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!