<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Pragmotiv+]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beyond the headlines: political analysis, cultural commentary, and a weekly members-only bonus show where the real conversation happens.]]></description><link>https://www.pragmotivplus.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!maJQ!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F640d1627-766b-4417-8e0c-72190a9a70c4_1280x1280.png</url><title>Pragmotiv+</title><link>https://www.pragmotivplus.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:06:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.pragmotivplus.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Pragmotiv & Yat Entertainment, Inc]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[pragmotiv@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[pragmotiv@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Pragmotiv]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Pragmotiv]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[pragmotiv@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[pragmotiv@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Pragmotiv]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[MTG Issues CHILLING WARNING About Trump USING NUCLEAR WEAPONS!!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marjorie Taylor Greene is sounding the alarm over an explosive claim: that the Trump administration is discussing the possible use of nuclear weapons against Iran.]]></description><link>https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/mtg-issues-chilling-warning-about</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/mtg-issues-chilling-warning-about</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pragmotiv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 02:06:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211650377/a5254867f83197b35f0304b1e4d08d73.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Marjorie Taylor Greene is sounding the alarm over an explosive claim: that the Trump administration is discussing the possible use of nuclear weapons against Iran.<br><br>Greene says the discussions are happening in strategy meetings and warns that crossing the nuclear threshold could trigger catastrophic consequences&#8212;not only for Iran, but for the entire world. The allegation has not been independently verified, and the White House has publicly disputed Greene&#8217;s account.<br><br>In this episode, we break down what MTG is claiming</span></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Pragmotiv+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distress at Sea, MAGA Meltdowns, Catering Carts and Hypocrisy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Week in Review by Pragmotiv News]]></description><link>https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/distress-at-sea-maga-meltdowns-catering</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/distress-at-sea-maga-meltdowns-catering</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pragmotiv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:02:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fR9s!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4270c973-20b8-45c4-89ee-a64de5423279_4582x2398.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fR9s!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4270c973-20b8-45c4-89ee-a64de5423279_4582x2398.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fR9s!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4270c973-20b8-45c4-89ee-a64de5423279_4582x2398.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fR9s!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4270c973-20b8-45c4-89ee-a64de5423279_4582x2398.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fR9s!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4270c973-20b8-45c4-89ee-a64de5423279_4582x2398.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fR9s!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4270c973-20b8-45c4-89ee-a64de5423279_4582x2398.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fR9s!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4270c973-20b8-45c4-89ee-a64de5423279_4582x2398.jpeg" width="728" height="381.00043649061547" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4270c973-20b8-45c4-89ee-a64de5423279_4582x2398.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:2398,&quot;width&quot;:4582,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:728,&quot;bytes&quot;:2122299,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) - 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So why are they silent about what has come to light about conditions aboard one of our Navy carriers deployed to the Middle East?</span></p><p><span>Reports surfaced this week about the horrifying conditions plaguing Navy and Marine personnel aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. This is the same carrier where President George W Bush famously declared &#8220;mission accomplished&#8221; during the Gulf War after 9/11.</span></p><p><span>Apparently, the conditions aboard the ship have become so bad that some crewmembers have attempted suicide by jumping off the ship into the ocean sixty feet below. The reports describe skimpy food portions from the mess hall, moldy showers, lack of hot water, lack of drinkable water, and shortages of food and essential hygiene items like toothpaste, deodorant, and soap. What&#8217;s worse is the reports of sailors attempting to jump overboard.</span></p><p><span>The conditions are being blamed on logistics, but we think it&#8217;s more than the logistics of deployment. It&#8217;s incompetence and indifference. Ever heard of the saying: &#8220;The fish rots from the head&#8221;? When asked what he thought about the reports, Donald Trump, the Commander in Chief, dismissed them out of hand and said that the sailors haven&#8217;t been deployed &#8220;nearly long enough&#8221;. Two hundred sixty-fivedays and counting isn&#8217;t nearly long enough for a man who avoided being drafted for the Viet Nam War by getting a doctor to say his bone spurs on his feet were so severe he couldn&#8217;t possibly walk the jungles of Viet Nam. But those same feet have been able to walk countless miles on golf courses all over the world.</span></p><p><span>Trump has no earthly idea what it takes for the men and women who enlist in our military to endure the conditions necessary to sustain, support or carry out the missions they are tasked with. The &#8220;let them eat cake&#8221; attitude he displayed when the press asked him about the reports from servicemembers&#8217; families is despicable but it&#8217;s what can be expected from this president.</span></p><p><span>Secretary of Defense Hegseth dismissed the reports as &#8220;completely misrepresented&#8221;, Republicans in Congress are silent, and families are left with little to no communication about their loved ones in many instances.</span></p><p><span>The wife of one servicemember has now spoken out. She recounted and shared texts from her husband who jumped overboard. He talked about his deteriorating mental state and told her how his requests for help were ignored by his chain of command. The sailor was in the water for an hour before the rescue personnel were able to retrieve him from the ocean. She has requested to remain anonymous out of what we are sure is fear of retaliation by the government, or by MAGA, against her and her husband.</span></p><p><span>So now, after all the backlash, the Pentagon has sent the USS George Washington to the Middle East to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln; a move the White House claims has nothing to do with the media coverage of the conditions or the suicide attempts.</span></p><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Pragmotiv+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><h4><strong><span>MAGA Meltdown</span></strong></h4><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0dlF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F85a46590-4e83-41bd-a490-7c8ce302f5e8_1408x768.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p><span>Pragmotiv News Host, Kameron posted this pic and all hell broke loose. It blew up on Threads. The MAGA-verse had a mini melt-down and came for him in the comments. Why is it that a picture posted on social media elicits such a firestorm? Is it because the idea of people of color and women running this country scares the crap out of them?</span></p><p><span>After he got a kick out of their meltdown, he contemplated MAGA&#8217;s use of the familiar buzzwords used to describe Liberals and Democrats are just that; buzzwords. Do they really even know what the terms Socialist or Marxist mean? Or are they merely spouting what they think will scare people into voting for them? Let&#8217;s explore these buzzwords.