“We the people” can’t endure another 30+ months of the Trump reign on our Constitutional republic. The Department of Justice has always been the fundamental backbone of our nation. Trump has, for all intents and purposes, destroyed this bastion of America’s “democracy.” The FBI is led by an imbecile and the “interim” attorney general is nothing more than Trump’s personal attorney who was Trump’s lead attorney when he (Trump) was CONVICTED with 34 FELONIES by a unanimous jury of his “peers.” Trump was found by a jury to have sexually abused E Jean Carroll and defaming her to the point where he was assessed with a judgment of $88 MILLION. Are the results of these cases what caused him to choose this lawyer (Todd Blanche) to be at the head of the Justice Department? (Oh yes, I can’t forget that Trump was found guilty of serial FRAUD by the NY Attorney General to the tune of over $400 MILLION.

Trump started his assault on this key institution of American Jurisprudence on his first day in office. He made several “day one” promises in his campaign and the one he actually followed through on was PARDONING something like 1600 INSURRECTIONISTS, many who assaulted Police Officers on January 6, 2021, and he’s been PARDONING fraudsters and white collar CRIMINALS ever since. In the height of telling “we the people” “I think you’re stupid” he pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández the epitome of a “narco terrorist” while he (Trump) was (ordering the) KILLING (of) “boat people” in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific accusing them (without even just practical evidence they were smuggling drugs into America – their boats were headed in the wrong direction and had NO capability of reaching America if they had wanted to) of being “narco terrorists.”

Not only did our “Seal Team Six” MURDER more than 150 PEOPLE but then Trump sent them (Seal Team Six) into Venezuela to capture the president Nicolas Maduro and his wife (killing another 100 to 200) accusing them of being “narco terrorists.” Reminder: only a few weeks before this he PARDONED Hernández who was found GUILTY of smuggling OVER 400 TONS of Cocaine into the United States and sentenced to 45 years in prison. (What was Trump’s payoff for Hernández’ PARDON?) No sooner had Maduro been commandeered to a jail in Brooklyn New York than Trump announced the reason for the kidnapping was Venezuela’s OIL. (Kind of reminded me of Bush/Cheney and Iraq) Go figure!

But, as usual, with republicans it ALWAYS gets worse. And, in the case of Trump he makes sure it’s getting worse at a pace which is hard to keep up with. Of course, there’s Trump’s war of choice in Iran that he can’t figure how to get out of even though all he seems capable of is making it worse. He didn’t seem to understand how the Iranians could put him “over the barrel.” (pun intended) I don’t believe he understood they would simply close the Straight of Hormuz putting pressure on him as gas prices rise. He was suckered in by Bibi Netanyahu – which Trump will NEVER admit – and he’s been saying the war is “almost over” for about a month – successfully manipulating the Wall Street moguls who could care less about whether the U.S. is mired in a war or not. Somehow, they still manage to force themselves to believe Trump’s musings.

And, Iran has no obligation to “open” the straight once Trump heads home with his tail between his legs. That last sentence, of course, was a figure of speech, because Trump has NEVER and will NEVER get anywhere near any kind of a war zone. The closest he’ll ever come is going to a cage fight while sending his V.P. to “negotiate” an end to the war – apparently thinking it could be done in a day. JD Vance claimed the reason the negotiations failed is because Iran refused to agree to “never have a nuclear weapon.” (Was this Trump’s way of setting up Vance as a baffoon?)

Reminder: It took the Obama administration around one year to negotiate the so-called “JCPOA” (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) where Iran agreed to NOT enrich Uranium to the level it can be used for a nuclear weapon – an agreement that included strict directives for the “IAEA” (International Atomic Energy Agency) to monitor Iran’s activity in this area – and, it was working, until Trump “tore up the agreement” in Trump 1.0 – apparently because it was an achievement of Barrack Obama. I’ll say it once more: It took about a year to negotiate that agreement – plus there were six other nations involved – INCLUDING Russia. So, Trump wanted Vance to do this in one day!?

