If this doesn't wake up Republicans, America goes down the authoritarian drain

America down the drain

Donald Trump finally pushed the bumbling Bondi to do his dirty work in the indictment of James Comey. Just for the sake of revenge, with skimpy evidence...

"On September 25, 2025, former FBI Director James Comey was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of making false statements to Congress and obstruction. Some legal experts and internal Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors have expressed skepticism about the strength of the case, raising the possibility that it could be perceived as "dud"."

Democrats are coming out of the woodwork, finally, with massive criticism of a dilemma they are calling a "constitutional crisis." Not that we haven't been there several times before with t-Rump, but it does look like the Dems are putting their foot down this time with the vigor of the party they used to be. Since we are nearing the shut down of the U.S. government, also due to Republican nonsense, tying the two together might just be the strategy to bring Trump to his knees. Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy from Connecticut said...

"We aren't on a slippery slope to a constitutional crisis. We are IN the crisis. Time for leaders - political leaders, business leaders, civic leaders - to pick a side: democracy or autocracy?"

But to illustrate the incompetence of Trump's Dept. of Justice under the control of the inept Pam Bondi, here's the headline from The New Republic, "Genius Trump Attorney Submitted Wrong Comey Indictment Docs to Judge," followed by...

"Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan got a grand jury to indict former FBI Director James Comey on two counts. But Halligan showed her inexperience Thursday as the jurors rejected a third charge, and she submitted the wrong documents to the judge."

You might remember Halligan as one of Trump's former personal lawyers who orchestrated the

Trump in his natural mode

president’s efforts to de-emphasize slavery at the Smithsonian museums. She was only on this new job for four day, which clearly shows t-Rump hasn't the slightest idea of what he is doing, while he goes on his insane way of wreaking revenge on enemies and ruining people's lives. Without a doubt, this is autocratic, tyrannical, totalitarian and dictatorial, to emphasize the crisis we are in, and to depict where the Oval Office lunatic is taking the United States.

Get this...Halligan got the job only because her predecessor would not attack Trump's enemies with enough force. Former prosecutor, Erik Siebert, working on yet another of t-Rump's cases, resigned on September 19 under pressure from the Trump administration after he failed to bring charges against Letitia James, NY AG. for mortgage fraud. Halligan stepped in and right away was accused by the judge hearing the case of submitting a confusing brief. Her solo performance had a reason...

MSNBC’s Ken Dilanian reports that Halligan “presented the Comey indictment all by herself to the grand jury,” a sign that she “may have a problem finding a prosecutor in office to work on the case.” The indictment was also signed only by Halligan, according to The New York Times, while “typically such filings are also endorsed by career prosecutors who have gathered the evidence in the case.”

In other words, there are still people around the DOJ who have realized their boss, the inept Pam Bondi, and their over-boss, the White House maniac, have no idea what the hell they are doing. I want to remind my readers right here, incompetence like this is mitigated by a Republican congress whose only goal is to remain in office and keep the party in power. It is this faction that must wake up and realize the horrors they are endorsing and bring Donald Trump to his knees. If not, we can most certainly expect the dictator in Trump to emerge full-bore before the end of the year.

Is that what you want?

Even Republicans don't like what Trump is doing

Republican support for Trump's flagrant slate of authoritative miscues has dropped 20 points since just June; from 70% to 50%. It's almost as bad for Republican women, who have lowered their backing to 25% from 40%. This from a "new AP-NORC poll  conducted shortly after the Sept. 10, assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk." Apparently the Kirk incident didn't change the minds of Republican voters. The question, of course, is whether those now dissatisfied in the GOP will switch their votes to Democrats. We've had some big ones but the 2026 election looks to be mind-boggling.

If you like statistics, stay with me, since the AP-NORC poll has come up with some extraordinary numbers. To continue, only one-quarter of Americans say the country is headed in the right direction; it was 40% in June. This should be shattering to the Trump administration, its lackeys and supporters. Especially the MAGA maggots. Only 24% of U.S. adults think t-Rump is focusing on the right priorities; 44% say he emphasizes the wrong ones. Since Donald Trump's main priority is himself, these figures are easy to understand.

It would make sense that only 7% of Democrats think he's on the right track; 75% don't. Somewhat surprisingly, only 9% of Independents think Trump is heading in the right direction; 42% think not. The Independent Center thinks independent voters, economic anxiety, and the evolving definition of the American Dream will be big factors in deciding 2026 and 2028. The Center says Independent voters are...

"...now the fastest-growing segment in many states—are not just political spectators. They are shaping the future of American democracy. In battleground states like North Carolina and Maine, unaffiliated voters now outnumber both Democrats and Republicans. These voters are not beholden to party loyalty. They vote based on issues, character, and authenticity."

There's more...

"This shift reflects a broader trend: independents are tired of partisan gridlock and empty promises. They want leaders who address real concerns—like affordability, housing, and economic opportunity."

Politico's headline, "Independents are increasingly souring on Trump," a new Gallup poll from July finds

independents gave t-Rump only a 29 percent job approval rating. Sixty-four percent of independents said they have an unfavorable opinion of the job he is doing. Here's more...

