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Bill Stewart published The 2026 Election May Be The Most Important Election You Will Ever Vote In in Commentary 2025-05-28 15:07:12 -0400
The 2026 Election May Be The Most Important Election You Will Ever Vote In
This country is more divided in its opinion about how it is being governed and the proper role of the government than at any time since at least the Civil War. Emotions on both sides rise higher and higher each day as they either applaud Trump’s decisions or declare them illegal and self-serving. The Constitution is founded on the principle of separation of powers to keep all three of the branches of government in balance. But is that balance moving too far to the Right or swinging back from too far to the Left?
If you are unhappy in any way with the political situation in this country today, what can you do to make it better? My answer is the 2026 Election will be a major turning point for this country and your active participation is the best way to demonstrate what the people in this country want their government to do.
If you are a Trump supporter you need to help the candidates that support his policies get elected so he keeps the majority in both houses, and gets a larger majority than the paper thin one he has now in both houses. If you are frightened by the things that Trump is doing. then the biggest thing you can do to stop him is to take control of Congress away from the MAGA Republicans, so Congress is able to play its role in the balance of powers and ensure that the President supports and defends the Constitution, as he swore to do on election day. The results of the 2026 election could very likely have more impact on the future of this country than the 2024 election returning Trump to the Presidency. You need to do everything you can to get the people elected who you believe will take us in the
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What does the Constitution say?
Read moreA great many posts are arguing about what Trump has been doing and it is Constitutional or not. I had not read the Constitution since Civics class in grade school, many years ago. I pulled
it up on line and looked at what the powers of each branch of the government are and how the founding fathers instituted a strong set of checks and balances in response to what they had endured under the English Monarchy. It was very interesting.
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Today the Maryland Forward Party made two major announcements:
Endorsing Governor Hogan For the Senate
Voting Against Trump For President
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About Bill Stewart
Bill Stewart retired in January of 2021 after 50 years of experience with Information Technology solutions. Over 25 of those years were spent supporting the Federal government in operationalizing Big Data for information analytics, situational awareness, Cyber, and C5ISR, and mobile solutions to share that information securely and he held a TS/SCI clearance. He is the author of several white papers on the topic of standards for information sharing and using semantic analytics to support those standards and has spoken at several conferences on that topic.
Bill holds a Bachelor’s degree from Georgetown and a Master’s degree from Columbia and is a Past President of the AFCEA Northern Virginia chapter.
He has been a lifelong Republican but could not support the reelection of Donald Trump in 2020 and has been highly frustrated by Congressional infighting being more important than passing needed legislation. He became aware of the Forward party in early 2022 and participated in several activities for getting signatures to get the Forward Party on the Maryland ballot. The discussions he had with people signing the petition made a significant impression that the frustration with our electoral processes spanned political affiliations, age, gender, and race. He volunteered to take on the Outreach role for the Maryland Forward Party, talking to people considering becoming a volunteer and helping them find roles that fit their interests and availability. He is now the Chair of our Outreach Committee.
Bill holds a Bachelor’s degree from Georgetown and a Master’s degree from Columbia and is a Past President of the AFCEA Northern Virginia chapter.
He has been a lifelong Republican but could not support the reelection of Donald Trump in 2020 and has been highly frustrated by Congressional infighting being more important than passing needed legislation. He became aware of the Forward party in early 2022 and participated in several activities for getting signatures to get the Forward Party on the Maryland ballot. The discussions he had with people signing the petition made a significant impression that the frustration with our electoral processes spanned political affiliations, age, gender, and race. He volunteered to take on the Outreach role for the Maryland Forward Party, talking to people considering becoming a volunteer and helping them find roles that fit their interests and availability. He is now the Chair of our Outreach Committee.
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