Lately I’ve been consuming “politics” from various sources with most of it coming from online publications along with the constant drum beat of “Trump, Trump, Trump,” coming from MSNBC. From what I’ve been able to surmise, there’s nary a whisper about what Joe Biden’s been up to lately – with one exception: Hunter Biden. Today in the Washington Post I read a couple articles regarding the FACT today (June 3, 2024) was the beginning of the trial of Hunter Biden on FELONY charges he purchased a gun while suffering from drug addiction back in (I think) 2018. My inference was his intention was to commit suicide with this gun and his “girl friend” (?) (the ex of his deceased brother Beau) threw the gun away.

OMG This could lead to some seedy details which somehow could reinvigorate the so far FAILED attempts by republicans in the House – who are soon to go into the history books as leading the LEAST PRODUCTIVE session of Congress in, well, EVER – to once again “open an impeachment” inquiry into President Biden. (Or, would that be “reopen?”) The speculation coming from several of the articles I’ve read of late has to do with “how will President Biden react to his son’s prosecution?” Will he pardon Hunter? etc. etc.

Many of these questions are coming from republicans who have claimed – without evidence, as usual – that President Biden has targeted Trump with ALL of these “outrageous” CRIMINAL charges (a total remaining number of FELONY counts against Trump at 54 – if my math is correct – after the 34 GUILTY verdicts against him last week). President Biden has “weaponized” the Justice Department against Trump – including, somehow getting Alvin Bragg to lead the prosecution in New York (state charges) which led to the 34 FELONY convictions. Trust me, republicans will find a way to convince their minions President Biden is using the trial of his son as a smokescreen. Can you imagine what they’ll all say when Hunter gets a “not guilty” verdict in his trial?

Whatever they say will have NOTHING to do with the merits of either – Trump’s election interference case in Manhattan or Hunter’s gun case in Delaware – of the two case’s. They’ll find a way to make outrageous allegations against the President with, AS USUAL, no evidence. (Have I already said that?) Will President Biden have secretly paneled the jury? Will President Biden have influenced the judge illegally? (That one falls into the “likely” category for me) And, the list goes on well beyond my ability to imagine stuff.

Remember, as I’ve pointed out here for years. Republicans – especially Trump (the rest of them seem to be learning from him) – are all about PROJECTION. That’s one of the key tenets of the Nazi’s back in Hitler’s days. “If you’re guilty of something accuse your opponent of the same thing – muddies the water.” If you think Trump’s rhetoric mirroring Hitler’s is some mistake, well, to me, you’re not paying attention or are unfamiliar with Hitler or totally naive. The “They’re poisoning the blood,” comment about “immigrants” or “my enemy is like vermin” plus the “Big Lie Theory” and the Projection all comes right out of Mein Kampf. (Remember, Trump is a second generation immigrant [Germany] and his wife is a FIRST generation immigrant – Eastern Europe.)

Now, where was I? Of course, the New York State charges against Trump are the same charges which sent Michael Cohen to jail on a sentence of three years. Yes, Trump’s Justice Department managed to squeeze in some additional charges – which, according to Cohen, he pled guilty to because they were threatening to include his wife – causing Cohen to lose his law license and several business interests (taxi tokens?) – a prosecution which seems to fall perfectly into the category of “weaponizing the government” – albeit coming from the Trump Justice Department. (Which later attempted to whitewash the entire process after Cohen FINALLY got out of prison to the benefit of “individual 1”) If you’ve been around here, that “process” led me to refer to Trump as “individual 1” until I came to the conclusion Merrick Garland had no stomach for Trump to the same charges as had Cohen.

I believe Mr. Garland’s reticence led to, eventually, the charges coming from the DA’s office in Manhattan because, in essence, Trump had paid off “Stormy Daniels” in order to “win” the 2016 election – knowing if his sordid affairs came out right after the “Access Hollywood” tape became public his candidacy was doomed. After all, maybe in Trump’s thinking, he ONLY had two sordid affairs while his THIRD wife was nursing his final son. As his lawyers explained in court about the nondisclosure agreements reached with Ms. Daniels and Karen McDougal, “everyone does this.”

Of course, as I think back on all the STUPID things I’ve done over the years I never once tried to cover up anything with a nondisclosure agreement. So, maybe Trump and his lawyers should have found a different adjective than “everyone” when justifying his ILLEGAL behavior. (Of course, neither does “everyone” charge the [hush money] payments [in Trump’s instance a campaign charge] to business expenses leading to a tax deduction)

I read a couple opinion pieces in the Washington Post – one by Ruth Marcus, who I’ve become less and less a fan of, which talked about Trump’s CONVICTION and, hypothetically, Ms. Marcus’ take on why Trump should be sentenced to (I believe) 60 days in prison along with 6 months of community service. What she failed to mention in her faux sentencing recommendation was that Trump’s CRIMINAL conduct very well led to the FOUR years of his reign on “we the people” – which, of course, included his half-assed, narcissistic, response to the COVID crisis where, on the day he left office 4000 Americans, PER DAY, were DYING of COVID-19. This is one of the ways his “policies” were leading the world.

Comparing what Trump (has now been found GUILTY of – 34 times) did and what Hunter did is almost an adventure into the world of the ABSURD. In Hunter’s case, MOST people who committed the same CRIME were NEVER prosecuted for it. When people are suffering from drug ADDICTION what they need is medical/emotional/mental health help NOT criminal prosecution. It’s hard to find ANYONE who’s done the same thing as Trump because, well, there’s no evidence anyone else has falsified business records to hide payments to a PORN star in order to “win” an election to the presidency. In that regard Donald Trump is completely unique.

