When you think of the present iteration of the republican controlled House of Representatives I can’t help but think of the previous group – AND, continue to be living in unbelief that “we the people” would have elected a republican majority after witnessing the fiasco of the previous two years. Republicans spent FOUR years “investigating” President Biden, attempting to connect him to something like $5 MILLION his son, Hunter, collected from his job in Ukraine, and actually trying to IMPEACH Biden based on his son’s business activity.
Well, Hunter Biden’s $5 MILLION seems rather inconsequential compared to what we are witnessing in the first four months of Trump 2.0. (And, it’s going to get much worse) But, let me start with my comparison of Hunter with what’s going on with Trump’s sons and son-in-law. Jared Kushner, as most know by now, collected close to $3 BILLION from various Middle East nation’s sovereign wealth funds – most notably the $2 BILLION coming from MBS and the Saudi’s. That’s BILLION with a “B.” To date not the slightest interests of House republicans to investigate what might be called the “mother of all grifts.” Even the Saudi’s running the wealth fund originally denied Kushner’s attempted grift, only to be overturned by MBS.
Of course, Trump is busy trying to outdo his son-in-law with his OWN grifting – while holding office and totally ignoring the emoluments clause of the constitution. Not only did he just take a “gift” from the leader of Qatar – a leading supporter of HAMAS in the battle in GAZA. Get this: Trump is taking a plane from Qatar while, at the same time, attacking American Universities (at this point, namely Harvard) for their alleged “Antisemitism.” Not to mention, of course, his soliciting close to $400 MILLION in what amounts to personal grifting – and violating the constitution – on a massive scale. (Not,, at this point, the equal of Kushner’s grift)
But, never fail, with republicans there’s always more. So, Trump has two sons who are busy working deals for Trump “towers” or Trump golf courses in various countries around the globe – like, for example, the Middle East countries Trump just visited about one week ago. Add to that a golf course and building in Viet Nam and, of course, Trump actually seems serious about “taking” GAZA – after moving the Palestinians to various other countries in the region – so, he and his sons can build the “Riviera of the Middle East.” I’ll say this, Trump is certainly not discouraging Benjamin Netanyahu from continuing his Russian style assault on GAZA. I certainly doubt this republican Congress will do ANY investigating in these instances, but, hay, Hunter Biden. (At this point it should be OBVIOUS why President Biden pardoned his son and the Jan. 6th Committee members.)
The Justice Department has been rendered impotent when it comes to defending the constitution – as EVERYONE involved took an oath to protect. Not only is the DOJ working as the tool of Trump’s “retribution” but it is supporting the ICE assault on our constitutional order by defending, in court, ICE’s removing PEOPLE from the streets of the U.S. – WITHOUT due process – to unimaginable landing spots in third world countries. The latest example was removing 8 PEOPLE, directly violating a court order, to South Sudan – right in the middle of a Civil War.
Pam Bondi is, to me, an embarrassment. A complete sycophant to Trump as opposed to actually being an apolitical Attorney General. Bondi, along with virtually every other member of Trump’s cabinet doesn’t seem to understand where her place in American history will be. I’ve already, on several occasions, pointed out Trump will end up right next to Benedict Arnold (he attempted a coup, for heaven’s sake – what is more treasonous than that?) and his cabinet members will be on the seats right behind him – AND, I’ve got to include all those BILLIONAIRES who attempted to crowd right next to Trump on inauguration day – in a (disgusting) photo for the ages. As far as I’m concerned, let them keep crowding – as those history books are written!
