I’ve pointed out here, I can’t remember how many times, how the Trump administration (from the beginning) adopted the propaganda schemes of the Third Reich (Yep, that’s Hitler and Goebbels) labeled as “The Big Lie Theory” and the use of projection as the keys to their bullsh*t public statements. In Trump’s case it’s obvious on a daily basis with his social media posts – which, full disclosure, I only get snippets of because I don’t use social media (other than a bit of YouTube videos). Last night Trump gave the most succinct example of projection ever. He accused President Obama of being a “Traitor” in a post of three or four words. Talk about projection. This was coming from he who instigated a full blown INSURRECTION (ie an attempted coup d’etat) on January 6th, 2021. The perfect example of an “accusation being a confession.”

I’m not writing much these days because I’m old and worn out. I’m so sick of Trump I can barely hold food down. I believe “we the people” cannot endure another 2 1/2 years of this madman. Is the solution IMPEACHMENT (and conviction) – NO! I actually consider JD Vance worse – and, third in the line of succession is Speaker Johnson – a great example of someone who knows he’s doing wrong (per his so-called Christian values) but continues to work as a “loyal” field person. Both Vance and Johnson have proven their values mean next to nothing. I mean Vance once callled Trump “America’s Hitler.”

I’m sure Trump feels totally insulated from his lawbreaking in office by our disgusting SCOTUS – which continues to impress on how they’re wearing the robes of Justices while attempting to be politically loyal to Trump and republicans. Their latest example was the Louisiana v Callais decision where the court went out of its way to turn the “maps” of the former confederate states back to the days of Jim Crow. If you remember the “absolute immunity” debacle in 2024 the court STALLED the arguments AND the decision in order to ensure Trump would not face a jury for his alleged CRIMES on January 6th, 2021. In the Callais decision they not only RUSHED the decision, but, then they implemented an order to bypass the normal 32 day waiting period allowing Louisiana to redraw their “maps” while the primary election was already underway – with over 40,000 votes already submitted. As Louisiana and other Southern states gerrymander out majority Black districts with the court suggesting racism is a thing of the past makes you wonder why these Justices seem confused at their all time low approval ratings.

This BS goes on and on with Trump to the point where people are immune from reacting as they would during any other time. The CORRUPTION is right out in the open. The LYING is pathological. The racism is OVERT as if to say “What are you going to do about it?” Democrats continue to point out how the polls suggest there is a “blue tsunami” on the horizon. But, this Callais SCOTUS decision simply makes it clear that the right wing fascists who are in the process of destroying our democratic republic control ALL three branches of the government and they don’t like “blue.” While District Court Judges around the country are acting courageously (and, according to our constitution) the SCOTUS is making KEY decisions suggesting the attack on our elections this November are in their crosshairs. And, not in a good way!

Steve Bannon has said the “quiet part out loud.” They have no plan to allow all us progressives, independents, and disaffected republicans to put a halt to their “project 2025” scheme. I believe very few Americans have taken the time to read Project 2025 but I pointed out after I had made it through a couple hundred pages that it’s, simply put: “a roadmap to fascism.” The people behind this “manifesto” are much more intelligent than Trump and, obviously, much more DANGEROUS. However, the DAMAGE left in their “wake” will be mostly attributed to Trump – who deserves a place next to Benedict Arnold in our history books once this DISASTER is in the rear view mirror. (Along with Congressional republicans) It will take at least a generation to recover – if that’s possible – our traditional allies around the world won’t trust the American voters for far longer than I have left on this planet – if regaining their trust is even possible.

Russel Vought controls the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and he’s cherry picking which items authorized by Congress he wants to actually fund and which ones he simply refuses. (He’s one of the main authors of Project 2025) This is overtly taking the “power of the purse” out of the “hands” of Congress and the republican COWARDS there who are willingly complicit – which is why USAID, for example, is “dead” (along with maybe a MILLION poor people around the world) and why “stuff” benefiting working class Americans is “off the table.”

Plus, FCC chair Brendan Carr (another Project 2025 author) is busy threatening the licenses of media outlets that don’t bend the knee to Trump. Or, in the case of Disney and ABC, not bending the knee far enough. The $15 MILLION “settlement” of a frivolous Trump lawsuit wasn’t enough to keep Trump happy – they STILL want ABC/Disney to cancel Jimmie Kimmel (which, if they do, I’ll have to cancel my subscription once and for all). These threats, of course, are “par for the course” for virtually all thugs who are attempting to turn democracy into fascist states. (Let’s all stop using the euphemism “authoritarian”) Trump is running the government like an organized crime syndicate!

Speaking of fascists; I’ve watched for years as Trump has sucked up to Vladimir Putin – one of the “worst people in the world.” As I’ve followed the roll out of the Epstein files it was impossible not to notice the number of times Putin’s name showed up. It certainly confirms in my mind that Putin has “kompromat” on Trump – likely provided by Epstein himself. That’s simply my own inference based on the public information available. That’s the only way I can explain why Trump has been kissing up to Putin for the past 10 years (other than Putin helped him “win” in 2016) and why Trump has abandoned Ukraine – a country “we the people” are OBLIGATED to defend based on an agreement signed after the fall of the Soviet Union.

The agreement is known as the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances, signed on December 5, 1994, which provided security assurances to Ukraine in exchange for its commitment to give up its nuclear arsenal. The memorandum aimed to provide security assurances to Ukraine in exchange for its commitment to relinquish its MANY nukes. It was signed by the United States, Russia, United Kingdom, Belarus, Kasakhstan, and, of course, Ukraine. It provided a commitment not to threaten or use military force against Ukraine, except in self-defense or in accordance with the United Nations Charter. This agreement SHOULD be a focal point regarding Ukraine’s security based on the Russian aggression since 2014 beginning with the annexation of Crimea and leading to the 2022 INVASION. I doubt Trump is even aware of this agreement – and, of course, it would mean nothing to him even if he was. Like I said above, I believe Putin has the “goods” on Trump.

Much to the delight of Putin, Xi Jinping, and other American adversaries Trump allowed Benjamin Netanyahu – a leader nearly as CORRUPT as America’s so-called president – to talk him into a DISASTROUS bombing invasion of Iran – killing one group of Iranian leaders only for them to be replaced by a more extreme group – and, it’s become more obvious by the day Trump has no idea how to extract himself from this DEBACLE. Iran’s capacity to defend itself, according to intelligence reports, with their weaponry is nearly what it was before the invasion where Trump and Hegseth claimed they had wiped them out “completely.” On several occasions Trump said, “We’ve already won.” Iran, meanwhile, has exerted control of the Straight of Hormuz blocking the flow of about 20% of the World’s oil supply plus much more (with all reports they intend to charge tolls once this “war” is over) by closing it to MOST of the traffic which moved freely before Trump’s ill advised invasion. Trump’s response to Iran’s blocking of the Straight is to set up their own blockade of Iran’s blockade. Reminds me of the Middle Schoolers I used to teach. Huh?

China (where Trump is as I’m writing this) and Russia are supporting Iran and, in order to mitigate the world oil shortage caused by this STUPID invasion, the U.S. has removed sanctions from Russian’s oil allowing them to reap huge financial benefits right when their economy was on the brink – due to their Ukraine invasion and the Biden era sanctions imposed before Trump 2.0. (More Trump help for Putin – many people are saying the “winner” in the Iran war will be Vladimir Putin – Yikes!!!) The U.S. has even rolled back sanctions on Iranian oil – for that which they are able to get through the blockade of the blockade. Clearly, the huge loser in all this is “we the people.” I mean, we’re even continuing to arm Israel with offensive weapons despite the reality they were the ones who suckered Trump into this fiasco. The “oil shock” very well might cause a world wide recession.

Now, if you’ve been paying attention to this war from the start you know that Trump, Hegseth, Vance, and Rubio have all given a plethora of reasons to justify America’s invasion. I happened to have been up all night on February 28th because of a surgery that day which made it impossible for me to sleep. So, I witnessed Trump’s claims right from the start – coming from his club – and, I can tell you it had NOTHING to do with Iran’s nuclear weapon capability (although, there was a LIE about them having a weapon in two weeks that could reach the U.S. – but, that was only credible with the TOTALLY gullible MAGA’s). I remember Trump really focusing on “regime change.” He implored the Iranian people to rise up and take over the country – because “we the people” were going to take out the “regime.” Of course, we took out a layer of the Iranian leadership (along with about 175 Iranian elementary schoolgirls) and, that encouragement for the Iranian people to rise up and claim their government was, as I remember it, the focus of Trump’s remarks. And, as absurd as just about everything else he said, like the Iranian people would likely never have a better opportunity.

Well, as I said, the rationale coming from the various American leaders seemed to change by the day – ranging from regime change to preventing them from building a nuclear weapon. Of course, just a few months earlier, according to Trump, “we the people” had OBLITERATED Iran’s ability to build a nuclear weapon. The reason I point this out is because it took Trump (and his cronies) about eight to ten weeks in order to come up with a rationale they could all agree on – after the fact. “Iran will never have a nuclear weapon.” With Trump, once again, as his belated rationale, claiming they were two weeks away from having one that could reach the United States. Absurd doesn’t come close to analyzing this Trump LIE)

I point this out because just before Trump left for China he – as these guys are so apt to do once in a great while (like Bannon above) – said the “quiet part out loud.” Trump, when asked whether people’s financial difficulties, which have been exacerbated by the gas and oil crisis triggered by the Middle East conflict, were “motivating” him to make a deal with Iran, he replied: “Not even a little bit.” The only thing that matters when I’m talking about Iran, they can’t have a nuclear weapon. I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody,” Trump added. Talk about your perfect ad (“locker room”) material for democrats in the mid-terms. (If we have them) I have to wonder if all the MAGA’s out there will like these words while they’re filling up their gas tanks? Trump’s approval rating is hovering somewhere below 35% and dropping by the week. Will this help?

I believe leaders around the world are laughing at “we the people” until they realize how dangerous this man is to the world writ large. The one place where I believe Trump’s conduct brings smiles to the faces of the leaders is in China. And, of course, that’s where Trump is as I’m typing this. I shudder to think of how completely Xi Jinping is likely playing Trump. Not only is Putin benefiting from this Iran fiasco, but more-so would be China. I can guarantee you China is filling every void around the globe caused by countries turning away from America. This energy shock is world wide. Countries will remember China coming to the rescue.

Remember, Trump has another 2 1/2 years to grift off of his second reign on this nation. His net worth has DOUBLED since the beginning of Trump 2.0 (not to mention his sons and son-in-law – I’ve mentioned Kushner at length in the archives) and he’s trying to shake down “we the people” for $10 BILLION in an absurd lawsuit against himself – that, apparently, the DOJ and IRS are planning to “settle.”

Trump sees all the OLIGARCHS around him squeezing BILLIONS from America’s taxpayers and, obviously, he wants in on the action. He even took about a dozen OLIGARCHS to China with him for ????? I’ll let you figure that one out – maybe to find creative ways around his tariffs? As I’ve said, I don’t believe America can withstand these next 2 1/2 years under Trump’s reign. The SCOTUS has left him to believe he has IMMUNITY from any lawbreaking while in office (at some point there’s going to have to be a definition of Official duties) but “we the people” can’t allow him to turn America into Russia 2.0. We MUST demand “free and fair” elections in November and we MUST have a virtual stampede of voters going to the polls to put an end to this republican nightmare! May God help us!

Final Thought: I couldn’t help, after watching Trump and Xi Jinping walking next to each other, to check out how TALL President Xi is – and, “the answer is:” 5 feet 10 inches. I point that out because our LIAR in chief claims to be 6 feet 3 inches tall. Well, if you were watching them side by side they look to be about the same height – at most I’d say Trump might be an inch taller (if that). I point that out because, as I’ve been saying here for years, Trump LIES about everything – obviously including his height.

