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This creates a PROLONGED false impression that the war is going much better than it actually is and that strategic setbacks are not taking place at all,\u201d wrote Trita Parsi of the Quincy Institute. \u201cThe media narrative was that Tehran was utterly failing. In reality, Tehran was showcasing capabilities that the official Western narrative ensured were underestimated.\u201dWhen asked about any plans to return to the U.S. base in Bahrain, Cao told the Times, \u201cI have a task force that\u2019s looking at that.\u201d That\u2019s not what you want to hear in an expensive war that\u2019s going very poorly. President Donald Trump is blaming Democrats for why he\u2019ll never give those $5,000 handouts. Speaking to Fox News\u2019s Laura Ingraham Thursday, Trump offered a baffling excuse for why he couldn\u2019t distribute the $5,000 dividends he\u2019d promised the night before. \u201cWhy not just give the money now? If you have the money, why not give it now?\u201d Ingraham asked. \u201cBecause they can\u2019t. I\u2019ll tell you what, because the Democrats can\u2019t do it, because with them it\u2019s negative growth,\u201d Trump said. \u201cWith us, it\u2019s so positive.\u201dLAURA INGRAHAM: Why not just give the money? If you have it, why not just give it now?TRUMP: Because the Democrats can't do it. Because with them it's negative growth. pic.twitter.com/Z7uhIvhItv\u2014 Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 10, 2026 In reality, Republicans are simply not on board. Even Fox News hosts balked at the hypothetical handouts\u2019 estimated $1.3 trillion total price tag. If Republicans were the least bit interested in moving forward with these checks, then they already control Congress. They could just make it happen. Trump also claimed Thursday that he\u2019d give $500 rebate checks to about one million people enrolled in the Affordable Care Act in 30 states, claiming they were overcharged by the Biden administration.It\u2019s increasingly clear that Trump is hoping he can pay Republicans\u2019 way through the midterm elections by dangling cash in front of voters. But the president has promised to deliver cash payments multiple times, including $2,000 stimulus checks of tariff revenue and $5,000 stimulus checks for the bygone \u201cDOGE dividend.\u201dRead more about Trump\u2019s claim:President Trump says he\u2019ll give $500 rebate checks to about one million people enrolled in the Affordable Care Act in 30 states, claiming they were overcharged by the Biden administration.\u201cThe relief begins with refunding everyone who was overcharged, and the rebates are going out in just a few weeks,\u201d Trump said in a video message posted to the White House X account Thursday morning.President Donald J. Trump announces $500 rebate checks to nearly 1 million hardworking Americans who were wrongly overcharged through Obamacare.\"Our Administration is doing the right thing and giving the money back to the people who were wrongly ripped off.\" pic.twitter.com/XWA1wlzRH8\u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 10, 2026 Trump accused President Biden of collecting insurance company fees that were passed on to consumers in the form of higher premiums, but didn\u2019t provide any evidence for the claim. But perhaps more concerning: Trump didn\u2019t say where the money would be coming from or who exactly would be receiving the checks.The White House later released a fact sheet online saying that the rebates would be disbursed beginning in October. The sheet did not specify exactly how much ACA enrollees were supposedly overcharged or if the proposal would require approval from Congress. The timing of Trump\u2019s plan is suspiciously less than two months before November\u2019s midterm elections, and comes just hours after the president announced at the Republican midterm convention that he would send $5,000 checks to every American adult if Republicans keep control of the House and Senate. \u201cOnly I can make this promise to you.\u2026 If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, both of them \u2026 I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000,\u201d Trump said Wednesday night. \u201cVery much like a successful company will do a cash distribution to its shareholders, or like last year when I gave our great members of the military $1,776, remember?