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Did You REALLY Think Our Lives Had Value?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Donna the Great & Drill Sgt. 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/__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F13b3be23-7edf-428d-acb2-bce3106cccb1_860x573.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AQjz!, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F13b3be23-7edf-428d-acb2-bce3106cccb1_860x573.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><span>On May 14, 2026, a Medevac plane crashed into a mountain because our military was practicing electronic warfare by jamming GPS signals.</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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/__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7950ca82-4b1d-443f-baec-afd07763d432_860x573.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-KS-!, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7950ca82-4b1d-443f-baec-afd07763d432_860x573.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><span>The crash caused a wildfire that burned thousands of acres. It killed two nurses and two pilots. The National Transportation Safety Board says it&#8217;s investigating, but the report won&#8217;t be available until 2027. The rest of us know that it&#8217;s just a cover-up like all the rest being perpetrated on the American people.</span></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p><span>Eight minutes after takeoff from Roswell, New Mexico, the GPS went dark on the Medevac flight. They were heading to pick up a patient to transport to Albuquerque. The pilots contacted air traffic control, and a supervisor there contacted the White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico to ask them to stop jamming. The GPS was restored, and the crew could see Sierra Blanca Regional Airport where they intended to land. The military resumed jamming, and the plane struck a mountain ridge in the Capitan Mountains.</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZxJt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc36bf73c-2721-4d66-b242-a609523155f4_800x454.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZxJt!, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/w_424, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc36bf73c-2721-4d66-b242-a609523155f4_800x454.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZxJt!, 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Three other aircraft in the area also reported losing GPS signals that night. Routine electronic warfare tests are conducted regularly at the range. The purpose is to train and test in a GPS-denied environment, like our forces increasingly expect to face in war.</span></p><p><span>Has anyone else noticed that the throughline between everything this administration does, is the willingness to discard human life to get it done? You get the feeling that if the nuclear weapons testing of 1945 was done today under Drumpf, they would have just not bothered with finding a suitable island, and just do it in the nearest Walmart parking lot.</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ig4f!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F407f9fa2-4c41-4acd-b5b0-9177a45a0497_860x645.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ig4f!, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/w_424, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><span>For years, air traffic controllers have filed reports raising alarms about the jamming. Controllers report that requests to halt the jamming are commonly refused. Our military told FAA managers that each pause in the jamming costs the military from $5 million to $10 million. The NTSB admits that this is the first case in which military GPS jamming has been linked to a fatal civilian plane crash in American airspace, but falls short of assigning legal or operational responsibility. Sound familiar?</span></p><p><span>Now we get to the truth. Money and war are more important to this regime than people&#8217;s lives. People don&#8217;t matter as much as the lust for war and the power of money. This is the attitude of the current &#8220;administration&#8221; regarding the American people.</span></p><p><span>The plane crashed into the mountain at 9,823 feet. It fell only 230 feet short of clearing the mountainside. Four beautiful souls lost their lives. Their names were Keelan Clark and Ali Kawsava, the pilots, and Sarah Clark and Jamie Novick, the flight nurses.  They were intelligent, thinking human beings, unlike our leadership. Our military is being used to harm our own people. The incompetence and the neglect of its leaders is obvious. Our servicemen and women are being abused by a draft dodger, and so are the American people.</span></p><p><span>This time it was a Medvac Plane, and an attempted coverup. So it was not surprising when the Pentagon&#8217;s official online casualty count for the Iran war was revised, reducing the reported number of U.S. service members killed from 18 to 14.  You see, the morale of the story here is&#8230; ALL of us are just objects and things to be used in the furtherance of the whims of the actual important people. Quite frankly, they have gotten tired of even pretending that we have worth, or are important enough to even plausibly lie to anymore.</span></p><p><span>&#8230;See you in the mines. Thing 1, out.</span></p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><strong><sup><mark data-color="rgb(255, 255, 0)" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Political Drain exists because we&#8217;d rather be a reader-funded menace than a well-behaved footnote. Help us keep this going by becoming a paid subscriber today!</mark></sup></strong></h4><div><hr></div><p><span>Watch the  video below for a great deep dive into the very psyche we are talking about as presented by Drill Sgt. Doug during the original service member death toll adjustment story. You will NOT be disappointed!</span></p><div id="youtube2-6eqtsxUIpwA" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;6eqtsxUIpwA&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/6eqtsxUIpwA?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're Expanding War Crimes to Land in Latin Countries]]></title><description><![CDATA[By: Donna The Great]]></description><link>https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/were-expanding-war-crimes-to-land</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/were-expanding-war-crimes-to-land</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Political Drain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 13:59:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-UwG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff5f57ea2-88c3-4038-abbf-b4077308bfb9_408x612.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>After committing war crimes in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific by killing hundreds of alleged &#8220;narco-terrorists&#8221; who were likely fishermen, the US plans to expand the lethal campaign onto land in Latin America. </span></p><p><span>By the way, What the hell is a &#8220;narco-terrorist?