</span></p><p><span>A Marxist is one who views history as a struggle between the bourgeoise (those who own the means of production) and the proletariat (those who sell their labor). They view capitalism as an exploitation of workers and posits that capitalism will inevitably be overthrown by a socialist revolution leading to an eradication of societal classes and the promotion of a communist society. This world view was espoused by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in the 1800s.</span></p><p><span>Many of those on the Right love to screech about Liberals&#8217; desire to &#8220;usher in Sharia law&#8221; or their intent to make America a Communist State. But the truth is no one in the Democratic party or on the Left is advocating the eradication of Capitalism. All people on the Left are saying is that the Middle-Classneeds relief; healthcare is a human right and that all the wealth begotten by the richest one percent should not be obtained at the expense of the working class.</span></p><p><span>Socialist is a term they&#8217;ve used for decades to describe Leftists and Democrats, but this term no longer scares people. As people have learned more about the details of democratic policies, this term has been rendered somewhat mute. But, for the sake of discussion, the term is defined as an &#8220;economic and political system centered on public or collective ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods and services. In a socialist society, major industries, utilities, and resources are managed by the state to reduce economic inequality and ensure that wealth is distributed based on contribution or need, as opposed to private profit. Democratic socialists combine this economic model with a multi-party democratic political system.</span></p><p><span>Although there are some on the left who describe themselves as Democratic Socialists, this is not an adoption of full-on socialism. Today&#8217;s use of that moniker to describe one&#8217;s world view connotes one who is more to the left of the Democratic Party. Their view is that the top one percent should not continue to get wealthier while the bottom ninety-nine percent get poorer and have less. They still believe in capitalism, but advocate that everyone, including the rich, pays a proportionate share in taxes to ensure that the government can provide the things needed by society that society cannot provide for itself. That is what the role of government is.</span></p><p><span>Communism refers to a political and economic ideology that positions itself in opposition to liberal democracy and capitalism. It seeks to establish a classless, stateless society where all property as well as all means of production are commonly owned, and wealth is shared equally. In historical practice, however, communist societies have been governed by a single ruling party exercising centralized control over both politics and the economy.</span></p><p><span>Reread that last sentence and let that sink in. That sentence describes in practical terms what the current group in power seems to be leading us towards. They advocate male dominance and control and female subservience. They are patriarchal and want to control what we think, what we read, what we can say and what women do with their own bodies.</span></p><p><span>Republicans are the ones who want to remain in power forever and make it so that they can&#8217;t get voted out of power by the people. This is the reason for the voter suppression efforts through their constant lies about voter fraud. It&#8217;s the reason for their decades-long gerrymandering efforts. So, one of the two major political parties in the United States is embracing Communism, but it is not the Democrats.</span></p><p><span>Last, but not least: Sharia Law. Sharia Law is the religious and mora code of Islam. It encompassespersonal duties, religious observances, and broad social and legal guidelines. Ask yourself which political party in the United States has espoused views that fit the above description? Think about Roe v Wade. Think about how they have circumvented the separation of Church and State mandate: The insistence on the Ten Commandments being displayed in public school classrooms. Republicans are obsessed with people&#8217;s sexuality and controlling what people do in private. This is why we keep calling them the party of projection; everything they accuse the Left of is something they have done or are trying to do.</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iyvI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F79384c61-8182-4335-82e2-0ff046ad9f89_516x299.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iyvI!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F79384c61-8182-4335-82e2-0ff046ad9f89_516x299.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iyvI!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F79384c61-8182-4335-82e2-0ff046ad9f89_516x299.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iyvI!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F79384c61-8182-4335-82e2-0ff046ad9f89_516x299.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iyvI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F79384c61-8182-4335-82e2-0ff046ad9f89_516x299.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iyvI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F79384c61-8182-4335-82e2-0ff046ad9f89_516x299.jpeg" width="698" height="404.4612403100775" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/79384c61-8182-4335-82e2-0ff046ad9f89_516x299.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:299,&quot;width&quot;:516,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:698,&quot;bytes&quot;:26341,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Trump hid inside a catering cart during his recent trip to Turkey on July  8. He climbed into the sandwich and drink truck and got hauled, like a  delivery order to a&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Trump hid inside a catering cart during his recent trip to Turkey on July  8. He climbed into the sandwich and drink truck and got hauled, like a  delivery order to a" title="Trump hid inside a catering cart during his recent trip to Turkey on July  8. 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It has been widely speculated that the previously thwarted attempts were ordered by Iran. At the NATO summit in T&#252;rkiye last month, they received a credible threat against Trump and Air force One such that they felt it necessary to sneak him away in a catering van to a military jet. In doing so, they left the entire press pool vulnerable to the attack.</span></p><p><span>At the time, Trump lied and said that he had taken the original Air Force One to Britain for &#8220;old times sake&#8221; and that he left the luxury jet donated by Qatar because he knew the troops would get a kick out of seeing it on the tarmac.</span></p><p><span>It later came out that the new jet lacks the security capabilities of the older Air Force Ones. Trump never flew out on the older plan. Instead, they took him off the plane from the opposite side he had entered in a catering container. This was to ensure that the reporters traveling with him on the plane would not know he wasn&#8217;t on it.</span></p><p><span>While on the flight to Britain, reporters and staff on the original Air Force One are told to keep the shades down. Meanwhile, Trump is flown on a third military plane, then sneaked back onto Air Force One and exits like he has been on the flight the entire time. Past Presidents would have been forthcoming about the threats. But Donald Trump obviously feels like he must hide all adverse facts surrounding Iran because he knows he&#8217;s in a quandary of his own making. He literally picked a fight with a country that should be no match for the United States but is nonetheless besting us because of the incompetence of his administration.</span></p><div class="captioned-button-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/distress-at-sea-maga-meltdowns-catering?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;}" data-component-name="CaptionedButtonToDOM"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Pragmotiv+! 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Newsflash JD, God does not have to break things to get your attention. If a spirit knocked the glass off a wall in JD Vance&#8217;s vicinity, it most assuredly was not a spirit of The Lord. God has rules against spirits manifesting physicality in the material world, and He would not break his own rules to communicate with the likes of JD Vance. A true Catholic would know that. A &#8220;Catholic&#8221; of convenience like Vance obviously does not know that God forbids spirits this type of interaction with humans.