If you’ve been around here you KNOW I’m no fan of Donald Trump and I look forward to the government figuring out how to put someone in jail along with a Secret Service delegation. Personally, I believe the solution to that problem would be solved by charging Trump with the same SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY the “Oathkeepers” (that is a misnomer if there ever was one) and “Proud Boys” who are facing decades in prison for their role in the January 6th, 2021 INSURRECTION at the Capitol in Washington D.C. Should Trump be convicted of Sedition I believe his “pension and Secret Service detail” would go away – based on Section 3 of the 14th Amerndment.

Section 3 of the 14th Amendment says: “No Person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and VicePresident, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.”

My thoughts may be a reach, but I DO NOT believe Trump should be able to stay out of PRISON should he be found GUILTY by a jury of his peers, full STOP! That all being said, my thoughts today are going in a different direction. I suppose what I’m about to do is what is normal coming from Trump and his sycophants – and, that is deflection. I keep hearing OVER and OVER republicans attempting to SMEAR Hunter Biden – who has reached an agreement with the Justice Department regarding his tax issues and issues around his former drug addiction. So, today I want to talk about Jared Kushner. How he’s managed to stay out of TROUBLE is beyond me, but there’s lots of public evidence suggesting he SHOULD be investigated for some of what he did while serving in Trump’s “White House.”

First of all, I’ll leave you with a link that does a better job than I’m about to do regarding Kushner’s shenanigans while in Trump’s administration. Before I go any farther you can click HERE if you care to read a timeline of what I believe makes Hunter Biden’s issues pale in comparrison. While Hunter Biden allegedly failed to pay income taxes for a couple years (he ultimately repaid his tax obligation) and purchased a hand gun while using drugs, Kushner was busy in his role in the “White House” apparently attempting to coerce the Qatari’s (their sovereign wealth fund) to bail him out of a (stupid) investment in a property located at 666 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, N.Y. Keep in mind, we’re talking about around $1.5 BILLION. (666 is the number of the Devil, just sayin…)

Kushner’s behavior was WRONG in more “avenues” than his entreaties to pressure the Qatari’s to bail out his disaster at 666 Fifth Avenue. He was KNOWN to be having SECRET converstations with the Saudi’s leader, commonly referred to as MBS (Mohammed bin Salmon) using the Facebook ap “What’s Ap” where he could communicate without anyone else knowing what was said – like the government records which are required for all government business while you’re officially part of the official government. Kushner wasn’t the only “White House” official doing business “behind closed doors” (Trump, himself, had several “off the record” conversations with Vladimir Putin and most in has admin. were using private cell phones while on governemtn business). But, Kusher was actually meeting in person with the Saudi Leader (and apparently others) secretly and pressuring for a blockade on Qatar. But, republicans are focused on Huner Biden! Yikes!!

As they say, “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” Not only was Kushner pressuring the Qatari’s while in the “White House,” but after checking out from the government, almost within a month, he was groveling from the Saudi’s for a couple BILLION dollars for the purpose of starting an investment firm – which he was not qualified for and from which he (supposedly) will give himself $25 MILLION as a yearly salary. Nice work if you can get it.

Keep in mind, Trump – who has been accused of brandishing Classified documents after leaving the “White House” (actually, while he was there, also) has been doing his own deals with the Saudi’s and the (disgusting) LIV golf league which has been sending Trump boatloads of money for the use of a couple of his golf resorts. Every time I hear about the next (the result of a MAJOR “grift”) tournament I can’t help but think of the empty folders marked “Classified” at Mar a Lago – with no document to fill the folder with – and wonder where they went? Do you really believe Trump took EMPTY folders out of the “White House” and just left them on the floor of his office (or in his desk)? Pllleease!

Let’s face it, Trump committed so many CRIMES right out in daylight that people have virtually become numb to his CRIMINAL conduct. So, it should be no surprise that, when Jared Kushner was repeatedly walking over the “line” in his communications with MBS only to squeeze a couple BILLION out of the Saudi Sovereign Wealth Fund soon after January 20th, 2021, the federal authorities didn’t have the “stomach” for even an investigation. Do you really believe that TWO BILLION had anything to do with his “grifting?” (Attention House republicans) Kushner’s (alleged) abuses make Hunter Biden look like a first grader. I can virtually guarantee you there will NEVER be an investigation of Mr. Kushner’s grift. (For one thing, the DOJ only has so many investigators – and Trump’s keeping them busy)

Final Thought: I can’t end this rant without talking about republicans in general. I realize most American voters are busy trying to make “ends meet,” and they’re trying to educate themselves on issues by trusting news outlets and politicians to be telling the TRUTH. Here’s the problem with that, and I’ve been pointing this out for well over ten years. The republican party and the “news” outlets who blindly support them long ago adopted the “Big Lie Theory” of the Nazi’s from back in Hitler’s time. In FACT it was Hitler himself who “devised” the “theory” and it was Joseph Goebbels who put into practice. The theory is simple: If you repeat a LIE over and over, eventually your “audience” will believe it’s true.