Now, I’m almost as old as Trump and I’ve dropped about 3 1/2 inches in the past few years, so it’s understandable that Trump is SHRINKING. I guess it should be no surprise that he’s unwilling to admit it. (Honestly, I have no idea if he was EVER 6 feet 3 inches tall) I also know that as my height has gone down, my waist has gone out. When looking at Trump it appears to me his waist is headed in the wrong direction as well. I keep thinking of the song: “Your so vain, you probably think this song is about you.” And, yes, I do have Trump derangement syndrome! (if that wasn’t obvious) Stay tuned….

I quit my subscription to the Washington Post when Jeff Bezos overruled his paper’s editorial board blocking them from endorsing Kamala Harris. This, of course, was followed by Bezos kissing up to Trump from the day of the election until, well, now. So, it wasn’t surprising to me when I read a headline (the only thing I can read without giving them my money once again – which I originally did to support investigative journalism) about the Post demonstrating surprise at (f)Elon Musk continually posting racist stuff on his Xwitter platform suggesting he might be a “white nationalist.” Apparently, the Post wasn’t paying attention when Musk was throwing Sieg Heil’s at Trump’s inauguration party. It seems obvious to me the “tech Oligarchs” – Bezos, Musk, Zuckerberg, Thiel, the Ellisons, Page, Brin, Altman, Sook (Nextar), Smith (Sinclair), the oil billionaires (Koch, Woods, and ???) – are more dangerous than Trump.

Yes, Trump is DAMAGING the foundational institutions of America, he’s destroying our relationships with our traditional allies, and he’s cultivating CORRUPTION the likes which America has NEVER seen – but the American OLIGARCHS are going to be around long after Trump (and me) are pushing up daisies. These OLIGARCHS have unlimited funds and they’ve figure out the surest way to keep their wealth expanding (they are insatiable) is by gaining control of the so-called “mainstream media.” Trump is coordinating with these right wing media moguls who keep buying up more and more of the “stuff” we the people put into our heads.

Musk owns Xwitter, Zuckerberg Meta (Facebook, Instagram, What’s App), Ellison controls CBS, TikTok (with Murdoch), and soon CNN, Page, Brin, Altman (and others) are pushing “AI” down the throats of humanity, and Thiel is making a fortune via government contracts spying on “we the people.” Yes, the DAMAGE Trump is doing to the traditional institutions and norms of our democratic republic will take a generation to recover from (if that’s possible) but these OLIGARCHS will be getting richer and richer unless “we the people” can somehow elect leaders who realize the DAMAGE they are causing and take action to mitigate it. And, yes, I’m talking about taxing them like it was the 1950’s again (they and their republican cheerleaders (SCOTUS) seem to want to take us back to those days). If you’re too young to remember, the top tax bracket back then was 90% over what would likely amount to something in the tens of millions in today’s dollars.

Should they threaten that they would leave the country, well I’d say, “don’t let the door hit you where the good lord split you.” And, tell them to take their corporations with them. We’d all be a lot better off without the social media moguls who are totally focused on making more money. Take Musk for example. His “donation investment” of close to $300 MILLION in order to get Trump elected proved to be one of the great “investments” of all time. His net worth has TRIPLED since he was able to shed the government intrusions into his businesses via “DOGE.” The accomplishment of “DOGE” wasn’t reducing our annual deficit, it was reducing regulations he (and Bezos, and the other OLIGARCHS) didn’t like. Plus, of course, Musk torpedoed USAID leading to around a MILLION people in Africa dying because of the cut off of medicine and food. As Bill Gates put it, the “world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children.”

I started this a couple weeks ago and just haven’t had the motivation to write despite the fact the frustration of what I continue to observe coming from Trump 2.0’s reign on America continues to rise. I realized from the start those of us who are paying attention and believe in the constitution which has guided America for 250 years will be (and are) “chasing our tails” trying to keep up with the CORRUPTION coming from the “White House,” sycophantic business “leaders,” and, of course, Trump’s “crime family.” It’s been widely reported Trump’s net worth has increased by over $4 BILLION since taking office. And, his sons and son-in-law are knee deep in all the grifting as well. America’s standing in the world is tanking by the day.

I try as best as I can to keep up with what is happening in Ukraine. Here’s what is apparent to me. Trump is aligned with Vladimir Putin while MOST of America is aligned with Ukraine. Especially people like me who studied history in college – even though that was many years ago in my lifetime. But, the parallels between Putin (and Trump) toward Hitler and the Third Reich are not difficult to see. Putin has “said out loud” he wants to recreate the former Soviet Union. That means Ukraine is just the first step in that process. Joe Biden, MOST of the European Union, and the UK clearly recognized this. Biden was the leader in pulling NATO together to provide aid to Ukraine allowing them to defend themselves from the Russian invasion.

It’s true Barack Obama’s administration was relying on sanctions to get Putin to pull out of his “takeover” of Crimea and the Donbass region of Ukraine in 2014 in response to Ukraine’s push for “democracy” and cleaning up government CORRUPTION. Biden increased American aid to Ukraine when it became obvious Russia wanted control of the entire country. Unfortunately, in my view, that aid was focused on defending Ukraine from the Russians and didn’t include the offensive weapons they needed to push the Russians out. I felt from the day Russia made the push toward Kyiv it was time to make the people of Russia feel the pain of this war – initiated by Putin. Remember, it started in 2014. (Trump actually referred to Putin’s push into Ukraine, in the first few days, as “genius.”)

So, now, Trump has pushed “we the people” into Iran not having a clue what he’s doing and with not the slightest idea of how to get out. He knows if he just declares “victory” and pulls America’s troops and ships out of the area he’ll be even more of a laughing stock around the world than he already is. But, my thoughts continue to be focused on the DAMAGE Trump is causing. Up until Netanyahu talked him into joining Israel in bombing Iran I felt MOST of the DAMAGE being caused by Trump was to America. However, the Iranians understand Trump’s vulnerability likely better than Trump himself and now we’re talking about the world’s economy. If it collapses it will be Trump’s “legacy.” I predicted when Trump first took office it would take him about six months to torpedo America’s economy – I admitted I was wrong – and then modified my prediction to one year.

A year has passed, and thanks to the so-called “magnificent 7” – corporations, outwardly it appears America’s economy is “booming.” The big Tech corporations are spending money by the BILLIONS in a push to prop up the “AI” boom – which, to me, is “evil,” by the way – so that helps to make things look good (on Wall Street) – but the 60% of Americans living from paycheck to paycheck aren’t feeling so good. Virtually ALL public opinion polls express negativity regarding the economy (and virtually every other aspect of Trump’s administration) so, I’m feeling the “tanking” could be on the horizon. However, with the blockade of the Straight of Hormuz, we’re now talking about the world’s economy.

From my observation point, Trump’s STUPIDITY is leading to “making China great,” and causing a lot of residual pain around the world because of the blockade of the Straight. Keep in mind, Trump will NEVER concede he made a mistake. He’s so full of hubris that he’s hanging his photo on government buildings, he’s putting his name on everything from money to ships (including American passports). Trump’s narcissism is off the charts. Speaking of China I read some interesting “stuff” the other day regarding all the multi-MILLION dollar bombs Trump/Hegseth have unfurled on Iran.

These bombs require specific minerals in order to construct them. They are precision “implements of destruction” and apparently America has depleted its stockpile of these weapons by about half. So, who do “we the people” depend on to replenish these weapons? You guessed right – it’s CHINA. From what I read (I can’t remember the names of the minerals) China exports roughly 95% of these minerals – sometimes referred as “rare earths.”

If you remember, Trump made a deal with Volodymyr Zelensky regarding Ukraine’s “rare earths” – that apparently are very abundant – but it appears Russia’s troops control much of the land where these “rare earths” exist. I have no idea how this relates to Trump being a “turn coat” regarding Ukraine and siding with Putin but what seems certain is that the U.S. will be counting on China to export these minerals in order to replenish the stockpile of these “weapons of war.” (These “rare earths” are critical elements in much more than bombs – like, for example, EV’s – Electric Vehicles)

Speaking of EV’s, China is surpassing America in the car building push for the change to Electric Cars. I’ve been driving either a “plug in hybrid” electric car (Chevrolet Volt) or a full electric car (first a Polestar and now a Ford Mach E Mustang) since 2014. I really don’t miss buying gas. The Chinese car company “BYD” is, from my viewpoint, building the best cars in the world, mostly EV’s (with some HEV’s – hybrids). They are unable to sell them in the U.S. because of the tariffs because American car companies just would be unable to compete with them. The volume of BYD’s cars selling across Asia and now in parts of Europe far surpasses Tesla’s in the EV “genre.”

While Trump is causing America to fall farther and farther behind in the area of clean energy compared to the rest of the world (especially China) by the day. His refusal to understand the “climate crisis” is a dereliction of duty. There are coastal areas in the U.S. which are being threatened by the rise of oceans caused by the melting of the polar ice caps. He got lucky last year because there were fewer “natural disasters” than normal in the U.S. but I suspect the Hurricane season, this year, will make up for it. Who knows maybe Mar a Lago will be hit with a major Hurricane. Even that would probably not get Trump’s attention. Our attention should be focused on his CORRUPTION and the GREED of his sycophantic OLIGARCHS. Still chasing my “tail.” Stay tuned!!!

Final Thought: As you can see, it’s difficult to keep up with all the STUPIDITY and the CORRUPTION. I’ll end with a bit of nostalgia. Maybe you remember the fuss the republican party (and Trump – likely at his direction) made over the $5 MILLION Joe Biden’s son (Hunter) received from a Ukrainian company he was part of the “board” back in Trump’s 1.0. Trump, in his finest projection mode, used that to label Biden and his son as the “Biden crime family.” Unfortunately, the democrats failed miserably to fight this nonsense back in the universe of “public opinion.” Well, now we really have a “crime family” at the head of America’s government and the comparison to Biden is not even close. I’ll try to be as succinct as I can.

Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has managed to pull several BILLIONS dollars out of the investment funds of Arab countries in the Middle East. The first $2 BILLION coming from Saudi Arabia and an unknown (to me) amount coming from the UAE (United Arab Emerites), Qatar, and maybe others. Now, Kushner is part of the American real estate duo leading the “negotiations” with Iran to end the “war.” (Trump is referring to the war as something else to avoid America’s “War Powers Act”) An aside to suggest why the Iranians might not trust Kushner (and Steven Witkoff) were engaged in negotiations – which were referred to as productive by a mediator – right before Iran’s leaders were wiped out in the first stages of America’s and Israel’s attack. In essence, they set up the Iranians and that’s probably – OK, obviously – difficult to forget.

While involved in these negotiations it’s been reported Kushner has also been pushing to get another $5 BILLION or so out of these Arab countries (who would like nothing better than for Trump to follow through on his threats of genocide to Iran). Does that appear to you to be a conflict of interest on Kushner’s part? For that matter, on Trump’s part? Because he (Trump) has pilfered BILLIONS from these Arab “allies” as well. I refer you back to all the fuss Trump made over Hunter Biden’s $5 MILLION payday in Ukraine. A payday that was undoubtedly because of who is father is – but compare that to Kushner and the lack of questions he’s had to face and the lack of negative publicity. BILLIONS because of who HIS father is! Democrats just aren’t very good in the field of messaging.

And, I haven’t even mentioned Trump’s two sons who have been traversing the world making huge profit off of their familial connection to Trump. Not only that, but it’s now being reported that the Trump boys are “investing” in corporations related to the area of “defense” and “somehow” gaining government contracts for these businesses. The Trump administration has given new meaning to the term “swamp.” Don Jr. is connected to the gambling outfit, “Polymarket” where people bet on “predictions.” People have made MILLIONS betting on some of Trump’s decisions – insider trading?

Hopefully, by November the members of Trump’s CULT will realize they are being scammed by a world class Con Man and, for at least one election (hopefully more) vote AGAINST republicans. I’ve been writing for close to twenty years here with the focus being MY “fever dream” that American voters would vote this version of the republican party into the History books – right next to Trump and Benedict Arnold. (With apologies to Mr. Arnold because I don’t believe he had 34 FELONY convictions) If “we the people” fail to have a massive response to Trump’s CORRUPTION at the polls in November we’re screwed! Yikes!!!