</span></p><p><span>If this wasn&#8217;t enough of a glimpse into the putrid state of JD Vance&#8217;s aura, there&#8217;s his awkward and lackluster defense of wife, Usha Vance&#8217;s against attacks by white supremacists during the 2024election. He said, &#8220;obviously she&#8217;s not a white person, and we&#8217;ve been accused -- attacked by some white supremacists over it. But I just &#8211; I love Usha. She&#8217;s such a good Mom, she&#8217;s a brilliant lawyer and I&#8217;m so proud of her&#8221;.</span></p><p><span>Vance is just strange and awkward. In another interview on Fox News, Vance was shown comments made about him by Abdul el-Sayed, the candidate from Michigan running for U.S. Senate. El-Sayed rightly criticized Vance on his sycophantic reversal of his opinion of Donald Trump.</span></p><p><span>Vance was previously a critic of Trump until he was tapped to be his running mate and then it was as though he had forgotten everything he had written about in his book &#8220;Hillbilly Elegy&#8221;, a New York times best-selling autobiographical account of his life and cultural background. In that book, Vance arguesthat the social decline in White working-class communities stems not just from a mix of economic factors, but from cultural and behavioral issues as well.</span></p><p><span>This is one of the reasons Vance has been labeled a hypocrite because over the roughly seven years between his 2016 critiques of Trump and the 2024 election cycle, Vance went from a Never Trumper to a staunch defender. As El-Sayed said, he sucked up to power.</span></p><p><span>The full video content of what was discussed in this article can be viewed on our YouTube Channel. Pragmotiv News can also be viewed and listened to on all other social media platforms and podcast platforms.</span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share Pragmotiv+&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.pragmotivplus.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share Pragmotiv+</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s Betrayal of the Troops: USS Abraham Lincoln Crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Families of USS Abraham Lincoln sailors are sounding the alarm over reported shortages, deteriorating conditions, exhaustion, and morale concerns during an extended Middle East deployment.]]></description><link>https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/trumps-betrayal-of-the-troops-uss</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/trumps-betrayal-of-the-troops-uss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pragmotiv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 15:30:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211266640/290668d545dbc35679eab5095e737d1c.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Families of USS Abraham Lincoln sailors are sounding the alarm over reported shortages, deteriorating conditions, exhaustion, and morale concerns during an extended Middle East deployment. 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If you&#8217;ve ever wanted a clear, no-nonsense explanation of what &#8220;Marxist,&#8221; &#8220;Socialist,&#8221; &#8220;Communist,&#8221; and &#8220;Sharia Law&#8221; actually mean&#8212;and why the GOP&#8217;s constant use of them is pure projection&#8212;this is the episode for you.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Pragmotiv+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump CAUGHT Hiding in Catering Cart, Leaves Innocent Lives as DECOYS!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Donald Trump constantly tries to project strength, but behind the scenes, he&#8217;s reportedly hiding in airport catering containers while leaving everyone else in the line of fire.]]></description><link>https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/trump-caught-hiding-in-catering-cart</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/trump-caught-hiding-in-catering-cart</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pragmotiv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 02:06:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210969390/25fe44856672886f359fa665381caa89.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Donald Trump constantly tries to project strength, but behind the scenes, he&#8217;s reportedly hiding in airport catering containers while leaving everyone else in the line of fire.</p><p>In this episode of Pragmotiv News, we break down a massive New York Times report detailing how Trump secretly fled a NATO summit in Turkey due to an alleged Iranian threat. Instead of keeping his staff, flight crew, and the White House press pool safe, they were reportedly used as unwitting decoys on the old Air Force One. To make matters worse, Trump later brushed off the danger, smugly telling reporters, &#8220;If I go, you go. Right?&#8221;</p><p>We expose the performative &#8220;tough guy&#8221; act, the blatant private cowardice, and what this total disregard for innocent American lives says about the MAGA movement&#8217;s true priorities.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Pragmotiv+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[JD Vance’s Fox News Hypocrisy Is on Full Display]]></title><description><![CDATA[JD Vance wants to attack Abdul El-Sayed, smear progressives, and act like criticism is somehow unfair when it is directed at him.]]></description><link>https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/jd-vances-fox-news-hypocrisy-is-on</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/jd-vances-fox-news-hypocrisy-is-on</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pragmotiv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 01:02:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210683717/40a6fea85016484386d4ae849edb002e.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JD Vance wants to attack Abdul El-Sayed, smear progressives, and act like criticism is somehow unfair when it is directed at him. But after Republicans spent four years trying to blame former Vice President Kamala Harris for every decision made by the Biden administration, Vance&#8217;s victim routine is beyond hypocritical.</p><p>In this episode of Pragmotiv News, I break down Vance&#8217;s Fox News slip-up, his bizarre claims about receiving a message from God, and the uncomfortable way he repeatedly discusses Usha Vance&#8217;s Indian heritage. I also address Elon Musk attempting to use his partner and children as a shield against accusations of racism.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Pragmotiv+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Watch the full breakdown, and thank you for supporting independent, pro-democracy commentary.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Tapestry of Violence, Infighting, Racism, and Cheating]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Week in Review by Pragmotiv News]]></description><link>https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/a-tapestry-of-violence-infighting</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/a-tapestry-of-violence-infighting</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pragmotiv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:03:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QFlT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe6a35d17-0e2c-440d-a105-eb818de3c7c0_560x373.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QFlT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe6a35d17-0e2c-440d-a105-eb818de3c7c0_560x373.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QFlT!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe6a35d17-0e2c-440d-a105-eb818de3c7c0_560x373.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QFlT!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe6a35d17-0e2c-440d-a105-eb818de3c7c0_560x373.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QFlT!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe6a35d17-0e2c-440d-a105-eb818de3c7c0_560x373.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QFlT!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe6a35d17-0e2c-440d-a105-eb818de3c7c0_560x373.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QFlT!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe6a35d17-0e2c-440d-a105-eb818de3c7c0_560x373.jpeg" width="638" height="424.9535714285714" 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And it&#8217;s an unmistakably negative through-line. The Republican Party, headed by Donald Trump, has no shortage of derelicts, warring factions, racists and power-hungry people who have no moral compass.</span></p><h3><strong><span>Bad Behavior? No Big Deal!</span></strong></h3><p><span>Republicans and their supporters continually make excuses for their members&#8217; abhorrent behavior. It&#8217;s as though reprehensible behavior is automatically dismissed and cast aside. Why is that? Is it because they know their ranks are dwindling because the gigantic boulder of lies they&#8217;ve unleashed on the public has finally reached the bottom of the mountain?