Independent Candidate for President 2028 · POTUS 48 · Commander in Chief

Robert R. Motta for President 2028

Vote Intelligence Back into the White House.

One Term. Get It Done. · America Really First. · Builder-in-Chief.

Practical infrastructure. Open-source innovation. Measured results. A campaign that stands with veterans—including ComEd retirees, Vietnam Purple Heart families, special-access veterans, and all who carried toxic exposure.

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What This Campaign Stands For

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America’s energy, water, and air challenges will be solved by transparent engineering, open-source tools citizens can build and improve, and rigorous enforcement of existing environmental law — while keeping faith with the men and women who served.

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Finish Real Water Projects

Support the already-funded Grand Prairie Lake Michigan pipeline so Joliet and partner communities receive clean surface water on schedule.

Grid Resilience First

Accelerate proven transmission upgrades and require large new loads (data centers) to bring their own firm power.

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Open Innovation

Protect published open-source designs, fund independent testing, and scale only what survives public measurement.

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Pro-Veterans

Honor service, fight for toxic-exposure recognition, and invite retired utility and military expertise into the work of rebuilding infrastructure.

My Father — Raymond E. Motta

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This campaign is personal. My father worked at ComEd in Joliet and served his country in Vietnam. That dual legacy — utility worker and Purple Heart veteran — shapes everything we stand for.

Raymond E. Motta

ComEd, Joliet — He spent years keeping the lights on for the people of this region. The men and women who worked the plants, substations, and lines in Will County and across the ComEd system know what real grid work looks like. We honor that knowledge and invite retired ComEd veterans to bring it forward.

Purple Heart — Vietnam — He served, was wounded, and came home. Too many of his generation carried both visible wounds and the invisible burden of toxic exposure. This campaign will not look away from that debt.

Why this matters for policy: When we talk about the Joliet water transition, ComEd transmission upgrades, or independent testing of new technology, we do it with respect for the people who actually kept the system running — and for the veterans whose health was put at risk in service to the country.

Pro-Veterans • Toxic Exposure • Area 51 & Special-Access Vets

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We stand with all who served — conventional and unconventional. That includes Vietnam veterans, Gulf War and post-9/11 toxic-exposure veterans, and those who worked under special-access programs including Area 51 and related sites.

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Purple Heart & Combat Wounded

Full support for recognition, care, and benefits. No veteran who was wounded in service should fight the bureaucracy alone.

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Toxic Exposure

Agent Orange, burn pits, contaminated bases, industrial solvents, and classified-site exposures. We support full scientific review, presumption where evidence warrants, and expanded care under the spirit of the PACT Act and beyond.

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Area 51 & Special-Access Veterans

Veterans and civilian workers who served at restricted sites often face unique barriers to care and recognition because of classification. We support pathways for them to receive medical evaluation and benefits without forcing public disclosure of classified details.

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Retired ComEd & Utility Vets

The people who ran the plants and lines in Joliet and across Illinois hold irreplaceable knowledge. We formally invite retired ComEd workers and other utility veterans to advise on grid modernization, safety, and workforce training.

Concrete Commitments

Open invitation: If you are a retired ComEd worker, a Vietnam or later-era veteran, a toxic-exposure survivor, or someone who served at restricted sites — we want your experience at the table. Use the forms below. Your knowledge is needed.

Water Security — Joliet & Will County

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The clearest near-term infrastructure win is already permitted and partially funded. We finish it and replicate the model nationwide.

Current Official Reality

Pipeline

~62-mile transmission main from Chicago’s treated Lake Michigan supply + pumping stations + storage.

Cost & Funding

≈ $1.45–1.5 billion total. $610 million EPA WIFIA loan secured; additional federal Community Project Funding announced.

Timeline

Target: Lake Michigan water at taps by May 2030. Joliet local upgrades ($192 million) already in construction.

Key Requirement

Reduce non-revenue water loss from ~29% to ≤10% to qualify for Lake Michigan allocation.

Zip Codes Primarily Affected

60431, 60432, 60433, 60434, 60435, 60436 (plus overlapping 60403 / 60404).

Official Links

Campaign Commitment: Full federal support for on-time completion of the Grand Prairie pipeline. Mandatory public disclosure of actual water use by any new large data-center or industrial load. Replicate this transparent aquifer-to-surface-water planning model in every stressed groundwater county.

