Donald J. Trump and the Kakistocracy!

Seems There’s a Perfect Word Everything!

As an obsessive ancient history buff, it becomes obvious that language is a “living” process; words change in meaning over time; words have been morphing, entering and exiting the lexicon of humans since the advent of speech. Some words however never really change; their meaning is somehow thoroughly on-the-mark, dead-on, balls-accurate, throughout the ages. Such is this new, very appropriate word which came to be known to me by some very good friends, and, as it turns out, is the perfect description of the current administration.

Of course, we’ve heard the term “Banana Republic” thrown around an awful lot, especially since the Fat Felon with the fake tan and horribly executed hair plugs returned to decimate the parts of the government he couldn’t get to the first time. And it is a pretty good representation of our government now, since all the Christian fundamentalists, evangelicals and conservative “Guardians Of Pedophiles” have now come out of the closet, proudly boasting their loyalty to the new Fat Orange Jesus and their hatred of everyone else. But here’s even better term, one that fits the current administration to a “T”: Kakistocracy…….

Kakistocracy, from Gk kákistos (“worst”) and krátos (“rule”), defines a government run by the most unprincipled, unqualified, or incompetent citizens. Coined in the 17th century, it describes a system where knaves exploit fools, leading to systemic corruption, incompetence, policy failures, and severe wealth inequality.

Ringing any bells? This is a real, bona fide word, you can find in a dictionary online and it’s been a part of the Western European family of languages since the SIXTEEN HUNDREDS and I cannot think of a better term for the United States under the current criminal regime. Some of the key characteristics of a kakistocracy:

Incompetence and Disqualification: Leaders lack experience, skills, or aptitude for governance. CHECK!

Corruption and Nepotism: Public trust is violated for private gain; friends or unqualified loyalists are appointed to key positions. CHECK!

Disregard for Truth: Governance is driven by propaganda, cynical manipulation, and tribal emotions. CHECK!

“Rule by the Worst”: The most unscrupulous citizens, rather than the most meritorious, hold power. CHECK!

Hi, MAGA! Still Happy with the Felonious Pedophile Protector You Put in Power?

The 34-time convicted FELON just can’t steal enough, fast enough, though he is trying!

The TRAITOR that currently resides in what used to be the “People’s House” is on a mission to do as much damage to everything he can get his grubby, little hands on! It seems the East Wing of the White House – the People’s house, he had no authority or permission to touch a blade of grass on that property but “touch” he did and he must be held accountable for its’ destruction! In fact, the original East Wing should be rebuilt at his own, personal, expense. Not a single dime from the federal government; he can use some of the treasury funds he’s stolen to rebuild the People’s House!

Next is the vulgar building with which he wants to replace the East Wing. His gawdy, classless, and highly illegal, “ballroom”. First it was being paid for by “me and some of my friends”, not a dime coming from the taxpayers. Of course, that was then, this is now and the initial BS-story has changed completely! Now it’s all coming from the taxpayer and nothing from his billionaire miscreants, and the Guardians Of Pedophiles in Congress! You know, the guys that literally piss themselves at the very thought of a primary! Presto, magic! The funding went from being all private to all public just like that and at three times the cost at that!

Oh, MAGA, as stupid as you are, what were you thinking when you signed up with a crooked billionaire to stand as a voice of the people? Could you be any lazier (probably not) than to not even try to look into this imbecile’s past? It’s not hard; it’s all out there, all you have do is read. (Well, maybe it is harder than I thought for some of you.)

