I really don’t know what it’s going to take. I’m just a retired 6th grade school teacher and I’ve been pointing out for several years now that Trump and his republican sycophants long ago adopted the tactics of the Third Reich from back in 1930’s Germany. (Yep, I’m talking about Hitler himself) Combining the “Big Lie Theory” with the use of “projection” you have the key to the Nazi’s scheme to fool the German people into subservience AND that of followers of the so-called leader of the “MAGA” movement in America. When Trump’s lips are moving he’s either LYING or committing projection – or BOTH – as he keeps his loyal minions actually believing he cares about them.

Many people are questioning the intelligence of the MAGA faithful – many of them part of the country’s Middle Class to lower Middle Class. They apparently weren’t watching the inauguration as America’s top BILLIONAIRES were tripping over one another to get closer to our so-called 34 times FELONY four times INDICTED president who refused to put his hand on the Bible as he took LIED about the oath of office. You know, to make sure the office is faithfully executed and the constitution is defended. (Maybe I should say “the office is defended and the constitution is executed”)

Now, most of the people I know who are part of Trump’s CULT have no idea what all is taking place – for example, they simply see Elon Musk and his “Big Balls” looking for “waste fraud and abuse” in the federal government. Of course, what they’re really doing, aside from rooting around in files (including MY personal information – AND those MAGA faithful who either have no idea or are OK with 19 year old geeks going through their Social Security numbers, bank records, Medicare account, etc.) where they don’t belong according to one court after another. So far, they’ve “found” little to nothing while the Inspectors General who were fired shortly after Trump LIED about the oath found OVER $90 BILLION just last year alone.

The actual objective is to, in essence, destroy various American institutions using the Richard Nixon “back door method.” That is, either totally undermine the department by “firing” people they have no legal right to “fire,” or by simply blocking the funding which keeps the department afloat – or BOTH. Like they did with USAID (the United States Agency for International Development). Courts are working to undo this travesty, but much of the damage is impossible to undo. People around the world are DYING because of the lack of medical care or desperately needed FOOD – close to half a BILLION dollars worth now stuck in warehouses around the world – Trump gave the orders to stop USAID immediately – the food is ROTTING.

This is food supplied by American farmers who will lose around $2+ BILLION worth of contracts to provide grains and other food stuffs for USAID. And, keeping in mind, Trump’s base is largely made up of “Christians.” What a wonderful “witness” to be sending to countries around the globe where we’re also sending missionaries in an attempt to spread the “Gospel.” When you see the photos of the little children who can not wait for America’s courts to force the Trump administration to restart this program which is such an important part of America’s foreign policy – it breaks the heart of compassionate people in a plethora of ways. Reports are that an untold number of people have succumbed already because of this “deplorable” decision by co-resident Musk (apparently, USAID was investigating his Starlink Satellite business) – but, for the sake of them and for the sake of our country this program can’t be restarted soon enough.

I’ve written this before, but co-president Musk was facing numerous investigations and lawsuits regarding his businesses which rely on and have relied on government contracts – he actually has a $400 MILLION contract for “armored Teslas” which he’s now attempting to hide from the MAGA faithful and he’s succeeded, at least so far, because, well, they’re not too curious – his (what I call) “Dogeshits” are facing (and losing) NUMEROUS lawsuits with judge after judge issuing “TRO’s” (Temporary Restraining Orders) stopping them until a court can have a hearing to decide if what they’re doing is constitutional. Constitutional? You know, that pesky document Trump and his Project 2025 (and the Sieg Heil saluting Musk) find to simply be an obstacle they will eventually ignore – one way or another? (JD Vance – and Musk – have suggested simply telling the judges to “pack sand” – my characterization)

Speaking of the Trump administration’s disrespect of Judges – if you’ve had your head OUT of the sand you know the big deal over the past week has been the refusal of at least 7 federal prosecutors to file a motion to dismiss the corruption charges facing New York (democratic) Mayor Eric Adams. Adams made a trip to Mar a Lago in mid January – prior to the inauguration (which he attended) and, sure enough, based on the document from Assistant Attorney General Emil Bove (one of Trump’s lawyers in the case where Trump was unanimously convicted of 34 FELONIES) a document which is public, the Acting US Attorney (AUSA) for the Southern District of New York – whom Trump had appointed only three weeks prior and whose conservative bonafides are unquestionable – was ordered to dismiss the charges against Mr. Adams.