&#8221; That&#8217;s not actually a thing. They literally made up a word to make brown skinned </span><em><strong><span>alleged</span></strong></em><span> drug dealers sound more scary than the white skinned opioid pushers in lab coats and stethoscopes. And all of this in an attempt to justify bombing the Tilapia and Snapper out of their boats.</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Hz6O!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1b58a873-1fd9-4020-8304-8f398ec402b8_400x268.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Hz6O!, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/w_424, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1b58a873-1fd9-4020-8304-8f398ec402b8_400x268.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Hz6O!, 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To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p><span>But, I digress.</span></p><p><span>As I was saying.</span></p><p><span>The orange idiot&#8217;s administration has established a regional counter-cartel coalition called &#8220;The Shield of the Americas&#8221; whose intention is to expand to Latin American countries and involve our troops in extrajudicial killings&#8211;war crimes&#8211;on land. Mexico&#8217;s president has correctly criticized the initiative as unwelcome interventionism. Senator Tim Kaine condemned the operation as unlawful, emphasizing that drug smuggling in a non-conflict zone is a law enforcement matter, not something for our military to address.</span></p><p><span>It indicates a permanent US military presence in those countries that agree to allow the US to carry out joint military operations against criminal groups on their soil. Ecuador launched missions with the US in March. Kegsbreath,  during a visit to Panama, announced that Colombia, Guatemala, and Honduras had agreed to participate, although Guatemala has denied reaching such an agreement. This is part of the focus on &#8220;American dominance over the Western Hemisphere.&#8221;</span></p><p><span>By using our military in these operations, as well as the illegal Iran War, this mango Mussolini has turned our own people into war criminals&#8212;the unwilling, and sometimes unwitting kind. He is systematically destroying the futures of our service members. The lasting psychological effects will be felt for generations. In general, when commanders encourage unlawful acts, it destroys moral discipline. The chain of command, trust, and cohesion fall apart.</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-UwG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff5f57ea2-88c3-4038-abbf-b4077308bfb9_408x612.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-UwG!, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/w_424, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff5f57ea2-88c3-4038-abbf-b4077308bfb9_408x612.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-UwG!, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/w_848, 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/__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff5f57ea2-88c3-4038-abbf-b4077308bfb9_408x612.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-UwG!, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff5f57ea2-88c3-4038-abbf-b4077308bfb9_408x612.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><span>We&#8217;ve heard of post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, manifesting in a veteran after a period of traumatic service. Beyond PTSD, when soldiers commit acts that are against their own core values, it causes moral injury, a concept developed by studying veterans. Unlike PTSD, moral injury causes service members to question themselves, their institutions, and their personal worth. They often feel like they&#8217;re damaged beyond redemption, and they loathe themselves in a way not exhibited by PTSD patients.</span></p><p><span>Even if they didn&#8217;t do the unlawful act, they may have witnessed it or been forced to be silent about it. That last one includes all of our troops. The deception this government employs in the face of evidence is staggering. Our GIs are texting with pictures about their conditions, and this filthy regime denies their truths.</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z858!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21056f33-7d40-4b61-8471-889ee1a50acc_612x406.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z858!, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/w_424, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21056f33-7d40-4b61-8471-889ee1a50acc_612x406.jpeg 424w, 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/__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21056f33-7d40-4b61-8471-889ee1a50acc_612x406.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z858!, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21056f33-7d40-4b61-8471-889ee1a50acc_612x406.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><span>When you watch someone you respect compromise their values and survive, possibly even be rewarded for it, you start to wonder if you&#8217;re naive, if your integrity is a liability. This is becoming a systemic part of our entire military, and even our entire culture.</span></p><p><span>Moral injuries from unlawful violence are connected to higher rates of substance abuse, social isolation, and suicide. Do you see where we&#8217;re headed as a society if this evil is allowed to continue?</span></p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><em><sup><mark data-color="rgb(255, 255, 0)" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Like our partners at Closer to the Edge, </mark></sup></em><strong><sup><mark data-color="rgb(255, 255, 0)" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Political Drain</mark></sup></strong><sup><mark data-color="rgb(255, 255, 0)" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> exists because we&#8217;d rather be a reader-funded menace than a well-behaved footnote. 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Doug video essay on the true cost of this &#8220;No New Wars&#8221; President on the people of America, both soldiers and civilians alike.</p><div id="youtube2-cO4TlyzpKEw" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;cO4TlyzpKEw&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/cO4TlyzpKEw?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><span>Well, folks, we knew he was a traitor, a rapist, a fraudster and conman, a pedophile, but we didn&#8217;t know until this latest example how much of a coward the orange clown is.</span></p><p><span>Remember when he went to the NATO summit in Turkey on July 8, 2026, had nothing important to say, and took both the Qatari plane and Air Force One? Now we know why he took two planes.&#8230;</span></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Epstein Ballroom Construction Blocked]]></title><description><![CDATA[By: Donna The Great]]></description><link>https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/epstein-ballroom-construction-blocked</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/epstein-ballroom-construction-blocked</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Political Drain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 21:59:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Luhs!