My one, happy, thought on all this is that it is you that is suffering and will continue to suffer along with all the black, brown, and lower income targets of this malcontent’s actions and policies. You’re getting it right where you deserve it; right in the keister (See: Grey’s Anatomy for specific location). And, I am truly sorry to say, our farmers also; I have not an ounce of sympathy for even one of them. They saw an “R” next to his name and that was all they needed. Forget about the fact that almost every program that farmers benefit from has been conceived, fought for, and implemented by the Dems! But somehow, someway, you found a way to rationalize a vote for this demented sociopath and now you’re living with the consequences. I couldn’t care less. You can take all the George Conways, Margaret Taylor Greenes, and all the other so-called awakened, regretful, wretches that finally saw the light and are coming around and you can keep them. I wouldn’t give you a bag of un-composted manure for any or all of them. They didn’t see who he was? They didn’t know anything at all about his past; his fraud-filled, BS-laden bio he sold them? Many of these people are intelligent, college-educated individuals that should know better but we’re supposed to believe that they made an error in judgement? Sorry, I’m not buying it.

So, while you squirm to find ways to stay afloat, pay your farm and bank loans back, or bring a profitless product to market at your own personal loss, or just put food on your table, you might just want to think! And while I realize that that may be a challenging order for some of you, there are indeed some that are truly remorseful. And they are going to need to prove it by acting it; getting involved in his removal from office and prosecution to the full extent of the law as he would to anyone that would offend him in even the least of ways. Anything less is unacceptable.

Lastly: RELEASE THE TRUMP-EPSTEIN FILES!

SCOTUS: The Real Enemies of the American People & Democracy

The Roberts “Court” has done more damage to our democracy than Trump & Project 2025 could ever imagine!

Take a look at these miscreant dirtbags. This is the most corrupt “court” in the history of the United States of America. Yes, they’re supposed to be judges but they are not; they are nothing more than well-placed political operatives very specifically placed in their roles – after lying in their confirmation hearings about various laws, the status of Roe v Wadeas settled law not the least among them – to do exactly what they are doing: reversing every remaining law that grants some semblance of equality to Americans of color. And this time, with the gutting of the Voting Rights Act – or, should I say, with the gutting of the remainder of the Voting Rights Act – they’ve truly exposed themselves as the partisan, political hacks that they really are. Just like the damage they did to our campaign finance laws with Citizens v United, we now have every red state prioritizing the redistricting of all persons of color right out of their congressional districts and right in the middle of a campaign season! Roberts and his band of dirtbags shove their thumbs, plural, on the scales of justice once again, granting the most egregious criminal administration in our history a paved-over path to further chaos and criminality, all while these scumbags sit and make believe they aren’t responsible for any of the damage or consequence that ensues.

If WE, the American people, truly wish to preserve our democracy, our freedom, our very lives, then our highest priority must be to get these imposters off the court. Whether it is by impeachment, indictment, or by sheer force of public pressure on them as well as our “representatives” in Congress, they must be removed from the court at any cost. Roberts recently made some comical comments to the effect that they are not a political body, which is to say, that is exactly what this “court” is; (I cannot even write it without quotes, just to reinforce what a joke their so-called jurisprudence will be considered in history. It will be nothing more than the farcical charade we know it to be! We will make certain of it!) They are nothing more than a cabal of legal automatons programmed and placed upon the court by stealth and slight-of-hand responses to confirmation questions given them by other anti-democratic dirtbags like Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society and the like. This “court” is nothing more than a group of partisan political hacks disguised as upstanding, responsible advocates of law and order. In fact, they are quite something other than that; in fact, they are the exact opposite of law & order advocates.

Even the token Oreo on the “court”, Clarence the Corrupt Clown; the deceitful, double-dealing, friend of billionaires, grab-the-money-and-run doesn’t seem to mind that he set all other black and brown Americans back 100 years to the post-Civil War Reconstruction period where Jim Crow reigned supreme. In an era where even the “president” (i.e., the current delinquent wretch turning the Oval Office into a whore house) openly and frequently makes his loathing of minorities as obvious as his revulsion of women, this “court” will decide that there really isn’t any racism in America anymore, it’s all been eradicated, just a figment of our collective imaginations. Without a care in the world the Guardians Of Pedophiles & the convicted felon at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue have stripped our people of their healthcare rights, subsidies for poor women and children for healthcare, SNAP meals, and much more, all while flexing their imaginary Christianity and their supposed moral superiority.