"Though Trump made fortifying the economy a central pillar of his campaign, 68 percent of independents said they disapprove of how he is handling the issue.

"Independent voters also remain largely displeased with his handling of immigration... only 30 percent approve..."

From another perspective, Gallup says 89% of Republicans approve of what the Oval Office lunatic is doing, a number that conflicts slightly with AP-NORC, above. The difference could be AP's poll was conducted shortly after the Kirk assassination, Gallup was in July. But here's the clincher and most disturbing part, "Republicans are largely standing behind the president, but are ambivalent about what he has chosen to emphasize." Here's the definition of ambivalence...

"Uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things."

The Republican Congress is not only stupid, they don't even know what the hell they want from Trump. 

Don't you love good news animal stories?

Approximately 607,000 animals were euthanized in U.S. shelters in 2024, with the ASPCA reporting 334,000 dogs and 273,000 cats. From the shelters point of view, it was a total of 920,000. Any animal lover will agree this is way too many. The pandemic caused a lot of the recent increase in animal euthanasia, and there are always families that move and either cannot take their pets with them, or simply leave them when vacating. The latter I cannot understand; a pet is like your child, would you leave them behind? Of course not, but you wouldn't believe the number of animals abandoned and left in yards.

Today, shelters are at or over capacity and are desperate for volunteers and foster homes for their animals. Some of these facilities are kill-shelters, therefore, the lost pet has only so long to convince someone to adopt him or her. The people who run these places do their best to make it easy to adopt an animal, using whatever means available, with social media being one of the top vehicles. If you are ready to adopt, I urge you to search the local organizations for animal control. If you think you could be ready to adopt soon, visit your local rescue or shelter and learn just how much a pet can enrich your family.

Believe me you won't be sorry and you just could end up with a situation like I promised, above. Although the post is anonymous, the picture from the piece confirms the two animals the piece is written about. Here is their story...

I had adopted her but she refused to come away with me. It was weird because dogs can't wait to leave the kennel. She was crying and stubbing her paws. I should have dragged her. But when I looked down I understood the reason and I had to make a CHOICE "When the time came to take her home she was just out of that cage, from that moment a new world awaited her, a wonderful life and a lot of love. Any another dog would have run into the embers of her rescuers. But she did not. She stood still, sticking to all fours and refused to come out of the cage. In a corner a small Chihuahua Taco looked at her in fear. She understood that she was about to lose her best friend. And in that moment a small miracle happened. The couple saw the whole scene and decided to adopt them both. They did the documents also for the chihuahua and all 4 went out the door of the shelter. was taken in the car, before leaving. Personally I would like to wish these two dogs a happy life full of love !. But above all so much happiness also to these two wonderful people ❤️

Author unknown

My wife and I started adopting from rescues some 35 to 40 years ago and during this time we had the pleasure of givin.g a home to eleven animals, at one point we had four at one time. Yes, there were expenses, like with any child, but never anything that we couldn't easily handle. If this post sounds like I am trying to talk you into adopting an animal, that's because it is. There are so many available in rescues and shelters across the country, just waiting for you to give them a forever home. Like I said before, you won't be sorry. 

Here's the site from Quora, and be sure to check out the picture of the two buddies.

 

Charlie Kirk...In his own words...REVISITED

Charlie Kirk - Donald Trump

Charlie Kirk is not someone I have paid much attention to, plodding the political sites daily. Guess I just wasn't interested. I knew who he was, but had no idea he was a close associate of Donald Trump. So when I heard about his assassination, there was complete surprise over all the hoopla from the right. The execution also seems curious, coming from such a conservative state. There has been, however, a recent slightly larger increase in Democratic votes compared to the national trend. The shooter, Tyler Robinson, was thought to be a liberal but Robinson was known to be a follower of Nick Fuentes.

On AlterNet, a witness reported a Group of students 'stood up and cheered' after Charlie Kirk was shot. Here's the scenario...

"An eyewitness at Utah Valley University described a chaotic scene during a campus event when conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot, saying that a group of students celebrated the shooting.

"The witness recounted hearing a gunshot and then seeing Kirk collapse, prompting panic among the audience.

"'I did see a select group of students who stood up and cheered after that fact,' the witness told ABC4."

Since the shooting CNN reports, "People are getting fired for allegedly celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder. It looks like a coordinated effort"...

"Prominent far-right influencer Laura Loomer, a US senator, and a site called 'Expose Charlie’s Murderers' have all drawn attention to people who have posted messages about Kirk’s Wednesday assassination."

There's more...

"Most people whose messages have been posted on the site [The Charlie’s Murderers] do not seem to refer to themselves as activists, nor did it seem many were calling for violence. Administrators for the site did not respond to a request for comment. The site also opened an X account on Friday."

Do we have a Luigi Mangione copycat?

Luigi Mangione

 The best way to define Charlie Kirk comes from the title of this post, taken from an article on The Guardian...

Here’s Kirk, in his own words. Many of his comments were documented by Media Matters for America, a progressive non-profit that tracks conservative media.

