I do wonder!

 NOTHING ABOUT TRUMP AND NATALIE HARP IS NORMAL. Republicans are melting down after Jon Ossof commented on the president’s strange relationship with his aide (Rolling Stone)

I must first state that why anyone could or would want to work for Trump amazes me, unless, that is, they too lack morals and values and any iota of a conscience. This amazement includes those in his Cabinet, those who fundraise for him, and those who have made him into some kind of Cult Leader!

All I know about Natalie Harp is that she seems to have an obsession with a found-guilty rapist, a felon, a found fraudster, and a person who has been mentioned thousands of times within the secretive Epstein Files… and because of that, Ms. Harp has demonstrated nothing but loathing for ethical and human standards of life. That alone stinks to high Heaven!

I would give a shit about Ms. Harp’s adoration for Trump if, in fact, Trump were just a regular citizen. I could give a shit about this adoration for Trump if Trump were not a married man who is permitted to be the go-to guy by the hypocrites of the American Christian Nationalists, who love to pretend to be Pro-Family.

But that ain’t the case, and in fact, the facts of the case prove that Trump is once again playing the part of a lecherous old man who inhales misogyny and perversion. And once again, Trump no longer has to hide in the shadows regarding his gross intentions.

And then we suddenly see Melania pop out of her hiding place. Melania Trump Returns to Public View After 32 Days With ‘I Heard You Missed Me?’ Joke. (Yahoo)

First, no one missed you, Melania. Secondly, amazingly, you reappear just when even the stupid MAGAs become suspicious of the Trump-Harp relationship. And third, how much did the Trump ass lickers have to pay you to reappear and actually hold his hand?

When the Republicans and Trump are interfering with my life, with who I love, with how I live, with my freedoms, my choices, I IMMEDIATELY will respond with what the fuck and who the fuck is Natalie Harp, and what the fuck is Trump’s real relationship with her?

 

MOOD POISINING!

 Mood poisoning: news that makes your brain want to vomit and spit out diarrhea from your mouth. 

AI is now deciding who gets healthcare in 6 US states – and it's already harming patients. An AI pilot programme is attempting to cut down on ‘wasteful’ medical procedures, and patients are paying the price. (BBC Science Focus).

….Hmm, the Capitalistic American Medical Insurance Conglomerate, the for-profit, let’s keep the CEO and the Board members hale and hardy group, now has a new way to let the patient remain in pain or just die.

White House trusted a transgender CIA briefer with the most sensitive secrets until her identity went public. Julia Curlee briefed presidents and became the White House’s senior career intelligence official. Then a far-right campaign targeted her for being transgender. (ADVOCATE)

… Pedophiles are not an issue, rapists are no cause for moral alarm, political family corruption is no big deal, and as far as adultery goes, who gives a shit when you practice far-right Christian nationalism. If your newest Christian idol is bigoted, lies, is a racist or a homophobe, a selfish ass wipe, all is A-OK because they hate as you do, and that is cool.

Mitch McConnell’s Hometown Newspaper Publishes Scathing ‘Pre-Obituary’ of the ‘Not Yet Departed’: A KENTUCKY REPORTER WHO COVERED MCCONNELL FOR DECADES ARGUED THAT THE 84-YEAR-OLD SENATOR IS “EVERY BIT THE DETESTABLE FIGURE THAT” PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON WAS. (People)

…OMG, I almost forgot Mitch (The Crypt Keeper) McConnell was still alive. Is he, or is he really, or always was, just a Vampire? I have lost track of when Mitch went AWOL from his job, supposedly as a public servant who is paid for by the taxpayer; thus, one thinks, obligated to let those who employ him know if he is dead or alive!

MOOD POISONING, harmful to your gut, dangerous for your heart, and immensely horrific for your brain!

 

 

 

 

 

As a Democrat, I worry about Democrats

 I have been concerned, perhaps the better word is WORRIED, regarding the upcoming midterm elections. Let me begin this dissertation by stating that I was born into a Democrat family and grew up on Democrat policies and talking points, even before I could vote myself! I have lived a political life preferring progressive ideas, liberal leanings, and choosing candidates who prioritized the people. 

This year in particular, this election, this midterm, as I see it, will either permit the beginning of the end for the Trump/MAGA/Republican Fascist direction for our country, or if the Blue Wave does not materialize at all, as I see it, there is no future of our nation, just authoritarian governance based on fear, loathing, corruption, and criminality.

That is why, as a Democrat, when I read headlines like the following, I begin to wonder: will it actually be the attempts by Trump and his Reichstadt, or actual actions by my fellow Democrat voters, to deny a Blue Wave from ever forming?

A progressive scored an unexpected upset in Florida’s Democratic primary for Senate, a left-wing breakthrough in President Trump’s home state that tees up a tough, GOP-favored fight this fall. (The Hill).

Come on, Democrats, stop for a moment and consider what I believe to be some hard facts. Yes, it might feel good right now to show the nation that we are progressive in our thinking. Yes, it seems delightful to fight the system. Yes, it is enticing to elect those who seek and want change…but will the Independent voter, the anti-Trump voter, actually support a far-left-of-center candidate…and if they do not, what EXACTLY have we, the Democrats, done to regain power?

