Trump AND Vance - pledge their fealty to Putin in front of the world

 Simply one of the most disgusting things I have ever seen, since January 6, 2021, was that nauseating display of Trump AND Vance publicly trying to bully and humiliate Ukrainian President Vlodomyr Zelenskyy in the WHITE HOUSE OVAL OFFICE!!!!! Demanding that he capitulate to Putin because “he had no cards to play”

This was a world wide shouting declaration by TRUMP AND VANCE that America is completely aligned with Russian monster, Putin, in his invasion of Ukraine. 

I am ashamed of the America that put these filthy people in the White House. I find this nauseating. 

Zelenskyy said “I didn’t come here to play cards”.

It is going to take generations for America’s reputation to recover from the MAGA assault on its goodness, it’s character, it’s value to the world. 

America is reaping what it has sown. 

What fraud and waste?

 Let's call out the bullshit scam being told by the bullshit scam artists.  This MAGA/Trump/Musk firing federal workers is not about saving federal dollars. It is not about cutting waste and fraud. 

For Trump it is about destroying the U.S. as he is being directed by Putin. 

For Musk it is about privatizing these essential government services with him taking a cut off the top of every dollar so that he can become a multi-trillionaire. 

For Republicans it is a nearly century long effort to end aiding the middle class and poor so as to keep them downtrodden and desperate for and grateful for for any jobs from the wealthy. 

For MAGA it's just about being fooled by decades long Republican politicking against government waste. 

Say goodbye to rural hospitals and elderly managed care facilities. 

Couple of facts:

• First, only 3% of the federal budget pays for civilian federal employees.  This is a drop in the bucket. If you cut it in half you save about 1.5%. Big f'ing deal.

• Second, 50 years ago the federal workforce was about 2.8 million and today it is about 2.9 million per ChatGPT, and the U.S population has grown from 215 million to 330 million over that same 50 years. So the workforce has been essentially constant while the population grew 50%. 

So spare me the bullshit scam and lies. Of course there are some things you can find. They find anecdotal examples of abuse that do not tell the real story of the tremendous help government programs and government employees provide. It’s a con. 

Time for America to wake up and smell the stench of corruption that has taken over what used to be the Republican Party.

Is the Orange Fool actually Russian Asset Krasnov?

I think it is time to say the obvious.

There is no proof, but it would certainly explain pretty much everything about the current president if indeed he was recruited as a Russian (Soviet) asset in 1987 - as former Head of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee, Alnur Mussayev claims, and given the codename "Krasnov".  

Apparently, in 1987 the failing real estate developer was about one BILLION dollars in debt, went to the Soviet Union, and came back to New York and took $130,000 full page ads saying the U.S. should pull out of NATO. Really? And there was lots and lots of dirty Russian money given to him via a money laundering scheme into his properties over the years.  

Then, as we know all too well, during his first presidency he claimed that he "might not" honor article 5 of the NATO treaty to use the U.S. military to defend a NATO country if they were to be attacked by Russia.

Of course, we have seen him praise and defend Putin over and over. And, indeed, it was shown decisively in the Mueller Report that Russia aided in his 2016 successful presidential victory, although there was no evidence that he actively coordinated with nor collaborated in that attempt, he just welcomed it. Therefore, there was not enough to impeach and convict him on that count.

And he extorted Ukraine early in his first presidency, only to be impeached but acquitted by his subservient Republican Senate.

Don't forget that he withdrew U.S troops from Syria and invited Putin's Russia to take over, prompting the resignation of Jim Mattis, his Defense Secretary - and Russia did all it could to help the war criminal Assad to slaughter and stay in power. And to expand Russian control of the region.

Dan Coats, hard core conservative Republican who served as Director of National Intelligence in his first term, was deeply suspicious that Putin "had something" on the president, as there was really no other explanation as to why he would just do whatever Putin demanded of him.

And now, what we see in his second term is horrifying to me. He has committed the U.S. to be an ALLY of Russia in its attempted takeover of Ukrainian territory with its illegal invasion of three years ago.  

And he is attacking U.S. allies - Canada, Mexico, Panama, Denmark. He is unconstitutionally destroying government agency after government agency - notably the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, the FBI, the IRS. Obliterating the Constitutional Separation of Powers.

It might not seem all that important, but he is destroying USAID, which provides charitable help around the world with food, medicine, and economic support to people and regions in dire need. There are two forms of U.S. power - hard power (military - and he is gutting the military leadership) and soft power (USAID - that shows the goodness of the U.S to the world). The total budget of USAID is less than 1% of the U.S. budget, so I do not believe for a moment that cost cutting is the reason. It is about destroying U.S. soft power.