Gutting the Voting Rights Act as if there are no implications to our elections and democracy is as crooked and corrupt a decision as the way in which they destroyed fairness in our campaign finance laws by allowing dark money, foreignmoney even, PACS, etc., into the election system as if they weren’t aware of the destruction it would do to open and fair elections. I remember Sam the Sham Alito, another dirtbag on the take, remonstrating President Obama at the State of the Union speech when Obama commented about the damage the ruling would do to our campaign finance laws and elections. Except that Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, and Cavanaugh and the other scumbags aren’t making judicialdecisions, they are making political decisions they have been directed to make or were already known to have been in favor of by a cabal of conservative political power brokers that put them in power for exactly these reasons: to alter our political campaigns and elections in favor of their conservative criminal candidates. We, the American people, that have been saddled with the detritus of these imposters and the incredible damage they have done to our political processes and democracy, have no greater task ahead of us then to get these cretins off the court by any means necessary and, preferably, disbarred for their egregious violations of truth and justice.

If, and I do mean IF, the Democrats manage not to screw up the mid-terms, which granted, is a lot to ask when it is as a direct result of their incredible ineptitude and incompetence that we now have the 34-time convicted, adjudicated sexual predator and felon presently reporting directly to Vladimir Putin and Bebe Netanyahu for further instructions on how to destroy our country, we may just have a shot at saving this republic. If not, and the most stultifyingly stupid among us – AKA MAGA MORONS – and the phony Christian evangelicals and fundamentalists prevail, then it may just be time for this dream to end. It is entirely in the hands of the people. We will either act with the alacrity these times call for and rise to the challenge this “court” poses to our freedoms and civil liberties, or we will let democracy die.

It is that simple. No one is coming to rescue us; it is up to every individual American to act.

Jesus is Dead, Get Over It.

I have finally had it with the nonsense espoused by the conmen of religion.

So, again, for the umpteenth time in history, and in the face of yet another war in the middle east, and one which needn’t have been started by the pedophile protector in the oval office, we have to listen to the religious imbeciles spouting more nonsense about the return of Jesus, a Jew that was executed 2,000 years ago. John Hagee, Ken Copeland, and many of the masters of the religious con game, are back to predicting that this war is the war, the one for which they’ve been literally praying for the last 2,000 years. Yes, this con has been going on for that long; 2,000 years and counting and there are still those that swallow this crap up like it is the sweetest of nectar.

But what is more disturbing to me is that there are members of the military, the United States military, that are now openly asserting that this is the war that begins the so-called Apocalypse described in Revelation. Now normally I would not care if any member of the military believed this nonsense; that is their own business. However, for any member of the military to declare to their subordinates, or to frame a war to be yet another in a long line a failed predictions of the return of a dead Jew from Palestine is beyond the pale. Any such officer should be relieved of his command immediately and drummed out of the military forever. There is simply no room in the decision-making mechanisms or strategy developments of any military at war for such childish drivel. To target and kill others, the exact opposite of the teachings of their supposed and imaginary savior, in the name of the return of an imaginary god, is one of the most immoral and misdirected actions I can imagine.

Jesus is dead. He was executed by crucifixion by the Romans for sedition 2,000 years ago. He was not buried; he languished on the cross until his bones literally fell off the cross. Needless to say, he did not “resurrect” or return to life as the story was manufactured by his followers. He died and is no more, just like every person before and after him. Get over it and, more important, stop using it to slaughter other people in some demented religious claims that have been made since the day Jesus died, all to no avail.

When this wars ends, if it ends, and there is no return of the dead Jesus, then Hagee, Copeland, and all their like, should be prosecuted and imprisoned with their Orange Jesus in the White House and his band of robber-thieves.

Greg Locke is Still Lying Like a Christian (And that’s a lot!)

His Interview with Judy Woodruff is an Absolute Bevy of BS!

