My gut is still tied up in knots after what I witnessed today in the Oval Office and the TWO IDIOTS Americans somehow decided to vote into the highest office in the land. It was SHAMEFUL and I was totally embarrassed as an American while I watched it. It’s really difficult for me to accept that Trump – a 34 times FELON – is able to cause me to be on the side of Vladimir Putin. OMG – that I had to write those words is almost beyond my imagination. As I told my son this morning as he was attempting to understand how this could happen I’ve been watching politics since I was a young lad back in the early 60’s and I’ve seen nothing to compare this to.
My father fought the Nazi’s in WW II and, I never understood why he was NEVER able to talk to me about it. I’ve often thought that very well was the reason he struggled to be a good father to his four children. That said, he was an Eisenhower supporter and my Mother was a strong democrat – a supporter of Adlai Stevenson – and, I still remember the arguments. I remember John F Kennedy winning the election in 1960 (I was 13), I remember him being assassinated when I was in High School, as well as MLK Jr. and RFK in my early years in college. Robert Kennedy was the first politician to cause me to become an active political supporter.
This was all followed by Nixon and Watergate – which seems like a normal time compared to what’s happening now. Nixon respected the Constitution and the republicans of the time who were unwilling to allow his lawbreaking to go with no consequences. Then came Reagan and the Bush clan which led “we the people” to somehow choose a low level mob boss as our so-called president. I’m saying this to preface what I said to my son as he was attempting to understand Trump’s persona – and, this was BEFORE Trump and Vance set up Zelenskyy in the historical Oval Office – it had to be the low point of American history in that place.
So, to my son, I said it’s simple what Trump is doing. He’s attempting to extort Zelenskyy for the second time. However, this time we don’t have a democratic Congress to IMPEACH him – AND Vance. They BOTH need to go. Trump has been siding with the world’s dictators since before he LIED as he “took” the oath of office the first time. He EXTORTED Zelenskyy before and he’s doing it again. I guaranteed my son Trump was upending America’s standing in the so-called “free world” – which Trump seems to have no appreciation of. Mark Milley said it best, “Trump is fascist to the core.” It’s time for the American people to wake up.
Can Senators be IMPEACHED? Well, of course I know they can’t. But, I’m thinking of the Senate republicans and, especially, one of the MOST disgusting of all Americans – Lindsey Graham – who you can find endless video examples of him saying one thing one moment and then the exact opposite the next. Graham is “DEPLORABLE.” How can American leaders be so STUPID as Trump and Vance. Well, as far as republican Senators go, they seem to FEAR Trump – they don’t have the GUTS to do what they know they should after that DEPLORABLE “hit job” on Zelenskyy today. Is Trump going to have to be caught kissing Putin’s ass before it sinks in – or would that even matter to these COWARDS?
Of course, while this is all going on the focus has been taken away from (f)Elon Musk as he’s laying waste to the foundation of our nation government and economy. Keep in mind, RECESSIONS are good news for OLIGARCHS. Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Thiel, and the rest of them will simply be buying MORE stuff as soon as they tank this economy. This isn’t brain science. Although it is disgusting! Trump’s administration was at the SCOTUS today arguing to keep the funds which were appropriated for USAID frozen, for all intents and purposes shutting USAID down. This is another thing Russia is celebrating because USAID was helping Ukraine keep their electrical grid up and running – while Russia is repeatedly bombing it. As I was warning for MONTHS before the 2024 election Project 2025 was/is a roadmap to fascism. It’s being rolled out by America’s DEPLORABLE leadership.
America has a history full of “black marks” but, NOTHING ever as bad as what Trump, Vance, and Musk are doing to our nation. Trump just upended 80 years of American foreign policy and Musk is attempting to cement America’s turn toward OLIGARCHY. And, Vance – to me, what a STUPID person with NO moral “compass” – doing nothing more than telegraph America’s support for movements like the AfD in Germany. We’re talking about a resurgence of Nazi’s in Germany of all places – and, Vance going to a conference in Munich and berating the Europeans for, in essence, opposing this neo-Nazi group of Germans. This is all so disgusting to me I can barely force myself to keep typing. However, the time for apathy is NOT now!
It’s obvious there are virtually NO republicans willing to stand against our dual presidents Trump and Musk. However, there are still democrats. I’ve been lamenting for over 20 years – close to 20 years here – that America’s democratic party – while having a HISTORY to be proud of – seems to be afraid to support their own fundamental beliefs – the beliefs which were born of the New Deal. Republicans have been attacking the New Deal since its inception and, slowly, the democrats have just kept “giving in.” The ONLY reason why democrats continue to struggle to maintain control of our government – when the opposing party is teetering on fascism – is because they continue to look WEAK – as they think we’re all still “playing by the rules.”
