THEY just hate

 HEGSETH, always ready for his close-up, makeup, hair, and testosterone, what has been and remains missing is any respect, concern, or action to respect our Troops. This CON is one façade of an American.

‘He’s despicable’: Hegseth entourage slammed by veteran for laughing at memorial on Veterans Day. Pete Hegseth and his accompanying group were reprimanded by a U.S. Army sentinel guarding The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for laughing and talking near the memorial on Veterans Day. (MS NOW)

MILLER, no patriotism for this guy, just hate, loathing, and evil. This insidious monster thrives on sadistic machinations. He doesn’t love America; he loves to hate Americans!

These vets put their lives on the line for America. America deported them. “On Veterans Day 2004, 19-year-old Jose Barco was nearly killed serving the United States in Iraq. A suicide bomber attacked his platoon, killing fellow soldiers. Jose helped rescue two trapped comrades, sustaining severe burns and a traumatic brain injury. He received a Purple Heart. After months of recovery, he returned to Iraq for a second tour. In a bitter turn, on Veterans Day 2025, immigration officers shackled him before transporting him to the border. Three days later, the United States deported him to Mexico, a country where he had never lived. (Houston Chronicle)

TRUMP, Mr. Bone Spurs, has no desire or motivation to think of the American Military as anything but his box of tin soldiers. They are his toys, and if he breaks them, he can find others; if he steps on them, too bad. As a coward, he is jealous of the sacrifices these Americans have made, something Trump can never achieve!

Even on Veterans Day, President Donald Trump couldn’t hide his total disrespect for U.S. military service members. Speaking at a wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of an unknown soldier at Arlington National Cemetery Wednesday, Trump said they’d gathered to honor those whose ranks have formed a “mighty wall of flesh and blood, bravery and devotion that has defended our freedom for 250 years.” (The New Republic)

 

 

 

Veterans Day 2026

 Veterans Day, November 11, 2026, and the following headline seem to sum up the Trump Reich and its commitment to this nation's veterans.

“We Have No One”: How Trump’s Dismantling of the VA Left a Veterans Hospital in Crisis. (ProPublica).

Sadly, this is not new news; it is a continuous story hidden by too many other Trump Reich and Republican failures over the past two years. Trump and his band of Republican MAGA love to raise the flag, wear their red, white, and blue outfits, and shout out how patriotic they are by SAYING SO, but looking at their track record, they have only used their words and have so far demonstrated nothing by their ACTIONS.

The MAGA and Trump love to insist that they are making America great again. If you notice, they have never once said that they are MAKING AMERICANS GREAT AGAIN! In the past two years, the only people living in this nation who are feeling great are anyone in the Trump Family, Tech Bros, billionaire donors, and, of course, the corporations, which were deemed as people by the Heritage Foundation Supreme Court Justices. 

Here we are at war, a war conceived and created by Trump, with no real reason as to why this war began and ABSOLUTELY no plans for how this war will end. (We still do not have any honest facts regarding how many of our Troops were killed, or how many of our Troops sustained injuries.) 

Now we have more Veterans men and women who placed America first, and once again, we the people witness our American government placing its needs last.

It Ain't Me Babe

 “Go lightly from the ledge, babe. Go lightly on the ground. I'm not the one you want, babe. I'll only let you down. Go away from my window. Leave at your own chosen speed. I'm not the one you want, babe. I'm not the one you need. It ain’t me, babe; I said no, no, no, it ain’t me, babe!” (‘It Ain’t Me Babe’ - Bob Dylan).

Let’s begin with the ain’t me babe contestant, a guy named Pete Hegseth, who actually used the history books (probably for the first time in his life) and told the media, and basically the American public, that he “WAS JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS”, using a very German explanation for the murder and mayhem from the Venezuela coup, to the shooting of fishermen in the Caribbean, to, of course, the war with Iran. Hegseth reminded Americans that he was just following orders from the Commander-in-Chief!

Now we move on to the House of Representatives, and who says that MAGA is dead? It seems that MAGA Mike Johnson and all of his ass licking of the Trump entrails got him nothing but a rejection of his leadership skills. And now, as if the Republicans had learned nothing at all from this midterm election, what did they do? They voted for Gym (I did not see any troubling acts of pedophilia in the showers of the Ohio State Wrestling Team) Jordan. A gerrymandered MAGA who, while in the majority, rebuked law and order and implemented law-and-order MAGA/Trump style. The media and the Dems may pretend that MAGA is dead, but don’t tell that to the Republicans in the House.

Finally, we have Trump. To no one’s surprise, he takes zero responsibility for the upheaval during the midterms. And why not? Even when you hear the GOP begin to play the victim, they may explain it was affordability; they may claim it was due to the Iran War; they will even whisper that it was due to some corruption, but way too many of them NEVER start the sentence with it was Trump’s tariffs that caused the issue of affordability, it was Trump’s war in Iran, or it was Trump, his family, and his cadre of billionaire donors and Cabinet officials responsible for corruption!