Is he really the Russian Asset Krasnov? Or is he just a stupid, easily manipulated by Putin dumbass? It was nice to think he was only a psychopathic ignorant avaricious toxic narcissist (and he is), but now I think he actually is under the control of Putin, whose passionate goal is to destroy democracy and the rule of law in all of the world so that his corrupt regime and enormous graft and riches are not threatened. And, oh yes, so that Putin will go down in history as the greatest Russian ruler since Peter the Great as he reconquers the territory the Soviets lost in 1990.

So, why don't the Republican Congress and Senate fight him, refuse him, and say no? Well, some agree with him. Most do not but only say so in private. Maybe some are also under threat from Russia, but most certainly many of them have been given credible death threats to themselves and their families - from MAGA and maybe Russia as well. So, in addition to the threat of being primaried in the next election and losing their careers, they are under threat of death or violent harm. Just Mafioso stuff? or maybe Putin the killer threat? It is no mystery why those who oppose Putin die in obviously Putin ways - "falling off" balconies, being poisoned by openly Russian radioactive poisons - it's a blatant, "Yep it was me, Putin who ordered this" death. Over and over. In Russia, and in OTHER COUNTRIES as well.

It has been said many times that if you understand that his job is to destroy the U.S. as demanded by his boss, Putin, then everything he has done, and will do, makes total sense. He is Putin's puppet. And as long as he becomes richer and more famous, he thinks he is "a winner". Dumbass.

By the way, how on earth did the Russian KGB think that this nitwit would become president? It appears that what they did, and I imagine they still do, is find younger people that might have political ambitions, or have media persuasion, or who have possible military influence, and who are vulnerable to the many tools of Russian Kompromat (bribery, blackmail, entrapment, philosophical agreement, etc.) and recruit them hoping that some of them could help Russia in the future. They struck oil with Trump, but I would strongly suspect that there are at least a few in the MAGA leaders and influencers are also compromised, perhaps some are in the Congress or Senate. 

Russia is not good at many things, but they are masters at disinformation, propaganda, lies, "alternative realities" - and blackmail, extortion, threats, force. They’ve been doing it for a century. We are seeing fascism in action. Right here in "River City".

Ugly ugly ugly. 

But I believe America is waking up and smelling the stench of this putrid president and his corrupt band of MAGA shock troops, and perhaps the enemy behind them as well. 

Reincarnation?

 Trump always looked to me like a parody imitation of Mussolini with his jutting chin and pompous posturing…well…

Mussolini - died April 28, 1945

Trump - born June 24, 1946

If the orange menace actually is a quick reincarnation of Mussolini, he didn’t seem to learn anything between lifetimes. Mussolini was executed and hung upside down along with other fascists in public display. And, by the way, he was subservient to the bigger monster, Hitler. 

So, is the orange one Mussolini redux?  Thinking he just won’t make any mistakes of weakness this time? I don’t predict a happy future for this wanna be king. I do not expect he will trigger a war and be killed in retribution. I expect his attempted autocratic takeover and destruction of American democracy will fail. 

He thinks he was elected king of America.  America has something to say about that. 

Putin, Netanyahu, and a Dope walk into a bar…

 Netanyahu turns to the Dope and says “You could go down in history as the greatest man in the history of the Middle East by clearing out all the two million Palestinians in Gaza, and building a Miami Beach of hotels and beach mansions on the seashore.”  The Dope said “Can they be Trump Resorts?”  “Well” says Netanyahu “You drive a hard bargain, but OK”. And the Dope says “What a great genius am I, I’ll do it”

Then Putin turns to the Dope and says “You could be the Greatest Peacemaker in history by ending the vicious and barbaric Ukrainian bloody war against the great historic and peaceful and righteous empire of Russia”. The Dope says “I’ve got a great idea, I’ll stop any U.S. assistance to Ukraine and give Russia vital U.S Intelligence, and maybe some weapons too, to help our dear ally, Russia, take back the Russian territory of Ukraine. And the evil Nazi Ukrainians will be defeated, and their war criminal leaders will be tried and executed on worldwide TV, and the great Russian leader Putin will praise and thank the Great Peacemaker, Me. On worldwide TV.”

And the Dope says “What a genius I am. I will be the most important man in all the history books.  

Maybe even greater than Hitler”

Rabid vengeful Kash Patel confirmed as FBI Director

 The intimidated MAGA Republican Senate just confirmed the man sworn to serve his King Trumpy and persecute those who tried to hold him accountable for a few of his crimes. 

Look at his eyes…Charles Manson eyes. Not good for American Constitutional democracy.

