On 10-2-26, a post on Facebook quoted the House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson as having said about the Congressional elected officials: "We have to have sympathy. We need to at least let them engage in some stock trading so they can continue to take care of their family."  And on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus: 

Speaker Johnson makes a homie suggestion, but what's most concerning is the SEC already has laws on the books that makes those trades a crime when based on insider information that the rest of the buying public isn't privy too. And this Trump administration makes us aware for the existence of that law in just cases of Democrats who have a successful portfolio. 

Why the double standard you ask? Why indeed Mr. President and Speaker Johnson. The law we really need is a political ethics pledge that makes violations an immediate loss for occupying a political office... forever! But like most rules of value the attorneys will garble the process to the point of becoming meaningless. 

It seems Trump's regime of governance is taking us into the fact that ruining a government is easier done than running one.

       On 9-28-26, the Washington Post penned an article that "White House expands taxpayer-paid ad campaign boosting Trump", and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:

My dime being used to promote a Trump Regime on public networks? How crazy has this country become? The norms, the abuse of office, the violations of established protocol, the platform for accountability and transparency being manipulated for propaganda purposes, and the list just keeps growing. This is criminal behavior and being financed on the taxpayer's dime. Get a clue folks. Your democracy is being dismantled.

       On 9-24-26, the editorial page of "The Week" magazine printed the following in its "Viewpoint" column by Kevin D. Willamson in "The Dispatch", which is reproduced here on the Enlightened Prisoner blog site.

It is important to call things what they are.  Trump is a habitual liar who has made his political career on the support of people, often dumb and mostly angry, who enjoy being lied to.  JD Vanc is a schmuck, a spineless yes-man without honor or integrity who will do and say whatever shameful and humiliating thing must be done or said as he inches, wormlike, toward what he imagines to be real power. Trump is surrounded by a team of cretins, imcompetents, nepotism beneficiaries, drunks, degenerates, and sundry clueless clowns.  Their political goal is tyranny and the displacement of the American constitutional order by a Trump fronted Mafia state. 

      On 9-19-26, the Enlightened Prisoner published the following on a Facebook page to illustrate displeasure with President Trump's crude and disrespectful actions for having the Kennedy Center renamed in his odious image.    

Actually, the Kennedy Center was conceived in the 1950s as a National Cultural Center. Its intent was to recognize the cultural arts in the United States. The need for that was something advanced by the administration of Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower who thought our national culture needed to express a need to embrace all world cultures and communities. It became the theme of incoming Democratic President John F Kennedy that the United States should create a cultural diplomacy as a unifying force for international relations during the cold war era. After President Kennedy's assassination, the center in 1963 selected his name for memorial and recognition of the center's primary mission. The repulsive actions expressed by President Trump's administration are merely an attempt to disrespect and cheapen those noble intentions. Trump has become our ambassador of ill will and friend to none but kissers of his arse, and lickers of his corrupt sodden boots.

       On 9-15-26, the Washington Post penned the story that: "ICE is quietly firing new hires. For one recruit, it was devastating." And on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:

The governmental abuse of process and waste of resources in using the taxpayers' dime to recruit, (with bonus of $50K), vetted, (220K applicants?), trained and equipped, (equipped? Sure. Trained adequately? Hardly), the best of the best to capture the worst of the worst could not have been performed by any competent government agency. The Trump administration has fielded the most amateurish administration government in history, so they again achieved another flat failure. And they believe you should elect them again?

       On 8-14-26, the Washington Post penned an article that: "Trump says the Strait of Hormuz is open. But how much oil is really going through?", and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:

Trump says... Trump says; how much of this rhetoric nonsense must the public endure. When the very information comes from a single source who's record of truth and accuracies are well documented to have been lies and bluster? And his answers to the hard questions from news media sources for verifying his claims only result in childish tantrum shutdowns laced with name-calling.

      On 9-3-26, the Washington Post penned an article that an "ICE agent charged with lying to investigators in nonfatal Minneapolis shooting", and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:

Oh, gee whiz, the Department of Justice image-makers have found an underling to brand outlaw and throw under the bus. A peek at image-remake or let's act nice for the press and get publicity for the mid-term elections? Or more likely, they want him under their custody control to keep him away from honest law enforcement agencies? Only the Shadow knows.

       On 9-2-26, the Washington Post penned an article that, "The Supreme Court’s ballroom decision pits power against beauty", and on that date the Enlighted Prisoner responded thus: 

There's a national consciousness here that is being ignored by Trump lickspittles who would sit on their hands while the President who occupies an office of subservientness to the People's elected bullies our country into his personal playfield. We are the masters of our fate and it happens each election. Choose wisely and elect those who answer for the character and wisdom of their role, not the power of control or a theme to denigrate the opposition.

      On 9-1-26, the Washington Post penned an article that, "The Army, Navy and Air Force have lost their leaders under Hegseth," and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:

The unanswered question here is, just what are Hegseth and the Trump administration's unrevealed plans for our huge military budget. The enormous costs experienced to now for military actions have little to do with defense from an active foreign incursion but seem intent on serving Trump's agenda and oversized ego. Everything Hegseth has put into military operation mode has neither the approval of our People's House of Congress, our international allies, nor the support of a large majority of our polled electorate. Put that question to the Trump administration and all you'll get is lies and very deflective or garbled comment about illusionary threats.

       On 8-31-26, the Enlightened Prisoner had a message to share:

Recently, a MAGA acquaintance loudly proclaimed that Trump has done nothing wrong.  The press is just putting out fake news, and you can't provide any evidence about him doing anything wrong. 

Well, (I started), the President's amoral behavior is a matter of public record by several accredited media that have always provided source material to confirm what they report.  There was no evidence given that those things were false other than the President's public denial given without source or backing from a legitimate witness that was offered for media cross examination.  The occasions of such behavior reports exceed the space available to list but include the unpublished Epstein Report, the evidence that resulted in a civil conviction for the sexual assault on E. Jane Carroll and ed al. 

The two impeachment orders brought up in Congress were very strong in the face of evidence offered in support.  The Senate only agreed to find him innocent by procedural vote.  No evidence was ever offered to dispute the evidence or was cross exam of witness statements even conducted.    

Likewise, the bipartisan finding by the January 6th, 2021, events Special Committee findings of Trump directly affecting the mob that illegally entered and vandalized the Congressional Chambers in order to try and force the overturning of Presidential Election votes.  

The pardon of the many participants in the January 6th mob event that were tried and convicted of their criminal behavior, vandalism damage to Federal property, assaults on police, and failures to disburse with no evidence offered that could justify pardon action.  His claim of a weaponized DOJ under Biden is as empty and false as the face he shores up with pancake makeup.