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John,
I want you to take a moment and look at who is actually running our country right now.
Last week, Stephen Miller went on national television and fumbled the answer to a basic question: whether sovereign countries get to decide what happens to their own resources.
In short, his answer was no.
According to him, if the United States wants another country’s resources, we are entitled to them. According to him, we should use military force to secure “our interests” in “our hemisphere.” According to him, sovereignty only applies when it’s convenient for American power.
He clearly represented how this administration views the world.
And it doesn’t stop there.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has started formal proceedings against Senator Mark Kelly for doing his job. Kelly criticized the firing of senior military leaders and warned about surrounding the Pentagon with “yes men.” For that, Hegseth issued a formal letter of censure and even raised the possibility of reviewing Senator Kelly’s military rank and pension.
Kelly is a sitting U.S. Senator. He serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee. Oversight is literally his responsibility.
At the same time, officials like Kristi Noem are publicly calling people “terrorists” without evidence or due process. That’s dangerous language. When people in power use words like that loosely, real people pay the price.
This administration treats oversight as disloyalty, disagreement as punishable, and raw power as something that should go unchecked, whether abroad or here at home.
That’s not how a democracy is supposed to work.
While those in power are focused on the wrong things, Americans are struggling to afford the basics: housing, groceries, health care, and child care. That’s where our focus needs to be.
I’m running for the United States Senate because we need leaders who are willing to say that out loud, and then actually do something about it.
If you’re able, I hope you’ll chip in today to help keep this campaign moving forward.
— Seth
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