IT AIN’T ME BABE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAME DUCK, what now

 Here is the newest deal-io, regarding the MAGA/Republicans. We are officially in what American politics defines as THE LAME DUCK SESSION. (In reality, with the amount of time Orange Ass Licker Mikey Johnson has kept the House from working to continuously protect Trump from facing any consequences for his crimes, felonies, and misdemeanors, I would say the last two years were kind of LAME DUCK), but I digress.

So, now that the House is back in session, because there is no more reason to hide from the public, the MAGA/Republicans, those who have lost this midterm election and those who had primaried out of office by Trump’s intervention have a real life, right in our face decision to make.

Everything from the Iran War to the Epstein Files, the upcoming government shutdown on December 11, the corruption and grifting of anyone Trump, to the Impeachment of Hegseth are all matters that should and could be on the agenda. 

So, let’s wonder out loud for a moment…will the losses accumulated by the MAGA/Republicans amount to a majority of them finally rediscovering their balls and backbones, freeing them to take their morals and values and conscience out of the graveyard, OR will these same men and women finally demonstrate for Americans their real selves as nasty, evil-minded people who give no fucks about law and order, heathens?

We have 217 days remaining for this LAME DUCK Congress to continue to destroy democracy, or to actually embrace democracy and right the wrongs they so dearly and lovingly tried to end. Will the losers be defiant, or angry and who will benefit from their actions?

Absudity and Atrocity!

 The quote from Voltaire: “Certainly…who is in right to make you absurd is in right to make you unjust,” which became widely quoted in English, in the familiar form “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities,” often attributed to Norman Lewis Torrey (1961) for the English rendering, has great resonance beginning in 2016 and continuing into 2026. Ten years of the minion mindlessly losing his or her mind, drinking a Kool-Aid not meant to poison the body, but to eliminate the brain!

Infected, infested idiots and morons, whose pure existence is to extinguish the lives of anyone who is not them, Trump and his band of Fascists have successfully manipulated a large contingent of Americans to point their fingers outward in order to blame the misery of lives on anyone but themselves. The Dark Army, whose generals consisted of billionaires, the Epstein class, and right-wing media giants, understood that absurdities were the lifeblood of those whose own lives were a miserable existence. 

We are told that this election was almost a once-in-a-lifetime political happening, one in which many of those who thrive on atrocities actually realized that they were the true victims of atrocity!

So, I ask, honestly: now what, Democrats? Now that you won, what? Where do you, as a collective, go to remedy the wrongs? Do you keep your DNC leadership intact? Do you just impeach the entire Trump clown car of fascists? Do you have any idea how to really lower prices and lower the cost of medical care? Do you continue your usual course of infighting? 

Democrats, you have a chance to stop the absurdity and atrocities, and I, as a lifelong Democrat, worry about how you may either seize this moment or, as usual, destroy it!

 

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!

Money!

 Sunday, November 1, 2026, with two days until the 2026 midterm elections, which are supposedly to be held. Another day to worry about whether these elections will take place without some effort by Trump and his fascists to stop them from happening, whether or not Trump and fascists will steal the results, or whether or not the values of democracy will withstand a barrage of war-like maneuvers to stop free and fair elections in this nation.

And on top of that, all we seem to hear is how much money billionaires and corporations have poured into the campaigns of a vast majority of politicians, and how that money can make a difference in how this nation will be governed for the next two years. This information begs the question, at least for me, of who the candidates will represent: the people or their puppet masters.

Dark money, sunlit money, money, money, and why are these wealthy entities spending that money? Come on now, that is an easy question: they spend the money so that THEY, and only THEIR interests, will become a priority in the governance of this nation.

Yep, there is so much to worry about this time around and add to that the fact that no one in our government has made a real, honest, and concerted effort to level the playing field by creating any law limiting how much money can be spent on purchasing a candidate. 

Help me understand, I say with great snark…if candidates need vast amounts of money to try and compete, who is it that finally wins that election, the actual candidate or the folks who bought and paid for that candidate to win?

 

 

Real Monsters?

 Growing up in the mid-fifties and early sixties, there were a lot of things to be afraid of. Back in the day, it was the Flying Saucers, or the creatures created by radiation. Monsters lived under the bed or in the closet. Living in Pittsburgh, I watched Chiller Theater every Saturday night and knew something must be lurking in our basement and waiting in the shadows of the alleyway beside our house. Be it the next atomic bomb or the little green men from Mars, the fright was out there, and just waiting to grab you.

