TOO BAD

 Pressed on Medicaid cuts, Iowa’s Ernst tells constituents, ‘Well, we’re all going to die’ While everyone’s life will eventually come to an end, politicians rarely say, “We’re all going to die” when talking about their health care proposals. (MSNBC)

This Republican creature at least has said the truth out loud that she and her creature cohorts are the PARTY of PRO-DEATH. (That is, unless you are a zygote or a fetus inside the womb, in which case, while you are surviving because of your mother, your life is worth something…however, once you are born, your life, like everyone else, is burdensome for the Republican PRO-DEATH Party and if you have t die just to survive TOO BAD!

Crass, cavalier, awful, arrogant, and despicable Joni Ernst was at least her most honest ever as a Senator, by stating the fact that life for many who count on government assistance is gonna be short, because you will die eventually. VOTE HER OUT and end her political career !

 

 

"It's ALIVE"

 Undiagnosed blood clots in Smith’s brain left the 30-year-old nurse brain dead months ago, but doctors have kept her organs functioning through medical devices. Family members told media outlets Smith’s body was being kept alive despite no chance for her to recover because she is pregnant and removing her from life support could violate the state’s ban on most abortions after six weeks. (Georgia Recorder)

“It’s alive…” Dr. Victor Frankenstein. In Georgia, all the doctors now must practice saying those two words, because they are reanimating bodies of pregnant females, keeping them alive so that their zygotes might be born. The female in Georgia is just the carrier, the shell for the precious seed inside. 

Georgia Republican politicians love to play God, not act like a giving or caring God, just playing God, deciding who shall live, who shall die, who shall be fruitful and multiply, and who shall wither on the vine.

Pregnant women in Georgia don’t matter, because once their fetus is released from their womb, the care and guidance abruptly end.

once more

 RFK Jr. has named himself the official arbiter of science HHS has been following Kennedy's lead on vaccines, from limiting who can get Covid boosters to withdrawing funding for a potential H5N1 bird flu vaccine. Kennedy, with his poor understanding of basic medicine, has deemed himself the final arbiter of vaccine science in the U.S.

MAHA, Making America Healthy Again, is the new catch phrase used by Kennedy, the guy with a brain worm, a cocaine addict, and who takes his family to swim in a creek full of toxins and poison.

Last year 77 Nobel prize winners sent an open letter to the Senate opposing his nomination and warning he could place the public's health "in jeopardy." (msn)

During the first round of the Trump administration and COVID, we had Trump’s Covid legacy: 402,269 Americans dead after former president claimed virus will ‘disappear’ (Independent)

Are both RFK Junior and Trump looking to break that record, because both bullies love to see HUGE, BIG, BETTER numbers next to their names?

for the KING OF CRIME

 A lawyer, Jay Sekulow, who served on President Donald Trump’s legal counsel during his first impeachment trial has been accused of trying to cover up the murder of one of his employees, The Independent first reported. (NJ.com)

What does one expect, nothing less, indeed, when you defend an insurrectionist, a fraudster, a sexual harasser, and a Felon. Sure, there are reasons for a defense attorney, especially when one suspect is innocent, but with Trump’s track record of crime, grifting, and gluttony, there was never a question regarding his innocence. Way to go, Jay Sekulow, covering up a murder. Birds of a feather gather around this king of crime.

Top Trump FBI official whines to Fox News about his ‘hard’ job. Dan Bongino, a former conservative podcaster and the deputy director of the FBI, appears to not be a big fan of his new role in President Donald Trump’s administration. (NJ.com)

A former Podcaster, now a bigwig in the FBI, having NEVER served in law enforcement, is complaining that he has a hard job. He, of course, says that if Trump asked him to do a job for which he has zero experience, then, of course, whatever Trump asks will be accepted. And we are supposed to boo-hoo for this dud because he is way over his head with responsibility. One more bird of a feather who lacks any wings to fly, except to hover over the pile of shit that is Trump the king of crime.

one more scheme

 Investors are beginning to realize that Trump never follows through on his tariff threats, inspiring the TACO trade: ‘Trump always chickens out’ (Los Angeles Times)

Okay, folks, it is time for my take on the turmoil with tariffs and Trump, and it has more to do with Trump’s need to rip off and scam others so he and his billionaire friends can continue to make even more money off the American economy.

Yes, Trump is a dumb person and has demonstrated how to bankrupt one business venture after another. Still, as irresponsible and flighty as he seems, he also a calculating douchebag scheming and stealing when it comes to his own get rich quick plans.

One day tariff, one day not, one day the Stock Market and Wall Street lose money, then wham bam thank you ma’am they are raking in big dollars. And who actually knows when this fluctuation will happen…ONLY ONE GUY.

Imagine the conversations at midnight or whenever this loony bin decides to inflict pain, as he notifies his billionaire puppet masters as to a change in tariff polices…sell, buy. Quick cash, quicker profits. 

Trump is a scammer, a schemer, a loan shark, a mob boss, and his flock of billionaires are just as bad!

 

MENZ

 The uncomfortable truth about Democrats' problem reaching male voters. The numbers tell a sobering tale. But polling data from the last four presidential elections suggests the root of their male voter problem — and the potential solution — might be rather straightforward: Support for Democrats among male voters dropped most dramatically when the party’s presidential candidate was a woman — and rebounded when the party nominated a man. (Michael A. Cohen, MSNBC Columnist)

So, let’s get this straight, shall we, if a female is running for President, it matters not that her qualifications are above and beyond her male opponent, but instead that she has a vagina and not a penis. It matters not her ethics or morals, but as long as her opponent is a male, he can be an adulterer, grab women by their pu**y, and sexually harass them.

She may not be a felon, but the fact that his primary energy source is testosterone, rather than female hormones, any crime, or grifting or fraud matters not at all. 

If this report is all true or even half true, the idea that there are so many males in this nation feeling emasculated, feeling persecuted, feeling incompetent, is a sad state of affairs for all of us.