</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cwGj!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F96372f92-a40c-443e-b19a-24d9aae4d974_260x260.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cwGj!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F96372f92-a40c-443e-b19a-24d9aae4d974_260x260.png 424w, 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y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Pragmotiv+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><p><span>Take Max Miller, Republican congressman from Ohio. Emily Moreno alleges that her husband has thrown scalding water on her, held a gun to her head and has also thrown her up against a wall during arguments. She even alleges abuse of their two-year-old daughter. Moreno is the daughter of Republican Senator Bernie Moreno, who has told news outlets he &#8220;fears for his granddaughter when she is in the company of her father&#8221;. Miller denies the allegations, but this isn&#8217;t the first time he has been accused of violence against a woman. Former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham alleges Miller abused her during their relationship. She wrote about the abuse in her 2021 memoir and later identifiedMiller as her abuser in a Washington Post story.</span></p><p><span>It&#8217;s hard for us here at Pragmotiv to be shocked by the stories coming out of the right-wing ecosystem, but what&#8217;s more maddening than this story of domestic violence is the reaction of other republicans. Grisham claims to have told White House officials about the abuse at the time, but nothing was done. Likewise, it seems nothing will be done by the party about these allegations as well because Republicans are in lockstep as usual, closing ranks and rallying around their guy. Because of the growing scrutiny, the House Ethics Committee has now announced their intent to open an investigation.</span></p><p><span>It would be too numerous to list all the allegations surrounding republican members, the failure of leadership to investigate allegations or implement accountability measures; think Pete Hegseth, Matt Gaetz, Cory Mills, and Roy Moore. I could go on. A cursory google search brings up so many allegations with virtually no backlash from the party&#8217;s leadership.</span></p><p><span>In contrast, the Democrats always swiftly condemn their members who are accused of such things and there is usually some form of accountability or, at the very least, public condemnation. Recent case in point: Graham Platner. Miller has vowed to stay in the race and the fact that he could still win that seat is very problematic. It says that the republican body politic is ok with their members being accused of horrific acts and nothing being done about it. Again, it&#8217;s not surprising given who they elected as President, but it is appalling.</span></p><h3><strong><span>The MAGA Implosion</span></strong></h3><p><span>Speaking of the &#8220;President&#8221;. There are growing signs that his MAGA base is fractured. Defections by former loyalists Marjorie Taylor Green, Ashley St. Clair, and Tucker Carlson. Some well-known right-wing Podcasters have even started to criticize the administration&#8217;s handling of certain things. Whereas, in the past, the administration and trump received little, if any, scrutiny. Polls show the overall numbers of those identifying themselves as republicans continue to shrink. What is going on?</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4BUP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F439dc6e5-1b71-4036-bea4-62a9466e5044_398x222.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4BUP!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F439dc6e5-1b71-4036-bea4-62a9466e5044_398x222.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4BUP!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F439dc6e5-1b71-4036-bea4-62a9466e5044_398x222.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4BUP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F439dc6e5-1b71-4036-bea4-62a9466e5044_398x222.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4BUP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F439dc6e5-1b71-4036-bea4-62a9466e5044_398x222.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4BUP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F439dc6e5-1b71-4036-bea4-62a9466e5044_398x222.png" width="484" height="269.96984924623115" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/439dc6e5-1b71-4036-bea4-62a9466e5044_398x222.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:222,&quot;width&quot;:398,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:484,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4BUP!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F439dc6e5-1b71-4036-bea4-62a9466e5044_398x222.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4BUP!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F439dc6e5-1b71-4036-bea4-62a9466e5044_398x222.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4BUP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F439dc6e5-1b71-4036-bea4-62a9466e5044_398x222.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4BUP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F439dc6e5-1b71-4036-bea4-62a9466e5044_398x222.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><span>Former MAGA members are getting together to deradicalize and reunite with family and friends. One such nonprofit named Leaving Maga was started by former Trump loyalist Rich Logis. Why would you need de-radicalization unless you are in a cult? That&#8217;s the difference between the Left and the Right. The Left calls out its leaders and debates amongst themselves to foster consensus and move forward together. No party is perfect, certainly not the Democratic party.However, it just seems to us that there&#8217;s a lot of deviant, violent, radical, and problematic thinking and behavior amongst those who make up the Republican Party.</span></p><p><span>One news story revealed the roots of indoctrination. Former members spoke about a sense of belonging and being wooed by MAGA members with financial and emotional help that seemed to come with strings attached. One self-described &#8220;Trad Wife&#8221; talked about something called &#8220;household voting&#8221;. This is an ultra-conservative political concept where a family casts only one collective vote. It proposes that the wife should voluntarily cede her individual votingright to the husband under the belief that the husband should exclusively represent the political interests of the family.</span></p><p><span>When you consider the details of the SAVE Act, it&#8217;s clear where the impetus for the Bill&#8217;s proposed suppression of women&#8217;s voting rights came from. It&#8217;s literally giving cult! As with most cults, there comes a point where the cult members start to see through the farce and once their eyes are opened, they want nothing more to do with the cult. One very poignant story was that of Stefania, the &#8220;Trad Wife&#8221;. During the pandemic, her husband contracted long-covid and could no longer work, so she had to go back to work as a Respiratory Therapist. She talked about how her eyes began to open when the information she was being fed by the MAGA echo chamber began to conflict with her understanding of science. They were being told conflicting things about masks. MAGA said don&#8217;t wear a mask, they don&#8217;t stop the spread, and she knew this to be false. She says the karmic feeling that her family was being negatively impacted by her own voting choices finally broke through the cognitive dissonance. The right-wing echo chamber has a dumbing effect that offers a steady diet of lies and misinformation. We here at Pragmotiv are trying to counteract that by presenting facts.</span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.pragmotivplus.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p><span>Further concrete proof that MAGA is fractured is the fact that the White House is now telling Republican candidates running in midterm elections to distance themselves from Trump. He is, once again, a liability. But even though it is clear that MAGA is imploding, it doesn&#8217;t mean the rest of us can just sit by and watch it happen. We must actively participate in our democratic processes to save our republic from further decline. Our economy has been damaged. Our reputation and standing in the world as a leader are degraded. Who has Donald Trump and the Republican Party&#8217;s policies and actions benefitted. Not us. But they have benefitted some: Trump, his cronies, his family and Vladimir Putin.