Donald Trump Gives Update on $5,000 Dividend Promise

Trump says $5,000 dividend checks could become reality if Republicans keep control of both the House and Senate.


https://www.newsweek.com/trump-update-dividend-promise-republicans-house-senate-12498027?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Are you man enough? Republicans bet on ‘virile, brawny’ testosterone to juice the midterms

Hoping to win back male voters, the Trump White House is pushing the regressive idea that one hormone could be a magic elixir of masculinity

Two years after Donald Trump decisively won the vote of the American man, polls say male voters are increasingly disillusioned with an administration that has waged wars and enriched itself.

Ahead of the midterms, Trump’s strategy seems to be to find a way to get that masculine animus back, so the male populace will vote not with their heads or their hearts, but with their hogs. At least, that’s one way of understanding why, this summer, Trump’s secretaries of health and defense announced plans that could increase levels of testosterone, or simply “T”, in the civilian and military population. Continue reading...


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/28/high-t-testosterone-hegseth-trump?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

John Fetterman Pushes Back Against Claims He’s A Lazy Senator, Bad Democrat

The Pennsylvania senator has regularly criticized his party, sparking speculation that he could caucus with Republicans after the 2026 midterms.


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/john-fetterman-republican-midterms_n_6ab9e637e4b0d1543f54b886?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Republican senator criticizes White House for taxpayer-funded Trump ads

John Kennedy pushes back against such spending as pro-Trump ‘public service announcements’ air before midterms

As the White House expands a taxpayer-funded advertising campaign to promote Donald Trump’s political agenda before the November midterm elections, US senator John Kennedy told CBS News on Sunday “there ought to be a rule” against such spending – before tacitly admitting such spending is “probably” illegal.

Kennedy, the US president’s fellow Republican, was asked by Margaret Brennan, the CBS Face the Nation host, about the White House spending to air multiple ads featuring Trump – including one that was produced for his 2024 election campaign. Continue reading...


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/27/john-kennedy-white-house-trump-ad-tax-money?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger