The Trump Cult

 Trump has the worship and undying loyalty and obedience of the Trump Cult.  I am currently reading "The Culting of America" by Daniela Mestyanek Young.  It is a very enlightening book about how cults and high control organizations trap their followers.  And I think it shows quite a bit about what is happening to those in the Trump Cult.  Here is a little excerpt describing how almost impossible it is to leave a cult - their whole world, support system, friends, family, identity is inside the cult.  And the "exit costs"- leaving - is too traumatic to do or even contemplate:

So, evidence that they have made a terrible mistake cannot be acknowledged or agreed to.  The exit cost is too high.  Even if they know there may be "some things" that they aren't all that happy with, they are surrounded by, engulfed by, an entire ecosystem of cult believers that can rationalize and explain away anything.  And to say no to the beliefs is to say no to the cult, is to say goodbye to the cult, is to say goodbye to their very life. So they don't.

But I think that one of the points that she makes is that cults start to fall apart when their "sacred assumption" proves false, and when their "transcendent mission" fails.  I think the Sacred Assumption of the Trump Cult is to purify America from the perceived corruption and heartlessness of liberal America.  And, wouldn't you know it? Trump and MAGA are astonishingly corrupt and heartless.  And the Transcendent Mission of MAGA is to expose and punish the Satan worshipping liberal elite pedophiles who would be exposed in the Epstein Files.  And wouldn't you know it? Trump and conservative billionaires and influencers are deeply in the Epstein files and Trump is doing EVERYTHING HE CAN (including going to war with Iran) to keep the Epstein Files hidden - as an obvious confession that he is in them up to his perverted eyeballs.

So, it will take time, but I am hopeful that the Trump Cult is and will continue to fall apart.  And Trump will just be a senile old fart saying ridiculous hate filled nonsense that fewer and fewer people pay any attention to.

Hegseth wants testosterone testing on the military

 The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, has made a big publicity statement about wanting U.S. military to be more and more warrior-like (more cruel, aggressive, murderous). And the way the manly, manly, manly Hegseth wants to do this is to have ALL of the military take tests for testosterone and "encourage" those who score low to take testosterone shots.  This is idiotic.  It shows no understanding of testosterone nor of actual military effectiveness.  So, what are the serious health risks of some of the poor fools who artificially boost testosterone?  Here is a summary from a google inquiry:

Serious Health Risks

Long-term or unsupervised use of testosterone supplements can lead to more severe complications:

• Cardiovascular issues: Increased risk of high blood pressure, heart attacks, strokes, and blood clots, particularly in older men or those with pre-existing heart conditions Drugs.com+2.
• Hormonal disruption: The body may reduce or stop natural testosterone production, leading to dependence on supplements and withdrawal symptoms like fatigue, depression, and muscle loss hrtdoctorsgroup.com+1.
• Fertility problems: Reduced sperm production and testicular shrinkage can result in infertility hrtdoctorsgroup.com+1.
• Prostate effects: Potential enlargement of the prostate, which may increase the risk of prostate-related issues, including cancer hrtdoctorsgroup.com.
• Sleep apnea: Worsening or development of obstructive sleep apnea in some usersHegseth is unfit to lead the U.S. military.  Somehow the MAGA-sphere is obsessed with being manly, manly, tough, tough "men", and they confuse brutality with courage and manliness.  They are living in a tragic misunderstanding of manhood.  This is only the latest nitwittery of Hegseth and the MAGA Cult.  

By the way, he wants to also test WOMEN for low testosterone and give them supplements.  This is just another step in his long assault on women in the military.  

Buffoon.

ICE trained to terrorize

 I keep hearing critics of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) lamenting that they aren’t being given sufficient training, so they are screwing up and killing people and apprehending non-criminals and being too violent. Well, I don’t think that is true. 

I think they are following their training precisely. I think they are being trained to terrorize immigrants, documented and undocumented, and scare them out of the country. They are purposefully trained to terrorize immigrants, terrorize liberals, terrorize reporters, terrorize bystanders, terrorize witnesses, terrorize America. 

They are terrorists. They are KKK. They are “Republican” MAGA, Jim Crow, Confederacy, Bible Belt, white hypermasculine terrorists… who wear masks just like their KKK ancestors and role models did. 

Their ideological leader is the execrable Steven Miller, who literally looks like a Nazi SS fanatic, or like a young Vladimir Putin.  And, of course, this all flows down from the Bigot in Chief himself.  

They are doing what they are being trained to do. And that has nothing to do with the Rule of Law. 

MAGA deaths

MAGA deaths... The Trump and MAGA administration are so corrupt, so opaque, so deceitful that even the news of the hospitalization of Republican Senator, Mitch McConnel, and the death of Republican, Lindsey Graham, are cause for accusations of deceit.

Some liberals and Epstein Files MAGAs suspect that McConnel is essentially brain dead, or nearly so, and MAGA is keeping that hidden until after August 3 so that a special election to replace him is not held because they don't want Thomas Massie, or another Republican who wants to expose the Epstein files, to replace him.

Some on both sides suspect that Graham was hit with a heart attack inducing drug to keep him from supporting Ukraine against Russia.

Sow distrust, reap the whirlwind...

Trump's America - KKK

 Here is the defining image of the July 4 "celebration" in Washington DC on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence ... KKK (Patriot Front) masked men on the DC Metro on their way to their racist march, surrounding one black woman.  MAGA is just another word for KKK/bigotry/hate/white supremacy/Nazi.  In case there was any doubt the KKK (Patriot Front) showed up in force complete with white masks.  

So, in 250 years we went from "...all men are created equal..." to Trump's America.  MAGA's America.  Disgusting.

The U.S. is losing three wars… Unhappy 4th of July 2026

 Putin’s Russia has been waging WWIV ever since Putin rose to power. His view is that Russia lost WWIII to the U.S.  So he has been trying to recreate the Soviet empire, and more. First target on his revenge list is to topple the U.S.  He, and Russians, see Trump as the U.S. Gorbachev, that is, Gorbachev was the idiot who lost the Soviet Empire, so Putin needed an American idiot who would lose the U.S. Empire. So they groomed and supported the American idiot, Trump, the Pedo in Chief. 

And Putin and Russia’s attack and destruction of the U.S. has been astonishingly successful. The U.S. no longer has allies. The U.S. no longer protects NATO. The U.S. has destroyed its own democracy and Constitutional Rule of Law. The U.S. is destroying its great scientific research universities.  The U.S is destroying its health care system. Etc. etc. etc. The main destroyer of the U.S. is, of course, the Pedo in Chief. But it turns out the Russians found a major group inside the country to push the destructive force to destroy the U.S. - MAGA. 

    Who is MAGA? The old Confederacy. And that brings us to the second war that the U.S. is losing - the Civil War.  The U.S. Northern abolitionists defeated the slaver South in 1865. But not so fast.  The Confederacy overthrew the victory, created the myth of The Lost Cause which perpetuated the bigoted lie that white men were superior to blacks (and browns and reds and yellows and women). 

So, what does the Confederacy do to show its violent rule? Destroys science - destroys expertise - destroys free speech - destroys dissent - destroys ethics - destroys empathy and compassion and caring - destroys the Rule of Law - destroys the arts. In other words, they turn the Constitutionally based U.S. into the Jim Crow U.S. or perhaps more accurately they turn us into the corrupt and violent Russia. See, says Putin and Russia, the U.S is not special they are no better than Russia. 

And, oh yes, the U.S. is also losing its idiotic war against Iran. Before we attacked Iran the Strait of Hormuz was open.  The Pedo in Chief wants his gullible MAGAs to believe he won… by opening the Strait. Astonishing nitwittery. 

And, oh yes, Russia is also losing its idiotic war against Ukraine. Sorry Putin.  Your days could be coming to an end soon. 

Dumbassery all around. 

So, here we are at the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. And as the oldest and wise man of the Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin said, we have a Republic - if we can keep it.  But we are losing it. This 4th is not much of a celebration to me. It certainly is not a celebration of the triumph and persistence of the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution is under severe assault, by the Pedo in Chief, by MAGA, by the Tech Bros, by the evangelical theocrats. 

But the story is not over. Trump and MAGA, and even the greedfuck Techbros, are starting to falter. And the greatest idea in human history is still in our souls, in our bones, in our country - All People are Created Equal.  And the white supremacist Confederacy will fall again, and the Russian style corruption, incompetence, and cronyism will fall as well.  

I choose to believe in The Better Angels of our Nature.