I must wonder, and worry, that as much as we want change, this year, this election, perhaps we should spend more time on becoming the majority party in Congress and less time showing the nation how angry we are with the status quo. I believe we must first find candidates who will appeal more to the center, so we can build a foundation where, in 2028, we CAN make the change we seek permanent!

Illegal Flood Gates

 DOJ deploying 1,000 poll monitors for midterms, official says. (The Hill)

In a non-Trump America, one might say that is certainly a good idea; in a Trump AMERIKA, the only question to be asked is what could possibly go wrong!

Trump fears the democratic process of voting; he especially fears these midterms, knowing full well that if the democrats even win back one house of Congress, his lies, his crimes, his corruption will be looked into as it should have been from day one of his second term.

Exactly what jurisdiction will Trump’s DOJ Poll Monitors actually have, what kind of authority, and what direct interaction will they have with the voters?

“Poll monitoring will be based in communities with large populations of immigrants, including Miami-Dade County, which is home to the largest Cuban immigrant population in the United States, and Michigan’s Wayne County, which is home to the largest concentration of Arab and Middle Eastern immigrants and Arab American populations in the country. ” (The Hill)

We have Trump’s personal attorney, Todd Blanche, as head of the DOJ, a man who has made it very clear that his allegiance is with Trump. Blanche’s continuous support for the criminal actions of ICE, his lack of following the direction from Congress to release ALL of the Epstein Files, and his inability to put anything in writing to demonstrate his priority to the people of this nation raise HUGE RED FLAGS for anyone who is still concerned about our free and fair elections.

There may be sightings of a huge blue wave in November of 2026, but when the number one priority of the Trump Reich is to keep Trump as King, watch out for all of the illegal floodgates to rise and turn back the blue tide.

 

 

Why have allies

 Trump threatens to bomb US ally Oman if it 'gets in the way' over Iran deal. (BBC News)

Uh-huh, yep, one more threat by the US President towards a US Ally. Move over NATO nations, make room for Oman! Trump is in another of his hissy fits, and the only thing that counts when he is fussing and fuming over mistakes he has made but never has the balls to own is that demented Donnie lashes out. And ya know what, he can do that because there ain’t no one in the Republican Party majority in Congress to tell Trump to shut the fuck up!

Trump Will Make South Korea Pay for His Iran Humiliation. His rage is driving him to make irrational policy choices. Early Sunday evening, Trump instructed the Defense Department to “substantially reduce” its participation in an annual joint military exercise with the South Koreans. He did this, he said in a post on Truth Social, in part because such activities are expensive, but worse, they are insulting to his friends in North Korea, a country that has been “unthreatening and respectful” while he’s been in office. (The Atlantic)

Uh-huh, once again Trump’s sick, sad ego, generated by his sick, sad malignant narcissism, is the priority for Trump in deciding the future of Democracy in South Korea and, for that matter, perhaps all of our allies in the Pacific. 

South Korea did not come to help Trump climb out of his own ass during the Trump/Iran War, so now, because Donnie’s pride is hurt, he has decided to play cards with his newest soul mate, the dictator Kim Jong Un. It doesn’t matter if the North Koreans have been threatening the world with their nuclear program, or that human rights are nonexistent; nope, if you ever cross Donnie, you get screwed.

And, like the situation with our other ally, Oman, South Korea will suffer the consequences of trying to do the right thing, but will suffer because they chose not to do the Trump thing. And once again, there will be no Republican in Congress brave enough to tell Trump to shut the fuck up!

 

 

No Mystery

  “Many secrets; no mysteries.” That’s the master code of the Trump administration. When it does something strange, there’s never any mystery as to why: Somebody close to the president, or possibly the president and his family themselves, intends to score a dishonest dollar. Exactly who and how may be secret. Exactly why is no mystery.” (The Atlantic)

There is a plethora of reasons why the Trump Reich is dangerous, disingenuous, disgusting, delusional, and dumb. Most people with any morals, values, or sense of self-respect probably can list and list and list enough examples to use the entire Amazon Rainforest’s trees.

But recently, my list has been placing the “RIGHT IN YOUR FACE” corruption and contempt for laws as a priority among crimes committed. There is no longer any reason to hide anything from public view, because there is no longer any guardrail of “checks and balances” in place to stop the Trump Crime Family and his Mobsters of Donors and billionaires from breaking the law.

It seems that when you agreed to work for Trump, you agreed to kiss his ring, his ass, and to become just one more robber baron, reaping the rewards of snake oil, con, conspiracy, and taxpayers' money. 

There is no Congress to stop you, there is no DOJ to stop you, and most of the time there is no majority within the Supreme Court to stop you. The MAGA have no idea that the wealthy for whom they have sworn allegiance continue to walk around with “kick me I am with stupid” T-shirts, and for the most part, one more new corrupt action by Trump, the Trump Family, and the members of the Trump Reich no longer attracts media attention because there are too many, and they are overwhelming.