I noticed this back in the early days of the Rush Limbaugh years on “talk radio.” It became obvious the “talking points” (ie LIES) were coordinated through some venue I had no idea what it was – I just noticed republicans and their pundits all using the EXACT same “key” terms as they were LYING to “we the people.” I also noticed that, for some reason, our “liberal media” wasn’t/isn’t picking up on this. Those with the megaphone on, for example, cabel TV “news” (ie MSNBC – which is what I watch when I watch anything) seem bewildered by the absurdity of many of the republican LIES (and LIARS). But, they don’t seem to “connect the dots.”

This is exactly why Trump is so valuable to republicans/white nationalsists. He was/is willing to PATHOLOGICALLY lie to his minions faces and he’s proved that it works. In reality, the “Big Lie Theory” and the other key to Nazi propaganda back in the 1930’s: projection means to accuse your adversary of doing exactly what you’re doing and vilify them for it. Moreover, when you watch/read about the republicans in the House you have to wonder “how STUPID” have American “conservatives” become? It really is astonishing to listen to/read about some of the stuff coming out of the mouths or republicans in the House. (Not to mention their voters) Clearly, they are hell bent on doing whatever destruction is required to our American institutions allowing themselves to be guaranteed they regain/remain (in) power.

There’s too much STUPIDITY for me to list it all here, but if you’re still reading this posting it would be wise for you to get ahold of the transcript of, for example, a recent hearing where the object of republican “ire” was Christopher Wray – a lifelong conservative republican appointed by Trump to be the head of the FBI. Republicans have convinced themselves that January 6th, 2021 was simply “legitimate political discourse.” Apparently, the injuries to over 140 members of the Capitol Police and the D.C. Metropolitan Police was all “self inflicted.” ???

And, when some of these (crackpot republican members of the House) get going on the Covid-19 pandemic it makes me wonder if there really are “Jewish Space Lazers?” Seriously, you should make sure you understand what some of these people – apparently in the so-called “Freedom Caucus” are saying. And, when you listen to them and connect them to their own constituency it begins to make it clear why the so-called “blue states” are continually needed to bail out the economies of the “red states.” And, buckle up, because some of the “red states” are going to be needing even larger “bailouts” during the upcoming Hurricane season – more on that below,.

One More Thing: Tonight I got a bit sick to my stomach as I watched exerpts of John Kerry testifying to a House Committee which was, in essence, claiming there’s no “climate crisis.” They accused Kerry and those (of us) who believe as he does as – wait, this will surprise you (OK, that’s my 6th grade sarcasm) – being “grifters.” I know, coming from republicans like Scott Perry (who was right in the middle of the CONSPIRACY to overthrow our government on January 6th, 2021) this would be a “shocker” (Yep, more sarcasm – what else can I do?). The next thing you’ll see will be Perry accusing Joe Biden of being a “grifter” while suggesting Trump’s fundraising schemes are all “above board.” (I’ll let Jack Smith convince me of that)

Here’s the deal. Republicans in the House from Florida were attempting to BLAME Joe Biden and democrats for the FACT the Farmer’s Insurance Company has become the FOURTH Insurance company to abandon Florida in the past few years. The cost of Homeowner’s Insurance in Florida is, according to the info I saw tonight, is 42% higher than the average people elsewhere around the country are paying. (Possibly with the exception of Texas and California, places also being inundated by the weather events of Climate Crisis.) If you don’t understand the reality of what is taking place, the water off the coast of Florida (I believe by the everglades) was, today, 98.1 DEGREES. We are soon to be facing the Hurricane season and, apparently, it will be up to the American taxpayers to pay for the damage which is likely to happen this year to Florida, Louisiana, Mississippie, and Texas (among others).

It’s not just Florida. Texas and Louisiana (and, other Southern states) are vulnerable to ever more powerful Hurricanes. California will soon be in the wildfire season – in fact, the state of Washington, where I live, is likely to have a significant wildfire season this year. I live close to the Columbia River at a reasonably high elevation (from the fear of flooding) but, I believe it has rained here ONCE (other than a drizzle the other day) since, I believe. the latter part of April. That’s something like 75 straight days of sunshine. Enjoyable by old guys like me, except that I know the reality facing my children and grandchildren.

I put solar panels on our property back in 2015 and my wife and I drive electric cars (mine is mostly electric – a Chevy Volt in which I have put about 10 gallons of gas into the generator each year since I purchased it in late 2016). The last documents I’ve seen suggest solar and wind power will surpass fossil fuel production by around 2030. Let me remind you, the water temperature off Florida’s coast today was 98.1 degrees Farenheit. If that was a human’s temperature, not to worry. However, it’s clear our planet has a “fever.” A serious “fever.” (One expert pointed out the Coral Reef’s off Florida’s coast are DYING – that is really BAD – and, it’s happening around the world) Stay tuned………

OK, I have to add this: The “bipartisan infrastructure” bill has now spawned over 3000 projects across America – in “blue” and “red” states. To me, the most interesting part of all this, other than to really upgrade America’s infrastructure to a point where we are competitve with other countries around the world would require double the investment, is all the republicans who voted AGAINST the bill showing up at the “ribbon cutting” ceremonies claiming CREDIT for whatever that project was designed to fix. Really, today’s republicans have NO shame!