I’m 77 and I could have never considered a majority of voting Americans would vote for a candidate who was leading a political movement which can arguably be called a fascist organization. On several occasions on this site I have asked anyone who might find themselves wondering why anyone would refer to Trump as a fascist to read Project 2025 – a MANDATE put together by about 170 so-called “conservatives” who are directly related to a Trump presidency and who, I believe, will be the “puppeteers” silently running the second Trump administration.
I, of course, am virtually gutted by the FACT the American people voted for a man who couldn’t be more disgusting than Trump as their new president. This is a sad commentary on “we the people.” Trump is a FELON. He’s been adjudicated by an unanimous jury to have committed a sexual assault which he compounded to the tune of $88 MILLION worth of defamation. He’s been found LIABLE for $450 MILLION of fraud with his business based on his PATHOLOGICAL lying which, of course, has been a key part of his political career, his business career, and his personal life. I’m just getting started.
His FELONY conviction was for 34 charges – all 34 counts found guilty by a unanimous jury – which will be hanging over his head until, well, until it isn’t. The reality is he can’t pardon himself from these charges – although he will probably be able to get his buddies on the SCOTUS to somehow twist themselves into pretzels finding a way to dismiss these charges. (At this point I’ve accepted I won’t live long enough to see Trump in jail, therefore torpedoing my bucket list’s final goal) Nevertheless the American people have decided to elect a serial common criminal as the person who’s pledged to see that our “laws are faithfully enforced.” (Unless they, of course, apply to him) The SCOTUS, in essence, granted Trump cart blanche to violate our laws at will. Does anyone see the irony here?
But, as usual, there’s more – there’s always more with republicans. Trump has shown his racism overtly during the 2024 campaign (on numerous occasions) which will likely become more overt as Steven Miller enacts the Project 2025 plan to purge America from those who are not “real Americans.” (Whatever that means. Miller, himself, is a second generation American just like Trump) Trump is a misogynist and a xenophobe to boot. (Here comes another “Muslim ban.” Trump cheats at golf and if you know anything about golf you know you are “trusted” to follow the rules honorably. You know where I’m going, everyone knows Trump is NOT honorable. If you cheat at golf you’ll CHEAT at everything.
Trump is a serial sexist and alleged sexual predator. The young Americans who voted for the first time in this past election had, in most instances, not even heard the Access Hollywood tape recording of Trump’s admission to his serial sexual assaults. Around a couple dozen women came forward accusing Trump for, at a minimum, of his groping them against their will. Of course, Trump said they were ALL lying. Right!
Anyone who doesn’t believe Trump found ways to CHEAT during this past election is simply kidding themselves. We all know the Russians were involved once again with the aim of helping Trump, one of their “useful idiots,” to “win” another four years (or more?) in the “White House.” They were sending bomb threats to polling stations as people were lined up planning to vote. What else were they doing? Well, we know they were busy on social media pushing the original “fake news” which will likely never be known because America’s tech “gurus” – like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg opened their social media platforms to whoever were willing to pay MONEY to them – which, they can’t seem to get enough.
America’s “tech gurus” were among the first to fall in line behind Trump. Musk “invested” between $100 and $200 MILLION in helping Trump’s election bid – conceivably violating the laws in the process (he was also communicating with Vladimir Putin along the way – also likely illegal) – of course, there’s no chance Musk will be prosecuted – just as Trumps indictments will now simply “go away.” Musk gained $16 BILLION on the first day after the election and he’s “worth” $285 BILLION as I’m writing this. Jeff Bezos – who blocked his newspaper the Washington Post from their endorsement of Ms. Harris’ campaign – is worth about $225 BILLION and he was the first to call and congratulate Trump. Zuckerberg is worth close to $200 BILLION and opened his platform to right wing misinformation prior to the election. I could go on
BILLIONAIRES across the Wall Street spectrum were funneling money to Trump’s campaign in numbers we’ll never know due to the SCOTUS disgusting “Citizen’s United v Federal Election Commission decision back in 2010 opening the flood gates of MONEY to PAC’s which are not legally allowed to coordinate with campaigns. Of course, Musk’s PAC was OBVIOUSLY coordinating with Trump’s campaign and who knows about the other BILLIONAIRE money which was flowing into Trump’s campaign?
