Holy Sh*t! I knew Trump was desperate to change the public narrative away from the Epstein files, but this move into Venezuela was bat sh*t crazy. First of all, one of the first things out of Trump’s disgusting mouth after he posted the news on his second rate Xwitter knockoff was “we’re going to run the country.” Hell, he can’t even run this country. But, the plethora of thoughts funneling through my brain at this point in time are hard to keep up with but I’m going to give it a shot. For starters, does anyone out there remember Iraq – circa 2023? (Or for us old timers, Viet Nam?) That’s one of the most depressing parts of this – but, as usual, there’s more. (Is history repeating itself?)

Picture yourself in the shoes of Xi Jinping of China – he’s probably smiling “all the way to the bank.” Or from the other perspective, picture yourself as those in Taiwan. What do you think Trump is going to say when China takes over Taiwan? And, of course, Trump’s idol Vladimir Putin has to be grinning from ear to ear. This pretty much assures the Russian’s have nothing to worry about when it comes to the U.S. and Ukraine. So much for “peace talks.” Then there’s our European “allies.” I’m supposing they are gearing up for what could be what will seem like a longer three years to them than to what it’s going to seem like to “we the people.” And, the Norwegians? They are certainly now going to give Trump his Nobel Peace prize for sure, right?

And, what about all those pathetic republicans in our Congress? They’ve been enabling this for the past ten years because you have to wonder who they fear the most, Trump or their shadows? They’ve showed a collective will of ZERO when it comes to challenging this so-called 34 times FELONY twice impeached (already) narcissistic, misogynistic, racist president so why start now? (OK, not counting the vote on the Epstein files – but they couldn’t vote against the bill because they figured they could get away with that one – ie choose your verb: scrubbing or redactions.)

Maybe Marjorie Taylor Greene could stick around for an extra week or two so there might be chance for a House vote on whether or not to grant Trump the authority to do what he already DID without authority. Believe me, I haven’t forgotten the 107 alleged “narco traffickers” who were ILLEGALLY executed by the Trump administration (ironically, by “Seal Team Six”), or the confiscated oil tankers, but the invasion of Venezuela and taking over of their government gives an eerie ring to my ears. Trump even went to far to claim it won’t cost Americans a cent (if only Don Rumsfeld was still around) because Trump is referring to Venezuelan oil as if it’s ours. Again, how did that play out in Iraq? But, apparently, the Venezuelan people are happy to have us!

Is anyone but me sick and tired of Trump feeling the (narcissistic) need to put his name on virtually everything? The United States Institute of Peace, the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, there’s now “Trump battleships?,” and now he’s renaming the “Monroe Doctrine” apparently the “Donroe Doctrine.” Does that mean he’s going to keep taking over South American countries? I mean, it seems as if Colombia is next, then Panama? or maybe Brazil – so he can free Bolsonaro – his blood brother in INSURRECTION crime – but be assured it won’t be Honduras.

How can I make that last claim? Well, seeing as how Trump’s rationale for snatching Maduro (and his wife) from Venezuela is they are “narco terrorists,” I sense a bit of Honduran irony. Surely he’s not planning to go back into Honduras to re-arrest one of the worst “narco terrorists” of all time – Juan Orlando Hernández – who was convicted of facilitating between 400 and 500 TONS of Cocaine into the United States and given a 45 year sentence – UNTIL Trump pardoned him. I mean it would take tens of THOUSANDS of those tiny alleged “drug boats” to get anywhere near that into – well, anywhere (if they were drug boats) – and, keeping in mind those boats weren’t even headed, for the most part, to the U.S. The boats in the Caribbean were headed to Suriname – the opposite direction of the U.S. But, I guess, who’s worried about details?

After we retake the Panama Canal what’s next? Greenland? I realize that’s in a different hemisphere but Greenland has resources which may rival Venezuela’s (dirty) oil – the so-called “rare earths.” If you remember Trump making HUGE promises to oil executives if they’d simply pony up around a BILLION during the last election he’s come through for them, well don’t kid yourself on the amount of “green” the “tech bros” have been poring his way since (f)Elon Musk (he of the Sieg Heils) ponied up about $300 MILLION plus a plethora of LIES on Xwitter to get Trump elected in the first place – the “rare earths” needed for all their AI data center dreams. You know, their dreams which are going to make your (and my) energy bills nightmares. All, so these tech bros can further manipulate a very vulnerable American public so this fascist takeover can truly take hold. (With a bit of help from AI)

Picture it – the U.S. invading country after country in South America, Putin going after Poland and other former Soviet block countries after Russia finishes off Ukraine, and China taking Taiwan and putting the clamps on Southeast Asia and Africa. A global triumvirate that is the wet dream of the world’s leading fascist dictators. All this because the American people were STUPID enough to think electing a 34 times FELON who attempted a coup only four years earlier and who would be behind bars by now had “we the people” the slightest sense of our own (250 year) history would fix the economy. (And, lead to the release of the Epstein files so all the liberal pedophiles could be exposed)

