Looking into the fututure: 'Let Claude do it.'

Last week we talked about the new artificial intelligence software given us by Anthropic, which will not only outdo anything yet developed, but it also will be able to  "clone itself and will not need a human to advance to commands that only the program has control over." Just think of this. Once it has established its own algorithm, the program can make its own decisions and proceed without humans to do its work, as it sees fit; that means absolutely no constraint. Here's a definition of algorithm...

"An algorithm is a finite, step-by-step set of instructions used to solve a problem or perform a task. It takes an initial set of inputs, follows rigorous logical rules, and processes them to produce a specific output. You can think of it as a recipe for computers."

The three key factors here are 'algorithm,' 'without humans' and 'no constraint.' If this new technology can think like a human being, isn't it likely it will act like a human being, and with all the greed and hate in this country today, where do you think it could likely go? But Donald Trump could care less about the danger involved, his only interest is to satisfy a grandiose ego and a beckoning pocketbook. Trump wanted to take over Anthropic's Claude for his administration, but the company said, whoa, we're not ready for open use yet.

On the other hand, the Trump administration is trying to corral Anthropic because of its lack of understanding of AI, and Congress is taking its lead in doing the same. Here's the scenario, according to Politico...

"The Trump administration’s sudden moves to rein in Anthropic are giving fresh

 

momentum to efforts in Congress to impose guardrails on cutting-edge artificial intelligence models.

"Lawmakers are still seeking clear information about the government’s decision late Friday to impose an export ban on the AI company’s latest models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, over cybersecurity concerns — a move that led Anthropic to suspend access to both for all users."

At this point, you'd have to wonder if Trump ordered the export ban for the sake of safety, or whether it is solely for the fact he wants to keep Anthropic in limbo until he can figure out how to cash in on this new technological discovery. But Congress is saying, collectively, left and right, they...

"see an opening to mobilize their colleagues around legislation that would reclaim congressional authority at a time when the executive branch remains firmly in the drivers’ seat on AI regulation."

Pathetic as this sounds, it is true, but, at the same time, it is the fault of Congress, primarily the Republicans, that Donald Trump holds the power he does. All along they have supported him and now they come to their whining decision there is an issue that requires their attention, and they want their ball back. This sort of governing is why this country is in the lousy predicament we're in, and it isn't all the fault of the GOP. The Democrats have been spineless since Trump came into office.

Mystical Raven, a site about spirituality and inspiration says,  "AI Is About to Escape Human Control — and Nobody Has a Plan." This kind of thinking should be the focus of the technology industry in cooperation with the U.S. government, with the emphasis on coming up with a plan. The main feature of the plan must be to determine how to control a Claude or Fable, or whatever new software that is developed, maintaining constraints over its ability to take over full control. A human must always be in the loop.

Here, from Mystical Raven, is the best analysis of where we are...long, but the best I have ever seen...

On June 4, 2026, Anthropic published a blog post calling on the world’s top artificial intelligence companies to come up with a coordinated way to pause development of advanced AI systems, warning that the technology is improving 

so quickly that there’s a risk humans would lose control. This was not a statement from a watchdog group, an academic ethicist, or a senator who barely understands how email works. It came from the company that makes Claude, one of the most capable AI systems currently in existence. Jack Clark, co-founder of Anthropic, warned that the rapidly evolving AI sector currently lacks adequate processes to slow development if things move too fast, and that the industry has focused heavily on accelerating innovation without creating enough safeguards to manage potential risks.

I can remember the early stages of AI, when science fiction was predicting the worst, things like the above, but that was just a movie, a book, products of an entertainment industry. At the time, people were saying, 'You know, this could happen some day.' Well, it did, and we are completely at odds what to do about it. We would be better off if the person in the Oval Office wasn't a demented lunatic. And if we didn't have an impotent Congress of cowards. And...there is so much more but time does not permit. 

This is my second post on artificial intelligence (AI), and I am thinking there might just be more on the way in the future.

What's it all about...AI?

This post is about artificial intelligence and I want to emphasize that the issue has become a most important focus now for where our country is headed. It's out there--AI, I mean--in all its glory and there are only a few people who understand what this new technology is capable of. I do, with limitations, having worked with the software some ten years ago in its infancy, while in the junk mail industry. To give you an idea of the value of AI, I paid $25,000 for a program that I I had to renew at $2,500 annually.

It was worth it based on the results I obtained for my clients. However, the new emphasis on AI comes from Donald Trump in the White House, where he will find ways to use it to make his administration look good, for retribution against his enemies and, of course, corruption that will put money in his pocket. Here's the scenario...

"President Donald Trump has significantly boosted AI throughout his second term — and a whistleblower confirms that major economic bubble is about to burst, and take many Americans' fortunes with it."

There's more...

“We've spent something like $1.4 trillion dollars building data centers in this country, and the revenues on AI are $600 billion,” said Alexis Goldstein, a former financial regulatory expert for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Maryland Democratic congressional candidate to The Left Hook’s Wajahat Ali on Thursday. “So the tech industry has earned not even half of what they've spent building these data centers.”

Are we to believe that Epstein compares the AI bubble with the housing bubble that gave us the great recession? If so, the hi-tech designed to make life easier and business more productive will certainly end up a cataclysm.  Donald Trump is not necessarily the source of the artificial intelligence bubble, but his policies and public promotion have actively sustained and inflated it. He's taking credit for the stock market momentum, which

Donald Trump absurd AI likenesses of himself

influences Wall Street in the following ways...

Unprecedented Deregulation: The Trump administration has aggressively pushed back against state-level AI regulations and postponed federal security or oversight orders, citing fears that strict compliance could stifle innovation and development speeds.