 

 

 

sick manosphere

 Republicans, I will lump every single person who supports Trump or his Cabinet, or his billionaire enablers, or MAGA, or the media, as just another perverted, immoral individual, full of hate and hypocrisy, and individuals who find no shame in their support of people who live their lives being evil!

“Andrew Tate, one half of the Tate Brothers with Tristan Tate, has made a career of peddling his toxic brand of masculinity to impressionable young men, who buy into his manosphere rhetoric and nonstop evangelizing about testosterone and cryptocurrency. 

Now their followers have the entire internet roasting them after they showed up to support their “Top G” Andrew Tate in downtown Miami, just a few blocks from where he’s being held in a federal detention center on charges of rape, assault, human trafficking, and offenses relating to “indecent images of a child and extreme pornography.” (Advocate)

Andrew Tate is in jail for child abuse material. Let it be understood that to these men performing masculinity for an alleged pedophile matters more than the safety of children. (from an X account).

A few pathetic items regarding these two heterosexual men. These self-supposed dudes have attracted an audience of self-loathing boys and men, who seem to believe that being masculine means trafficking, raping, harming, and degrading girls and women. These boys and men, who have placed the Tate criminals as idols, I would guess, have been raised by a large percentage of heterosexual couples. Barron Trump calls these brothers cool and has turned to them as role models. The Attorney for the Tates said that if the judge does not dismiss the charges against these men, he will go immediately to Marco Rubio and Donald Trump to intervene.

Very, very few Republicans in Congress have come forward to call out this heinous and insidious behavior…that is about the same number of Republicans who have come forward still demanding that the Epstein Files, in total, be released.

What a sick part of our current society!

 

 

"I just can't!"

 Just when I think the craziness and delusion have peaked and there can be no more room for the insane or madness, I am rebuked by the newest actions of one of the most dangerous men on the planet, Trump!

“President Trump claimed during remarks on Long Island, N.Y., on Friday that he will make the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory, despite the fact that Oman and Iran share jurisdiction of the waterway. “Pretty soon, I will be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States,” Trump said during an address highlighting his administration’s efforts to combat crime in the U.S. (The Hill)

The war, which was to be won in a month, give or take a few weeks; the war, which became a skirmish, or as Trump put it, an “excursion,” the Trump War, supported by one of the most inadequate and moronic Secretaries of Defense, Pistol Pete Hegseth, rages on and on and on. 

There is NO THERE, THERE, there is no long-term planning; there is only pain and suffering, and the steady pounding of Trump’s sick, sad, narcissistic ego, pretending that the War in Iran has been won, the Iranians have been defeated, and that the US can and will do as it wishes regarding the Strait of Hormuz. And because there is NO ONE identified as either a Republican or a member of the Trump Reich who dares to inform the demented Don about the truth, this idiot continues to provide a reality that he, and only he, lives in.

No snark, as I write this sentence, but seriously, how much longer can those in power permit this Twilight Zone mentality to continue without strongly intervening and taking control?

 

 

 

 

It is now 164 days later...

 ‘The boat is finally getting to me’: Wife of USS Lincoln sailor who jumped overboard shares texts. The sailor’s wife told MS NOW her husband expressed his mental health concerns to leadership during his long deployment on the aircraft carrier in the Iran war, but was brushed off.

Many family members are concerned about potential exhaustion, low morale and the mental health of those onboard, as the aircraft carrier’s deployment at sea appears to have been extended twice during the ongoing Iran war, with no clear end in sight. (MS NOW).

One more disgusting consequence is having two men who feel emasculated, who prefer to act as a superhero, who know nothing about the science behind the military, and who hide behind their delusional definition of masculinity. 

Demented Don and Pistol Pete declared war on Iran, with “bone spur” Trump proudly telling the American public that this war will only take a few weeks to be over, and everyone in America will be thankful for the military actions approved by President Donald J. Trump! Pistol Pete, huffing and puffing his alcoholic chest, with the vilest bravado an insecure male could muster, insisted that no one could match the power and might of the U.S. military.

Then the war was over, and when it wasn’t over, it was no longer a war. The US Senate, made up of a majority of spineless men and a few women who, if they had balls, lost them and were more fearful of Trump and the MAGA morons, most of whom have not enlisted, agreed that since it was not a war anymore, they, as Senators, really had no privilege to hold Trump, Rubio, and Hegseth accountable.

No mental health care, weak Wi-Fi, horrible conditions in the kitchen, and all Pistol Pete has offered is shots of testosterone. And as this horrible saga is happening, the people, as in the Senate; who could actually intervene, are not at work, nope, they needed an August recess.

It is now 164 days later…

A deluge of Double Standards

 The bleak reason Max Miller didn’t drop out of his race. The embattled GOP congressman knows that allegations of domestic violence aren’t a death knell on the right. The foremost example of how accusations of violence against women are tolerable on the right is Trump himself. (MS NOW)

Here we have another disgusting and HYPOCRITICAL example emanating from the self-proclaimed pompous and pious Republican Party, always pretending to be the Party of Life and, of course, Christian Values. 

