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Fox News asked voters what worries them most, and corruption finished first. Eighty-eight percent feel concerned, and 60 percent feel extremely so, ahead of inflation and gas prices. Gallup found 89 percent of Americans call corruption widespread, a record high.
Voters file corruption under prices. Indivisible and Lake Research foundbattleground voters see affordability and accountability as one issue, and cost is Trump’s weakest ground: only 28 percent approve of his handling of living costs. When insiders get paid, families pay.
Hungarians drew the same line. Péter Magyar said corruption has a cost, tied it to hospitals and inflation, and called it theft. Voters gave him a two-thirds majority on record turnout. We have the power to follow his lead.
Ukrainian Families Pay in Lives
Congress passed the Lindsey Graham Act to choke off Russia’s energy revenue. On October 16, Trump waived its sanctions and tariffs, two days before its implementation deadline. On Monday, a missile and drone attack on Kyiv killed at least two people and injured 14, including three children. That same day Trump said, “Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine.”
Last week, 39 ballistic missiles hit all three of Kyiv’s heat and power plants as winter closes in. The UN counted 15,280 civilians killed or injured in the first eight months of 2026, more than 400 a week.
Follow the Money
Putin raised a multibillion-dollar sale of Lukoil’s overseas assets with Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, assets Lukoil valued near $20 billion. The buyers include Trump donor Todd Boehly and two Gulf groups tied to Witkoff and Kushner, and U.S. approval would instantly boost the assets’ value. The New York Times found no evidence Kushner or Witkoff will profit personally. They negotiate anyway, and our Trump’s Crimes on Your Dime toolkit tracks their next stop: St. Petersburg, to meet Putin.
Buyers of the $TRUMP meme coin watched most of their paper gains vanish, yet Reuters found the Trump family has taken in more than $1 billion from crypto sales. One investor in the Lukoil group co-owns World Liberty Financial, the family’s crypto venture. Voters already blame a rigged system for their high costs. That is what rigged looks like: insiders cash in while ordinary people absorb the loss.
Your Park, His Course
Trump will close East Potomac Golf Links for 15 months starting November 15 to remake a century-old public course into a championship venue. Crews cut roughly 500 trees over a holiday weekend with a lawsuit pending. Judge Ana Reyes called the cutting inexcusable and froze it through October 26. Congress created the park in 1897 “for the recreation and the pleasure of the people.” Opponents warn the makeover will make a course open to Washingtonians of all incomes less affordable.
Twelve Days to Collect
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3. Corruption sends families the bill. Show your neighbors the receipt:
Post one receipt today. Pick a graphic from the Trump’s Crimes on Your Dime toolkit and name the price in your own words: the families in Kyiv, the Lukoil buyers, the public park.
Lock in your vote. Confirm your plan at iwillvote.com and bring someone with you.
Hungarians turned anger into turnout. We have the receipts and twelve days. Let’s collect.