Infrastructure & Energy Support: To ensure American technological dominance, the White House has moved to open up federal lands and increase energy production specifically aimed at supporting the massive power needs of new AI data centers.

Voluntary Equity Stakes: The administration has explored taking direct government equity stakes in major AI and tech firms, similar to past equity agreements made with companies like Intel.

Market Volatility: While his "run-it-hot" economic strategy and tax incentives have fueled tech spending, his broader economic policies—such as sweeping global tariffs—have simultaneously introduced market volatility, occasionally triggering broad stock sell-offs across the tech sector.

Wall Street and the tech industry have initiated an impulsive drive, like a rolling ball gathering moss, except this ball is gathering gullible investors who mistakenly believe all is safe, with no risk, or, at least very little. It is like everything else Trump touches, he jumps in and generates all that he can for the home team and then bails, leaving everyone else in the lurch. The problem here is that T-rump may have created something he will soon lose control

over and his departure will leave more than disgruntled Americans.

Anthropic, the developers of the most recent and most powerful AI software say that it is only a matter of time before it can clone itself and will not need a human to advance to commands that only the program has control over. Both scary and a warning of what is to come, especially in the wrong hands. Anthropic adds...

"That is likely to create a feedback loop in which AI systems create even more sophisticated successors."

If you want more and can understand coding for writing algorithms, you will definitely want to read this article by Anthropic, "When AI builds itself."

Anthropic has been all over the media with its warnings...

"that humans risk losing control over AI systems in the very near future if a concerning trend with its Claude model continues."

More about Claude...

"The $1 trillion startup revealed that Claude now writes more than 80 per cent of its own code – up from less than 10 per cent in February last year.

"Anthropic claims that the Claude-written code is currently roughly at parity to human-written code, and is expected to be much better within the next year." 

The article is a warning of future problems if we don't maintain some control over this new phenomena. Those controls must persist throughout the world, as well as in the U.S. There's not much we can do about foreign countries determined to use this technology to do harm. There is, however, something we can do in the U.S. This will require the removal of Donald Trump from the White House and a full sweep of Congress for the Democrats in November.

It is obvious Anthropic wants to control Claude for the good of future AI technology that can benefit the world rather than destroy it. Sure, there will be grifters like Donald Trump who capitalize only on what this new technology can do for them, pushing things to the brink, where both industry and the government will have to step in. It always happens when there is greed present. We are emerging from a dark period where the conservative radical right has almost destroyed our democracy and the right to pursue new ventures like Claude. 

I hate making this political, but after what Donald Trump has done to this country, he has made it all about himself and his minions, their efforts to tear down everything our forefathers created. You know what to do in November! 

 

 

Hello Bernie, 2028...Farmers dump Trump...Donald Trump loves inflation

I have been a Bernie Sanders fan since this man came on the scene running for President in 2016. He is articulate, sincere, and stands for the average citizen...a Democratic Socialist. A term that has carried shame for some but hope for the future for others. Like Zohran Mamdani, the new Progressive mayor of New York. Add Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, known as AOC, as Bernie's Vice President running mate, and you have a winning ticket. 

There is a current stigma when you mention Democratic Socialism or Progressive that must be alleviated through education to allow this ideology to prosper in the U.S. A Bernie Sanders/Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez run in 2028 could put this country back on track.

So the farmers finally got smart and decided Donald Trump is the trickster he has been all along. This group is the last to be offended by the Oval Office lunatic, pretty slow coming out of the fields, I guess, a collection, I might add, that put him in office. The farmers have had an interruption in their "energy and fertilizer supplies that has emerged as a consequence of the war with Iran." A war that Trump started with his ego and can't seem to get the handle to stop.

That's not all that pissed off the growers of America, "American agriculture had been struggling due to Trump’s tariffs and attacks on immigration, the latter of which has exacerbated a preexisting labor shortage." There were also funding freezes and all-toll, the farmers of America have gotten smart and turned left.

Did Donald Trump really say, 'I Love The Inflation,' which just went up on billboards in 16 states with a picture of dufus and what he said. The anti-Trump group, Home of the Brave, which has a number of Republicans on its board, spent $15 million to advertise the rising cost of living. We've seem a large increase in gas prices fueled by the war along with grocery prices going up and T-rump's ratings plunge. Trump has dismissed the affordability issue as a "hoax," while Americans suffer, including Republicans up for reelection. 

Huff Post said, "Democrats quickly seized on Trump's Wednesday remarks to show how out of touch he is with the struggles of everyday Americans." Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer added, “His contempt for you [the American voter] knows no bounds.” It is hard to fathom how the White House maniac could have any followers, much less the gang of MAGA maggots who dearly love him. It has to be based on the individual's intelligence level, which doesn't say much for the future of our kids and grandkids.

Dorothy Parker was an animal lover and would never abandon a pet

Dorothy Parker

If you aren't familiar with Dorothy Parker, she was known for her razor-sharp wit, caustic epigrams, and contributions to The New Yorker. She was also a poet and one of the prominent members of the Algonquin Round Table at the Algonquin Hotel in New York city. She shared the table with notables like Robert Benchley, Alexander Woollcott, Harpo Marx, George S. Kaufman, Edna Ferber, Robert E. Sherwood and more. The room is now a restaurant and my wife and I had dinner there several years ago where we also met the resident cat, Hamlet.

I was fortunate enough to have lunch with Dorothy Parker some sixty years ago when she lived in Los Angeles. It was arranged by my friend and book publicity contact, Fred Shroyer, who was literary editor for the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. I was late but when I sat down, Ms. Parker had a martini; Fred offered me one. I thought I had arrived, having a martini with Dorothy Parker. Guess the drinks loosened both of us to the extent that when she heard I was from the South, she wanted to talk about racism, one of my favorite subjects.