Sorry, I have to add: The recent SCOTUS ruling putting the finishing touches on their dismantling of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) has set off scrambling by the former Confederate States to rig their elections so that Black and Brown people will lose any representation. (A return to Jim Crow? facilitated by the SCOTUS?) Louisiana’s 2026 primaries were already started – as far as the voting – thousands of early votes had been cast via mail in votes and absentee votes – and, one day after the SCOTUS’ decision the governor “paused” the election so that Louisiana’s legislature could redraw their “maps” supposedly to break up the two majority Black districts making sure their Congressional representation is “all White.” (36% of Louisianans are Black)

Several people are suggesting this is a precursor to Trump’s plans to “rig” the 2026 Mid Terms. I’ve been saying I’ll believe the mid-term elections will go on when I see it happening. Trump knows what he’s in store for if he is unable to interfere/block November’s elections. How will Trump interfere? How will democrats respond if he tries to cancel the mid-terms? Food for thought! OMG!!!

“We the people” can’t endure another 30+ months of the Trump reign on our Constitutional republic. The Department of Justice has always been the fundamental backbone of our nation. Trump has, for all intents and purposes, destroyed this bastion of America’s “democracy.” The FBI is led by an imbecile and the “interim” attorney general is nothing more than Trump’s personal attorney who was Trump’s lead attorney when he (Trump) was CONVICTED with 34 FELONIES by a unanimous jury of his “peers.” Trump was found by a jury to have sexually abused E Jean Carroll and defaming her to the point where he was assessed with a judgment of $88 MILLION. Are the results of these cases what caused him to choose this lawyer (Todd Blanche) to be at the head of the Justice Department? (Oh yes, I can’t forget that Trump was found guilty of serial FRAUD by the NY Attorney General to the tune of over $400 MILLION.

Trump started his assault on this key institution of American Jurisprudence on his first day in office. He made several “day one” promises in his campaign and the one he actually followed through on was PARDONING something like 1600 INSURRECTIONISTS, many who assaulted Police Officers on January 6, 2021, and he’s been PARDONING fraudsters and white collar CRIMINALS ever since. In the height of telling “we the people” “I think you’re stupid” he pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández the epitome of a “narco terrorist” while he (Trump) was (ordering the) KILLING (of) “boat people” in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific accusing them (without even just practical evidence they were smuggling drugs into America – their boats were headed in the wrong direction and had NO capability of reaching America if they had wanted to) of being “narco terrorists.”

Not only did our “Seal Team Six” MURDER more than 150 PEOPLE but then Trump sent them (Seal Team Six) into Venezuela to capture the president Nicolas Maduro and his wife (killing another 100 to 200) accusing them of being “narco terrorists.” Reminder: only a few weeks before this he PARDONED Hernández who was found GUILTY of smuggling OVER 400 TONS of Cocaine into the United States and sentenced to 45 years in prison. (What was Trump’s payoff for Hernández’ PARDON?) No sooner had Maduro been commandeered to a jail in Brooklyn New York than Trump announced the reason for the kidnapping was Venezuela’s OIL. (Kind of reminded me of Bush/Cheney and Iraq) Go figure!

But, as usual, with republicans it ALWAYS gets worse. And, in the case of Trump he makes sure it’s getting worse at a pace which is hard to keep up with. Of course, there’s Trump’s war of choice in Iran that he can’t figure how to get out of even though all he seems capable of is making it worse. He didn’t seem to understand how the Iranians could put him “over the barrel.” (pun intended) I don’t believe he understood they would simply close the Straight of Hormuz putting pressure on him as gas prices rise. He was suckered in by Bibi Netanyahu – which Trump will NEVER admit – and he’s been saying the war is “almost over” for about a month – successfully manipulating the Wall Street moguls who could care less about whether the U.S. is mired in a war or not. Somehow, they still manage to force themselves to believe Trump’s musings.

And, Iran has no obligation to “open” the straight once Trump heads home with his tail between his legs. That last sentence, of course, was a figure of speech, because Trump has NEVER and will NEVER get anywhere near any kind of a war zone. The closest he’ll ever come is going to a cage fight while sending his V.P. to “negotiate” an end to the war – apparently thinking it could be done in a day. JD Vance claimed the reason the negotiations failed is because Iran refused to agree to “never have a nuclear weapon.” (Was this Trump’s way of setting up Vance as a baffoon?)

Reminder: It took the Obama administration around one year to negotiate the so-called “JCPOA” (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) where Iran agreed to NOT enrich Uranium to the level it can be used for a nuclear weapon – an agreement that included strict directives for the “IAEA” (International Atomic Energy Agency) to monitor Iran’s activity in this area – and, it was working, until Trump “tore up the agreement” in Trump 1.0 – apparently because it was an achievement of Barrack Obama. I’ll say it once more: It took about a year to negotiate that agreement – plus there were six other nations involved – INCLUDING Russia. So, Trump wanted Vance to do this in one day!?

Here’s another interesting “tidbit.” Vance was accompanied in these “negotiations” by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff – who I wrote a post about previously and their “negotiations” with the Iranians right before the Americans and Israeli’s killed about 40 of Iran’s leaders, about 175 school children, and began pummeling Iran with American made BOMBS. Just a day or so before the BOMBING began the Iranian negotiators returned to Iran to discuss what was reported as productive negotiations regarding reopening a plan to prevent Iran from producing a nuclear weapon. One of the mediators in the negotiation held his index finger and thumb close together to signify how close they were to an agreement. The next day – bombs away! Is it any wonder the Iranians, after six weeks of BOMBING, had a level of mistrust with Kushner and Witkoff? I speculated Kushner and Witkoff set them up – although we’ll likely never know. But, just picture the Iranian leadership gathering to discuss the proposed negotiations only to be wiped out by Israeli BOMBS!?

One of Trump’s idols, Viktor Orban, recently was voted out of office in an overwhelming DEFEAT in Hungary. Trump had sent Vance to campaign for Orban in the waning days of the campaign and Vance actually held a call with Trump during the rally. Reports have it that their “help” for Orban worked in the opposite direction intended. Some reports are suggesting Trump/Vance have set back right wing movements in several other European countries including Germany and the U.K. Which gets me to my next thought regarding why “we the people” won’t be able to endure another 30+ months of this disaster. I believe Trump sees the writing on the wall and the more he tries to “dig” himself out of the hole he’s creating, the more he keeps digging and the “hole” keeps getting deeper. And, while many are speculating he’s lost his mind, I’m certain he knows the result if there’s a MASSIVE “blue wave” in November’s mid-term elections.

He’s going to get impeached and, if his sycophantic republicans in the Senate have had “enough” he very well could get convicted. That is why I’ve been speculating for over a year now that he’s going to find a way to either suspend or eliminate the election. Either that, or find a way to prevent likely democratic voters from participating. I mean, he attempted a coup once before and was still re-elected back into the “White House.” This time, he’ll be more motivated to either block or overturn the will of the people because he’s got much more to lose this time around. I mean, he’s been pulling in personal wealth by the BILLIONS since the beginning of Trump 2.0 and his alleged corrupt and illegal activity could very well put the Supreme Court’s “absolute immunity” ruling to the test.

Trump is already postulating about providing PARDONS for anyone who’s gotten “within 200 feet of the Oval Office” – whatever he’s suggesting. It was announced today the Department of Justice is moving to rescind the convictions for Seditious Conspiracy for the “Oathkeepers” and “Proud Boys” who were main instigators in the January 6, 2021 INSURRECTION where the 140 Police Officers were brutally beaten. There’s also mounting speculation Ghislaine Maxwell is going to get a PARDON. (Do you think she might be reminding Trump – and Melania – of all that she KNOWS?) Which gets me to the “Epstein files.”

ALL of the Epstein files were, according to the statute, required to have been made public – with the only redactions to be those required to hide the identities of the victims – by December 19th, of last year. Obviously, the DOJ has failed to adhere to the legal requirements of the law – passed with almost unanimous “consent” by both houses of Congress. When they finally released something like 3 MILLION files (about a month late) – that had the perpetrators identities redacted while exposing the identities of several of the victims – and, in some instances, nude photos of some of the victims assistant AG Blanche said something like “That’s it, there aint no more.” There’s ANOTHER 3 MILLION files which haven’t been released and Trump’s personal lawyer Assistant AG, Todd Blance, announced that would be the end of it. Oops, I already said that! The DOJ was choosing NOT to release the other 3 MILLION files. Can you think of why?

This is another reason why Trump lives in fear of the mid-term elections. Should there be a “massive blue wave” as some are predicting those other files will eventually be made public. Do you think the DOJ might be attempting to protect Trump? Jaimie Raskin (D Maryland) was, like other members of Congress, able to see the unredacted files and he said in the 3 million files that have been released he did a search for Trump’s name and it came up over a MILLION times. In the redacted files made public Trump’s name comes up “only” 38,000 times – do you think those other times (960,000) where his name was redacted implies maybe a cover up? Do you think Trump’s 15 years as Epstein’s “best pal” might have included some naughty stuff? (Like some “wonderful secrets”) There’s one instance where a victim claimed (in 2019) that Trump sexually and physically assaulted her when she was 13 (In the mid 1980’s). Why do republicans continue looking away from accusations of Trump’s sexual misconduct?

For comparison – if you think it’s all just a “democrat hoax” let’s take a close look at Eric Swalwell. Recently, several women have come forward and accused him of sexual misconduct (Only a fraction of the number of Trump accusers) – some of it quite serious – or should I say “more” serious – because it’s all quite serious. It didn’t take long for democrats to encourage him to drop out of the race for governor in California (did he really think this stuff would never come up?) and soon to tell him he was going to get expelled from the House and suggest he should resign – which he did yesterday. Interestingly, a republican from Texas who had been refusing to resign over even more serious allegations chose to resign on the same day as Swalwell – I found that interesting. Did the democrats set an example for republicans? Well, if so, then maybe republicans should be making a “call” to the “White House” in order to prevent (or attempt to do so) the HUGE “blue wave” in the fall.

Naturally, we all know Trump would never agree to resign. If he’s going to be removed from office it will HAVE to be by IMPEACHMENT and CONVICTION. As an optimist (keep in mind I’m no democrat or republican) I can hope democrats not only take the House but also the Senate. As I said above, “we the people” can not endure another 30 some months of this. I mean, Today Trump claimed the Pope wants Iran to have a nuclear weapon! He also suggested gas prices are not that “high.” (I keep waiting for the Straight of Hormuz to be closed for another few weeks and then what?) He also said, today, that “we” (apparently meaning his administration on the “new” regime in Iran) are getting along well (or words to that affect). He actually publicly said that Iran has agreed to never have a nuclear weapon.

To that I almost shouted “holy cow!” But, the skeptic in me said this was simply another ridiculous LIE coming from the mouth of someone who when his lips are moving, he’s LYING. It’s as if he just makes up what he’s saying on the spot with whatever is crossing his “genius” brain. He also mentioned today that he really likes the “gospels.” Before adding “Nobody likes the gospels like I do.” To that I had to agree – as someone who believes in the “gospels.” I couldn’t help but tell myself I really don’t believe in them like Trump. I would have to put myself more in the camp of what I’ve heard from Pope Leo, although I’m not a Catholic. Nothing I’ve heard from the Pope lately about Jesus has not been consistent with the Bible I’ve read (a couple times). There’s always more and tomorrow there will likely be another “swamp” filled with more coming from Trump. Stay tuned….

Final thought: As someone who considers himself an Evangelical Christian (obviously “liberal”) I not only take offense to Trump’s depictions of himself AS Christ one day and then “with Christ” the next. But, I possibly take more offense as some of the “prayers” I keep hearing coming from the mouth of another (alleged) LIAR Pete Hegseth. I can’t remember too much of what I studied as a Political Science major back in the 1960’s about the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution (I do have a copy of the constitution on my desk – which I reference periodically) but, I’m pretty sure our country was founded on the principle of the “Separation of Church and State.”

