Emergency Planning and The King’s Speech April 30, 2026April 29, 2026 EMERGENCY PLANNING From The Washington Spectator, by Jonathan Winer*: The President Is Preparing to Challenge 2026 Midterms. The Country Can Still Act to Protect Them. This is serious stuff. Indicting former FBI director James Comey for posting a photo of anti-Trump seashells is, by contrast, pathetic. NO KINGS? THIS KING FOR PRESIDENT! Here I am, a proud three-time “No Kings” protester, joining the 17 (seventeen!) bipartisan standing ovations for King Charles’s speech, which you can watch or read in full here. Imagine: a dignified ruler who respects the limits of his legal authority (which in his case is largely ceremonial). The entire Congress stood up to applaud, among other things, support for NATO! support for Ukraine! condemnation of January 6th! innovation in clean energy! and “confronting the climate crisis with urgency.” If only the entire Congress would stand up to the current occupant of the White House. BONUS President Trump meets King Charles III at a gay consignment shop in Palm Springs, California. (Scroll through the comments for a photo of Trump and Ivana in St. Petersburg 40 years ago.) *Jonathan Winer received a distinguished honor award from Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: “He created the capacity of the Department and the U.S. government to deal with international crime and criminal justice as important foreign policy functions. . . . The scope and significance of his achievements are virtually unprecedented for any single official.” He is a member of The Steady State, a nonpartisan organization of more than 400 former senior national security professionals from the CIA, FBI, Department of State, Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security which advocates for constitutional democracy, the rule of law and the preservation of America’s national security institutions.