Tag: president
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Republicans Need a Sanity Check on a $40 T National Debt
by William L. Kovacs, ©2026 (Sep. 7, 2026) — Every Republican president and most Republican congressional candidates since Calvin Coolidge have advocated reducing the national debt. Calvin Coolidge was the only Republican president to cut the budget by one-third during his term in office and achieve a budget surplus. Since then, every president has added to…
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VP Vance is Actually a Dangerous Choice for POTUS
by Joan Swirsky, ©2026 (Aug. 15, 2026) — How do we judge people? And please don’t say you’re not judgmental. From the underwear you pick out in the morning to the foods you choose to eat to the people you interact with all day long, even to the guy you buy potato salad from in…
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The Constitution Does Not Confer Power—It Limits It
by William L. Kovacs, ©2026 (Jan. 19, 2026) — It was unsettling to read, recently, a senior White House official assert that “nobody’s going to fight the United States military over the future of Greenland,” followed by the claim that the iron law of the world is power. More troubling still was the President’s own…
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On Declaring War, Congress De Facto Amended the Constitution
by William L. Kovacs, ©2025 (Jun. 30, 2025) — On June 22, 2025, President Trump did what no other U.S. President dared do: he ordered the bombing of three nuclear facilities in Iran. Trump asserts our pilots obliterated the facilities to protect national security. Fifty-six percent of Americans disapprove of the bombing. While neutralizing Iran’s…
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The Ghosts Performing Biden’s Presidential Duties
by William L. Kovacs, ©2025 (Jun. 2, 2025) — Since June 2021, Reform the Kakistocracy has been hunting for the ghosts performing Joe Biden’s presidential duties due to his diminished mental capacity. A 2025 article, “Finding the Ghost Performing Biden’s Presidential Duties,” asked the question directly. Finally, a new book, “Original Sin” by Jake Tapper…
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Unintended Consequences of Presidential National Emergencies
by William L. Kovacs, ©2025 (May 5, 2025) — In 1976, Congress enacted the National Emergencies Act, which delegates extra powers to the President to address sudden and unforeseen national emergencies without involving Congress. Unfortunately, laws have unintended consequences, and the National Emergencies Act is no exception. Every 21st-century American President has used the Act…
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Biden Beats Buchanan for Title “Worst U.S. President”
by William L. Kovacs, ©2025 (Feb. 17, 2025) — On March 21, 2021, within two months of Biden taking office, ReformTheKakistocracy.com was the first to raise the question—Will Joe Biden overtake James Buchanan as the worst president ever? The publication raised the question several more times. Now that Biden’s “service” is complete, the final comparison…
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Finding the Ghost Performing Biden’s Presidential Duties
by William L. Kovacs, ©2025 (Feb. 7, 2024) — Now that Biden’s presidency has ended, Congress must uncover who exercised the duties of the presidency during his period of diminished mental capacity. In a world full of conflicts, the nation cannot afford to have another ghost executing the duties of the presidency. On June 1,…
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Patriots, Unite pb
“JUST A SAMPLE OF WHAT’S IN STORE” by OPOVV, ©2015 (May 22, 2015) — The straight skinny: according to the election rules, I’ve got to raise $5,000 from my political supporters in order to have my name on the ballot for president; that’s if I decide to run in the first place, which I haven’t. But,…
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The Question Is Often Asked, What Would I Do If I Were President?
HOW TO RESTORE AMERICA TO GREATNESS by Ron Ewart, ©2011 (Jul. 1, 2011) — “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” ~ Abraham Lincoln Some of us wonder what we would do if we were given the power to lead others? No one can know…