Get involved.

Corruption cannot occur when voters are involved in elections. Investment in participation often leads to more and more interest in the outcomes of the elections. That means there is honesty in reporting and honesty in the elected government that follows. When people police their own officials by following their votes and the content of the legislation passed, there is no way corruption can exist. 

Read newspapers. That is the best advice I can provide. Read more than one. The newspapers are required to report the truth. I am not talking about the tabloids or infotainment. I am talking about the solid newspapers that have been around for a long time. Their archives about the living history of this country is amazing. Then follow up the information with action and write the people you voted for and set the record straight as to where his country's legislation should take us.

What I like about Texas Paul is his frankness in assessing the immoral, corrupt, and simply mean spirited politicians that want to always cause waves rather than governance.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wins (click here)

All I heard what how poorly President Lula of Brazil was doing. He was supposedly going to lose his re-election. That didn't happen. Quite frankly, I would have been very surprised if President Lula did lose. He has been a magnificent president for Brazil. The people really loved him.

The nonsense about how President Lula was going to lose was about money. The "talk" was about how there would be no more regulations and Wall Street would have huge profits where they could not otherwise. No lie. That is what the anti-Lula talk was all about. Brazil is Latin America's largest economy. If there is a loss today in the Brazil market it is because they were artificially inflated with ideology of greed. The place to look to understand the nonsense about President Lula losing are the Brazilian market investors that got out of their investments the night before the election.

The people rule in a democracy. Don't ever let that slip away.

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What is expected of our military?

When an American joins the military they expect to have to answer to a chain of command. It is how the military works. In the past the people at the top of the Pentagon had the most education and experience to direct operations for the country's national defense. Those at the top would never accept the issuance of illegal orders. As a matter of fact when the USA was deployed to the southern border of the USA and the country was stunned, General Mattis (click here) (Trump's first term) openly stated it was a legal order. 

Senator Mark Kelley was a former commander and Captain in the USA Navy. This is some of his accomplishments:

During his Navy career, Kelly received:(click here):

two Defense Superior Service Medals

one Legion of Merit

two Distinguished Flying Crosses

four Air Medals (two individual/two strike flight) with Combat "V"

two Navy Commendation Medals, (one with combat "V");

One Navy Achievement Medal

two Southwest Asia Service Medals

one Navy Expeditionary Medal

two Sea Service Deployment Ribbons

a NASA Distinguished Service Medal

an Overseas Service Ribbon

Honestly, the one place that lists all Senator Kelly's accomplishments is Wikipedia. When serving in the military, including NASA, he never blinked at the devotion he shared with his brother for the needs of this country. Never once. He was there for all of us and did the hard stuff. When he retired it was only right he entered a civilian life to pursue wherever his interests lead him. We were lucky to have him elected as a Senator and he has brought invaluable insight and dedication to this country yet again. 

The assault of the Secretary of Defense in Trump's second term is oppression of the truth. Hegseth is attempting to punish Senator Kelly to bring him to heel to the demands of a disturbed president. 

We are democracy. 

We have laws. 

We are proud of our military.

We depend on the women and men that line the halls of history in defending this country and our allies.

There is absolutely no way a civilian that was once a celebrated military officer should receive the type of treatment and disregard for his honest assessment of this country, it's national defense, and the legality of the commands to our military. 

Secretary of Defense Hegseth has lead one of the most failed Defense Department in this country's history. The reasons are far to many to mention here. But, I am certain for those in the USA Senate that spoke out against illegal orders they know all to well how failed this defense department has been and lives lost unnecessarily.

I thank Harnish Law for the dedication to your members of the military and the willingness to share much needed insight and expertise with us.

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Returning function to government is occurring.

The United States of America is a democracy. Appointees to important jobs in the federal government can be from any party. Their job descriptions do not allow for partisan politics as a punishment or revenge of the members of the opposite party. 

The USA is not a banana republic and abides by the Rule of Law. I congratulate Asst. US Attorney Maurene Comey for believing the Rule of Law protected her and us.

October 26, 2026

By Zach Schoeneld.

In this photo (click here) taken with a smartphone former Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey and her husband Lucas Issacharoff leave a hearing in her lawsuit over her firing by the Justice Department at a Manhattan federal courthouse on Dec. 4, 2025, in New York.

A federal judge ruled Monday (click here) that the Department of Justice (DOJ) unlawfully fired and must provide back pay to Maurene Comey, former FBI Director James Comey’s daughter who was terminated as a prosecutor last year.

U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman rejected the Trump administration’s arguments that it had constitutional authority to fire her.

“Defendants’ argument is contrary to an unbroken line of Supreme Court decisions dating back almost two centuries, and the Supreme Court itself has not formally overruled any of those decisions. That is sufficient, in itself, to reject the argument,” Furman wrote in his 55-page opinion.

Maurene Comey has since taken another job and won’t be returning to the DOJ. But the judge’s ruling retroactively reinstates her, provides her with back pay and restores pension benefits for the four-month period before she took that new role. It also orders an update to her personnel file to reflect that she resigned instead of saying she was fired.

The Hill has reached out to a Justice Department spokesperson for comment.