I told Ms. Parker (she told me to call her Dottie but I just couldn't do it; the celebrity thing with her enormous stature) about my experiences with racism in states I had lived in: Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. Even at the age of nine, when I witnessed a Ku Klux Klan hanging of a Black man, I could not understand why a person's color angered these men in white robes and why they hated him just because he was Black. Ms. Parker was fascinated I had come out of the South, unscathed by racism. We went on for hours.

It was obvious that Ms. Parker had never met anyone from the South who wasn't a racist. I

Dorothy Parker, her husband
Alan Campbell and their dog

am sure you have deduced by now that the famous poet was also anti-racist with considerable passion, and I was eventually to learn she had never traveled to the South, this, accounting for much of her surprise. Before the luncheon ended, Ms. Parker asked me and my wife to have dinner with her and her husband. Unfortunately he died soon after and she returned to New York.

Ms. Parker once rescued a stray dog late at night on Sixth Avenue in New York city. She took the dog home, cleaned it up, and gifted it to a wealthy family on Long Island. She always had an animal around her, and her preference for animals over people was well known...

She famously called dogs "four-legged people-but nicer" and once jokingly remarked that her preference for dogs stemmed from the fact that "they wag their tails at anyone and not their tongues." 

Dorothy Parker would never abandon a pet, yet, around 6.3 million companion animals (mostly dogs and cats) are dumped on U.S. shelters every year. Most are strays, but around 29% are owner-surrendered due to housing constraints, financial hardships, and behavioral issues. Following is a short anecdote of a person surrendering their pet to a kill shelter...

Abandoned pet

This guy walks into the shelter and tells the agent he is leaving his dog. The agent gives him the same tired look and remarks, discouragingly, 'Do you know what we do here?' referring to their euthanasia policy. The guy says, 'I'm sorry, but we're moving and can't take the dog with us.' The agent asks, 'Do you have kids?' The answer, 'Yes.' The agent, 'Are you taking them with you?' followed by a forceful stare. The guy turned around and left without a word.

There is a national crisis with shelters across the U.S. facing capacity problems that are compounded by recent events that have put the American public in a bind, and, of course, it is always the animals that suffer. The excuses are numerous: a landlord that refuses pets, the high cost of caring for an animal, behavioral problems, including aggression or lack of training, moving, as above, and the death or sudden health decline of an owner. Some are obviously unavoidable but many are cruelly needless.

Shakespeare extensively populated his plays with animals to create metaphors, insults and vivid imagery reflecting Elizabethan life. His work highlights a world where humans and animals were closely linked, reflecting that era's intimate, often brutal, relationship with nature. And back to Dorothy Parker who frequently featured pets in her work with her poem, "Verse for a Certain Dog," which blends praise for a pet's loyalty combined with their chaotic behavior.

Ms. Parker no doubt favored dogs but she loved all animals, including cats and horses. The

Dorothy Parker with kitten

phrase "scaredy-cat" was coined by her, first appearing in print in her famous 1933 short story, "The Waltz," first published by the New Yorker in 1933. A Dorothy Parker comment after a night on the town is indicative of her passion for the critters...

"Don’t let me take any horses home with me. It doesn’t matter so much about stray dogs and kittens, but elevator boys get awfully stuffy when you try to bring in a horse. You might just as well know that about me now, Fred. You can always tell that the crash is coming when I start getting tender about Our Dumb Friends. Three highballs, and I think I’m St. Francis of Assisi."

One of the definitions of pet is "something particularly cherished." I hope all of the above has made you think twice if you have any plans to abandon your pet. Let me leave you with something I heard some time ago about an animal dumped at a shelter that was later taken in by a loving couple...

"For someone she was nothing. For us she's everything."

Peace! 

.

Donald Trump gives up governing - And then, is Trump ready to quit? - Renee Good ICE agent shooter millionaire -

 

This is the first of a new series of daily breaking news items 

Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist, says the Iran War has crushed Donald Trump's persistence and he now wants to give up governing to concentrate on his true priorities, “rage and revenge.” Here's the scenario...

The latest evidence of this is that Trump has tapped Bill Pulte as the acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI), a role that is vital to the country’s national security apparatus. As Krugman writes, “The word ‘acting’ is crucial. The statute creating the position of DNI explicitly requires that the appointee ‘shall have extensive national security expertise.’” Pulte has none.

On the other hand, maybe it doesn't make any difference since Ray Richmond's commentary from RawStory thinks there are vibes being sent from the Trump camp that "he's ready to quit his job." Of course, it's just an opinion but Richmond says...

For Trump, it’s all about Trump, as we know. Full stop. He no longer seems inclined to pretend he gives a single crap about…well, anything. He just claimed he didn’t give a good goddamn if the peace talks with Iran were over or not. He was no longer trying to save the Kennedy Center and didn’t care about what it was called after a judge’s ruling. He gave up without putting up even a tiny fuss about his $1.8 billion slush fund.

There's more...

"He also famously noted that he didn’t care about the financial struggles of the American consumer due to exploding gasoline and grocery prices. And far from trying to rescue his Great American Country Fair on the National Mall in D.C. on June 24, he labeled all the artists who pulled out 'losers' and said screw it, I’ll just entertain everyone myself."

"ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good is now a millionaire through online fundraisers." This is a headline from vt. about the murderous group of ICE agents in the city of Minneapolis who took at least two innocent lives, Good and bystander Alex Pretti. A GoFundMe campaign  has been established for Good's widow and their sons and did raise nearly $1.5 million, but an unverified GoFundMe page is said to have collected more than $795,000 for the ICE murderer, Jonathan "Jon" Ross.

