The Death Star Still Orbits

 I am still relishing the amazing blue wave, or tide or tsunami, that occurred on November 4, 2026, but I must remember that after the celebration, oftentimes, when we have a little too much alcohol making that moment magic, come the days of headaches, spinning rooms, and nausea. Too much of a good thing, I believe, must be considered, because what happens next can be more pain than pleasure. I write this opinion paragraph not acknowledging the democrat win, but in response to myriad articles announcing the end of MAGA and the end of the Trump Reich!

As I see it, the majority- and that is a vast majority of Republicans are pointing fingers at everyone and anything that IS NOT TRUMP. These men and women remain cowards and spineless amoebas, not willing or able to say out loud that they were following orders and threats from Trump for the past two years, and that they enabled a sad, sick monster to disembody the Republican Party. If it is the war in Iran, yeah, Hegseth is a jerk, but Petey boy could not or would not have bombed or blocked anything in the Iranian vicinity if his boss, Trump, had said not to. If these Republicans want to blame Hegseth, and not Trump (and actually, themselves for permitting this idiot to be appointed in the first place), then all they are doing is CONTINUING to bend the knee and offer their backbones to Trump!

And if Trump thought his power was diminished, then why the fuck would he give more power within the Trump Reich in the Nazi/Fascist/ Murderer to Stephen Miller as Chief of Staff? Seriously, all you talking heads, Miller is the poster boy, next to Trump, showcasing how inhuman, insidious, and indecent this Trump administration was, is, and will be. The man who laughingly and proudly created Concentration Camps within the United States is now even more of a player in the Trump Reich!

And I hear ZERO mention from any of the Republicans saying they disavow any connection with MAGA. If these men and women did face reality and did want to work for the people of America, they would say I am no longer a part of MAGA!

I want to believe that evil and the evil doers have ended, but so far the Death Star is still orbiting above the United States.

 

This Iteration

 A malignant narcist, a person with absolutely no empathy, apathy or interest in any one but himself, a con artist needing his fix for the next con, a trapped criminal fearing the truth of actions may be revealed and by a large majority he may be reviled…Donald Trump.

As we celebrate a culmination of Republican spineless orange ass licking, in our joy, please lets not imagine that this loss will make Trump and less dangerous. He remains as President, and as President he obtains some might powerful bits of ammunition, so powerful that doomsday apparitions are not fictional but could become factual.

Is MAGA dead, perhaps this iteration. Has the Trump cult died, perhaps this iteration. I am so tired of the talking heads over and over pontificating that the dystopian days of Trump will soon be behind us. 

We have two more years, a time span in this day and age which can shapeshift into madness, chaos, and mayhem in the time it takes for Trump to think his ego is being damaged, permitting him to act as he always has as a raging maniac.

I am a worrier, I will not argue, but why not at least wonder, how will this malignant narcist REACT, when he realizes that others may not see him as a God!

The Dems

 As I still bask in the landslide results of the midterms, a huge part of my brain and gut reminds me that maybe I should drink my last glass of champagne and keep my bottle of Pepto-Bismol close.

Already I hear rumblings from within the actual politicians who won their races, and a whole lot of those echoes sound more like a war call than a victory shout. The Democrats, as I see it, are very good at eating one another, and often spend more time calling out the bad guys from within their own party. It becomes a war of too progressive, not progressive enough, too socialist, not caring enough about the citizens. I get it and I am glad that these questions arise, but for me, way too often these questions turn into more of a battle cry.

I am thrilled that an actual blue wave swept this nation, but I am also aware that much of the gains came to fruition because the American voter was more anti-Republican than pro Democrat. There should be a cockiness from the Democrats, but often time being too cocky blinds a person from the reality around them. (Also moat of the Media loves to write stories not about happily ever after outcomes, rather prioritizing battel scars and creating rifts as the real story.)

I am torn as to who should lead the 2027 Democratic majority I the House and Senate. I want the corruption of not only Trump, but his family and the myriad men and women of his cabinet to be handled. But in doing so, (all of which matter greatly to me), I am hoping that the list of “TO DO,” items immediately close in on health and welfare of the majority of citizens in this nation.

Health care costs, the divide between the ultra-wealthy and the rest of us, the day to day expenses pf food, energy, the complete defiance of the law, those areas for me should be priority number one. 

I truly hope that the usual “infighting” that has haunted the Democrats will not be the headlines in 2027. We are told this election was a seismic shift, well Dems please find a common path, compromise with one another, and keep this seismic shift going and going and going!

 

I worry!

 Yes, I am very, very pleased with the major wins Democrats had on Tuesday, November 3, but I suppose the pragmatist (for better or worse) in me keeps me cautiously optimistic. I am not a nay-sayer, but honestly, I have witnessed too many victories by Democrats only to find that they often, way too often for me, end up either shooting themselves in their own feet or actually creating a Democratic Civil War in which they take no prisoners but end up eating each other. I worry!