The silence from the Republican leadership and a majority of the Republican politicians regarding the heinous, insidious, evil, and brutal actions of Max Miller toward his wife and child is deafening. Their outrage, their usual “tar and feather” approach, seems purposely muted and muffled. Why? Easy, as I see it… If Trump can be a slime and sleaze, so can any Republican, and oh, yeah, keeping their majority no matter how immoral or inhumane the action may be is an Oath one must keep as a member of MAGA.

AND THEN WE HAVE THIS REPUBLICAN DOUBLE STANDARD: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) — a MAGA congresswoman who has repeatedly accused LGBTQ+ people and their supporters of “grooming” children for sexual abuse — has a 21-year-old son who, as of today, has been charged with three felony counts related to sexual exploitation of a child. (LGBTQ Nation).

BOEBERT is always on stage performing her “I am a Nationalist Christian,” and only I have the capacity to know right from wrong, good from evil, and how children should be raised. She loves pointing her hypocritical fingers at anyone she deems conveniently a great scapegoat to keep her own vile MAGA followers happy. “Look over there,” she definitely screams and shouts, all the while paying more attention to everyone else's life and ignoring her own life and the lives of her family.

This is not the first time her son has committed crimes that are egregious and immoral, but BOEBERT has no incentive to pay him any attention because, like way too many other Republicans, her political career is a priority, and calling out others is what makes her happiest!

 

 

READ the writing, DAMNIT

  

Wayne Allyn Root is probably not well known, but Donald Trump certainly knows who he is. In fact, seven years ago this month, Root, a far-right radio host and conspiracy theorist, claimed that Israeli Jews view Trump as the “second coming of God.”

Root: You have the right to declare a national security emergency for elections. If you do this in the next month, we will get photo ID, proof of citizenship, and a limit to mail-in ballots… 

Trump: Let me just say stranger things have happened. I'll leave it at that. (MS NOW)

Prison time, maybe impeachment, paying out millions of dollars he and his family have stolen, returning gifts given to him by heads of state trying their hardest to bribe him, and alas alack no longer being a The King of the United States…these, ALL of these and probably some I have not even thought of are finding refuge in the space of Trumps brain that is not already infected and rotting from dementia and disease.

Trump acts as if any or all of his selfish and self-serving actions and intentions will not interfere with the Republicans maintaining their majority in Congress. He even brags aloud that he is not concerned with the Republican problems caused and created by Trump.

Paranoid, narcissistic, crime-ridden, and corrupt, the one thing that Trump does understand is that he must maintain his power, and Trump will, I believe, with the assistance of his Reich of helpers who hate America, hate Democracy, and despise our Constitution, do whatever he must to void out the upcoming Midterm elections.

Trump lies about almost everything, but the one thing he cannot lie about is his need to project his upcoming scheme of cringe and corruption. The writing has been on the wall; why does it seem so many in Washington seem to ignore reading it?

Triple header Trump

 Trump signs executive order that would roll back required childhood vaccines. The order recommends eliminating seven immunizations on the childhood vaccine schedule, a longtime goal of the so-called Make America Healthy Again movement. (MS NOW)

Move over measles and diarrhea; here come some once-upon-a-time diseases to make life even more miserable for the newest citizens of the United States. With Trump and Junior, you just can’t have enough diseases roaming free.

Regarding the current GOLF Outings by the wartime President, it seems that F-16 jets are flying over his golf courses. Seems Trump has lots of free time to play golf, while he argues that affordability is just a WOKE word. Wonder how much it costs the taxpayer for his Secret Service escort to play golf, and how really expensive it is to have F-16s flying overhead. Guess you can’t play golf in a White House Ballroom!

Trump amplifies message labeling GOP’s Murkowski a ‘traitor’ following Blanche vote. I’m hard pressed to imagine what the president thinks he’ll gain from going after a sitting senator from his own party in such a needlessly aggressive way. (MS NOW).

So, if this Senator is considered a traitor for not providing Trump’s personal lawyer to become Attorney General, then we must say that, in turn, those who voted for Blanche are considered Pedophile Protectors. Seems legit to me.

Oh, and have you noticed that Trump hasn’t called Susie (I am always concerned) Collins a traitor for not voting in a Pedophile Protector? I imagine it is because the GOP boys and girls in the Senate realized that Susie is up for re-election in a state where she is not so popular. So, I believe a deal was made for Susie to vote no, while paying off the three GOP Senators, Cornyn, Tillis, and the ever placid Cassidy.

Trump, three times today. Has zero care for the health and welfare and future of children, uses taxpayer dollars as if that bit of cash was his personal account, and hates anyone who dares decry Donnie’s pedophilia!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where is MY money

 Corporations are receiving the majority of the $166 billion in tariff refunds issued after the Supreme Court struck down the blanket tariffs, with little indication that consumers will see direct rebates. Some large companies like Amazon and Costco have announced plans to use refunds to lower prices, but most others have not committed to passing savings to customers. (inequality.org)

Picture this, America, or is it AMERIKA, 2026: some guy, actually a 34-count felon, a man found guilty of rape, an accused Pedophile, a person found guilty of fraud, a man who enjoys the luxuries of mob-boss-style kickbacks, pretends that he is the KNOW ALL BE ALL GURU of ECONOMICS! Based on nothing but his bogus, bull shit, and bigoted ego, suffering from a very sick case of malignant narcissism, this dude decides that raising tariffs on countries he loathes, or countries from which the leaders of those nations he loathes even more are the answer to make America great, of course again!