As I grew older, and hopefully a little wiser, I realized that my imagination was triggered by stories based on fiction. From tales of the Unknown to The Twilight Zone, my fear of the unknown had been triggered by the talents and imagination of writers, men and women who were able to capture the fear and haunting of an imagined world and, through their abilities with the written word, made the unimaginable real.

I am now a seventy-seven-year-old man, living in the year 2026, and I have once again become overwhelmed with the fear of monsters roaming freely, none of which are fictional, but all of whom are way too real. They are not vampires, zombies, aliens, or giant insects; they are, in fact, the current President of the United States, his administration, Republicans, and billionaires more concerned about their own wealth than the welfare of anyone else who is not them.

Monsters have become real. And I have no idea how to fight these monsters. These monsters are aided and abetted by way too many other people. To say you support Trump or the Republicans is to admit that you thrive on hate, fear, and loathing. To support Trump and the Republicans is to admit that you prefer pain and suffering. To support Trump and the Republicans is to admit that decency is failure, morals are passee, and values are meaningless. 

The monsters and creatures I face today will not fade away when the dawn creates light, or when the TV is turned off. I fear my tomorrows because I sadly believe that evil is so well accepted that too few have the desire to fight it. November 4, 2026 is soon approaching, and as I see it, that will be the beginning of the end, or there will be no end in sight!

It just ain't over

 “Donald Trump's administration is intensifying legal action against US states with just days to go until a midterm election that will decide the balance of power in Washington during his final two years in office.

Four days until the midterms, and the Trump Reich has declared open warfare on the democratic process of voting in the United States. Trump is worried, Trump is afraid, Trump may lie about everything in his life, but deep down inside his rotted orange gut, Trump does know that he is a criminal, a con, a rapist, a pedophile, and one huge guilty man.

In Alaska, ​the Justice Department filed an amended lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block the certification of results in the event of a narrow Republican loss in a hugely consequential Senate ‌race, citing a New York Times report that Democratic operatives recruited a spoiler candidate to siphon votes from the Republican incumbent.

In California, meanwhile, the DOJ is escalating its pressure campaign against state election officials, issuing subpoenas as part of a criminal probe into alleged voting by non-citizens, according to copies of documents seen by Reuters.

The moves, taken together, represent an extraordinary federal intervention in state elections, which are administered locally under the US constitution. As November 3 nears, election officials around the country ​have told Reuters they are bracing for further legal challenges from Washington.” (Reuters)

The election, according to Trump and his Reichstag of DOJ Gestapo, and a very biased Republican activist Supreme Court, can only count as legit if and only if Republicans win and maintain a majority. 

So the question we, the people, must ask is: what happens if the Blue Wave is, in fact, the outcome of the midterms, but the President and his illegal team deny that reality?  Trump believes he is the be-all and end-all, when in fact what he and his gang of goons are trying to do is end all outlets for democracy to continue in this nation of ours.

 

 

What law?

 Democrats demand reform after judge says DOJ ordered her to reverse rulings. A Post investigation examined the Trump administration’s campaign to pressure a veteran immigration court judge before she was fired. (The Washington Post)

Articles like the one above gnaw at my gut and press my worry button deep in my stomach. We have a lawless President, surrounded by a lawless DOJ, encouraged by cultists who place their own outcomes above the law, and a large group of Republican leadership who only prefer living by the law whenever it rules in their favor. And oh yeah, we have a not-so-Supreme Court filled with people who place their own profession and the priorities of their puppet master above and beyond the laws of this land.

So when I read articles like the one above, I grow very afraid that whatever the so-called “Blue Tsunami” is supposed to look and feel like, I must consider that Trump remains in power no matter what, and his cauldron of crooks and criminals still maintains the power and prestige, and no matter the size of the “Blue Tsunami,” will it ever flood and reverse the current cast of fascists running our government.

I grow weary of news outlets trying to outdo their competitors with stories of how large the tidal wave will be…and I ask the question over and over again…if a tidal wave never hits the shore, was it ever a tsunami?

 

 

 

 

another wrench

 SIX DAYS. And of course there is much to worry about. A whole to worry about exactly! Trump was asked if he would accept the results of the midterm elections:

“I will,” the president replied, indicating that he’d accept the election results, before quickly adding, “if they’re honest elections. “And who gets to decide whether the elections are “honest”? According to Trump, he does. (Maddow Blog)

Trump expands hunt for noncitizen voters with broad subpoena campaign before midterms

Courts blocked related voter-roll requests, but subpoenas offer another route to voter data

California officials said federal noncitizen list was unreliable

Critics said probes could fuel post-election challenges and undermine confidence in narrow results (Reuters).