For example, when a preacher starts preaching politics from the pulpit that church can lose its tax exempt status. So, when I hear Hegseth attempting to sound like a preacher when he’s giving orders to his military underlings (sadly, that includes everyone up to the Generals) I get a queasy feeling in my stomach. And, today, as if he’s been to theology school, Hegseth repeated a “prayer” straight out of the movie “Pulp Fiction” – what was presented as a monologue by Samuel Jackson. Here’s the real version from the movie:

• “The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.”
• “Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children.”
• “And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers…” As the character played by Jackson points his gun at the victim. (Full disclosure, I didn’t see the movie so I have no idea if he shot the dude tied up in a chair)

Here’s Hegseth’s “prayer:”

• “The path of the downed aviator is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.”
• “Blessed is he who in the name of camaraderie and duty shepherds the lost through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children.”
• “And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to capture and destroy my brother…”

Did Hegseth really believe no one would notice? Does he not watch Colbert or Kimmel at night? I’ll end with this recommendation: Watch Jon Stewart on the Daily Show next Monday! OK, one more thing – These people (Trump, Hegseth, etc. are nuts!)

OK, another one more thing: Tonight I was watching Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNow and saw a segment on RFK Jr. that made my stomach curl more than usual with info about him. (I was originally drawn into politics supporting his father’s run for president back in 1968, the first year I could vote – the voting age was 21 back then.) Kennedy LIED in a congressional hearing when confronted about him saying, a couple years ago when he was running for President as if he was an expert on the subject, that Black children should be taken from their parents and put in shelters – or something to that affect – so they could be “re-parented.” I’m not kidding. Not only does this expose Kennedy to be a vial racist, but there is video evidence he was LYING when he denied ever saying it while under oath in the hearing! You can’t make this stuff up!!!

Trump is manipulating the stock market AND his MAGA base on a daily basis as he tries to find a way to get out of Iran “with honor.” Of course, most of us know, Trump has NO honor which makes this goal problematic. Additionally, he is incapable of even entertaining the possibility of admitting he screwed up royally, so as of this morning he was threatening the destruction of the Persian civilization – which is, itself, a WAR CRIME. (Maybe he could have his trial at the Hague along side his idol Vladimir Putin.) I realize Trump believes he has “absolute immunity” (thanks to the SCOTUS) but wait a minute:

The Geneva Conventions address war crimes, which include acts like genocide and crimes against humanity, that can involve threats of mass murder against a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. These acts are considered serious violations of international humanitarian law. So, just Trump threatening Iran with destroying their public infrastructure and taking them back “to the stone age” constitutes an alleged WAR CRIME. (We proved after Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/et al that we don’t hold our leaders accountable to WAR CRIMES – in the case of the Bush/Cheney administration authorizing TORTURE)

Now, those of us closely watching Trump during Trump 2.0 have gotten used to “TACO Trump” – “Trump Always Chickens Out” – so the odds were he would find a way to “gracefully” chicken out once again as his “deadline” for taking Iran back to the “stone age” approached. Well, it appears the Iranians used a bit of skulduggery to give Trump a way to “chicken out” and get what they (the Iranians) want. A better way to put this is, short of any break down of the “agreement” it looks as if Iran gets a big win in Trump’s “war of choice.” (Possible hangup: The Israeli’s are involved and Netanyahu needs to keep this going in order to keep his a– out of court.)

Here’s a look at Trump’s “win:”

Iran’s 10-Point Proposal Demands

Iran’s response to the ceasefire proposal includes several specific demands aimed at ensuring long-term peace and security. Below is a summary of these key points:

Key Demands

Keep in mind Iran, a couple months ago, slaughtered tens of thousands of its citizens who were protesting their government. So, losing a couple thousand in this “war” – when you look at what they “agreed” to is, it seems obvious to me if no one else, a small price to pay for – LOOK at their proposed agreement. Permanent end to the attacks – and that would include Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israel’s attacks in GAZA and the West Bank, and no attacks on the Houthi’s in Yemen. The release of all their frozen assets AND the lifting of all American sanctions. They would agree to re-open the Strait of Hormuz with the caveat their military controls it and tankers would pay a fee of $2 MILLION each time they wished to pass through the Strait.

Somehow, Trump is going to attempt to sell this as a “win” – as he’s been proclaiming for weeks now that the U.S. has met their objectives (without, of course, finding a way to cogently explain what those objectives might be) Will he be able to convince his MAGA faithful that the U.S. won the war? Who knows. I have an acquaintance who is a “conservative Christian” and I simply asked him yesterday what he thought of Trump’s “Easter message.” Based on his response, I concluded he has no idea what Trump’s message was – he suggested my time would be better spent reading the Bible. I only pushed the conversation enough to give him the “Praise be to Allah” part of the message and decided I didn’t want to share the “Open the Fuckin Straight you crazy bastards” part – but, I concluded those who choose right wing media (or just don’t pay attention at all) missed out on this one.

Obviously, though, this agreement is a total WIN for Iran – there’s no other way to look at it. Trump proclaimed it as a good framework for negotiations. It will be interesting to see how the Iranians look at that. Based on what I’ve heard coming from them, they look at this as THE agreement. I may be proved wrong, but these points are consistent with every thing I’ve read regarding Iran’s position. They KNOW they’ve got Trump “over a barrel.” Here’s the kicker. I haven’t heard if the Israeli’s agreed to this. It was reported tonight how Netanyahu had talked Trump into participating in his (Netanyahu’s) 40 year fever dream. Do you really believe he’ll agree to get out of Lebanon and GAZA and stop Israeli “settlers” from committing atrocities in the West Bank? Will he “guarantee” a permanent end to attacks on Iran? Will he agree the U.S. sanctions which have been in place on Iran for YEARS should be lifted? The next couple of days should be interesting. Stay tuned……

Final Thought: This just cropped up in my mind. Did Trump actually agree to this? Did Iran publish the actual “10 point plan?” (Of which the above is the main part?) Again, tomorrow (Wednesday April 8, 2026) should be interesting.

There’s an old saying: “The Skunk smells his own hole first.” Trump is arguing against birthright citizenship (meaning, if you’re born in America you’re an American citizen) so I just thought I’d do a little thought experiment. Trump’s grandfather arrived in America in 1885 (apparently wanting nothing to do with German’s military) and his son, Fred, Trump’s daddy, was born in New York in 1905. Well, if we don’t agree that birthright citizenship is a “thing” let’s take a closer look at the Trumps.

Based on Trump’s claim that birthright citizenship is not guaranteed by the 14th amendment of our constitution (OK, it really is – but give me a moment) then Trump’s father, Fred, would not have been guaranteed to be a citizen. In fact, Trump’s grandfather, after Fred was born, attempted to move BACK to Germany, only to be deported back to the U.S. Just like his grandson, Friedrich (Trump’s grandfather) refused to submit to Germany’s mandatory military service. (I have to wonder if he had “bone spurs.”)

So, taking Trump’s own logic to his father’s “citizenship” – should Trump’s SCOTUS agree our constitution doesn’t say what it really does – then, by extension, Trump’s father, Fred, should NOT have been a citizen. And, Fred never (surprise surprise) served in the military either. Taking this to the logical conclusion then Donald Trump should NOT have been eligible for citizenship because his father shouldn’t have been a citizen. Fred Trump’s “true colors” showed when he was arrested at a KKK rally in New York in 1927 – which wouldn’t seem to be a good look for his “citizenship.”

Let’s take it on face value that Trump is actually a deserving citizen – despite his objections to our 14th amendment. (Yes, I know, his objection isn’t for white people born here) Then we have to look at his son, Barron. Melania was NOT a citizen when Barron was born so, by using Trump’s own logic, Barron is NOT a citizen. Has he been naturalized? There’s another old saying that applies to Trump that says, My: “Rules for me but NOT for thee.” Stay tuned!!!

OK, I have to admit once again where I was wrong. First, I started off predicting Trump would TANK the American economy withing six months of him LYING about the oath of office. Then, I modified my prediction (after admitting I was wrong) to one year. Again, I have to admit I was “sort of” wrong, it’s apparently going to take something like 14 or 15 months. But, again, I came up way short on this one. Now it appears Trump is hell bent on TANKING the entire WORLD economy. Trump has made a really STUPID invasion of Iran with a bombing “excursion” that is now threatening the oil and gas infrastructure of the entire Middle East. And, the most depressing reality of this fiasco is Trump’s inability to EVER admit he made a mistake. It appears the Iranians are going to get a “pound of his flesh” before this is over. And, we’ll all see another version of TACO Trump!

Reports are beginning to circulate on the amount of time it’s going to take to get the oil infrastructure back up and running if there’s NO more damage inflicted and the estimates range from several months to a matter of years. If the Israeli’s continue hitting the Iranian natural gas infrastructure at “South Pars” – in their attempt to turn Iran into a failed state – “we the people” (and the world) could be looking at the second “great depression.” Yikes! (Apparently, this is what you get when you “elect” an imbecile as your “so-called” president TWICE. Barely surviving the FIRST time – we had to bring him back for more. Well, here we are.) What does that say about us?

Trump is creating one disaster after another – based on virtually everything he “touches.” For starters, his misadventure into Iran is further destroying America’s influence in the world. Trump is, in essence, begging the Europeans – our NATO partners – to come to his aid – suggesting they could open the Strait of Hormuz with virtually no danger. They’re answer: pound sand! Additionally, as the Russians are giving Iran intelligence on American targets Trump has taken off sanctions on Russian oil – allowing a great windfall for Vladimir Putin (who must be chuckling – the power of kompromat). On top of that, we’ve also taken off sanctions of IRANIAN oil – that’s supposedly who we’re fighting – giving the IRANIANS a multi BILLION dollar windfall. This is your strategy when you suffer from bone spurs!

He’s STARVING the Cuban people in order to, as he says, “do what he wants with Cuba.” While all this Iranian stuff is going on Trump is “running” Venezuela – which he believes he can replicate in Iran. Trump (and Rubio) have succeeded in controlling Venezuela’s oil and they’re blocking any deliveries to Cuba. Therefore the Cubans are suffering from energy blackouts and shortages of food and, apparently, everything else. Trump’s next target is running Cuba. After that Colombia? Brazil? Canada? Greenland? Whatever it takes to change the subject from Epstein!

Trump is aggressively attacking the gains made in the fight against the climate crisis. Under Joe Biden the United States was aggressively – and, with bipartisan support – attempting to mitigate the climate crisis. Encouraging “green” initiatives from renewal energy projects to the EV “revolutions” along with a nationwide buildout of charging stations for EV autos and expanding solar and wind energy. (Full disclosure: both my wife and myself drive EV’s and we have solar panels on our home) Trump is apparently PAYING some foreign entity to take down planned wind projects – he HATES wind energy. People all across this nation are paying MORE for energy and it’s going to get worse with this nincompoop in the “White House.”

Trump is losing his fight to cover up his actions as Jeffrey Epstein’s best buddy for over 15 years. For anyone who doesn’t understand why we’re in Iran it can be explained in one word: Epstein. Shortly before Trump invaded Iran documents accusing Trump of sexually and physically assaulting a 13 year old girl back in the 1980’s became public. He was desperate to change the subject so – here we are. Now, he’s backed into a corner in Iran and the fantasies are coming out every day. Sometimes I have to wonder if he’s told so many LIES that he actually believes them as they roll off his tongue. Take it from me – the U.S. and Iran are NOT negotiating. Why would Iran negotiate with Jared Kushner after he allegedly set up the Iranian leadership after the pre-war negotiations. Trust me, the Iranians are not stupid.