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2c1d4a37-469f-4c6f-a2e4-fef79eb5b522_1280x720.png" 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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He may be the only interested American citizen. It&#8217;s also a claim that angers citizens because, while our country and world burn, largely because of Trump&#8217;s actions or inactions, it shows the level of his corruption.</span></p><p><span>A DC &#8230;</span></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Horrors of War]]></title><description><![CDATA[By: Donna The Great]]></description><link>https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/the-horrors-of-war</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/the-horrors-of-war</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Political Drain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:04:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/742a6090-5047-4960-81bf-eac5f3cfaf8a_1200x630.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1><strong>US CENTCOM appears to have dropped 900kg bomb on civilian house in southern Iran - report</strong></h1><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Detention Double Standard]]></title><description><![CDATA[By: Donna The Great for Political Drain Media]]></description><link>https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/the-detention-double-standard</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/the-detention-double-standard</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Political Drain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:51:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yW0K!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2524145-f089-46d9-9e76-ece1ce7debdf_860x484.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>If you&#8217;re alive in the United States, you&#8217;ve probably heard about Andrew and Tristan Tate&#8217;s arrest in Washington, DC. And even more salacious, the news that Andrew is shitting himself in jail after less than a week in custody. He&#8217;s conveyed his many personal concerns to his attorney, who is posting them or relaying the information to someone who posts t&#8230;</span></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open Letter To Braeden Sorbo: You worthless, Mediocre Piece Of White Trash. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[By: Drill Sgt. Doug]]></description><link>https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/open-letter-to-braeden-sorbo-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/open-letter-to-braeden-sorbo-you</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Political Drain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:34:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/167e3707-9f76-4343-b9c5-e99f917990d2_1200x630.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Everyone meet this piece of feces right here, Braeden Sorbo</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jv74!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0dbc21ab-92ab-4016-a2cf-7bc0bb028aad_488x816.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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/__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0dbc21ab-92ab-4016-a2cf-7bc0bb028aad_488x816.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jv74!, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0dbc21ab-92ab-4016-a2cf-7bc0bb028aad_488x816.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><span>What a stupid name. Your parents have shown themselves by naming you that. You worthless, mediocre piece of white trash. </span></p><p><span>Now, this dressing down is going to be simply about embarrassing &amp; humiliating this guy and his family and everything that he stands for to such a degree and in such a way tha&#8230;</span></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[They Are Killing Us]]></title><description><![CDATA[By: Donna The Great for Political Drain Media]]></description><link>https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/they-are-killing-us</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/they-are-killing-us</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Political Drain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 02:09:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z7qO!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd67eba72-633f-4431-a42a-d2c907599b7c_1108x682.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Another unnecessary police killing has taken place in the US, this time in Wisconsin. And, of course, he was black.</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z7qO!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd67eba72-633f-4431-a42a-d2c907599b7c_1108x682.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z7qO!, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/w_424, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd67eba72-633f-4431-a42a-d2c907599b7c_1108x682.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z7qO!, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/w_848, 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To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p><span>And naturally, none of the officers were wearing body cameras. He was riding a bicycle. They murdered him in broad day&#8230;</span></p>
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Doug]]></description><link>https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/were-sending-150-medics-to-germany</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/were-sending-150-medics-to-germany</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Political Drain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:55:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mQGW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F902221a2-0931-4121-bd58-26c0d9311470_768x432.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mQGW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F902221a2-0931-4121-bd58-26c0d9311470_768x432.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source 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We just sent 150 medics, troops, and weaponry to Germany. That is where we take our wounded troops to be treated. There is a flurry of flights moving in the Middle East. Trump has fired 200 intel personnel since June 1. The madman has also declared that Iran will pay for the damages done to&#8230;</span></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hegseth Goes To Congress]]></title><description><![CDATA[By: Donna The Great]]></description><link>https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/hegseth-goes-to-congress-684</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/hegseth-goes-to-congress-684</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Political Drain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:08:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YjKh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F244e82f0-1ed9-4da4-9676-652545b27e77_800x533.