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We flooded them with calls, emails, and activists.</p><p>And now? <strong>President Trump just made the SAVE America Act his number one priority</strong> &#8212; calling for it to be attached to the one bill Congress absolutely must pass.</p><p>Voter ID. Proof of citizenship to register. On the verge of becoming the law of the land.</p><p>Even Elon weighed in after what we all watched happen in California: <em>&#8220;This is the only way to save democracy in America.&#8221;</em></p><p>But here&#8217;s the part nobody in Washington is talking about &#8212; and the reason I&#8217;m not celebrating.</p><p>Whether the SAVE America Act becomes law or not, the midterms are going to be a pure turnout war. So I&#8217;m not throwing a party. <strong>I&#8217;m hiring.</strong></p><p>My team at Early Vote Action is on the ground right now registering new Republican voters and building the most aggressive ballot-chasing and get-out-the-vote operation in our history. It&#8217;s the exact playbook that flipped Pennsylvania for President Trump in 2024 &#8212; one voter at a time, at gun shows, truck stops, farmers markets, and front doors.</p><p>President Trump did his part. The grassroots pressure is working.</p><p><strong>Now the midterms are on us.</strong></p><p>If we pair the SAVE America Act with a midterm landslide, we don&#8217;t just win an election &#8212; we lock in a generation of victories.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://secure.winred.com/early-vote/rsl-b26b1ab4bcef6b36&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;SPONSOR A VOTER REGISTRATION STAFFER&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://secure.winred.com/early-vote/rsl-b26b1ab4bcef6b36"><span>SPONSOR A VOTER REGISTRATION STAFFER</span></a></p><p>Let&#8217;s finish what we started.</p><p><em><strong>&#8212; Scott Presler</strong></em><br>Early Vote Action</p><div class="pullquote"><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Content provided by Early Vote Action PAC.</em></p></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Economy Adds 162,000 Jobs as August Report Crushes Expectations]]></title><description><![CDATA[The president seized on the unexpectedly strong numbers while renewing his call for lower interest rates.]]></description><link>https://bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/p/us-economy-adds-162000-jobs-as-august</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/p/us-economy-adds-162000-jobs-as-august</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Big League Politics]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:15:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!S_rU!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F62930d06-7317-4176-95e8-52c26f85f9bd_880x542.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had expected roughly 53,000 new jobs, while other surveys had forecasts closer to 65,000.</p><p>The Labor Department also delivered substantial upward revisions to its previous estimates.</p><p>June payroll growth was revised from 20,000 to 31,000 jobs, while July was revised from a loss of 23,000 jobs to a gain of 21,000.</p><p>Combined, the revisions added another 55,000 jobs to the previous estimates for June and July.</p><p>Restaurants and bars were among the biggest contributors to August&#8217;s gains, adding 59,000 jobs. Local government education added another 42,000 positions, while the information sector lost jobs.</p><p>Average hourly earnings also increased by 10 cents, or 0.3 percent, to $37.75. Wages were up 3.1 percent compared with a year earlier.</p><p>President Donald Trump quickly celebrated the stronger-than-expected report while renewing his push for lower interest rates.</p><p>&#8220;Great jobs number just announced, breaking all estimates (except mine!) by double and triple - And you haven&#8217;t seen anything yet!&#8221; Trump wrote Friday.</p><p>Trump also called on the Federal Reserve to lower rates, arguing that the strength of the U.S. economy warranted cheaper borrowing costs.</p><p>The jobs report, however, could complicate that argument at the Fed.</p><p>Investors increased their expectations for a possible interest-rate hike following the release, as policymakers continue weighing the strength of the labor market against persistent inflation. Treasury yields also moved higher after the numbers were released.</p><p>The Federal Reserve is scheduled to make its next interest-rate decision later this month, putting the surprisingly strong August employment report squarely at the center of the debate over the direction of monetary policy.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[WATCH: President Trump Sends a Powerful Message About Ken Paxton’s Texas Race]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Texas Senate race is back in the spotlight following a new message from President Trump.]]></description><link>https://bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/p/watch-president-trump-sends-a-powerful</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/p/watch-president-trump-sends-a-powerful</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Big League Politics]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:45:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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We won&#8217;t let you down.</span></strong></p><p><span>If you missed President Trump&#8217;s powerful video message on my race here in Texas, please take a minute to watch it right now. </span><strong><a href="https://secure.winred.com/ken-paxton-for-senate/pg_rs-e_1235-rsl-thank-you-president-trump-lf1_202?utm_source=RevShare&amp;utm_campaign=PaxtonKen_1235-RSL-Thank-You-President-Trump_20260903&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_content=1235-RSL-Thank-You-President-Trump&amp;utm_agency=PG&amp;amount=60"><span>[WATCH]</span></a></strong></p><p><span>I need every American patriot to see this message and to stand with me and President Trump. We need your help to defeat radical socialist James Talarico.</span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://secure.winred.com/ken-paxton-for-senate/pg_rs-e_1235-rsl-thank-you-president-trump-lf1_202?utm_source=RevShare&amp;utm_campaign=PaxtonKen_1235-RSL-Thank-You-President-Trump_20260903&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_content=1235-RSL-Thank-You-President-Trump&amp;utm_agency=PG&amp;amount=60&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;WATCH HERE&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://secure.winred.com/ken-paxton-for-senate/pg_rs-e_1235-rsl-thank-you-president-trump-lf1_202?utm_source=RevShare&amp;utm_campaign=PaxtonKen_1235-RSL-Thank-You-President-Trump_20260903&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_content=1235-RSL-Thank-You-President-Trump&amp;utm_agency=PG&amp;amount=60"><span>WATCH HERE</span></a></p><p><span>Thank you,</span></p><p><em><strong><span>Ken 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>President Donald Trump&#8217;s immigration crackdown appears to be producing a historic demographic reversal, with America&#8217;s foreign-born population falling by an estimated <strong>2.9 million people</strong> since he returned to the White House.</p><p>A new analysis from the Center for Immigration Studies found that the foreign-born population dropped from approximately 53.3 million in January 2025 to roughly 50.5 million in July 2026.</p><p>The decline comes immediately after the foreign-born population surged by approximately <strong>8.3 million people</strong> during the four years preceding Trump&#8217;s return to office.</p><p>If the latest trend holds, researchers say the United States has experienced negative net migration for the first sustained period in roughly <strong>90 years</strong>.</p><h2>Illegal Immigrant Population Falls by Estimated 2.3 Million</h2><p>The biggest decline appears to have occurred among illegal immigrants.</p><p>CIS preliminarily estimates that the illegal immigrant population fell from approximately <strong>15.8 million in January 2025 to 13.5 million in July 2026 &#8212; a decline of roughly 2.3 million people.</strong></p><p>&#8220;The best data we have shows an enormous decrease in the total foreign-born population, with most of the falloff among illegal immigrants,&#8221; CIS Director of Research Steven Camarota said.</p><p>&#8220;Regaining control of the border and robust interior enforcement has partly undone the huge increase in the illegal immigration that took place during the border surge,&#8221; he added.</p><p>The decline was concentrated among noncitizens from Latin America who arrived in the United States in 1980 or later, a population CIS says substantially overlaps with the illegal immigrant population.</p><p>The numbers represent a dramatic reversal from the migration surge that occurred before Trump returned to the White House.