He says, "I'm allowed to!"

 “President Donald Trump said, “I’m allowed to destroy the country,” during a bizarre press event he held last Friday to speak about the Supreme Court’s ruling against his international tariffs. “I’m even allowed to impose a foreign country-destroying embargo. I can embargo. I can do anything I want,” Trump said during the event, Mediaite reported. “I am allowed to cut off any and all trade or business with that same country. In other words, I can destroy the trade. I can destroy the country! … I’m allowed to destroy the country.” (LGBTQ Nation)

Anyone with intelligence, awareness, and a conscience want to argue with this? You may be miffed, you may have a pain in your gut, you may want to scream, but even so, once you have experienced all of that, look closely at all of the crimes, corruption, felonies, farces, and fuck ups, created by Trump, and so far, very little to no consequences coming his way.

The Supreme Court has granted Trump almost total immunity for his illegal and unConstitional actions; the spineless, lacking backbones and balls, Republican majority cowers in the corners and has not applied stopgap actions, and for the most part, most of the Media placates Trump for fear that they may not be invited to the Oval Office!

Trump has a track record of destroying our country, and the same statistics apply to destroying any other nation he deems bad for his ego. No one in the Trump Reich dares to try to stop him; Republicans prefer their professional power over the power for the people, and with a few lower-court judges actually demonstrating legal courage, Trump has had easy access to destroy anything he touches.

 

 

 

Are they dumb as dirt?

  

I believe that a percentage of MAGA, perhaps a very large percentage of MAGA, are bigots and racists. I believe that whatever percentage of Tech Bros and Billionaires who support MAGA have zero conscience and only thrive on greed and gluttony, they may or may not be bigots or racists, because all they are focused on is their bottom line, and they seem to be willing to partake in any action that may fuck over anyone who is not them. And I wholeheartedly believe that a very, very large percentage of MAGA are, to put it precisely, DUMB AS DIRT!  For example:

MAGA woman opposes polio vaccine because polio mysteriously ended after the vaccine was invented. “There hasn’t been a case of polio in how many years? Since 1960?” The vaccine came into wide distribution in 1961. (LGBTQ Nation)

This MAGA thing has demonstrated the perfect MAGA response to science, medicine, and facts, which is “if I can’t understand it, then it is wrong. “I need no facts, just my own fiction.” Dumb as dirt is exactly what the Trump Reich is counting on. Just let the ignorant inherit the United States, and they will have no idea they have been perfect dummies to be manipulated.

And it is not just the blatant disregard for education; nope, these same MAGA morons seem to believe that if you use the word America in a sentence, then somehow you are the essence of Patriotism. And once again the Trump Reich knows how to play these MAGA morons as major fools.

Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario 'Lake America' amid Canada trade war. And early on in his second Reich, Trump signed an Executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America! Uh-Huh, call it Lake America or Gulf of America, and if you have a problem with that, then you AIN’T a real American! 

 

 

 

180 days and sadly still counting

 The war in Iran has lasted 180 days as of August 26, 2026, starting from February 28, 2026

The scope of Hegseth’s damage to the U.S. Army comes into sharper focus. There are fresh reasons to believe putting a former Fox News host in charge of the Pentagon during a war really wasn’t a good idea. (Maddow Blog).

Safer? Mightier? Much More Testosterone? Able To Leap Tall Buildings? The Trump War in Iran is still happening, albeit one might never realize this given Trump’s infatuation with gold-plating everything in Washington DC, or his golfing excursions. But no worries, because, like Trump, it seems that all we have to do is obey the directives of Hegseth, who it is rumored brings his wife to most strategic military meetings, so she can be his “binky,” and keep him from screaming or drinking. And because Trump can NEVER admit he has ever made a wrong decision, and due to the fact that the Republican Majority in the Senate will never tell Trump he has made a myriad of bad decisions, Pistol Pete remains in position to keep the Iran War going, and going, and going!

The rule of Law is not of any concern for a Fascist Dictator, or, in fact, those whose own power base remains as long as they too disrespect the law, favoring respect for the Despot in Power.

Troops fighting against Iran and alleged drug smugglers say they are being asked to violate international law. Organizations that help service members apply to leave the military as conscientious objectors are seeing a large increase in concerns over U.S. military strikes against alleged drug boats and targets inside Iran. (MS NOW).

It should be clear to no one who is not a MAGA moron that law and order are meaningless if law and order gets in the way of Trump and his accolades. There is absolutely no respect for the laws that govern this nation, so why would anyone even think that Trump and his fellow Fascists give a fuck about International Law! 

 

 

The Banana Republic of Florida

 Across the country, public school districts require children to be fully immunized against polio, measles, hepatitis B, chickenpox, diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (among other things) before they can attend classes. These policies have existed for years; they have been incredibly effective; they have long enjoyed the support of public health officials; and they haven’t been especially controversial. (MS NOW).

Hmm…sounds like reasonable and reliable science, but you might ask what could possibly go wrong!

Florida moves forward with plan to roll back vaccine requirements in public schools. School districts have required children to be immunized against all kinds of diseases for decades. In Florida, officials are trying to move backward. (MS NOW).