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense who calls himself the Secretary of War, appeared before the Senate for a hearing about the justification of the $70 billion requested supplemental funds for the Iran War. He behaved like an obnoxious asshole. He was nervous, though, and seemed to sense with foreboding that he would face these kinds of questions aga&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[RFK Jr. Needs to Snort More Cocaine Off of the Toilet Seat]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Donna The Great]]></description><link>https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-needs-to-snort-more-cocaine</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-needs-to-snort-more-cocaine</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Political Drain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:13:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!keT6!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32c784c7-0cee-4441-83e6-bf9c729e5d89_5465x3643.jpeg" 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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His break from reality was on full display during the recent press conference he held, touting the regime&#8217;s crackdown on fraud, explaining why he&#8217;s withholding one billion dollars in federal funding for Medicaid and Medicare from Minnesota and California, another revenge attack by the Mango Mussol&#8230;</span></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[BIRDS OF A FEATHER: Tate Brothers Arrested, and you will never guess WHO They Were With!]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Donna The Great]]></description><link>https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/birds-of-a-feather-tate-brothers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/birds-of-a-feather-tate-brothers</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Political Drain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:19:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Co1V!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcfb3bd15-abaf-4088-bfc6-6b6ded39d507_1280x720.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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The latest group of charges includes 7 further counts of rape, 3 counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking of minors for sexual exploitation, and disseminating indecent images of a child.</span></p><p><span>Thes&#8230;</span></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joan Sebastian Guerrero: The Symbolic Death of America]]></title><description><![CDATA[By: Donna The Great]]></description><link>https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/joan-sebastian-guerrero-the-symbolic</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/joan-sebastian-guerrero-the-symbolic</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Political Drain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:01:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mFcA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3915069-2040-4e87-b29a-802311bbce9b_1000x750.png" 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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(It was made more real for me because my daughter and grandkids live 32 miles from the site of this murder, and it was my grandson&#8217;s 13th birthday.) It heightens awarene&#8230;</span></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insane Man Gives Tired Ass Speech]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Donna The Great]]></description><link>https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/insane-man-gives-tired-ass-speech</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/insane-man-gives-tired-ass-speech</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Political Drain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 06:40:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cM9d!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4a9f8835-73bb-48c5-ba23-c93d0e9d3132_860x540.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Donald Trump repeated the same old lies he&#8217;s been spewing for years in a speech given to the nation that was downright embarrassing to its people. Even those in his regime don&#8217;t believe the untruths he told about foreign governments stealing our elections and ballots submitted by dead people, all while providing zero concrete evidence to back his theori&#8230;</span></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flock Cameras Are Now Being Used To CRIMINALIZE Your Existence ]]></title><description><![CDATA[By: Donna The Great]]></description><link>https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/flock-cameras-are-now-being-used</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/flock-cameras-are-now-being-used</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Political Drain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:03:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-ruh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F75bccd02-0939-4119-b90b-3b72ed6682d5_1280x720.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>We are being watched in real time. And they keep a month&#8217;s worth of records on everyone. Always. At their fingertips for their use at any time, in any way they see fit.</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-ruh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F75bccd02-0939-4119-b90b-3b72ed6682d5_1280x720.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-ruh!, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/w_424, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/politicaldrainaction.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F75bccd02-0939-4119-b90b-3b72ed6682d5_1280x720.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-ruh!, 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data Centers: A Short Introduction To The Next Threat To Our Survival]]></title><description><![CDATA[By: Danna The Great]]></description><link>https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/data-centers-a-short-introduction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://politicaldrainaction.substack.com/p/data-centers-a-short-introduction</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Political Drain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:00:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/0wNdKG4oacc" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>DATA CENTERS</span></p><p><span>The average person realizes that the billionaire oligarchs are racing to build data centers, and people are naturally suspicious. That rush seems to be illuminating the moral and human implications of data centers that no one has yet determined or measured. This issue involves the most basic elements of life: water scarcity, blackouts, grid &#8230;</span></p>
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