 

 

"Birds of a feather..."

 Ted Cruz Begs Americans to Stop Being So Nasty to Elon Musk“I think the American people ought to be saying to Elon, ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you!’” the Texas Senator said on Fox News. (The Daily Beast)

The guy, CRUZ, whose photo is often used to represent a giant turd left in the lonely restroom on a deserted gas station on Route 66, is now telling us to leave poor MUSK alone and respect him for fucking up the lives and dreams of so many Americans. Teddy CRUZ must be receiving tons of money from MUSK, and still has never once looked at himself in the mirror to understand just how loathed he is among the millions of Americans to whom he is pleading.

This headline might not be major news, but for me, it is just one more bad guy defending another bad guy, with both bad guys having zero fucks as to how bad of a guy either one truly is. “Birds of a feather…” Not only do they flock together, but they also destroy, decay, and dilute anything good around them.

 

 

The real deal

 The real deal regarding Trump’s piling on Harvard University has little to do with the headlines, but more to do with his personal grievances regarding the fact that his son Barron did not get accepted to Harvard, but that Malia Obama did get accepted. The small man that he is, Trump can only concentrate on getting even with people or places whom he is certain have intentionally done him wrong. And as insecure as he is, he sees himself as the victim, unable to be introspective, he lashes out at the self-identified others, and with his power as President, he has the means to make their lives as miserable as he sees his own life.

Add to all of that the fact that Trump is a racist, so the idea that a person of color might be smarter than he or his own family is appalling to his fragile ego. None of this is rocket science to figure out; it is just the ability to look at this simple man and predict the small and evil machinations of his life.

The media often refuses to look at how much of a simpleton Trump is as a person. He carries great weight, more so than most other humans, but that does not make him a great person. He is a vile, vindictive man and should be called out on that frailty each and every day.

MOODSDAY

 So far the story of the Trump administration when it comes to the economy is a tale of two countries: There are two paths that the United States might take under Donald Trump, and they end in very different national environments. What country America is becoming at any given time depends on which member of the administration is speaking on television and/or what mood Trump is in. (SLATE)

The key takeaway from this article for me is the question of what mood Trump is in, and depending on that mood, our entire nation must suffer the consequences, bad or evil, worse or worser!

With absolutely zero pushback from his flank of Republican sycophants in the House, his willing harem and eunuchs in the Senate, and a slew of Heritage Christian Nationalists in the Supreme Court, having most to all guardrails offline, a man and his MOODS are leading this country.

It is as if DOOMSDAY has become MOODSDAY!

Trophy what now?

 He cannot help himself; whether he is talking in first person, second person, or third person, he is always talking about himself. If it is calling someone names for being old, frail, or in a mental decline, he must still brag that he is all of those things, but getting away with the same bad traits from which his insult has emerged. 

And now with his trophy wife speech, pretending that someone else got himself a trophy wife, and that it didn’t go too well. That someone else ended up getting a divorce, and that didn’t work out too well. He cannot help but scream about his own condition; his narcissism is so disturbing, so demented, so on display. 

"He ended up getting a divorce. Found a new wife. Could you say a trophy wife? I guess we can say a trophy wife. It didn't work out too well," the president said in his speech in New York, referring to real estate developer William Levitt. (Newsweek)

Look at me, world. I got a babe to notice me. I deserve this trophy because, well, I am me, and all of that babe stuff makes me more masculine. A dud cannot get himself a trophy wife and an anchor baby if he is not a stud. It is not working out now, well because it didn’t work out well, for anyone by Melania then!

whack, whack, whack

 Add another nail in the coffin of our democracy, brought to you by the Trump owned and operated Republican politicians.

House Republicans’ draft budget bill included a clause that would allow President Donald Trump’s Treasury Department to strip the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit it deems a “terrorist-supporting organization.” (SLATE)

Trump’s Treasury Department deems as in if Trump is pissed and hurt, insulted, and once more displeased with anyone who had or has the audacity to call him out…he will, with a vengeance make you regret EVER crossing him.

Add one more nail in the coffin our democracy, brought to you by the owned and operated Heritage Foundation Supremes. 

The Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a huge victory on Thursday, breaking with nearly a century of precedent protecting agency leaders from presidential removal. All three liberal justices dissented from the unsigned decision, which allowed him to fire leaders of two independent agencies while their lawsuits work their way through the lower courts. (SLATE)

No need for fair and protected as long as Trump feels he is getting revenge than screw anyone else or everyone else.

It is the death knell for so many practical ideals, all dissolved and destroyed by two of the so-called guardrails of this nation’s Constitution.  As those nails are smacked into what was once justice and freedom and choice and democracy all we seems able to do is hear the whack, whack, whack of the Trump hammer!

 

The new BROWN SHIRTS

The Brown Shirts, officially known as the Sturmabteilung (SA), were a paramilitary organization associated with the Nazi Party in Germany, founded in 1921. They played a key role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power by protecting party events, intimidating opponents, and engaging in street violence. (Wikipedia) The SA were the Sturmabteilung, meaning 'assault division'. The group were also known as the Brownshirts or Storm Troopers. It was a violent paramilitary group attached to the Nazi Party in pre-World War Two Germany. (History Hit)

 As we celebrate Memorial Day in the US, Fascist German history is repeating itself, this time in the guise of The Führer Trump and his newly organized “Brown Shirts this time called ICE. The advancement of racist objectives, the resurgence of “Papers Please,” is just Adolph Hitler’s plans modified for Trump’s plans to dislodge and deplete Democracy. 

U.S. citizen with REAL ID handcuffed and held in immigration raid before being released. The man told Noticias Telemundo that authorities took his ID from his wallet and told him it was fake before handcuffing him. (NBC News)

Lightning-Fast Deportations Emerge as Top Issue in Trump’s Standoff With Courts Administration says it is providing migrants due process. Judges disagree. (The Wall Street Journal)

It has started with the so-called immigrants, but has pathetically melded into anyone with Brown Skin. It began with Immigrants and has melded into American Citizens. Memorial Day 2025 

OH MAN!