MAGA faithful seemingly haven’t grasped the amount of national debt piling up under Trump’s “leadership.” Republicans have complained, for years, about the national debt – WHEN DEMOCRATS CONTROL THE WHITE HOUSE. Most MAGAts didn’t notice that in the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” there was an increase of $5 TRILLION to the debt ceiling. Why would that be necessary if balancing the budget was the plan? Reports I’ve read suggest the deficit for this year will likely be more than $2 TRILLION. Remember, in Trump 1.0 his administration was responsible for 25% of the entire national debt over the entire lifetime of the United States. And, here we go again!

Despite all this the OLIGARCHS are smiling. For example, (f)Elon Musk was worth a reported $250 BILLION before he pored $300 MILLION into Trump’s campaign to get him elected. A little over a year later (after “Dogeing” the federal government and eliminating restrictions to his businesses) the last report I read said his net worth NOW is $850 BILLION. At this rate he’ll be a TRILLIONAIRE before we know it. Now that’s what you call a “good investment.” Unsurprisingly, 8 of 11 of the richest BILLIONAIRES in the world are U.S. technology OLIGARCHS who control MOST of the “news” that people around the world get from their addiction to social media. It’s “great work if you can get it.” (You’ll find all of them on the list of “donors” to Trump’s ballroom) Is it any wonder they are already funneling MILLIONS into the republican party ahead of the mid-terms.

I have to continually ask myself, WHO is benefiting from Trump’s continual manipulating of the stock market. Today, it’s stopping the bombing for five days to allow negotiations the Iranians say aren’t happening to prove fruitful. Does Trump signal ahead of time what he’s going to say to the press? Think about it. He’s the “engine” right now that is driving the roller coaster market. Today, the stock market rebounded significantly, and the price of oil dropped significantly – based on Trump’s remarks. I have to believe there are “insiders” who are making, for people like me, unbelievable profits off the knowledge, ahead of time, what he’s going to say to the press. Trump is playing the markets like it’s one of his childhood toys – and, they keep falling for it.

I’m having a difficult time FORCING myself to continue watching the “news.” I’m sure it’s obvious around here I’m no “fan” of Trump. I go to church regularly and keep listening to sermons telling me I should “love my neighbor as myself.” I guess I justify my disgust of Trump by telling myself “he’s not my neighbor.” I’m trying to be better but I just can’t help myself when it comes to Trump – in the words of Keith Olberman – “The WORST person in the world.” I have to be totally transparent – I’m not feeling anything resembling “love.” When I look back to when I was still teaching sixth graders I really struggled on the rare occasion I had a student who was a pathological LIAR. Well, it’s even worse with someone is “deplorable” as Trump, is the “leader” of our country, and when his lips are moving he’s LYING! Stay tuned…..

Final Thought: I write to get my frustrations with my government “out.” Trying not to allow these frustrations to get “bottled up.” I live in a rural area and choose not to get involved with my neighbors – who are scattered in an area where people live on small acreages. That all being said, this coming weekend is the next “No Kings” protest. I have an appointment for the AM hours, but my plan is to head straight to the local protest as soon as possible. I’ve got my sign and I hope a place to sit while people walk by – unfortunately, my ability to walk even short distances is a thing of the past. I hope people show up in record numbers which will be a sign “we the people” may yet put this nightmare to “bed” after the mid term elections.

I’ve been ruminating for the past year that Trump will attempt to stop the mid-terms. He actually told some of his supporters that the 2024 election would be the last time they would need to be voting. Project 2025, as I’ve said as nauseam here, is a “roadmap to fascism” and they are smart enough to know what lies ahead for Trump if they can’t somehow block the November elections. Progressives continue to put their hopes in a “blue wave” come November and I hope they are correct. People everywhere need to make sure they refuse to allow the privilege of voting to be taken from us. Yikes!!!

While Trump is busy manipulating the markets with his confusing statements about HIS war in Iran and the affect it’s having on the nation’s (and the world’s – but he doesn’t much care about “others”) economy there are some realities I hope won’t go away. I’ll attempt to do my small part to bring them up, just in case someone who matters actually ends up reading one of my posts. So, let’s get started:

First, of course, are the Epstein files which Trump is killing a lot of people in his attempt to avoid the accountability which seems to be rising to the “surface.” Secondly, there’s Jared Kushner – he of the close relationship to Bibi Netanyahu – and, when I say close, there are reports Netanyahu slept in Kushner’s bedroom when Kushner was a child. The present issue has to do with the question of whether or not Kushner set up the Iranian leaders for the missile strike which wiped out Iran’s “Supreme leader,” much of his closest associates, (for lack of a better term) and MOST of his family. Finally, the bombs DIDN’T kill his second oldest son who is now the “Supreme Leader” and, reportedly, is more hard line than his father. (Great job Trump – as usual)

While Trump is busy manipulating the markets with his confusing statements about HIS war in Iran and the affect it’s having on the nation’s (and the world’s – but he doesn’t much care about “others”) economy there are some realities I hope won’t go away. I’ll attempt to do my small part to bring them up, just in case someone who matters actually ends up reading one of my posts. So, let’s get started:

First, of course, are the Epstein files which Trump is killing a lot of people in his attempt to avoid the accountability which seems to be rising to the “surface.” Secondly, there’s Jared Kushner – he of the close relationship to Bibi Netanyahu – and, when I say close, there are reports Netanyahu slept in Kushner’s bedroom when Kushner was a child. The present issue has to do with the question of whether or not Kushner set up the Iranian leaders for the missile strike which wiped out Iran’s “Supreme leader,” much of his closest associates, (for lack of a better term) and MOST of his family. Finally, the bombs DIDN’T kill his second oldest son who is now the “Supreme Leader” and, reportedly, is more hard line than his father. (Great job Trump – as usual)

I’m going to start this with Kushner, because the more I think about what he was up to (with Steve Witkoff) the more DISGUSTED I get. It was Kushner and Witkoff who were involved in protracted “negotiations” with the Iranians – apparently over their supposed attempts to produce a nuclear weapon. While

I’m going to start this with Kushner, because the more I think about what he was up to (with Steve Witkoff) the more DISGUSTED I get. It was Kushner and Witkoff who were involved in protracted “negotiations” with the Iranians – apparently over their supposed attempts to produce a nuclear weapon. While all these talks were proceeding, Trump (and Hegseth – the Secretary of Warcrimes) were moving a couple aircraft carriers (and all the support that goes with them) into the region. These ships appear to be located in various bodies of water in the region. So, Kushner and Witkoff, according to the negotiator on the Iranian side, were – and he held up two fingers very close to each other – oh so close to an agreement.

This resulted in the Iranian negotiators returning to Tehran in order to discuss “next steps” with the Iranian leadership. According to the “two finger” guy, more negotiations were planned in the near future. However, as anyone who follows the Israelis’ and their intelligence capacity knows they have the ability to “pinpoint” the location of various people they wish to “watch” (or, of course, more) It’s been reported the Iranians were meeting (surprisingly at Ali Khamenei’s residence) and there is no doubt in my mind this was the point where Bibi Netanyahu (facing serious corruption charges as soon as all this war stuff is over – do you think that factors into his thinking?) suckered Trump into the all out – and SUDDEN – bombing campaign in Iran.

The Israeli’s dropped a direct hit onto Khamenei’s home (compound) killing the Supreme Leader, most of his family (not his second son) and, apparently about 40 other Iranians in their leadership counsel. While the Israeli’s were getting rid of Khamenei the Americans were bombing a girls elementary school killing something like 175 Iranians including about 150 girls between the ages of 7 and 12. (Trump has ridiculously accused the Iranians of blowing up the school – what an idiot)

The part in all of this that really bugs me is I can’t get the thought out of my mind that Kushner (who’s not even part of our government – and, I don’t think Witkoff is either) set these Iranians up with a bogus “negotiation.” Who knows, maybe they managed to hide a tracking device with one of the Iranian negotiators to make sure the Israeli’s would eliminate the “Supreme Leader” at the outset of the attack. The Israeli’s are focused on what they expect to achieve, Trump is anything but. In fact, it appears Trump has no idea what is actually going on “on the ground” nor interest. He was actually playing golf over the first weekend after the first bombs landed.

Kushner has ties with the Arab nations in the gulf (he managed to get the Saudi’s to front him $2 BILLION soon after the January 6th INSURRECTION back in 2021). The Qatari’s bailed his family out of a terrible investment at 666 Fifth Avenue in New York during Trump 1.0 and since have donated a $400 MILLION aircraft to Trump – talk about thumbing your nose at the emoluments clause of our Constitution. And the Emirate’s supposedly pumped a couple BILLION into one of Trump’s crypto scams. Not sure how these countries are feeling about Trump right now – but, Kushner is an orthodox Jew and, as I said earlier, he’s a family friend of Netanyahu. My point: was this a setup from the beginning?

Hegseth is acting like a kid playing video games. Some of his press conferences are, at least to me, embarrassing. It should have surprised no one when he said “There will be no STUPID rules of engagement” in this war. Hegseth is damaging the United States in ways which may take a generation (or more) to mitigate. Not only that, but there ARE “Rules of Engagement” and, it appears, both the United States and the Israeli’s are violating them – and, arrogantly. Like it or not, the U.S. is in this as a “partner” with Israel although it appears it’s Israel doing the most unethical damage. They’ve bombed a desalination plant – cutting off water to an untold number of Iranians AND they’ve bombed the Iranian’s oil infrastructure resulting in “oil rain” in the civilian communities in Iran. Netanyahu, in his own words, waited 40 years to find a U.S. president he could talk into going “partners” in an invasion of Iran.

And, what did they achieve? Mojtaba Khamenei, the former Supreme Leader’s second son – supposedly more of a hard liner than his father, is now Iran’s Supreme leader. Sorry Mr. Trump, Iran is NOT Venezuela. And, keep in mind, the NEW Supreme Leader lost his father, his mother, his wife, and his children in the initial air strike so, do you think he’s anxious to resume negotiations? The U.S. and Israel are busy committing all kinds of WAR CRIMES and the Iranians will, I can guarantee you, get their pound of flesh. Will they reopen the Strait of Hormuz once the bombing stops? I have a sneaking suspicion that will be the first step in their “revenge.” This could upend the entire world economy in a matter of a month or two. And this all might just be on Jared Kushner’s “plate.” Makes my stomach growl just thinking about it!

Now, to Epstein. It has been apparent to me for some time that Trump would continue on a “route” he believes will get the Epstein files out of the news to the point where “we the people” forget about them. However, there are several members of Congress and lots of journalists (going through the files) that are NOT going to allow that to happen. The Trump encounter that has surfaced recently where he allegedly sexually AND physically assaulted a young teenage girl in the mid 1980’s seemed to have pushed him to the brink – meaning, INVADING Iran along with his buddy Netanyahu. The problem for Trump is that the so-called missing files are now NOT missing. The FBI interviewed this (now) lady 4 times as it was setting up for the prosecution of Epstein before he was allegedly (according to the pathologist hired by his brother) murdered in his jail cell. The first I learned of THIS allegation was reading Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s posthumous memoir.

The DOJ has released about 3 MILLION files that are overly redacted (I predicted this close to a year ago) and have exposed the identities of many of the victims/survivors while covering for the predators – in both instances in violation of the Congressional act forcing the release of ALL the files. Yet, there’s still another 2.5 MILLION (or so) files the DOJ is refusing to release. (They were all supposed to be released almost three months ago) Clearly, there are MANY people in “high places” who wish this issue would just go away, none, more likely, than Trump – but it’s all going to come out at some point in time.

According to Congressman Jamie Raskin, when he was given access to the 3 MILLION files – while at the DOJ – with the files being unredacted he searched Trump’s name and it came up OVER a MILLION times. Do you really believe this one incident back in the mid 1980’s was the ONLY time Trump was involved in Epstein’s providing young girls for rich men? Obviously, Trump is going to go to EXTREME lengths to cover up whatever role he had. They WERE “best friends” for something like 15 years.