If republicans win, then there is nothing to see here; if the Republicans lose, then of course there is plenty to see here and plenty for Trump to use to once again disrupt the sanctity of our democratic process. If the Dems lose and do not gain the majority, Trump believes he will not be up for prison, for criminal prosecution, and for impeachment. If the Dems even take control of one House of government, then Trump and the Legion of Doom DOJ and his Supreme Court Fascists will block and throw wrenches into the entire election process, and ya wanna bet it might take forever for the real will of the people to be heard!

My question is, and I am not being naïve about this, how does this nation, built on law and order and our Constitution, ever fight back and regain its true authority?

A little levity, maybe

“

President Donald Trump was interrupted by a heckler criticizing his controversial White House ballroom construction at a campaign rally ahead of the midterm elections.

A crowd member shouted at the president as he gave a speech on stage during a rally backing Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Corinth, Mississippi, on Oct. 26.

"Shove that ballroom up your fat a--," the person said.” (USA Today)

A blog of levity from me today: there is very little to laugh about, as I see it, regarding the upcoming Midterm elections in the United States- that is, if you really care about the future of democracy actually being saved. I grow more concerned each day, knowing that Trump does not want to lose power, does not want to go to jail, and does not want any truth about his decades of rape, pedophilia, theft, gifts, and perhaps being a Russian agent to ever be found out.

But at a rally in ruby-red Mississippi, a very brave heckler stood tall and shouted down Trump by saying, "Shove that ballroom up your fat ass!” My kind of hero, the kind of person who has had enough bull shit thrown his way, who is tired of wiping away the muck and mire of lies and corruption thrown at him by Trump and his enablers. 

Trump pretended that this disruption was caused by a paid Democrat worker hired to provoke the audience. Actually, Trump claimed that this guy was paid the going fee of $250 to do so. (Ya gotta wonder where Trump pulled out that number…um…maybe from the Republican Party playbook!

Oh yeah, Trump was stumped for Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, the person who, when asked about the high price of beef, replied, as a usual Trump acolyte might, by saying Too bad you are complaining about the cost of beef; do you prefer Iran have a nuclear weapon. And then, as most Republicans often do, she added, " Go find cheaper ways to eat protein! 

With seven days until we, as a nation, do or die, a little levity helps!

  

"Oink, oink"

 Donald Trump praises Nicki Minaj’s ‘beautiful ass’ during rally speech: ‘It’s hard to miss. (USA Today)

"By the way, I looked at one hell of a beautiful ass before — Nicki Minaj," Trump said behind the lectern at Port Huron's McMorran Place Arena. "That's hard to miss." (USA Today)

There is just so much wrong with this scenario at a Trump/Republican Michigan rally. None of it should have come as any surprise, but all of it, unless you are a MAGA-Manosphere-Maggot, is something you come to expect and adore.

The MAGA men have demonstrated over and over again, ad nauseam, just how very emasculated they view themselves, and how fragile they view their own masculinity. From their enjoyment of supporting rapists, to their delight in ignoring male pedophiles, to their sheer pleasure in pushing back the rights of females, Trump and his colony of MAGA Men, go out of their way to portray themselves as real men, not afraid to rape, not afraid to be misogynists, and not afraid to act the pedophile.

Let’s be blunt, shall we? If you are a male and none of the Trump actions and statements make you want to puke, you are pure insecure men who think that bragging about hurting women makes your dick grow! And if you are a female MAGA, you are even more pathetic than your male counterpart, because you seem to find self-gratification in permitting the men in your life to treat you like shit!

 

SIGH!

 President Donald Trump has indicated he is considering issuing blanket pardons for members of his administration before the end of his term. President Donald Trump left the door open to pardons for White House staff and administration officials, telling reporters on Saturday that he would be “allowed” to grant them despite insisting he has not given the idea serious thought.

“Well, I haven’t thought of it, but I will tell you, it would be very unfair to go through what we went through for four years with the corrupt weaponization that took place,” Trump said when asked about pardons for administration personnel. (MSN).

The 34-count felon, the man found guilty of rape, the guy who still hasn’t permitted any more insight into his role in the Epstein pedophilia case, the creep continuously grifting and full of corruption, has the power to grant pardons for all of his cultists who, in their own right, have committed crimes against Americans.

Yeah, it clearly states that the president of the United States can grant an endless number of pardons without needing to explain or answer questions. A criminal can pardon his mob family of criminals, and the rest of us- those of us who try our hardest to obey the law must just sit back and watch.

Sigh. Sigh, that somehow a Felon can become president. Sigh, because as president, this sociopath can continue to break laws and encourage his staff to break laws. Sigh, because this piece of sheer slime sits in the most powerful governmental position on Earth, and he just gets away with crime after crime after crime!