 HYPERMASCULINITY. Holy shit, so now men can act like pigs and it is suddenly the testosterone go to. Fearful, freaking out that somehow their balls inside their ball sac might shrink, the go to therapy for insecure males is to hit someone with a golf ball and of course not drink out of a straw.

Trump posts altered video of himself hitting Bruce Springsteen with a golf ball in ongoing feud. (NBC News)

GOP congressman’s reason for refusing to drink out of straws is depressing

The hypermasculinity movement is out of hand. Rep. Tim Burchett’s comment to Fox News about using straws appears to be the latest sign. “I don’t drink out of a straw, brother,” the Tennessee Republican told Fox News when asked to comment on Watters’ anti-straw guidance on Thursday. “That’s what the women in my house do.” (MSNBC)

“One of the reasons you don’t drink from a straw is the way your lips purse,” Watters said on Fox News’ “The Five” at the time. “It’s very effeminate.” (MSNBC)

Manly, masculine, hunter-gatherer, dude, Bro, Brah, avoid such unmanly activities as eating soup in public, crossing their legs and drinking from a straw, among other things.

SNARK

 Sometimes I need little to no SNARK when writing my BLOGS, because the headlines and the stories they hold encapsulate the true nature of the fraud, the phony, the grifter, the greed, the hypocrisy, and the hate of everyone Trump, from the Christian Nationalists to the entire Republican Party 

Christian nationalists decided empathy is a sin. Now it’s gone mainstream. What wouldn't Jesus do? (Vox)

In asking the question of What wouldn't Jesus do, just read the following headlines from various publications and wonder for yourself exactly that same question according to those who pontificate about being holier than thou. 

Trump's Tax Bill Would Decimate the Affordable Care Act. (Vox)… Republicans are no longer trying to repeal Democrats’ health care law, but the Trump tax bill would quietly gut the ACA and its insurance marketplaces. (RollingStone)… Trump to 2.9M of his desperate voters: You’re on your own. (NJ.com)… The FDA is making it more difficult for Americans to get vaccinated for covid. (The Verge)… Trump Wants Pharmaceutical Tariffs Soon — Here's Which Drugs Could Disappear From Hospitals First. From epidurals to life-saving cancer treatments, the results could be disastrous. (HUFFPOST)

BUT SOMEHOW YOU OUT THERE IN AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE VOTED FOR TRUMP, BECAUSE?????

 

 

 

 

 

what he IS

 President Donald Trump on Friday threatened imports from the European Union with a sweeping 50% tariff, posting online that trade talks with the bloc are "going nowhere." (NBC News)

Putin’s Puppet, Vladimir the Ventriloquist, KGB asset, pick one, choose all, as they all fit perfectly in describing Trump’s foreign policy and economic policies. Anything and everything to dissuade our allies, all and everything to please Trump’s Savior, Putin. And all of this RIGHT BEFORE OUR VERY EYES…no need to disguise his motives, his intentions, his loyalty not to this nation but to the government of Vlad Putin!

The South Africa farmers stuff was all false, and the pictures are from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the people buried in them are mostly black. Ramaphosa: “I’m sorry, I don’t have a plane to give you.” (NBC News)

The Racist-In-Chief once again isn’t hiding his true intentions, of hate and bigotry, nope, he doesn’t have to anymore as he establishes his new Keep American WHITE agenda. And all of the People of Color and all of the Caucasians who voted for Trump pretending that he was a man of the People, all People, have you no pure conscience to finally say out loud this man LOATHES anyone who is not white, except for those Non White folks who happen to be Oligarchs and Billionaire Arab Royality.

It was NEVER about

 It was never about his efficiency, his understanding…it was and always will be about his need, no desire to be the last word on almost anything.

A new report shows how the government handles inefficiency better than Elon Musk. (msnbc)

MUSK did not study the ways of the government; he never intended to get to the bottom of things. Rather, he wanted to be the boss of everything, and when he bought and paid for Trump, being the boss of almost everything was a part of the deal. Trump could not give him total free rein because that would disturb Trump’s insecure ego, but giving MUSK the power to ruin and run amok as he so desired was the best deal for the two AUTHORITARIANS!

MUSK thought running or is it ruining the government would be a fun hobby, and until he got caught up in the facts, his fictional pursuit was abruptly halted. Like Trump, MUSK hates to be found a fraud, so he stepped away from the chaos and crisis he created.

But also part of the art of the deal for MUSK was that all of his other namesake corporations received bouquets of Federal Money, so even though he is leaving DOGE, he remains the winner. It was never about his abilities, but about his ability to buy Trump.

Party of PRO-DEATH

 Early Wednesday, when most Americans were snuggled in their beds, Republicans in the House of Representatives were working hard to take away the health care of millions of Americans, blow a $3 trillion hole in the budget deficit and make the wealthiest people in America richer and the poorest Americans poorer. (By Michael A. Cohen, MSNBC Columnist)

The PRO-DEATH Party was at it again; they planned the murder, the funeral, and the nails in the coffin for the average American while planning a banquet for the wealthiest of Americans. In the wee hours of the morning, the cowards within the Republican PRO-DEATH Party hammered away at the most basic rights and choices and liberties and freedom and health and welfare of a population most in need of government intervention. 

Giving zero shits to a multitude of their own constituents, preferring instead, their wealthy donors, and puppet masters the PRO- DEATH Party prepared a plan for millions of Americans to starve, suffer, and barely survive from month to month, week to week and day to day.

 The House Republicans narrowly passed Trump's agenda megabill. The 215-214 vote means the 1,100-page bill now advances to the Senate. 215 PRO-DEATH REPUBLICANS decided that an allegiance to their LEADER and FASCSIST In-Chief was their main priority over and above the needs, desires, and wants of the American people. If you voted for any Republican and for Trump, you voted for the party of PRO-DEATH!

