I keep thinking the book “The Family” by Jeff Sharlet continues to be relevant as we watch a group of people who clearly believe the rich and powerful should rule the rest of us. The book was an inside look at a group of right wing republicans who lived in a place on “K” street in Washington DC if I remember correctly. They also had a compound somewhere else in the D.C. area (obviously I need to re-read the book) where they held their secret meetings. One of the things I remember about the book was brutal dictators from around the world showing up for meetings and the National Prayer Breakfast – which I believe was initiated by this group. As I watch William Barr and some of the other sycophants of individual 1 I keep wondering if this crew finally has their grip on the power they’ve been working for.

One of the reasons this keeps coming to mind is while I keep being alarmed by the actions of individual 1 you don’t even hear a “peep” out of the republicans in Congress with the exception of an occasional “peep” from Mitt Romney. Today, Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski kind of “peeped” but it certainly, to me, was nothing more than her checking to see which way the wind is blowing. Clearly, individual 1 has gone off the “edge” and no matter how absurd he gets we hear nothing from republicans in Congress. I’ve been saying since day 1 he’ll be in office until the republicans decide to do the “right thing.” Democrats gave them the chance this past January and they failed. I doubt they’ll get another chance before November.

The proper solution to this problem is voting them all out of office in the next election. Of course, there can be a lot of DAMAGE between now and then. And, I believe some of them see what is on the horizon so they’re now suggesting to judges who are in their sixties or above to retire so they can put more young right wing judges on the benches of America’s Jurist Prudence system – of course, this is exactly why people are marching in the streets – the system which has had its “knee” on the necks of African Americans for, well, forever. Apparently, in the eyes of individual 1 that’s OK while Colin Kaepernick [and others] taking a knee prior to a FOOTBALL game, in the mind of our IMPEACHED so-called president, makes those football players who were trying to save George Floyd’s life “son’s of bitches.”

It’s almost certain the House will not IMPEACH our so-called president again, but they definitely SHOULD impeach William Barr. From what I’ve seen and read he’s stepped “over the line” on numerous occasions. In my mind, he’s almost as much a threat to our nation as individual 1. But there’s more. Of course, these next two (or should I make it three) men, if they were really part of the West Point honor corp – they would resign immediately and ask for forgiveness. Both Mark Esper and Mike Pompeo graduated from West Point and they’re giving our nation’s Army college a bad stain with their repeated LYING and their actions which make them look like “lap dogs” to our IMPEACHED so-called president. It’s very sad and disappointing to see graduates of that school acting in such a deplorable manner!

Of course General Mark Millie couldn’t help himself but to walk across Lafayette Park with individual 1 who was on his way for the now infamous “photo op” while wearing his combat fatigues. What was the message with that? Is he like the rest of those in the republican caucus and AFRAID to stand up to our IMPEACHED so-called president? Is he willing to actually send in American troops to “dominate” American citizens? The “impossible” in regard to our government just continues to seem normal. I remember reading Sharlet’s book and thinking the idea of this SMALL group of people who believe in their right to “rule the world” was absurd. There are too many “checks” to prevent this from happening. Right? Well, they came close in the Bush/Cheney regime only to be stopped by GW Bush’s inability to complete a sentence and, of course, LYING (us into a STUPID war) and economic disaster.

Wall Street was in a state of shock when “we the people” voted in a “person of color” as president back in 2008 and, of course, the result was pulling “we the people” out of the “Great Recession” and seven years of a recovery on a steady rise until the even MORE right wing republican party managed to win the “White House” in 2016 and, of course, those in the “Family” must have thought this was the time – which, I believe, is why individual 1’s poll numbers have remained steady for over 3 years – but, alas MORE LYING, more INCOMPETENCE, and now economic disaster once again almost as if this is the definition of “deja vu all over again.” And, wouldn’t you know it, people on Wall Street are already speculating what is going to happen to their “profits” once Joe Biden is the president.

These people, to me, are “deplorable.” The world is in a pandemic, 40 MILLION Americans have applied for unemployment benefits in the past 10 weeks (thankfully, many are going back to work – hopefully for the “long haul”), and, yet, you see Jerome Powell standing along side of Wall Street with, what I’ve called the “tire pump,” pumping $$$ into Wall Street so the people at Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street financial institutions can prosper – in the face of an economic disaster reminding many of the Great Depression. As I’ve said in previous posts the “deficit hawks” have been in hibernation since the day individual 1 LIED about the oath he took on January 20, 2017 and they’re starting to wake up as they fear another democrat in the “White House” who will actually attempt to bring some balance to America’s economy – while, at the same time, promoting a progressive agenda.