</p><p>In approximately 18 months, more than one-third of the previous four years&#8217; estimated 8.3 million increase in the foreign-born population appears to have been erased.</p><h2>First Major Net Migration Reversal Since the 1930s</h2><p>CIS concluded that net migration &#8212; the number of people arriving in the country minus those leaving &#8212; turned negative during the period examined.</p><p>If sustained, researchers say it would represent a migration reversal not seen in the United States since roughly the <strong>1930s</strong>.</p><p>The 2.9 million decline should not, however, be confused with 2.9 million deportations.</p><p>The figure reflects several factors, including deportations, voluntary departures, fewer new arrivals, deaths and illegal immigrants obtaining legal status.</p><p>Federal data are also pointing in the same general direction.</p><p>Census Bureau estimates previously showed annual net international migration dropping from approximately <strong>2.7 million in 2024 to 1.3 million in 2025</strong>, with the agency projecting it could fall to approximately <strong>321,000 in 2026</strong> if the trend continued.</p><p>The Census Bureau attributed the shift to both fewer immigrants entering the United States and more people leaving.</p><p>Meanwhile, Bureau of Labor Statistics data show the foreign-born civilian population age 16 and older declining from approximately 48.51 million in July 2025 to 48.11 million in July 2026. The native-born population in that age group increased by nearly 1.9 million over the same period.</p><h2>Trump Policies Mark Sharp Break From Previous Years</h2><p>The numbers arrive as the Trump administration has pursued a dramatically different immigration strategy from the one in place before January 2025, combining tougher border enforcement with expanded interior enforcement.</p><p>The decline has not translated into an equivalent reduction in the labor force.</p><p>According to CIS, only about <strong>44 percent</strong> of those represented in the falling foreign-born population were workers. The remainder included children, senior citizens and others outside the workforce.</p><p>Employment gains among U.S.-born Americans also helped offset the decline.</p><p>There are limitations to the numbers.</p><p>CIS acknowledged that increased immigration enforcement could theoretically make some immigrants less willing to participate in government surveys, creating the appearance of a larger population decline.</p><p>Researchers said they found no clear evidence that such a change in participation explains the results, noting that immigration-related nonresponse remained low and relatively stable.</p><p>The Census Bureau has similarly cautioned that measuring migration in real time is difficult and that monthly household surveys can be affected by nonresponse and other statistical factors.</p><p>Still, multiple measurements now point in the same direction: immigration has slowed dramatically, departures have increased and the foreign-born population has fallen following years of rapid growth.</p><p>For Trump, who made restoring control of the border and enforcing immigration law central promises of his return to the White House, the numbers represent one of the clearest indications yet of just how dramatically U.S. immigration patterns have shifted since January 2025.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fight to Bring the Bible Back to America’s Public Schools Has Begun]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court ruling didn&#8217;t ban what many Americans think it did.]]></description><link>https://bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/p/the-fight-to-bring-the-bible-back</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/p/the-fight-to-bring-the-bible-back</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Big League Politics]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:46:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>Will you help me put God back in your town schools?</strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://secure.anedot.com/brave-for-good/rsl0be220-2cffjmjb8-9f74-c3aff?utm_source=REV&amp;utm_medium=EMAIL&amp;utm_campaign=20260828_BDG_BFGO_REV_EMAIL_BIRIC-RSL">Specifically, I&#8217;m asking you to sign the &#8220;Schools Need a Bible Revival&#8221; petition and tell your Governor that the children in your community deserve to hear that:</a></strong></p><ul><li><p>They are wonderfully made in the very image of God.</p></li><li><p>And that God is calling them to love Him above all else.</p></li></ul><p>What a country we&#8217;d be, if all of America&#8217;s children had just a little bit of God&#8217;s Word in their lives - like you did.</p><p>Our Founding Fathers understood this.</p><p>That&#8217;s why throughout our history, the Bible has been the cornerstone of American life, education, and law.</p><p>Abraham Lincoln believed the Bible was &#8220;the best gift God has given to man.&#8221;</p><p>And Dwight D. Eisenhower said, &#8220;Without God there could be no American form of government, nor an American way of life.&#8221;</p><p>But in 1963, in a wrongly decided Supreme Court case, the Left ripped the everyday reading of the Bible out of public schools.</p><p>And the results speak for themselves: more violence, divorce, abortion, drug addiction, depression, and the breakdown of the family.</p><p>Justice Stewart Potter was the lone dissenter in the Supreme Court decision that outlawed the mandatory reading of the Bible in schools.</p><p>He wrote that the ruling didn&#8217;t &#8216;protect religious freedom&#8217; but rather &#8216;established a religion of secularism.&#8217;</p><p>And how right he was!</p><p>But even Justice Potter wouldn&#8217;t have predicted how far the &#8216;religion of secularism&#8217; has taken us from Biblical values.</p><p><strong><a href="https://secure.anedot.com/brave-for-good/rsl0be220-2cffjmjb8-9f74-c3aff?utm_source=REV&amp;utm_medium=EMAIL&amp;utm_campaign=20260828_BDG_BFGO_REV_EMAIL_BIRIC-RSL">Your signed &#8220;Schools Need a Bible Revival&#8221; petition is so important because instead of the Ten Commandments, the Beatitudes, and the Golden Rule being presented in schools...</a></strong></p><p>...today radical &#8220;educators&#8221; teach our children and grandchildren that:</p><ul><li><p>God is a myth for the weak and if their families believe in Him, they&#8217;re probably uneducated, hateful, and racist.</p></li><li><p>If these &#8220;educators&#8221; do acknowledge God, they say He makes mistakes and some boys are really girls and some girls are really boys.</p></li><li><p>And they wrongly tell children, &#8216;God just wants you to be happy&#8217; so you should do whatever you want, do whatever feels good, and anyone who tells you otherwise is an old- fashioned bigot who has to go.</p></li></ul><p>So many families are being torn apart by this madness that overturns everything our Founders believed.</p><p><strong>It is only fitting that during the 250th Anniversary of our independence, we put Biblical lessons BACK into our public schools.</strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://secure.anedot.com/brave-for-good/rsl0be220-2cffjmjb8-9f74-c3aff?utm_source=REV&amp;utm_medium=EMAIL&amp;utm_campaign=20260828_BDG_BFGO_REV_EMAIL_BIRIC-RSL">That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m spearheading a nationwide Bible Revival in public schools and asking you to join me today.</a></strong></p><p>Your signature on your &#8220;Schools Need a Bible Revival&#8221; petition tells our elected officials that you want biblical lessons put back in our public schools.</p><p>Think public schools are too far gone? Think I&#8217;m dreaming?</p><p>Consider this...</p><p><strong><a href="https://secure.anedot.com/brave-for-good/rsl0be220-2cffjmjb8-9f74-c3aff?utm_source=REV&amp;utm_medium=EMAIL&amp;utm_campaign=20260828_BDG_BFGO_REV_EMAIL_BIRIC-RSL">Your signed &#8220;Schools Need a Bible Revival&#8221; petition is going straight to my friends at BRAVE FOR GOOD.</a></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://secure.anedot.com/brave-for-good/rsl0be220-2cffjmjb8-9f74-c3aff?utm_source=REV&amp;utm_medium=EMAIL&amp;utm_campaign=20260828_BDG_BFGO_REV_EMAIL_BIRIC-RSL">With your support...</a></strong></p><p><strong>BRAVE FOR GOOD</strong><span> is the powerhouse group behind my &#8220;See You at the Library&#8221; movement featured on Fox News, that gets conservative Story Hours into public libraries to counter the Left&#8217;s &#8220;Drag Queen Story Hours.&#8221;</span></p><p><strong>BRAVE FOR GOOD </strong><span>is the powerhouse group that got an historic conservative Story Hour into the Library of Congress last year!</span></p><p><span>And </span><strong>BRAVE FOR GOOD</strong><span> is the powerhouse group that will get the Biblical values you cherish &#8211; and that America was founded upon &#8211; back into public schools this year!</span></p><p>HOW?