 

 

T 

 

CHUMP'S Change

 The 10 richest Americans got $365 billion richer in the past year. Now they’re on the verge of a huge tax cut. (CNN)

MEANWHILE…

House GOP lawmakers are proposing $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and food stamps. (CNN)

The Pro-Death Republican Party is at it again, preferring the Pro-Life of the wealthiest of Americans and the slow, painful death of the poorest of Americans.

The elderly, the disabled, children, and even the newly born fetuses, all safely out of the protected and holy womb, will face financial hardships, lack of medical care, perhaps homelessness, just so the wealthiest of Americans can retain their wealth, and of course have enough CHUMP CHANGE to purchase and own POLITICIANS.

The Fascist Christian Nationalists talk about this needing to become a Christian nation based on some supposed Christian values, such as disease, hopelessness, desperation, and depression. Yeah, a whole bunch of MAGA voters are going to pay the price for their own racist views by voting for Republicans, but it is the others who will also carry the burden of the hateful!

the news today...oh boy

 “I read the news today, oh boy…”

The Pro-Death Party, The Pro-Oligarch Party, is at it again trying their best to keep the poor either dead or poorer, and keeping the 1% wealthier and more gluttonous.

The House is about to pass a massive package with big changes to Medicaid, SNAP food benefits and income taxes in line with President Donald Trump's agenda. It's packed with GOP priorities spanning from energy and border security to taxes and new restrictions on popular benefit programs that could see more than 7 million people denied federal health care coverage. (USA Today)

The Russian asset or is it asshole, is at it again doing the beckoning and demands of his boss, Putin. The KGB enlisted Trump, and his allegiance to the authoritarian regime of Putin is in full display.

Trump backs off ceasefire demand after call with Putin, leaving talks in doubt. (Washington Post)

And now the latest EVIL, no not the Trumps disregard for the Constitution, his grifting, his tax payer bill to play golf, his desire to be King, but the Republicans finding nothing but bull shit to wage war against, is PORN.

You may have heard that earlier this week, the Republican-controlled Congress floated a piece of legislation that would effectively ban all pornography in the country. That would be a significant incursion on the First Amendment, and a mammoth victory for America’s freshly emboldened Christofascist front. (SLATE)

Each day is a new adventure in the Twilight Zone.

 

 

DO NOT

Der Fuhrer is closing in on his perceived enemies, of course not the Saudi Royal Family or the UAE Taliban associates, or the Syrian President’s Taliban connections, but Americans whose use of freedom of speech makes him paranoid.

Trump wants investigations into Springsteen, Beyoncé, Oprah and Bono The president’s ire toward celebrity critics might seem trivial, but his willingness to use the power of the state to attack his critics matters. (msnbc.com)

At first, it might be easy to shrug one’s shoulders, sigh, and say Too bad they are celebrities and who cares, but to do so is giving permission for Trump’s quest for Fascism to roam free and become a cancerous tumor on our already tenuous democracy. 

It has always been a tactic used by Fascist Dictators to attack the scientists, the educators, the media, and the arts, because to do so is to attack those in power. Once those in power are eliminated, then the conquest for the average citizen is a wham bam thank you ma’am easy target! 

Do not sit back and say Who cares…Do not gently into this goodnight go…Do not think HE will not come for you…Do not be silent, for fear that your noise might disturb his evil intentions.

 

  

SOME HEADLINES

 Bomb kills one near California fertility clinic; FBI calls it 'terrorism' (Reuters)

MAGA has apparently gone back to basics, and is proclaiming Pro-Life as the act of murdering those women who do not project the perfect female from The Handmaid's Tale. Let’s be sure that the MAGA group of misogynists has not given up on using terrorism any which way they so desire. 

GOP tax bill on track to add more than $2.5 trillion to U.S. deficit The figure is expected to intensify a national debate over spending and tax levels as President Donald Trump tries to push the legislation through Congress. (The Washington Post)

History (a subject the Republicans refer to as a form of indoctrination)has clearly demonstrated itself by showcasing how any Republican President since Nixon has increased the debt with their policies that ONLY favor the wealthy and attack the poor and middle class. Once again, the Republicans pretend to be champions of a lower deficit, all the while doing their best NOT TO TAX the wealthy. As long as Corporations are people, and dark money is a permissible thing, ain’t no way that the 1 to 2% of wealthy Americans will ever pay their fair share.

Trump takes time from busy trip to revisit feud with Taylor Swift. (Business Insider)

One might think that this headline is a recap from an SNL sketch. And even then, one might have suggested that the material is too out there and so stupid that it isn’t funny. But it is the truth, it isn’t amusing, rather pathetic, and sadly all-encompassing of the state of mind, and insanity stemming from the demented state of mind of the current President of the United States.

 

 

 

 

difference?

 The Trump Administration’s New ‘Big Star’ Could Make All the Difference for Markets Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent helped turn around the tariff shock, but won’t be the markets’ last crisis. (BARRON’S)

Good ole’ Scottie Bessent, a Trump Cabinet member, a rising star, re-explaining the madness of Trump's lack of economic understanding, and redoing the Trump economic machinations. A MAGA hero, and a guy who happens to be GAY. I suppose that kind of Gay is okay because he has the blessing of Trump, whereas Pete Buttigieg kind of Gay, who is a decorated Vet and rides a bicycle to work, is somehow the wrong kind of Gay.

Scottie lives in Charleston with his husband, John Freeman, and their two children. Pete Buttigieg lives in Traverse City, Michigan, hometown of his husband, Chasten, with their two adopted twins, born last September. Scottie is a MAGA Gay, and Pete is a Democrat Gay. Pete is out and proud regarding the way he was born, Scottie is not as out and about, but like Pete, was born that way.

I write about this because I am so sick and tired of the double standards, the lies, and the hypocrisy regarding the LGBTQ community within the Republican Party and for those citizens who choose to ignore any and all truths.