Here’s another interesting “tidbit.” Vance was accompanied in these “negotiations” by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff – who I wrote a post about previously and their “negotiations” with the Iranians right before the Americans and Israeli’s killed about 40 of Iran’s leaders, about 175 school children, and began pummeling Iran with American made BOMBS. Just a day or so before the BOMBING began the Iranian negotiators returned to Iran to discuss what was reported as productive negotiations regarding reopening a plan to prevent Iran from producing a nuclear weapon. One of the mediators in the negotiation held his index finger and thumb close together to signify how close they were to an agreement. The next day – bombs away! Is it any wonder the Iranians, after six weeks of BOMBING, had a level of mistrust with Kushner and Witkoff? I speculated Kushner and Witkoff set them up – although we’ll likely never know. But, just picture the Iranian leadership gathering to discuss the proposed negotiations only to be wiped out by Israeli BOMBS!?

One of Trump’s idols, Viktor Orban, recently was voted out of office in an overwhelming DEFEAT in Hungary. Trump had sent Vance to campaign for Orban in the waning days of the campaign and Vance actually held a call with Trump during the rally. Reports have it that their “help” for Orban worked in the opposite direction intended. Some reports are suggesting Trump/Vance have set back right wing movements in several other European countries including Germany and the U.K. Which gets me to my next thought regarding why “we the people” won’t be able to endure another 30+ months of this disaster. I believe Trump sees the writing on the wall and the more he tries to “dig” himself out of the hole he’s creating, the more he keeps digging and the “hole” keeps getting deeper. And, while many are speculating he’s lost his mind, I’m certain he knows the result if there’s a MASSIVE “blue wave” in November’s mid-term elections.

He’s going to get impeached and, if his sycophantic republicans in the Senate have had “enough” he very well could get convicted. That is why I’ve been speculating for over a year now that he’s going to find a way to either suspend or eliminate the election. Either that, or find a way to prevent likely democratic voters from participating. I mean, he attempted a coup once before and was still re-elected back into the “White House.” This time, he’ll be more motivated to either block or overturn the will of the people because he’s got much more to lose this time around. I mean, he’s been pulling in personal wealth by the BILLIONS since the beginning of Trump 2.0 and his alleged corrupt and illegal activity could very well put the Supreme Court’s “absolute immunity” ruling to the test.

Trump is already postulating about providing PARDONS for anyone who’s gotten “within 200 feet of the Oval Office” – whatever he’s suggesting. It was announced today the Department of Justice is moving to rescind the convictions for Seditious Conspiracy for the “Oathkeepers” and “Proud Boys” who were main instigators in the January 6, 2021 INSURRECTION where the 140 Police Officers were brutally beaten. There’s also mounting speculation Ghislaine Maxwell is going to get a PARDON. (Do you think she might be reminding Trump – and Melania – of all that she KNOWS?) Which gets me to the “Epstein files.”

ALL of the Epstein files were, according to the statute, required to have been made public – with the only redactions to be those required to hide the identities of the victims – by December 19th, of last year. Obviously, the DOJ has failed to adhere to the legal requirements of the law – passed with almost unanimous “consent” by both houses of Congress. When they finally released something like 3 MILLION files (about a month late) – that had the perpetrators identities redacted while exposing the identities of several of the victims – and, in some instances, nude photos of some of the victims assistant AG Blanche said something like “That’s it, there aint no more.” There’s ANOTHER 3 MILLION files which haven’t been released and Trump’s personal lawyer Assistant AG, Todd Blance, announced that would be the end of it. Oops, I already said that! The DOJ was choosing NOT to release the other 3 MILLION files. Can you think of why?

This is another reason why Trump lives in fear of the mid-term elections. Should there be a “massive blue wave” as some are predicting those other files will eventually be made public. Do you think the DOJ might be attempting to protect Trump? Jaimie Raskin (D Maryland) was, like other members of Congress, able to see the unredacted files and he said in the 3 million files that have been released he did a search for Trump’s name and it came up over a MILLION times. In the redacted files made public Trump’s name comes up “only” 38,000 times – do you think those other times (960,000) where his name was redacted implies maybe a cover up? Do you think Trump’s 15 years as Epstein’s “best pal” might have included some naughty stuff? (Like some “wonderful secrets”) There’s one instance where a victim claimed (in 2019) that Trump sexually and physically assaulted her when she was 13 (In the mid 1980’s). Why do republicans continue looking away from accusations of Trump’s sexual misconduct?