Here’s where he’s NOT unique: In his response to facing prosecution for his many CRIMES. (I put it that way because, of course, there’s three more INDICTMENTS he’s trying desperately to avoid by somehow CHEATING his way back into the “White House”) I’ve been calling Trump a “wannabee” Mob Boss since way back during his reign on “we the people.” I read the Mueller report twice and concluded a couple of things from reading it. First, Trump and his campaign did willingly COLLUDE with the Russians and he SHOULD have been charged with OBSTRUCTION of Justice (there were 10 listed occasions in the report) but, as a sitting president Mueller couldn’t charge him. (Of course, this is another example of a timid Merrick Garland, because Mueller “memorialized” the evidence for when Trump left office.) Secondly, after reading the report the “mob boss” moniker was, to me, appropriate. – so, that’s how I referred to him.

During his CRIMINAL prosecutions he’s only proven me correct. (Of course, NOW you’re hearing the same “charges” from many different political ‘pundits’) He lashes out at anyone who “rats” on him, he finds creative ways to influence witnesses – he even gave Allen Weiselberg a $2 MILLION severance package with the predicate he can NOT testify against Trump in any legal proceeding – apparently why Weiselberg is serving his SECOND five month term in Rikers Island. In Trump’s sordid mind, if you tell the truth to the government about him, you’re a “rat.”

When testifying before Congress, Michael Cohen famously said Trump “speaks in code.” That has become apparent as Trump has continuously used his public platform to “sick” his followers on prosecutors (and their families), judges (and their families), court personnel, witnesses, lawyers, and virtually anyone who blurts out a critical word regarding himself. (OMG, what if Trump would read this blog – oh yes, thankfully, rumors have it he doesn’t read anything) Who else acts like this? Trump has even compared his prosecutions to that of Al Capone. I’m not kidding. (That answers the question) “You can’t make this stuff up.” Of course, he’s also compared himself to Mother Theresa, Elvis, and Nelson Mandela. (That last one, curious as it was, actually pissed me off! – how dare he?)

Here’s the bottom line to all this. Trump is a convicted FELON (times 34) despite all the odds being against him EVER facing accountability for his corrupt CRIMINAL conduct. For example, it’s become more and more apparent Trump’s STACKING of the courts during his reign is totally working in his favor. The Judge in what should be an “open and shut case” in Florida regarding his STEALING, then CONCEALING, and then OBSTRUCTING the investigation into his ILLEGAL possession of HUNDREDS of Classified documents – some of the MOST sensitive in nature which he may have shared with – well, who knows who – is “slow walking” the case and, it appears setting herself up with a plan to actually dismiss the case before it ever goes in front of a jury.

But, as usual, there’s more. In the so-called “January 6th”case – another case which SHOULD be a “slam dunk” – based on the information which has become public since his FAILED coup d’etat attempt on January 6th, 2021 – it appears the SCOTUS is/has come to his rescue. His absurd claim of “absolute immunity” was, in a legal sense, “laughed out of court” until, you guessed right, the SCOTUS got their “hands” on it. Why did they even accept the appeal? It appears in order to ensure Trump doesn’t face a “jury of his peers” until after the November election – making it possible for him to get the case thrown out. (Yep, that would include the Florida case as well) Trump’s CORRUPTION is exposing the CORRUPTION on the SCOTUS as well.

We now KNOW Clarence Thomas’ wife was involved in the coup d’etat attempt leading up to January 6th, 2021 and NOW we KNOW Sam Alito was, at a minimum, a supporter of Trump’s attempt to remain in power despite LOSING the 2020 election “by a lot.” The Alito residence was seen flying the upside down American Flag – a symbol of the “Stop the Steal” movement – at his D.C. residence while flying the “Appeal to Heaven” flag at his vacation home in New Jersey – symbolic of the “christian nationalist” (ie white nationalist) movement – a flag which was carried into the Capitol by MANY of the INSURRECTIONISTS on January 6th, 2021. Of course, Alito courageously blamed his wife for flying BOTH flags. Yikes!

Regardless, the SCOTUS (along with Judge Cannon in Florida) seem to be scheming to prevent Trump’s FEDERAL indictments from ever going to trial – or, in Judge Cannon’s case, allowing the charges to ever reach a jury. This makes it apparent how Trump’s rot has permeated FAR into the functioning of our democratic republic. I’ve always said, “dry rot starts in a small place and if ignored it spreads to the point of destroying the entire structure.” Trump and his minions are attempting to destroy the foundation of our nearly 250 year experiment in self rule. The diminishing MINORITY of Americans who support Trump’s fascist pursuits are finding creative ways to destroy our republic via the use of techniques mastered in the 30’s by the Third Reich. (See above)

That our highest Court is apparently sympathetic in helping to spread the “rot” is alarming to people like me. The FACT there’s nothing we can do about it is even more alarming. Will “we the people” turn out to VOTE while we still can? I mean, it’s hard for me to imagine Americans would vote in a convicted FELON to the office of the president. That’s not what I, personally, would call a smart decision. But, as Trump has famously said, “I love the uneducated voters.” OBTW when you look at what’s been accomplished by the Biden administration with razor thin margins in Congress (during his first two years) it’s rather absurd/stupid to think the answer to America’s problems is another go around for Trump. Stay tuned……..

Final Thought: In the past I’ve referred to some Trump voters as “Stupid” – which is a word I really don’t like – there’s just been some occasions where I couldn’t think of another word which might be appropriate. Well, as fate would have it, I recently ran into a video from a couple years ago (I think) where Jordan Klepper (from the “Daily Show”) visits Trump rallies and interviews Trump voters. To me, the video says it much better than I. You can view it HERE if you haven’t already seen it. Enough said!