</p><p>We&#8217;ve designed a mini-curriculum for America&#8217;s 250th Anniversary that teaches children about the role of the Bible in our nation&#8217;s Founding and emphasizes the Founding values that have made our country great.</p><p>Last year I got into three public schools to reach 1,400 children with biblical lessons.</p><p><strong>With you and BRAVE FOR GOOD behind me, I know we can expand that number to 250,000 children this year in honor of America&#8217;s 250th Anniversary.</strong></p><p>You know it won&#8217;t be easy.</p><p>The radical leftists who&#8217;ve taken over our public schools aren&#8217;t just going to put out the welcome mat.</p><p><span>That&#8217;s why </span><strong>BRAVE FOR GOOD</strong><span> is getting ready for the battle by collecting stacks of petitions.</span></p><p><span>Your signed </span><strong><a href="https://secure.anedot.com/brave-for-good/rsl0be220-2cffjmjb8-9f74-c3aff?utm_source=REV&amp;utm_medium=EMAIL&amp;utm_campaign=20260828_BDG_BFGO_REV_EMAIL_BIRIC-RSL">&#8220;Schools Need a Bible Revival&#8221;</a><span> </span></strong><span>petition tells our representatives that the Supreme Court ruling that took the Bible out of schools only specified that the Bible could not be mandatory reading.</span></p><p>The 1963 ruling 100% allows for the Bible to be taught in a historical or cultural context!</p><p>And why wouldn&#8217;t it be?</p><p>In every corner of the world, the Bible is considered one of the greatest books ever written. Of course children should learn about it in your taxpayer-funded schools!</p><p><span>But radical educators will try to keep anything to do with the Bible out of our schools and when they do, </span><strong>BRAVE FOR GOOD</strong><span>will be ready to counter them with thousands of signed petitions.</span></p><p><strong><a href="https://secure.anedot.com/brave-for-good/rsl0be220-2cffjmjb8-9f74-c3aff?utm_source=REV&amp;utm_medium=EMAIL&amp;utm_campaign=20260828_BDG_BFGO_REV_EMAIL_BIRIC-RSL">But that means getting your signed &#8220;Schools Need a Bible Revival&#8221; petition back now.</a></strong></p><p><strong>And will you please also consider a tax-deductible petition sponsorship gift of $35 or more?</strong></p><p><span>Every petition you send digitally must still be delivered, verified, securely collected, and tabulated before it can be presented &#8212; </span><strong><a href="https://secure.anedot.com/brave-for-good/rsl0be220-2cffjmjb8-9f74-c3aff?utm_source=REV&amp;utm_medium=EMAIL&amp;utm_campaign=20260828_BDG_BFGO_REV_EMAIL_BIRIC-RSL">and your $35 covers those costs for 400 more signers.</a><span> </span></strong><span>That means your gift today puts hundreds of new voices on the record before the deadline.</span></p><p><span>To be blunt, </span><strong>BRAVE FOR GOOD</strong><span> is a small but mighty Christian non-profit and this Bible Revival is funded entirely as a grassroots effort from patriots like you.</span></p><p>It won&#8217;t be easy going up against taxpayer-funded public schools and their unlimited money.</p><p>But I know we can do it.</p><p><strong>Together with BRAVE FOR GOOD and patriots like you</strong><span>, </span><strong><span>we got conservative and patriotic values back into public libraries. </span><a href="https://secure.anedot.com/brave-for-good/rsl0be220-2cffjmjb8-9f74-c3aff?utm_source=REV&amp;utm_medium=EMAIL&amp;utm_campaign=20260828_BDG_BFGO_REV_EMAIL_BIRIC-RSL">Now we&#8217;re going to get biblical values back into public schools.</a></strong></p><p><strong>Only God can lead our nation back to His Word.</strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://secure.anedot.com/brave-for-good/rsl0be220-2cffjmjb8-9f74-c3aff?utm_source=REV&amp;utm_medium=EMAIL&amp;utm_campaign=20260828_BDG_BFGO_REV_EMAIL_BIRIC-RSL">But you and I are called to do our part too.</a></strong></p><p>Thank you for standing with us.</p><p>Sincerely,</p><p><strong>Kirk Cameron</strong></p><p>BRAVE For Good</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oXyf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6001e0a6-12dc-4b0c-a0c4-91f83e697c43_600x130.png" 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Emanuel Cleaver, potentially giving Republicans an opportunity to flip another House seat in November.</p><p>But the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that the new map had not legally taken effect and could not be used in the general election unless voters approve it.</p><p>&#8220;HB 1 did not go into effect and will not go into effect unless and until approved by the voters,&#8221; the court wrote. &#8220;The congressional redistricting the General Assembly established in 2022 remains in full force and effect for the November 2026 general election.&#8221;</p><p>Trump quickly unloaded on the decision, calling the ruling &#8220;ridiculous&#8221; and &#8220;unConstitutional&#8221; while arguing that Missouri should be allowed to use the map that was in place just months earlier.</p><p>&#8220;The Missouri Supreme Court just ridiculously ruled in favor of changing the maps back to what they were a long time ago. It&#8217;s called, Ancient History!&#8221; Trump wrote on Truth Social.</p><p>Trump also warned that the timing of the decision could create turmoil with the November election rapidly approaching.</p><p>&#8220;The problem is, according to Legal Scholars, that not only was the ruling horrible, ridiculous, and unConstitutional, but there won&#8217;t be enough time to change the map back with the Election coming up in a very short period of time,&#8221; Trump wrote.</p><p>&#8220;The Election Process, as usual, is being disturbed in America!&#8221;</p><p>Trump pointed specifically to the fact that the newer map had already been in effect during the state&#8217;s primary.</p><p>&#8220;Missouri must be able to use the map that was in effect just a couple of months ago, in the Primary,&#8221; Trump said, calling the ruling a &#8220;Dark Day for &#8216;Justice&#8217; in Missouri!&#8221;</p><p>The legal battle may not be over.</p><p>Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said following the decision that the state would seek relief from the U.S. Supreme Court, potentially setting up another major redistricting showdown just weeks before Election Day.</p><p>The dispute comes at a particularly consequential moment for Republicans.</p><p>Control of the House could be determined by a small number of seats in November, making Missouri&#8217;s potential seventh Republican district especially valuable to the GOP.</p><p>Under the Missouri Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling, however, the state will head into the midterms using the older map that produced six Republican-leaning districts and two Democratic-leaning districts.</p><p>Unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes, Republicans could enter Election Day without a congressional seat they had hoped would help strengthen their House majority.</p><p>Trump, meanwhile, is making clear that he wants the fight to continue.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elise Stefanik Has Some Critical Questions for Every Republican Voter]]></title><description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a reason she needs your answers before Dallas.]]></description><link>https://bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/p/elise-stefanik-has-some-critical</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/p/elise-stefanik-has-some-critical</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Big League Politics]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:49:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zip6!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd539a9f8-fe4f-45a1-9cc5-5a3380e2a917_1537x1023.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://secure.winred.com/team-elise/9fc87f27208d8fb2/?utm_campaign=20260903&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=RW_B&amp;recurring=true&amp;utm_content=RL" 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It&#8217;s really that simple!</p><p><strong><span data-color="#ff0000" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">But all year, the Democrats have been trouncing us in voter enthusiasm, voter verifications, and voter turnout.</span></strong></p><p><strong>That&#8217;s why the GOP is launching one FINAL, massive verification push to retake the lead before it&#8217;s too late!</strong></p><p><strong><mark data-color="#ffff00" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span>We&#8217;ve set a goal of verifying 1,000,000 new GOP voters before the start of our FIRST-EVER Midterm Convention next week.</span></mark></strong></p><p>Our records show your profile is only partially verified, meaning you still have a few questions left to answer before I can mark you as verified.</p><p><em>You may have verified your voter profile in the past, but this final step ensures your voter information is 100% accurate and up to date now that Election Day is almost here!