I like to watch Nicole Wallace on MSNBC because you get the perspective of a former republican who can’t stomach Trump and his sycophantic base – the MAGAts. And, she’s not alone – at least on what I watch and/or read. Maybe because it’s a dry read of over 900 pages that few want to “tackle.” Yes, Trump views himself as the epitome of victims – despite the allegations of almost unrestrained criminal conduct. I mean he IS a 34 times found guilty of being a FELON, he’s an adjudicated sexual predator (Musk says he’s in the Epstein files), he’s been adjudicated to have committed serial financial FRAUD, he attempted a coup on the American government on January 6th, 2021, and he’s following the plan of Project 2025 while enriching himself by the BILLIONS and siccing his DOJ against his perceived enemies.
The part where I continue to watch/listen in amazement is how those behind Project 2025 – who are writing the executive orders – are allowed to continue turning this nation into a FASCIST state while hiding in the “shadows.” We all (well those paying attention) know about Stephen Miller – part of the Project 2025 authors – and SHOULD know about Russel Vought who is integral in the administration’s attempt to claw back funds appropriated which they don’t agree with, but there were 170 or so “authors” of the 900 page “roadmap” to FASCISM.
Trump is the perfect front man for the Project 2025 “conservative” manifesto. His main qualification is his prolific pathological LYING. I mean if ever there was someone who qualified for the description “If his lips are moving, he’s LYING” it’s got to be Trump. In fact, he’s taught the rest of his MAGAt sycophants how effective PATHOLOGICAL lying can be. So, now expertise at LYING has become a requirement of MAGA republicans. They are taking LYING to new levels which were unimagineable before Trump. And, keep in mind most people used to say “all politicians are liars.” (Sadly, from my experience, Trump supporters find a way to convince themselves he doesn’t LIE directly to their faces.)
Trump is carrying on the rebirth of the so-called “Lost Cause” of the Confederates after the Civil War and they’re attacking actual HISTORY Americans learn from the beginnings of elementary school up to advanced education at America’s great Universities. They are “scrubbing” virtually anything within the confines of reported American History of ANYTHING which might suggest America has had problems over the years. Like, for example, SLAVERY. The irony is that while Trump and his Project 2025 are attempting to remove America’s “black spots” – like Jim Crow, Viet Nam, Japanese internment, slaughtering Native Americans, and on and on – from written American History they are creating two NEW examples that will “fill in the blanks’ so to speak. What they don’t seem to realize is they can’t rewrite the History books which will continue to be written while looking America’s good and bad directly in the eye – no matter what Trump thinks he can do.
The TWO issues which are happening right before our eyes – actually, in the middle of that sentence I realized I SHOULD include at least THREE ugly actions of Trump’s (and Project 2025’s) regime which will NEVER be forgotten. The one I almost forgot was the shuttering of USAID that by some estimates will lead to over 3 MILLION unnecessary DEATHS among the most desperate and vulnerable of the world’s population – located in what he referred to as “Shit hole” countries. That said, the genocide in Palestine hasn’t reached it’s “climax” yet, but it’s become more apparent that Israel with Trump’s blessing will STARVE the Palestinians until they agree to leave – allowing Trump to create his “Riviera of the Middle East.” This will NEVER be forgotten or forgiven, full stop. Already Benjamin Netanyahu is responsible for over 60,000 Palestinian deaths and the U.S. will not be able to hide from its responsibility in this. Especially since Trump took office. (I can’t help but think of all those people who didn’t vote for Biden because of the GAZA conflict.)
Of course, as I always say, with republicans there’s always more. The third “rail” of unforgiveable actions by Trump and his republican led Congress is their creation of a “Brown shirts” like police force in the agents of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) who have INVADED America’s cities looking for Brown and Black people they can arrest without warrants and lock up in what can only be described as CONCENTRATION camps/gulags – massive numbers of PEOPLE crammed into small spaces, sleeping on concrete floors, and, in many cases going without food. The stories about the 250+ Venezuelans sent to the El Salvador’s natorious CECOT prison are beyond anything which would be allowable by our constitution. These ICE thugs go around without any identification, they cover their faces with masks, and they grab people (many innocecnt) in ways reminicient of Hitler’s Brownshirts and/or Himmler’s SS.
The other thing which I write about a lot which really bugs me are all the people like the aforementioned Wallace and other commentators on MSNBC (which is what I watch when I watch) referring to Trump as an authoritarian. Once again I’m pointing out that, to me, that is simply a euphemism for FASCIST because they believe using the correct descriptive term might offend some people. Like what happened in Germany couldn’t possibly happen here. Please, call it what it is!
Well, I’ve got news for the whole bunch of them – it’s (fascism) already here and it’s going to keep getting worse unless there are massive protests aimed at stopping it. I’ve also suggested Trump has NO plan for “mid term” elections in 2026 – what democrats keep consoling themselves as the way out of all this. His calling out the National Guard (and Marines) in Los Angeles and now “taking over” Washington D.C. are just “trial runs.” He’ll keep stoking fear in major cities and the resulting protests will be his justification for calling in the military – and, potentially canceling the election.
He’s encouraging even more egregious (mid term) ILLEGAL gerrymandering in so-called “red states” to add more safe republican districts in case there actually are 2026 elections. you know, keeping his options open. Trust me, he has no plan to be IMPEACHED a third time. Will democrats respond in kind with their own “gerrymandering scheme? I seriously doubt it – although I really hope I’m wrong. California’s governor is at least broaching the subject – you know “tit for tat.”
Trump 2.0 is only 7 months in and he’s already working to obliterate our constitution – and, you can see where his (and Moscow Mitch’s) underhanded PACKING of the SCOTUS is playing into the Project 2025 plan. Remember, Project 2025 is all about turning America into a fascist nation while Trump 2.0 is all about getting even with his perceived enemies. The Project 2025 puppet masters are all for Trump’s reign of retribution because it takes the focus away from what they are quietly succeeding at while “under the radar.” As usual with America – by the time our MSM decides to educate “we the people” on what is really happening, there’s a good chance it will be too late.
Consequently the SCOTUS will ultimately “bend the knee” to Trump in whatever way they deem necessary to stay on his “good” side. (I’m not suggesting he has a “good” side) The CORRUPTION is so DEEP in the republican party at this point if “we the people” are to emerge from this still connected to our constitution (which is up in the air) the entire republican party needs to be voted into the history books. Speaking of the History Books, Trump and all those who are enabling his conduct and the scheme of Project 2025 have a spot reserved right next to Benedict Arnold. Stay tuned!!!
Final Thought: The other day I wrote a post with some of the “stuff” I could think of off of my tired old brain supporting Trump as a FASCIST. Well, sure enough, he added another chapter today – at least one more overt than maybe some of the others. It was announced today that the “AI” chip companies NVIDIA and AMD, two huge American based corporations, which are supposed to be competitors have reached a “deal” with Trump so they can sell their technology to China by giving 15% of their profits back to – well, I guess it’s the U.S. Almost seems like the protection racket – or, is it simply straight forward extortion? It certainly doesn’t appear to me to be a “free market” agreement.
While the tariff policy is likely to be devastating to the economy over the next few months – although we’re surely going to see more of TACO Trump during that time – maybe this extortion of American companies is the objective. And, will the MAGAts care – believing Trump is there to “drain the swamp.” More of Trump trying to be like Putin! Yikes!!!