Trump blamed ‘radical left’ for Charlie Kirk’s death – even as shooter’s identity remains unknown (later identified and captured)...

On race

If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like, boy, I hope he’s qualified.

– The Charlie Kirk Show, 23 January 2024

If you’re a WNBA, pot-smoking, Black lesbian, do you get treated better than a United States marine?

– The Charlie Kirk Show, 8 December 2022

Happening all the time in urban America, prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people, that’s a fact. It’s happening more and more.

– The Charlie Kirk Show, 19 May 2023

If I’m dealing with somebody in customer service who’s a moronic Black woman, I wonder is she there because of her excellence, or is she there because affirmative action?

– The Charlie Kirk Show, 3 January 2024

On debate

We record all of it so that we put [it] on the internet so people can see these ideas collide. When people stop talking, that’s when you get violence. That’s when civil war happens, because you start to think the other side is so evil, and they lose their humanity.

– Kirk discussing his work in an undated clip that circulated on X after his killing.

Prove me wrong.

– Kirk’s challenge to students to publicly debate him during the tour of colleges he was on when he was assassinated.

On gender, feminism and reproductive rights

Reject feminism. Submit to your husband, Taylor. You’re not in charge.

– Discussing news of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement on The Charlie Kirk Show, 26 August 2025

The answer is yes, the baby would be delivered.

– Responding to a question about whether he would support his 10-year-old daughter aborting a pregnancy conceived because of rape on the debate show Surrounded, published on 8 September 2024

We need to have a Nuremberg-style trial for every gender-affirming clinic doctor. We need it immediately.

– The Charlie Kirk Show, 1 April 2024

On gun violence

I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single

year so that we can have the second amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.

– Event organized by TPUSA Faith, the religious arm of Kirk’s conservative group Turning Point USA, on 5 April 2023

On immigration

America was at its peak when we halted immigration for 40 years and we dropped our foreign-born percentage to its lowest level ever. We should be unafraid to do that.– The Charlie Kirk Show, 22 August 2025

The American Democrat party hates this country. They wanna see it collapse. They love it when America becomes less white.

– The Charlie Kirk Show, 20 March 2024

The great replacement strategy, which is well under way every single day in our southern border, is a strategy to replace white rural America with something different.

– The Charlie Kirk Show, 1 March 2024

On Islam

America has freedom of religion, of course, but we should be frank: large dedicated Islamic areas are a threat to America.

– The Charlie Kirk Show, 30 April 2025

We’ve been warning about the rise of Islam on the show, to great amount of backlash. We don’t care, that’s what we do here. And we said that Islam is not compatible with western civilization.

– The Charlie Kirk Show, 24 June 2025

On religion

There is no separation of church and state. It’s a fabrication, it’s a fiction, it’s not in the constitution. It’s made up by secular humanists.

– The Charlie Kirk Show, 6 July 2022...

There is one statement, above, that totally rankles me and it is the fact that Charlie Kirk condones gun violence deaths, each year, to protect his Second Amendment right. First of all, these deaths he excuses include innocent children and adults, which is unconscionable. But, on the other hand, was Kirk plotting his own death? 

Robt. Reich sees "groundswell of revulsion against Trump"

You know Robt. Reich; have quoted him often because he is one of the most credible sources of information on the left. Sept. 12, I did a post where Reich said, "...let the government shut down, force Republicans to turn against Trump." Just yesterday, both the Senate and House turned down Mike Johnson's short fix bill. The  deadline is Sept. 30, and maybe Reich will get his wish, especially with the above title to support his concept. I have witnessed multiple media posts recently proclaiming Donald Trump as the source of all this country's problems.

Trump is not well, perhaps, the under-statement of the year. Another one of my posts last Friday asked, "Are you prepared for armageddon...Donald Trump's death?"  There are those who aren't, the apathetics, who have their heads in the sand, don't want to hear about what's going on. It is dunderheads like this who go to the polls and pull the lever most convenient. Not the slightest idea who they voted for, nor any of the important issues to be decided. Probably one of the reasons we have t-Rump in the White House and his collection of imbeciles running the government. It's scary, to say the least.

Here are some of Reich's reasons for Trump's downfall...

"His economy is a disaster. He promised to bring down prices, yet the prices of most goods are rising. Food prices are soaring. Job growth has stalled. American manufacturing has contracted for six straight months.

"Trump’s poll numbers are dropping like stones.

"The ghost of Jeffrey Epstein continues to haunt him.

"He’s now trying to deflect attention from his failures by renaming the Defense Department the War Department and threatening to occupy if not go to war with Chicago."

Let's face it. The Oval Office lunatic's bullshit is beginning to look like just what it is...bullshit. More people are realizing this...the reason political focus is turning left. The former Labor Secretary under Bill Clinton added...

"...most Americans don’t want federal troops in our cities and don’t want a war-mongering America. His immigration dragnet is deeply unpopular."

There's more...

"He surrounds himself with sycophants and lapdogs who tell him only how wonderfully

 

he’s doing — he fires anyone who tells him the truth — which means he’s flying blind and doesn’t know how badly he’s doing."