Of course, none of this illegal executive power grab could have existed if the spineless, ball-less, and cowardly Republicans in the majority gave two hoots about their constituents, rather than the priority of their own political power. But by now, anyone with an IQ over 2 knows full well that the current crop of Republicans is a self-serving, useless bunch of people who will do nothing to stop Trump and will commit to everything to save their own careers. (But I digress).

Surprisingly, the Heritage Foundation activists judged the Supreme Court, placed the Constitution as a priority above and beyond their wealthy donors, and said, NO TARIFFS, Trump, not because they are an economic disaster, but actually they are illegal originating from the Executive Branch!

BUT, here is the real AMERIKA 2026 kicker. The average consumer, you and me, and millions and millions of Americans who have overpaid for products are not going to be rewarded for the economic damages created by Herr Trump. Nope, once again, the Republican philosophy of things trickling down economically ain’t trickling down. Instead, the giant corporations that passed on the cost of the tariffs to the public will reap the refunds, adding not only their jacked-up prices to their profits but now lavishing themselves with the revenue the government was told to return.

Sometimes it just feels like everywhere we, as Americans, walk, we end up stepping ORANGE SHIT!

 

Another vacation...AGAIN

  

Congress is set to recess for the month of August 2026, returning on September 9, 2026. (RollCall.com)

The boys and girls need another vacation; no worries. This group of tax-paying freeloaders will still get paid, will still receive their paid-for health coverage, and the money will still flow freely into their retirement funds. 

Congress is leaving town because, well, just because.

I mean, we have a war in Iran. The Epstein Files are still a big, bad, dark, devious secret. The new Attorney General is still Trump’s private lawyer. The corruption of the entire Trump Family and his Corporations remains outrageous and right in our faces.

Tariffs are back in style. The Strait of Hormuz, the once open Strait, remains closed, and gas prices are climbing higher and higher. Affordability is unaffordable. ICE is still hiding behind masks and kidnapping people. Wildfires are blazing and burning in the United States. Health premiums for anyone who is not a Billionaire or a Federal Politician are out of control.

The cuts by Musk's DOGE are hurting everyday Americans, and measles and diarrhea are two of the most popular illnesses to haunt, hurt, and sicken Americans.

Trump is still pouting and lying about the 2020 elections and is no longer in the shadows but perfectly in our faces, preparing for either a declaration of martial law in November, inciting another insurrection, or plotting with his Fascists how to make certain the Midterms are no longer a demonstration of democracy in action.

BUT THE CONGRESS is taking yet another vacation, giving zero shits about the rest of the country!

 

KISS ME

 Sen. Bill Cassidy stated that confirming Todd Blanche is better than allowing President Trump to nominate someone else, implying that Blanche is likely a preferable choice despite his imperfections. (AXIOS)

Damn, shit, and fuck. Once again, Senator Bill Cassidy has demonstrated and become the poster boy for a spineless, ballless, incompetent, hypocrisy-laden, and miserable person within the Republican Party. This Senator has demonstrated the art of giving no shits, having zero conscience or self-awareness, and showcasing his uninterest in what is best for the sanctity of democracy and service to the people of America.

Billy Boy’s vote was once again the determining voice in the selection of a Trump puppet (Blanche), appeasing Trump rather than the needs of the American citizen. Billy Boy was the deciding vote to permit the “Roadkill/ Anti Vaccine/I snort heroin off a toilet seat, Bobby Junior Kennedy to become the most disgusting HHS Director in the history of the United States, and once again, as if he has no introspective abilities, he presumed that to permit a rotten candidate to succeed was some kind of a noble gesture. 

Billy Cassidy said aloud that selecting Todd Blanche was a bad idea, but that doing so somehow offset the fear that someone even worse could or would be the Trump nominee. Umm, Billy Cassidy, if in fact someone even worse than Todd Blanche had been presented by Trump, you too could have voted no for that person!

So, along with the EUNICHS, like Tom Tillis and John Coryn, Billy Cassidy has demonstrated that law and order, truth and justice do matter as much as their support for the criminal agenda and priority of Trump. 

Todd Blanche remains Trump’s personal and private attorney. He met with Ghislaine Maxwell for hours on end and provided her with a cushy cell in prison. He met for just about an hour with the victims of the Epstein pedophiles; he never officially agreed to stop pursuing the Trump Han 6^th slush fund, and he never has agreed to end the payments of the January 6^th Insurrectionists.

And now Billy Cassidy, without any shame or any conscience, once again has cast the deciding vote to permit one more Trump shill to have the power of INJUSTICE.

And ain’t it interesting that his vote to permit Todd Blanche to continue to cover up the crimes of Trump allowed Susie (I am concerned) Collins to vote no. 

