Here’s one of the definitions of “pollution:” “defilement; uncleanness; impurity.” This is EXACTLY what individual 1 has done to the republican party. His so-called “big lie” has spurred republicans all across the nation to attempt passing voter SUPPRESSION laws aimed at SUPRRESSING the votes of “persons of color” among others. (also, young people and poor people – ie, people who might vote for democrats) It’s the SLEAZIEST time in American politics in my lifetime and, sadly, the “Christian right” is right at the forefront of this heresy. And, they’re (republicans) doing this with MORE than their voter SUPPRESSION tactics in the various legislatures. They have no SHAME and they’re doing it wherever there seems to be a possibility to cause “people of color” to stay away from the voting booth.

Here’s the latest example: There’s an African American in Texas, Hervis Rogers, who was registered to vote, but was about two months from the end of his parole on charges of over a decade ago. This guy was working TWO jobs, got to the polling place right BEFORE the polls closed, stood in line for OVER six hours to cast his vote in the Texas PRIMARY in 2020, and IMMEDIATELY had to return to one of those TWO jobs after casting his vote. As it turns out, you CAN’T vote in Texas if you’ve been convicted of a felony until after your parole period ends. We’re talking two months away from OVER ten years of parole. Mr. Rogers, who now has a family and has been a model citizen for years, becomes a “pawn” in the Texas “push” to encourage people of color in that state to NOT vote. Their Attorney General would be Keith Olberman’s “worst person in the world” if he was still on the airwaves! (The “dude’s” – AG Paxton – been under indictment for securities FRAUD for OVER six years!)

So, Mr. Roger’s vote (in the PRIMARY) was about one year ago and fast forward to the “Special Session” of the Texas legislature where republicans are attempting to make the most difficult state in America in which to vote even more difficult with another “Georgia like” voter SUPPRESSION bill – which Texas democrats are fighting “tooth and nail,” and, sure enough the Texas authorities ARRESTED this HARD WORKING man – who had no idea he was ineligible to vote – he was registered – they’re holding him in jail for a $100,000 bond – I kid you not, AND they’re threatening him with ANOTHER 20 years in prison – for what? To SCARE other “people of color” away from the polls in their state?

This is the POLLUTION which now almost completely PERMEATES the republican party as a result of their fealty to our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president. The LYING and the CHEATING have become the NORMAL for “today’s” republican party (OK, it’s been going on for years – and, I know what you’re thinking! What about the democrats? That’s a TOTALLY false dichotomy! The democrats are FAR from perfect – as are we all – but they don’t hold a candle to republicans when it comes to LYING, CHEATING, and SHAMELESSNESS! The republican party has become almost pure EVIL!) This makes me want to start the “Go Fund me” page for this Mr. Parker! (Although, someone helped him post bail and he’s out of jail for now) It’s no wonder African Americans in America are so angry! Simply put, this AINT Justice! (There’s another example of almost the identical situation in Texas with an African American woman – facing “only” five years – for not even actually voting – people who’ve “done their time” trying to do their “civic duty” and not understanding the law in that “deplorable” state) SHAME on Texas!

And, of course, MORE SHAME on individual 1! This guy is a career CRIMINAL – fraternizing with various members of the MOB for years and, because he’s a white nationalist the republican party has embraced him “hook, line, and sinker.” He’s willing to do what previous republican presidents wouldn’t do – OK, I’m actually talking about GW Bush – and that is pathological LYING in order to “feed” the white nationalist base what it wants to hear. And, for those of you republicans who react to that “charge” by saying, “I’m not a white nationalist” I say, you can’t have it both ways – either you’re “with them or against them” – republicans have been putting it in those words for years – “either you’re with us or against us.” Well, obviously, I’m against them!

Today I read an opinion column in the Washington Post regarding the words “Nazi” and “Fascism.” The author of the article was suggesting “both sides” throw these terms around “loosely.” And, to a degree, I “get” where he’s coming from. Certainly, while I disagreed strongly with much of the Bush/Cheney regime’s decisions I don’t believe I ever equated them with “Nazi’s.” I may have equated the republican party with neo-fascism due to my belief they were embedded with corporate America at the expense of “Main Street” America and, using the Mussolini definition of fascism, I may have felt Bush/Cheney were leading America toward becoming a fascist state. After all, it WAS Karl Rove who introduced (at least by what I heard) the “concept” of the “permanent republican ‘majority'” – in essence an attempt at minority rule which has metastasized since the “election” of individual 1.