I often lament that many, if not most, Christians know very little if anything of what it actually says in the Bible, especially their claims about what Jesus “says”. They know so little of the so-called “good book” it is almost laughable. Almost, I say, because of the seemingly infinite stream of hatred they spew into our culture against anyone, anything, that is not them; not white, not conservative, or Christian. They have no shortage of hatred bottled up inside them as they have always had; infinite, boundless, hatred for others to whom they can pin the blame on their own miserable lives. Take their incessant complaining about “Christian persecution”, a complete steaming pile of absolute nonsense created and cultivated by their Christian leaders and used as just another straw man to raise funds. After all, who throughout all of history persecuted more people, more savagely, more brutally, to the point of inventing the most horrifying methods of torture, murder, and execution and for well over a thousand years? Ans: No one; they hold that title all by their lonesome selves. Add to this their completely unsubstantiated claims that the Bible outlaws abortion (it doesn’t; there’s not a single word about abortion anywhere, Hebrew or Christian scripture) to its’ acceptance of slavery, to their gullibility about wealth & the wealthy, and the scum that preach the so-called “prosperity gospel” in direct contradiction of Jesus’s actual words and parables. Yes, for professional mythologists like Greg Locke, Kenneth Copeland, Joel Osteen, among many, many others, it’s like taking candy from a baby, and don’t you know that it’s just the way “a-huh, a huh, they like it, a-huh, a-huh”? What could possibly be better than having people mail you checks for doing absolutely nothing in return?

But I’d like to focus on Greg Locke for a bit since I just watched his interview with Judy Woodruff where he released an absolute bevy of BS expressed with such conviction that one might think he actually believes it. Another so-called “man of god” whose vehement and passionate hatred of other, non-GOP, non-Christian, Americans is palpable.

Many of his comments were just off the charts cray-cray and can be refuted easily with just a modicum of energy expended, e.g., his claim that the Biden economy was “the worst economy in any of our lifetimes”. Why he would make such an inflammatory and false assertion is anyone’s guess, but since his whole world view is based upon mythology and superstition; when you live in that world and preach to the gullible simpletons that make up his congregation, you can make up just about anything and fully expect it to be received like manna from heaven.

He went on to screech that anyone wearing a mask during Covid would be asked to leave his “church” (Church, that’s the place where all the fleecing takes place…). Golly, Greg, did the invisible man protect all your sheeples or did any of them get Covid or, heaven forbid, actually die from it? I’m just asking here because, according to a simple search one would learn that:

“In the United States, there have been 103,436,829 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,232,898 confirmed deaths, the most of any country, and the 17th highest per capita worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic ranks as the deadliest disaster in the country’s history.”

In the maelstrom of misinformation from the Fat Felon, while Putin’s Pal was busy in the Oval office lying about the circumstances of the plague; the source, the lethality, the mortality rates, and, most important, the steps and modalities the various medical communities were desperately trying to get through the bullshit barrier that is conservative media, people were dying. In fact, ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT Americans died from this supposed “hoax”, as described by the Felon/Sexual Predator and echoed by many of his immoral minions in the evangelical and fundamentalist circles around the country. Why anyone would lie about such an important issue upon which hung the lives of millions of Americans is anyone’s guess but, as we would come to learn, the Fat Felon and his coterie of bullshit artists that is his administration lies about everything and anything with a certain verve and panache usually reserved for the performing arts.

For all of Locke’s hair-on-fire ranting and raving about Joe Biden, a church-attending Roman Catholic that, unlike the Fat Felon, can actually quote scripture, he certainly doesn’t seem to have any issues with the thirty-four-time convicted felon, adjudicated sexual predator, protector of pedophiles, demonstrated racist, national disgrace, and global embarrassmentcurrently stinking up the oval office. This miscreant is the guy that Locke and others of his ilk chose to give a free pass, asserting that their invisible man in the sky sent him to “save” America, and isn’t he just doing a bang-up job! The miscreant that has been fleecing people, contractors, renters, banks, even his own siblings whom he tried to screw out of their inheritance, and now the taxpayers of America for nothing but self-enrichment is the one person in the country that magical Jesus would choose to “save” America!

