Author: Bob Weeks
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April 2026 PCE Report: Americans Spent More, But Inflation Swallowed the Gains
Americans spent more in April 2026, but inflation consumed nearly all the gains. Real spending barely grew while real paychecks shrank and the saving rate hit a multi-year low. Here’s what BEA’s latest PCE report actually means for your wallet and the Fed’s next move.
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Trump Cabinet Meeting May 2026: Full Breakdown & Fact Check
President Trump’s 12th Cabinet meeting ranged from Iran nuclear talks to a $200 billion fraud crackdown to a Reflecting Pool renovation. This complete breakdown includes every press Q&A — plus seven claims fact-checked against government data.
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Wichita City Council May 12, 2026: Police Crash, Flock Cameras & Housing
A resident called for a police officer’s firing after a 100-mph crash injured four civilians. A privacy advocate documented gaps in Flock camera oversight. And the council unanimously approved a mixed-income housing bond that could bring 38 new homes to District IV.
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Hegseth West Point Speech: Psychological & Rhetorical Analysis
Pete Hegseth’s West Point commencement address fused Scripture, culture-war grievance, and combat anecdote into a single emotional frequency. This two-track analysis reveals the psychological signature and influence architecture underneath the warrior-prophet performance.
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Trump Suffern Rally: Psychological & Rhetorical Analysis
A tax-cut rally in Rockland County that spent most of its runtime on swimming stories, cognitive test boasts, and an admission that he dislikes successful friends. This two-track analysis unpacks what the Suffern speech reveals about Trump’s psychological signature and influence strategy.
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Sunday Show Roundup May 24, 2026: Iran Deal, GOP Revolt & DNC Autopsy
Across four Sunday programs, guests from both parties clashed over an unfinished Iran deal, a $1.8 billion DOJ fund that sent Republican senators into open revolt, and a Democratic autopsy report that critics say dodges the party’s hardest questions. Here’s what was said — and what it means.
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Trump Suffern NY Rally: SALT, Dow 50K & 9/11 Medal
Trump returned to Rockland County to celebrate the SALT deduction win, a record Dow close, and a posthumous Medal of Freedom for 9/11 hero Welles Crowther — while the Gorman family delivered a shattering account of their daughter Sheridan’s death.
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Wichita City Council May 5, 2026: STAR Bond, Baby Box & CDBG
The May 5 Wichita City Council session ran nearly seven hours — approving a $191.7M STAR Bond, a Safe Haven Baby Box, and a $5M first-responder wellness center, then spending two hours on a CDBG grant fight that overrode the council’s own Grant Review Committee.
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Foreign Threats to the 2020 US Federal Elections
Russia ran disinformation ops, Iran spoofed voter emails, and China held back. The declassified 2020 election foreign influence assessment maps each actor’s strategy and methods — and confirms the vote itself was never compromised.
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Republic vs. Democracy: What the Founding Documents Actually Say
A viral meme claims the Founders built a republic specifically to oppose democracy, and that the word never appears in any founding document. Both claims need serious correction — the history is more nuanced, and more interesting, than the meme admits.
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Wolff v. Melania Trump Dismissed: What the Court Decided
A federal judge dismissed Michael Wolff’s preemptive defamation lawsuit against Melania Trump — here’s what the ruling means for press freedom and forum-shopping tactics
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Trump Congressional Picnic Fact Check: May 2026 Claims Analyzed
President Trump’s May 19, 2026 Congressional Picnic remarks packed in more than a dozen verifiable claims — some accurate, several misleading, and at least two flatly false. This report breaks down each one with primary sources and APA citations.