Sonny: Kiss me, man. Moretti: What? Sonny: Kiss me. When I am being fucked, I like to be kissed. (The movie ‘Dog Day Afternoon/Frank Pierson)

 

I am confused

 I am confused, let alone confused, not to mention concerned.

I am a Democrat. (I remember way back in the dark ages, growing up in a family that supported Adlai Stevenson for President against Dwight D. Eisenhower.) I remember hearing my parents comment that Republicans hated Democracy, and to be a Republican was to admit to bigotry and racism, and this was in the early 1950s. 

I acknowledged my support for Democrats as a kid in college, and when I became a parent, I understood that the best bet for the future of my children was to support the political party that actually tried to put people's welfare over their own selfish interests.

I have become way too savvy to think that just voting Democrat was the only way to protect American values, and I have become way too knowledgeable and less gullible to think that all Democrats were perfect. But in the end, when comparing the two political parties, I remain a fan of Democrats.

But here is the rub: for me, if you will, it seems that way too many Democrats do not look at the entire political picture, preferring, so it seems to me, to choose what might seem good to them personally over what it takes to actually win in an election.

I am Progressive. I am Liberal. But in the year 2026, when the most important priority should be removing Trump’s power, and ridding ourselves of a Republican Party whose priority is to Trump and not the average American, I worry that, once again Democrats seem to ignore the facts that now more than ever, it might be time to compromise on their candidates, because, now more than ever, if the democrats do not take control of Congress, there will be no tomorrow.

In some primary elections, the democrats have voted for candidates who are not moderates. They are candidates who seem attractive to Democrats, but are they the people who, in an election, can sway the Independents and some Republicans?

I want change; I want new and vibrant politicians in power, but I believe that none of that can happen until Democrats win in Congress. Change must happen, but right now, if the only change we witness is within the Democratic Party rather than the general public, will that change ever see fruition?

I worry that American political history has demonstrated that if the change is within a particular party and is isolated from the general electorate, will that change find footing?

If a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it hit the ground, did that tree really fall?

 

 

Let's be CLEAR

 Let’s be CLEAR:

Now the Oath Keepers, who spearheaded the attempted Insurrection on January 6^th, are suddenly no longer enemies of the state, which translates into how fucked up a nation of laws we have become is one step further into Trump’s plan to void and null the Midterm elections. Why? Because once again the Trump Reich is providing cover for those whom he will recruit to disrupt, disparage, and dilute the results of “we the people,” when we the November of 2026! Trump is recruiting his newest “Brown Shirts” to become his private militia to create havoc and chaos when and if the Democrats become a majority in Congress. 

Todd Blanche is acting Attorney General, but he is not acting; he is indeed acting as Trump’s personal attorney, doing everything in his power to avoid justice and ignore the law, and remaining loyal, not to the American public, but to his client. The faux bravado of Senators Cornyn and Tillis, pretending they actually give two shits about the law and the Constitution, was a sad, slick sideshow that eventually ended in shame and brought more shame to these two men, who seem to prefer loyalty to the King over the American people.

Justice and lawfulness, truth and honesty, fairness and honor do not exist within the Trump Reich. FOX personality Pirro tried her best to actually obey the law, but in her quest to save herself from any kind of disbarment, she summoned the ire and anger of both Trump and his In-Justice Department. Pirro knew from the beginning that the Reflecting Pool bullshit lawsuit was riddled with errors and false holds. She remained a loyal dupe until realizing that continuing to lie for Trump actually had the consequence of her losing her license and becoming one more fool. Of course, for Trump and his hand puppet, Blanche, truth is like acid, so both of these men are now ready to cut the throat of a member of the Cult because she proclaimed justice and truth, only trying to save herself.

Let’s be CLEAR: truth, honor, the law, the facts, the evidence do not matter to Trump, who is fighting for his life to remain President and get out of jail, and his henchman, Blanche, whose only allegiance is to his idol. And yet the Republican majority in Congress seems to have zero problems in supporting this Dictator.

 

 

the repulsive Republican game of "gotcha"

 Senate committee set to vote on whether to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress. Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security Committee want to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress after he refused to answer their questions about the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (npr)

Can you imagine how quickly the Epstein files would have been released if the Republican majority was more interested in discovering the truth rather than playing their typical game of “Gotcha!”

Imagine if the Republican majority actually cared about Pro-Life, Family Values, Morals, and Law and Order as much as they do for vengeance and ignorance. These Senators, who are huffing and puffing about Dr. Fauci, remain deaf, dumb, and blind, purposely, when it comes to Trump, his grifting, his corruption, his lies, and his Fascist tendencies.

COVID-19 pandemic, a time when Trump suggested using bleach, moments when the Trump administration declared that masks were an infringement on Americans’ rights, and how Trump assured us this COVID thing would come and go easily and quickly.

But no, Republicans only want to try and get even with those they deem as their enemies, those who are too educated, too sophisticated, too intelligent, and not willing to become lemmings.