Keep in mind, there’s only been ONE election in the past 30 years where a republican has “garnered” a majority of the votes in a presidential election – and, it could be MANY years before that happens again based on where the party has gone under the “leadership” of our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president. This is EXACTLY why republican state legislatures are busy all across the land attempting to “FIX” the voting system so FEWER people (democratic leaning) will participate – plus, in some states, they’ve even adopted provisions where if they don’t like the results (meaning the legislature) they can simply overrule the “will of the people.” If that’s not neo-fascism it’s dangerously close.

And Mitch Daniels, the author of the above referenced article SHOULD read “Alt America” by David Neiwert to get a better idea of what makes up a significant portion of the republican “base.” We’re talking about the “Oathkeepers,” the “Three Percenters,” the “Proud Boys,” the people at White Nationalist portal “Stormfront,” sites like the “Daily Stormer,” and many other White Nationalist/Supremacist websites along with “deplorables” like Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity on “right wing” TV – and, from what I’ve seen it gets worse on the more radical TV stations like “Newsmax,” and “OANN.” These are places where you find MANY people with Nazi tattoos, Nazi paraphernalia, confederate flags, and people who consider individual 1 their “fuhrer.” I’ve said it before, individual 1 is a greater threat to America’s republic than was Hitler back in the days of WW II.

This is where we’ll discover if this is a “nation of laws and not men.” “We the people” age going to find out what Merrick Garland is “made of.” We all saw January 6th, 2021 on National TV – LIVE! and, as we’re witnessing republicans attempt to do their latest History “whitewash” – individual 1 called it somewhat of a “love-fest.” He actually said, “There was so much love there” and he said, “The doors (To the Capitol Building) were open” – apparently, he missed watching the bashing in of the doors and windows with their individual 1 flag poles – although, by several reports, our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president was watching the ENTIRE thing unfold on his “White House” TV’s and was enjoying it. Reportedly telling Kevin McCarthy (OMG a sad soul) when McCarthy was begging individual 1 to call off the INSURRECTIONISTS: “Well, Kevin, apparently they’re more upset about the election than you are.” (I’m not kidding!)

Clearly, as individual 1 is spreading his most RECENT LYING about January 6th, 2021 he’s laying the “groundwork” for his defense SHOULD Mr. Garland do what is “called for” and INDICT our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president for, you guessed it, INCITING the January 6th, 2021 INSURRECTION! When talking about all the “LOVE” present with the INSURRECTIONISTS who put over 140 Capitol/Metro Police Officers in the hospital with three of them dead within days of the INSURRECTION, individual 1 goes out of his way to suggest he said NOTHING to motivate them all to be there – breaking the windows and doors, doing $1.5 MILLION in damages to the building, defecating in the hallways and SMEARING IT (yuck!) on the Walls, urinating on the Walls and some of the historical treasures, trashing various offices, chanting “Hang Mike Pense,” and looking for Nancy Pelosi with “twist ties.”

If these people came with “LOVE” on their minds and if individual 1 telling them to “fight like hell or you won’t have a country anymore” is NOT something which should be in the “crosshairs” of the Justice Department, then why should we continue to FOOL ourselves that “In America no one is above the law?” We saw this with Bush/Cheney and the WAR CRIMES committed and people like me said if you “look forward instead of back” it will simply be worse the next time. Well, we’re at the critical stage at this point because if it gets worse than what was done by individual 1 then we “won’t have a country anymore.” (I’ve, for years, pointed out when his mouth is moving he’s LYING and he’s all about “projection” – if he accuses YOU “of it” that means he’s GUILTY “of it.”

Individual 1 claimed he was going to “drain the swamp,” but what he’s done is further POLLUTED it. The saddest part to me is the number of Americans who’ve fallen for his shtick. Not only was he attempting to encourage his “rabid” followers to, in essence, overthrow our government and the “peaceful transition of power” but, he, in all his incredible INCOMPETENCE and dangerous narcissism, he will be responsible, in our history books, for the DEATHS of, by all accounts, 400,000 Americans (maybe much more) because of his (lazy) refusal to do ANYTHING to mitigate the effects of the pandemic. NOW, despite the FACT he got vaccinated, he’s overseeing his cult followers refusing the vaccines apparently for political reasons. We hear him regurgitating ridiculous “conspiracy theories” coming from QAnon and other whacked out sourcing – because all those “LOVERS” buy into them without a second thought and it, apparently, makes him feel “LOVED.”

I know my focus here seems to always be on republicans, and, justifiably so – but, here’s the rub: If democrats don’t realize this is a WAR for the “heart and soul of this nation” (I’ve been saying that for over 10 years) these “deplorable” republicans will prevail. I’ve pointed out they won’t “go away” until “we the people” have voted them into the history books – and, trust me, they seem to understand this more than the democrats. Which is why republicans are busy attempting to do “Jim Crow 2.0” all across the nation while, at the same time, “grooming” democrats like Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin so that democrats can’t get Senate Bill-1 and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act passed through the Senate.