Another $250,000 is said to have been collected for Ross. The support goes both ways, some identifying Renee Good as a terrorist for moving her car to get away from Ross who had a gun trained on her. The FBI says it...

"has launched an investigation into Good's death, although sources familiar with the case have suggested Ross is unlikely to face criminal charges."

Yeah, like any justice will come of this with Kash Patel in charge of the agency.

Donald Trump gives us an almost guaranteed recession

Chaos in Trump's America

Alexander Willis, in RawStory, acknowledges two major issues that could send the U.S. into "permanent recession." Each should shape an outlook in Americans that produces a fear, so solid and so pointed, that Donald Trump, regardless of his current condition, continues to take the U.S. into an apocalypse. I'll get to these points later but first, the status of his health...

"Recent medical and public scrutiny surrounding Donald Trump’s cognitive health centers on reports of his rambling speeches, visible physical changes (such as hand bruising and slowed walking), and increased impulsivity.:

In down to earth terms, he acts like he is off his rocker. Yet, his latest doctor's report says he is in "excellent health" and "fit to serve" as president of this country. At the same time, Trump was deemed "borderline obese" and The Daily Beast quotes Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a CNN medical analyst and professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine...

"wrote on X that the report had inexplicably noted “improved” ankle edema compared to last year’s exam, even though no edema had been listed in the prior findings."

Apparently you can't believe Donald Trump's physician, Dr. Sean Barbabella, and you sure as hell can't believe Donald Trump. However, amongst all the Oval Office lunatic's idiocy, you still have a Republican Congress scared to death of the man, a group who is letting this  country sink to the lowest level in its history. And really, the Democrats are not nearly doing the best they can to be rid of this maniac. Here's even more from Willis...

Donald Trump's dementia and cognitivity

"A growing number of CEOs suspect a market crash is imminent but have been “scared” to say so publicly out of fear of retaliation from President Donald Trump, and on Tuesday, one security expert warned that such a crash may not only be imminent, but 'permanent.'”

Miles Taylor, former Homeland Security senior official, tells us, the way Trump has orchestrated this recession...

"if it happens before we’re ready – many folks may never be able to crawl back out. That’s because two explosions could hit the U.S. economy at the same time.”

Getting ready for a recession is another story, but it is time to explore the two issues, mentioned earlier, created by the White House maniac that could get us there. They are the Iran War and the dominance of artificial intelligence (AI) in the marketplace. Starting with the Iran War, prices have escalated enormously both in the U.S. and abroad. Both gas and food have shocked consumers and starting to empty their pocketbooks. Donald Trump just laughs and tells Americans to suck it up.

Number two issue, artificial intelligence (AI), described by Taylor...

"as a 'ticking time bomb,' one that he had 'been hearing tick for the last three years': generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)."

I can tell you it has been ticking longer than that, more like ten to fifteen years, if only in the background. I was working with AI some 10+ years ago in its infancy and it was scary for me then what I could do. In simplification, you combine a database of known factors like your customers' buying habits with another database of demographics and lifestyle characteristics by a level of demography to determine where to find new customers. The

results increased business most acceptably in those days, can imagine the outcome today. 

Taylor says Trump started a war with Iran that "should’ve been avoidable," which has been responsible for the increase in prices leading to inflation. And through all this Donald Trump's attention alternates between his billion dollar ballroom and a 250th celebration that is collapsing because most of the stars don't want to perform. Getting back to the "ticking time bomb," artificial intelligence (AI), large and small U.S. companies are jumping on the AI bandwagon. 

Here's a fact that will knock your socks off...

A recent survey found that 99% of CEOs expect “AI-driven layoffs.”

And this is where the second disaster, after the Iran War, takes over and, as Taylor describes it...

"setting off a recession 'different from all others that came before it.'”

Here's the scenario...

“The instant the economy turns, the cautious AI pilots will become emergency AI rollouts. Corporate boards will start demanding cost cuts, and CFOs will start drafting reduction-in-force memos,” Taylor wrote.

There's more...

“Layoffs that would have been framed as long-term 'restructuring' or ‘right-sizing’ will become, by necessity, full-scale workforce replacement. The recession Trump is steering us into will arrive at the precise moment in history when, for the first time ever, wide swaths of the human workforce can be replaced instantly by software.”

If you are wondering about the connection between T-rump, AI and its replacement of

workers, especially since Dufus Rump probably entered politics at about the same time AI was beginning to get momentum...don't. Once he found out he could profit from the technology, be it only through support of those in the industry to begin with, he went full-bore in paving the way for its use...

"Donald Trump is directly responsible for shaping the regulatory environment accelerating AI integration into the workforce. While he frames AI as a "greatest job producer", his administration's policies have actively cleared the path for rapid, widespread AI adoption without imposing strict labor or workplace-safety regulations."

When we eventually find out about a massive loss of jobs and those losing those jobs start complaining about being out of work, losing their homes, theirs cars, unable to afford to eat, Trump's reaction will no doubt be...

'Suck it up, loser, and get a job.' 

Donald Trump...The 25th Amendment...When?

Everyone was caught off guard, even his MAGA maggots, when Donald Trump "posted an AI-generated image of himself escorting a shackled alien alongside Secret Service agents." The Oval Office lunatic has been mesmerizing over secret UFO files accusing Biden's administration of a coverup. They certainly may be out there but this kind of insanity means just that, T-rump is unfit for holding the office he does. There are many morons out there who believe every word this man says, without the brains to know what to do with it.

Gavin Newson posted this...