 

it may never be over

As of Saturday 24 October 2026, there are 10 days until Election Day in US 2026 on Tuesday, 3 November 2026. That's 1 week and 3 days, 1 weekend, or 6 weekdays. And with each passing day, we the people are faced with more horrors from the Trump Reich, who hope to dismantle our democracy and replace it with a form of Fascism, Authoritarianism, and a permanent malaise to make certain that from Tuesday, November 3, 2026, America becomes another Russia, China, or North Korea.

A ‘coup’ in Congress? Democrats are gaming out a Jan. 3 nightmare. (San Francisco Chronicle)

Judge blocks Homeland Security election-related sweeps in Nevada. (reno gazette journal)

Trump says he ordered the Justice Department's lawsuit over Alaska's US Senate race…Democrats take legal action against Trump bid ‘to rig’ Alaska Senate race. (AP News).

Trump understands that he is a criminal. He has never faced consequences for his insidious and criminal actions, but suddenly, for once, he does see the walls closing in on him. Along with Trump, it is his army of traitors and almost the entire regime of Republicans who also realize that maybe once January 3, 2027 arrives, they too will finally be found out as the frauds that they are and the frauds, they intended to be.

On paper, and maybe in practice, there may be a blue wave arriving, but if Trump and his DOJ, and the Republican billionaire donors and, sadly, the Republican activist judges on the Supreme Court have anything to say about it, that huge blue wave may never, ever see the American shore. It ain’t over till it is OVER! 

How low

 “The video from GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign surfaced earlier this week and drew sharp rebukes from Democrats and several high-profile Republicans. Acton has been estranged from her mother since childhood, when her stepfather was charged with sexually abusing her. Acton’s mother stayed with her stepfather and left the state, and he died several decades ago.” (The Wall Street Journal)

By now, anyone with a conscience, a set of morals and ethics, who proudly lives by values, care, and empathy, has grown increasingly angry at Republican billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy’s foul, rotten ad against his opponent in Ohio.  Dirty politics has become as American as apple pie, but this low-life ad has not only made that apple pie poisonous but has also demonstrated the sheer fear the Republican Party is feeling, and the lengths to which they will go to destroy anything in their path for total control of our government.

Okay, even Republican leaders in Ohio have understood the offensive lies and bull shit regarding this ad, and they have actually gone on record to shout their dismay and disappointment with Vivek and his team. BUT LO AND BEHOLD, when it comes to TRUMP, this felon, rapist, had a whole different point of view, saying:

“At a midterm rally in Sioux City, Iowa, Thursday night, Trump said that Ramaswamy called him and asked for advice after facing calls to take down the ad. Trump said he told the Ohio gubernatorial candidate he was lucky and that, if it were him, he would keep running the ad. “So I told him, leave it up and look upstairs and say: ‘thank you, God, very much.” (The Wall Street Journal).

Of course, the dirtier and more rotten you can go, you can count on Trump to cheer you on to go lower and even more insidious. 

So here is the thingie, as I see it: Trump won’t change; his Republican hand-picked ass wipes won’t change, they live on slime, WILL THE OHIO REPUBLICANS vote for Vivek and continue spreading this virus, or will finally do the right thing!

 

 

 

Another MAGA God

 Elon Musk is trying to make himself more powerful than the government. From the war in Ukraine to elections in the U.S., never before in human history has a single private individual exercised such power. (MS NOW)

Well now, how about that, schock-a-roo, the immigrant Musk, the wealthiest man in the world, who lives in the United States, the guy who has become the first trillionaire, the man who bought and paid for at least half of the Trump 2024 campaign, the insecure man of the year who it is estimated to have spent 100’s of million dollars on the Republican Midterm campaigns, Trump’s go to guy to cut the throats of the American citizen, considers himself to be above and beyond the rules and regulations, the Constitution of the U.S and more powerful than the President of this nation.

Now, how could that possibly even happen? HA! Easily and right in front of our faces, without much difficulty, and with the blessings of almost each and every member of the Trump Administration, and the entirety of the politicians within the Republican Party. 

If your financial daddy, the financial keeper of your own self-serving interests, the man with the purse strings which happen to turn into puppet strings, decides to close his wallet and walk away from you, because you think he lacks morals and values, and you actually have some ethics and wish to speak out about it, Elon understands, as does any sort of drug dealer, that eventually, when you need a fix or two or three, you will immediately remain silent and run back to him for your fix! 

One more fanboy of Putin, Musk, who, it seems, hates democracy and freedom for anyone who is not Musk, is a money cartel master. Like the Devil, you make a deal, sell your soul, and pretend that payment will never be due. Trump thinks he is a King; Musk prefers the title of God…and there ain’t nobody with the power and position within the Republican Party to dare tell him NO! 

 

 

Once again MUSK

 I read the following article: Elon Musk’s Starlink Speed Cap Has Scrambled Ukraine’s Defenses. Slowdown in Ukraine’s military version of Starlink ordered by Musk hurts Kyiv’s ability to stop Russian attacks. (The Wall Street Journal)…and a bout of sheer anger overwhelmed my entire being! 