Reich says things we have always taken for granted, but under Trump we are now re-thinking are...

"democracy, the rule of law, due process, federalism, checks and balances. As well as the value of several programs we took for granted, such as Medicaid, food assistance, and child vaccines."

It is sad that this country has been drawn and quartered by the maniac in the White House. What is worse, however, is the fact that the Republican Party is supporting every sick move Trump makes, carrying it even farther by praising their dictator. Donald Trump cleanses himself in adoration on a daily, almost hourly basis. His bootlickers ready at the moment to carry out any act, no matter how bizarre, for their leader. These morons would follow t-Rump to the edge of the cliff, and then jump if he told them to. In my 93 years, I have never experienced America's plight so desperate.

All because of one man, Donald Trump. In The Hill, Reich is concerned over the loss between a clear demarcation between the right and the left with authoritarian rule controlling the country...

“Instead we have something no one has ever seen in America — a personal takeover of nearly all the institutions of government and, increasingly, the private sector, by a would-be dictator.”

Reich points out a very disturbing fact, by comparing Trump with Xi Jinping...

"As opposed to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s approach in his country, Reich wrote, 'The new order being imposed on American industry doesn’t come from a vast authoritarian bureaucracy. It’s personal and arbitrary. A single so-called ‘strongman’ is seeking to control everything.'”

In other words, Donald Trump, when he went to England to visit King Charles, he was so impressed with royal protocol that he decided, 'Hell yes, I was meant to be king," and that is all he thought about on Airforce 1 on the way back to the U.S.

As I was composing this post, the Charlie Kirk memorial was scheduled to be held Sunday in Phoenix, where the Cardinals play football,  Both Trump and Vance planned to attend and the crowd expected is around 100,000. But the Cardinals have a history of many losses and are not considered a top-tier NFL team. Will anyone else concede the possibility that some might actually see an analogy between Charlie Kirk and this team?  

Are you prepared for armageddon...Donald Trump's death?...REVISITED

For example, what side of the street do you live on, Democrat or Republican? It will be divisive, you know. Some even believe it could be another Civil War with neighborhoods divided by political ideology. Neighbor against neighbor. Block against block. City against city. State against state. Firearm laws will be moot since everyone will carry a gun. The question is, who will shoot first? Once the fracas begins, all law and order will be confined to the streets. My guess is the Trumpsters will be the strongest, at least initially, because they have been preparing for this for some time. 

The war, and it will be considered a domestic war, will pit families against families, friends against friends, workers against workers; in fact, it will involve any group or order of people. There will be deaths but there won't be arrests. That is because law enforcement has also divided between the left and the right. The Trump administration, although focused on the dictator's pre-death wishes, spirals into complete chaos because there is no one to tell them what to do. Yes, the leader is gone and suddenly we begin to see the startling incompetence of Trump's minions.

Do you know your next door neighbor, acquainted with others in the neighborhood? Remember that recent block party where everyone brought a food dish to the get together? Well, the next time they'll bring their AR-15, loaded with backup ammunition. The conversation quickly digresses into politics and what happens next is anyone's guess. You go to the super market and everyone is carrying assault rifles, and the look you get is pure surly making friendliness a fond memory of the past. Disagree with your butcher and you have a semi-automatic weapon staring you in the face.

And what about relationships? Like when your girlfriend reveals one day that she is a Trumpster, and you have to worship at his altar. You find out your doctor loves Trump and wants to talk about him more than he wants to find out what's wrong with you. Your lawyer is a follower and his interpretation of the law goes off the right side of his desk. You discover the minister of your church is married to an extreme rightist Evangelical who pressures him to worship you know who. But the epitome of it all is when you return home from work one day and your wife tells you she is on the way to a MAGA rally.

This one won't be like the war between the North and the South. Now, the dividing line will be the street

in front of your house; depending who lives across from you, what action you take. The bulletproof glass industry will boom with any window facing the critical demarcation receiving immediate attention. My guess is life and business will go on as usual with violence erupting only when someone makes a derogatory statement about Donald Trump, when the shit will hit the fan. There will be deaths and, where the neighborhood watch used to report intruders, in this case they will remove the dead. 

Silencers for guns, although illegal in this country, will be a necessary part of every arsenal. Let's say you are a Trumpster and go to the movies, see an anti-Trump person you hate. You quietly sit down behind them, and in a blaringly loud scene from the movie, you blow your enemies head off. Or you're trying on clothes and see an adversary; under the cover of a garment, you drop him or her. Whichever side you are on, the reaction of onlookers will be a combination of both shock and curiosity. In either case, there is little or no reaction, allowing enough time for an escape.

And this whole boondoggle won't come to an end until Trump's Cabinet and other doormat bootlickers start their own infighting, which will bring down the government. J.D. Vance has become president, Mike Johnson V.P. Both are borderline smart and think they can control Trump's gang. But this inept crew of morons erupts into dissention, with Stephen Miller ending up as their leader. Miller, who is a white nationalist, decides to round up all Blacks, Hispanics, Orientals, anyone non-white, and put them in a concentration camp. Then Kristi Noem calls and says, 'Let's move them to Alligator Alcatraz.'