I’m already reading warnings coming from inside Goldman Sachs about how they will be forced to react should Biden become president. Their hunger for MONEY – which seems to have no bounds – is offensive to me. The idea of addressing the issue of income inequality, which I believe is paramount to the future of America (and other places around the world), will be “tackled” by the Biden administration or they’ll only last one term. (Actually, at almost 77 I believe Biden will be a one term president regardless – the issue is whether his administration will be the beginning of a true turning point in America) The Wall Street billionaires are going to be FIGHTING this “progressive change” every step of the way – that, you can count on.

I believe the concern that individual 1 had been fully exposed via his incompetence in “leading” the response to Covid-19 had put the people at Goldman Sachs (and their brethren on Wall Street) on edge and now, seeing MILLIONS of young people – black, brown, and white – in the streets protesting America’s systemic inequality while, at the same time, registering to VOTE really has them looking at their “red flags.” Their goal is suffocating control of America’s “levers of power” in the government – the “White House,” the Congress, and the Courts which they refer to as the “permanent republican ‘majority.'” The bottom line is these people are way too similar to fascists – and, we’re hearing that comparison by way more than me of late – like, for example, General James Mattis – and, it’s up to “we the people” to vote individual 1 and as many republican Senators out of office this November as we possibly can.

There will be a lot of MONEY spent in this upcoming election and it seems clear to me the members of Wall Street and “K” street are in a sense of panic at this point. God help us if they find a way to pull off another “win” with a significant loss in the “popular vote.” The difference in the poll numbers, at this point, are seemingly not possible for individual 1 to overcome – however, the Electoral College – which is antiquated and gives the votes of people in Wyoming much more power than the votes in California – is what will define the winner of the election. What is encouraging to me is my hope young people will vote. I believe the future is theirs and if they are voting in large numbers I will be happy with the result – even if I disagree with it. Of course, I can’t imagine a majority of young Americans voting for individual 1. They are fully invested in issues like Climate Change, gun safety, income inequality, universal health care, affordable college (tuition free?) and, of course, reform of the role of police in our society. (I could, and likely will, write a full post about that)

Here’s the bottom line – I just don’t believe America will EVER stand for some kind of fascist type leader in the “White House.” As individual 1 makes his pseudo dictator tendencies more evident while Americans mourn the MURDER of George Floyd his poll numbers drop – and, he can’t help himself. The question will be whether or not this is possible again – because his shortcomings were all too apparent prior to his ascension into the “White House.” I’ve said many times the right wing group of people who believe the wealthy few should rule us all are not going away – they just continue their push to turn America into a fascist state and will continue to do so. They’ll be fighting for individual 1 right up to November 3rd – which is why “we the people” need to flood the polls with our demand for change.

Obviously, in 2016 there were two candidates who were “under water” in regard to “favorabilities” along with Russian interference on individual 1’s side and then, of course, James Comey stepping into the situation in a way which TOTALLY favored individual 1. In fact, I was closely watching the polling at the time and will go to my grave believing Comey was the reason individual 1 “won” the election. I keep thinking, will it be Barr putting himself in the “fray” in late October next time in an attempt to save individual 1? Democrats must be prepared to dodge the “kitchen sink” because our IMPEACHED so-called president will be “throwing it” at them between now and November! Individual 1 will be focusing his campaign in a way to turn Biden’s “favorabilities” toward his own. Personally, I don’t think that’s possible. Stay tuned….

Final Thought: I’ve said from the beginning individual 1 is NOT going to be re-elected based on the economy (which he inherited from President Obama and which he is in the process of decimating). So, today it was announced there was an increase in jobs by about 2.5 MILLION jobs when the expectation was another loss of MILLIONS of jobs. Of course, the jobs situation among people of color remains bleak, but none of this, in my view should be relevant to what needs to happen on November 3rd. I’ve said several times the democrats are doing everything they can to help “save” the economy (for individual 1) with proposals such as the PPP program – which, in my view, may be the reason for this unexpected “jump” in job numbers. Employers were required to rehire workers via that program and, on this I’m not sure, there’s a question as to for how long they must be rehired. If they had to rehire the employees to turn their loans into grants – they may be able to turn around and furlough them again if things don’t pick up after a month or two.