</em></p><p><strong>Can I 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engagement by Democrats, in part led by the Texas Democratic Party, along with participation from House Democrats, Senate Democrats, as well as Democratic governors from different parts of the country,&#8221; Jeffries said.</p><p>Jeffries stopped short of revealing exactly what Democrats have planned, where their events will be held or which Democratic governors and members of Congress will participate.</p><p>Instead, the House Democrat leader previewed the party&#8217;s attack against the Republican convention, accusing the GOP of holding a &#8220;celebration&#8221; while Americans face economic challenges.</p><p>&#8220;The fact that these Republicans are planning a celebration in the middle of an economic crisis where everyday Americans are drowning because of this high cost of living is extraordinary,&#8221; Jeffries said.</p><p>Republicans, meanwhile, are billing the Dallas gathering as an unprecedented opportunity to take their midterm message directly to voters.</p><p>The Republican National Committee says the convention will &#8220;celebrate the accomplishments of President Donald J. Trump, showcase the strength of the Republican Party and its slate of candidates, and unite Americans around a bold vision for the future.&#8221;</p><p>The RNC has announced a packed schedule featuring 109 programming items and speakers over the two-day event. Vice President JD Vance is slated to headline the opening night before Trump closes out the convention on Sept. 10.</p><p>&#8220;Over two action-packed days, we will take Americans through the defining issues of our Party&#8217;s agenda and what is at stake in November,&#8221; RNC Chairman Joe Gruters said when the programming was announced.</p><p>&#8220;Each hour will have its own theme, its own message, and its own voices, building toward President Donald Trump&#8217;s vision for the next chapter of American greatness. This will be unlike any political convention America has seen before.&#8221;</p><p>Trump first announced plans for the event in June, describing it as a &#8220;rally like none other!&#8221;</p><p>The gathering represents a major departure from modern political tradition. National party conventions are generally reserved for presidential election years, but the RNC changed its rules earlier this year to permit a convention during the midterm cycle.</p><p>Jeffries also made clear that Democrats view the battle surrounding the Dallas convention as part of the larger fight for control of Congress.</p><p>Asked about Trump directing resources and tele-town halls toward roughly 35 competitive races, as well as political spending from Elon Musk, Jeffries insisted Democrats would have enough money to compete.</p><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to have the resources necessary in order to reelect our frontline members and flip more than enough seats to take back control of the House of Representatives,&#8221; Jeffries said.</p><p>But the national parties enter the midterm stretch with dramatically different financial positions.</p><p>According to Federal Election Commission filings cited by The Epoch Times, the RNC reported $125.5 million in cash on hand and no debt at the end of May. The Democratic National Committee reported just $14.9 million in cash while carrying $18.3 million in debt.</p><p>With control of Congress hanging in the balance, next week&#8217;s unprecedented Dallas convention is shaping up to be more than a Republican gathering.</p><p>Democrats are now openly preparing their own operation to compete with Trump and the GOP for the national spotlight.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[ActBlue Just Raised a Staggering $1.1 BILLION — And Texas Is in the Crosshairs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Democrats think they can flip this Senate seat. Ken Paxton has one week to send them a message.]]></description><link>https://bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/p/actblue-just-raised-a-staggering</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/p/actblue-just-raised-a-staggering</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Big League Politics]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:45:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k6yn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6fa9a448-63a2-4b55-b8d9-b24e5e3cf8b5_1672x940.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><span>I am going to be direct with you&#8230;</span></p><p><span>We are facing a huge fundraising challenge. </span><strong><span>The Democrat fundraising network ActBlue raised $1.1 billion in the first six months of this year. One point one billion dollars for far-Left Democrats running all over the country.</span></strong><span> Fifteen million individual contributions. Five hundred and seventy-three thousand first-time Democrat donors who had never given before and decided to back the far-Left Democrats this year&#8230;</span></p><p><em><span>That machine does not take days off. It does not rest&#8230;</span></em></p><p><strong><span>We have about one week until the end of our July fundraising period.</span></strong><span> We&#8217;re about one week before the numbers get reported, the media writes its story, and donors across the country decide whether my race is worth their attention and support.</span></p><p><span>I need to raise a big number to show strength- and to make sure I can continue to aggressively campaign and ensure voters know just how crazy-liberal James Talarico is.</span></p><p><strong><span>A strong fundraising number says:</span></strong><span> </span><em><span>Texas is fighting back. We are competitive. Send reinforcements to keep Texas Red and hold the GOP Senate Majority!</span></em></p><p><em><strong><a href="https://secure.winred.com/ken-paxton-for-senate/pg_rs-e_1235-rsl-actblue-bombshell-mbp_20260903_a_?utm_source=RevShare&amp;utm_campaign=PaxtonKen_1235-RSL-actblue-bombshell_20260903&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_content=1235-RSL-actblue-bombshell&amp;utm_agency=PG&amp;amount=75"><span>Rush Support and be counted among my top summer supporters &gt;&gt;</span></a></strong></em></p><p><span>A weak number says something else&#8230;</span></p><p><span>They have already deployed their talking points. They are already calling our Texas Senate race a Democrat pickup opportunity. They are already telling their army of online far-Left donors that a few more million dollars will put Texas away.</span></p><p><span>We need to prove them wrong. Not in November. Right now. </span><em><span>In the week&#8230;</span></em></p><p><span>Chip in before the deadline. Not for the report. For the message it sends.</span></p><p><strong><a href="https://secure.winred.com/ken-paxton-for-senate/pg_rs-e_1235-rsl-actblue-bombshell-mbp_20260903_a_?utm_source=RevShare&amp;utm_campaign=PaxtonKen_1235-RSL-actblue-bombshell_20260903&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_content=1235-RSL-actblue-bombshell&amp;utm_agency=PG&amp;amount=75&amp;recurring=true"><span>Rush Support &amp; Donate Now &gt;&gt;</span></a></strong></p><p><em><strong><span>Ken Paxton</span></strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://secure.winred.com/ken-paxton-for-senate/pg_rs-e_1235-rsl-actblue-bombshell-mbp_20260903_a_?utm_source=RevShare&amp;utm_campaign=PaxtonKen_1235-RSL-actblue-bombshell_20260903&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_content=1235-RSL-actblue-bombshell&amp;utm_agency=PG&amp;amount=75&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;DONATE HERE&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>North Carolina Democrat Senate candidate Roy Cooper is facing renewed scrutiny over his record on crime after audio surfaced of the former governor telling supporters that people in jail need &#8220;health care, not handcuffs.&#8221;</p><p>The remarks, first reported by Breitbart News, came as Cooper discussed his record as governor and North Carolina&#8217;s expansion of Medicaid.</p><p>&#8220;We got people in jails health care, not handcuffs,&#8221; Cooper can be heard saying at the campaign event.</p><p>The comment is likely to hand Republicans another line of attack in a Senate race where crime and public safety have already emerged as major issues.</p><p>Cooper, the former two-term governor and state attorney general, has faced criticism over policies implemented during his administration, including a massive early-release agreement involving thousands of inmates and recommendations from his racial equity task force that called for alternatives to arrest.</p><h3>Cooper&#8217;s Record Comes Back Into Focus</h3><p>In 2020, Cooper established the North Carolina Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice, which called for the state to &#8220;reimagine public safety.&#8221;</p><p>Among its recommendations were expanding diversion programs and other alternatives to arrest while encouraging law enforcement officers and prosecutors to consider citations and summonses instead of arrests in certain cases.