Florida quack surgeon general plus idiot governor conspire to spread disease

Are Joseph Ladapo and Ron DeSantis
laughing at the people of Florida?

Florida's surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, "said the Florida Department of Health would be working with Gov. Ron DeSantis' office to end all mandates in state law." This imbecile continues on ABC News...

"Ladapo said that parents should be able "to choose" what vaccines they want their children to receive or not to receive."

Okay, I'll say it again. Vaccines have been proven beyond a doubt by the scientific community to save millions of lives. The Covid pandemic would have spiraled out of control without them. But these morons in Florida think they know more than scientists, and in the name of freedom, will deny schools the right to require proper inoculations before sending a child to school. I would be scared to death if I was a parent living in Florida. The equally stupid anti-vaxxers are the culprits that will get things moving soon since schools have already opened in the state.

Several pediatricians and public health experts told ABC News...

"...the removal of mandates -- including those required to attend school -- will likely lead to more infections, hospitalizations and even deaths among children."

And here is something very scary...

"Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, said that because Florida is removing mandates -- and potentially other states will follow suit -- a population of children susceptible to diseases is likely to crop up."

I've said it before and I will say it again...families that are anti-science, anti-vaxxers, should be confined

Anti-Vaxxers demonstrate

to concentration camps where they can happily pass their diseases around amongst themselves. And, in the state of Florida, we aren't just talking about endangering children, there is also a large population of senior citizens that would be highly susceptible to disease. Offit said, "You may not see it immediately. It may take a couple years, three years, before you really see the impact of this," adding, "I do think that's where we're heading."

And here is the tragedy that accompanies this whole concept...

"No other states have announced such plans yet, but Patel said more announcements may come if states view removing mandates as politically popular."

"Politically popular" to enact something that could kill children and adults at risk for the sake of political ideology. Unconscionable, and it all dates back to Donald Trump's succession to power around 2015. Since then, we have experienced an environment where the Republican Party has decided it can do what it chooses without regard for the law or public opinion. They have the support of both houses of Congress plus the Supreme Court. And so far the GOP has minimum opposition from Democrats. This country is almost at the point of having a one party government.

But, surprisingly, Donald Trump stepped in with a statement that Ladapo's decision was a "tough stance," adding...

"You have vaccines that work. They just pure and simple work. They’re not controversial at all. I think those vaccines should be used, otherwise some people are going to catch it, and they endanger other people. I think people should take it.”

Apparently Ladapo also pissed off a lot of people, including parents, public health experts, and many Republican politicians. prompting the state of Florida to scale back Ladapo's comments including vaccines for diseases such as measles, polio and chickenpox. The state's health department even exclaimed that "he doesn’t have the power to arbitrarily chop every mandate he promised he would." Scott Rivkees, an infectious diseases expert at Brown University and former Florida surgeon general under DeSantis, added, childhood vaccinations in Florida are already down 10% in a decade.

And, can you believe this? Ladapo admitted he didn’t study whether ending the vaccine mandate would increase diseases, adding, he didn’t calculate the costs of ending vaccine mandates in the state. If this isn't sure-fire incompetence, don't know what is. This dope with a medical license decides to put thousands of Florida children and elderly at risk without knowing what the outcome might be. I don't know who is the dumbest, Ladapo for what he did, or Ron DeSantis for appointing him surgeon general in the first place.

But you still have a blockhead for a governor, Ron DeSantis, and a numbskull for surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, in critical positions leading the state of Florida. There are questions re. just how many deaths were caused by these two lunkheads during the Covid pandemic, but right now we should be asking, what else can they come up with like this. If the state residents are smart, they will begin the process right away of impeaching both.

UPDATE: CHUCK SCHUMER AGREES...Robt. Reich says let the government shut down, force Republicans to turn against Trump

Robt. Reich - Donald Trump

JUST IN:  Chuck Schumer Says He's Now Willing To Risk A Government Shutdown

There is no one I know of more aggressive in pointing out Donald Trump's lies, corruption and his abuse of power in an orchestrated destruction of America than Robert Reich. The former Sec. Labor for Bill Clinton, pulls no punches in his opinion on the forthcoming potential shutdown of the U.S. government. It is scheduled to run out of money September 30, and even as a veteran of a government closing during his tenure with Clinton, Reich feels it just might be best to let it shut down and force cowardly Republicans to come to their senses and challenge Donald Trump. In Robt. Reich's own words...

"Under ordinary circumstances, people like you and me — who believe that government is essential for the common good — would fight like hell to keep the government funded beyond September 30.

'But we are not in ordinary circumstances. The U.S. government has become a neofascist regime run by a sociopath.

"That sociopath is using the government to punish his enemies. He’s using the government to rake in billions of dollars for himself and his family."

And here's his reasoning...

"He’s using the government to force the leaders of every institution in our society — universities, media companies, law firms, even museums — to become fawning supplicants: pleading with him, praising him, and silencing criticism of him.