\u201dThat plan has been called a bribe, even attracting skepticism from Trump\u2019s MAGA base. Trump has made similar promises before, like $5,000 DOGE checks that never came to fruition or the $2,000 dividend from tariffs that never materialized nearly a year later. Republicans also currently control Congress and the White House, and could theoretically send checks to the American people at any time. It seems that Trump is hoping that a little cash goes a long way toward making Americans forget how hard he has made their lives. More on that supposed $5k check:\u201cTrump-a-palooza\u201d is already tearing MAGA apart. Top brass at Turning Point USA were \u201clivid\u201d that Donald Trump\u2019s ramshackle midterm convention in Dallas was scheduled for Thursday, the anniversary of Charlie Kirk\u2019s death, two people familiar with the group told Politico\u2019s Playbook. Many of TPUSA\u2019s senior leaders have chosen to skip the convention altogether, including Kirk\u2019s right-hand man Andrew Kolvet. \u201cI personally made the decision,\u201d Kolvet told Playbook. \u201cI want to remember Charlie here, inside his studio and on the campus that he built. I want our influencers and our contributors to come here and be a part of remembering Charlie.\u201dOne person close to the White House told Playbook that the midterm convention was a \u201chuge missed opportunity.\u201d\u201cThis week we should be laser focused on two things: commemorating the run-up to Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination, and hammering the Democrats in the run-up to 9/11 \u2026 not a half-assed convention,\u201d the person said. Trump and Vice President JD Vance both scrambled to maintain their grip around this increasingly alienated faction of conservatives. Delivering a keynote address Wednesday, Trump thanked Erika Kirk for attending his self-obsessed convention on the anniversary of her husband\u2019s death. \u201cShe has put up with something, boy,\u201d Trump said. \u201cOh, boy. What she\u2019s had to go through and, the most beautiful family. It\u2019s just terrible. But love, tough life, tough life. Can\u2019t let it happen. From the very beginning of this journey, I\u2019ve not stopped fighting and I never will stop fighting to protect you, your family.\u201dVance called in to The Charlie Kirk Show Thursday hoping to demonstrate that the president\u2019s massive ego hadn\u2019t gotten in the way of his mourning. \u201cAll of us, I think, have this hole that we\u2019re all trying to fill,\u201d Vance said. This week, Vance will be filling that hole by hosting an expensive and sparsely attended publicity event in order to satisfy his boss\u2019s dream of being the center of attention. Read more about Kirk\u2019s death:President Trump\u2019s executive order cracking down on mail-in voting is running into resistance in some Republican-led states.Republican election officials in seven states say that there isn\u2019t enough time before the November midterm elections to implement Trump\u2019s order, and have asked the Supreme Court not to let the plan go into effect, Politico reports.Kentucky\u2019s Michael Adams, North Dakota\u2019s Michael Howe, South Dakota\u2019s Monae Johnson, Georgia\u2019s Brad Raffensperger, New Hampshire\u2019s David Scanlan, and Kansas\u2019s Scott Schwab, all secretaries of state, joined Utah Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson in submitting a brief to the high court Wednesday, saying, \u201cAttempting to implement the rule now will almost certainly lead to mistakes, delays and confusion for both voters and election officials.\u201d\u201cThe work necessary to implement the rule in a manner that ensures workability and does not disrupt other ongoing processes that are crucial to a smooth election \u2026 cannot be responsibly accomplished in the time that remains in a manner that ensures both that the rule is implemented correctly and other crucial preparations do not fall by the wayside,\u201d the brief states.The seven officials stressed that their filing wasn\u2019t a statement on whether they supported Trump\u2019s order or not, saying it wasn\u2019t their place to \u201copine on whether the Rule itself is good or bad,\u201d adding that the merits of Trump\u2019s proposal could be decided \u201cwell before the 2028 election.\u201dMail ballots have already been sent to voters in North Carolina, Delaware, and Alabama, as well as in certain Wisconsin counties. In the coming weeks, that number will only grow, as 20 states begin to send out absentee ballots 45 days before Election Day in November. Washington state votes entirely by mail. Absentee voters everywhere are scrambling to come up with backup plans, such as making long flights, but others, such as military service members, don\u2019t have other options.Trump\u2019s attacks are based on paranoia and a desire to fix the results to favor himself and Republicans. But his executive order, along with his push to pass the draconian SAVE Act, threaten to sow confusion and discourage voting, fueling chaos and conspiracy theories. 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