“The President of the United States just posted this. Do you think he’s lost it?”

If you do , you are in a group of "major figures" who have...

"Called to Invoke 25th Amendment to Remove Donald Trump From Office."

The list starts with  Former GOP Representative Adam Kinzinger, who remarked...

"This is absolutely insane and 25th amendment grounds in and of itself."

This coming from a former Republican who declined to run for reelection from the U.S. House because of the GOP's reaction to the investigation into the 2021 Capitol rioting. And just as bad, one of Trump's former staunch allies, Alex Jones, has increasingly turned on him asking...

"How do we 25th Amendment his a--?"

This guy spent a narrow amount of time working for Donald Trump but some of his insights since he turned against him have been interesting. Anthony Scaramucci shared...

"It was at this point that our Founders thought the best thing to do would be to remove a mad man who has the executive office. It became more formalized with the 25th amendment, but more people now should be calling for this man's removal."

Connecticut Sen, Chris Murphy, perhaps an undiscovered candidate so far for the 2028

Democratic presidency, says he agrees with the others on the 25th...

"No president in control of his senses would publicly promise to eradicate an entire civilization. Trump seems to be taking us on a path to mass war crimes. That's a path we cannot accept."

Murphy is the one who came out strong for gun control after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, CT. killing 26 people, including 20 children.

Democrat Representative Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced a bill...

to create a "Commission on Presidential Capacity" under Section 4 of the 25th Amendment. It would determine whether the president is no longer fit to serve in office."

Raskin was also dismayed over the fact that no Republicans were in the least interested in the impeachment of Donald Trump.

Even former Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene reacted after Trump's threat to annihilate Iran, referring to him as  "evil and madness." She added...

"25TH AMENDMENT!!! Not a single bomb has dropped on America. We cannot kill an entire civilization,"

JB Pritzker, a possible Democrat contender in 2028, joined more than 50 House Democrats and conservative pundits, saying, "the 25th Amendment "must be invoked. "Then...

"This is not foreign policy, it's a deranged mad man threatening to wipe out an entire country,"

Then this, Ty Cobb, Trump's former White House counsel said the 25th Amendment should be looked into...

"Given the fact that the Cabinet will not invoke the 25th Amendment for a man who is clearly insane — this war highlights that and these screeds that come out nightly, you know, at 2 a.m. or 4 a.m., or whatever time Trump decides to vent without oversight — it highlights the level of his insanity and depravity,"

There are more prominent figures in this article who are worth reading, but there is so much more covering this issue that also demands attention. Back to MTG; here is someone who...

"resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives in January 2026 due to a severe, public falling-out with President Donald Trump and frustration with Republican congressional leadership."

Here's the Atlanta Black Star headline.. ‘Remove Him Now!’: Donald Trump Posted a Photo So Insane That Even MAGA Couldn’t Find a Way to Defend It." Here's a comment from one of the MAGA maggots, somewhat questionable but typical...

“President Trump just posted this still on Truth Social. Trump walking alongside a handcuffed alien at a military base, escorted by agents and military personnel. He always knows how to keep it interesting. What do you think he’s signaling?”

AlterNet's headline, "Betrayal: This surprising group is gearing up to crush Trump and his broken promises," reveals an interesting group of potential voters who have had it with Donald Trump, and will come out of the closet en masse to vote for Democrats. Here's the scenario...

"As passionate as some people may feel about elections, politics and Trump it is “the least politically engaged Americans” that are deciding American elections. It may sounds like sacrilege, but it’s true," said polling analyst G. Elliot Morris.

There's more...

"In 2024, according to Pew, non-voters leaned toward Trump over Harris by four

 

percentage points, 44 percent to 40 percent. But today, the Democratic margin among non-voters is a whopping +20 points — a 24-point shift since 2024."

And finally, here's a headline that will knock your socks off: "Iran Plans $58 Million Bounty For 'Whoever Sends Trump, Netanyahu To Hell.'" Here's the status...

"Tehran: Iran is reportedly discussing placing a $58 million bounty on US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Ebrahim Azizi, the Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian Parliament, has announced that the body was preparing a bill titled "Counter-Action by the Military and Security Forces of the Islamic Republic" that would formalise payment of 50 million euros (approximately $58.23 million) to any individual or entity who would assassinate the United States and Israeli leaders"

Under Donald Trump, violence has become the order of the day. The White House maniac has pushed this country so far as to put a bounty on his head. He started an unnecessary war and assassinated their leader. In the U.S. Congress the Democrats have pushed for a War Powers Resolutions with some Republicans on board. 

And, between 58% and 64% of the American public is against the U.S. war with Iran, according to a PBS News/NPR/Marist Poll, plus a New York Times/Sienna Poll find that 60% to 64% of Americans disapprove of the war and the current administration's handling of the conflict.

If this country continues to condone this kind of violence, we might as well throw in the towel.

Donald Trump v. Xi Jinping...another failure...what's next after the mockery?

Donald Trump with Xi Jinping
looking confident but beaten

CNN's  Erin Burnett comes on strong with her "stunned" reaction due to uninhibited mockery China has been hurling at Trump during his visit. There is a report that Xi did not meet him at the airport, instead...

"Trump was greeted by US Ambassador to China David Perdue; Xi’s vice president, Han Zheng; China’s Ambassador to Washington Xie Feng; and Executive Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Ma Zhaoxu.”

Xi did send a gang to welcome T-rump but did not do the honorable thing of appearing himself to greet Trump. This apparently really pissed off MAGA, resulting in a meltdown over the insult. What a way to start a summit with the second strongest country in the world, showing disrespect.' Erin Burnett said that even as Trump was scheduled to meet with Xi that evening, the meeting was being mocked across China, adding...