I say all this as I’ve been listening to democrats and disaffected republicans who have places on the Cable news outlets – like MSNBC – finding ways to try to make sense of what happened and put forth, somehow, a positive spin on what just happened. Well, count me out on that front. These people don’t seem to realize the reality which just happened. Trump will be in the “White House” while surrounded by those 170 (or so) right wing wack jobs who put together Project 2025. If Trump strays from the “plan” they will be “shouting from the tree tops” – but, count on this, these people know how to manipulate our narcissistic president elect. Trump has accomplished his goal of winning the election as his way of avoiding jail-time. Running a government? Not so much – he has no idea how it works – but, these Project 2025 leaders do. You figure this out! Yikes!
To me, the pundits I’ve listened to who are trying to put a positive case on all this are fooling themselves. Around here I’ve always made predictions and more often than not I’ve been correct. I often hope I’m wrong because my predictions about what America has become is not what you’d call positive. Here’s the first one – by the end of this term in the SCOTUS both Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito will retire opening up the ability of Trump to appoint two more right wing judges to LIFETIME appointments to the Court and they will be YOUNG. Trust me, Judge Aileen Cannon will be one of the new appointments to the Court and democrats will have NO power to stop her from joining the Court – a Judge who is incompetent as a District Judge who will be on the SCOTUS.
Anyone who doesn’t understand republicans are focused on bringing in people to the government who are willing to make a LOYALTY pledge to Trump and the Project 2025 hasn’t been paying attention to those on the “right.” This group of people are avowed racists and their purpose is to purge America of those they accuse of “poisoning the blood.” The American people actually voted for this group of people. That’s the reality we all have to face. Kamala Harris kept saying, at her rallies, “we’re not going back.” Well, the voters said, “Yes we are.”
Interestingly, to me, is the FACT women had the POWER to control this election and prevent these right wing republicans from attempting to force them back into the kitchens under the “rule” of their husbands – and, of course, making babies in the process. Just as in 2016 – the other time America had the opportunity to FINALLY choose a woman as our president – far too many women voted for Trump once again, hard for me to understand. Do they understand if the republicans come up with a national abortion ban – part of the Project 2025 agenda – it will override their state constitutions? I really didn’t get that one.
Then there was the Hispanic vote. Trump is threatening to round up “illegal” immigrants and, of course, many of those under the microscope will be Hispanic members of our society – some people I learned to care deeply about when I was still a public school teacher. Yet, the Hispanic vote swung significantly enough toward Trump to put him back in the “White House.” This was also really difficult for me to understand. Many of these people came to America to get away from authoritarian governments and now they’re voting for one. Do they actually feel they won’t be targeted? I mean those from Puerto Rico were referred to as “garbage” and, yet, in Pennsylvania, for example, voted in alarming numbers for Trump. Even some Haitians reportedly voted for Trump!
I could go on, I’ll leave my predictions to the SCOTUS becoming even more radical (I’ll refer to the Climate Crisis on a later date) but, I have to lament that I live in a nation which is more comfortable with a TRAITOR – who attempted a coup d’etat back in 2021 – was credibly accused of something like 90 FELONIES, is – as I pointed out above – is a serial sexual predator (according to something like 25 women) – found by a unanimous jury to have committed what the judge referred to as “rape” – is a racist, a misogynist, a xenophobe – and those are his bright points – as our president. Even America’s women couldn’t bring themselves to vote for a woman for president. This is depressing!
Final Thought: I wrote the above shortly after the election and I’m still lamenting on what was going through the minds of the GROUPS which chose to either vote for Trump or “stay at home.” A couple examples: First – apparently MANY Puerto Ricans voted for Trump despite being referred to as “Garbage” at Trump’s Madison Square Garden fascist rally. Also, I have no idea how many Palestinian and Arab Americans either voted for Trump or stayed home – but, here’s what they got. Mike Huckabee as the U.S. ambassador to Israel. Huckabee famously doesn’t believe in Palestinians. Sadly, you often “get what you pay for.” And, of course, something like 8 – 10 MILLION progressives checked out on this election. Just like when Hillary Clinton ran – leading to the 6-3 right wing majority in the SCOTUS. And, that’s going to get worse! Stay tuned…. (if you can stomach this) – the s@#t is in the process of hitting the fan!