</p><p>Republicans have repeatedly pointed to those policies as evidence that Cooper embraced the soft-on-crime approach that swept through Democrat-controlled cities and states following the 2020 riots.</p><p>Cooper has pushed back against those attacks, arguing that his years as attorney general demonstrate a record of prosecuting violent criminals.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m the only one in this race who&#8217;s actually prosecuted violent criminals and worked to keep them behind bars,&#8221; Cooper has said.</p><p>But his newly surfaced &#8220;health care, not handcuffs&#8221; remark could complicate that defense.</p><h3>Thousands of Inmates Released Under Cooper</h3><p>Cooper has also faced intense criticism over a 2021 settlement that ultimately resulted in thousands of inmates being released early from North Carolina prisons.</p><p>The issue became even more politically explosive after DeCarlos Brown Jr., the man accused of killing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska aboard a Charlotte light rail train, was reportedly identified as one of the inmates included in the early-release program.</p><p>Brown had accumulated a lengthy criminal history before Zarutska&#8217;s killing, including numerous previous arrests.</p><p>The case has become a centerpiece of Republican attacks on criminal justice policies in North Carolina, particularly in Mecklenburg County.</p><h3>Law Enforcement Lines Up Behind Michael Whatley</h3><p>Cooper&#8217;s Republican opponent, Michael Whatley, has meanwhile consolidated support from several major law enforcement organizations.</p><p>The North Carolina Troopers Association, North Carolina Police Benevolent Association, and North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police have all endorsed Whatley in the Senate race.</p><p>The National Border Patrol Council also recently threw its support behind Whatley, with organization president Paul Perez joining him for events across North Carolina.</p><p>Those endorsements give Republicans another opening to contrast the two candidates on public safety as control of the U.S. Senate hangs in the balance.</p><p>Cooper is attempting to campaign largely on economic and affordability issues, but Republicans appear determined to make his record as governor &#8212; particularly his handling of crime and criminal justice &#8212; a defining issue of the race.</p><p>His newly surfaced words may make that task considerably easier.</p><p>&#8220;Health care, not handcuffs&#8221; is now a phrase North Carolina 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terrified because they know I am the only one who can stop their radical agenda from spreading across the nation.</span></p><p><strong><span>It&#8217;s been a brutal race and my team and I are giving it all we&#8217;ve got.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>But as long as I have your support, we are not backing down.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>I need the entire nation to join this fight.</span></strong><span> I need you to show the left that when they attack one of us, the whole country stands up.</span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://secure.winred.com/steve-hilton-for-governor-2026/standwithsteve-trenches-rsl/?utm_source=prospecting&amp;utm_medium=ha-email&amp;utm_campaign=20260727_e002544-sh_standwithsteve-trenches_rsl&amp;utm_content=rsl&amp;recurring=true&amp;amtposition=2&amp;amount=&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;> CLICK HERE: STAND WITH STEVE <&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" 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programs.]]></description><link>https://bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/p/trump-moves-to-strip-tax-exempt-status</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/p/trump-moves-to-strip-tax-exempt-status</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Big League Politics]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:15:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3oz8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a05a939-d667-4cfa-a472-6ac9aaca1914_2000x1334.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3oz8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a05a939-d667-4cfa-a472-6ac9aaca1914_2000x1334.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3oz8!, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/w_424, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a05a939-d667-4cfa-a472-6ac9aaca1914_2000x1334.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3oz8!, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/w_848, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a05a939-d667-4cfa-a472-6ac9aaca1914_2000x1334.heic 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3oz8!, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a05a939-d667-4cfa-a472-6ac9aaca1914_2000x1334.heic 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3oz8!, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a05a939-d667-4cfa-a472-6ac9aaca1914_2000x1334.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3oz8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a05a939-d667-4cfa-a472-6ac9aaca1914_2000x1334.heic" width="1456" 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programs administered by the institution.</p><p>The move comes as the Trump administration has intensified its campaign against race-conscious policies throughout American education.</p><p>The Department of Justice has already conducted reviews that found race-based discrimination at several prominent institutions.</p><p>According to the Daily Caller report, DOJ investigations found discriminatory practices involving admissions at the Yale University School of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and Duke University School of Law.</p><p>The Treasury Department and IRS are pointing to longstanding Supreme Court precedent in support of the proposed rule, including <em>Brown v. Board of Education</em>, <em>Bob Jones University v. United States</em>, and <em>Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard</em>.</p><p>The regulations would not prohibit schools from providing assistance to disadvantaged students.</p><p>Schools could continue offering educational programs, scholarships and other forms of assistance using race-neutral criteria such as income, geographic location, individual hardship, first-generation status, military status or academic achievement.</p><p>The proposal would also preserve certain curricula and observances tied to genuine religious affiliations.</p><p>The distinction is significant: the administration&#8217;s proposal targets discrimination based specifically on race rather than programs designed to assist students based on economic hardship or other race-neutral circumstances.</p><p>If finalized, the regulations would apply to taxable years beginning May 31, 2027.</p><p>The proposal represents another major step in Trump&#8217;s effort to dismantle race-based policies in American institutions &#8212; this time using one of the federal government&#8217;s most powerful financial levers: <strong>tax-exempt status.</strong></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dinesh D’Souza Breaks His Silence on the Night Before He Was Locked Away]]></title><description><![CDATA[What he learned that night changed how he fights&#8212;and became a lesson he passed on to Brandon Gill.]]></description><link>https://bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/p/dinesh-dsouza-breaks-his-silence</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/p/dinesh-dsouza-breaks-his-silence</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Big League Politics]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:45:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rCu1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc50ce4c-2167-479d-b701-e4d0d2ed80ef_1160x629.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a 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Something I&#8217;ve never said quite this way before.</span></p><p><strong><span>The night before I was set to be locked away, I made a decision that changed everything about how I fight and how I&#8217;ve fought ever since.</span></strong></p><p><span>I&#8217;m not going to bury the lead: </span><em><strong><span>what I learned in that moment is the same thing I believe every patriot in this movement needs to hear right now. </span></strong></em></p><p><span>Because what we&#8217;re facing today is a threat to everything we&#8217;ve built &#8212; it can feel like the walls are closing in.</span></p><p><span>I know that feeling. </span></p><p><strong><span>And what I learned on the other side of it is something I&#8217;ve passed on to only a handful of people I trust most, including my son-in-law Brandon Gill who took it to Dartmouth, then took it to Washington, and uses it every single day to expose and dismantle the radical left in ways they never saw coming!