It will probably take me a few days to pull up the energy to finish this rant, but, today, as I’m reading Trump (on his “first day”) will enact an executive order repealing “birthright citizenship – which, by the way, is embedded in the 14th amendment to our constitution – but, who these days worries about “minor” details – I couldn’t help but wonder about his own circumstances. Is IT just a minor detail?

Trump’s grandfather immigrated from Germany toward the end of the 19th century and arguably came her illegally. He then fathered Fred, Trump’s dad who was a citizen via “birthright citizenship.” Hell, Trump’s grandfather attempted to return to Germany and was booted out because he ventured to America in the first place – but, he wanted back into the “Fatherland.” So, if his grandson, Donald, manages to get “birthright citizenship” repealed for those born to a parent who came here illegally, wouldn’t that mean the Fred Trump would lose his citizenship and by extension, Donald and the rest of the Trump clan? Meaning, of course, that Trump couldn’t be a citizen and, therefore, would be ineligible to be president.

As I said in my previous post – just this morning – my head is spinning with thoughts and my desire to keep writing them down seems to be waning. However, the more I don’t write, the more thoughts accumulate in the swirl which is going through my head. I keep telling myself to just chill out and “let it go.” I’ve stated here one of the remaining items on my bucket list was to live long enough to see Trump thrown in jail, where I believe he belongs – but, at 77 it looks like he’s defeated me just like he’s defeated the American system of juris prudence – for what it’s become.

Here’s another irony from today, at least from my standpoint. Once again, Trump took the oath of office (which everyone knows is only a formality to him – a meaningless one) from John Roberts the Chief Justice of the SCOTUS. I would have to say Roberts is as responsible as anyone for Trump being back in the “White House.” The two main reasons are the Citizen’s United (v Federal Election Commission) and “absolute immunity” rulings – but, it was Roberts who gave the majority opinion in the case which gutted section 5 of the Voting Rights Act and there’s several more where he shown his bonifides as a total pro corporation bias. (Something that’s been part of the court for as far back as I can remember – at least into the 70’s)

For those Americans who despise “democracy” (when the “majority” opposes your viewpoints) Roberts is likely a hero. (Of course, he’s had Sam Alito and Clarence Thomas for the entire time he’s been on the Court) However, I believe this period of history now being created in America is going to be another dark one and Roberts will be sitting at the head table of those who end up in the American history books next to, as I’ve said here numerous times, Benedict Arnold. As you can see, I’m still a believer that “we the people” will somehow recover from this. (Eternal optimist?)

I say that because Trump and his Project 2025 sycophants are planning that we won’t recover from this and fascism is the future of America. They’ve pulled off the “miracle” Adolf Hitler failed to accomplish. I forget which president/candidate said this (maybe JFK? or what if it was RFK and his son is part of the “takeover?”), and I don’t include Trump, but warning about the danger to America would come from the “enemy within.” Trump has repeated that warning simply because he’s got two tactics – the “Big Lie Theory” and the use of projection – both right out of the Nazi handbook. Well, it appears “we the people,” at least temporarily have succumbed to the “enemy within.”

What is this enemy? Well, once again, I refer you to the Project 2025 handbook, which more and more Americans are going to be learning about in the next two or three months. I have to admit, I only made it through the introduction and the first 100 or so pages, but it had totalitarian written all over it. And, I’m curious to see these first TWO HUNDRED executive orders which are apparently prepared as of the moment Trump is sworn in to version 2.0. I wrote, just this morning, I believe their strategy will be to “flood the zone” with controversial and absurd “orders” causing all us progressives to keep chasing our tails – while they sneak through the ones which pad their pocket books while the rest of us are worried about, well, “birthright citizenship.”

I’ve never accused Trump of being brilliant, other than his ability to look you square in the eye while he’s LYING and not give a hint through his facial expression. He’s so good at LYING that I’m pretty sure he convinces himself to believe his LIES are true after he’s spewed them out a multitude of times. Maybe, as the words roll off his tongue. Classic pathological LIAR! Here’s the three definitions of LIARS according to “Medicine.net:”

There are three main types of liars, which include:

• Natural liars: This is the most common type of liar. Natural liars are people who can lie easily with great skill and success. They don’t believe their own lies, they’re just good at lying.
• Pathological liars: Pathological lying is often a warning sign of antisocial personality disorder (commonly known as a psychopath). A pathological liar is usually considered manipulative, selfish, and cunning.
• Compulsive liars: Compulsive liars bend the truth about everything, large or small. For a compulsive liar, telling the truth is very awkward and uncomfortable, while lying feels right.

They (Medicine.net) add: “When it comes to pathological liars, it is observed that people who have antisocial personality disorder (APD) and narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) indulge in lying.” I want to say, “I rest my case” – but I have to add: I read the book “Rising Out of Hatred,” by Eli Saslow which documents the journey of Derek Black as he evolved out of the White Nationalist/Supremacist movement in America – i.e. the KKK. His father was, at one time, the “Grand Wizard” of the KKK as was his god father David Duke. After I read the book, this was before Trump’s first election, I did a little research on Black’s family and still remember them referring to Trump as their “vehicle” into the mainstream of American politics. Their followers are a significant part of Trump’s base. To them (as to, I suppose Putin) Trump is a “useful idiot.

I point this out because, after reading that first 100 pages of Project 2025 I got the same feeling. Trump is a true believer, don’t get me wrong, in fascism – based on his actions (as Rachel Maddow says, watch what they do, not what they say) – and, we’re about to get the true Trump and the (what I call the puppet masters) people who published Project 2025 in the first place. I mean, just publishing it was an arrogant act of Hubris – they had to believe very few Americans would actually read it who SHOULD be reading it. Of course, Trump denied any knowledge of what he called “25” during the campaign – of course he did (I reference the definitions above) – so, these 200 or so executive orders being Project 2025 (I’m speculating) like will, according to him, just be a coincidence.

I suggested at the top of this rant that maybe Trump’s move to end “birthright citizenship” could dovetail back to his own citizenchip – but, I’m expecting more serious moves on his part and the question is will there be a push back on all of them? What are they doing when “we the people” are all looking over “here?” What are they doing over “there?” I don’t anticipate that anyone else will draw the line from Trump’s father entering this country illegally, just as few, from what I can tell, have questioned Elon Musk’s allegedly entering America illegally. But, the reality is they are both, to varying degrees “immigrants.” Does Trump’s grandfather get a pass because it was the late 1800’s? (The law Trump is challenging was part of the 14th amendment passed in 1868) Does Elon Musk get a pass because he started invested in a bunch of companies and made a boatload of MONEY? Not from my perspective. “What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.” Stay tuned!!!

Final Thought: The thugs who bashed in the heads of Capitol and Metropolitan Police during the INSURRECTION of January 6th, 2021 during Trump’s attempted coup are likely by the time I publish this rant to be back on the streets – and, this time, working as what amounts to Trump’s “brown shirts” – due to Trump’s “blanket pardon” of those CRIMINALS who participated in the coup. Trump apparently equated them to the hostages being held by HAMAS in GAZA at his inauguration. (It shouldn’t surprise anyone I didn’t watch it) So the unbelievable bulls@#t has begun. Plus, all pending J6 cases, from what I understand, have been dismissed by Trump – you read that correctly, Trump has already ordered his Attorney General to do as HE pleases. So much for a “nation of laws.” None of this surprises me. Yikes!!!