Don’t get me wrong – our history has been full of dark spots along the way, but slowly and surely “we the people” were inching toward “a more perfect union.” That was before social media and – I have to add – Ronald Reagan, who I believe was the real starting point in America’s slow working tilt toward fascism. Remember, there were MANY fascists in the U.S. during Hitler’s time – some of them famous – and, their children and grandchildren are, in many cases, still with us. I’d love to know the family history of Russel Vought, for example. I know Stephen Miller’s – which makes his role in all this even more disgusting – if that’s possible. His family are Holocaust survivors. I’m convinced Trump’s father, Fred, was at the Madison Square Garden Fascist rally in New York in 1939 – which Trump duplicated in 2024. You can’t make this stuff up!

So, where do we go from here? Are “we the people” going to find ourselves in the streets once again with another “no Kings” protest? Will there simply be spontaneous protests around the country? Are we going to keep tolerating the forces of ICE snatching “legal immigrants” (happened twice in my small city this past week) – people showing up for scheduled hearings? Two Russians were snatched this past week, hard working immigrants with NO reason to be confined – one has a small son battling brain cancer – but, why would that matter? I could’ve NEVER imagined what has transpired this past year – and, I know LOTS of people who voted for it. I even know someone from Colombia who voted for Trump because he didn’t like Kamala Harris. I forgot to ask, did that mean he liked Trump?

As I’ve said here a few times already – I certainly hope there are people documenting – in the words of Robert Mueller “memorializing” – the ILLEGAL actions of Trump and his surrogates who MUST be held accountable once this nightmare is over. I realize the Supremely un-Supreme Court gave Trump “absolute immunity” – or so he believes – but, even if that’s so, they didn’t grant it to Hegseth, Rubio, Miller, Vought, and the rest of them. (I should include Musk in that category) Yes, the Supreme Court – which may go down in history as the number one culprit in America’s fascist movement is culpible. That said, remember the International Criminal Court – WAR CRIMES are war crimes – even if you’re a republican in America.

This slide into fascism actually started with Lewis Powell and his “memo” to the Chamber of Commerce in 1973 – but, his time on the Supreme Court began the tilt toward the blatant push toward the corporate obscenity which exists today. I’ve been saying for much longer than Trump’s time on the scene the foundation to a fascist state is a corporate/government partnership. The basics were there when Sam Alito and John Roberts took their places on the Court and the “floodgates” were opened – quite literally. Citizen’s United back in 2010 is why there’s BILLIONS in our elections – with more on the horizon and much of it foreign money. (I remind you again, Trump made promises to the oil lobby likely leading to this Venezuela crisis in return for a cool BILLION during the campaign)

And, the Court wasn’t done there. They’ve been ruling in favor of corporations ever since – and, their majority is now 6 – 3 (thanks to Moscow Mitch – another republican headed for a legacy in infamy) so, the horizon looks bleak – for at least a generation. (And, knowing our voting public, they may not have had their fill of republicans just yet – only time will tell) The Court is not only voting for corporate interests on a regular basis but they’re also regularly voting AGAINST Voting Rights. They’ve gutted Sections 4 and 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but it appears they’ve got their sights now set on Section 2. That would virtually guarantee no democrats from the South for YEARS! Keeping in mind the “conservatives” in the Court can typically hold their own on the CORRUPTION front with the rest of the republicans in Congress – although NO ONE has ever held a candle to Trump when it comes to CORRUPTION in America’s government!

Here’s the main question I have tonight. “We the people” proved ourselves incredibly STUPID in this last presidential election (despite the follies of the democrats) by electing a wannabe mob boss with 34 FELONY convictions – who would have had more had we a “lick of sense” – someone who attempted the ONLY coup in the history of the United States government and who STOLE Top Secret documents when he first left office – sharing them with ??? maybe Putin???? plus refused to return them when it was discovered what he’d done – he was going to be found GUILTY on several MORE FELONIES – and, now it’s becoming clear he was up to his eyeballs in Epstein’s pedophilia. The question: Are we STUPID enough to allow Trump to start wars to change the subject on Epstein? I guess the massive redactions weren’t working! Stay tuned!!!

Final Thought: As soon as the first American gets killed in Venezuela – what’s next? Are they going to treat us a “liberators?” Will they gladly give up their oil? Trump has already claimed this venture won’t cost the American taxpayers a cent. Just picture the cost of the war fleet sent to Venezuela’s bordering waters – how many BILLIONS is that? And, all the bombs used to MURDER the 107 alleged “drug boats?” And, the cost of occupying a sovereign nation? It’s going to take a lot of STEALING of Venezuela’s oil to hit the “break even” point. This is the last time I’ll say this tonight (OK, write it) – anyone besides me remember Iraq???