"being trumped over"

 I have a new term for the old adage of  “being fucked over”; my 2026 iteration is identified as “being Trumped over.” The results of being intentionally screwed over, conned, or taken for a fool remain the same; I just call all of that by a more relevant and prescient name.

Nvidia and the Trump team’s national security fumble. The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security would normally conduct a rigorous inquiry if concerned about a Chinese threat. So why didn’t that happen here? (MS Now).

The fact of the matter is: Rubio memo flagged Nvidia CEO's alleged China link, but Trump says it made little impact, warning about Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's alleged relationship with a suspected Chinese intelligence operative.  But in true fashion, and in truer “trumped over machination, Trump stated that he was never aware of this warning. And one might wonder if the fact that Jensen Huang provided a gift of $25 million for Trump’s ballroom was not another example of “being trumped over!”

And then we have this: As America’s aviation system ground to a halt, President Donald Trump had Hollywood on his mind. About two hours into the nationwide flight chaos, Trump, 80, posted a lengthy screed on his Truth Social account about tax breaks to revitalize Hollywood. (Daily Beast)

Let’s discuss, shall we? As of Saturday, November 14, almost a day later, no one has been told what happened or whether what happened once could happen again. We had DUMB and DUMBER, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, claiming he thought the blackout was due to the archaic semblance of technology, while the Secretary of Homeland Security said he thought the shutdown was due to installing new technology. But these moronic responses are not a sample of “being trumped over,” but rather one more example of the lack of intelligence in more of the Trump Clown Cabinet.

When the President of the United States has no words to comfort the nation about what might be a prelude to total disaster and chaos, but talks about tax cuts for Hollywood, we must look deeper. Paramount Skydance Corporation is owned by a very vocal and well-funded entity, with millions of dollars in donations to Trump from the Ellison family. Father and son Ellison donated $45 million to Trump’s campaign. 

The “being trumped over” is once again showcased. The safety and security of the average American, or anyone who is not Trump, stands zero chance of being a priority when it has to be weighed against gifting the grifter Trump.

 

A Trapped Rat

 Losing Congress won't make Trump a lame duck — it will make him a wrecking ball. (The Hill)

EXACTLY. I worry, I fret; Trump ain’t gone; he ain’t finished; he IS as dangerous as ever, and in my humble opinion, even more insidious than ever.

A trapped animal, one with zero ability of introspection, and who does he immediately surround himself with? A thug named Stephen Miller, a mean and intentionally evil doer, with one goal in mind: to maintain Trump's status as a Fascist Dictator.

Where are we in Iran? Oh yeah, still there, and rumblings from the Trump Reich churn and warn that either we will remain there with absolutely no exit strategy in mind, or we will use any method of destruction to try to win the war.

Ukraine. Jarod Kushner and Steve Witkoff are still pretending to be diplomats; in reality, both men are sucking up to Putin and fucking over Ukraine. Starlink has once again been cut off or slowed down, and Trump, Kushner, and Witkoff insist that Ukraine give Russia land that the Russians invaded.

Health Care costs are up for 2027, only because of the Big Ugly Bill, a bill Trump delusionally considers one of his greatest triumphs, so ain’t no one gonna make him rethink it.

We have 51 days remaining for this Republican Congress to continue to lick the orange entrails of Trump. 51 days of Republican power to screw around with the health and welfare of our nation. Trump was crazy then and NOW he is crazier.

 

THEY just hate

 HEGSETH, always ready for his close-up, makeup, hair, and testosterone, what has been and remains missing is any respect, concern, or action to respect our Troops. This CON is one façade of an American.

‘He’s despicable’: Hegseth entourage slammed by veteran for laughing at memorial on Veterans Day. Pete Hegseth and his accompanying group were reprimanded by a U.S. Army sentinel guarding The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for laughing and talking near the memorial on Veterans Day. (MS NOW)

MILLER, no patriotism for this guy, just hate, loathing, and evil. This insidious monster thrives on sadistic machinations. He doesn’t love America; he loves to hate Americans!

These vets put their lives on the line for America. America deported them. “On Veterans Day 2004, 19-year-old Jose Barco was nearly killed serving the United States in Iraq. A suicide bomber attacked his platoon, killing fellow soldiers. Jose helped rescue two trapped comrades, sustaining severe burns and a traumatic brain injury. He received a Purple Heart. After months of recovery, he returned to Iraq for a second tour. In a bitter turn, on Veterans Day 2025, immigration officers shackled him before transporting him to the border. Three days later, the United States deported him to Mexico, a country where he had never lived. (Houston Chronicle)

TRUMP, Mr. Bone Spurs, has no desire or motivation to think of the American Military as anything but his box of tin soldiers. They are his toys, and if he breaks them, he can find others; if he steps on them, too bad. As a coward, he is jealous of the sacrifices these Americans have made, something Trump can never achieve!

Even on Veterans Day, President Donald Trump couldn’t hide his total disrespect for U.S. military service members. Speaking at a wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of an unknown soldier at Arlington National Cemetery Wednesday, Trump said they’d gathered to honor those whose ranks have formed a “mighty wall of flesh and blood, bravery and devotion that has defended our freedom for 250 years.” (The New Republic)

 

 

 

Veterans Day 2026

 Veterans Day, November 11, 2026, and the following headline seem to sum up the Trump Reich and its commitment to this nation's veterans.

“We Have No One”: How Trump’s Dismantling of the VA Left a Veterans Hospital in Crisis. (ProPublica).