No real “man of god” would ever make such an absurd claim and how his mindless minions swallow this manure is anyone’s guess but like the Felon, Locke has learned that you really can fool all of the people all of the time, at least his target audience whose capacity for swallowing bullshit seems infinite.

Let’s Make Impeachment Great Again!

With An Inept Imbecile in the Oval, Who Couldn’t See This Coming?

The 34-time convicted Felon presently occupying the Oval once bragged that he knew “debt better than anyone! No one knows debt like I do!” And he wasn’t kidding, either! Boy, does he know debt! Just consider how many of his incredible ventures have gone belly up! (A lot!) Consider the masterful way in which he put multiple casinos completely out of business in almost no time at all! Casinos, you know, the gambling operations where the house always wins? Not in his world! This is truly something to behold! He may have been a Democrat in the past but he certainly generates debt like a Republican! Yes, the Felon does know a thing or two about debt, no one could argue that. Of course, you know who knows even more about debt, especially the Felon’s debt? (Should I leave this as a rhetorical question? What do you think? Nah…) You know the answer, of course! It’s his bankers! Yes, his bankers! Boy, do they know a lot about his debt! I’ll bet they could tell you stories….

Let’s look a little more deeply at the magic of his business management skills for they are wondrous, indeed! Even a perfunctory search on AI brings up this remarkable record! (Which, by the way, any American voter could have looked upor searched on, before considering voting for this moron but I guess that may have been too much for many voters):

Failed Business Ventures & Brands:

Trump University (2005–2011): Closed following lawsuits and allegations of fraud, ultimately settling for $25 million in fines.
Trump Shuttle (1989–1992): An airline that failed to turn a profit and was taken over by creditors. Let’s say this one “failed to take off?”
Trump Vodka (2006–2011): Brought to you by a complete teetotaler, discontinued due to low sales. Why anyone would want to buy a vodka named after a non-drinker remains a mystery to this day.
Trump Steaks (2007): Discontinued shortly after launch due to “lack of interest”. This one died in its’ very first year!
GoTrump.com (2006–2007): A travel website that shut down. Yes, please, “go Trump, please!
Trump Mortgage (2006–2007): Closed after just 18 months.
Trump Magazine (2007–2009): Magazine ceased publication. I can only imagine the journalistic magic we’ve been denied?
The New Jersey Generals (1980s): A USFL football team that folded. After he tried to screw the other owners in that league by agreeing to shut the league down if he could buy an NFL team which the other NFL owners denied! Nice.
Trump Tower Tampa (2000s): A real estate project that failed. Actually, one of many real estate projects that did not live up to the hype. (Isn’t real estate supposed to be his bailiwick?)
Tour de Trump (1989–1990): A cycling race that he stopped sponsoring.

Now, let’s look at some of the more Significant Bankruptcies (Atlantic City & Others)

This Michealangelo of Management filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy six times, largely related to debt (there’s that word again!) from his gaming operations:

Trump Taj Mahal (1991): Casinos could not cover debt.
Trump Plaza (1992): Casino filed for bankruptcy.
Trump Castle (1992): Casino filed for bankruptcy.
THCR (Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts) (2004): Company filed for bankruptcy.
Trump Entertainment Resorts (2009): Company filed for bankruptcy.
Trump Entertainment Resorts (2014): Final bankruptcy of the company.

I seem to recall a clip of the man explaining to the press that “no one could imagine so many people trying to get to the slot machines at once!” (I’m paraphrasing here…) Yes, it failed because he was “too successful”; no one could see that coming. That aside, here is a slightly more objective analysis of his business record again, according to a quick AI search:

Contextual Analysis of the Failures:

Debt and Management: Analysts and reports found that Trump’s casinos were “doomed from the start” (Hmmmm, doesn’t sound like an auspicious beginning to me) because he loaded them with high-interest junk bonds to finance their construction. (Why anyone would intentionally load up their business with such questionable financial vehicles remains another mystery. Could he not secure lower-interest loans anywhere else?)
“Pillaging” (Same way he runs the federal government!) & Mismanagement: Investors and former regulators accused Trump of “pillage[ing] the company” by taking high salaries, bonuses, and using casino funds to pay for his personal helicopter, all while the companies fell into bankruptcy and left contractors unpaid. 🤯
Direct Competition: (My absolute favorite!) Trump’s casinos (Taj Mahal, Plaza, Castle) were in direct competition with each other, leading to cannibalization of revenue, where one casino’s success came at the expense of another. A mistake I wouldn’t expect from a newly graduated, business major.