</span></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://secure.winred.com/brandon-gill-for-texas/dineshlifeline-nightbeforelocked-em-rsl/?recurring=true&amp;amtposition=1"><span>I&#8217;m sharing it with you now because I think you need it.</span></a></strong></p><p><span>Don&#8217;t look at this as another fundraising pitch or one of those doomsday warnings. </span></p><p><span>I hope this will instead give you a genuine glimmer of hope about what we&#8217;re up against &#8212; and exactly how we&#8217;re going to win.</span></p><p><strong><a href="https://secure.winred.com/brandon-gill-for-texas/dineshlifeline-nightbeforelocked-em-rsl/?recurring=true&amp;amtposition=1"><span>I&#8217;ve written it all out in a full personal note. I hope you&#8217;ll take a few minutes to read it.</span></a></strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://secure.winred.com/brandon-gill-for-texas/dineshlifeline-nightbeforelocked-em-rsl/?recurring=true&amp;amtposition=1&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;READ MY FULL PERSONAL NOTE HERE >>&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://secure.winred.com/brandon-gill-for-texas/dineshlifeline-nightbeforelocked-em-rsl/?recurring=true&amp;amtposition=1"><span>READ MY FULL PERSONAL NOTE HERE &gt;&gt;</span></a></p><p><span>For freedom,</span></p><p><em><strong><span>Dinesh D&#8217;Souza</span></strong></em></p><p></p><div class="pullquote"><p><span>Content provided by Brandon Gill for Texas.</span></p></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Announces 30-Day Campaign Blitz to Defend GOP Majorities in Midterms]]></title><description><![CDATA[The president is hitting the road as the battle for the House and Senate enters its final stretch.]]></description><link>https://bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/p/trump-announces-30-day-campaign-blitz</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/p/trump-announces-30-day-campaign-blitz</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Big League Politics]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:15:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!P62Z!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0552c34b-429a-49ea-91a9-6068cecb731a_1635x962.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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indicating plans to campaign on behalf of Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan as he fights to hold his seat.</p><p>The Alaska race has drawn additional attention after another candidate named &#8220;Dan Sullivan&#8221; appeared on the ballot, a development Republicans have alleged could confuse voters.</p><p>But Trump&#8217;s planned campaign swing will extend well beyond Alaska.</p><p>With Republicans fighting to maintain control of Congress, the president is expected to campaign for candidates in key House and Senate contests during the final weeks before voters head to the polls.</p><p>The stakes are particularly high for Trump.</p><p>The party occupying the White House has historically faced political headwinds during midterm elections, meaning Republicans will have to overcome the traditional midterm disadvantage to preserve their congressional majorities.</p><p>Losing either chamber could dramatically complicate the second half of Trump&#8217;s term, while losing both would hand Democrats control of Congress and the ability to derail major pieces of the president&#8217;s agenda.</p><p>Republicans have reasons for optimism heading into the final stretch. The GOP remains narrowly favored to retain control of the Senate, while redistricting has improved the party&#8217;s position in several House races.</p><p>Trump, however, appears unwilling to leave the outcome to chance.</p><p>For the final 30 days of the midterm campaign, the president plans to take his case directly to voters &#8212; putting himself at the center of the Republican effort to keep control of Capitol Hill.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama’s Megadonor Plan to Sabotage the GOP Midterm Convention]]></title><description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a reason Obama chose this exact moment to make his move.]]></description><link>https://bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/p/obamas-megadonor-plan-to-sabotage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/p/obamas-megadonor-plan-to-sabotage</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Big League Politics]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 22:45:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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Raise <strong>MILLIONS OF DOLLARS</strong> to immediately blast the airwaves with lying attacks to completely drown out our winning message and stop us from gaining any momentum from the convention!</em></p><p>But Obama underestimated one thing&#8230;</p><p>No matter how many millions he spends to BUY the midterm elections for Democrats, <em>it will be no match for the tens of millions of MAGA patriots like YOU.</em></p><p>Remember: It&#8217;s not the <em>amount</em> you give that matters, but rather the <em>sheer number</em> of grassroots Americans who stand with the President and our Majority ahead of our FIRST-EVER Midterm Convention.</p><p><strong><a href="https://secure.winred.com/team-elise/820a63490b67556b/?utm_campaign=20260828&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=RW_B&amp;recurring=true&amp;utm_content=RL">So please, make a contribution to help us FIGHT BACK against the Obama Machine that is hellbent on sabotaging our Midterm Convention and BUYING the midterm 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href="https://secure.winred.com/team-elise/820a63490b67556b/?utm_campaign=20260828&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=RW_B&amp;recurring=true&amp;utm_content=RL&amp;amount=25">CONTRIBUTE $25 &gt;&gt;</a></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://secure.winred.com/team-elise/820a63490b67556b/?utm_campaign=20260828&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=RW_B&amp;recurring=true&amp;utm_content=RL&amp;amount=50">CONTRIBUTE $50 &gt;&gt;</a></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://secure.winred.com/team-elise/820a63490b67556b/?utm_campaign=20260828&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=RW_B&amp;recurring=true&amp;utm_content=RL&amp;amount=75">CONTRIBUTE $75 &gt;&gt;</a></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://secure.winred.com/team-elise/820a63490b67556b/?utm_campaign=20260828&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=RW_B&amp;recurring=true&amp;utm_content=RL&amp;amount=100">CONTRIBUTE $100 &gt;&gt;</a></strong></p><p 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>House lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a Trump-backed government funding package Tuesday, clearing the way for the legislation to head to President Donald Trump&#8217;s desk and averting another potential government shutdown.</p><p>The House voted 370-48 to approve H.R. 6500, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027.</p><p>The measure won support from 193 Republicans, 176 Democrats and one independent.</p><p>The Senate had previously approved its amended version of the legislation in a lopsided 90-6 vote on August 8.</p><p>With the House now agreeing to the Senate amendments, congressional action on the package is complete. The White House has formally backed the legislation, making Trump&#8217;s signature expected.</p><p>The bill keeps the federal government funded beyond the September 30 expiration of current funding.</p><p>Most federal agencies will continue operating at existing spending levels through December 11, giving Congress additional time to negotiate full-year appropriations.</p><p>The agreement also pushes the next major government funding showdown beyond the November 3 midterm elections.</p><p>Republicans characterized the measure as a way to avoid another disruptive shutdown while maintaining current spending levels.</p><p>House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole said the legislation would provide Americans with &#8220;certainty&#8221; while lawmakers continue working on longer-term appropriations bills.</p><p>The measure maintains funding for military personnel, Social Security, transportation security, disaster relief, nutrition programs and other government operations.</p><p>It also includes provisions intended to prevent furloughs, allowing agencies to adjust civilian personnel funding after first reducing or delaying certain administrative expenses.</p><p>National security funding is protected under the package as well.</p><p>The legislation provides flexibility for Navy shipbuilding programs, including Virginia-class and Columbia-class submarines, and permits as much as $2.853 billion for Defense-wide National Security Systems during the temporary funding period.