I’ve gone over in detail (you can find it in the archives) about my perception of the Trump administration’s focus on “merit” in choosing “the finest people” to be participants in their fascist assault on America’s democratic republic. For example, Pete Hegseth, our Secretary of Defense, maybe the most important position in Trump’s cabinet. His resume was filled with nuggets of, well, disbelief. The main “asset” for Hegseth appears to be the fact he was a weekend host on “Fox and Friends.” But, that was only one of his “assets.” He also had led two SMALL veterans groups – with budgets in the neighborhood of $10 MILLION – and had been FIRED for financial negligence reasons. As usual, there’s more. He also has a lengthy record of alleged public drunkenness – including showing up at work smelling of alcohol. On a couple occasions he allegedly had to be helped to his room due to the level of his inebriation. (I forgot – he’s also been credibly accused of sexual assault and adultery on multiple occasions – apparently a “must” in Trumps eyes when considering “merit”)
There’s Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence, whose major attribute, it seems, is she’s an alleged Russian “useful idiot.” She has a history of repeating comments which end up being played on Russian TV with them claiming her to be “superwoman.” She’s made comments indicating she agrees with Vladimir Putin’s absurd justification for invading Ukraine – not to mention her publicly accusing Ukraine and the U.S. of sharing “biolabs” producing the “world’s nastiest pathogens.” Additionally, she claimed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was justified by accusing the U.S./NATO’s refusal to bend the knee to Putin’s demandsas the reason. Surely, she’s got the merit to be supervising our ENTIRE intelligence departments (there’s 17 or 18 of them).
Add to that our Secretary of State – “liddle” Marco Rubio, in the words of Trump. Here’s a guy who’s proven there isn’t ONE personal belief that he’s unwilling to abandon in the hopes of remaining in his office for (and on Trump’s “good side”) – apparently Trump’s full term. (question: Does Trump have a “good side?”) Not only these three highly meritorious people but the National Security Advisor, The VICE PRESIDENT – “we the people” decided they’ve got “merit,” (via the election) the “White House” chief of staff, senior political advisor (alleged white nationalist) Stephen Miller, and other members of Trump’s incredible administration including the CIA director. All chosen to these very important postitions based on their incredible “merit.”
Why do I bring these people up? Well, by now MOST Americans who pay the slightest attention to politics know Hegseth was part of a texting “chat” on the publicly available ap “Signal” which included the editor in chief of the “Atlantic” (A publication I have not, at least to this date, paid for a subscription) Jeffrey Goldberg, where the “war plans” of the U.S. BOMBING of the Houthi’s in Yemen were shared with the group. Once again, including the heads of our intelligence services AND the Vice President and about seven or eight others – not including Mr. Goldberg. Goldberg KNEW what was going to happen approximately TWO hours before it actually took place.
Of course, all these meritorious members of the Trump administration will either brush this off or LIE about what took place – but, it appears that Mr. Goldberg has the EVIDENCE (on his smartphone!) – something those who work for Trump feel nary a need for. Here’s some of what was shared with Mr. Goldberg – who was apparently part of the “text group” for close to two weeks. And, of course, all on UNSECURED cell phones. (Think Hillary Clinton’s “private server” and the 800 hours of Congressional testimony that generated.) (update: As I suspected, Pete Hegseth, when confronted with this “story” called it “fake news” and LIED through his teeth – in his denial)
Hegseth was “texting attack plans – when targets were going to be targeted, how they were going to be targeted, who was at the targets, when the next sequence of the attacks were happening… they were plans for the attack and they were texted before the attack.” (Via interview on CNN – which I almost NEVER watch) Mr. Goldberg stuck around (until he realized the severity of this breech) because he assumed he was being “spoofed” thinking there’s no way this kind of information could be shared in such a dangerous manner. To that, I say NO S*@T!
So all these “high ranking” members of Trump’s administration are FIRST creating this texting “chat group” where they’re discussing NATIONAL SECURITY stuff – where it isn’t too far fetched to believe the Russians, the Chinese, or maybe the Iranians could be listening – using their CELL PHONE’S spy stuff. SECONDLY they were discussing “war plans” of a planned assault on Yemen on unsecured devices – obviously, potentially putting the lives of the pilots flying the planes in jeopardy. And THIRDLY – what ELSE had they been discussing before one of the nitwits decided to include Mr. Goldberg in the chat group? Obviously, Goldberg is a man of honor because he immediately took himself out of the group once he realized that he WASN’T being “spoofed.” Knowing “me” I might have stuck around to see what else was “cooking” on their “private” channel. (I’m thinking of all those empty folders when Trump’s Mar a Lago was searched – national security secrets are no big deal to these people.)
If you’ve read any of my previous posts you know I’ve been throwing around the “fascist” card since well before Trump somehow (likely with about $300 MILLION from (f)Elon Musk) LIED his way back into the “White House.” Do you remember when he said “I don’t know anything about this “Project 2025.” Of course, I don’t believe ANYTHING Trump says (EVER) and I took the time to read as much of Project 2025 (as I could stand) to know what to expect in the unlikely (to me) scenario where he (allegedly) STEALS another election. I don’t know exactly how he did it (probably MUSK – plus, the Russians were active as usual with their targeted misinformation – welcomed on Xwitter – but I KNEW what to expect in case he did “win.”