"He is using the government to disappear people from our streets without due process. He is using the government to occupy our cities, overriding the wishes of mayors and governors.

"He is using the government to impose arbitrary and capricious import taxes — tariffs — on American consumers. He is using the government to worsen climate change. He is using government to reject our traditional global allies and strengthen some of the worst monsters around the globe."

It would be a national tragedy to keep the government open to the mass of Donald Trump suck-ups that don't have the balls to use their constitutionally given rights to put the reins on the Oval Office lunatic and say, whoa, you're way out of line. Shutting down his dictatorial moves once and for all. Then reopen the government to a new democracy. Reich's own words again...

"So I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole f------ thing down."

He added...

"Morally, Democrats must not enable what is now occurring. Politically, they cannot remain silent in the face of such mayhem."

At best, Democrats have been observers on the political scene, for the last several years. Like their

Republican counterparts, who are cowards, Democrats have lost their taste for aggressive politics, in a period when it should have been running at full power. The GOP has outdone them in federal and state offices, and are also known for their dirty politics like voter access, campaigning, and institutional manipulation. Republican's specialty is suppressing votes and are unparalleled in the creation of misinformation. Democrats have let this happen with a weak agenda and party confusion.

Reich is convinced if Democrats stand firm on the closing of the government on Sept. 30, it will give them "a chance to show America that they have chosen to become conscientious objectors to a government that is no longer functioning for the people of the United States but for one man." But to do this they have to discover the party's aggressiveness of the past and not budge when challenged. Robert Reich says...

"They can then use their newfound leverage — the only leverage they’ve mustered in eight months — to demand, in return for their votes to restart the government, that their Republican compatriots give them reason to believe that the government they restart will be responsible."

It just may be now or never... 

 

Is there anyone in Donald Trump's Cabinet that isn't crazy?

Hegseth, Noem, Bondi

Let's start with Kristi Noem, Sec. Homeland Security, who killed her 14-month-old dog, Cricket, because he was untrainable, supposedly dangerous. Then there's Pete Hegseth, Sec. Defense, who leaked highly-sensitive attack details in yet another unclassified Signal chat, this time to his wife and brother, putting the lives of our men and women in uniform at greater risk. And another looney, Pam Bondi, Attorney General, who said that Trump's fentanyl seizures saved 258 million lives in his first 100 days in office, experts say is a gross exaggeration. All major suck-ups but crazy as the maniac they work for.

However, the one who has literally broken the mold for crazies is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for his recent performance at a Senate hearing. Sen. Michael Bennet from Colorado shredded RFK Jr. calling out all his lies and conspiracy theories emphasizing how the Sec. Health was demolishing the American health care system. Trump's stooge was exasperated, acting like a wild animal who had been caged for months. ABC News said...

"He spent about three hours defending himself and his actions a week after the ousting of Susan Monarez as CDC director and major vaccine changes, including limiting access to the COVID-19 vaccine."

Here's more to this...

Monarez, who was in the job for only a month, was pushed out after she declined to fire top officials and pledge to support Kennedy's vaccine policy changes, a source familiar with her conversations with the secretary previously told ABC News.

And then there's this shocker...

"Doctors and other public health experts have pointed out that Kennedy has filled open CDC positions with people who have earned income testifying against vaccine makers and hold vaccine skeptical views."

RFK Jr.

RFK Jr. obviously has his own agenda which is anti-vaccine, actually just anti-science, and is determined to destroy years of medical advancement and research in this field based on his lunatic theories and beliefs. And here's a switch, Kennedy's family has called for his resignation, but Donald Trump is backing him after the Senate hearing. RawStory is reporting...

"The internet had a fiery response Friday to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s bizarre plans to announce research revealing a potential connection between an over-the-counter medication and pregnancy — dubbing him an 'insane clown' and 'fool.'"

We're talking about Tylenol causing autism in a child when taken by a pregnant mom. The article pointed out the fact that autism had been around years before Tylenol came on the market, making RFK Jr. look like a complete idiot. The RawStory article is full of comments by women about Kennedy that more than puts him in his place and well worth reading. The piece also mentions the Tylenol scare of many years ago when someone was tampering with the product. I believe it has been squeaky clean since then and now this.

Here's one for the books, a Kennedy  crackpot adviser, a doctor, mind you, claims COVID-19 Vaccine Gave King Charles and Kate Middleton Cancer. Couldn't resist throwing this in, just illustrating the whackos that RFK Jr. collects around him. Funny? Yes. But tragic when you consider these nut cases are in control of America's health.

The Daily Beast picked up on the ABC News article adding that a Donald Trump adversary, Chris Christie, "suggesting the health secretary’s tenure under President Donald Trump could be nearing an end." This, in the face of Trump's recent support of RFK Jr. Here's the take...

In an appearance on ABC News’ This Week, the Republican lawmaker and Trump foe said Thursday’s Senate hearing, where Kennedy faced off against critics from both parties, “just confirms what all of us around this table have known for decades: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a foolish man, full of foolish and vapid ideas.”