For comparison – if you think it’s all just a “democrat hoax” let’s take a close look at Eric Swalwell. Recently, several women have come forward and accused him of sexual misconduct (Only a fraction of the number of Trump accusers) – some of it quite serious – or should I say “more” serious – because it’s all quite serious. It didn’t take long for democrats to encourage him to drop out of the race for governor in California (did he really think this stuff would never come up?) and soon to tell him he was going to get expelled from the House and suggest he should resign – which he did yesterday. Interestingly, a republican from Texas who had been refusing to resign over even more serious allegations chose to resign on the same day as Swalwell – I found that interesting. Did the democrats set an example for republicans? Well, if so, then maybe republicans should be making a “call” to the “White House” in order to prevent (or attempt to do so) the HUGE “blue wave” in the fall.

Naturally, we all know Trump would never agree to resign. If he’s going to be removed from office it will HAVE to be by IMPEACHMENT and CONVICTION. As an optimist (keep in mind I’m no democrat or republican) I can hope democrats not only take the House but also the Senate. As I said above, “we the people” can not endure another 30 some months of this. I mean, Today Trump claimed the Pope wants Iran to have a nuclear weapon! He also suggested gas prices are not that “high.” (I keep waiting for the Straight of Hormuz to be closed for another few weeks and then what?) He also said, today, that “we” (apparently meaning his administration on the “new” regime in Iran) are getting along well (or words to that affect). He actually publicly said that Iran has agreed to never have a nuclear weapon.

To that I almost shouted “holy cow!” But, the skeptic in me said this was simply another ridiculous LIE coming from the mouth of someone who when his lips are moving, he’s LYING. It’s as if he just makes up what he’s saying on the spot with whatever is crossing his “genius” brain. He also mentioned today that he really likes the “gospels.” Before adding “Nobody likes the gospels like I do.” To that I had to agree – as someone who believes in the “gospels.” I couldn’t help but tell myself I really don’t believe in them like Trump. I would have to put myself more in the camp of what I’ve heard from Pope Leo, although I’m not a Catholic. Nothing I’ve heard from the Pope lately about Jesus has not been consistent with the Bible I’ve read (a couple times). There’s always more and tomorrow there will likely be another “swamp” filled with more coming from Trump. Stay tuned….

Final thought: As someone who considers himself an Evangelical Christian (obviously “liberal”) I not only take offense to Trump’s depictions of himself AS Christ one day and then “with Christ” the next. But, I possibly take more offense as some of the “prayers” I keep hearing coming from the mouth of another (alleged) LIAR Pete Hegseth. I can’t remember too much of what I studied as a Political Science major back in the 1960’s about the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution (I do have a copy of the constitution on my desk – which I reference periodically) but, I’m pretty sure our country was founded on the principle of the “Separation of Church and State.”

For example, when a preacher starts preaching politics from the pulpit that church can lose its tax exempt status. So, when I hear Hegseth attempting to sound like a preacher when he’s giving orders to his military underlings (sadly, that includes everyone up to the Generals) I get a queasy feeling in my stomach. And, today, as if he’s been to theology school, Hegseth repeated a “prayer” straight out of the movie “Pulp Fiction” – what was presented as a monologue by Samuel Jackson. Here’s the real version from the movie:

• “The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.”
• “Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children.”
• “And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers…” As the character played by Jackson points his gun at the victim. (Full disclosure, I didn’t see the movie so I have no idea if he shot the dude tied up in a chair)

Here’s Hegseth’s “prayer:”

• “The path of the downed aviator is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.”
• “Blessed is he who in the name of camaraderie and duty shepherds the lost through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children.”
• “And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to capture and destroy my brother…”

Did Hegseth really believe no one would notice? Does he not watch Colbert or Kimmel at night? I’ll end with this recommendation: Watch Jon Stewart on the Daily Show next Monday! OK, one more thing – These people (Trump, Hegseth, etc. are nuts!)

OK, another one more thing: Tonight I was watching Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNow and saw a segment on RFK Jr. that made my stomach curl more than usual with info about him. (I was originally drawn into politics supporting his father’s run for president back in 1968, the first year I could vote – the voting age was 21 back then.) Kennedy LIED in a congressional hearing when confronted about him saying, a couple years ago when he was running for President as if he was an expert on the subject, that Black children should be taken from their parents and put in shelters – or something to that affect – so they could be “re-parented.” I’m not kidding. Not only does this expose Kennedy to be a vial racist, but there is video evidence he was LYING when he denied ever saying it while under oath in the hearing! You can’t make this stuff up!!!