 

 

 

ARE SYNONYMOUS

 Is Syria's new president a U.S. ally or an enemy? President Donald Trump met with Ahmad al-Sharaa, a leader U.S. officials once called an Al Qaeda terrorist.(NBC News)

Saudi Arabia, UAE gave US arms to al-Qaeda-linked groups (Al Jazeera)

All three nations have also coddled and catered to Trump’s ego and narcissism, and somehow are his newest best buds. I suppose because they are BRO’s with Al Qaeda, it makes them more American than if they harbored the interests of Hamas.

MEANWHILE:

College students and Professors are being scooped up by masked ICE agents (nothing clandestine about that) for speaking in favor of Hamas. Somehow in the Trump Hypocrisy Universe, it is considered antisemitism if you prefer one set of Terrorists to another.

I also suppose their ain’t nothin’ antisemitic by any Arab nation who buys Trump a $400 million toy airplane or establishes golf courses under his name.

And on this side of the world there ain’t nothin’ antisemitic with using the Nazi salute to address the LEADER, of having dinner with avoided Nazi’s.

ANTISEMITISM AND TRUMP ARE SYNONYMOUS!

 

 

even more BS

 In signing an executive order aimed at reducing U.S. drug prices, President Donald Trump said some prices would be cut in half or more “almost immediately.” But the order is light on details of how the plan would be implemented. (FACTCHECK.ORG)

But it is full of Bullshit, Fluff, and PR. One more piece of wool being pulled over the eyes of Americans.

Walmart is warning about consumer price increases from tariffs. (Axios)

Oh no, MAGA, not Walmart. If they are warning about Trump’s attempt to stab you in the back, might they be just a bunch of LEFTIES? And all this time, you thought they were as American as the Confederacy!

After being forced to stay in Congress, Elise Stefanik is now thinking about running for governor. It’s clear: Stefanik is always looking for her next job. (POLITICO)

Elise, girlfriend, who do you wish to serve? Oh, wait, let me answer this question: your own selfish needs. You became quite the mouthpiece for your Lord and Savior, DonOld, now you think you are actually a useful civil servant…honey you ain’t useful as anything but a Trump puppet.

RFK Jr. to Congress: Don't Take Medical Advice from Me. (The Daily Skimm)

Duh, Brain Worm Kennedy. Take your own advice and stop fucking around with the physical and mental health of Americans by offering your own UN-MEDICAL ADVICE. Start by keeping the fuck quiet, dude!  

Chuckie Schumer

What took you so long, Chuck Schumer? The Senate Democratic leader announced Trump’s plan to accept a Qatari-funded jet was so “troubling” he was putting a hold on DOJ nominees. It's about time. (MSNBC)

The one thing regarding Democrat leadership is that they have demonstrated just how leaderless they are. Suddenly, Trump has gone one step too far, and now Schumer is acting all huffy and puffy. Exactly how many Constitutional crises had Trump brought us to the brink of? Where were you then, Chuckie Boy?

SUDDENLY, Chuckie, all of a sudden, Schumer, Trump has committed one more act of fraud, out of the blue, Trump is misbehaving, waxing and waning on exactly the purpose of our Constitution. Are you for real, Senator? Seriously, where has your leadership backbone been?

You used the word “troubling,” now, not when he ignored due process, not when he sided with the Russians against Ukraine, not when he ignored the courts…nope, none of that caused you to step off of your Ivory Tower and take action. Please, sir, step aside and let people who have a backbone and spine, a true sense of conscience and take over your leadership position. 

BIG BEAUTIFUL BS

 The Big Beautiful Tax bill has been hatched, and the majority party, the Republicans, have made it known that they have a great disdain for the poor, for the middle class, for the environment for the disabled and that their only priority is to cater to the wealthiest of Americans, the Corporations which the Supreme Court designated as people, and of course the defense contractors. The Gilded Age is upon us, and unless you are a multimillionaire, nothing nor no one is going to do shit for you.

Winners: Multimillionaires. Corporations. Defense Contractors.

Losers: Low-Income Americans. Renewable Energy. Immigrants 

Hey MAGA you racist, bigoted homophobic, misogynistic, xenophobes where the fuck do you think you ended up on this list of tax breaks…and oh by the way no cheaper eggs or gasoline, all of those products which of course you insisted would make America great again.

The Big Beautiful Tax Bill is not finalized, but this sneak peek into its intentions should be a big beautiful wake-up call to those trolls out there who think that by voting for Trump, they could or would never be “THE OTHERS!”

 

 

buffoon, sir!

 Chief Justice John Roberts described the rule of law as “endangered” and warned against “trashing the justices,” but speaking in Washington Monday he didn’t point fingers directly at President Donald Trump or his allies for publicly excoriating judges who’ve ruled against aspects of Trump’s agenda. (POLITICO)

DUDE, WTF, where on Earth have you been during your tenure as Chief Justice? I thought Alito and Thomas were genuine douchebags, but you have the audacity to says words like endangered. Your court permitted a Felon, a fraudster, a sexual harasser to stay out of jail, to pursue his wildest dreams of more grifting and criminal acts. Your court anointed him as some kind of king, above and beyond all standards of the law, and even above the US Constitution. And here you go pontificating about “trashing justices,’ when you and your court created the same monster with super powers to run amok.

You are some kind of special case of HYPOCRITE, Chief Justice John Roberts, or is it just a buffoon, sir?

so vain

 And why not…

RFK Jr. Took His Grandkids for a Dip in a Sewage-Contaminated Creek For Mother’s Day The National Park Service bans swimming in Rock Creek due to “high levels of bacteria.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a lot of curious ideas about how to Make America Healthy Again. Time to add taking illicit swims in bacteria-infested creeks to the list. (Vanity Fair).

I suppose his brain worm convinced him to take a dip in toxic water, I suppose he desires for his Grandkids to grow up with as many health deficiencies as he. What a fucking role model! 