Once again, Elon Musk is demonstrating his distaste for democracy and freedom, and using the weight of his purse to destroy and demolish anything- any institution, any nation that does not fit into his sociopathic and psychotic universe, the universe of a madman…and this madman seems to get away with every immoral action he commits!

Just like his owned-and-operated puppet, Trump, Musk has made it very clear that the idea of fair and free is not as much a priority as, is, authoritarianism. Too much power for the people means less power for the few, for the anointed, for the insidious. 

 Imagine just how much of a God Musk imagines himself to be, and if you don’t play the game by his rules, your game is over! Oh yeah, and it ain’t just Starlink in Ukraine that Musk has ultimate power over; it is also in the U.S. The U.S. government uses Starlink for various purposes, including communications for federal agencies like the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection. The service has been adopted for its ability to provide internet access in rural areas and disaster zones. (NBC News)

But Musk needn’t worry about being reprimanded regarding his obvious distaste for democracy, because this guy has spent billions on purchasing Republicans in Congress, along with the Presidency! 

 

 

 

KOMPROMAT

 “Ukraine said Wednesday it was suddenly unable to use Starshield and that Starlink also had been affected, hindering its defense operations and ability to stop Russian attacks. Prior to the outage, the Trump administration had reportedly threatened to cut off intelligence and weapons support to Ukraine over Kyiv’s harsh criticism of Trump’s surprise deal to import Russian diesel. ” (The Hill)

Kompromat is damaging information about a person or a group, commonly a politician, businessperson, or other public figure, which may be used for negative campaigning or smear campaigning to discredit the person or group. It can also be used for blackmail purposes, often to exert influence over a person rather than for monetary gain, and extortion. The dissemination of kompromat is a key tactic in "dark PR" or "black PR" campaigns.  (Merriam-Webster). 

Prove that Trump is nothing but a puppet, a joke, a useful idiot for Putin. Prove that he is not a KOMPROMAT! Way back when, you know, when Trump asked if Russia was listening, he even reminded us of his cozy and anti-American relationship with one of America’s deadliest enemies. 

I must wonder about the treasure trove of photos, letters, contracts, loans, and videos the Kremlin has stashed away, showcasing Trump’s illegal and disgusting behavior. 

Yeah, Trump thinks he is just like his favorite dictators: Xi, Vlad, Kim. But those fuckers are actually in charge of their fates, whereas Trump’s fate is controlled and restricted by Putin. I must wonder when it will be too late for the FOX, the MAGA, the Manosphere dudes, and the Republicans to realize they have been had!

Trump is Public Enemy Number One, and so far all we seem able to do is sit by and watch!

 

 

 

Come on, Seriously!

 “Could Trump intervene in midterm elections? Here's what the administration can — and can't — legally do.”

“The Constitution puts the responsibility for setting the rules for congressional elections primarily with the states, while giving Congress the power to change those rules. It doesn't give the president a similar role.

Muller said an administration could try to use other emergency powers, such as those related to terrorism or homeland security, to justify intervening in elections. But he said the Supreme Court has generally interpreted emergency powers narrowly, making any attempt to broadly apply them vulnerable to a legal challenge.” (Houston Public Media)

He is afraid of prison. He is scared to death of losing his title as Mob Boss. His ego might actually shatter if he is finally found out as a fraud. He has lived a life without facing consequences for any of his actions, decisions, or insidious behavior. Trump ain’t gonna permit free and fair elections during this Midterm Election because doing so would place him in the greatest danger of his criminal life!

I read the article from Houston Public Media and thought, “…come on now, people, do you really think Trump and his army of fascists give one shit about what the US Constitution says about what he can or cannot do regarding his power over elections?” “…do you really think that this Supreme Court, which has almost made Trump God-like or king-like, would intervene against Trump’s authoritarian moves?” 

Democracy is not a priority for Trump; democratic principles are of no use to Trump. For us to even contemplate that law and order are meaningful and relevant for Trump, and his army of fascists, is a very silly, and more than likely deadly, attitude to take!

I hope I am just being paranoid beyond reality. I crave the idea that I am just too overwhelmed by the idea of dystopia. But honestly, as I see it, to ignore any of the horrendous intentions and deviant schemes from within the Trump Reich makes you an easy victim!

I am back...AND

 I’m back at it…For the past three weeks, Joe and I have had a great opportunity to travel the Danube River, visiting myriad countries in Central Europe. So much history, such amazing stories, and places from which their own citizens had to fight for survival from the Nazi’s only to once again become prisoners in their own land when the Communists took control.

Our tour guides constantly introduced us to individuals who would say sentences such as, " We had been oppressed only to become oppressed again,” which period of time would you like us to discuss: our survival during the Nazi occupation, or the real revolution and freedom after the fall of the Soviet Union?