Other cited flops include various NYC rental properties and partnership investments in the 1990s.

So, why am I bringing this up now? In hopes that more voters will expend just a modicum more effort looking into the backgrounds and claims of future candidates of any office; senators, congressional candidates, and needless to say, the presidency. We could have all been spared the chaos, confusion, corruption, and the global embarrassment had more of the voting base just gotten of their asses to check this idiot out. They would have seen that this clown is a loser; always has been, always will be. He couldn’t hide it from anyone endeavoring to look behind the (makeup-encrusted) mask.

Oh, well. Maybe next time.

TACO? How About DACO?

Long Before Trump “Chickened-Out” the Democrats Showed Him How It’s Done!

It’s hard to overstate the position the Dumo’s had the Repugs in during this shutdown. Even the Fat Felon admitted that the shutdown was being blamed on the Repugs, it was pounding his favorability ratings into the ground (37%) and, even more impressive, the American people were cheering them on! Actually cheering for the Dumos seemingly granite-like resolve and their determination to see this fight out to the end! Can you imagine? Yeah, me neither.

However, to give them the benefit of the doubt, they really were chugging along there for a while. They really seemed to be determined to see this one out; to hold the Repug’s feet to the fire in order to get the ACA subsidies back so Americans can afford their healthcare. Except I could feel it coming; sense the tension that I know the Dumos just cannot handle and, finally, they didn’t; Democrats Always Chicken Out!

Well, this was the last line in the sand for me; I am finished supporting – both practically and financially – the Milquetoast Party! Schumer should step aside, in fact, he should resign, along with many other so-called “moderate” Dumos. Their spineless, hapless nature has been proved time and again and we just aren’t going to get anywhere with them at the helm. We need progressives, real progressives, that are willing to go beyond the pale to make things happen; good things, new laws and protections, new economic programs, for the American people.

Democrats: Stop calling me, texting me, emailing me. We have no use for you any longer

The Fat Felon Pardons Another Fat Felon

Did anyone ever really doubt it? Fat Orange Jesus never met a felon he didn’t like!

The Fat, 36-time convicted Felon in the White House commented the sentence of the 2nd most mendacious, 2nd fattest, criminal of current political time, George Santos, if that is really his name! After all, we’ve heard so much about his antics, cross-dressing, latin name, English name, Jewish, Gentile, whatever. Is there anyone that is surprised buy this? I’m guessing Santos was present at some of the Epstein parties President Draft Dodger attended?

Seems likely?

80% OF EVANGELICALS VOTED FOR COMRADE TRUMPSKY! 😇

HERE’S WHAT THE HYPOCRITICAL ‘JESUS PEOPLE’ VOTED FOR: (JESUS WOULD BE SO PROUD!)

64 Times Mentioned in Epstein Report

97 Times Pleaded the Fifth Amendment

34 Felony Convictions

91 Criminal Charges

26 Sexual Assault Allegations

6 Bankruptcies

5 Draft Deferments

4 Indictments

2 Impeachments

2 Convicted Companies

1 Fake University Shut Down

1 Fake Charity Shut Down

$25 Million Fraud Settlement

$5 Million Sexual Abuse Verdict

$2 Million Fake Charity Abuse Judgment

$93 Million Sexual Abuse Judgements

$400+ Million Fraud Judgment

1^st President to increase the deficit every, single, year

1^st President with Debt to GDP ratio > 100% his entire term

Highest Annual Budget Deficit EVER

Most Debt Added to National Debt in a single term

Most New Unemployment Claims in History

Largest Single-Day Point Drop in the History of the Dow

1^st Major Candidate in 50 Years to lose popular vote twice

Longest Government Shutdown in History While his Party Controlled Both Chambers of Congress

1^st to Maintain Net-Negative Approval Rating his entire term

1^st/Only President In History to be Impeached Twice.