And finally, a classic example of what this country is dealing with in a world of Republican lies and misinformation, Trump’s former chief of staff Reince Priebus takes this position on RFK Jr...

“I saw a decent, humble, caring guy,” Priebus said. “I think he’s trying to do the right thing.” He argued that Kennedy was simply trying to “balance the benefits of the COVID shot.”

It is this kind of Republican orchestrated lies and misinformation that Democrats have not figured out how to combat. Until they do, Donald Trump and his crazies will go on their merry way. 

Donald Trump is trying to get to Heaven and wants you to fund it

Wouldn't you know, even in his attempt to get in to Heaven, Donald Trump has to do a con job where the world's foremost grifter asks you for money to get him there. He wants fifteen dollars and his idiot followers will no doubt shower him with more riches. There is a report on results I'll mention later, but some believe he is just capitalizing on recent talk of his death. And where the hell did he get $15.00? Although most would agree, this amount places too high a value on the Oval Office lunatic. But he does try to qualify his existence by the fact that the assassin's bullet's miss meant he was saved for a reason. 

Here are his own words...

‘But I believe that God saved me for one reason: TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!’

The Metro piece continues...

Trump rambled in the email, telling his supporters they had been with him through ‘everything’ – his impeachments, a ‘rigged’ election, ‘sham’ legal cases and his assassination attempts.

All of which a balanced and intelligent person knows is just hallucinations from a mentally deranged individual who has dropped off the other side of nowhere. In his appeal for your money, Trump digresses through a delirium of imagined accomplishments where "His email bolstered himself up into a sort of ‘immortal’ leader." According to the Federal Election Commission, $1,865,656.03 has been raised so far. Christian groups have responded as if this isn't really a hoax, but Donald Trump actually attempting to get into heaven and justifies advice...

"In a column published in Christianity Today, Russell Moore wrote: ‘Jesus said that it is very difficult for those who are wealthy or powerful to enter his kingdom (Mark 10:25). He said that to follow him means we lose our lives in order to find them again in his life.

"‘To actually enter heaven, you have to give up that mindset of earning your way there. You have to recognize your own need for something you can’t win or achieve or earn,’ he added.

"‘To see the way to heaven, stop thinking of yourself as a president or a billionaire, if only for a moment. You can’t get to heaven with the art of the deal.’"

Either Russell Moore isn't the brightest guy at Christianity today, he's naive enough to believe Trump's malarky, or he is just one of the evangelical suck-ups. Either way, Donald Trump has about as much chance of getting into Heaven as he has turning into an honest, respectable human being. Hands down, neither will happen. 

 

Liberals are breaking loose onto the political landscape

I'm back...had to attend to some medical issues and other problems. During my absence my blog has exploded with traffic numbering 14,800 readers yesterday, 10,000 already today, two months over 100,000 each, and averaging 80,000 per month. All since the first of the year, when Donald Trump recaptured the White House. You know that Nasty Jack Buzz is totally anti-Republican, more specifically anti-Donald Trump, the reason for the headline above, and my belief that support for Trump is dwindling fast indicates the nation is finally realizing we are on the precipice of losing our democracy.

I heard something recently in the media that a large portion of the American public have resigned themselves to accept Trump as a dictator, letting him make all their decisions, but feeling they will be better off with this. In a recent Google AI poll...

"around 44% of Americans express sentiment that aligns with giving former President Donald Trump extensive power, though no mainstream poll frames the question with the loaded term 'dictator.".

Maybe these morons are salvageable, at least a portion, but, regardless, the rest of our country must move ahead and work toward ridding the U.S. of Donald Trump and his administration of imbeciles. And it's not just the left that is reacting, Republican Rep. from Kentucky, Thomas Massie, is "spearheading a bipartisan bill for transparency on the notorious late sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein." This is one of, if not the biggest, obstacle facing Trump today. Massie and Democratic Representative Ro Khanna’s bill to force the DOJ to release the so-called Epstein files in full have garnered support...

"Three of MAGA’s strongest soldiers are flipping on President Trump to back Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna’s bipartisan discharge petition to force the Justice Department to release the Epstein files in full."

And they are...

Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, and Nancy Mace have all come out in support of the discharge petition, while virtually everyone else in their party cowers in fear of angering the president further.

This is just the beginning so please keep reading my blog for more of what is eventually going to bring down Donald Trump and his corrupt administration. And...THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! for your support.

Laura Loomer has Donald Trump by the balls...again

 

Donald Trump - Laura Loomer

The Donald Trump mass firing across the U.S. government are unconscionable on their own, but letting a fellow lunatic talk him into cutting loose the director of the National Security Agency, Gen. Timothy Haugh and his civilian deputy Wendy Noble is questionable for the security of the American public. Loomer even confirmed it on her Twitter post...

"NSA Director Tim Haugh and his deputy Wendy Noble have been disloyal to President Trump. That is why they have been fired ... Thank you President Trump for being receptive to the vetting materials provided to you and thank you for firing these Biden holdovers."

How the hell have they been disloyal in this short period Trump has been in the White House? Of course, this question cannot be answered. ABC reports...