"Beijing's strict censors are letting the ridicule go viral, which is a statement in and of itself."

There's more,,,

"America has lost its swagger. They're nothing but a paper tiger," one of those viral posts read. "The U.S. economy is in bad shape. Trump has been blustering Iran for so long."

It is beyond me how the Republican Congress, dumb as they are, could allow Dufus Rump to try and negotiate with a country so important as China. With the way Chinese manufacturers are taking over the electric car business, they could literally demolish the EV trade in the United States. And, China has nearly erased the overall performance gap in artificial intelligence chips. Currently, Trump thinks the U.S. is substantially ahead in AI but has registered concern over the competition in electric cars.

Here's another take on Trump's China visit from his niece, Mary Trump...

“Xi couldn't be bothered to meet Donald at the airport because he understands as well as Donald does that humiliating your underlings is a great way to keep them in check.”

So, the Oval Office lunatic blundered through an orchestrated greeting designed to show that Xi was in complete control with Trump later adding his adoration for the Chinese leader while Xi maintained a firm response. Donald Trump loves dictators. Other than Xi Jinping, the is Kim in North Korea, Putin in Russia and Erdogan from Turkey. Trump obviously had a thing for Adolph Hitler, admitting he had a copy of Mein Kampf given to him by a friend that he read regularly. 

Donald Trump is being laughed at all over the world, as well as in his own country, the U.S. Republicans in Congress know this but justify what's happening by the power they hold and are afraid of losing this if they defy the White House maniac. Remember in 2007, when Mitch McConnell, then head of the Senate. exclaimed that "The Senate has no claim on greatness unless its power is put to great ends." The GOP has used this ideology since then to create a power base that has brough America to the point of disaster.

Chinese media mocks Donald Trumo

But more about the laughter and mockery by the Chinese media, both during and even before Trump's visit with Xi...

"Trump is about to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping tonight, a high-stakes meeting which is being mocked across China. Beijing's strict censors are letting the ridicule go viral, which is a statement in and of itself."

Here are some comments from the people of China...

"They will look up to us from now on," read a post that Burnett shared. "Trump came to China! We won the tariff war! 

"Trump, you're welcome to visit China and learn from us," the mockery continued.

"The U.S. is no longer a country that we look up to. We can now compete with them with confidence and strength," a Chinese social media user wrote."

Did you hear this kind of rhetoric when Joe Biden was President, Or Barack Obama, or even going back to Bill Clinton? First of all, neither of the three admired dictators, as does Donald Trump, and in each of those three Democratic administrations, they were strong against the Chinese government, yet, also open to working with the country. There's a big difference between this and fawning over adversaries like North Korea's Kim, Russia's Putin, and now China's Xi.

And, there are other negative ramifications to Trump's China trip than mockery and being ridiculed. Donald Trump, who is supposed to be the leader of the free world, presents the weakness of a poor slob coming to Xi Jinping with his hat in his hand. This, after military experts have just told Trump he "is leaving US dangerously vulnerable." Trump was

U.S. vulnerable after depleting arms
in Iran War

warned...

"Before U.S. President Donald Trump launched the war against Iran in late February, military experts were warning his administration that taking on the Iranian regime would be a very heavy lift — as Iran is a larger country than Iraq, where a war proved to be much more complicated than George W. Bush Administration officials said it would."

And then...

"The Iran war has depleted America's weapons stockpile, leaving Donald Trump vulnerable and constraining his ability to resume hostilities, military analysts say. The majority of Iran's missiles and launchers, meanwhile, are believed to remain intact."

Not only has Trump left us vulnerable against Iran, he has put us in the position of not being able to defend ourselves against China--should they decide our weakness prompts a move--and actually the entire world. Think of this when you vote in November. 

 

Donald Trump's alter ego is VIOLENCE

Gunman opens fire at White House
Correspondents dinner 2026

Robert Reich is back in the spotlight with his right-on evaluation of the sure connection between Donald Trump and violence. He starts his piece in AlterNet by describing past White Hose Correspondents dinners as a somewhat mutual admiration event where the two sides "basked in each other’s celebrity." That was then, this is now. Reich has an amazing way with words when it comes to Trump and this is how he described the melee at the Washington Hilton Hotel...

"Last night’s [April 25] ended abruptly with gunshots, Secret Service officers screaming at attendees to “get down, Trump and other officials being rapidly ushered out of the ballroom, plates crashing and chairs falling, and general pandemonium.

"Last night, the celebrities became normal people feeling panic and fear."

Reich is using the White House Correspondents dinner as an illustration of the difference in violence between events like this--in Washington or elsewhere--after Donald Trup entered the White House and before. From the beginning, T-rump has pushed his minions to the edge when it comes to violence, letting them do their worst, as an example in the Capitol riots...

Donald Trump did not act to stop the Capitol riot for 187 minutes on January 6, 2021, watching the attack on television from the White House dining room while ignoring pleas from aides, family, and lawmakers to intervene. During this time, he made no calls to law enforcement or national security staff.

As Dufus Rump sat and gloated over the melee he had created, those around him, even some close aides and family, couldn't believe what they were experiencing. It was so obvious they were watching a crowd out of control, and the worst could no doubt happen. It did...

Within 36 hours, five people died: one was shot by the Capitol Police, another died of a drug overdose, and three died of natural causes, including a police officer who died of a stroke a day after being assaulted by rioters and collapsing at the Capitol. Many people were injured, including 174 police officers.

