A New (look over there) Enemy

 “On the eve of the nation’s 250th birthday, President Donald Trump used his address Friday night at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota to allege that there is “a resurgence of the communist menace in our land.” “Communism is a mortal threat to American liberty,” Trump said. “It is the greatest threat to our country, including World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor or even 9/11.” (South Dakota Searchlight)

Here we go, folks, get ready for the newest enemy to the US, from the Trump regime and in turn his lackies within the Republican Party. I am not surprised. Why, easy, there have been a bunch of election upsets by Democrats who identify as Socialist Democrats. These Democrats believe in issues that will lessen the divide between the haves and the have-nots, and this group of Democrats prefers laws that prioritize the benefits of health and welfare for all. 

So Trump and his Fascism understand that most of the MAGA voters and sadly a large amount of remaining Republican voters are ill-informed regarding the definition of Socialism, Communism, and Fascism, and knowing that lack of education, the plan is to terrify the low-IQ voter into thinking that Socialism is really Communism and Communism is bad.

If the MAGA voter understood Socialism, they would learn that Medicare, Medicaid, the Police Departments, the Fire Departments, and the Bailouts for the Farmers are all forms of Socialism, and so far, none of those examples have led to this nation turning into a Communist state.

And if the MAGA voters really understood the world in which they live, they would discover that two of Trump’s idols, Vlad Putin and Kim Jong-Un, are actually Communist leaders. And if these ill-educated MAGA voters had an iota of smarts, they would realize Trump’s Reich’s love for the ideals of a Fascist America.

So now, forget the Transgender community, or the Immigrants of Color, or Feminists as the real enemy of America, we will witness how the Trump propaganda team will announce that the real enemy of the state is the Democratic Socialists, and in turn, of course, the rest of the Democrats. We are witnessing a new version of the Witch Trials of Salem, going into the November Midterms.

 

 

 

249 years later

 It is Friday, July 3, 2026. A day before Americans celebrate their 250th anniversary of independence from a tyrannical government in England. A Civil War, and yet somehow the Union won, and thus we remained the United States rather than the Confederate States of America. But even so, way too many people reminisce about the days of slavery, injustice, and inequality. We fought the Fascists in World War Two, but yet as I write this, somehow way too many people consider antifascists as unpatriotic Americans.

249 years later, and we have way too many people who still consider people of color as inferior, we have way too many people who would rather patrol the public bathrooms or sports teams for fear that the dreaded Transperson might be there to commit some kind of perverted action, all the while these same way too many people support a convicted rapist, and a man who refuses to release the truth regarding Pedophiles. 

249 years later, and once again, we have way too many people who want to relegate women as chattel, as property, including way too many women doing so! Of course, many of these women who proudly demonstrate their own form of misogyny are in positions of power, have great education, but continue to act upon their own hypocrisy.

249 years later, we have a President who has become a multi-billionaire, along with his family, while serving as the Executive of this nation. It almost seems like the United States is his own corporation. He has his private attorney as the Attorney General, acting on behalf of his client, rather than on behalf of “we the people.”

And yet, even with our Constitution and the celebration of freedom, 249 years later, the current occupant of the White House is enabled and permitted to erase any and all advances made in equality, freedom, and democratic principles.

It is Friday, July 3, 2026, a day before our 250^th year as a Republic, and I seriously worry about day 251 for the people of the United States!

 

 

Two Songs SUNG

 "The Gold Diggers' Song" (‘We’re In the Money’) is a song from the 1933 Warner Bros. Pictures film Gold Diggers of 1933.

We're in the money, we're in the money; We've got a lot of what it takes to get along! We're in the money, that sky is sunny. Old Man Depression you are through, you done us wrong. (Al Dubin)

Trump is rearming America. His sons are invested in the companies selling it weapons. The president’s two eldest sons are linked to investments in at least 10 defense firms that have drawn some $3.7 billion in federal funds since he took office — and no law requires them to step back. (MS NOW)

Donald Trump reported more than $1.6 billion in outside revenue and income during his four years as president, with a portion of that earned in his first year in office. (citizensforethics.org).

Razzle Dazzle, hocus pocus, now you see, and then you don’t. Nothing to see here, just keep on looking over there. Corruption, crime, grifting, and one more scam from the guy who the MAGA peons voted for to Make America Great Again, but wait, this so-called Populist is just making him and his family greater.

"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" is one of the best-known American songs of the Great Depression. Written by lyricist Yip Harburg and composer Jay Gorney, it was part of the 1932 musical revue Americana.

Cuts in Medicaid, cuts in SNAP benefits, cuts to USDA, housing costs rising, inflation at 4.2%. Since the elimination of the Affordable Health Care Act, health care premiums are rising and rising. Gasoline is way too expensive, and some folks have to prioritize a trip to the supermarket, or paying rent, or utilities.

Two songs written in the 1930s. One of them sung by the ilk of the trump Family and their Billionaire Bros, the other becoming a way too common anthem for the rest of America!

