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…