</p><p>The Justice Department receives flexibility for federal judicial security, U.S. Marshals Service protection, legal operations and certain FBI preparations.</p><p>FEMA&#8217;s Disaster Relief Fund and federal wildfire suppression accounts are also permitted to operate at levels necessary to respond to emergencies.</p><p>Veterans programs receive a series of temporary extensions covering healthcare, mental health services, housing assistance, transportation and homelessness programs.</p><p>The National Flood Insurance Program is extended through December 11, along with federal highway, mass-transit and Essential Air Service authorities.</p><p>Several trade provisions receive longer extensions, including the African Growth and Opportunity Act and the Haiti Economic Lift Program, which are extended through 2028.</p><p>The Trump administration described the package as a &#8220;clean, short-term continuing resolution&#8221; and urged Congress to avoid another costly shutdown battle.</p><p>While the legislation removes the immediate September 30 deadline, lawmakers will still have to reach a broader spending agreement before funding expires again on December 11.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[BREAKING: Prediction Markets Now Project a Democrat Midterm Sweep]]></title><description><![CDATA[The latest forecast should have every MAGA voter paying 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worry&#8230; <em>MAGA gets it!</em></p><p><strong>Many hard-working Americans may not have the funds at this time to make a full membership contribution, but they&#8217;re still the backbone of MAGA all the same!</strong></p><p><strong><mark data-color="#ffff00" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span>That is why generous donors have stepped up and already covered HALF of YOUR membership contribution if you renew </span></mark></strong><em><strong><mark data-color="#ffff00" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span>right here, right now!</span></mark></strong></em></p><p><em>That&#8217;s right &#8211; if you renew before 11:59 P.M. to help SAVE the President&#8217;s Majority with just WEEKS to go in the midterms, HALF of your membership is covered &#8211; no questions asked!</em></p><p>So please, don&#8217;t blow off these generous patriots.</p><p>At the end of the day, MAGA draws its strength not from the <em>size</em> of our contributions, but rather from the <em>sheer number</em> of patriots who step up to defend our country when we need it most.</p><p><strong><a href="https://secure.winred.com/the-majority/be403fa8d4678cad/?utm_campaign=20260902&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=RW_B&amp;recurring=true&amp;utm_content=RSL">So please, renew YOUR 2026 MAGA Majority Membership for just $10.13 now that generous donors have already covered HALF of your membership renewal contribution.</a></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>(And if you&#8217;re able, consider paying it forward to cover HALF of the membership renewal cost for the next MAGA patriot.)</strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://secure.winred.com/the-majority/be403fa8d4678cad/?utm_campaign=20260902&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=RW_B&amp;recurring=true&amp;utm_content=RSL" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wSTX!, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd41efafc-c226-4c61-acc7-57cd9832817b_1200x630.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wSTX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd41efafc-c226-4c61-acc7-57cd9832817b_1200x630.heic" width="1200" height="630" 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Between 2010 and 2025, the percentage of Americans who considered government corruption widespread generally ranged from 72 percent to 79 percent.</p><p>But the partisan breakdown reveals an even more dramatic shift.</p><p>Democrats have become significantly more likely to believe the government is plagued by widespread corruption since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.</p><p>During former President Joe Biden&#8217;s final year in office, just 57 percent of Democrats described government corruption as widespread.</p><p>That number jumped to 76 percent during the first year of Trump&#8217;s second term.</p><p>Now, an overwhelming 91 percent of Democrats say corruption is widespread in the U.S. government &#8212; a stunning 34-point increase from 2024.</p><p>Republicans, meanwhile, have consistently expressed high levels of concern about government corruption.</p><p>Roughly 80 percent of Republicans have said corruption is widespread during each of the past two years. That is actually slightly lower than the 87 percent recorded among Republicans in 2024.</p><p>The result means Democrats have now surpassed Republicans in their perception of widespread government corruption, representing a dramatic reversal from the Biden years.</p><p>The Gallup findings also point to a broader problem that transcends partisan politics: Nearly nine out of every ten Americans now believe corruption is widespread in their government.</p><p>With 89 percent holding that view, distrust of the government has reached a level unseen in Gallup&#8217;s two decades of tracking the issue.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[They Took the Bible Out of Schools. Now a Movement Is Fighting to Bring It Back.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A nationwide Bible Revival is launching for America&#8217;s 250th Anniversary.]]></description><link>https://bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/p/they-took-the-bible-out-of-schools</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/p/they-took-the-bible-out-of-schools</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Big League Politics]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:45:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4S52!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdb28c7db-9235-4f93-9d74-4a4361573eef_840x570.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>Will you help me put God back in your town schools?</strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://secure.anedot.com/brave-for-good/rsl0be220-2cffjmjb8-9f74-c3aff?utm_source=REV&amp;utm_medium=EMAIL&amp;utm_campaign=20260828_BDG_BFGO_REV_EMAIL_BIRIC-RSL">Specifically, I&#8217;m asking you to sign the &#8220;Schools Need a Bible Revival&#8221; petition and tell your Governor that the children in your community deserve to hear that:</a></strong></p><ul><li><p>They are wonderfully made in the very image of God.</p></li><li><p>And that God is calling them to love Him above all else.</p></li></ul><p>What a country we&#8217;d be, if all of America&#8217;s children had just a little bit of God&#8217;s Word in their lives - like you did.</p><p>Our Founding Fathers understood this.</p><p>That&#8217;s why throughout our history, the Bible has been the cornerstone of American life, education, and law.</p><p>Abraham Lincoln believed the Bible was &#8220;the best gift God has given to man.&#8221;</p><p>And Dwight D. Eisenhower said, &#8220;Without God there could be no American form of government, nor an American way of life.&#8221;</p><p>But in 1963, in a wrongly decided Supreme Court case, the Left ripped the everyday reading of the Bible out of public schools.</p><p>And the results speak for themselves: more violence, divorce, abortion, drug addiction, depression, and the breakdown of the family.</p><p>Justice Stewart Potter was the lone dissenter in the Supreme Court decision that outlawed the mandatory reading of the Bible in schools.</p><p>He wrote that the ruling didn&#8217;t &#8216;protect religious freedom&#8217; but rather &#8216;established a religion of secularism.&#8217;</p><p>And how right he was!</p><p>But even Justice Potter wouldn&#8217;t have predicted how far the &#8216;religion of secularism&#8217; has taken us from Biblical values.</p><p><strong><a href="https://secure.anedot.com/brave-for-good/rsl0be220-2cffjmjb8-9f74-c3aff?utm_source=REV&amp;utm_medium=EMAIL&amp;utm_campaign=20260828_BDG_BFGO_REV_EMAIL_BIRIC-RSL">Your signed &#8220;Schools Need a Bible Revival&#8221; petition is so important because instead of the Ten Commandments, the Beatitudes, and the Golden Rule being presented in schools...</a></strong></p><p>...today radical &#8220;educators&#8221; teach our children and grandchildren that:</p><ul><li><p>God is a myth for the weak and if their families believe in Him, they&#8217;re probably uneducated, hateful, and racist.</p></li><li><p>If these &#8220;educators&#8221; do acknowledge God, they say He makes mistakes and some boys are really girls and some girls are really boys.</p></li><li><p>And they wrongly tell children, &#8216;God just wants you to be happy&#8217; so you should do whatever you want, do whatever feels good, and anyone who tells you otherwise is an old- fashioned bigot who has to go.