When is it going to sink in to them. In today’s American political landscape there are NO rules. It’s been obvious for years the one rule republicans believe in is “the end justifies the means.” That’s why they adopted the political strategy of Hitler and Goebbels – the “Big Lie Theory” and the constant use of PROJECTION. I don’t know how many times I’ve brought this up here – but I continue to be amazed the democrats along with the so-called “liberal media” aren’t making a big deal out of an American political party using the strategy of Adolf Hitler. Hell, Trump actually gave it all away when he started regurgitating Nazi “talking points.” (ie “They’re poisoning the blood,” calling his opponents “vermin” – right out of the Nazi handbook) Today, Trump blasted Volodymyr Zelenskyy with Putin talking points right to his face and virtually every leader around the world. Disgusting, DEPLORABLE, I can’t think of any other words to describe it.
And, here’s what will be the result of today’s fiasco in the Oval Office. (Other than the shame Americans SHOULD feel about our own government and the people who elected them back into office – for heaven’s sake – our president is a convicted FELON) Trump and Vance just made President Zelenskyy even MORE of a world wide HERO. The solidified his standing with the Ukrainian people and they will soon see they’ve sparked a re-arming of our allies in Europe as they plan for the next great war – which always seems to happen on their soil – and, as the result of fascist tyrants – like Putin.
And, do you think there are a lot of Mom’s and Dad’s in America who want their Sons and Daughters to be risking their lives for Vladimir Putin? I don’t believe that will EVER be the case. I wrote the other day what the democratic leaders in Congress SHOULD be doing is heading to the “Red” states and holding the Town Halls their republican counterparts DON’T want to hold in their own districts. Not only are these Americans going to be pissed about what happened today in the Oval Office, but these cuts to our government workforce and to the various policies aren’t going to sit well there just like they won’t sit well where I live.
For example, Millions of Americans have their health insurance via Medicaid. What is cutting close to $900 BILLION from that program going to do to the health of the Americans relying on that program? What’s going to happen when people’s parents or relatives in long term care facilities are suddenly without health insurance? And, from what I’ve read this will effect the so-called “Red” states the most – people who live in rural areas, I live in a rural area and it won’t affect me until they go after Medicare – which, likely, is next.
And, what about all the people losing their jobs – what could be termed “America’s best?” We’re talking, by and large, about young Americans because they’ve only been on the job for less than two years making them “probationary” – meaning it’s easier to simply randomly cut them – they haven’t been on the job long enough to have union benefits. These young people are not only in Washington DC as some politicians would have us believe. We’re talking about Forest Rangers, Park Rangers, USAID workers who are located all around the world – or, I suppose I should say WERE. There are people charged with keeping the air clean, the water drinkable, the food safe, our country safe, and I could go on.
Regarding keeping our country safe our new Attorney General has already ordered what amounts to the monitoring of Russian sanctions to be, in essence, discontinued. What’s up with that. And, the leaders of the FBI are now an official right wing clown car – and America’s ability to defend herself from another terrorist attack just became – well, LOWER. The new director of the CIA has already emailed the names of CIA operatives over a unclassified server for who knows who to see and is now getting ready to FIRE a bunch of CIA agents. And, we have a Russian “useful idiot” at the head of the Department of National Intelligence. I mean, what could possibly go wrong?
Trump, Musk, and Vance have, this week, proved the “inmates are in charge of the asylum.” These guys are certifiably NUTS. QAnon conspiracy theorists (along with the director of the FBI) who are turning America into a rogue nation around the world. That was all written a few days ago – and, I didn’t publish it – but, I’m going to after adding one more bit of ranting. Today, the U.S. withdrew intelligence support for Ukraine and stopped (just like in IMPEACHMENT #1) military assistance which has already been appropriated – the combination of which has the Russians jumping for joy.
Final Thought: Are the Europeans going to be uniting behind Ukraine and are they able to provide enough support without the U.S. standing with them? That’s the number one question on my mind but, there’s another one which is even more scary. What if Trump actually fully aligns with Putin? I can’t get that question out of my mind. I already know Trump is a TRAITOR based on his attempted coup. To me, this just compounds that reality – turning on Ukraine. And, OBTW just over thirty years ago the U.S., U.K., other members of Europe and also Russia signed the “Budapest Memorandum” agreeing to support Ukraine’s sovereignty if they gave up their nuclear weapons.
Well, of course, the Ukrainians did just that. They also gave up their fleet of bombers which were in their possession due to the “Cold War” which had ended. (Except in the mind of Vladimir Putin) According to that Memorandum the U.S. and – in essence our NATO allies are obligated to continue supporting Ukraine. And, we SHOULDN’T be attempting to force Ukraine to give up land to Russia and minerals to the U.S. in order for this war to end. To me, just another example that Trump is a TRAITOR. Final question, what does Putin have on Trump?