</span></p><h3><strong><span>Racism is Cool Again</span></strong></h3><p><span>The only thing Donald Trump has made great again is racism. The racism coming from the right is palpable and increasingly out in the open. It&#8217;s now okay to be blatantly sexist and racist. Where does this lead? Some would argue it leads to people being hurt and killed. At the very least, it leads to things like what happened to Amir Hassan. Hassan is a Black man who was running for Michigan&#8217;s eighth district congressional seat. He lost to Tom Smith after leading during the entire cycle and after his opponent had already dropped out of the race! Hassan lost purely because of MAGA&#8217;s racism against Muslims and Black people. Hassan used to be a Muslim, but he converted to Christianity some years ago. The attack ads and social media posts painted him as a Muslim immigrant; strictly because of his name. The attacks prompted him to make a video about it.</span></p><p><span>In the video, Hassan explained how he is not an immigrant, was born here and how his family has been American citizens in the Michigan area for hundreds of years. But because hatred of names like Hassan and El-Sayed has been fomented constantly by the right-wing echo chamber, he was unable to overcome the negative effect even with Trump&#8217;s resounding endorsement. If this doesn&#8217;t prove that most voters don&#8217;t do their own research on candidates, we don&#8217;tknow what does.</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fMfh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1ccd7a8-d262-459c-9dbd-192033f1f6b3_421x235.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fMfh!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1ccd7a8-d262-459c-9dbd-192033f1f6b3_421x235.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fMfh!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1ccd7a8-d262-459c-9dbd-192033f1f6b3_421x235.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fMfh!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1ccd7a8-d262-459c-9dbd-192033f1f6b3_421x235.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fMfh!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1ccd7a8-d262-459c-9dbd-192033f1f6b3_421x235.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fMfh!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1ccd7a8-d262-459c-9dbd-192033f1f6b3_421x235.png" width="557" height="310.9144893111639" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c1ccd7a8-d262-459c-9dbd-192033f1f6b3_421x235.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:235,&quot;width&quot;:421,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:557,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fMfh!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1ccd7a8-d262-459c-9dbd-192033f1f6b3_421x235.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fMfh!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1ccd7a8-d262-459c-9dbd-192033f1f6b3_421x235.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fMfh!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1ccd7a8-d262-459c-9dbd-192033f1f6b3_421x235.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fMfh!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1ccd7a8-d262-459c-9dbd-192033f1f6b3_421x235.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><span>This past week&#8217;s Congressional election in Missouri between Former Congresswoman Cory Bush and Wesley Bell ended with Bell taking 71% of the votes. Bush was trying to reclaim the seat she lost in 2024. Her opponent, Bell, who takes money from Trump&#8217;s donors as well as AIPAC, was silent regarding a sinister and racist ad against a fellow Black person. AIPAC ran an attack ad against Bush that used an altered photo of her with exaggerated facial features making her look ape-like. This is an age-old trope of Black people. You would think in 2026, these types of attacks would be frowned upon and called out. But Trumpism has lowered the bar so much and injected so much vitriol and vileness into our discourse that this type of thing is tolerated and employed with impunity.</span></p><p><span>Both actions and inactions have consequences. Good people must continue to call out the injustices, the vitriolic language, the violent idealism and the blatant racism for what it is. We must strive for respect and fairness in political discourse. It&#8217;s a difficult thing to do when the people at the top are fomenting it from the bully pulpit.</span></p><h3><strong><span>Let The Cheating Commence</span></strong></h3><p><span>If you pay attention to Donald Trump, he always telegraphs what he is going to do. Watch what he says but pay close attention to what he and his administration actually do. Right now, he&#8217;s telegraphing his real playbook for the upcoming midterm elections. It will not be stuffing ballot boxes or hacking voting machines (something many experts say is not possible). He plans to make you take away your own vote by scaring you into never casting it in the first place. The threat to send &#8220;monitors&#8221; is a way of chilling voter turnout. &#8220;Election integrity&#8221; legislation enacted in red states is meant to be voter suppression. Sympathetic organizations such as the Proud Boys will continue to act upon his implied marching orders as they seemingly did in 2022 in Arizona showing up armed to ballot drop locations.</span></p><p><span>In Michigan this past week, his administration had anonymous people on the ground at polling places. The Justice Department says they were monitoring polls in four Michigan counties, including Detroit&#8217;s. While we didn&#8217;t know what they were really doing there, there were teams at about two-thirds of the precincts. What were they doing? Was Todd Blanche placating Trump or was it a dress rehearsal for November? Were they getting the layout of these places so that they could seize ballots on election night? We can only look at the history of what has happened or been done in the past to try to gauge what will be done this November. Stay vigilant. Make a voting plan.</span></p><p><span>This concludes our recap of what we covered here at Pragmotiv News this week. As always, you can catch our new videos every weekday here on Substack, YouTube, and anywhere you get your podcasts.</span></p><p></p><div class="captioned-button-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/a-tapestry-of-violence-infighting?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;}" data-component-name="CaptionedButtonToDOM"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Pragmotiv+! 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On this episode of Pragmotiv News, Tre takes a hard look at the conservative playbook designed to shrink the electorate and disenfranchise vulnerable communities.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Pragmotiv+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><p>We unpack the alarming history of Trump-era DOJ poll monitors deployed to heavily Democratic cities, the chilling rise of armed vigilantes intimidating voters at drop boxes, and the recent wave of restrictive voting laws sweeping through red states. By tracking the data from the Brennan Center for Justice, Tre exposes how the manufactured outrage over noncitizen voting is being weaponized to strip away your access to the ballot box.</p><p>This is a history lesson on voter suppression and a wake-up call for the present. They want you exhausted, cynical, and staying at home. Tune in to find out why casting your ballot is the ultimate act of defiance.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s Endorsement Power Is Cracking | Michigan, Iowa & Georgia GOP Primary Losses]]></title><description><![CDATA[Donald Trump&#8217;s endorsed candidate Amir Hassan just lost Michigan&#8217;s 8th District GOP primary to Thomas J.]]></description><link>https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/trumps-endorsement-power-is-cracking</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/trumps-endorsement-power-is-cracking</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pragmotiv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:03:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210164585/de7b7112a6b41b69ce02c2d23f2db7a2.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Donald Trump&#8217;s endorsed candidate Amir Hassan just lost Michigan&#8217;s 8th District GOP primary to Thomas J. Smith&#8212;a candidate who had suspended his campaign, stopped actively running, and still stayed on the ballot. Smith won anyway.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Pragmotiv+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>And it is not an isolated embarrassment. Trump&#8217;s picks also lost major Republican governor primaries in Georgia and Iowa: Burt Jones lost to Rick Jackson in Georgia, while Randy Feenstra lost to Zach Lahn in Iowa.