(f)Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, and a bunch more BILLIONAIRES have way more MONEY than most of us peons can even imagine, but it seems they are NEVER satisfied. (Trump is figuring out how to get his “share”) Well, when “judgment day” comes for them, and they could get more than one, Jesus will remind them of what they did “for the least of these.” (Musk/Trump are going to be personally responsible for the deaths of around 3 MILLION by the end of this year) At some point all those MAGAs in the red states are going to understand how badly they’ve been “had” and when the “worm turns” it’s not going to be pleasant for any of these people. Almost every time I write, I share my hope that someone in a position to know would be keeping a “scorecard” on all the ILLEGAL activities which have become rampant under Trump 2.0. There’s an old saying, “ignorance of the law is no excuse.” There’s going to be a lot to be answered for. Making Trump 1.0 seem like “child’s play.”
Due to Merrick Garland’s timid nature leading to about an 18 month delay in pursuing the investigation into Trump’s January 6th, 2021 coup attempt, a conspiracy which SHOULD have included dozens of co-conspirators (including Clarence Thomas’ wife), Jack Smith just focused on Trump in his attempt to bring the case in front of a jury before the 2024 election. Well, Trump used his due process rights to delay each of the cases against him (save for the Manhattan election interference case – leading to the 34 FELONIES he was convicted on) and, with the help of the SCOTUS Trump was successful. Of course, subsequently, “we the people” made the DEPLORABLE decision to put Trump back in the “Oval Office.”
Does anyone besides me see the irony in Trump being the master of using our due process rights in his “delay, delay, delay” strategy in every one of the four indictments he faced (88 alleged FELONIES) in 2023 and, then, having not the slightest compunction as he sends PEOPLE to, for example, a notorious prison in El Salvador without granting them their due process rights. Trump even had the nerve to suggest “if these people all got ‘trials’ it could take years.” We all know, in his mind, Trump considers himself above the law and he refers to immigrants (and democrats) as “scum.” We also know he’s all about enriching himself – based on “we the people” giving him a “get out of jail free” card – on the one hand, and, on the other, using his POWER to get retribution against his “enemies.” What on earth could go wrong?
We are now at a place where various Federal Judges are realizing Trump is simply ignoring their rulings. This is the place where the constitution becomes virtually nothing more than the paper it’s written on. Do you believe the DOJ will enforce criminal contempt citations sent their way by the courts involved – that would mean AG Bondi would have to sign off on any investigation or indictment? I can assure you, it ain’t happenin! The SCOTUS – and, by this I’m talking about the six Justices who granted Trump “absolute immunity” last year – appear to be afraid of what lies ahead knowing, at some point, they are going to have to “step up” and the outcome of that occasion is daunting. They know what it will mean when Trump gives them the middle finger salute! Game over!
For all intents and purposes, that day has already come and gone. Kilmer Abrego Garcia is STILL stuck in that disgusting prison in El Salvador and the American government is STILL paying for him, and about 250 others, to be “staying there.” Not only is that in direct VIOLATION of a Supreme Court edict, but, by rights, those other 250 PEOPLE should be back in the U.S. as well waiting for their day in court. I’ve been saying since the day Trump took (lied about) his oath, while refusing to put his hand on the Bible, when we get to the point where Trump is telling the courts to “pound sand,” republicans have taken us all “over the ledge.” We are officially a FASCIST state!
So, it SHOULD surprise no one that our government is cutting assistance to “the least among us” while continuing the OBSCENE transfer of American’s taxpayer dollars to the those among us who need it the least. Reports indicate, since the days of Ronald Reagan, the top “1%” have plundered something like $40 TRILLION (and counting) from the taxpayers and, just like clockwork, the GOP Congress is working on the next ideation. (Mostly by extending the 2017 tax scam) Those BILLIONAIRES lined up behind Trump at the inauguration have MORE wealth than, by most accounts, the bottom 50% of the nation. It’s obscene, and they will benefit from Trump’s “big ugly bill” to the tune of about half a BILLION in tax cuts per year – EACH! This while the Medicaid and Food Stamps cuts in Trump’s bill affect those at the bottom. The Speaker of the House calls this a “moral plan.”