“You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you Don't you? Don't you?” (“You’re So Vain”/Carly Simon)

Well, Bobby Kennedy Jr., this song is all about you and your disgusting, heroin addicted conspiracy theories, but even more so, this song is about the rest of us who believe in science, medicine, common sense, and oh yeah, a love for our friends and family.

You live in a perverted world, one that seems devoid of humanity, health, and humankind. You are a fool, a pretense, a parasite if you will, and it is hard sometimes to know if it is your anal opening or mouth from which your words are spoken. And sadly you were given a soapbox by another fool, so it is difficult to just dismiss you and your functioning brain worm!

 

 

 

 

The Chinese art of the deal

 Xi Defiance Pays Off as Trump Meets Most Chinese Trade Demands. (Bloomberg)

The ‘Art of the Deal,’ but the Chinese version. Seems that XI called Trump’s bluff, saw Trump’s buffoonery, and handed Trump a bunch of Chinese-made baloney. Imagine if anyone within the United States Congress had the same kind of balls, and backbone as Xi, imagine how much more Democracy could survive, how much less Fascism could thrive, and how little Dictatorship Trump could commit.

The deal ended up meeting nearly all of Beijing’s core demands. The elevated “reciprocal” tariff for China, which Trump set at 34% on April 2, has been suspended — leaving America’s top rival with the same 10% rate that applies to the UK, a longtime ally.  (Bloomberg)

The ‘Art of the Deal,’ but the Chinese version. Trump huffed and puffed but unlike the wolf it was China who blew down the American house.

“This is arguably the best outcome that China could have hoped for — the US backed down,” said Trey McArver, co-founder of research firm Trivium China. “Going forward, this will make the Chinese side confident that they have leverage over the US in any negotiations.” (Bloomberg)

Trade truce with China is hailed, but it may not be enough to stop shortages. (LA Times)

But the great FRAUDSTER is out and about declaring some kind of victory, even though he was and remains the greatest casualty of this war, A war which he invented and fired the first shot. Be afraid, America, be very afraid!

about the BENJAMIN"S

 FEMA cuts emergency training as hurricane season looms. (Reuters)

Once again the Prolife MAGA moron makes a decision preferring the life of the billionaires by finding more ways not to tax them any fair share, and by doing so jeopardizes the safety, well-being and lives of the average citizen living in hurricane prone communities. He gotta make the cuts for anyone who has not provided his campaign with millions of dollars in bribe money, forgoing the safety and quality of lives for the regular guy and gal.

What could a guy — the most powerful man on the planet, who is planning 20 branded real estate projects around the globe — possibly want? ABC News reports that Donald Trump — who told American families they’d have to cut back on dolls and pencils while accepting financial hardship for the good of the nation and his tariff-fueled ego — is about to accept a gift-wrapped $400 million “flying palace.” (NJ.com)

Let them eat cake while the MAGA moron lives a most glamorous and glorious life. The minions who voted for this piece of shit live either paycheck to paycheck or off of the American tax payer (and they don’t even realize that they do), all the while this turd bribes, grifts, and is awarded gifts and luxuries. 

It is all about the BENJAMIN’S. always had been and always will be for this CON ARTIST. Nothing but self-serving, selfish standards for this creep, and we the people seem to only be capable of watching, and wondering what will come next, as his appetite for more just grows and grows and grows.

 

 

saturday Musings

 

Saturday Musings!

Trump shut out refugees but is making White South Africans an exception. (The Washington Post)

Racism anyone, hard core racists coming to America…and please explain, People of Color who voted for Trump how the fuck can you justify this? Oh, wait, you can’t! Also, maybe Trump thinks that once these folks arrive in his AMERIKA, they will vote for him.

One of his recent rants on his social media platform Truth Social targeted MSNBC and its host Stephanie Ruhle over her recent comments on his trade deal with the United Kingdom. He accused Ruhle of spreading “lies” about tariffs and accused her of trying to stop him from handing him a win over the trade deal. (MASSLIVE.com)

So, all it takes is one correspondent to make an accusation regarding the idiot, and that one remark has so much power as to stop a trade deal. The Emperor has no clothes, and one person states out loud that he is naked, and the Emperor crumbles…what a putz!

Judges have a warning about Trump’s rapid deportations: Americans could be next. (POLTICO)

Like duh, of course our liberties are jeopardized, our freedoms are eroding, our democratic way of life is evaporating…all of this right before our very eyes…and the people who should stop this immediately are the same cowards minus a spine, and genitalia who prefer licking orange covered ass. 

BABYS R US

 Trump administration looking at $5,000 'baby bonus' to incentivize public to have more children (abc NEWS)

Let’s discuss, shall we?

Baby Mills, just like those Puppy Mills. Squalid conditions, absolutely little to no compassion for the puppies. More is better because you can make a larger profit that way.

One such proposal that has been pitched to White House advisers is a $5,000 "baby bonus" to every American mother after she gives birth. (abcNEWS)

Have that baby, but don’t count on anyone from the government helping you out with medical care, day care options, preschool education, or raising them in a clean environment. 

"The president wants America to be a country where all children can safely grow up and achieve the American dream. As a mother myself, I am proud to work for a president who is taking significant action to leave a better country for the next generation," Leavitt said. (abc NEWS)

And Karoline Leavitt, what happens once the moms and dads spend that $5000, hopefully on baby formula, diapers, child care, and medical bills? Will your President help with nutrition programs, parent education programs, inoculations, clean air, and clean water?

The Trump administration has made a significant effort to promote families and emphasized that more babies need to be born in the United States.

And what if those babies are trans kids, if they are kids of color, if they are LGB kids, have serious medical issues? The insanity never ends, does it!

cake

Mr. Trump said days after taking office he planned to "begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA, or maybe getting rid of FEMA," criticizing the agency for allegedly responding slowly to natural disasters.