Do you think it possible the adventure in Venezuela was an attempt to deflect from the “files?” I mean, the justification after they “snatched” Maduro (and his wife) was they are “narco terrorists.” Of course, that accusation rings hollow because shortly before they went into Venezuela (killing about 100 Venezuelans and Cubans) Trump pardoned the worst “narco terrorist,” Juan Orlando Hernández who was found guilty of smuggling OVER 400 TONS of cocaine into the United States. He was serving a 45 year prison term and Trump let him go – and THEN snatched Maduro. The whole thing stinks. The U.S. even has MURDERED something like 150 people in motor boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific calling them “narco terrorists.” Trump and Hegseth deserve a trip to the International Criminal Court (along with Vladimir Putin).

Speaking of Putin, do you really believe he doesn’t have some kind of kompromat on Trump which keeps Trump in line. I mean, it’s getting to the ridiculous stage. The U.S. is involved in an attack (war) on Iran and Iran is a close ally of Russia. So, it’s reported Putin is sending intelligence to the Iranians on the where abouts of American targets and Trump has a one hour phone conversation with Putin. Shortly thereafter, Trump loosens sanctions on Russian oil, the Russians once again are sending oil to India AND it’s price has doubled in the past week gaining income for their failing economy. As the saying goes: “You can’t make this stuff up.” (Suggestion, put 2 +2 together) Yikes!!!

Final Thought: One last thing which has been bugging me of late. It’s been reported that Vladimir Putin’s name has been mentioned over 1000 times in the Epstein files released to this date. I’ve also read where Epstein had close connections to the Kremlin (as well as Israel’s Intelligence community) and that Epstein had received OVER one Billion dollars from the Russians. Trump was also, at one point in his Casino life, found to have “laundered” Russian money. One report I read was that Epstein was supplying the Kremlin with “kompromat” on wealthy individuals who got sucked into his sex trafficking ring.

Well, think about that when you’re wondering why Trump would be on the phone with Putin for a “constructive” conversation while the Russians are funneling intelligence to the Iranians exposing American targets. Now, I’m not the only person who believes Putin has “dirt” on Trump – in fact, I’ve believed this since the Russians got involved with Trump’s campaign back in 2016. Will we ever find out the truth about all this “junk?” I still remember an email that came from the Epstein estate where he claimed he was the one person who could bring Trump down. Is Putin the other? According to Epstein’s brother the pathologist he hired to investigate his brother’s “cause of death” determined Epstein had been murdered.

If that’s true we’ll likely NEVER know who was behind the “hit,” but the circumstances of his death certainly leave a lot of suspicion. One thing that seems almost obvious to me has to do with Trump’s apparent idolizing Putin. There’s got to be a reason for this and my suspicion is it relates to Epstein. This will all just be circumstantial evidence roaming around in my head until such time there is PROOF of my inclinations. That said, there’s something “fishy” with all of this. Stay tuned…

I’m really struggling to find the motivation to continue writing. The bottom line is I write to get my frustration with the government of my country “out.” I started this “blog” (if that’s what it is) back toward the end of the Bush/Cheney regime due to my frustration with their willingness to authorize TORTURE – not to mention the STUPIDITY of their LYING “we the people” into an illegal invasion of Iraq. As a member of the American High School “class” that came of age during the Viet Nam fiasco the invasion of Iraq was, to me, “Deja Vu all over again.” It’s like our leadership class has a difficult time processing history – seemingly being determined to relive previous fiascoes.

I’ve pointed out NUMEROUS times since Trump “won” the 2024 election that “we the people” were about to be forced to endure the Project 2025 “strategy” of “flooding the zone. Of course, my point in ALL those rants, was this is how Trump and the puppet masters (Project 2025 authors) would cause “we the people” to spend our time of political observance “chasing our tails.” That is, going around in circles as we fight back against Trump’s and his puppet master’s goal of turning the U.S. into a country with a FASCIST government.

Despite those who are political observers constantly finding issues where Trump and his sycophants have brazenly violated the constitution many of them took an OATH to defend, the “Trumpers” could care less. They don’t believe in our constitution – other than the parts of it which might support a slice of their agenda. Clearly, the percentage of Americans who’ve actually read the Project 2025 manifesto is minuscule. I watch, occasionally, MSNOW and I haven’t seen much evidence the “hosts” of their daily agenda have read the manifesto. Along with virtually every person involved in America’s so-called “liberal media,” for example, I constantly hear the word “authoritarianism” as they attempt to understand Trump and his masters – apparently fearful of actually using the term FASCISM.

I’m presently reading “Hitler’s First 100 Days” by Peter Fritzsche and the parallels between the “Third Reich” and Trump 2.0 are eerie. I won’t go into details, if you’re interested, there is a plethora of books out there which I submit would make it clear to you what I’m writing about here. (Including the book I just referenced) One obvious example would be the FACT Trump’s “ICE” thugs resemble Hitler’s “Brown Shirts” in multiple ways, including the color of their “garb.” Attempting to rule based on FEAR is nothing new according to history. The difference between the resistance in today’s world and that of “yesteryear” is the internet and the so-called “smart phones.” Americans would have been assured, for example, that Alex Pretti was a “radical left wing agitator” who was killed in self defense by the ICE murderers. Same for Rene Good. Without cell phones and their ability to make video recordings no one would know any difference. Americans understand you can’t believe a word coming out of Trump’s mouth. The assault on Minneapolis hasn’t removed the issue Trump wants to go away.

I, like MOST Americans, have been paying attention to the “Epstein files” and observing ALL the ways Trump is working to prevent Americans from discovering the extent of his involvement with Epstein over the space of 15 years or more. The evidence I’ve seen suggests their (Trump and Epstein) CLOSE relationship began at some point in the 1980’s – based on one of the accusations that Trump allegedly sexually assaulted a teenager – an alleged attack occurring in the mid 1980’s (that the DOJ is hiding – makes me wonder what they don’t want the public to see).

For all the people who are unable to “put 2+2 together” by making inferences based on the publicly available reporting on the internet they will have to wait for complete compliance with the Congressional bill supposedly forcing the DOJ to release ALL the files with the only redactions being to protect the identities of the survivors/victims. (Don’t hold your breath) In the files released on January 30th and prior Trump is mentioned something like 38,000 times in the space of 3 MILLION files which are full of redactions protecting perpetrators while exposing the identities – in some instances including home addresses, phone numbers, etc. – of the survivors/victims. When Jamie Raskin looked at the unredacted files he said Trump’s name comes up over one MILLION times. Yikes!

And, remember there are another 3 MILLION files the DOJ is refusing to release. Why could that be? Over a year ago people were predicting the files would be “scrubbed” of any information “incriminating” Trump (I agreed) and, well, here we are. What could Trump possibly do to get all the questions about Epstein pushed to the back of the journalistic pages? Why do you think Trump moved a massive amount of military POWER into the Middle East? Why do you think the U.S. has been moving her citizens out of the region over the past few weeks? OK, the answer is now obvious; Along with the Israeli’s (more likely because of the Israeli’s) Trump has ordered a coordinated attack of Iran. That SHOULD definitely get him a Nobel Peace Prize – especially when you consider his ordering “boat people” in the Caribbean to be murdered. This time it was 150 or so elementary school girls. Do I have Trump “derangement syndrome?” (looks probable!)

The question now becomes; Will this invasion of Iran result in a prolonged war causing the U.S. to verify it’s now totally “on board” with Vladimir Putin? I mean, what do Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump have in common with Putin? I would surmise they make a chummy group of FELONS who need to keep their nations embroiled in war so they can avoid facing accountability for their alleged CORRUPTION. Putin is the master, Trump is groveling while trying to gain Putin’s approval, and Netanyahu is putting off his own accountability that was imminent on the day HAMAS invaded back on October 7th two plus years ago. Netanyahu has been dreaming of this day for 40 years. One thing all THREE of these men have in common is their focus on “number one.” Despite occupying offices that would suggest a focus on public service, they each are expert at focusing on themselves. The lost lives are simply “the cost of doing business.”

Do I hope for the best for the people of Iran? Yes, whatever that might be because there are a plethora of factions in Iran and I wonder how they might pull together and form some kind of government that they all can agree to. Do I believe Trump has any idea how this might come about? Absolutely NOT. Trump’s justifications are simply a bunch of LIES (what else is new) – his explanations continue changing by the day. The reality is this is the second time in my lifetime (Iraq was the first) the United States has invaded a sovereign nation. Supposedly our military has been formed as a deterrent NOT to be used for aggressive invasions of sovereign nations. (OK, it’s the third time – with Viet Nam being the first – therefore Iraq was the second. What is clear, our leaders haven’t learned a damned thing from any of this)

It’s pretty hard for Americans to be criticizing Putin for his ILLEGAL invasion of Ukraine when Trump is on his second ILLEGAL invasion of a sovereign nation in the past month or so. I was angry with Trump’s abandonment of Ukraine via his groveling up to Putin, but, now, I feel for the Ukrainians because help coming from the U.S. seems unlikely while we’re “bomb, bomb, bombing Iran.” (Not to mention, Trump claimed he’s now “running Venezuela.”) With Russia bogged down in Ukraine and, NOW, the U.S. bogged down in Iran (and, theoretically, Venezuela) How do the people of Taiwan feel?

I mean there have been reports of China’s plan to “annex” Taiwan for years, but they apparently didn’t want to get in a war with the U.S. Well, things change don’t they? What do you think Trump is going to do if China invades Taiwan and claims it as a Chinese territory – like Putin in Ukraine? It seems to me Taiwan is the next victim of the “big three” world powers. It almost looks to me as if Trump is laying the groundwork for China to take over Taiwan with nary a whimper coming from our so-called “Department of War” under the incredible leadership of Pete Hegseth. The way this is all playing out is very sad to me and the Trump administration is coming across as an embarrassment. European leaders had better pick up the pace of supporting Ukraine. Putin’s “dream” goes well past the Ukrainians. He wants to reconstitute the former Soviet Union.

However, I believe one of the main goals of Trump and his puppet masters is being accomplished by declaring war on Iran. Only time will tell, but my guess is Epstein is headed for the back pages as I suggested above. Not only has Trump (and, of course, Netanyahu – who I believe dragged Trump into this fiasco) likely miscalculated the Iranian response to this attack (so far, six members of our military are dead) I believe his appointment of incompetent people to head up our institutions is likely to come back to “haunt” us. For example, just last week Kash Patel (the beer guzzling head of the FBI) Fired about a dozen members of the FBI’s counter terrorism group focused on Iran. Does anyone out there think Iran may be planning some kind of attack here on U.S. soil? We assassinated their “supreme leader,” what do you believe they may be thinking as “retribution?” (one of Trump’s favorite words)

Does it make you feel safe knowing that Trump is at the helm as America goes into another Middle East war? Maybe we’ll see “TACO Trump” in action and when he realizes how this will affect the Stock Market and inflation (energy prices already spiking) he’ll try to back out – find a way to leave “with honor.” Seems a long shot to me – there’s already been enough damage to cause the Iranians to be REALLY mad! Not only was their “Supreme leader” killed, but apparently several dozen of this close associates. But, that’s not all – a GIRLS elementary school was bombed – killing about 150 mostly children from the ages of 7 – 12. My guess is there are MANY Iranians seeking revenge.

Flash Alert: Tonight I read an article alleging Jared Kushner and Steve Witcoff were in negotiations with Iran to assure they would not constitute a nuclear weapon (or ballistic missiles capable of hitting the U.S.) Allegedly Kushner and Witcoff got the negotiations close to the finish line and the Iranians simply had to gather to decide whether or not to accept the deal. Apparently the leaders of Iran gathered in one (or two) locations to make their decision with further negotiations planned. Then the bombing and the Israelis knew where this group was gathered and killed them all – something like 45 members of Iran’s ruling counsel. As Secretary of War Crimes for America proudly said – after the KILLING of the 150 school girls and the elimination of Iran’s “Supreme leader” and his close associates – (and I’m paraphrasing) “We are not following the ‘dumb’ rules of engagement. There are no ‘rules’ for our attack.” (This all makes me sick to my stomach! Trump and Hegseth are cementing the U.S.’s place as the world’s pariah! I never thought I’d live to see this day! Does anyone besides me miss Joe Biden?)