1^st President with Bipartisan Conviction after Impeachment.

Most Indictments, Guilty Pleas, and Criminal Convictions of His Administration Members (“All the Best People”!)

1^st President to Have a Mug Shot

Please Lookup Every Claim. All are verifiable. JESUS WOULD BE SO PROUD! SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!

My Delayed Response To The Election

It’s taken a bit of time for this one to sink in but I think I have a plan.

I am very fortunate to have the opportunity of spending some quiet time at my lake house in New England. Especially now, at this particular time of year, the lake is very quiet. Many of the homes on my road are inhabited seasonally or intermittently, so the lake is extremely quiet during the early winter months. I often joke with friends that it is as if I am the last person on Earth after the apocalypse, but in a good way! Not a boat, a jet ski, even a kayak, to be seen for weeks or months on end. As Martha would say, “It’s a good thing!”

I have basically turned off the news in all its ugly forms since the election, mostly as a way of coping with who-the-hell-knows what we’ll be dealing with in the next 6 weeks or so. I can’t even stomach the odious idea of Joe & Mika – I hope they get everything they deserve for their obsequiousness bullshit they paid to “Dear Leader” – or anyone else on MSNBC for that matter, or CNN, or any of the other so-called, “news” shows. I am resolved to finding new sources of “legitimate” news, if that be a thing, mostly meaning journalism delivered with an objective of shining the necessary light on the government and its’ corporate cronies and holding them accountable for their actions and misdeeds. If the Trump years have shown us anything, it is the extent to which our elected – and unelected – officials will go to enrich themselves or avail themselves of the most depraved excesses, and mostly at the expense of the taxpayer.

This brings me to the Democrats. I have supported the “Dumos”, as I prefer to think of them, for too many years now, spiritually and financially, but mostly because there is no alternative if you are in any way liberal or progressive. We are stuck with the worst of the worst. From Nancy Pelosi suggesting that enriching herself and her family through insider stock trading information that only the members of Congress possess as the perks of “a free country” (she should sell that bullshit to Martha, in fact), to Chuck the Schmuck Schumer’s incestuous ties to Wall St, I have finally just had enough. I can no longer in good conscience continue to support a party which, in my opinion, is only slightly less corrupt than the other party, and infinitely dummer!

Putting aside the myriad disasters they’ve left in their wake; botched elections, congressional agendas, political positions (after all, they talked more about the rights of transgender people – a whole, entire, 1.14% of the national population*) than they did about the rights and plight of the middle class, a miscalculation that cost them dearly across an entire host of demographic categories. Looking at the presidential elections where Rupugnanticans won, it is always over a ridiculous social issue that the Dumos just wouldn’t let go of.

And now, this botched election – and the monumental way in which they botched it – demonstrated a level of incompetency and delusion that I, personally, can no longer abide. What they now left for us to have to deal with somehow, someway, is anyone’s guess. But, in the meantime, Kamala Harris and the Democrats squandered over a billion and a half dollars in little over three months; a burn-rate record that could last some considerable time. With Trump in office, it could be weeks!

So, what shall I, personally do? My response is to withdraw all support I once provided them; this inept, incompetent, group of mindless milquetoasts and spineless morons that I put so much of my ‘faith’ in and for so very little and put my efforts and resources into finding/creating a new liberal/progressive party that can achieve the admirable objectives of a fairer and more prosperous country for everyone. Objectives that are in fact, very achievable given a party of competent, and judicious minded patriots. Stating it simply for now, at least, If you don’t have an “I” next to your name on the ballot, don’t call, text, or write.

I believe it can be done.

* usafacts.org/articles/what-percentage-of-the-us-population-is-transgender/