And, of course, there’s more (the bill is 1100 pages) – lots of stuff thrown in to get the votes needed to pass it which won’t be public for some time, although, there are reports Medicare will also be cut by about $500 BILLION. We won’t know what stuff is being cut – like education, environmental projects, etc. But, what was disclosed the other day is the bill is aimed at RETROACTIVELY preventing Federal Judges from finding Trump or anyone in his administration in CONTEMPT! Now, if that ends up in the final bill and isn’t ruled unconstitutional by the SCOTUS, it will simply be further proof that our constitutional republic is history. Trump and his project 2025 puppet masters will have succeeded where Adolf Hitler failed 80+ years ago. Apparently, that’s why (f)Elon Musk was able to throw those Sieg Hiels with little notice from our “liberal media.”
Final Thought: Have you noticed how anyone who tries to “appease” Trump just gets more and more screwed by Trump. He feeds on “appeasement.” Yet, have you watched Vladimir Putin playing Trump like a fiddle as Trump has attempted to “appease” Putin regarding the ILLEGAL Russian invasion of Ukraine. What the Russians have made clear is they won’t stop until they have control of all of Ukraine – and, the election of Trump was a key part of their strategy. Trump has already, for all intents and purposes, become a turncoat to American interests around the globe – most especially because of his subservience to Putin. Lord help us and the people of Ukraine!
Apparently, Trump is threatening to “walk away” from the peace talks (?) because Putin is not being nice. Trump seems to have no understanding of what’s going to happen if “we the people” abandon Ukraine – Zelenskyy is on Trump’s list for “retribution,” of course, because he refused to “open in investigation” on Joe Biden back in 2016. I’m sure Trump blames Zelenskyy for his LOSS to Joe Biden – by over 7 MILLION votes. His “retribution” will be allowing Putin to take Ukraine – of course, then targeting Poland next, and then…… (You know how this works) Trump will go down in history as not only a TRAITOR To the United States, but also to the rest of the world by allowing Putin to MURDER even MORE Ukrainians than he already has and potentially start WW III. Thinking of a commercial I’ve seen on TV lately, if I could say anything to Trump it would be “how do you sleep at night?” But, I’m pretty sure, based on his “tweeting” schedule, he doesn’t.
Trump’s “Memorial Day” Tweet was maybe the worst ever – in two ways. The grammatical errors were, well, “deplorable.” But, that didn’t hold a candle to how disgusting the “tweet” (or whatever you call it – and, if they call it a “truth,” well, that’s as absurd as most everything else Trump does, writes, or says. In this case, it was hard to understand this would be something an American president would write on Memorial day : a day we’re supposed to keep a remembrance of those who’ve given their lives in service to this country. Here it is if you’ve got the stomach for it:
“HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO ALL, INCLUDING THE SCUM THAT SPENT THE LAST FOUR YEARS TRYING TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY THROUGH WARPED RADICAL LEFT MINDS, WHO ALLOWED 21,000,000 MILLION PEOPLE TO ILLEGALLY ENTER OUR COUNTRY, MANY OF THE BEING CRIMINALS AND THE MENTAO INSANE,THROUGH AN OPEN BORDER THAT ONLY AN INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT WOULD APPROVE, AND THROUGH JUDGES WHO ARE ON A MISSION TO KEEP MURDERERS, DRUG DEALERS, RAPISTS, GANG MEMBERS, AND RELEASED PRISONERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, IN OUR COUNTRY SO THEY CAN ROB, MURDERERS, AND RAPE AGAIN, PROTECTED BY THESE USA HATING JUDGES WHO SUFFER FROM AN IDEOLOGY THAT IS SICK, AND VERY DANGEROUS FOR OUR COUNTRY. HOPEFULLY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, AND OTHER GOOD AND COMPASSIONATE JUDGES THROUGHOUT THE LAND, WILL SAVE US FROM THE DECISIONS OF THE MONSTERS WHO WANT OUR COUNTRY TO GO TO HELL.” Stay tuned!!!
If he’d been one of my sixth graders his grade would be an “F!”