Trump has shown what an ignoramus he is by his messages on his Twitter copy of a social media app – wearing a baseball cap and dressed very casually – one of the messages posted at 2:00 AM on Saturday where he said something like, “There could be casualties, they say that happens in wars” – those aren’t his exact words but, “come on man” he’s the so-called president – although he is a 34 times FELON and he’s proving (once again) he’s willing to CHEAT in order to get his way. He’s likely setting the stage for an attempt at canceling the next election. In the book I’m reading which I mentioned above the Nazi’s made it clear, once they were in POWER, there would be no more elections – there was no need for elections in the future. (They were actually thinking of the next 1000 years). I shudder at all the parallels with Trump’s regime – I understand Trump doesn’t read, but, it’s hard to think all the parallels are just coincidence. And, remember (f)Elon Musk threw a couple Sieg Heils at Trump’s inauguration with nary a whimper from the Trump supporters – not to mention our “liberal media” hasn’t mentioned it hardly at all – certainly not recently. Stay tuned……

Final Thought: The Oligarch class in America is slowly putting a noose around our “liberal media.” Musk with Xwitter, Zuckerberg with Meta (includes Facebook, Instagram, and What’s app), Bezos with the Washington Post (which he very well may destroy), Larry Ellison and Rupert Murdoch taking control of TikTok, Ellison now is in control of CBS, it’s parent company Paramount and, now, CNN via taking over Warner Brothers (which includes HBO among others) plus there’s Sinclair which likely operates the local news where you live. These are all right wing media outlets. And, it’s becoming suffocating.

There’s also Peter Thiel who heads up Palantir – the company leading the way on “snooping” on “we the people.” (And, other nation’s people around the globe) Like Musk, Thiel is an immigrant who has become a “naturalized” U.S. citizen. Now, I haven’t seen Thiel throwing Sieg Heils but he was born in Germany and he spent most of his early youth living in a German section of South Africa that supported the Nazi’s. He has openly stated a disdain for “democracy” and, all these oligarchs seem to look at our constitution as an irritant. They are a large part of the “engine” pushing the Project 2025 agenda. There are of course many more BILLIONAIRES connected to Trump – I hope they’re all “outed” once this national nightmare ends so they can receive their “just rewards.” To me, the irony of all this is the people who voted for Trump 2.0 continue(d) to believe Trump would “drain the swamp” when, in reality, Trump is the head of the swamp.

One more thing: Trump’s hanging banners of his image on the front of various buildings in Washington DC is one of the parallels to Hitler and the Nazi takeover of Germany in 1933. Just sayin….

I have to add: Speaking of Oligarchs and their money I hope the next president (after Trump) tears down the (now) $400 MILLION (and rising) ball room and rebuilds the East Wing of the “White House.” First, getting permits, of course.

I’m old and I’m really getting tired of the “chasing the tail” routine most of us who are following Trump find ourselves in. That said, I have children and grandchildren so I keep telling myself I need to force myself to find the energy to put up some kind of fight against Trump and his Project 2025 puppet masters. It’s clear as a bell to me what they are up to, but I’m to the point where I feel it’s going to have to whack them in the face – meaning our “liberal media” – before they “get” what Trump et al are really up to. I’ve said this numerous times here, their tactics are to keep “we the people” gasping at ” “today’s scandal” all the while forgetting “yesterday’s scandal” and completely keeping our eyes off the real focus of their agenda.

What might that be, you ask? More and more Americans are coming to the same realization those of us who took the time to read Project 2025 prior to the 2024 election were warning about and that is the turning of America into a FASCIST nation. Yes! FASCIST! Not “authoritarianism.” For some reason, those who “man” the host chairs of the “news” shows I watch on TV – for me it’s MSNOW (formerly MSNBC) are very reluctant to use the word “FASCISM” on the air OR to even bring up the name of Hitler, let alone to point out the parallels of the Project 2025 takeover of our nation to Hitler’s takeover of Germany back in the 1930’s. It’s not exact, but it’s creepily similar – even the “Brown Shirts” on the members of ICE terrorizing neighborhoods all across America (and, of course, especially in Minneapolis).

So, as opposed to my usual just writing to get my own frustration off my chest – just letting it “flow” – I’m going to try something different this time. I will try to compile a list of some of Trump’s most egregious and outrageous actions while attempting to give my take on what their daily scandals are designed to prevent “we the people” from understanding. This will likely take a few days – if I can force myself to keep writing. (And, remember, I do most of this from an old man’s – I’m one year younger than Trump – memory. That, in itself, should scare you)

I have to take my memory banks back to Trump’s first day in office. If you remember, he promised to lower food prices on his first day. He promised to end the war in Ukraine on his first day. He promised to end the war in GAZA on his first day. AND, he promised to pardon the January 6th FELONS – including the hundreds who beat cops and the ones found guilty of Seditious conspiracy – on his first day. Well, as we all now know, the answer of which promise he kept came from “door number four.” He pardoned ALL the Jan. 6th FELONS and, in fact, he used the “auto pen” to do so. The same “auto pen” he lambasted Joe Biden for using. Typical Trump. (He still hasn’t fulfilled the other “promises”)

Trump caused republicans, during Joe Biden’s final year in office, to torpedo an immigration bill they (republicans) negotiated in order to preserve the issue for himself during the campaign and, unfortunately, MOST American voters weren’t paying close enough attention and fell for his shtick as it became a key issue in the election. And, of course, he constantly was LYING about the number of undocumented people in America – not mentioning that many had been here for MANY years and were hardworking members of their communities.

To give “we the people” a glimpse into the future (the near future) Trump, soon after LYING about the oath of office, signed an executive order canceling birthright citizenship for children born to undocumented immigrants – born in the U.S.A. Of course, that was in direct conflict with the 14th amendment to our constitution – but, I’m sure, Trump feels his stooges on the SCOTUS will find a way around that pesky document we all (well, most of us) find dear. The first warning “shot” about what immigrants would soon find themselves living through.

In Trump’s first few weeks he signed between 100 and 200 executive orders – the very type of document republicans so oppose when there is a democrat in the “White House.” Naturally, these executive orders were written up by the Project 2025 puppet masters and Trump just obligingly signed them. (Keeping in mind they are NOT laws) I remember a guy handing him a document and EXPLAINING to him what was on the pages and then Trump simply signing it and holding it up for the cameras. I don’t remember a single member of our “liberal media” taking notice of this – apparently, assuming these documents were originally dictated by Trump himself. I would bet ALL five of my dollars if I had the propensity to gamble on this.

Before I go further I’ve got to, once again, point out how Trump and the GOP have adopted the propaganda tactics of Hitler, Goebbels, and the Third Reich. I’ve written this so many times I’m tired of typing it up, but Hitler devised the “Big Lie Theory” when he wrote “Mein Kampf” while he was in prison in about 1928, I believe. (I looked it up, it was while he was in prison with the first volume published in 1925 and the second volume in 1926 – apparently I’m not doing all this by memory) The “Big Lie Theory” stated “If you repeat a LIE over and over people will eventually believe it’s true.” The second part of the “strategy” was “projection.” Condensed: “Every accusation is a confession.”

I recently read an “Economist/YouGov” poll and several factors “we the people” are facing in our every day lives. Trump, over all, came out of this poll looking VERY bad. He’s “underwater” on every issue. But, when you read the poll you see the “breakdown” for things like who you voted for, what you consider your political views, (liberal, moderate, conservative, etc.) The interesting thing I noted is the reason Trump is so far underwater lies at the views of “independent voters.” Democrats were, basically, the polar opposite of republicans in almost EVERY category. So, their stats canceled each other out. The real issue for republicans going forward, based on this poll, is they are losing independents – and BADLY! That is why democrats look poised for a “blue wave” in November – if we still have elections.

Trump and his republican sycophants are totally immersed in these two Nazi propaganda tactics (Big Lie Theory and Projection) and our “liberal media” refuses to do their job of “informing” the American public. The longer they wait to start making this clear, the better the chance for Trump and his puppet masters to succeed in destroying our constitutional republic. One of their main goals is either the elimination of elections (Trump has said, recently, they’re not necessary – things are so great) or turning them into Russian style “elections.” When you hear Trump, Bondi, Noem, or any of the others suggesting democrats are planning to “cheat” in the elections – just remember “projection.” Case closed!!!

There is, of course, an endless supply of the daily “scandals” I could go over, but I don’t like writing that much. So, fast forward to the racist s@*t which is becoming more overt as time goes by. Personally, I don’t understand why this wasn’t OBVIOUS well before the beginning of Trump 2.0, but here we are. I’ll try to limit my examples supporting the OBVIOUS reality the Trump administration is a bunch of vile racists. Think back to the one debate Trump had with Kamala Harris (it went so well for him he chickened out of doing a second one) where he accused Haitian immigrants of “eating the cats and dogs” of their neighbors in Springfield, Ohio. Totally “made up” – but, why weren’t pundits on the “left” drilling down on why they would make up a story like THAT!

OK, that SHOULD have been enough for anyone who didn’t at that point understand Trump, Vance, and the rest of them were overt RACISTS. But Trump et al were bound and determined to further prove MY point. Filling the airwaves with LIES about undocumented immigrants (Black and Brown people) “murdering and raping” people, apparently at random – without, as usual, a SHRED of evidence to support such a heinous claim. The truth is American citizens violate the laws at MUCH higher percentages than undocumented immigrants. And, if that’s not enough to convince you, Trump regularly refers to Somali immigrants – legally here – as “garbage.” Every time I hear him say that I want someone to hand him a mirror!

With the help of (f)Elon Musk (an immigrant) Trump managed to “torpedo” the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The number of people who have unnecessarily died because of this work by Musk and Trump, according to estimates of people in the “field,” is approaching 1 MILLION. Bill Gates said these deaths are the result of the richest man in the world killing among the poorest people in the world. MANY of those dying are children. Trump and Musk killed the PEPFAR program initiated in the George W Bush administration that was preventing MILLIONS of people in Africa from dying via AIDS. You’ll recall, Trump has referred to the countries these people live in as “shithole” countries. He’s claimed (again, without a shred of evidence) that Somali immigrants in our country “just run around killing each other.” What a racist pig!

And, while we’re on the subject of immigrants, lets keep in mind Trump is a second generation immigrant (Germany) who’s been married to TWO immigrants. He’s allowed South African “Afrikaners” to immigrate while blocking those from countries that are not predominantly white. Musk is an Afrikaner who came to America on a student visa and never enrolled in the school he was supposed to attend. If you missed it, Musk flashed a couple “Sieg Heils” at Trump’s inauguration which seems to be well past the ability of our “liberal media’s” attention span. If you’re not aware – that is also referred to as the “Hitler salute.” Politicians don’t question his immigration status (yes, he is a naturalized citizen – but, did he lie to achieve that?), or the immigration status of Melania Trump, and I think we know why. But, few seem to care.

Musk is the “richest person on the planet” and is proving everything those of us who’ve been clamoring about the SCOTUS’ “Citizens United” decision have been correct. He funneled close to $300 MILLION into Trump’s campaign in the closing months and arguably is the reason Trump “won” in 2024. Since the election Musk’s fortune has virtually DOUBLED. We’re talking about HUNDREDS of BILLIONS of net worth. And, there’s another “immigrant” who is neck deep in republican politics (despite claiming to be a “libertarian”) and that’s Peter Thiel. Thiel was born in Germany, came to America at about one year old then his family moved to South Africa in the area where the German community in which they lived was known for its continued glorification of Nazism. No one should be surprised that Thiel has stated a distaste for “democracy.” Musk and Thiel fit right into this Project 2025 nightmare scenario.