 

 

It's Mark WAYNE Mullin for your pleasure

 Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told reporters this week he was thrilled Iran was knocked out of the World Cup. “I’m just glad they’re done, and they’re not coming back,” Mullin said, according to Politico. “I was so happy when we were able to pull their visas and said they could leave U.S. soil, and I might have sung a song or two, or maybe danced a happy dance.” (MS NOW)

Trump wanted a dunce, a used dildo, a douchebag, and a useful idiot to replace the position of his very creepy, uneducated, grifting, cosplay Barbie, Kristi Noam at the Department of Homeland Security. We thought at the time that Kristi may have held the title of the most dumbshit sycophant in his Cabinet, surpassing Keystone Kash, or Ken Doll Hegseth, and even the crooked criminal Bondi, which by any normal standards was a very, very low bar to begin with.

But now the once wannabe MMA fighter (“don’t make me kick your ass”) Markwayne Mullin has arrived and seems to be hell-bent on going even lower than Noam. No experience in anything but inheriting his father’s business, Markwayne, who brings with him a rubber ball to squeeze during any Senatorial hearing he is asked to attend, as a tool to keep his cool, or is it to not lose his temper, is darn tootin’, shucks ma’am, and God Bless (his God of choice of course) America, glad the Eye-rain-e-ins have left the World Cup. He was elated to be able to pull their visas.

I am no fan of the Iranian Regime; they are evil, they are vile, they seem to disregard their citizens, kind of like Trump and his Regime toward the non-billionaire American. But supposedly the World Cup is an athletic, for-profit sport, and I thought that sports were supposed to be, well… non-political! Hmmm.

But Markwayne loves to pound his chest, pretending that he is some kind of Tarzan, and of course king of “let’s pull their passports world!

 

 

 

More Dystopia

 A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification. In its term that ended last October, the Supreme Court passed an important milestone that went unnoticed: For the first time, it decided more cases by secret ballot, and with few signed opinions, than it did for cases argued in open court. (PROPUBLICA)

WAIT, WHAT? Now we have an Imperial Supreme Court, similar to Trump's Imperial Presidency! Nine people, not elected, and who serve for a lifetime, none of whom are required to provide even an iota of ethics reports or financial status reports. All of which seem to be given free rein as to who they wine and dine with, or report who has gifted them with lavish bribes.

The highest court in the land can now keep decisions it makes that directly affect all of us in the United States hidden from American citizens. Have these Justices become royalty? Is there something sinister they are trying to hide? Do they not want to be held accountable for their actions, but expect the rest of us peons and peasants to be held accountable for the laws they pass?

It is enough that we already have the Trump Reich, lie to us, omit facts for us, create fiction for us, and now, as if we the people are just cogs in some Imperial mechanism, the Supreme Court believes they can remain anonymous and not justify their rulings.

The dystopian environment in which we find ourselves struggling seems to be growing in leaps and bounds, created from insidious and intentionally evil actions of those with the highest powers in the land. When is enough, enough?

 

 

IS silence, really golden

 The Supreme Court has declined to hear Donald Trump's appeal, thereby upholding the jury's verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll and defaming her, which resulted in a $5 million judgment against him. This decision confirms that the damages awarded to Carroll remain intact. (Ms Magazine)

A Federal Judge Has Gone to Great Lengths to Make Clear Trump Really Did Rape E. Jean Carroll. (Mother Jones)

Hey all you MAGA Christian Nationalist Fascists, who have salivated over the fact that somehow anyone who identifies as a Transgender human is a sinner, a weirdo, and of course an enemy of your Jesus, what have you to say about the Rapist known as Donald J. Trump? Silence is Golden when it’s convenient for you, huh!

You have shouted, marched, and protested your religious distaste, and somehow your interpretation of your Christian Nationalist Fascist Bible demands that anyone who dares identify as an LGBTQAi+ person is a spawn of Satan, yet you just as conveniently remain silent, once again regarding Trumps accusers regarding his activities with Epstein and the girls who were victimized, and now that the Supreme Court, you know the Justices who you were certain preferred your Bible over the US Constitution, as made it clear that Trump is a sexual predator, and as the judge in the case made clear a Rapist.

Hmmm. What do you have to say about this? Oh wait, your religion is based on hate, homophobia, transphobia, insecurity, and of course hypocrisy…never mind

One more Big Brother

 Treasury's Bessent urges gas retailers to drop prices for US 250th birthday, says "we're watching". (Reuters).

Well now, for once, Scottie Bessent speaks the truth when he says, “we’re watching,” as in Big Brother is Watching, and we will place you on the Official Trump Enemies List, even if your billionaire corporation paid big bucks to bribe Trump during the election and even as he relies on corruption as he remains President.

Trump has stated that he does not want to be known as Herbert Hoover, the King of the US’s largest and most costly economic Depression in its history. So, even though Trump’s careless and thoughtless Iran War is the real reason the price of gasoline has risen, Scottie Bessent wants the guys (are there any gal CEOs in the Oil Cartel?) to understand that it is THEY who will be held accountable for Trump’s economic failures.

The Strait of Hormuz was open, then it wasn’t. There were no tolls or fees, and then there were. The prices of gasoline and other consumer goods were not as outrageous as they were, but now they are. There was no declared war on Iran, and then there was. But rest assured, none of this, that once was, and now there is, has anything to do with Scottie Bessent's current boss, Trump!

Nope, Trump is the Populist Guy, the man who only has the best interests of Americans at heart, until he has demonstrated that he doesn’t give and never has given a shit!