All Hail The King…

 I have written over and over that the 2024 election was about one thing - saving democracy (and the rule of law, and the free press, and the separation of powers, and the Constitution, and an independent military - all the necessary institutions that comprise democracy).

Well, at least to one person, and his slavish MAGA Cult, it is clear that democracy is over and the reign of King Trumpy I has been enshrined. Proof?  How about this official message from THE WHITE HOUSE:

And this from his “X” account:

People try to convince themselves that this doesn’t mean what it obviously says. But I take it very seriously indeed. 

Was the congestion pricing experiment no good? I don’t care. That is for the City of New York to deal with. Not the a fetid king.

This delusional fool is on a path of destruction. 

Welcome to Potterville USA 2025

Welcome to Potterville USA 2025:

The purpose of Potterville is making the super-rich bigger and everyone else smaller. 

Constitution? They don’t need no stinkin’ Constitution….

Honorable courageous real Americans

In this disgraceful chapter of American history, with the Republic party overrun by white supremacist, theocratic, oligarchic autocrats, I pause to honor the dignity and courage of two of the greatest Americans - Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman.  It is an honor to be part of the same nation where these two fierce giants rose up.

They brought the light, so can we.

Don’t let him confuse you

 David French made a clarifying observation - everything that Trump does is just one thing: he is saying I am your king, submit to me. 

It seems like there are so many things coming at us nonstop, from all directions, ever more illegal, unconstitutional, corrupt, stupid, nonsensical - pardoning criminals, firing essential workers, shutting down Congress authorized programs, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Gaza, tariffs, ending security protections, eliminating pennies, naming water, it goes on and on and….

But it is actually only one thing - I am your king and I CAN DO WHATEVER THE HELL I WANT, and you can’t stop me, so hahahahahahahaha….

But the orange HUMPTY DUMPTY is going to fall. Sooner would be better than later.  

By the way, why the hell is the Republican Congress just handing over their Constitutional powers to this moron?  I think death threats are involved.

I think the worm is going to turn, and once it does it will find out that THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES. 

Time to wake up

When Musk says he is Dark Maga - this is what he means - Tech-fascist destruction of democracy, here is the playbook:

1.  Campaign as autocrats - done and ongoing

2.  Purge the bureaucracy - happening now

3.  Ignore the courts - coming soon

4.  Co-opt Congress - done

5.  Centralize police and government powers - coming soon

6.  Shut down the media and elite educational institutions - happening and coming

7.  Turn out your violent people at stressful moments - happened and coming

This is the tried and true fascist playbook to destroy the democratic and political systems of a country. It is in motion.

But, who are the fascists?  Looks to me like there are more than one group - oligarchs, theocrats, and Jim Crow racists.  And, oh yes, Trump. Will they turn on each other? One can hope. 

Theocrats are clear they plan to purge the nation of sin and free it from the grip of Satan and enforce their warped view of a Christian nation on us all. 

The Jim Crow racists, who are mostly theocrats, want a Jim Crow nation where white men rule over their families, businesses, local, state, and federal governments. 

The oligarchs are doing the only thing they know how to do, become more and more and more and more wealthy and powerful. Plus, oh yes, if you are to believe their philosophical gurus like Belagi and Curtis Yarvin they are out to literally eliminate the country and establish tech-bro independent fiefdoms, each run by one of the tech billionaires, scattered across the nation.

Right now, Trump and Musk are illegally and unconstitutionally destroying the government, and Project 2025 will be installing rabid theocrats throughout. And, oh yes, Trump will destroy people he hates.

But, I think America is starting to realize what’s going on.  It’s time to wake up and smell the stench of fascism. 

The worship of power

 David French just recently wrote a quote that seems to me to summarize today’s terrible political moment:

“Those who worship power see compassion and empathy as weakness”

And there we have a one sentence synopsis of Trump and MAGA. 

They are going to fail, I believe, because they are going to destroy themselves. 

Welcome to Jim Crow America

At the direction of Donald Trump, whose father had once been arrested at a KKK rally in New York, the U.S. has revoked a 60-year-old executive order that protected equal opportunity in employment.  He has called for an end to all diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. This February 1, today, neither the Pentagon nor the State Department will recognize Black History Month. These are very loud statements of his ugly character. 

Showing his racism again, he immediately accused diversity hiring for the tragic accident of a helicopter and plane crash at the DC airport, long before an investigation into the crash had come to any conclusion. 

The Republican Party has been systematically impeding black voters ever since the racist Roberts Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights laws of the ‘60s. They have found their leader, and not only voted for him, but some literally worship him. 

The South has risen again - to be more specific, the Jim Crown South has risen again. 

It is a very, very ugly sight.