Musk is pushing an AI platform that seems, based on reports I’ve read, to be home to right wing pollution and anti-Semitic “porn.” His “chatbots” seem to have a sweet spot for Hitler and the platform has even referred to itself as “MechaHitler.” Keep in mind, these AI platforms are programmed by humans. Maybe they’re intended to replace the need for humans, but it should surprise no one that Musk’s AI platform looks kind of like, well, Musk.

And, Thiel. He of the “I don’t like democracy” oligarchs. (I’m just guessing the “fraternity” would also include Musk, of course, but Rupert Murdoch, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison, the “Oligarchs” who wrote Project 2025, Trump, of course, and I’ll throw in Mark Zuckerberg – although Zuckerberg will likely change colors the next time a democrat wins the “White House.”) If you remember, one of the last things Joe Biden warned us about was America becoming an Oligarchy. I would argue his warning was too late, but at least someone saw the writing on the wall. (Not the mainstream democrats who abandoned him because of 15 minutes of bad “debating.”)

More evidence of the Project 2025 push to turn this nation into a fascist country can be summed up in Trump’s reckless “siccing” of National Guard troops and now ICE agents into American cities (led by democrats, of course) to stir up headlines right wingers view as them “owning the libs.” In Minneapolis CBP (Customs and Border Patrol agents – who are SUPPOSED to be within 100 miles of the border) MURDERED two WHITE members of the city while being filmed and then LIED about the circumstances. Obviously these were cold blooded MURDERS (RIP Rene Good and Alex Pretti) and the Trump administration is blocking ANY state investigations to protect the MURDERERS. The guy who MURDERED Ms. Good followed her car as the car careened down the street (her with three bullets in her head) crashing on the side of the road and said “f__king bitch.” ICE agents are shooting Americans and LYING about it all across the nation. It would be unbelievable to me – but, there’s video!

They (Trump and Project 2025) have assumed dictatorial powers that are more serious because our Congress has vacated its role in our system of “checks and balances.” (And, throw the SCOTUS in as well) The latest “scandal” is Trump’s decision to abandon ANYTHING that resembles environmental policy to guarantee our water and air are more polluted and our electricity rates are increasing by rates far exceeding inflation. Trump likely has never paid an electricity bill in his lifetime – just sayin….

While the s#*t is hitting the fan Trump is planning on “we the people” failing to notice two things – and, regarding one of them he’s losing miserably. But, if he succeeds in the other it won’t matter. Door number one, of course, is his futile attempt to protect himself from the Epstein files. Jamie Raskin, after a couple hours with the unredacted files said Trump’s name comes up over ONE MILLION times – keeping in mind that they’ve only released about half of them. Many of those redacted files on Trump will eventually, and by the mid-terms, become public knowledge. We recently learned Trump “ratted out” Epstein back in 2006 to the Palm Beach Police Chief. What was it Trump said about “rats” after Michael Cohen was arrested during Trump 1.0?

Door number two is all about the mid-term elections and understanding why he’s invading democratic run cities all across the nation. He really is PLANNING on subverting the elections this coming November. The smartest person I’ve listened to on this yet is Mark Elias, an election lawyer who is constantly battling Trump et al, and if you haven’t listened to his “take” on what Trump is planning for November it would be worth your time to check him out. People like Mr. Elias and Thom Hartmann always find a better way to say what is rattling around in my brain. The point here is the two things Trump FEARS the most are the Epstein files and “we the people.” He figures if he can prevent Americans from voting democrats into control of Congress he can LIE his way out of his culpability regarding Epstein. Time will tell!

Final Thought: As stated above, my intention was to take my time and “report” on issues that have accumulated over Trump 2.0’s first year and argue what I believe both Trump and his Project 2025 puppet masters are really focused on – outside of the chaotic “scandal a day” strategy and, once again, I got carried away. That they are using the propaganda tactics of the Nazi’s of Germany and their physical assault with brown shirted thugs closely resembles the Nazi’s it’s not hard to conclude their ultimate goal is America as a FASCIST country.

That said, to fully succeed, they’ve got to stop the mid-term elections – Trump now wants to “nationalize” the elections in 15 democratic cities – and Trump, somehow, has to endure what’s sure to become public knowledge about his relationship with Epstein. For me, there’s enough public “evidence” already to come to the conclusion we have a “pedo” president. (Just my opinion) My concern is with the upcoming election. Trump KNOWS he’s facing IMPEACHMENT #3 if democrats retake the House – he’s already admitted as much. He’ll do everything he can to stop the election or block enough people from voting to ensure the GOP “wins.” Projection reminder: Every time you hear a republican claim democrats want to CHEAT to win in November, remember they got that idea from none other than Adolf Hitler! It’s classic projection. When you understand “projection” you realize republicans are “saying the quiet part out loud! Yikes!!!

Trump asks: “Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein? And the answer is, probably not. Why? You might ask. Well, Trump is going overboard on his (and Project 2025’s) push to turn America into a FASCIST nation. There’s hardly time to stop and read the 3 MILLION pages of Epstein documents the DOJ finally released. (While saying there’s another 3 MILLION they’re NOT going to release – and, if “we the people” don’t like that, well, we can just go and pound sand. (According to Trump’s personal attorney DOJ Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche)

Will there be any blowback? Trump is busy keeping us chasing our tails in order to make sure the Epstein files don’t incriminate him – for stuff he LIKELY did back in the 1990’s while he was palling around with Epstein. How is he going to keep Epstein out of the news? Well, for starters, he’s arresting journalists on “trumped up” charges (pun intended), he’s threatening late night talk show hosts once again – apparently with the fairness doctrine Reagan (I thought) abolished 40 or so years ago – aimed at people like Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart – but NOT people like the propagandists on Fox, Newsmax, etc. Huh?

Then there’s Venezuela – the murdering of the boat people and those protecting Maduro (supposedly around 200 people murdered all together – remember, there is NO war) – that’s kind of in the background now. As is the threat to Greenland? Colombia? Mexico? Canada? Have all these threats served their purpose. Of course, the MURDERS of a couple American citizens by ICE in Minneapolis and the anti-ICE protests are pulling a lot of attention away from Epstein. I’m sure Trump is counting on “we the people’s” limited attention spans to push Epstein totally out of the “picture.”

I for one will do everything I can (which isn’t much) to remind “we the people” we likely have a “pedo” president. That’s an opinion I’ve come to based on ALL the public information about Epstein and Trump – a 15 year best buddies relationship – during the peak of Epstein’s “deplorable” activities. I mean I can’t get it out of my head Trump sending Epstein a birthday card in around 2002 with the line about all the “wonderful secrets.” Makes me gag to think about what he meant there – but, I’m sure if you are about to put 2+2 together, you get the idea.

With Trump there ‘s a never ending flood of “scandals” that come and go so fast you’ve forgotten yesterday’s news because today’s news is so outrageous. From the beginning I’ve been pointing out that’s the strategy. And, all the while, Trump’s Project 2025 puppet masters are further laying the groundwork to make our constitutional republic part of American History – the part they put into the same place they’ve put Critical Race Theory, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, unions, public education, independent universities, the fourth estate, voting rights (for “people of color”), etc. etc. In other words, our constitution is an annoyance they can do without.

As more and more Americans understand what is happening, the question to me is “will we stand for this? If Minneapolis is any indication I’m happy to report the answer is NO! I’ve been talking about the DAMAGE Trump has done to America since Trump 1.0 and the difficulty of overcoming it. Joe Biden made significant strides, but, unfortunately, he was bogged down by the “traditional” democratic party – which I’ve been complaining about almost as long as I’ve been suggesting the republican party should be voted into the history books on the page previously “hogged” by Benedict Arnold. Trump has long since pushed Mr. Arnold aside. And, the republicans have chosen to continue to stick to his “coat tails.”

Well, now there are signs the democratic party could (?) be awakening. There are some bright YOUNG members of the party who SHOULD be taking control in key positions unless democrats want to continue the “which way is the wind blowing” strategy of their recent years. I mean, it took 15 minutes of a presidential debate to turn on Biden and, for all intents and purposes, ensure another HORRIBLE four years of Trump. I suspect during these remaining three years Trump will not only torpedo the American economy, but likely the world economy as well. Of course, I’m no economist, it’s just my inclination. We need democrats to learn to FIGHT!

For years I’ve been pointing out the foundation of a fascist nation is a corporate/government partnership. We’ve evolved to the classic case of this – with corporate CEO’s falling all over themselves to funnel MONEY to Trump in order to win regulatory approval or some other kind of approval they need to keep the massive transfering of taxpayer resources into their pocket books. (That’s one “trans” republicans love) By some accounts, since this corporate takeover of our nation hit “high gear” during the “Reagan years” the top 1% of America has pilfered over $40 TRILLION from “we the people.” And, of course, they keep spending MILLIONS so we keep voting in their republican minions allowing them to keep growing their BILLIONS.

Looking for someone to blame (besides ourselves) – look no further than the Roberts Supreme Court – which, thanks to Trump 1.0 and Moscow Mitch sits at an almost unbreakable 6 – 3 right wing majority. The Citizen’s United decision was a key decision led by John Roberts and Sam Alito that is largely responsible for the BILLIONS in “dark” money spent on American elections every year. (f)Elon Musk spent nearly $300 MILLION to get Trump elected so he could flash a couple Sieg Hiels at the inauguration – a republican “staple” – saying the quiet part out loud – and, he’s at it again throwing MILLIONS toward unpopular right wing members of Congress in order to somehow prevent democrats from winning the mid term elections in 2026. (Didn’t work in Wisconsin – but, we’ll see in these other places)

Not to mention that Clarence Thomas took LARGE (allegedly) illegal donations from right wing donors with cases before the court – including Leonard Leo who is largely responsible for the choices Trump made in 1.0. And, Harlan Crow, he of the Nazi memorabilia collection was giving all kinds of UNDISCLOSED gifts to Thomas – well, until they got caught. And, of course, the SCOTUS’ only ethics responsibility is the one they put on themselves. You probably can guess how that one works. Both Thomas and Alito are still there despite taking major gifts from donors with cases before the court – and, Roberts wife, the last time I read it, was pulling in MILLIONS from right wing sources with interests in front of the Court. Nice work if you can get it! (And, it’s a lifetime appointment!)

So, while there’s a plethora of political CORRUPTION going on inside the “White House” – examples: crypto scams, a free Boeing Jet (requiring a $BILLION + upgrade), “donations” for a “ballroom,” the random destruction of the East Wing of the “White House,” murder on the high seas (of Venezuelan “boat people”), Don Jr. and Eric traveling the globe at taxpayer expense, BILLIONAIRE consolidation of our media, and on and on – the CORRUPTION Trump and his Project 2025 puppet masters are planning for the upcoming election could put the rest of this to shame. How can Trump avoid accountability? Somehow cancel the mid term election!? Stay tuned….

Final Thought: The reason I believe Trump and his minions are desperately attempting to HIDE the Epstein files can be summarized in three words. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Yes, I’ve taken more than my fair share of “shots” at MTG over the previous few years, but I have to give her credit – she’s the FIRST republican member of Congress, in my view, to completely turn on “MAGA” because of what’s going on with Epstein. She couldn’t bring herself to “turn” on Epstein’s victims which led to her fallout from the “good graces” of Trump. (Is he capable of “good graces?”) Today I saw parts of an interview with MTG where she came right out and said “MAGA was all a lie.” I said good things about Liz Cheney and I’m hoping to be able to continue to do so with MTG. If democrats are smart, they’ll listen to her and, if she chooses, welcome her in to their “big tent party.”

Yes, she’s a die hard “conservative” – but, at one time I viewed myself in that same light. You can be a conservative (fiscally ) and still support social services to “the least of these.” In fact, Ms. Greene portrays herself as a Christian, so, in case she might read this I would remind her Jesus said “What you do FOR the least of these you do FOR Me.” And, of course, “What you do TO the least of these you do TO me.” And, He wasn’t talking about republicans or democrats! Lord help all those good people languishing in American concentrations camps. And, Lord help the rest of us! No Kings – March 28!!