The Week in Review
You told me something this week, and I heard you. In the replies, you said the week moved fast and you missed some of what I published. I get it. There’s a lot of breaking news and I put out a lot of content. You have a life to run.
So my Friday morning post is for you. I’m going to walk you through the most important things I wrote and talked about on Uncensored Objection this week. We’ll start with the oldest piece and move forward from there. For every story, I’ll give you the point in plain English.
Grab your coffee. You can get caught up in a few minutes, and then you can get on with your weekend.
Last Saturday opened with “Trump Just Fueled Putin’s War Machine. Ukraine Will Pay the Price.” Three weeks after signing the law that locked Russia’s sanctions into place, the 34-time convicted felon and civilly adjudicated sexual abuser in the Oval Office let Putin sell diesel to America again, and Congress never saw the deal. As usual, the law said one thing and the White House did another. Ukraine pays for the difference and Russia profits.
Sunday I shared “The Day It Happens.” Everybody has a plan for the day “it happens” and mine is getting out on the water at sunrise. No headlines. No news apps buzzing at two in the morning when he post something stupid on his social network.
I also share a few new notes this week you can quickly scroll through using this link. One of my favorites is the following:
One day, you’ll hear cell phones going off.
Then shouting and cheering.
In the distance, car horns will start honking.
A stranger will buy everyone a round at the bar where you’re sitting.
And without a word spoken, you’ll know.
Monday brought “$366 Million Says Elon Musk’s Vote Counts More Than Yours.” One man has spent three hundred sixty-six million dollars to shape this year’s midterms, and I walked through the checkbook, the law that allows it, and the change that ends it. One man’s checkbook should never outweigh millions of American votes. Monday also brought the podcast version with Jim and Jill, “One man has spent three hundred sixty-six million dollars to shape this year’s midterms,” plus the episode version of the diesel story, “Trump Just Fueled Putin’s War Machine: The Diesel Deal That Broke the Law.”
Monday closed with “Masked Men With Guns and No Badges: The Shooting That Should Terrify Every American.” A father pulled into a parking spot with his five year old in the back seat. What happened next is the story every American needs to hear, since a country where armed men carry no badges is a country where nobody can tell the law from the threat.
Tuesday brought “Her Tenure Will Be Measured in Scaramuccis, and I Doubt She Makes It Past One.” White House press secretary Katie Zacharia claims to be a lawyer, and the reporting says no bar license stands behind the claim. I walked through the law she faces under Business and Professions Code sections 6125 and 6126(a), and I covered Rule of Court 9.46 and the registration path it closes to her. My line stands in the piece: the over-under on her tenure is one Scaramucci, and I am taking the under.
Tuesday also brought Jim and Jill took the midterms apart in “The Midterms Will Change Everything. Here’s What To Expect On January Third.” A small number of seats decides who holds the gavel, who issues the subpoenas, who runs the investigations, and who controls the impeachment math when the new Congress opens on January 3, 2027. The episode walks through exactly what changes with each outcome, so you can watch election night knowing what each number means for your family and your rights.
Wednesday I published “The Judge Required Permission. The Government Brought a Chainsaw.” A federal judge gave the Trump administration one rule for East Potomac Golf Links: get court approval before cutting down more than 10 trees. The government filed its notice minutes before 5 p.m. on a Friday, and by the end of Saturday at least 430 mature trees were on the ground. Judge Ana Reyes told the government it had lost all credibility with her court and warned that a violation by two seconds brings contempt proceedings. A court order is a command, and this administration keeps treating commands as suggestions. She said it on the record, in open court, for every American to hear.
Wednesday also brought “The Price is Zero.” Times are tough, rent is up, and margins are thin, so I put 40 years of courtroom and mediation lessons into one negotiation field guide and gave it to this community for free. One better lease or one better job offer pays you back thousands. The guide costs you nothing.
Thursday morning brought “They Clapped When He Called Them Stupid in Tennessee.” In Clarksville, Tennessee, the President bragged that his stupidest lines still draw applause, and the crowd proved his point on cue before the circus rolled into Bullhead City and did it again. I wrote about the danger hiding inside that applause, since a public trained to believe anything ends up accepting anything, and I closed with the answer: check your registration today and bring friends with you to the polls.
Thursday closed the publication week with “BREAKING: 0 for 26, Trump’s DOJ Files Another Frivolous Suit to Block 20,000 California Voters’ Ballots.” The Justice Department sued California to block the counting of mail ballots from about 20,000 voters the Department of Homeland Security labeled likely noncitizens, based on a list the government refuses to explain. The Department has run this play in court 26 times and lost every decided case, most of them before Republican appointed judges. Nevada checked a similar federal list name by name and found every single person was a citizen. Your ballot belongs to you, and no unexplained list from Washington gets to take it away. Under the Constitution, states run elections, and California runs this one.
Read the pieces you missed, share the one that matters most with somebody in your circle, and bring that same energy with you to the ballot box on November 3, since this democracy holds only as long as the people who love it keep showing up for it.
Mitch Jackson, Esq. | recommendations
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