On 9-21-25, the Washington Post penned an article that the Trump government ordered the discontinuation of prosecution for Border Czar Holman for accepting a bucket of money ($50,000) from FBI undercover agents for influence through Holman for government favors concerning immigration matters, and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus: 

The idea that in this country you may now prosecute perceived enemies but pardon perceived friends seems the operative reason for letting the "Citizens United" decision create a government of elected officials with their hands out at their open doors.  I believe we are in serious need of Constitutional amendments that are better left to a societal vote rather than our elected to correct this hanky-panky.    

 "After years and years of illegal and unconstitutional federal efforts to restrict free expression, I will also sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America. Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents, something I know something about. We will not allow that to happen. It will not happen again under my leadership. We will restore fair, equal and impartial justice under the constitutional rule of law...."

-Donald J. Trump, Inaugural Address, January 20th, 2025

" A historical analysis by Gallup shows Trump's approval ratings in August of his first years in office − both as the 45th and 47th president − are lower than any other modern president at the same time in their administrations."  (Posted on the internet 8-14-25)

And on that same date the Washington Post penned an article on the results of Trump's take over political policing of Washington DC and an analysis of more than 1000 arrests made by the combined metropolitan police and federal agencies including National Guard, FBI, Park Police, ICE, and others which showed an ethnic tendency and an overuse of really petty crimes to support arrest figures.  Which prompted the following Enlightened Prisoner response.

You have only to look at the list of those charged with Federal Crimes that were pardoned by Trump to understand the hallow claims he makes of being the Nation's Chief Enforcement Officer. 

     On 8-17-25, the Washington Post columnist Max Boot penned an article on the worthlessness of the Trump/Putin conference for peace in Ukraine in Anchorage Alaska, which prompted this thought from the Enlightened Prisoner.

Two felons, (one convicted and the other still running loose), meet to discuss...what? Every word between them unrecorded, every detail of proposed or accepted discussion points unstated, every attempt of news organizations to explore the answers for accountability thwarted. While our military and civilian law enforcement looked on in a curious endorsement while showing off the beauty and discipline of their fealty.

      On 7-15-25, the Washington Post penned an article that outlines the evangelistic fervor with the MAGA theme, and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:  

There is nothing in the DNA of the Trump family that is glorifying. They are manic promoters of self-interest and predigest about all who would challenge their means and ways.

Many monied people seek ways to share their wealth in ways to help the less fortunate. It is the Trump, (and his monied friends), way to only do what benefits themselves.

       On 6-28-25, the Washington Post penned an article for" "Trump says he will move aggressively to undo nationwide blocks on his agenda" and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:

“Americans are getting what they voted for, no longer will we have rogue judges striking down President Trump’s policies across the entire nation,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said, standing beside Trump at the news conference. She added: “These lawless injunctions … turned district courts into the imperial judiciary.” (Quoted the WAPO article.)

"Rouge judges"? What about our Rouge President who is creating an "imperial government". 

Why are our Supreme Court conservative Justices putting their head in the sand about that? Why aren't they paying more attention to the cadre of Constitutional academics who identify the administration's bad actors trying to rewrite our ways of governance that depart from the intents of our enabling document, the United States Constitution?

There was no voted mandate for that to occur. It's nothing but our President's attempt to centralize our government in his image. And a national call needs to be raised for the fact we are already in a "Constitutional crisis." That President also still stands as the force behind our January 6th Insurrection which proves his path was to usurp our way of government all along.

       On 6-26-25, The Enlightened Prisoner wrote:

I have a word for word copy of the US Constitution and its Amendments. In the past few months since Trump's election and the continued ineptness of our elected Congressional delegates, I have reread and thought on those news reports affecting our governance. The word democracy does not appear in the Constitution. So why is it being bandied about by those Congressional and Administration elected as the method of our current governance? Clearly, those who formed our national republic had no intent for democracy's use as a governing method. So why is it used to justify what is being done (or not done) by Congress and the Administration? Maybe our 4th Estate needs to spend more time thinking about that as well.

     On 6-21-25, the Washington Post penned the article: "Abandoned by Trump, a farmer and a migrant search for a better future", and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:

Members of the US citizen electorate must pay attention to history. In his first term Trump expressed a lot of breast-beating about his love and support of farmers yet interfered with farm co-op created product contracts with foreign markets because they didn't have his name on them. (The source is a commodities contract administrator.) The result was Trump turning well-oiled trade agreements chaotic with tariffs and a loss of face for our independent farm commodity traders.

He's back folks and if you look, he's doing the same disservice to the innovative and talented US citizen farm cadre again. While telling you the same BS about his governance being the answer. No, it's the problem.

 

There is no organized effort being used by any migrant group in this country to commit insurrection or interfere with the social order of our society. Our elected President is concocting a campaign of lies and innuendo to flame our attitudes and justify his abuse of office in order to gain the power to usurp our State and local government controls in order to implement federal control. (Enlightened Prisoner)

     On 6-20-25, the Washington Post penned an article that: "Trump attacks Watergate laws in massive shift of ethics system", and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:

“You have Elon Musk, who can spend almost $300 million to elect a president — when we passed a law specifically to limit expenditures because of the abuses we saw in Watergate” (is a quote from the article).

Yes folks, the "United Citizens" decision by the Supreme Court is exactly where we started our descent from a Constitution Republic to a democracy. A government run by a wealthy majority mob with quid-pro-quo being the coin of the realm in decisions of governance.