Imagine how many men and women, including Trump, might actually be facing the consequences for their heinous, insidious, and criminal activities while in the company of Epstein and his innocent girls who were raped, sexually abused, and trafficked.

But Republicans in 2026 care little about truth, and prioritize their specialty of “Gotcha!”

 

 

 

More hypocricy

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told faith leaders he is planning to roll back abortion access even in states that have laws protecting it. On a private call last week hosted by the White House Faith Office, Blanche told the religious group Intercessors for America that moves to undo the Biden administration’s efforts to protect abortion are “taking longer than we want.” (The Hill)

The guy who is the official pedophile protector, Todd Blanche, is suddenly a man of morals, faith, and Christian values. The man who refused to spend any amount of quality time with the victims of pedophiles and alleged rapists, the guy who has prioritized protecting Trump and the Epstein Pedophiles, the guy who has placed children and parents in American concentration camps, suddenly pretends he is some kind of Pro-Life advocate, some kind of Christian!

And then, on top of that, these so-called Christian faith leaders, who have remained VERY silent regarding the delay and refusal to provide the American public with the names of those who sexually abused innocent girls, are somehow very Christian in their faith when it comes to abortion, but seem to give zero Christian fucks about Pedophiles, and Pedophilia!

I wish I was surprised; I wish I was shocked…but instead, I am just pissed that once again, those who profess to be Christian just pick and choose which values to prioritize and which morals to ignore!

 

  

Intentional Lies

 President Donald Trump said Monday that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro “choked” and “folded like an umbrella” in moving to drop charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. “Frankly, I think she choked because the judge was really vicious. Instead of going after the people that did it, the judge went after her and went after her department, and I guess she choked,” Trump said in response to a reporter’s question after he signed an executive order for military spouses. “I don’t know what the hell happened.” (apnews.com)

Let’s play the game of follow the dots, shall we, or just call it Intentional Lies

Trump knew that his pool guy was a shyster, an inept guy who happened to provide the Trump coffers with enough millions of dollars to receive a Trump favor. Trump’s pool guy had a list of mistakes in treating pools in Florida, many not even as large as an Olympic-sized venue, but he was good enough to bribe Trump, so he was good enough to be hired for the Reflecting Pool. And oh yeah, Trump needed to impress others, so he told his pool guy to do the job quickly before the 250th birthday.

Typical Trump: his guy was an amateur, and typical Trump, there would never be the ability for Trump to admit he made a mistake. So Trump tells his personal attorney and acting Attorney General to inform another unprofessional and inept crony, Judge Jeane Pirro, to find a scapegoat for Trump’s obvious mistake, and lo and behold, members of the Trump Reich select David Carter Hearn. Poor guy was at the wrong place at the wrong time, and now faced very serious felony charges, because Trump’s malignant narcissism does not permit an iota of “oh I made an error.”

Long story short, Pirro, knowing that Blanche was lying, Blanche knowing that Trump was lying, pays no attention to law and order and is ready to set up a Grand Jury to convict a man set up by OUR GOVERNMENT to become the Trump fall guy.

And then, surprise, surprise, Pirro realizes that she will be caught permitting the Trickle Down Lie to come to fruition, and, in doing so, might just find herself in a whole lot of legal trouble, and maybe even lose her license to practice law.

Self-preservation, for Pirro, triumphed. No, not respect for law and order, or truth, just her own self-preservation. The President of the United States intentionally lied, the Acting Attorney General of the United States intentionally lied, the Secretary of the Interior intentionally lied, and a Federal Judge intentionally lied. 

And I ask, will any of them ever pay the consequences for these intentional lies?

 

 

They are republicans, of course they caved

 In negotiations with Republican senators whose support he needs to be confirmed as attorney general, Todd Blanche formally rescinded a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate President Donald Trump’s political allies.

But a sweeping audit immunity plan conferred on the president, his sons and the Trump Organization remains in place — given new parameters to appease the senators but still with the potential to wipe away millions of dollars of Trump’s back taxes. (apnews.com)

For a while, a brief and almost astounding moment, it seemed that two Republican Senators reattached their backbones and apparently went to a surgeon to help replace their balls. Two men, of course, scorned and berated by the Mob Boss Trump, pretended to stand on some kind of moral ground and playact at having courage.

But of course we are talking about Republicans, and when it comes to Republicans, pontificating about taking a “high road” is one more preferred con, trying to play “look over there,” while in reality they are nothing but one more example of shame and sham.

And now Todd Blanche, who provided maybe half an hour with the Epstein victims and survivors, the guy who met with Ghislaine Maxwell moving her to a cushy jail suite, the guy who still won’t admit that Trump lost the 2020 election, the man who has told Judge Jeanne Pirro to lie, is one very important step closer to becoming the Attorney General.

Senator Coryn and Tillis, with all their Susan Collins-like pretend “CONCERN,” caved in and once again toed the Party Line regarding Blanche. But in their 15 minutes of fake show and tell, these two Senators, like the entirety of the other Republican Senators, have said NOTHING at all about taxes and Trump, corruption and the Trump Family, and total disregard by anyone or anything Trump towards the rest of us who pay our fair share of taxes.

