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HIT THE ROAD

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As the Republican controlled US Congress hits the road to take a little deserved Summer vacation, we present them the following…

FULL OF IT

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Do you remember the US Mexico Wall? What about draining the swamp? There's no single agreed-upon number and trackers differ by scope and method, but PolitiFact's MAGA-Meter, the most systematic of the bunch, is tracking 75 specific second-term pledges. As of early 2026, roughly 20 percent were rated kept, about 45 percent in the works, nearly 30 percent stalled, with a small remainder broken or compromised. A slightly later read from Poynter, citing the same tracker, put "kept" closer to 19 percent, with about a third stalled by inaction in Congress or the courts, including the Supreme Court.
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Other outlets tell a similar story with different math. Factually's research summary notes there's no single authoritative broken-promises count — estimates range from a handful of high-profile broken pledges to dozens, depending on whether you're counting Day-1 promises, first-100-days promises, or the full 2024 campaign menu. AllSides is running its own tracker mapped against Project 2025, and a independent site called Trump Tracker rates items Kept/Partial/Broken/Pending against Project 2025, the 2024 campaign platform, executive orders, CBO data, and the Federal Register, reviewed monthly.
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Bottom line for a broadcast: "about 1 in 5 kept, roughly 1 in 3 stalled, most of the rest still in progress" is a defensible, sourced summary line.
Immigration — the clearest "kept" case, good for a script
Trump entered his second term with one of the most expansive sets of campaign promises in modern presidential history. Immigration is the area with the most measurable follow-through: mass deportations ran into the hundreds of thousands, and border crossings fell from over 200,000 a month to roughly 8,000 by spring 2025 (per DHS figures I cited earlier). That gives you a clean, factual segment. LegalClarity

MESSI’S FIFA MESS

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THE WORLD CUP REQUEST TO PLAY IN AMERICA WAS MADE BY PRESIDENT OBAMA
In 2009 President Obama formally wrote a letter to FIFA supporting the U.S. bid to host either the 2018 or 2022 World Cup.
This year, following the games, an investigation is ongoing, and FIFA has not yet determined whether any players, coaches or the Argentine federation will face disciplinary action. Futbol superstar Lionel Messi sent a message to his fans, a day after the defending champions fell to Spain 1-0 in extra time at the World Cup final. Messi was left in tears and with his international future uncertain after he was unable to conjure up one more piece of magic to save Argentina. FIFA has now launched an investigation into Argentina for actions during and after their World Cup loss.

CONSTITUTION TO PROSTITUTION

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Congress was granted many powers under Article I of the Constitution. Recently, lawmakers under current GOP majorities have ceded much of their authority to the president, while Washington is plagued by gridlock, and Congress is marginalized. The US House and Senate are for the most part failing to address many problems facing Americans, and whether they are optimistic that Congress beset by partisanship, gerrymandering, and the president's pressures to do his bidding – could one day find its way again.

JUNIOR VARSITY

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On this super Sunday of sports, we take a look at junior varsity Vance, the understudy of weird billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel, who serves as JD Vance’s political mentor and primary financial backer. They met in 2011 at Yale Law School and have since maintained a close professional relationship, with Thiel hiring Vance at Mithril Capital and contributing $15 million to Vance's 2022 Senate race.

COMMON SENSE

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We know that liars will unconsciously distance themselves from their subject, The co-worker is doing that when, rather than using his colleague’s name, he says, “I told that woman I did not take her bagel.”
Qualifying language: Statements like “in all honesty” or “to tell you the truth” can be other telltale signs you’re being lied to. Now, it’s also true that many people use phrases like these innocently enough in conversation. But given their potential association with dishonesty.
Questionable content: Ask a deceptive person to tell their story, they’re going to pepper it with way too much detail in all kinds of irrelevant places,
Vocal characteristics: People who are lying may sound tense, and their voices may be more high-pitched than usual.

VOTE

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Why isn’t every US Citizen participation consistently requested and civic participation required?

GOP CONSPIRACY?

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This is the annotated "4-point forensic" image that's been circulating, essentially a visual version of Laura Loomer's original complaints. Let us take a look at what we see at each marked point, and cross-reference against what's been reported to date.

LONGING FOR U

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"Take Me Home, Country Roads" and the universal pull towards home is a song about a longing for home (co-written by a songwriter who had never even been in West Virginia), has been embraced by the Mountain State in a big way, and has since been appropriated by singers around the world looking for their very own "place I belong." I long for my birthplace, for my parents, my children and grandchildren.

REAP WHAT YOU SOW

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My family always said to chose wisely and shop around for the best selection. These words to the wise are sufficient.