</p><p>In this episode of Pragmotiv News, I break down whether Trump&#8217;s grip on Republican primary voters&#8212;especially in the Midwest and competitive states&#8212;is beginning to crack. We revisit what Trump promised Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Iowa, and Ohio in 2016: factory jobs, American steel, better trade deals, relief for farmers, fossil-fuel jobs, health-care reform, and protection for Social Security and Medicare.</p><p>Are voters finally judging Trump and MAGA Republicans by the results instead of the promises? And could these GOP primary losses be an early warning sign for the 2026 midterms and the road to 2028?</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[El‑Sayed’s Shocking Win… and AIPAC’s Attack on Cori Bush]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pragmotiv News is a pro&#8209;democracy news and commentary channel that unapologetically defends Black voters, workers, and everyone targeted by MAGA politics.]]></description><link>https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/elsayeds-shocking-win-and-aipacs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/elsayeds-shocking-win-and-aipacs</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pragmotiv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 04:06:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210025643/c2b13519ab46db2075bb76650093f2dd.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Pragmotiv News is a pro&#8209;democracy news and commentary channel that unapologetically defends Black voters, workers, and everyone targeted by MAGA politics.<br><br>If you follow channels like MeidasTouch, Adam Mockler, IHIP News, or Don Lemon and want more pro&#8209;democracy coverage in your feed, you&#8217;ll feel at home here.<br><br></span></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Pragmotiv+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p><span>STAY CONNECTED:<br><br>PRAGMOTIV NEWS:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @pragmotivnews<br>TikTok: @PragmotivNews<br>Facebook: Pragmotiv News<br><br>THE TEAM:<br>Tre Williams:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @trewill94 | TikTok: @realtrewill<br><br>Kameron Williams:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @bigeasykam | TikTok: @bigeasykam<br></span></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s Own Base Is Turning On Him]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pragmotiv News is a pro&#8209;democracy news and commentary channel that unapologetically defends Black voters, workers, and everyone targeted by MAGA politics.]]></description><link>https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/trumps-own-base-is-turning-on-him</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/trumps-own-base-is-turning-on-him</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pragmotiv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:27:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209860442/d95239df7d2674a4473924c5ac03ca1d.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Pragmotiv News is a pro&#8209;democracy news and commentary channel that unapologetically defends Black voters, workers, and everyone targeted by MAGA politics.<br><br>If you follow channels like MeidasTouch, Adam Mockler, IHIP News, or Don Lemon and want more pro&#8209;democracy coverage in your feed, you&#8217;ll feel at home here.<br><br>STAY CONNECTED:<br><br>PRAGMOTIV NEWS:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @pragmotivnews<br>TikTok: @PragmotivNews<br>Facebook: Pragmotiv News<br><br>THE TEAM:<br>Tre Williams:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @trewill94 | TikTok: @realtrewill<br><br>Kameron Williams:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @bigeasykam | TikTok: @bigeasykam</span></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Pragmotiv+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[He’s Still in Congress After This?! Max Miller Abuse Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pragmotiv News is a pro&#8209;democracy news and commentary channel that unapologetically defends Black voters, workers, and everyone targeted by MAGA politics.]]></description><link>https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/hes-still-in-congress-after-this</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/hes-still-in-congress-after-this</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pragmotiv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 03:02:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209705509/69d0bb96dbb42b4322a3fea615fcd5a7.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Pragmotiv News is a pro&#8209;democracy news and commentary channel that unapologetically defends Black voters, workers, and everyone targeted by MAGA politics.<br><br>If you follow channels like MeidasTouch, Adam Mockler, IHIP News, or Don Lemon and want more pro&#8209;democracy coverage in your feed, you&#8217;ll feel at home here.<br><br>STAY CONNECTED:<br><br>PRAGMOTIV NEWS:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @pragmotivnews<br>TikTok: @PragmotivNews<br>Facebook: Pragmotiv News<br><br>THE TEAM:<br>Tre Williams:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @trewill94 | TikTok: @realtrewill<br><br>Kameron Williams:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @bigeasykam | TikTok: @bigeasykam</span></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Pragmotiv+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[902 Days Left: Snoozefest, War and Delayed Justice in Trump’s America ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Week in Review by Pragmotiv News]]></description><link>https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/902-days-left-snoozefest-war-and</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/902-days-left-snoozefest-war-and</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pragmotiv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:02:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pqqw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd99afbd0-678d-48df-b159-9519441cad84_1200x900.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pqqw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd99afbd0-678d-48df-b159-9519441cad84_1200x900.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pqqw!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd99afbd0-678d-48df-b159-9519441cad84_1200x900.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pqqw!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd99afbd0-678d-48df-b159-9519441cad84_1200x900.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pqqw!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd99afbd0-678d-48df-b159-9519441cad84_1200x900.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pqqw!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd99afbd0-678d-48df-b159-9519441cad84_1200x900.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pqqw!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd99afbd0-678d-48df-b159-9519441cad84_1200x900.png" width="1200" height="900" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d99afbd0-678d-48df-b159-9519441cad84_1200x900.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:900,&quot;width&quot;:1200,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Wild moment sleepy Trump appears to doze off at White House Correspondents'  dinner - The Mirror US&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Wild moment sleepy Trump appears to doze off at White House Correspondents'  dinner - The Mirror US" title="Wild moment sleepy Trump appears to doze off at White House Correspondents'  dinner - The Mirror US" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pqqw!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd99afbd0-678d-48df-b159-9519441cad84_1200x900.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pqqw!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd99afbd0-678d-48df-b159-9519441cad84_1200x900.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pqqw!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd99afbd0-678d-48df-b159-9519441cad84_1200x900.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pqqw!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd99afbd0-678d-48df-b159-9519441cad84_1200x900.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4><strong><span>Correspondent Snoozefest</span></strong></h4><p><span>The octogenarian president, Donald John Trump, can&#8217;t keep his eyes open to save his life. His sycophantic lackies claim it&#8217;s because he stays up all night due to his &#8220;boundless energy&#8221;. Yeah. We don&#8217;t buy it. Actually, Trump&#8217;s inability to stay awake during the day is characteristic of something called &#8220;sundowning&#8221;. Sundowning is a term that describes a group of behavioral symptoms associated with dementia. Trouble sleeping at night is brought on by changes in the brain&#8217;s internal clock or circadian rhythm.