Michael and Sarah Walker

The result is clear: voters now navigate a complex, fragmented media environment long before they step into a booth. Traditional gatekeepers no longer hold a monopoly on political information. And that leads directly to the next part of the story—who funds the messages that flow through these channels, and how outside money shapes the narrative before it even reaches voters.

Understanding why every vote matters is only the first part of the story. Equally important is how the information voters receive before Election Day is shaped and delivered. From traditional network broadcasts to social media, cable news, and independent commentary, the channels through which voters learn about candidates and issues have multiplied—and fragmented. To see why elections look the wa...

Not just a candidate. A governing team. Two people who complement each other, who can genuinely work together, and who both understand the responsibility of the presidency. Two people where, if one had to step into the Oval Office, Americans would feel confident that the direction of the country would continue. The old way — selecting one popular candidate and then scrambling to find a vice presid...

By now, it is clear that the 2026 midterms are unlike any we have seen in recent memory. The scale of spending, the intensity of coordination, and the precision of messaging all suggest a high-stakes contest—but the full story goes deeper than individual candidates or party control.

Voters see the headlines—mega-donors, super PACs, and campaign cash—but few grasp the mechanics behind it, or the strategic intent that guides these flows. In essence, visibility does not equal understanding.

Midterm elections are supposed to be smaller, quieter affairs compared to presidential contests. Yet, heading into 2026, the sums being poured into these races are unprecedented, rivaling what we normally see only in general elections. The early flood of resources, even when fully disclosed, is a stark reminder that what the public sees is rarely the full story.

There's still a scorecard, though. We've lost lives — lives that didn't need to be thrown away. Your friends. Your family. And what has your hero and savior lost? Well, his sons have made hundreds of millions of dollars off military contracts.

Surprise. That hottie is a bot. Running from a server in Pakistan, Asia, Africa, or Eastern Europe. The praise is robot code. The followers are purchased fiction. And every fake account is making Elon a fortune while making Trump look beloved. That's how well the slogan is actually working.

I've done it many times. It's uncomfortable. It's also the only thing that actually works. The lies only work when we stop asking questions. Repetition turns lies into perceived truth, but only if nobody pushes back. Push back.

Don't look surprised when the voting booth that was on Main Street last Tuesday got quietly moved overnight to a new, undisclosed location, with an ICE barricade out front checking tattoos. And no. You are definitely not invited to the Ballroom Gala.

That's right, freedom — we fought for freedom. But somewhere in there should be a guarantee of protection. And I don't see anyone way up the ladder caring about protecting anyone anymore, except themselves. Have you seen that bulletproof barrier they use now? I'd have loved that contract. Bet it didn't go to in-house cronies — not if he wanted it done right.

So: to impeach, or not to impeach. Maybe that's the question we put to Congress before they decide it on their own. After all, they work for us.

That's the Vance problem. Not that he's Trump's successor. That he's Trump with the volume turned down and have the power already installed.

Not a perfect environmental policy. Not a zero extraction economy. Just the honest acknowledgment that exploitation without limit is not capitalism. It is not freedom. It is not progress. It is greed. And more greed.

You can post a photo to your profile on those sites. And I keep finding more and more second and third cousins with really, really dark tans. Maybe that should be a requirement for the whole family reunion. Thanks, Dad, for the heads-up, all those years ago in Inglewood. He or she just may be distant family. And that stone, the one my grandfather threw, the one I nearly kept carrying, really belon...

I was chasing. And it was predictable. I was getting to where I could do half a dozen cartoons a week before the events even happened, because I had figured out the pattern. Which led me to a certain conclusion about myself. I was a GOD. Well. Maybe it wasn’t me. Maybe it was just that he’s so damn predictable. Or Caffine?

The river doesn't have to change course overnight. You move the banks incrementally and the water follows. It has been done before in pieces — Medicare negotiating drug prices, the ACA expanding Medicaid eligibility, surprise billing protections that took decades of advocacy to produce.

So here's my real question, the one I don't have an answer to yet. With Trump gone and MAGA weakened, two groups of people have to make a move, and I genuinely don't know which way either one goes.

Meanwhile the home-born, the ones handed this country at birth, the ones who never had to sit for a test or prove they earned it — half of them can't tell you what happened 250 years ago, let alone what's happening right now. We just handed them a democracy nobody bothered to study for.

That truth is this. The closest thing to actual power most of us will ever hold is a vote and a voice. That's it. That's the whole arsenal. It isn't much, until enough people pick it up at the same time. But neither of those things work if we stop using them. And they stop working in a different way when we use them without thinking. When we vote the way we're told to vote, believe what we're told...

Maybe the French will show up, polish their statue and demonstrate how they solved their problem by slicing a good loaf of French Bread with their one slice at a time slicer. Now that would make the 4th Great Again.

What is missing is a federal civilian pathway to trade certification that carries the same social contract as the degree programs. We fund your training as an electrician, a welder, a medical technician, a licensed tradesperson of any kind. You serve your community with that skill for a defined period at a wage that reflects the investment.

The fight will be against Citizens United, the Federalist Society, the Superpacs, Acs American Constitution Society, Leonard Leo, Arabella Advisors and the list goes on. It’s the dark money, they want to control and control is easier when there are fewer choices.

It was so much easier when it was just the evil left against the evil right. Now it's the evil left against the evil right against the other evil right against the original evil right.

We are currently in a period of deliberate deregulation. Sold as freedom for business to grow. What it actually produces — when the major players are left to their own devices — is consolidation until competition disappears and the consumer pays whatever the monopoly decides they pay.