Individual 1 will face re-election with a record I can’t imagine anyone would relish running on. And, the fact he’s virtually abandoned any response to the pandemic suggests he’s all in on the “herd immunity” theory and, we can already see the numbers of Americans infected with the virus going up. He’s likely to be going into “election day” with over 200 THOUSAND Americans perished due to the virus. Add that to his response to the protests of the MURDER/LYNCHING of George Floyd and I’m having a hard time with the idea there’s more of “we the people” who approve of that than those who, like me, can’t wait for the day when individual 1 is dealing with the aftermath of his four years at the helm of this nation – beginning with answering to the TWO felonies which were key to sending Michael Cohen to prison for three years. And, that will simply be the beginning of the issues he likely will be facing in various courtrooms.

I have to add: While I’m pleased that a number of “Generals” are coming out to “protest” the actions of individual 1 as he’s calling out the military to “dominate” the very Americans they take an oath to defend via the constitution I have to throw in my “two cents” in regard to John Kelly. While it was encouraging to hear the words he spoke yesterday I’m unable to forget the words he spoke when individual 1 called on him to defend his (individual 1’s) “deplorable” phone conversation our IMPEACHED so-called president had with the wife of the soldier killed in Niger a couple of years ago. While at the press podium of the “White House” Kelly exposed his own racist and misogynist issues as he LIED about the African American congresswoman from Florida in addition to LYING about President Obama. I’ve never heard an apology coming from Mr. Kelly so, personally, I’d much prefer to be listening to people like James Mattis, John Allen, Mike Mullen, Richard Myers, Martin Dempsey, William Perry, William McRaven, James Stavridis, Raymond Thomas, Mike Hayden, and Ash Carter – for starters.

Rick Wilson wrote a book titled “Everything (individual 1) touches dies” and, I would suggest, to those of us who remember Mr. Kelly’s performance at the podium that day, he lost his status as an honorable member of the military. I believe he’ll be remembered similar to Mark Esper and Mike Pompeo – two West Point graduates who have totally forgotten their pledge to the honor code. And, Mark Milley, who chose to walk across the street in D.C. to St John’s Church for individual 1’s “photo op” while holding a Bible (upside down) which he likely has no idea what’s in it other than knowing there’s “two Corinthians” – with Milley standing next to him in his battle fatigues was “deplorable.”

I don’t believe we’ll ever know the true affect of the Covid-19 pandemic on America because I’m convinced there are several republican governors who are LYING about the number of deaths in their jurisdictions and, likely, the number of people infected as well. These are places where “opening up” happened quickly (in some instances they never instigated “stay at home” orders) and, in my opinion to protect the politicians, the full extent of the disease in their states was/is being covered up. This “feeling” has been confirmed by various people in regard to Florida, Georgia, Iowa, and Texas (off the top of my head) – with instances like not reporting the deaths in nursing homes and/or meat packing plants – as if the people there don’t count. And, I don’t think those states are the only ones. Despite all that; we’re already seeing another “spike” – this one, I believe, resulting from the Memorial Day weekend. The results of these protests and Covid-19 will be determined in the next few weeks. Stay tuned………………

Here’s another thing: For all those who are listening to the generals coming out opposing individual 1 with surprise, they should read “Anonymous” which was written by a “Senior (individual 1) Administration Official” where you get over 200 pages of “evidence” corroborating what James Mattis and all the others are now saying. This should not be surprising to anyone. Individual 1 has a history of being affiliated with organized criminals and he appears to think that’s a “good look” as our IMPEACHED so-called president. Originally, I wasn’t going to buy and then read this book because I, like many others, thought the author should identify herself. (I used that pronoun because I had the sense all the way through the read that it was written by Kellyanne Conway – we’ll see) After reading it, I believe every American SHOULD read the book. It makes it very clear “we the people” MUST vote this thug out of office in November.

I’ve made reference on numerous occasions to the parallels between individual 1 and Hitler’s Nazi Germany – to me, starting with the use of the “Big Lie Theory” to push their propaganda – all over social media – and, to anyone who might listen. The reference I heard the other day of the Nazi’s strategy of “Divide and Conquer” fits individual 1 “to a tee.” (This reference came from James Mattis, former Secretary of Defense) And, individual 1 won’t change and as the polls look worse he’s going to act with more desperation with tactics most of us could NEVER even imagine coming from the “White House” of this nation. I’ve been saying for a couple years now it will be America’s young people going to the polls who will save this nation from this “deplorable” IMPEACHED so-called president. Originally, I thought, at some point, the republican party would come to its senses and they’d be the ones saying “ENOUGH.” Obviously, on that one, I was wrong – they’re going to go down with the ship. At this point I just hope it’s a thorough “thrashing” come November. The future of this nation is at stake.