Actually, the attorneys from the office of the Southern District of NY were planning to file a “superseding indictment” against Mayor Adams bringing additional charges. The AUSA, Danielle Sassoon, in what I call a Liz Cheney moment, refused and, because AG Pam Bondi wouldn’t meet with her, she resigned. I copied (as best I could – and, it is word for word) Ms Sassoon’s explanation of why she couldn’t fulfill that request in front of a “real” judge (again, my characterization) who might not be too happy with a lawyer violating her oath of office. Mr. Bove didn’t take that well – to him this was insubordination, pure and simple, and he moved the request to “Main Justice.” Obviously, those at the top of Trump’s Justice Department don’t put a lot of “stock” into their oaths of office!

When the “smoke” had cleared SEVEN prosecutors had resigned from the Department of Justice (maybe more will do so) and Bove – obviously incensed – according to published reports gathered 20 prosecutors at Main Justice and gave them one hour to decide who was going to sign the document which needed to be submitted to the court in New York. Apparently, one guy – I believe his last name is Sullivan – who is very close to retirement agreed to do so in order to take the heat off the other lawyers. They were threatened with being fired if they refused and offered promotions to sign the document. Yikes!! Another “quid pro quo.”

Here’s what’s interesting to me about this – other than it does remind me a bit of the “Saturday Night Massacre” back in the Nixon administration (although, there were only two lawyers who resigned in that instance) – when you read ALL the documentation and you put “two plus two” it’s almost IMPOSSIBLE to conclude anything other than this is the classic “quid pro quo.” (This for That) Mayor Adams gets the charges (kind of) dropped and Trump gets a cooperative mayor as he attempts to gather MORE undocumented immigrants to deport than what President Biden was doing without all the “hoopla.” To me, BOTH Bove and Adams allegedly committed the crime of a “quid pro quo.” (What’s the old saying? “It takes two to tango.”

The next step here is to watch how this New York judge responds to the request for dismissal. Although him refusing is unlikely, it’s apparently NOT impossible. I believe, at a minimum he SHOULD pull all these people into court and have them explain themselves UNDER OATH. It appears to me, Mayor Adams may have agreed to another questionable “deal” and Mr. Bove may have violated the oath of someone who doesn’t put FALSE information in front of a Judge. To me, it won’t be hard for the Judge to figure out what is going on here, the question is will he have the guts to do the right thing.

Ms. Sassoon wrote a very detailed explanation of why she couldn’t follow the directive (again, it’s in the previous post here) PLUS she pointed out her “team” along with Adams and his counsel and Mr. Bove had a meeting in late January where Adams was addiment he would be unable to fulfill the wishes of Trump’s administration that he help with the roundup of undocumented immigrants (we’re ALL immigrants in some kind of way) in New York city unless they could get the charges against him dismissed. Ms. Sassoon said one of her aides was taking contemporaneous notes and was reprimanded by Mr. Bove and who collected the notes as the meeting adjourned. If I was the judge I would demand Bove bring those notes to the courtroom when he must defend his rationale for the dismissal. (Of course, Bove’s part of Trump’s administration, he will LIE – that’s just a prediction – if only I could get the judge to read this)

Trump is a corrupt individual. He’s been LYING and CHEATING his entire life. He’s got a record of being an overt racist which dates back around 50 years. He’s been trying to get the “people that matter” in New York – and, now around the globe – to “like” him – which is, from my perspective, impossible. Unless you’re a lowly republican minion who apparently watched too many episodes of the “Apprentice.”

I know people who believe in Christ, say they believe in the Ten Commandments and, yet, act like Trump is their IDOL. It’s all very “unChristian” to me – but, what do I know. The Lord put politics on my heart when I was a young lad (I still clearly remember the arguments of my parent over Eisenhower or Stephenson in the early 50’s.) I pray “we the people” will be able to put a stop to this fascist takeover of our nation – but, it seems like an uphill climb at this point. Will it take a collapsed economy to get the MAGA faithful’s attention – or just policy decisions which have a negative impact on them. Who knows? But, the DAMAGE Trump, Musk and his “Big Balls” are doing as they expose America’s most sensitive file systems to foreign (and domestic) hackers could take years to overcome!

Final Thought: I’ve been reading reports about how Musk and his teenage warriors aren’t as computer literate as they’d like us all to believe. Some of their “website” work has been easily hacked by people who seem to be having a bit of fun with their incompetence. However, they’re messing around in some of the most critical files in our government and, at this point, who knows who else is rooting around in those files. Do you really believe the Russian, Chinese,, Iranian, North Korean hackers and who knows who else are NOT gathering up our personal data for “use in the future?” – if you know what I mean. “We the people” are going to have to put up with four years of this. My hope is there will still be “free and fair” elections in 2026 – but, I can guarantee you that’s not the Project 2025 plan. Republicans have been dreaming for years of their so-called “permanent republican majority” and, if you haven’t been paying attention its color is WHITE. They believe their own voters are STUPID and that’s the key to their long term success. Trump is actually believing he’ll be elected to a third term in 2028. Stay tuned!!!