"Loomer has frequently spread misinformation. In July, she claimed in a social media post, without citing evidence, that President Joe Biden had a medical emergency after landing at Joint Base Andrews."

There's more...

"She had also started unsubstantiated claims about family members of Judge Juan

 

Merchan in Trump's New York hush money case, including that his daughter posted a fake photo of Trump in jail on social media, which the court has denied. It prompted Trump to share Loomer's posts and spread the rumors."

In other words, in a critical national security situation of two very competent individuals, NSA Director Tim Haugh and his deputy Wendy Noble, The Oval Office lunatic has let a misinformation crackpot tell him what to do. And the USA is now more vulnerable. Loomer was shunned during the 2024 election campaign because of her previous inflammatory rhetoric, with Republican leaders limiting her access to Trump. But once in the White House, the conspiracist called t-RUMP and got an appointment.

CNN reported this statement from Loomer...

“This is called vetting,” Loomer wrote on X early Friday, adding of the NSA leaders: “Their firings are a blessing for the American people.”

You might want to read Loomer's X post, above, as it reeks of misinformation about the NSA staff fired as well as someone formerly fired by Trump, Gen. Mark Milley, who called the White House maniac a fascist. But it looks like Loomer is just getting started...

"And it appears Loomer’s work isn’t finished. In the days since her meeting with Trump, Loomer has publicly accused the president’s advisers of failing to block Republicans whom she sees as unfaithful to Trump from top White House and administration jobs. In response to what she calls a 'vetting crisis,” 'Loomer recently announced she was starting an opposition research firm to dig into the backgrounds of executive branch hires on her own."

Here's what The Guardian had to say about the white nationalist and conspiracy theorist...

"Loomer, 31, has been involved in politics as an advocate of Trump. She twice unsuccessfully ran for Congress, in 2020 and 2022, in south Florida and had been known for staging protests including handcuffing herself to a Twitter office after the service banned her and jumping a fence at a home owned by the then House speaker Nancy Pelosi."

The Guardian has much more about Loomer that is worth reading. 

And what I want you to take away from this post is the fact that Donald Trump has some very dangerous supporters and that Laura Loomer is by far one of the most dangerous. 

Is there anything right about tariffs?

 

Markets plunge after Trump slaps tariffs on world

What do tariffs do?...

Tariffs on imports are designed to raise the price of imported goods and services to discourage consumption. The intention is for citizens to buy local products instead, thereby stimulating their country's economy. Tariffs therefore provide an incentive to develop production and replace imports with domestic products.

What are the effects of tariffs?...

Tariffs affect consumers in two main ways. First, they increase the cost of what we buy when the added cost, which companies pay as a tax to the federal government, gets passed on to consumers. Second, they might reduce the range of products available by making some importation unprofitable.

 On what tariffs do, it would seem the push for citizens to buy local products would not be so necessary when you have a thriving economy. According to Chicago Booth Review...

"The White House released a brief on October 30, just days before the election, touting the latest quarterly data. Under the Biden administration, real GDP rose 12.6 percent, rightly cheered in the report as “a historically robust expansion” that repeatedly defied forecasts. Since the pandemic, economic growth in the US has far outpaced that of our peer nations. Business investment is up; unemployment is low."

The above is what Joe Biden passed along to Donald Trump. 

Sure, we want everyone to buy American. But, is that need so justified when we have a

Tariffs stock market concerns

thriving economy as described above? And, are tariffs justified when they increase costs to the public and we could end up in a vicious trade war, accompanied by a damning recession? On the other hand, CNBC has come up with tariff comparisons between the United States and several countries. This is very interesting, but I am going to concentrate on just those nations that are similar in size to the U.S.

China tariffs charged to the USA, 67%; Trump charge 34%. Israel charges 33%; U.S. 17%. Japan 46%; U.S. 24%. India 52%; U.S. 26%. Here's a switch, U.K. 10%; U.S. 10%. And again, United Arab Emirates 10%; U.S. 10%. Likewise, Australia 10%; U.S. 10%.

There's more...

The White House told CNBC’s Eamon Javers on Wednesday that the new reciprocal rate on China will be added to existing tariffs totaling 20%, meaning the true tariff rate on Beijing under this Trump term is 54%.

Trump said his plan will set a 10% baseline tariff across the board. But as his charts make clear, many countries are set to face significantly higher rates. “We will charge them approximately half of what they are and have been charging us,” Trump said in an announcement in the Rose Garden at the White House.

Here is some U.S. tariff history from Wikipedia...

The United States pursued a protectionist policy from the beginning of the 19th century until the middle of the 20th century. Between 1861 and 1933, they had one of the highest average tariff rates on manufactured imports in the world. After 1942, the U.S. began to promote worldwide free trade. After the 2016 presidential election, the US increased trade protectionism.

It would appear that world trade has proven one of the reasons for the current tariff policies of the U.S. In the past, America has been a fair country, working with its allies around the world for equal economic prosperity. That is, until Donald Trump started his demolition of diplomacy. The outlook now is increased consumer prices, a potential trade war, and a possible recession. Is this what you elected Donald Trump for?