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THE SENATE CAME ONE VOTE SHORT OF ENDING THE CONFLICT — ONE SENATOR WAS ABSENT, BILLIONAIRES WORTH $2.4 TRILLION SAT AT A STATE DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT AND A FOREIGN LEADER, DOZENS OF DELEGATES WALKED OUT OF A SPEECH AT THE UNITED NATIONS — AND A JUDGE THREW OUT THE PRESIDENT’S LAWSUIT AGAINST A NEWSPAPER

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The Senate came one vote short of ending the conflict with Iran. The resolution failed 49 to 50. One senator was absent. If she had voted, the vice president would have been called to break the tie… and he would have voted to keep the conflict going.

Four Republicans crossed party lines to vote yes: Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Thom Tillis of North Carolina. It was the first time Tillis voted to end the conflict. He said it had “dragged on too long without congressional authorization” and called it “a serious political liability.”

John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the only Democrat to vote no. Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland was absent due to what her office called “an urgent family matter.” Her vote would have made it 50-50.

Gas was below $3 a gallon before the conflict began. It is now $4.50. Diesel has gone from $3.52 to $6.52… a record for late September. The House has voted to end the conflict four times. The Senate has now tried more than a dozen times. Both chambers passed a resolution together in June. The White House ignored it.

The branch of government that is supposed to decide whether the country goes to conflict has voted to stop it… over and over again. And the machine keeps going. One absent senator. One vote short. The conflict continues.

49 TO 50. ONE SENATOR ABSENT. FOUR REPUBLICANS CROSSED. THE CONFLICT CONTINUES BECAUSE ONE PERSON WAS NOT IN THE ROOM.

BREAKING

The President Hosted a State Dinner with a Foreign Leader — Surrounded by Billionaires Worth a Combined $2.4 Trillion

The president hosted a state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday evening. Democracy Now reported that the guest list included American billionaires whose combined net worth exceeds $2.4 trillion.

The dinner took place the same evening the Senate failed by one vote to end the conflict that has raised the cost of everything. The same evening a judge had to order the White House to let banned reporters back in. And the same week the president stood at the United Nations and said he might destroy a country.

The people at the table have more wealth than most countries. They sat with two leaders whose decisions affect billions of lives. The public was not in the room. The banned reporters were barely let in.

The machine makes the decisions in rooms like that one. The rest of the country pays for them at the pump.

EXPOSED

Dozens of Delegates Walked Out as a Foreign Leader Addressed the United Nations — and More Than 100 Protesters Were Detained Outside

Dozens of delegations walked out of the General Assembly chamber as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed the body on Thursday. Democracy Now reported that the speech was delivered to a half-empty room. More than 100 protesters were detained outside the building.

The walkout came one day after the president stood at the same podium and told the world he might destroy Iran. It came the same week 12 countries banned settlement trade and the British foreign secretary called it “ethnic cleansing.” It came while a United Nations fact-finding mission had already found evidence that American forces committed crimes at a school.

The world is walking out. The public is being detained for speaking. And the leaders who are driving the cost keep giving speeches to rooms that are emptying.

The machine speaks. The room empties. The protesters are taken away. That is the state of the assembly.

“It has dragged on too long without congressional authorization. It is a serious political liability.”

— Senator Thom Tillis, Republican, after voting for the first time to end the conflict

DEVELOPING

A Judge Threw Out the President’s Lawsuit Against an Iowa Pollster and a Newspaper — Citing the First Amendment

A federal judge dismissed the president’s lawsuit against an Iowa pollster and the Des Moines Register, citing the First Amendment. Democracy Now reported the ruling in its Friday headlines.

The president had filed suit against the pollster and the newspaper after a poll showed him trailing in Iowa before the 2024 election. The judge ruled that a poll is protected speech and that suing over it violates the First Amendment.

This is the second court ruling against the president’s efforts to punish the press in one week. On Thursday, a judge he appointed blocked his ban on three networks. On Friday, a judge threw out his lawsuit against a pollster and a newspaper. The courts keep saying the same thing: the First Amendment protects the press from the president.

The machine bans the networks. The machine sues the pollsters. And the courts keep handing it the same answer: no.

 Connecting the Dots 

▸ The Bigger Picture

Four stories from one weekend. The Senate came one vote short of ending the conflict… because one senator was not in the room. The president hosted a state dinner with $2.4 trillion in billionaires at the table the same evening the vote failed. Dozens of delegations walked out of the General Assembly as a foreign leader spoke to a half-empty room while more than 100 people were detained outside. And a judge threw out the president’s lawsuit against a pollster and a newspaper… the second ruling against his efforts to punish the press in a single week.

The press covers each on its own page. A “Senate vote.” A “state dinner.” A “diplomatic walkout.” A “court ruling.” But the thread is the same in every one.

The machine survives by one. One absent senator. One dinner with the right people. One empty room the cameras do not show. And one more court ruling the machine will try to get around. The Senate voted to end the conflict and fell short by a single seat. The billionaires sat at the table the same night. The world walked out of the speech. And the courts told the president, for the second time in a week, that the press is not his to control. Every check came close. Every check fell short. The margin is always one: one vote, one ruling, one empty chair. And the machine keeps going because one is enough.

When the conflict survives by one vote and the billionaires sit at the table the same night… the machine is not governing by majority. It is governing by margin. That’s the Seventh Floor.

They rely on the shadows.
It’s time to turn on the lights.