</span></p><p><span>So, which scenario makes more sense? An eighty-year-old obese, elderly male who doesn&#8217;t exercise or eat right; has outward physical signs of regularly receiving IV medications; whose ankles are constantly swollen and whose gait is noticeably off has &#8220;boundless&#8221; energy to the point that he stays awake working all night and thus requires naps during the day? Or HE&#8217;S SUNDOWNING!!?? You decide for yourself.</span></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Pragmotiv+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support independent media, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><p><span>The MAGA right wing talking-point apparatus successfully branded Joe Biden as &#8220;Sleepy Joe&#8221;. But Biden NEVER did what Trump is doing.</span></p><p><span>There are nine hundred and two days left of this, the second Trump administration. This past week, we were treated to the do-over of the White House Correspondent&#8217;s Dinner. Back in April, the dinner was disrupted by gunfire as an armed gunman rushed past a security checkpoint. Like everything else this administration does, the presidential monologue was mediocre at best. It&#8217;s customary for presidents to joke around and poke fun during the monologue: poking fun at themselves and everyone else. Trump &#8220;joked&#8221; about a fourth term as President. The audience did not find it the least-bit amusing. In fact, most of his delivered one-liners sparked a rousing round of SILENCE peppered with snickers and a few giggles.</span></p><p><span>Trump went on to awkwardly attempt jokes about CBS News head Bari Weiss (who is arguably his ally) and democrat candidate from Texas, James Talerico. The continued attacks on Talerico by Republicans only prove how utterly scared of his candidacy they are. They are so scared of his momentum and popularity they are lobbing falsehoods and outlandish accusations about his beliefs, his intentions, and even his sexuality.</span></p><p><span>Maybe the snoozefest at the dinner was because Trump tired himself out during an expletive-laden tirade earlier that day. At a meeting in the oval that afternoon, Trump reportedly called Iranian leadership scumbags because he is frustrated with the war in Iran. He thought it would be over by now. But as the war lingers on with no offramp for his administration, the higher prices for food and gasoline along with the American people&#8217;s sour sentiment have tanked his approval rating and Republicans&#8217; prospects for the Midterms. As the polls continue to predict a blue wave in November, Trump&#8217;s administration continues to crank out spin and lies.</span></p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MW78!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc5e0a468-2e0a-4991-b8bf-8aac09fc49d8_700x400.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MW78!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc5e0a468-2e0a-4991-b8bf-8aac09fc49d8_700x400.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MW78!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc5e0a468-2e0a-4991-b8bf-8aac09fc49d8_700x400.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MW78!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc5e0a468-2e0a-4991-b8bf-8aac09fc49d8_700x400.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MW78!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc5e0a468-2e0a-4991-b8bf-8aac09fc49d8_700x400.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MW78!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc5e0a468-2e0a-4991-b8bf-8aac09fc49d8_700x400.jpeg" width="700" height="400" 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As one of Trump&#8217;s surrogates on Fox News this past week, the press secretary towed the line and spouted lie after provable lie: &#8220;Trump gave the middle class a massive tax cut; Biden wrecked the economy and Trump&#8217;s policies are fixing it&#8221;. Oh, and: the Trump accounts will give America&#8217;s kids $300K towards the American Dream. BULLSHIT!! The only way a Trump Account from a government funded seed deposit of $1000 will grow to $300,000 is if the annual private contributions are maxed and there is long-term stock market compounding from birth to age eighteen. Five thousand dollars per year would have to be contributed, and the contributions would have to be invested in some type of market equity fund.</span></p><p><span>The Trump administration&#8217;s policies are so bad and people&#8217;s opinions of them are so low they must twist themselves into knots lying to make themselves and their policies appear better than they actually are.</span></p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.pragmotivplus.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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official Mississippi state autopsy report was completed. However, the family still does not know much more than they did before the report was completed, and they only found out the report was done because they started receiving calls from media outlets. That&#8217;s right! Mississippi officials didn&#8217;t even have the decency to give them a heads up.</span></p><p><span>The law enforcement officials in Mississippi seem unwilling to do the basic investigative work to determine the true cause of Nolan&#8217;s death. They completed the medical autopsy earlier in July but did not release any findings publicly. The results are still unknown to the parents. Why withhold parts of his body, especially the throat and the lungs? If he drowned, the lungs would give evidence of that. Why are they making things so difficult for Nolan Wells&#8217; parents. Why can&#8217;t they just give them updates? Is it because they fear foul play? Are they trying to shield the &#8220;friends&#8221; who may have been involved in or responsible for Nolan&#8217;s death?</span></p><p><span>Speculation abounds because it is being fueled by a lack of transparency and an attitude of indifference. With Mississippi&#8217;s long dark history, the public is right to question the motives of these officials. It&#8217;s all just too murky and bizarre for us to believe what is being said and take it at face value. We will keep you abreast of this story as it continues to unfold. <br> <br>This concludes our recap of what we covered here at Pragmotiv News this past week. Make sure to tune in this week for new videos and updates! Have a great Sunday!</span></p><div class="captioned-button-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/902-days-left-snoozefest-war-and?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;}" data-component-name="CaptionedButtonToDOM"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Pragmotiv+! 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This video breaks down her disgusting opportunism and what it reveals about her entire political brand.<br><br>Pragmotiv News is a pro&#8209;democracy news and commentary channel that unapologetically defends Black voters, workers, and everyone targeted by MAGA politics.<br><br>If you follow channels like MeidasTouch, Adam Mockler, IHIP News, or Don Lemon and want more pro&#8209;democracy coverage in your feed, you&#8217;ll feel at home here.<br><br>STAY CONNECTED:<br><br>PRAGMOTIV NEWS:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @pragmotivnews<br>TikTok: @PragmotivNews<br>Facebook: Pragmotiv News<br><br>THE TEAM:<br>Tre Williams:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @trewill94 | TikTok: @realtrewill<br><br>Kameron Williams:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @bigeasykam | TikTok: @bigeasykam</span></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[McConnell’s ‘Proof of Life’ Circus Masks a GOP Power Grab]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is McConnell&#8217;s recent "proof of life" photo actually a desperate attempt to cover up a brewing political scandal?]]></description><link>https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/mcconnells-proof-of-life-circus-masks</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/mcconnells-proof-of-life-circus-masks</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pragmotiv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:32:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207095238/33628e059642a102bf0fcfb0ecd572ae.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Is McConnell&#8217;s recent "proof of life" photo actually a desperate attempt to cover up a brewing political scandal? We&#8217;re breaking down why this staged imagery is falling flat and what it means for the future of the Kentucky Senate seat.<br><br>Pragmotiv News is a pro&#8209;democracy news and commentary channel that unapologetically defends Black voters, workers, and everyone targeted by MAGA politics.<br><br>If you follow channels like MeidasTouch, Adam Mockler, IHIP News, or Don Lemon and want more pro&#8209;democracy coverage in your feed, you&#8217;ll feel at home here.