Sadly, this is not new news; it is a continuous story hidden by too many other Trump Reich and Republican failures over the past two years. Trump and his band of Republican MAGA love to raise the flag, wear their red, white, and blue outfits, and shout out how patriotic they are by SAYING SO, but looking at their track record, they have only used their words and have so far demonstrated nothing by their ACTIONS.

The MAGA and Trump love to insist that they are making America great again. If you notice, they have never once said that they are MAKING AMERICANS GREAT AGAIN! In the past two years, the only people living in this nation who are feeling great are anyone in the Trump Family, Tech Bros, billionaire donors, and, of course, the corporations, which were deemed as people by the Heritage Foundation Supreme Court Justices. 

Here we are at war, a war conceived and created by Trump, with no real reason as to why this war began and ABSOLUTELY no plans for how this war will end. (We still do not have any honest facts regarding how many of our Troops were killed, or how many of our Troops sustained injuries.) 

Now we have more Veterans men and women who placed America first, and once again, we the people witness our American government placing its needs last.

It Ain't Me Babe

 “Go lightly from the ledge, babe. Go lightly on the ground. I'm not the one you want, babe. I'll only let you down. Go away from my window. Leave at your own chosen speed. I'm not the one you want, babe. I'm not the one you need. It ain’t me, babe; I said no, no, no, it ain’t me, babe!” (‘It Ain’t Me Babe’ - Bob Dylan).

Let’s begin with the ain’t me babe contestant, a guy named Pete Hegseth, who actually used the history books (probably for the first time in his life) and told the media, and basically the American public, that he “WAS JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS”, using a very German explanation for the murder and mayhem from the Venezuela coup, to the shooting of fishermen in the Caribbean, to, of course, the war with Iran. Hegseth reminded Americans that he was just following orders from the Commander-in-Chief!

Now we move on to the House of Representatives, and who says that MAGA is dead? It seems that MAGA Mike Johnson and all of his ass licking of the Trump entrails got him nothing but a rejection of his leadership skills. And now, as if the Republicans had learned nothing at all from this midterm election, what did they do? They voted for Gym (I did not see any troubling acts of pedophilia in the showers of the Ohio State Wrestling Team) Jordan. A gerrymandered MAGA who, while in the majority, rebuked law and order and implemented law-and-order MAGA/Trump style. The media and the Dems may pretend that MAGA is dead, but don’t tell that to the Republicans in the House.

Finally, we have Trump. To no one’s surprise, he takes zero responsibility for the upheaval during the midterms. And why not? Even when you hear the GOP begin to play the victim, they may explain it was affordability; they may claim it was due to the Iran War; they will even whisper that it was due to some corruption, but way too many of them NEVER start the sentence with it was Trump’s tariffs that caused the issue of affordability, it was Trump’s war in Iran, or it was Trump, his family, and his cadre of billionaire donors and Cabinet officials responsible for corruption!

IT AIN’T ME BABE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAME DUCK, what now

 Here is the newest deal-io, regarding the MAGA/Republicans. We are officially in what American politics defines as THE LAME DUCK SESSION. (In reality, with the amount of time Orange Ass Licker Mikey Johnson has kept the House from working to continuously protect Trump from facing any consequences for his crimes, felonies, and misdemeanors, I would say the last two years were kind of LAME DUCK), but I digress.

So, now that the House is back in session, because there is no more reason to hide from the public, the MAGA/Republicans, those who have lost this midterm election and those who had primaried out of office by Trump’s intervention have a real life, right in our face decision to make.

Everything from the Iran War to the Epstein Files, the upcoming government shutdown on December 11, the corruption and grifting of anyone Trump, to the Impeachment of Hegseth are all matters that should and could be on the agenda. 

So, let’s wonder out loud for a moment…will the losses accumulated by the MAGA/Republicans amount to a majority of them finally rediscovering their balls and backbones, freeing them to take their morals and values and conscience out of the graveyard, OR will these same men and women finally demonstrate for Americans their real selves as nasty, evil-minded people who give no fucks about law and order, heathens?

We have 217 days remaining for this LAME DUCK Congress to continue to destroy democracy, or to actually embrace democracy and right the wrongs they so dearly and lovingly tried to end. Will the losers be defiant, or angry and who will benefit from their actions?

Absudity and Atrocity!

 The quote from Voltaire: “Certainly…who is in right to make you absurd is in right to make you unjust,” which became widely quoted in English, in the familiar form “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities,” often attributed to Norman Lewis Torrey (1961) for the English rendering, has great resonance beginning in 2016 and continuing into 2026. Ten years of the minion mindlessly losing his or her mind, drinking a Kool-Aid not meant to poison the body, but to eliminate the brain!

Infected, infested idiots and morons, whose pure existence is to extinguish the lives of anyone who is not them, Trump and his band of Fascists have successfully manipulated a large contingent of Americans to point their fingers outward in order to blame the misery of lives on anyone but themselves. The Dark Army, whose generals consisted of billionaires, the Epstein class, and right-wing media giants, understood that absurdities were the lifeblood of those whose own lives were a miserable existence. 

We are told that this election was almost a once-in-a-lifetime political happening, one in which many of those who thrive on atrocities actually realized that they were the true victims of atrocity!

So, I ask, honestly: now what, Democrats? Now that you won, what? Where do you, as a collective, go to remedy the wrongs? Do you keep your DNC leadership intact? Do you just impeach the entire Trump clown car of fascists? Do you have any idea how to really lower prices and lower the cost of medical care? Do you continue your usual course of infighting? 

Democrats, you have a chance to stop the absurdity and atrocities, and I, as a lifelong Democrat, worry about how you may either seize this moment or, as usual, destroy it!