I tried not to read the news at least in any great detail; I thought perhaps I needed a break from the constant angst, criminality, grifting, hypocrisy, and con created proudly by Trump and his sick, sad, psychotic felons, rapists, emasculated and dangerous Republican enablers. 

Too bad, at least as I see it, far too many Americans haven't read history; if they had, and unless their IQ is less than 10, this group of citizens could learn the lessons from Central Europe's past. The lesson that Hitler and Stalin pretended to be of the people, for the people…the lesson that isolation from the rest of the world just keeps the dictator with more power to isolate the citizens of any nation they decide they own…the lesson that whether it is Fascism or Communism, both are insidious mind control games to keep the peasants poor, the billionaires wealthy, and a very select few to act as Gods!

I am back, and have caught up on way too many horror stories, written by Trump and promoted by spineless and dangerous Republicans, all of whom have placed their own welfare and futures on a cockroach with orange skin. 

Broken Record

 Once again, the Trump Reich and the so called attorneys at law, are at it destroying any and all areas in Washington DC that Heir Trump has decided are properties he owns and operates. The latest victim of the Trump Purge is  a golf course in which Trump and his Fascists have torn down trees, to make way for a yet another Trump inspired vanity project.

The courts once again scolded the Trump faux attorneys stating that once again they started remolding or removing part of the property without first clearing it with the courts. This should come as no surprise, because the Trump Reich has a long history of ignoring the courts and just doing as they please.

So, I might ask, what to do about this…and I might answer…the Trump Reich and their flying monkey attorney's will most likely ignore the courts, make a long litigation to delay any way to replace what they have done, or take it to the Supreme Court in hopes that this Trump/MAGA court will side with the law breakers.

I sound like a broken record, but I am just playing the music from the recordings of Trump!

what has become

So the newest gift to Putin, by his puppet, Trump is to have Russia export oil to the US. And as if that wasn’t enough evidence proving Trump’s loyalty to his boss, Putin, Trump has also demanded that Ukraine stop bombing the energy resources located in Russia.

On and on and on and on, the President of the United States sides with the Russian government, a government based on dictatorial and authoritarian principles, while dumping the democratic direction of an ally Ukraine.

Supposedly there is a bipartisan pushback Agassi set Trump once again prioritizing Putin dreams and desires, but if we closely examine the behaviors of the Republicans from past Trump romancing the Russians, we should be very dubious if this more of a show and tell kind of PR trick.

I dunno, if an enemy of the American people, and a nation who detests Democracy, an aggressor who invaded a country, is not held accountable for their actions, but instead, preened and supported by the one nation supposedly the beacon of every thing Democracy stands for, and no one truly SCREAMS and PROTESTS against this…what good have American values become?

No democracy for you

 Donald Trump announced he was easing sanctions against Russia after a phone call with Vladimir Putin—even as the Russian leader refused to resume peace talks aimed at ending his war in Ukraine. (The Daily Beast)

Democracy equals Ukraine. Authoritarianism equals Russia. Fair and equal equals Ukraine. Blackmail equals Russia. 

How many ways has Trump demonstrated, his loyalty to Putin and his total disregard for Zelensky…umm, the answer is always!

Hilary Clinton warned us, Kamala Harris warned us, Trump reminded us when he said “Russia if you are listening…” And yet, the MAGA so full of hate in their heart for anyone not like them, decided that there was no big deal as Trump cuddled up and embraced Vlad Putin one of the most vile and insidious leaders in the world of 2026.

None of this BROMANCE between Trump and Putin could exist, if in fact the TrumpCabinet members and the Republican Party permitted it to thrive.

Democracy in Ukraine is about to collapse because of Trump and democracy in America is on life support due to Trump!

Bang bang

The last public execution in the US, was in the 1930’s. Now, that the Trump Reich is in power, and filled with a bunch of Fascists, who love to prey on fear and loathing, including a gaggle of men who base their masculinity and the size of their penis on death and destruction, Hegseth and Trump want to demonstrate just how macho they feel and provide Americans with an epic sized firing squad.

 

The There are a few reasons for this, at least as I see it. Trump and Hegseth think that being a big burly man means initiating mayhem. This plan works when you have the minions in MAGA who also understand just how inadequate they are and by using a scapegoat to promote your own superiority you become the boss. Also, the many American Christian Nationalists in MAGA think that violence against others makes them more a favorite of their Jesus.

 

Also, be it Hitler or Stalin or Xi and Jung-Un, for Trump and his band of Fascists know that intimidation of the deemed enemy best serves the interests of creating and maintaining an efficient AUTHORITARIAN Regime!