And, it’s playing out before our eyes – day after painfully long day. The American public are beginning to realize – and, it doesn’t totally matter who they voted for – what they’re getting crammed down their throats. I’m happy to say, I’m not the only person using the term fascists when referring to Trump and his minions. If you had read Project 2025 you would have seen it’s a roadmap to fascism. And, the MANY people who wrote it – they call it the “manifesto” for the next “conservative” administration – which includes what “DOGE” is doing to the federal workforce. That was a main part of their plan. They want people loyal to Trump as opposed to being loyal to their oath of office – which is an oath to the constitution. Simple solution: FIRE as many government employees as possible – screw the legal obligations to the government workforce!
I mean sometimes they “say the quiet part out loud.” And, of course, you can “say” stuff through your actions – which is why many people say “watch what they do, not what they say.” (regarding the “say” part – they’re ALL liars) So, in the case of (f)Elon Musk, when he was at the celebration after the inauguration he threw a COUPLE “Sieg Heil’s” to the crowd with, to me, an astonishing look on his face as he did so. For the uninitiated, that means he threw a couple “Nazi salutes” to the crowd of people celebrating. And, was there any blowback from republicans – NONE that I’ve noticed. (Actually, I believe most of them approved of Musk’s “salute.”)
Keep in mind, maybe Musk should be deported. He grew up in Apartheid South Africa and he allegedly entered the U.S. illegally. By the reports I’ve read, he entered the country on a student visa – he graduated from Penn – but he NEVER attended graduate school (apparently Stanford) while he was still in the country on the “student visa.” Instead, he got venture capitalist money allowing him and his brother to create “Zip2” – whatever that was. Did he lie on his citizenship papers? It seems no one knows for sure, but I find it ironic his ANTI-immigrant views – some of which are so bizarre it boggles the mind. This guy believes some WEIRD stuff! And, he’s the co-president! Two months ago I was saying “what could possibly go wrong” – with tongue in cheek – but, now it’s becoming CLEAR to MILLIONS of Americans. No more “tongue in cheek.”
My point is, why should anyone be surprised at the incompetence which has permeated the Trump administration? It was all so predictable. With Musk randomly setting his DOGEshits upon one department after another and they firing people as if they’ve been authorized by some official act – doing it in quantities designed to overwhelm the justice department – we can assume the consequences to be born out by “we the people” are soon to be – potentially – catastrophic. When Bush/Cheney torpedoed the economy in 2008 it was an election year and the “cleanup” was able to start in 2009. The disaster Trump and Co. are inflicting on our economy won’t be able to be “fixed” for another 3 1/2 years – I’m guessing the bottom will fall out at about the sixth month “anniversary.”
Is Trump capable of creating another “Great Depression?” Well, I personally wouldn’t put it past him. As someone who depends on Social Security (I paid into it for close to 55 years) i will be MORE than unhappy once they’ve succeeded in crashing the system’s data base – while pretending to be looking for “waste, fraud, and abuse.” The “waste, fraud, and abuse” is coming from Trump, Musk, and “Big Balls” – if he’s the DOGEshit who’s been ransacking the data of MILLIONS of American citizens at the offices of Social Security. Going through ALL of MY information!
Recently a judge put a stop to the DOGEshit invasion of Social Security to which the temporary head of the department said he would “shut the department down” if they weren’t allowed back in. This is crazy – just as Project 2025 had planned. Therefore, a few “nitwits” in Trump’s administration potentially sharing “war plans” with whoever was listening shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. And, when Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security begin to collapse – people SHOULDN’T be too surprised – after all, there was plenty of warning about Project 2025 before the election. The “stooges” Trump put in his cabinet are there for one specific reason – so there would be no pushback on their actual objectives. Remember, watch what they’re doing, not what they say!
Final Thought: I encouraged people to check out Project 2025 for several months prior to the election – maybe as many as six months. I read through the introduction – which I believe was all anyone needed to read – plus about 100 pages (there’s 900 in all) and I decided I needed to read no more. To me, it was obviously a “roadmap to fascism.” These are people (the authors) who openly don’t believe in democracy – especially America’s “democracy” where they are clearly in the minority. Their largest strength, from my perspective, was that democrats are so easily manipulated and so terrible at messaging. As I’ve said for years, republicans believe “the end justifies the means.”
Well, after publishing a link to the Project 2025 about four or five times here, I decided to do so one more time about a month before the election – just in case someone might happen onto this site and actually do so. I had a copy on my desktop, but I always logged onto the Project 2025 site to get the link, but the last time I did that I had to give my email address to get the access. Stupid me, I wasn’t thinking and I did so, got the link and published it here. What I failed to think through was giving my email address (I gave the right one) to these right wing thugs – leading them to believe I was a supporter.
I’m sure you can figure out what happened after that. My inbox has been flooded by right wing emails, many from “Trump himself” (the last one offering “dinner at Mar a Lago”) – emails almost exactly like the democratic emails I simply delete. With Trump’s I send them to the “junk emails” – which are supposed to get “blocked” in the future. (They don’t) I actually opened one and answered all the questions (not how a Trump supporter would answer them – as you might imagine) – but, I couldn’t send the answers in without giving Trump money. I hope you understand how that ended. I’m reminded of my own stupidity every time one of these emails shows up – my son (an astute computer person) said – “Dad, why don’t you create a fake email address? Dah! Stay tuned……