</p></li></ul><p>So many families are being torn apart by this madness that overturns everything our Founders believed.</p><p><strong>It is only fitting that during the 250th Anniversary of our independence, we put Biblical lessons BACK into our public schools.</strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://secure.anedot.com/brave-for-good/rsl0be220-2cffjmjb8-9f74-c3aff?utm_source=REV&amp;utm_medium=EMAIL&amp;utm_campaign=20260828_BDG_BFGO_REV_EMAIL_BIRIC-RSL">That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m spearheading a nationwide Bible Revival in public schools and asking you to join me today.</a></strong></p><p>Your signature on your &#8220;Schools Need a Bible Revival&#8221; petition tells our elected officials that you want biblical lessons put back in our public schools.</p><p>Think public schools are too far gone? Think I&#8217;m dreaming?</p><p>Consider this...</p><p><strong><a href="https://secure.anedot.com/brave-for-good/rsl0be220-2cffjmjb8-9f74-c3aff?utm_source=REV&amp;utm_medium=EMAIL&amp;utm_campaign=20260828_BDG_BFGO_REV_EMAIL_BIRIC-RSL">Your signed &#8220;Schools Need a Bible Revival&#8221; petition is going straight to my friends at BRAVE FOR GOOD.</a></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://secure.anedot.com/brave-for-good/rsl0be220-2cffjmjb8-9f74-c3aff?utm_source=REV&amp;utm_medium=EMAIL&amp;utm_campaign=20260828_BDG_BFGO_REV_EMAIL_BIRIC-RSL">With your support...</a></strong></p><p><strong>BRAVE FOR GOOD</strong> is the powerhouse group behind my &#8220;See You at the Library&#8221; movement featured on Fox News, that gets conservative Story Hours into public libraries to counter the Left&#8217;s &#8220;Drag Queen Story Hours.&#8221;</p><p><strong>BRAVE FOR GOOD </strong>is the powerhouse group that got an historic conservative Story Hour into the Library of Congress last year!</p><p>And <strong>BRAVE FOR GOOD</strong> is the powerhouse group that will get the Biblical values you cherish &#8211; and that America was founded upon &#8211; back into public schools this year!</p><p>HOW?</p><p>We&#8217;ve designed a mini-curriculum for America&#8217;s 250th Anniversary that teaches children about the role of the Bible in our nation&#8217;s Founding and emphasizes the Founding values that have made our country great.</p><p>Last year I got into three public schools to reach 1,400 children with biblical lessons.</p><p><strong>With you and BRAVE FOR GOOD behind me, I know we can expand that number to 250,000 children this year in honor of America&#8217;s 250th Anniversary.</strong></p><p>You know it won&#8217;t be easy.</p><p>The radical leftists who&#8217;ve taken over our public schools aren&#8217;t just going to put out the welcome mat.</p><p>That&#8217;s why <strong>BRAVE FOR GOOD</strong> is getting ready for the battle by collecting stacks of petitions.</p><p>Your signed <strong><a href="https://secure.anedot.com/brave-for-good/rsl0be220-2cffjmjb8-9f74-c3aff?utm_source=REV&amp;utm_medium=EMAIL&amp;utm_campaign=20260828_BDG_BFGO_REV_EMAIL_BIRIC-RSL">&#8220;Schools Need a Bible Revival&#8221;</a> </strong>petition tells our representatives that the Supreme Court ruling that took the Bible out of schools only specified that the Bible could not be mandatory reading.</p><p>The 1963 ruling 100% allows for the Bible to be taught in a historical or cultural context!</p><p>And why wouldn&#8217;t it be?</p><p>In every corner of the world, the Bible is considered one of the greatest books ever written. Of course children should learn about it in your taxpayer-funded schools!</p><p>But radical educators will try to keep anything to do with the Bible out of our schools and when they do, <strong>BRAVE FOR GOOD</strong>will be ready to counter them with thousands of signed petitions.</p><p><strong><a href="https://secure.anedot.com/brave-for-good/rsl0be220-2cffjmjb8-9f74-c3aff?utm_source=REV&amp;utm_medium=EMAIL&amp;utm_campaign=20260828_BDG_BFGO_REV_EMAIL_BIRIC-RSL">But that means getting your signed &#8220;Schools Need a Bible Revival&#8221; petition back now.</a></strong></p><p><strong>And will you please also consider a tax-deductible petition sponsorship gift of $35 or more?</strong></p><p>Every petition you send digitally must still be delivered, verified, securely collected, and tabulated before it can be presented &#8212; <strong><a href="https://secure.anedot.com/brave-for-good/rsl0be220-2cffjmjb8-9f74-c3aff?utm_source=REV&amp;utm_medium=EMAIL&amp;utm_campaign=20260828_BDG_BFGO_REV_EMAIL_BIRIC-RSL">and your $35 covers those costs for 400 more signers.</a> </strong>That means your gift today puts hundreds of new voices on the record before the deadline.</p><p>To be blunt, <strong>BRAVE FOR GOOD</strong> is a small but mighty Christian non-profit and this Bible Revival is funded entirely as a grassroots effort from patriots like you.</p><p>It won&#8217;t be easy going up against taxpayer-funded public schools and their unlimited money.</p><p>But I know we can do it.</p><p><strong>Together with BRAVE FOR GOOD and patriots like you</strong>, <strong>we got conservative and patriotic values back into public libraries. <a href="https://secure.anedot.com/brave-for-good/rsl0be220-2cffjmjb8-9f74-c3aff?utm_source=REV&amp;utm_medium=EMAIL&amp;utm_campaign=20260828_BDG_BFGO_REV_EMAIL_BIRIC-RSL">Now we&#8217;re going to get biblical values back into public schools.</a></strong></p><p><strong>Only God can lead our nation back to His Word.</strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://secure.anedot.com/brave-for-good/rsl0be220-2cffjmjb8-9f74-c3aff?utm_source=REV&amp;utm_medium=EMAIL&amp;utm_campaign=20260828_BDG_BFGO_REV_EMAIL_BIRIC-RSL">But you and I are called to do our part too.</a></strong></p><p>Thank you for standing with us.</p><p>Sincerely,</p><p><strong>Kirk Cameron</strong></p><p>BRAVE For Good</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oXyf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6001e0a6-12dc-4b0c-a0c4-91f83e697c43_600x130.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oXyf!, /__u/bigleaguepolitics.substack.com/w_424, 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>President Donald Trump announced agreements with nine additional pharmaceutical companies aimed at lowering prescription drug prices for Americans, expanding his administration&#8217;s sweeping push to bring U.S. drug costs closer to prices paid in other developed countries.</p><p>The new agreements bring the total number of pharmaceutical companies participating in Trump&#8217;s drug-pricing initiative to 26 &#8212; companies the president says represent roughly 90 percent of the domestic pharmaceutical market.</p><p>&#8220;Nine new pharmaceutical companies are committing to deliver their lowest drug prices for American patients,&#8221; Trump said while announcing the agreements at the White House.</p><p>The nine companies joining the initiative are Alcon, Astellas Pharma, BeOne Medicines, BridgeBio, CSL, Kyowa Kirin, Sun Pharma, Teva Pharmaceuticals, and UCB.</p><p>The agreements are part of Trump&#8217;s &#8220;most-favored-nation&#8221; drug-pricing policy, which seeks to prevent Americans from paying substantially higher prices for medications than patients in other developed nations.</p><p>Under the new deals, state Medicaid programs will gain access to most-favored-nation pricing on products manufactured by the nine companies. The White House projects the agreements could ultimately save Americans billions of dollars.</p><p>The companies will also provide discounts directly to American consumers as part of the administration&#8217;s broader effort to cut the cost of name-brand prescription medications.</p><p>Monday&#8217;s announcement builds on agreements previously reached with 17 pharmaceutical companies.</p><p>Trump said the 26 companies now participating account for approximately 90 percent of the U.S. pharmaceutical market &#8212; and predicted the remaining companies will eventually join them.</p><p>&#8220;With today&#8217;s announcement, we now have 26 companies representing 90% of the domestic pharmaceutical market, and the other 10% are also coming in,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;They have no choice.&#8221;</p><p>The administration&#8217;s strategy is based on a longstanding complaint from Trump that American consumers effectively subsidize lower prescription drug prices in foreign countries by paying substantially higher prices at home.</p><p>The most-favored-nation approach seeks to change that by tying American prices more closely to the lower prices pharmaceutical companies offer in comparable developed nations.</p><p>The administration has also launched TrumpRx, which allows Americans to access discounts on certain name-brand medications directly.</p><p>With nine more companies now signing agreements, Trump&#8217;s drug-pricing initiative has expanded from a handful of major manufacturers to companies representing the overwhelming majority of the domestic pharmaceutical market.</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>