Knowingly having created the chaos, while championing on those in the riot zone, you

Jan. 6, 2021

would expect no remorse from the individual responsible. In the case of Donald Trump that is heightened significantly to coincide with his narcissism. knowing full well he is sitting there in elation over what he has done. Then he added this to the lawlessness he had already caused. According to ABC News, he said he regretted not marching with supporters in the Capitol riot...

"Former US president Donald Trump says he regrets not marching to the US Capitol with his supporters who stormed the building on January 6, 2021.

"In an interview with the Washington Post, he defends not speaking out for hours during the attack, which saw five people die as a result of the riot."

Back to the White House Correspondents dinner, which was the first for Trump, Robert Reich says that he came prepared to give the media pure hell in his remarks. But, before he could, the gunman struck with more of the ongoing accepted Trump violence...

"There is a close relationship between Trump and violence — not just the attempts on his life but also the violence he’s unleashed on the world, the violence his ICE and Border Patrol agents have caused inside America, the violence he has incited among his followers. (A few of last night’s attendees were in Congress on January 6, 2021 when Trump’s thugs attacked the U.S. Capitol.)"

Reich adds...

"We are witnessing what happens to a person who is consumed with the need to dominate but cannot."

Trump and violence are synonymous

And therein lies the answer to Rufus Rump's increased erratic behavior that could lead to more attempts to regain control. Remember, this maniac holds the sole authority to authorize the use of U.S. nuclear weapons; it's only a matter of how fast he can get his finger on the button. Of late, Trump has mentioned Iran's nuclear facilities along with the fact that if they don't do what he wants, he would blast the country out of this world. This man's contempt for human life seems to compete with his enormous narcissism.

Perspective on Terrorism lends insight to a broad comprehension of Donald Trump's mindset on a number of issues...

"During Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy and presidency political discourse in the United States became more hateful and divisive. Threats and actual violence against groups and individuals singled out and demonized by Trump increased. The targets of his verbal attacks were most of all racial, ethnic, and religious minorities, the news media collectively and individual journalists, and well-known politicians, mostly Democrats." 

PT also acknowledges an increase in bullying against minorities in schools. Bullying, of course, has been around for a while, but it certainly didn't need encouragement. 

Political violence has occurred throughout American history—from the assassinations of four presidents to civil unrest and terrorist attacks. Experts report that incidents have increased significantly since 2016, reaching levels not seen since the 1970s. This, according to AI.

And what happened in 2016? Oh, that's right, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. Enough said!

Donald Trump's SCOTUS must go...

SCOTUS' recent 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais basically takes away the voting rights of minorities, a block of voters traditionally voting for Democrats. It was, of course, down party lines, the kind of results we have seen recently from this gang of Trump worshippers. The six conservative justices have finally completely scuttled their ethics to attempt to pave the way for Republicans to win in 2026 and 2028. Prominent legal scholar Richard Hasen, a law professor at UCLA, said...

"the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais 'will go down in history as one of the most pernicious and damaging Supreme Court decisions of the last century.' The case gutted 'what remained" of the Voting Rights Act's protections for voters of color.' Hasen said the decision will not only increase racial gerrymandering, but also strip millions of voters of 'rudimentary fair representation' at all levels of government."

Hasen says you can blame it on Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito...

"who have shown persistent resistance to the idea of the United States as a multiracial democracy, and a brazen willingness to reject Congress’s judgment that fair representation for minority voters sometimes requires race-conscious legislation," Hasen wrote. "It gives the green light to further partisan gerrymandering. It protects Alito’s core constituency: aggrieved white Republican voters. It’s a disaster for American democracy."

In other words, they are paving the way for a future America where people of color have no voting rights. No, I'm wrong, not being able to vote means basically not having any rights at all. And this is just what the Republican Party wants. Hansen isn't finished. In an AlterNet article, he calls Samuel Alito a "coward" ...

"who is either lying to himself or the American public, after authoring what has been called the 'earthquake' decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which sharply erodes the Voting Rights Act."

Here's more on Alito...

Alito tells Roberts, 'We got 'em this time'

"Alito’s 'disastrous' majority opinion in Callais 'essentially gutted what remains of the Voting Rights Act,' but he 'claims to have done no such thing. The question is 'why,' Hasen posits.

Hasen charges that Justice Alito was too 'afraid" to share his actual opinion, and so he found ways to “get away with overturning Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act through technical minutiae rather than through a direct hit.”

"Section 2, passed in 1965, is the provision of the Voting Rights Act that protects minority voters from discriminatory voting laws and maps."

Hansen made this welcomed statement last Wednesday...

"that the Supreme Court just made reforming the institution an 'unavoidable' part of future political administrations."

BAM! I have been saying this since Donald Trump entered his second term and as a jaundiced SCOTUS began to throw everything Trump's way. The six conservatives on the high court are just as maniacal as dufus rump has become with both deteriorating at an astonishing rate of speed. 

These, folks, are the culprits

This decision is especially frightening for my state of Arizona with approximately 360,000 to over 480,000 Black residents, representing roughly 4.4% to 6.3% of the state's total population. And, a substantial and growing Hispanic population, estimated at over 2.3 million, constituting roughly 31% to 32% of the state's total population. Arizona ranks among the top states nationally for its share of Latino residents. The AZMirror says...

“They’ll [Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, or IRC] have more free rein to draw lines, regardless of the impact on racial minority groups’ opportunity to elect representatives of their own choice,” said Bo Dul, a former state election official and lawyer who specializes in election and political litigation at Coppersmith Brockelman in Phoenix.

Mother Jones reported, "The Roberts Court Shows Its True Partisan Colors," in an attempt to make "you think that its latest gerrymandering decision is a mere tweak to the legal rules governing political map drawing." But MJ adds, something that flies in the face of the 15th Amendment, which specifies "prohibition against racial discrimination in voting." And Mother Jones warns, Don’t be fooled...