Yep, in the Banana Republic of Florida, seemingly run by TEMU-degreed politicians, safety for children only applies to those still in the womb. Nothing screams Pro-Life like giving the great KABOOM to proven medical advice and procedures. I wonder: did Governor DeSantis and his wife, when they were young, receive the childhood immunizations? Of course they did; otherwise, they wouldn’t be alive, or at least well enough to support the death and destruction of children.

Now, read the fine print of this news, VERY CLEARLY, because this new premeditated murder decree from DeSantis and his so-called Surgeon General ONLY states that public School children will not be required to be fully immunized, as in, not those Floridians who can afford private school. Interesting, ain’t it, that the masses can play Russian Roulette with their children’s health, but if you got the cash to pay for private education, well, nobody is INSISTING that you play around with the health and well-being of your children!

 

 

BY THE WAY

 BY THE WAY:

Today, August 24, 2026, the war has been ongoing for nearly six months. To be exact, it has been ongoing for approximately 178 days. the war in Iran has cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $113.3 billion since it began on February 28, 2026. This includes approximately $1,200 per household due to military spending and increased costs for fuel and groceries. (Iran-cost-ticker.com)

 During that time, Congress has spent 107 legislative days in session as of August 26, 2026. They receive a paycheck no matter what: whether they work, are on vacation, or decide to close up shop so as not to get in the way of Trump.

Donald Trump has played golf for 125 days during his second term as president, which accounts for approximately 21.5% of his time in office. (trumpgolftracker.net).

The Congress, under the leadership of the Republican majority, has only been in session; doing the math, Congress has only been in session 89 days more than Trump has played golf.

Gasoline prices are still high, tariffs are still a priority with Trump, and those who have received money back from any tariff considered illegal have been Corporations, who can now double-dip by passing on the cost of tariffs while also getting money back from the government and still charging consumers higher prices.

Floods, fires, drought, have been severe in this nation and most blue states, and now a whole lot of red states are still waiting for government assistance; however, there seems to be enough money to pay for the Reflecting Pool, the Ballroom, renovating golf courses in Washington DC, gold plated arches in DC, and of course renovations of the Qatari bribe, oops I mean plane given to Trump. 

There is so much more, BY THE WAY, but as I sit here and wonder and worry, as I write my blog, I thought I might mention these glaring truths. And I beg the question, truly, I do ask out loud, what the fuck can I, you, us do about any of this?

 

 

 

whose health?

 The Trump administration upended long-standing federal vaccine recommendations in a new executive order last week and called for states to update laws and regulations about school vaccination requirements.

States, rather than the federal government, generally set vaccination requirements for children attending school — and many say they no longer follow vaccine recommendations from the federal government and instead follow those from the American Academy of Pediatrics and other major medical organizations. (The Washington Post)

Back to school- oh, the memories, not only mine a million years ago, but the times when my children were of school age. There were quite a few hassles: last-minute agendas to finalize, clothes to purchase, school supplies for me as a kid and for my own kids, but the one thing that was never an issue was ever worrying that my kids would ever be in a circumstance of becoming ill from contracting contagious diseases from their classmates!

It seemed as a given, by my parents and to me, that vaccinations, inoculations, and basic matters of medicine were non-controversial, vis-à-vis the mere fact that we, as parents, were able to become parents and remain alive because we as parents had been given the same medications that we were expected to provide for our children! There was no conspiracy, there was no mystery, but there were reasons, rhymes, and real science to provide the answers.

I wish I could be amazed and surprised that the people who usually vote Republican, because they pretend to be Pro-Life, are the same individuals who are doing everything in their power to end life!

Just as bad as Nero

 A Bunch of Race Cars, Going 180 MPH on D.C. City Streets Next to Historical Landmarks. What Could Go Wrong? “It doesn’t seem like a great sign, for instance, that art historians and scholars are raising all sorts of alarm bells about the fact that the open city course for the so-called Freedom 250 Grand Prix (an official IndyCar event) passes right next to buildings such as the National Gallery of Art and the National Archives Building, which obviously contain a lot of very old, very sensitive documents and artwork. ” (Jezebel)

If you are gonna have an MMA fight on the White House Lawn, why not follow it up with an Indy 500 race on the streets and boulevards of Washington, DC. Class is of no concern to Trump; neither is the cost of crass. 

The economy is tanking; affordability IS of real concern to those of us non-billionaires; gas prices keep rising due to Trump’s Iran War, and his “I’ll get you, tariff toward allies; health care has skyrocketed; cities and states in the US have been battered by the climate, and there seems to be zero FEMA helping out, even though the American deficit has grown out of control, no republican seems willing to say enough is enough, but Trump continues to spend OUR taxpayer dollars on frills and activities he believes will somehow make him the sweetheart President.

We are told that private companies will help pay for this Trump ego display, just like we had been informed that private money was going to pay for the Great State Fair, the MMA bout, the Reflecting Pool, and of course the Ballroom, but the evidence has proven that most of the cost of these “let them eat cake” activities by Trump have been and continue to be dumped in the pockets of the American taxpayer.

Trump believes he is some kind of Ceaser; remember when Nero thought the same thing as Rome burned!