTUS blocks Trump's mail ballot restrictions - for the mid-terms. Once you read Kavanaugh's concurrence you'll understand this fight is far from over. #2028

The whistle-blower also questioned . . . investigators effectively posing as individual voters by using personally identifiable information . . . , to look up voter records.

The agents plugged those names and personal data into public-facing state websites to find a subject’s voter history. Some states, such as Virginia, declare explicitly that only individual voters may use the search tool to look up their own records.

source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/us/politics/homeland-security-voter-fraud-investigation.html

Investigators may have broken state laws under the direction of top DHS leaders as part of an expansive effort to find noncitizens on the nation’s voter rolls, according to a federal whistle-blower’s account

The authorities also required agents to examine at least 40 voters each day, the account said . . .
The effort has relied on questionable data, and has likely improperly flagged U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote, the whistle-blower said in a nearly 30-page report.

People are amazed he keeps falling asleep, but I don't think everyone gets just why it happens. It isn't simply age. You know he doesn't fall asleep mid lie or mid self-aggrandizement. He falls asleep when other people are talking, because he just doesn't give a shit about anyone but himself.

source: https://apnews.com/article/epa-power-plants-trump-coal-gas-climate-cac1c2c75f8656d8eaf5f0a240edae15

EPA greenlights greenhouse gas production on a massive scale.

People who, for unknown reasons, feel the billions on social media need to suffer through their play by plays every time a game that matters to them comes on, are prohibited from criticizing my constant stream of political posts.

I DO make the rules.

The Great Replacement Theory isn't a theory at all. It's happening. It will still the pianist's hand, the poet's voice, take the photographer's eye, crush the collective heart of humanity.

Voices within the labyrinth, now stepping outside and saying it all needs to slow down?

Man. Only now?

I've seen the silicon and the damage done.

Trump sees America as the car full of Christmas presents left unattended with the doors unlocked and the keys in the ignition

Maybe the thief is right.

Like I said . . . "USPS Tries Rejecting Entire County’s Ballot Over Spacing Issue. The postal service tried to reject an entire ballot over an issue with the envelope—a dark sign of the chaos that could unfold before November’s elections." https://newrepublic.com/post/215342/usps-tries-rejecting-county-ballot-spacing-issue

If you don't think Johnson would refuse to seat duly elected representatives, I have news for you - he's already done it.

The Final Battle for America’s Democracy. Forget November 3. It’s January 3 when Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans might bury our democracy once and for all. Here’s how. - Michael Luttig

https://newrepublic.com/article/215198/2027-new-congress-final-battle-american-democracy

(HCR) Yesterday, Jim Saksa of Democracy Docket picked up a story from Jeff Berlew of the Tallahassee Democrat to report that the USPS rejected mailed ballots from Leon County, in Florida, because the words “return service requested” were only 0.236 inches from the election office’s return address. They were supposed to be a full quarter-inch apart. So, the delivery of those mail in ballots came down to a federal complaint about a spacing issue of 0.014 of an inch. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-12-2026