Yep, hiring Todd Blanche makes Pam Bondi seem like Mother Teresa!

 

 

No food for you

 Over 4 million people are no longer receiving food aid amid sweeping changes to SNAP. The largest food assistance program in the U.S. is undergoing a massive overhaul. But even before the most drastic changes take effect, more than 4 million people are estimated to have already lost the critical food aid between last July and April — many of whom are children. (npr)

BUT: The Republican majority in Congress along with the Republican President has found the money for the following projects:

During his second term, President Donald Trump initiated several beautification projects in Washington, DC, including a proposed $22.5 billion renovation at Washington Dulles International Airport, a 250-foot triumphal arch along the Potomac River, and a $600 million White House ballroom to replace the East Wing. The administration also completed a $16 million renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, repainting it "American flag blue," and restored long-dormant fountains managed by the National Park Service. 

There will be the “arc de Trump, we had the MMA stadium built, then removed it, and the cost of replanting the White House lawn. Now the cost of Trump’s self-celebration of the 250^th birthday of the nation, his Great State Fair, will be at taxpayer expense. The Qatari bribe, gifting Trump a new Air Force One, will be paid for by the taxpayer to retrofit the aircraft with all the safety features necessary for a president to fly.

The Iran war has cost the U.S. approximately $37.5 billion to date, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has requested an additional $87 billion for the Pentagon, with a significant portion allocated for operations in the Middle East.

The Republican Party INSISTS that they are Pro-Life and Pro-Family. They love to recite the rhetoric of their Bible, reading the words but never understanding the passages. But when it comes to their actual actions, the Republican Party is a callous, immoral, selfish, self-serving, banal bunch of puppets catering to the whims and wishes of a very sick, sad, insecure malignant narcissist. 

 

A MAZE of MADNESS

 No foul play regarding the Reflecting Pool, except in the demented and dangerous mind of an octogenarian who suffers from a very bad infection of malignant narcissism, which never permits him to ever back down from any lie he has uttered. Facts, if not of his own imagination, are phony, and truth is like a clogged artery, which, when spoken, causes him severe pain and lightheadedness.

More money spent on Golden statues, all around Washington, DC, because nothing says value to an empty carcass more than lavishing in a metal that makes his frailties seem hidden, reflecting a pretense of might and meaning instead. And then there is the cost of this senile and selfish old fool whose 250^th American Party turned into a “how to waste taxpayers’ money while puffing up your own ego; who now has decided that the entire cost of this fiasco is not his problem but once again the taxpayers!

A GOP gang of goons playing doctor, hoping to provide the reliable Republican “gotcha” to Dr. Fauci for having had the audacity of applying science and medical reasoning to save lives during COVID. These FOX favorites are hoping for their 15 minutes of shame, bashing the man who insisted vaccines were the answer to help save lives (Fauci) but ignoring the empty rants and raves of a man who told Americans that using bleach would cure COVID.

Trump’s personal attorney, the guy who found hours upon hours to visit Ghislaine Maxwell, placing her in a more comfy and cozy jail suite, the guy who maybe spent a begrudging and patronizing hour with real victims of Epstein and Maxwell, the guy who will place nothing in writing, is still the GUY Trump madly desires to become Attorney General. And even sadder is the fact that the only Republican Senator making any attempt to stop this act of professional legal indecency is the guy who will be out of office.

Just four current events, which have and will currently impact our daily lives. All of these insane instances stem from the man who remains in power, and who each and every day pulls all of us into a maze of madness!

 

His CRAZY continues

 Trump blasts Pirro for nixing Reflecting Pool case: ‘What was she thinking?’ The president lashed out at his hand-picked U.S. attorney, Jeanine Pirro, for blaming damage on “botched work” instead of on vandals. (MS NOW)

Trump escalates feud with GOP senators over Todd Blanche nomination. Sens. Thom Tillis and John Cornyn have refused to support Blanche unless he proves that a payout fund for alleged victims of government abuse is dead. (MS NOW)

Donald Trump is so bitter about Minnesota Governor Tim Walz that he rejects the suggestion that his inexplicable war with Iran has led to a hacking attack on the water systems of several U.S. states and instead bizarrely insists that Minnesota somehow hacked its own water system. (MS NOW)

Here we go, AGAIN, an insane, perhaps demented, one might suggest senile, sad sack of a person, in the most powerful position on Earth, and pick one of these headlines, two of these headlines, or all three of these headlines, and after you have said what the fuck, state clearly scream WHY THE FUCK!

Once again, Trump is ready to blame his own ineptitude on one of his besties, Judge (I was just following orders, Pirro. Or, as usual, Trump is pissed that his besties in the Senate have not come to his aid and continue to assist his grift and con. Or, unaware of his own failures, or does he not give a fuck about his own ineptitude, now blames a democrat for circumstances which could have been avoided.

And yet, with the exception of those Republicans who have no more fucks to give, because Trump fucked them over, NO ONE within the Trump Reich has the backbone, balls, and courage to say, ENOUGH, you crazy fool, ENOUGH!