The recent actions of the Trump administration are out of control. It is time for anyone who cares about the future of our country to speak up to challenge his authoritarian actions, which include:

  • Knocking down the East wing of the Whitehouse to build a $350 million ballroom without any authorization.
  • Shooting boats out of international waters without giving evidence that they are smuggling drugs.
  • Installing a pro-Trump, unqualified press corps in the Pentagon.
  • Moving an aircraft carrier out of the Mediterranean Sea, where it is protecting our Nato allies from Russian attacks on Ukraine and hostilities in the Middle East, so it can be in the Caribbean increasing aggression against Venezuela.
  • Giving $40 billion to bail out Argentina.
  • Allowing Mike Johnson to refuse to call Congress into session, thus not swearing in Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Congressperson who was fairly elected to fill a vacant seat on September 23, 2025, a seat that has been vacant since March 13, 2025. (Probably because he knows that she will be the final signature to release the Epstein files.)
  • Refusing to negotiate with Congress to end the Republican government shutdown. The House of Representatives has only been in session for 8 days since July 7th, yet they are being paid.
  • Asking the government to reimburse him $230 million for his personal legal expenses.

Yet the government shutdown continues…1.4 million federal workers are not being paid. On November 1, many of our citizens will lose food assistance (this affects 40 million Americans), and their health insurance costs will skyrocket if they are not eliminated. Meanwhile, Trump is in Asia with no interest in the average American he is supposed to be looking out for. His election promises to make life more affordable, unfulfilled.

This must stop to save our country as we know it. Vote YES on Prop 50 to help restore oversight to an out-of-control administration. We need to elect a democratic Congress in 2026 to ensure there are checks and balances on the out-of-control executive, judicial and legislative branches of our government.

 -Susan Chandler, chair of the South Lake Tahoe Democratic Club