The president later ordered a review of FEMA, tasking Noem and other administration officials with assessing the agency's performance and considering "whether FEMA can serve its functions as a support agency, providing supplemental Federal assistance, to the States rather than supplanting State control of disaster relief." (CBS News)

Hurricane season is upon us. Currently, we are in Tornado season and flash Flood season. FEMA, for all of its faults and delays, has been there to assist in rebuilding and helping when the moments matter, when desperation and despair are loathsome. Through Wildfires, Mudslides, and Flooding, the American citizens who are most vulnerable and in primary rescue, FEMA has added a bit of stability in a chaotic and consequential series of events. 

But to cut back on Government services in order to get his Tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy, Trump (the MAGA Savior) TRUMP favors less federal assistance, preferring to let the states handle the crux of the cost, except when and if those states have little ability and less money to do so. One more example of “Let Them Eat Cake!” 

SO WHAT

Donald Trump’s Excuses Are Falling Flat. He’s blaming Biden, droning on about dolls, and failing to say he’ll uphold the Constitution. Such head-scratching spin is unlikely to improve his sinking polls. (Vanity Fair)

SO WHAT…seriously SO WHAT. He remains in office, he continues to lie, he still creates havoc and chaos, and he is still the CEO, dictatorial head of this nation. Ya think this matters to him until at least the Mid-Terms, and ya think there will even be Mid-Term elections?                   

Appeals court orders Trump administration to transfer detained Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk to Vermont (CBS News)

SO WHAT…seriously SO WHAT. He remains defiant of any law he decides is not pertinent to his campaign of terror and chaos. Never one to admit, EVER, that he was or is wrong, he just keeps on keeping on doing whatever the fuck he desires, and actually, so far has gotten away with it.

I say SO WHAT, because until Congress and the Supreme Court take strong action by insisting he stop and then showcasing a true “checks and balances” of power, this creep will disobey anything his thin raspy heart desires. He ain’t a President, and never intended to be just a President. He wanted to become THE LEADER, AN AUTHORITARIAN, DICTATOR, or KING.

The 25^th Amendment is the only thing to stop this felon, and so far, there ain’t enough backbones in the Government to assist in his removal, so I continue to say SO WHAT! 

 

  

his FUTURE home

 Is the 34-count convicted felon, the convicted fraudster, the convicted sexual harasser, projecting his desire to finally serve his prison time in Alcatraz?

Of course there is always imagery regarding most ideas pooped out by Trump, he imagines that he will be viewed hard on crime by yearning the for the days of prisons like Alcatraz. His feeble mind wanders the halls of a penal institution almost as bad as the notorious Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador. He wants his own sadistic setting so he can lock up more US citizens and totally disregard DUE PROCESS.

This newest economic disaster plan ruminating in the dissociative world of Trump’s conscience will cost us billions of dollars. Of course, he chose Alcatraz for a few reasons, I believe…he has watched way too many movies about Alcatraz and he's kind of turned on by the potential masochistic and sadistic events associated there…he thinks by reopening a prison like Alcatraz it will soil the vibes in the blue city of San Francisco…and it will be one more look over there for his MAGA cultists so they don’t realize how he has screwed them as well as the non MAGA voters.

One more CON by DON!          

Lots more WORRY

 WHAT TO WORRY ABOUT NEXT!

“A Gutted Education Department’s New Agenda: Roll Back Civil Rights Cases, Target Transgender Students.” (PRO PUBLICA)

For my generation of friends and families with school-age and high school grandkids, I can only read articles like this and deeply worry for their educational futures. Backtracking to the bygone days of hate, racism, and bigotry, ignoring truth and justice will be hard lessons to be learned by this newest generation of Americans. 

“Federal Cuts Gut Food Banks as They Face Record Demand.” (KFF Health News)

A vicious Republican cycle of creating need, then slashing that assistance, only to create an even worse NEED. And then, of course, the answer to all of this Republican-created chaos is to blame the poor for being poor, all the while keeping the wealthy wealthier.

“RFK Jr. Claims the MMR Vaccine Contains ‘Aborted Fetus Debris’.” (NewYork)

This brainworm heroine addict, fool, is now establishing a new low in conspiracy theories, and each and every day he is the so-called authority on Health and Human Services, makes it one day closer for the rest of us to face a doomsday regarding our health and welfare. 

It is not enough that a senile old man who is a 34-count Felon, accused of fraud and sexual harassment is an unhinged tyrant, but add to that just how devious is his agenda, and America we have a lot to worry about…a fucking whole lot of worry indeed!

OH, HE knows

‘I don’t know’: Trump stumped on whether he must uphold the U.S. Constitution It was a simple question: “Don’t you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?” Trump's misguided answer spoke volumes. (MSNBC)

HE KNOWS. He also knows that as long as he feigns the ignorance of the Dictator he strives to be, the rest of us will wring our fingers, and declare that a Constitutional Crisis is on the way. (Have you noticed how a Constitutional Crisis is always on the way, when in actuality it is already here, and there ain’t too many people doing shit about it!)

No due process, FOR CITIZENS, because as Trump views his title as President, it is to be that of an Authoritarian. He wants all of the glory and glamour of the Presidency, and expects to be respected owning that title, but then decides at his own whim that all other responsibilities that come with the title that are inconvenient should be discarded.

He knows how to push a lie, fabricate a truth, and con a deal, and he knows right now that there are too few brave people who say they believe in the Constitution, who will stand up to him. “CHECKS AND BALANCES” have been dismantled, so in a way the question of “Don’t you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?” has become moot for this monster, and he will push that point until he is stopped or he actually becomes the first Fascist Leader of the USA!

 

  

Pro-what?

 “Why Some States Refuse Federal Cash to Feed Poor Kids Conservative states face a dilemma over how to pay for the growing needs of children. ‘My worst fear is they end up going to bed hungry.”(The Wall Street Journal)

But these same Confederate States will make certain that they announce their Pro-Life status as long as that soon-to-be hungry kid is a zygote or fetus living in a womb. It ain’t about living a good life once the baby is born, it is only getting that baby born, and then well, damn it ain’t the states problem now is it!