<br><br></span></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Pragmotiv+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p><span><br><br>STAY CONNECTED:<br><br>PRAGMOTIV NEWS:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @pragmotivnews<br>TikTok: @PragmotivNews<br>Facebook: Pragmotiv News<br><br>THE TEAM:<br>Tre Williams:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @trewill94 | TikTok: @realtrewill<br><br>Kameron Williams:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @bigeasykam | TikTok: @bigeasykam</span></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lindsey Graham Dead — Revisiting His Most Controversial Choices]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lindsey Graham once called Donald Trump &#8220;unfit for office&#8221;&#8212;so how did he become one of Trump&#8217;s most loyal defenders?]]></description><link>https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/lindsey-graham-dead-revisiting-his</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/lindsey-graham-dead-revisiting-his</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pragmotiv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:30:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207095193/b8de480cf6ba7354a8b1ec7593f06da7.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Lindsey Graham once called Donald Trump &#8220;unfit for office&#8221;&#8212;so how did he become one of Trump&#8217;s most loyal defenders? This breakdown exposes the political transformation that defined Graham&#8217;s legacy.<br><br>Pragmotiv News is a pro&#8209;democracy news and commentary channel that unapologetically defends Black voters, workers, and everyone targeted by MAGA politics.<br><br>If you follow channels like MeidasTouch, Adam Mockler, IHIP News, or Don Lemon and want more pro&#8209;democracy coverage in your feed, you&#8217;ll feel at home here.<br><br></span></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Pragmotiv+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p><span><br>STAY CONNECTED:<br><br>PRAGMOTIV NEWS:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @pragmotivnews<br>TikTok: @PragmotivNews<br>Facebook: Pragmotiv News<br><br>THE TEAM:<br>Tre Williams:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @trewill94 | TikTok: @realtrewill<br><br>Kameron Williams:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @bigeasykam | TikTok: @bigeasykam</span></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Mitch McConnell Hospital Story Makes ZERO Sense]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is the GOP hiding the truth about a medical emergency to protect their hold on the Senate?]]></description><link>https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/this-mitch-mcconnell-hospital-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/this-mitch-mcconnell-hospital-story</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pragmotiv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:30:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207095122/07ef354b234627de4dd880e7f67cfbe8.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Is the GOP hiding the truth about a medical emergency to protect their hold on the Senate? A shocking lack of transparency surrounding Mitch McConnell's three-week hospitalization has sparked a firestorm of rumors that leadership refuses to address.<br><br>Pragmotiv News is a pro&#8209;democracy news and commentary channel that unapologetically defends Black voters, workers, and everyone targeted by MAGA politics.<br><br>If you follow channels like MeidasTouch, Adam Mockler, IHIP News, or Don Lemon and want more pro&#8209;democracy coverage in your feed, you&#8217;ll feel at home here.<br></span></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Pragmotiv+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><p><span><br>STAY CONNECTED:<br><br>PRAGMOTIV NEWS:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @pragmotivnews<br>TikTok: @PragmotivNews<br>Facebook: Pragmotiv News<br><br>THE TEAM:<br>Tre Williams:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @trewill94 | TikTok: @realtrewill<br><br>Kameron Williams:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @bigeasykam | TikTok: @bigeasykam</span></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[TRUMP’S TOTAL DECLINE CAUGHT ON CAMERA: 'IT'S GETTING WORSE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is Donald Trump&#8217;s health failing before our eyes on the global stage?]]></description><link>https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/trumps-total-decline-caught-on-camera</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/trumps-total-decline-caught-on-camera</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pragmotiv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:30:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207094945/6e9d6bc9330524290e6b9d185492c4e7.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Is Donald Trump&#8217;s health failing before our eyes on the global stage? We&#8217;re breaking down the alarming footage from Turkey that proves his most recent public appearance was his most concerning yet.<br><br>Pragmotiv News is a pro&#8209;democracy news and commentary channel that unapologetically defends Black voters, workers, and everyone targeted by MAGA politics.<br><br>If you follow channels like MeidasTouch, Adam Mockler, IHIP News, or Don Lemon and want more pro&#8209;democracy coverage in your feed, you&#8217;ll feel at home here.<br><br></span></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Pragmotiv+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p><span><br><br>STAY CONNECTED:<br><br>PRAGMOTIV NEWS:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @pragmotivnews<br>TikTok: @PragmotivNews<br>Facebook: Pragmotiv News<br><br>THE TEAM:<br>Tre Williams:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @trewill94 | TikTok: @realtrewill<br><br>Kameron Williams:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @bigeasykam | TikTok: @bigeasykam<br></span></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT’S OVER: The Fall of Graham Platner]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this video, I provide analysis and commentary on the ongoing political situation involving Graham Platner.]]></description><link>https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/its-over-the-fall-of-graham-platner</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/its-over-the-fall-of-graham-platner</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pragmotiv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:08:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206223326/a8b32b49dcd41b246458811279c4958a.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>In this video, I provide analysis and commentary on the ongoing political situation involving Graham Platner. 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To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p><span><br><br>STAY CONNECTED:<br><br>PRAGMOTIV NEWS:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @pragmotivnews<br>TikTok: @PragmotivNews<br>Facebook: Pragmotiv News<br><br>THE TEAM:<br>Tre Williams:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @trewill94 | TikTok: @realtrewill<br><br>Kameron Williams:<br>IG &amp; Threads: @bigeasykam | TikTok: @bigeasykam</span></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[HIGH VOTER TURNOUT Is TRUMP’S GOP WORST NIGHTMARE]]></title><description><![CDATA[The GOP is running scared as voter turnout surges.]]></description><link>https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/high-voter-turnout-is-trumps-gop</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pragmotivplus.com/p/high-voter-turnout-is-trumps-gop</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pragmotiv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:11:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/205965970/4d57adfba8bb396f4ca5e0198663e683.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>The GOP is running scared as voter turnout surges. If you stay home, they win&#8212;here is the news on their latest voter suppression tactics designed to strip away your civil rights this election cycle.<br><br>Pragmotiv News is a pro&#8209;democracy news and commentary channel that unapologetically defends Black voters, workers, and everyone targeted by MAGA politics.<br><br>If you follow channels like MeidasTouch, Adam Mockler, IHIP News, or Don Lemon and want more pro&#8209;democracy coverage in your feed, you&#8217;ll feel at home here.<br><br></span></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.pragmotivplus.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Pragmotiv+ is a reader-supported publication. 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