 

Sadly, I also believe, that this public execution is also a doing whistle from the Trump Fascists to hopefully bring back the MAGA voters who have turned sour on Trump. His cultists love to witness Trump and Republicans hurt others, and by broadcasting a firing squad those MAGA will be lulled back into the voting booth.

 

If the Republicans keep their majority in Congress in November, get ready for more and more and more public executions, and say goodbye to morals, values, law and order!

 

In his Amerika

ent “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said the man was an immigrant from the Dominican Republic and the target of an immigration enforcement operation around 4 p.m. DHS said ICE officers rendered aid after the shooting. The man was conscious and receiving medical treatment at a nearby hospital as of 5:24 p.m., according to the NYPD.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said early reports indicated federal agents surrounded the man and a 5-year-old child in his car before opening fire. Mamdani said the child was believed to be physically unharmed.” (Gothamist)

 

Another day in Trump’s Amerika, s dark and dangerous nation where injustice reigns supreme, and the insidious acts of the immoral seem to prevail. This Amerika relies on scapegoats as a solution to the problems and woes which have befallen an even sad section of the population which would rather point to THE OTHERS as the culprit for their own disillusioned lives

 

A madman is now King. The madman has surrounded himself with clowns each as devious and dirty as he. Power lies in the hands of those who prefer to punish others rather than permit them to flourish and thrive. The madman has collected a plethora of peasants who base their self worth on just how much loathing, hate and bigotry they muster up.

 

Shoot to kill if necessary, life for anyone deemed the enemy is expendable. So what if a child is in the way of harm, shit happens!

 

For the madman laws are made to be ignored if those laws get in the way of his road to pure unadulterated authoritarianism.

 

It seems to me that it becomes way too often in this Amerika, that unless the pain and injury that’s others must endure come pur way to our biomes to our lives it never matters. The madman and his pit crew of pathetic losers understand that suffering for someone who is not you is okay.

 Homeland Security said the man was an immigrant from the Dominican Republic and the target of an immigration enforcement operation around 4 p.m. DHS said ICE officers rendered aid after the shooting. The man was conscious and “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said the man was an immigrant from the Dominican Republic and the target of an immigration enforcement operation around 4 p.m. DHS said ICE officers rendered aid after the shooting. The man was conscious and receiving medical treatment at a nearby hospital as of 5:24 p.m., according to the NYPD.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said early reports indicated federal agents surrounded the man and a 5-year-old child in his car before opening fire. Mamdani said the child was believed to be physically unharmed.” (Gothamist)

 

Another day in Trump’s Amerika, s dark and dangerous nation where injustice reigns supreme, and the insidious acts of the immoral seem to prevail. This Amerika relies on scapegoats as a solution to the problems and woes which have befallen an even sad section of the population which would rather point to THE OTHERS as the culprit for their own disillusioned lives

 

A madman is now King. The madman has surrounded himself with clowns each as devious and dirty as he. Power lies in the hands of those who prefer to punish others rather than permit them to flourish and thrive. The madman has collected a plethora of peasants who base their self worth on just how much loathing, hate and bigotry they muster up.

 

Shoot to kill if necessary, life for anyone deemed the enemy is expendable. So what if a child is in the way of harm, shit happens!

 

For the madman laws are made to be ignored if those laws get in the way of his road to pure unadulterated authoritarianism.

 

It seems to me that it becomes way too often in this Amerika, that unless the pain and injury that’s others must endure come pur way to our biomes to our lives it never matters. The madman and his pit crew of pathetic losers understand that suffering for someone who is not you is okay.

 medical treatment at a nearby hospital as of 5:24 p.m., according to the NYPD.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said early reports indicated federal agents surrounded the man and a 5-year-old child in his car before opening fire. Mamdani said the child was believed to be physically unharmed.” (Gothamist)

 

Another day in Trump’s Amerika, s dark and dangerous nation where injustice reigns supreme, and the insidious acts of the immoral seem to prevail. This Amerika relies on scapegoats as a solution to the problems and woes which have befallen an even sad section of the population which would rather point to THE OTHERS as the culprit for their own disillusioned lives

 

A madman is now King. The madman has surrounded himself with clowns each as devious and dirty as he. Power lies in the hands of those who prefer to punish others rather than permit them to flourish and thrive. The madman has collected a plethora of peasants who base their self worth on just how much loathing, hate and bigotry they muster up.

 

Shoot to kill if necessary, life for anyone deemed the enemy is expendable. So what if a child is in the way of harm, shit happens!

 

For the madman laws are made to be ignored if those laws get in the way of his road to pure unadulterated authoritarianism.

 

It seems to me that it becomes way too often in this Amerika, that unless the pain and injury that’s others must endure come pur way to our biomes to our lives it never matters. The madman and his pit crew of pathetic losers understand that suffering for someone who is not you is okay.