Data Centers, Air Quality & the Grid

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Will County faces real pressure from large new electricity and water demands. Policy must protect existing residents and finish critical water conversion on time — with input from the people who ran the system.

Data Centers

Large data-center proposals exist in and near Joliet. Operators state closed-loop cooling. Residents and local groups have raised aquifer, power, noise, and transparency concerns.

Campaign Position

Electric Grid (ComEd / PJM)

Thunderstorm Generator — Fact-Checked Status

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Malcolm Bendall’s Thunderstorm Generator (TSG) is a real open-source hardware design with documented emissions and efficiency results on engines and generators. It is not a proven grid-replacement or water-purification system.

Evidence label: The source campaign draft is preserved, but this beta separates established facts, measured test claims, experimental claims, and unsupported claims. Independent replication and energy-balance testing are required before federal deployment claims are treated as proven.
Claim Area Status (as of 2026)
Open-source documentation Published via Strike Foundation
Emissions reduction (CO, CO₂, HC) Documented on multiple independent builds under load
Fuel-efficiency gains Measured under tested conditions on generators
Automotive / large industrial scale Experimental — durability data still limited
Utility-scale power plant / substation replacement No public continuous operating data
Municipal drinking-water purification Not supported by independent treatment data
“Cars run on water” / proven atomic fusion Not supported by energy-balance testing

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Campaign rule: We support independent testing and open-source protection. We do not claim the technology solves city drinking-water treatment or utility-scale grid reliability until the measurements prove it.

Warp Speed Thunderstorm Generator Scale-Up

Proposed campaign testing and deployment planUpdated in Project 2 beta
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Move verified open-source results from workshop to national deployment — fast, transparent, and limited to what the data supports. Retired military and utility talent is welcome in validation and manufacturing roles.

Policy status: This is a proposed testing and manufacturing framework, not a claim that the technology has already met utility-scale standards.
Phase 1 — Days 1–180

Immediate Validation

  • DOE National Labs + independent third-party labs run standardized protocols: energy balance, 500+ hour durability, full emissions suite.
  • Every raw data set published within 30 days of completion.
  • Public “Verified Performance Registry” created.
Phase 2 — Months 6–18

Manufacturing Acceleration

  • Prioritize materials and machining capacity for verified designs.
  • Fund regional manufacturing hubs at community colleges and existing machine shops — with preference pathways for veteran-owned and veteran-staffed shops.
  • Release complete open-source build packages.
  • Formal prior-art recognition so published designs cannot be blocked by later patents.
Phase 3 — Years 1–3

Targeted Deployment

  1. Backup and portable generators (hospitals, emergency services, rural co-ops, military bases)
  2. Stationary diesel/gas generators
  3. Heavy equipment and marine engines
  4. Pilot automotive/light-truck retrofits only after Phase 1 durability data is public and positive
Phase 4 — Ongoing

Continuous Improvement & Oversight

  • Public dashboard: units produced, hours of operation, measured emissions/fuel savings, failure rates.
  • Annual open competition for improved open-source variants.
  • Sunset clause if independent data no longer supports claimed benefits.

Join the Campaign — Forms

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Whether you are a retired ComEd worker, a military veteran (including toxic-exposure or special-access service), a local resident, or simply ready to help — use the form that fits. All submissions are treated with respect and confidentiality where requested.

🎖️ Veterans, Retired ComEd & Utility Workers — Advisory & Support

For Purple Heart and combat veterans, toxic-exposure survivors, Area 51 / special-access veterans and workers, and retired ComEd or other utility personnel who want to advise or endorse.

This working form stores the submission in the protected campaign database and can send an email notification when enabled.

✋ Volunteer, Endorse & Local Support

For residents of Joliet, Will County, Illinois, and supporters nationwide who want to help with the campaign.

📍 Joliet / Will County Infrastructure Input

For residents and workers who want to report water, power, data-center, or related concerns and ideas.

✉️ General Contact & Press

Campaign Manifesto Fragment

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“The establishment wants higher taxes to patch a failing grid and aging water systems. We will finish the real projects already underway — starting with Joliet’s Lake Michigan pipeline — while running transparent, independent tests on open-source inventions like the Thunderstorm Generator. We stand with veterans: Purple Heart families, toxic-exposure survivors, Area 51 and special-access vets, and the retired ComEd workers who kept the lights on. We protect citizen builders, publish the data, and scale only what works. No miracles. No cover-ups. Just measured results and American ingenuity. Blueprints and tracking at ideastoinvent.com.”