“US cuts $1 billion from school mental health, including $14 million for Wake County. The Trump administration is canceling $1 billion in federal school mental health grants — including $14.1 million for Wake County — on the grounds they’re promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.” (The News and Observer)

Pro-Life, but not if in that life you are inclusive, as in everyone’s life should count. Pro-Life, not if you accept the idea that we are not all the same, and human nature is diverse. Pro-Life, but of course not for all of us, because Conservative God, God forbid we are perceived as equals. Pro-Life, but not if your life includes mental illnesses, just get over it!

Two examples of the HYPOCRISY oozing out from Trump Land/MAGA-ville, and Christian Nationalists who pretend that they are doing the work of God, all the while acting like God!

 

 

 

POOR

 HOW MANY DIFFERENT WAYS CAN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAY, “LET THEM EAT CAKE?”

The Trump Administration Thinks You Should Be OK With Being Poor!

As the country's economic outlook bleakens, Trump officials are trying to convince us that actually, being poor is a good thing. But even as the bad news piles up, the Trump administration has decided to reassure panicked consumers with a chilling talking point: Poverty is good, actually. Last month, as economists warned of the harm Trump’s tariff policies could cause, including drastically increasing the price of goods, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attempted to dismiss those concerns by insinuating that being able to afford things is not important to Americans. (HUFFPOST)

Trump has tapped an unprecedented 13 billionaires for his administration. In total, the combined net worth of the wealthiest members of his administration could surpass $460 billion, including Department of Government Efficiency co-head Elon Musk -- whose net worth of more than $400 billion exceeds the GDP of mid-sized countries. (abcnews)

Treasury Secretary Scottie Bessent is one of those billionaires, and he is the guy who says, “Access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American dream,” Bessent said to a crowd of economists. Fuck, when a million dollars is just chump change, of course you ain’t gonna purchase cheap goods. Fuck, when you spend more money in purchasing politicians than paying taxes, you ain’t gonna buy cheap goods. Fuck, YOU ARE POOR, and WE are NOT…go enjoy your poverty MAGA!

 

 

 

STEP BY STEP

 fascist /făsh′ĭst/ noun An advocate or adherent of fascism. A reactionary or dictatorial person. An adherent of fascism or similar right-wing authoritarian views. (The American Heritage Dictionary)

Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy. (Wikipedia)

“Trump has used government powers to target more than 100 perceived enemies. Through ICE arrests, criminal investigations, firings and executive orders, the president has launched a sweeping campaign of retribution. One judge called his actions “a shocking abuse of power.” (npr)

“Trump signs few laws as he pushes to expand executive power. Trump has largely bypassed the Republican-led Congress to pursue his agenda at the outset of the new administration, a break from his first term.” (NBC NEWS)

“Trump Suggests Republicans Start Expelling Dems From Congress. The president’s border czar, Tom Homan, implied that the administration may also target state and local lawmakers who protect migrant communities.” (RollingStone)

Tell me when it is too late to stop him? Or is the real statement that it has been too late to stop him? He loves to play the look over there game along with his republican harem and eunuchs by calling the Democrats and the people on the Left, Communists, it’s a ruse, a distraction because more people think they know what communist means and way too few people have any true understanding of what a Fascist is! 

"Slowly I Turned" is a popular vaudeville sketch The routine features a man recounting the day he took his revenge on his enemy…”STEP BY STEP, INCH BY INCH, SLOWLY I TURNED…”

 

 

 

 

more BUFFOONERY

 Knowing that almost every 15 minutes (like someone seeking their 15 more minutes of fame, or is it shame), Trump will change his mind on one thing or another, Trump will have some sort of epiphany, Trump will remember he owes another billionaire some collateral, etc., etc., etc. I knew that whatever I wrote as my BLOG earlier today would most likely be eclipsed by more buffoonery in the afternoon.  

President Donald Trump released a budget proposal Friday calling for a mix of cuts to domestic programs involving public health, education and clean energy, while seeking to increase spending on his priorities like border security and a bigger military. (NBC News)

So the party of PRO-LIFE, as in only the life living inside the womb of a female, the MAGA Christian Nationalists who profess that Jesus has manifested himself to reappear in the Orange Form of Trump, the America First Republicans, who have gone out of their way to place Americans first, preferring to put their political careers as a priority…will choose a budget that enhances climate disaster, lacks any education stimulus, and cuts out any hope for help from the science of medicine, and the medical profession. But MILITARY MIGHT, and IMAGINARY SCAPEGOATS will become the priority.

Let the next generation of kids become illiterate, let this current crop of citizens just die at home, and make certain that billionaire corporations continue to profit even as they dismantle the Earth’s climate.

ANGST

  As I sit and contemplate what topic of distress to write, and rant, and ridicule regarding anything TRUMP, I first must try to ignore the very awful pit in my gut, seriously catch my breath in an attempt to stop my heart palpitations, and force back an emotional break down full of HOW THE FUCK CAN THIS BE!

Every once in a while, I read an article that provides a modicum of relief, and a sliver of hope that what I believe to be the end of the world might not actually be ending. I read this article from SLATE, BY Dahlia Lithwick, and was able to find some lessening of angst, understanding that enough people, well, at least hopefully enough people out there in this almost dystopian nation of ours, CARE ENOUGH TO STOP IT!

The Tide Is Turning After 100 days of chaos, I think we can finally declare that America realizes what is happening—and cares enough to stop it.

This Trump administration is staffed by hollow-eyed cultists and loyalists who neither act as a brake on his most unconstitutional efforts nor possess the capacity to be shamed by the judicial system. They flood the zone, and even if they win only 10 percent of their stupid gambits, those gambits still create material harm for real people. Most worrisome, even when they effectuate their unconstitutional wishes stupidly and clumsily, they don’t actually care enough to try any harder to get it right. Which means they may be on the precipice—if they have not already gone over the cliffside, and this is the thing we are holding our breath tracking—of fucking around and finding out whether there are still limits on what can be done. Whether there are still courts and law to stop them. (SLATE)

How much more can we take?