Thank you to the USA House. The problem is Trump's veto and overcoming it.

In testimony to Congress Hegseth he feels confident they are in a safe zone with a renewed war with Iran. I believe Hegseth's statement about renewing a war is in violation of the Rule of Law.

The War Powers Resolution (WPR) (click here), first adopted in 1973 over the veto of President Richard Nixon, establishes presidential reporting requirements and parliamentary procedures intended to reaffirm the constitutional role of Congress in committing the United States into armed conflict abroad. The existence of these fast-track procedures provide an opportunity for Members of Congress to obtain a vote on—or more often in relation to—legislation that either authorizes the presidential use of U.S. Armed Forces or directs their removal from hostilities. When legislation has been introduced pursuant to the WPR, the House and Senate have often chosen to structure consideration in ways other than those prescribed by the statute....

One report, not two. Sixty days, not every time Trump gets the itch to punitively use the USA military. It is NOT a mercenary force for any president to carry out racketeering on an international level.

...An authorization of the use of military force (AUMF) is subject to expedited consideration during the 60-day termination window that begins when the President reports or was required to report on the use of force. An authorizing bill or joint resolution must be introduced within the first 30 calendar days of this 60-day period....

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July 23, 2026

By Garrett Downs

Congress on Thursday (click here) split on advancing a pair of war powers resolutions aimed at forcing President Donald Trump to abandon his war with Iran, as the conflict escalates into a deadly new phase and oil tops $100 a barrel.

The moves were the first vote since Trump informed Congress that he restarted the war with Iran following the breakdown of peace negotiations. The conflict’s revival after weeks of a shaky ceasefire comes just months before the U.S. midterm elections. It threatens to scramble the majority Republicans’ plan to maintain their razor-thin majorities.

The Senate on Thursday voted 47-49 to kill a joint resolution under the War Powers Act to force Trump to end hostilities in Iran. That chamber’s action follows a 214-208 House vote earlier in the day to approve a similar measure under the War Powers Act....

How do billionaires express their morality?

 

Is every American working as they want to be?

The published unemployment rate (click here).

What astounds me is the disregard for Americans employment by this administration. The job numbers are not great. People fall out of the job market depending on the availability of jobs they are trained or educated to do. 

The spike in unemployment with Trump vs. the Great Recession (click here). That was the COVID-19 unemployment rate. The Congress passed a gap measure to supplement unemployment in the USA. For 2025 and 2026 it is creeping back up again.

Is every American satisfied with their employment and income vs. cost of living?

Are Gen Xers happy?

July 23, 2018

By Richard Fry

Few American homeowners (click here) were spared from the broad housing collapse a decade ago, but Generation Xers were hit particularly hard. Newer to the housing market, more likely to be buying at peak prices and taking on more mortgage debt to buy their homes, they lost more wealth than other generations. But a new Pew Research Center analysis of Federal Reserve data finds that Gen Xers are the only generation of households to recover the wealth they lost during the Great Recession....

Why is this important? Because they have been, in the past, resilient. More than resilient, they have been industrious within their own lives within the USA experience. They had opportunity to return them to a comfortable status. Today, SSI is under threat without any promise of resolving any short falls.

The Congress just approved enormous military spending. Why isn't the same spending occurring to rescue the SSI accounts of Americans? The Gen Xers are going to need SSI. Will it be there for them? Right now, the SSI accounts are saying 2035 to a half in all SSI incomes. Generation X has done their part. They have contributed all their lives. Hello?

31 March 2026

By Rachel Dobkin

Generation X has the most pessimistic view (click here) of the economy, and worry they don’t have enough money stored away for retirement, according to a newly released study.
This age group was born between 1965 and 1980, making them around 46 to 61 years old.
Americans can start to receive their Social Security retirement benefits as early as 62 years old, so it makes sense that Gen X would start thinking more heavily about retirement....

The True Rate of Unemployment (TRU) (click here), as defined by LISEP, measures the percentage of the U.S. labor force that is functionally unemployed

Was Gabriel Perez acting on his own or did he carry out insider research and trading with Trump's interests in mind?

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is looking for public comment on it's Whistleblower Rules (click here). The general public needs to look at these rules and decide if they need to be changed and in what ways. if the public does not get involved there is a better than 50 percent chance the new rules will be punitive toward whistleblowers.

Federal law protects whistleblowers (click here). With federal laws in place why is it the CFTC is troubled by it's own interpretation of the law?

July 16, 2026

By Marshall Cohen

WASHINGTON - The federal agency (click here) that regulates prediction markets is investigating President Donald Trump’s longtime teleprompter operator for potential insider trading, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

The sources said White House employee Gabriel Perez made trades on the prediction site Kalshi that were flagged for possible insider activity. The trades were on “mention markets,” where users can bet on which words and phrases that public figures, including Trump, will say at speeches and events....