And now we have Republicans, the same wimpy men and women who never stood up against Trump, in office for the next six weeks. What will they do with the days ahead, still in power? Most too many of them still lack the spine, the backbone, or the balls to be frank and say it was the Trump policies that added to their loss, and most too many of them, of course, lack the conscience to admit that they and THEY alone could have stopped this craziness. The blame game is in full throttle, with fingers pointed outward. So, what will they do in the next 6 weeks? I worry!

And finally, we have a cornered RAT, a Criminal, a FELON, a CORRUPT GRIFTER, as the Commander-In-Chief, a man with more power and the ability to fuck over each and every one of us. We have six weeks to wonder what schemes, machinations, and psychotic and sociopathic actions he will take. He has never been grounded and has never displayed an iota of concern for anyone but himself. How crazy can a crazed man go? I worry!

 

Waking Up

 I gladly stand corrected. I worried and wondered whether, in fact, the “Talking Heads,” the “Political Pundits, and the “Pollsters” were speaking from orifices south of their border and spouting information not based on facts, but on items that would make great headlines. I apologize for my questioning and am very happy to say I was wrong.

I avoided watching any media show-and-tell panels and reluctantly put my phone in the other room so I wouldn't be disappointed before bed, knowing that if the blue tsunami was just a tiny wave, sleep would be difficult for me.

It is Wednesday, November 4, 2026, and I may actually be witnessing Americans wake up from the living nightmare we have all been suffering. As the grandson of a Romanian grandmother, full of superstitions, I can't say the evil has been eradicated, but I can admit that, at least in this election, the evil has been called out and, hopefully, is on its way out.

Worry is my middle name, sadly, so now, even with the good news of a Democratic Party landslide, I believe we all must be very guarded and cautious as to how Trump and his losing party of MAGA will handle the politics of this nation between now and the January inauguration of a new Congress! We have a trapped rat in the White House; we have some pissed-off MAGA politicians, and between the two, we should be very afraid of how evil their intentions might be for the next two months.

Phew, to wake up to good news in America has been a long time coming!

 

My Fix

 My name is Gerry, and I am a political news junkie. I have way too many times overdosed on politics and have read or watched way too many media stories for my own health. 

Today is THE DAY, well, at least THE DAY, when Americans are supposed to finally express their satisfaction with the status quo, or their utter dissatisfaction with their so-called lives and liberties. Ever since Trump and his well-paid team of anti-democracy peasants, this once glorious and grand American project (Which had its flaws) is now on life support. The armies against the right to vote have made every effort to subvert it by insidious mechanics, the American way, and are trying to mold it into the Trump way.

I woke up this morning and by sheer habit, looked at the News icon on my phone. I scrolled for about 10 fucking minutes and realized that I was not reading news; I was reading opinions- opinions of people who truly cannot profess the future, have no real data from which they can pontificate, and are just making a whole lot of noise.

And because I am a political news junkie and still needed my fix, I immediately turned on the news channels, and after about 5 minutes of “yadda, yadda”, blah, blah blah, listen to me because I am a well-paid talking head, or I was on the streets and heard the voters say, and of course a bunch of “etc., etc., etc.” I looked at my dog and said Oh my God, this is ridiculous. These are nobodies who are pretending to be somebodies, and none of them not a single one knows anything about the future of our democracy.

Well-paid know-it-alls who, in the end, will know nothing at all until voting is over. And well-paid people who pretend to see the future, who only know how to sell snake oil! 

This is going to be a difficult day for me as I can’t get a dose of my habit!

 

 

The arsonists

 The influential Center for Renewing America says that “neo-Marxist progressives and anti-Western Muslims” can’t sincerely swear to protect the Constitution—and shouldn’t be allowed to assume office. (WIRED).

It is Monday, November 2, 2026, just one day until the midterm elections, and either one day until those who support Trump and prioritize his power above and beyond the Constitution of America incite chaos, corruption begins to rot democracy, ending any and all future chance of free and fair elections. Or one day, when the citizens of this nation finally wake up and realize that Trump is a cult leader, his red hat, white sheet supporters are cultists, and that drinking the Kool-Aid actually leads to death and destruction of morals, values, and anything resembling freedom.

I read articles from WIRED and other media outlets regarding the Fascist and Christian Nationalists’ attempts to deny the vote and the results of that vote from finding fruition, basing their ideas on bigotry and bias, and I worry. I worry because the political party in power right now is in their corner, cheering them on, and promoting this vile and anti-American behavior.

This is not the America in which I was born and raised. This is almost as if a foreign nation has invaded my country and has spilled gallons of gasoline throughout the country, and is just waiting for Tuesday, November 3, 2026, to light the match. 

We know the arsonists are waiting, and we must all be ready to put out the fires immediately!