All I can say here is I hope the democrats succeed in passing their “TWO” infrastructure bills through Congress, but if they don’t get the Voting Rights bills passed the consequences could be devastating, unless you’d be OK with people like David Duke representing you in Congress, or your local government. This is NOT hyperbole! We’ve got a large number of people who appear to be devoid of the ability to think critically (No, I’m not talking about the infamous “critical race theory”) and, it’s showing up in many ways – more than just the fealty to individual 1. Take for example, the “red states'” refusals to encourage their people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Today, I looked on “Worldometer.info” (Where every case of Covid-19 is documented) and the results for the new cases of Covid-19 in America today – and, keep in mind we’re talking about the so-called “Delta variant” which is reportedly TWICE as dangerous as the original “variant” – the numbers are startling. There were over 35,000 new cases reported today AND neither Michigan nor Alabama were reporting – and, some of the states aren’t reporting daily deaths – these are “red states.” However, Florida, which hasn’t been reporting ANYTHING Covid related of late, there were almost 7000 new cases just today. The other states with startling high numbers of new cases were Missouri, Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, Arizona, North Carolina, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nevada, Kansas, and Mississippi – are you getting the idea. And, keep in mind, in many of these states you can’t trust their health departments to be telling the truth. Here’s where you find the “truth” – in the hospitals where an increasing number of YOUNG Americans are finding themselves on ventilators. These republicans would rather die or have their family members die than participate in a vaccination program which they think would make Joe Biden look good.

In Tennessee the legislature has BLOCKED any encouragement for ANYONE to get a vaccine – and, not of just the Covid-19 vaccine, but ANY vaccine. They’ve even canceled the flu vaccine program planned for schools in the fall and discouraging vaccinations of young children – you know, like for measles etc. They FIRED a top doctor who simply shared the state’s law regarding the vaccinations of young Tennesseans. People, many of them younger, are going to die or be “saddled” with “long haul” Covid because of these right wing politicians in Tennessee. This is NUTS! (About as NUTS as believing individual 1 will be re-instated as our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president in August.)

Final Thought: As you can see the POLLUTION which has permeated the republican party is dense and deep. If you’re a member of the party and you are unwilling to demonstrate absolute fealty to one of the two or three WORST presidents in American history (via a poll by America’s leading historians) you become an instant outsider and it’s time for a deluge of death threats from all those “LOVING” people who ransacked the Capitol Building on January 6th, 2021. (Remember that date!) If it wasn’t for the “big LIE” regarding the election, well, then calling the insurgents “LOVING” would be considered the “Big Lie.” Remember, as I’ve said here many times, the “Big Lie theory” was the “brainchild” of none other than Adolf Hitler and was the main work of his chief of propaganda Joseph Goebbels. Remind you of anyone? Maybe Tucker Carlson? Sean Hannity? Sean Spicer? (Mitch Daniels, referenced above, should think about that before he criticizes people like me for using terms like “Nazi” and “Fascism” when referencing individual 1 and his sycophants)

I used to focus on Rush Limbaugh (he’s gone but not forgotten) and the other right wing talkers (which include the aforementioned Carlson, Hannity, and Sean Spicer) who are willing to LIE to their listeners/viewers for MONEY. Well, it’s become an organized propaganda brainwashing of the “republican base” over the past four years. Individual 1 took the LYING to new levels which may be why he’s dear leader of the republican party. To me, all of this is the very definition of POLLUTION! God help us if “we the people” don’t get busy on our job of voting these “deplorables” into the history books right next to Benedict Arnold! Stay tuned…………..

One More Thing: I just wanted to add that the “Stop the Steal” meme started prior to the 2016 election as individual 1 was planning on LOSING, not after individual 1 LOST to Joe Biden. It was Roger Stone who came up with the “idea” as our now TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president had refused to promise he would accept the results of even THAT election. I’m just pointing out individual 1 has been an incredibly POOR LOSER for, in essence, his entire life and he never cared about this country right from the start – he cares about his own brand – which, of course, he’s now ruined by his DISASTROUS four years in office, so he’s willing to “burn the entire house down” as retribution to the American people for voting him out of office. And, by the way, he’s willing to destroy the republican party in the process. The republican party began embracing “white grievance” after the election of Barack Obama and the emergence of the “Tea Party” to a degree which had been missing for years – at least from my vantage point. The “white nationalists” were at the fringes of our politics. Individual 1 was the perfect “stooge” for those who believe in white nationalism – not hyperbole, there’s a plethora of factual information if you’re willing to do a bit of READING! I read where Don Black, the owner of the “Stormfront” web portal said, “Individual 1 is out ticket into the mainstream of politics.” (Which is why they refer to him as their “fuhrer.”)