"This is a counter-revolution. Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act requires that people of color have an equal opportunity to elect representatives of their choice. Wednesday’s decision effectively strikes down Section 2—at least what this Supreme Court had left of it—and takes the country back to the dark days when Black and brown voters in many states cast meaningless ballots, having been diluted and gerrymandered into powerlessness. In the decades since the Voting Rights Act, southern states have sent Black representatives to Congress, state legislatures, and local political bodies because this seminal civil rights law demanded that minority voters have an equal voice in the political process. Congress has repeatedly defended and continued these protections. On Wednesday, a court majority watered them right down to nothing.

"Nothing" is what the minorities get, and if the Republicans have their way this ideology will translate into anything the left wants or deserves. Democrats need to begin building their strength now for 2026 and 2028 and prepare to radically redesign SCOTUS.

Donald Trump continues to implode with each new 'loyalist' disaster

You're fired

Donald Trump's most recent move is to remove a cabinet member who shouldn't have been there in the first place, Tulsi Gabbard, from her position as U.S. Director of National Intelligence. She knew zero about intelligence and is an air head, but a devoted Trump loyalist. Dufus Rump told her he wants her out before the midterms. Here's the scenario according to The Mirror...

"At this point, her departure remains unconfirmed and the timing of any potential exit from Trump’s cabinet remains vague. It comes amid growing concern about the president's erratic behavior."

And, on tap for the next possible exit through the revolving doors is Kash Patel, who gained a seat in Trump's administration through suck-up and adoration of the dictatorial White House maniac. Although Patel was a federal prosecutor and defense attorney, he has no solid experience in law enforcement. Trump is pissed over "FBI Director Kash Patel’s embarrassing boozy Olympics antics, according to a new report, said DB." Here's the scenario from Daily Beast...

“Patel had skipped the official U.S. delegation in Milan — which included Vice President JD Vance, 41 — and flew out on his own, only landing after Vance and his entourage had left town, reports DB. After the gold medal triumph, Team USA general manager Bill Guerin — who also runs the NHL’s Minnesota Wild and is reportedly friendly with the FBI director — waved Patel into the locker room celebrations."

Apparently the media was waiting and turned on the cameras to Kash Patel lovingly

Patel boozing after Team USA
won the gold medal in ice hockey

downing the booze. Then, The Atlantic's Sarah Fitzpatrick penned an article about Keystone Kash's insobriety, covering not only the above, but also that he was drunk in the office, and missed a number of days from FBI headquarters due to his intoxication. The accused promptly filed a $250,000 lawsuit against Fitzpatrick and The Atlantic. As a result of this...

"Fitzpatrick, who authored the bombshell article in which sources described Patel as a paranoid, excessive drinker, revealed on Thursday that she has been “inundated” by more insiders willing to corroborate her reporting."

In other words Kash Patel is screwed and Donald Trump does not like it when his closest aides lose control. Me thinks it is just a matter of time.

But it seems like Trump won't give up on the fact that he is convinced the 2020 election was rigged in Joe Biden's favor. AlterNet reports the Berkeley Research Group was hired by Trump in 2020 to find voter fraud. In Fulton County, Georgia...

"They believed there was a 'potential statewide exposure' of 23 such votes across the Peach State — or 4,977 less than the 'minimum' Trump claimed."

In other words, there was basically no voter fraud. Not to be discouraged, the lunatic Trump..."hired Simpatico Software Systems to find the widespread voter fraud necessary to declare him the 2020 winner. They also failed to find any.

However, Dumbo Donald never gives up ...

Now there's a third option, this one run by the former Trump campaign lawyer, Kurt Olsen.

"Reuters reported this week that Olsen and his colleagues set out to prove discredited conspiracy theories about Dominion Voting Systems machines, which he apparently suspected had been infected with some kind of malicious Venezuelan code. Trump administration officials even scrutinized Dominion machines in Puerto Rico, looking for evidence that never emerged, said Benen."

Would you believe, the Trump team, lead by Tulsi Gabbard at the time, also hired another contractor who found no voter fraud. There were all kinds of accusations of a connection to George Soros, but when Mojave Research Inc. opened their books, no evidence of a connection with the billionaire was found. Benen closed by saying...

"that on Thursday, Trump again claimed 'they' are finding proof that his 2020 election was 'totally rigged.'"

Robt. F. Kennedy, Jr. has just lost another major fight that could cause a Donald Trump melt-

Robt. F. Kennedy in meltdown

down, a "federal judge overturned the Trump administration’s ban on gender-affirming care for children on Saturday." The judge said it was...

"Robert F Kennedy Jr’s 'wanton disregard' for the law that 'causes very real harm to very real people.'”

 There's more...

"A different legal decision recently halted the agency’s attempt to raze vaccine recommendations, and new research and regulatory decisions have undermined controversial announcements by Trump and Kennedy on autism."

As you may know, Dufus Rump is building a ballroom where he demolished the East Wing of the White House, and is planning a Donald Trump Triumphal Arch in Memorial Circle, between Arlington National Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial. Seemingly to commemorate America's 250th birthday, the arch has been...

"something of a pet project for Trump, who has suggested that the structure would “top” Paris’ Arc de Triomphe in stature and cultural gravitas."

Pure and simple, it is just another way for Donald Trump to honor and celebrate himself. The big question is, after this absolutist moron is gone, how long will it take to tear down all these fanciful and spurious edifices?  

There is so much more like Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi and most recently the ex-Sec. of the Navy, John Phelan, who have gone down in flames. More on this in the future.