Friday, March 7, 2025:  The Trump Governance Mantra

On the wall at DODGE and in each Republican Senate and House office is the reminder - "Just remember it is Rape, Pillage, and then Burn."

Our country is being destroyed from within and the Republican eunuchs in congress have abandoned their duty under our constitution. The destruction won't be over until Musk and the billionaire cabal have gutted every aspect of our democracy that doesn't make them richer and more powerful. Unless we as Americans step up and take a stand, there will be only a shell of what has been the model for democracy and freedom for the world. There is strength in numbers. United we stand, divided we all get fucked.

"Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited." — Alexandre Dumas-fils


Saturday, March 1, 2025:  The Musk Clown Car Is Full

Well folks the gaggle of Trump sycophants is officially in the Musk clown limo. The Executive Branch of the United States government that is responsible for enforcing the laws of our country is under the total control of Elon Musk and blatantly ignoring our laws and the U.S. constitution while systematically goose stepping toward an American Oligarchy.

Now that the Republican controlled Senate has finalize the occupants, I thought we should look at the list the clowns with their supposed credentials.

But First The Ring Master and Chief Oligarch - Emperor Musk. For all you evangelicals out there, you now have your anti-Christ. His first "DOgDEy" act as the richest man in the world was to cut off all aid to the poorest of poor. Exactly what Jesus would do. Clearly your kind of guy!

Next The Uber Clown - Donny Trump:  Let's see, what are his credentials? Well he is a convicted rapist and felon. He is incompetent, a racist, and a misogynist who is a consummate liar, corrupt, immoral, and unethical and who is trying to turn the United States Federal government into his personal criminal enterprise

And The Under Uber Clown - JD Vance. JD is just white trash in a bespoke suit. You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig.

Then there are the Trump appointees, or more appropriately Trump's broom closet

Attorney General - Pam Bondi: Hum. Well she's a blond. As far as the average American goes, she worked at trying to kill the affordable care act. As Florida's Attorney General, she dropped a case from Floridians who felt Trump University had bilked them. In fact, during her time in office in Florida, she reversed many of her predecessor's investigations, at least in part because they were donors to her campaign. She likes dogs, which is probably why she is a Trump loyalist.

Secretary of Defense - Pete Hegseth: Primary qualification – a millionaire Fox News Talking Head. It also helps that he is an incompetent drunk and an accused rapist. Trump can relate to the rapist part. Finally, with his "Deus vult" tattoo, he shows his true colors as a ''Christian Nationalist". No surprise on his DEI stance. He is clearly a closet racist and misogynist.

Secretary of Commerce - Howard Lutnick: Primary qualifications – he's a billionaire and likes tariffs.

Secretary of Agriculture - Brooke Rollins: What is her primary qualification for this job? Well, besides having her head stuck up Trumps ass, she participated in 4H and Future Farmers of America. Woopee.

Secretary of Education - Linda McMahon: She's a billionaire and former president and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment. She supports the "dumbing down" of America which will not only make the electorate more easily manipulated by Republican talking heads, but it will continue grown the WWE audience.

Secretary of Energy - Chris Wright: A millionaire energy CEO and climate denier. The fox is in the hen house. His title should really be Secretary of Pollution.

Secretary of Health & Human Services - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: Let's see. This millionaire asshole drug dealer ground up mice and birds in a blender as entertainment for his friends and fed the resulting bloody mess to his hawks. In another claim to fame, he dumped a dead baby bear carcass in central park. Finally, his effort to deceive Samoan's on the benefits of the measles vaccine resulted in the deaths of 80 people most of whom were children.

Secretary of Homeland Security - Kristi Noem: A millionaire that likes to shoot her dog when it doesn't hunt rather than take the time to train it. Just the right pick for Trump who thinks we should "kneecap" immigrants.

Secretary of Housing & Urban Development - Scott Turner: A millionaire former football player who thinks the answer to our housing shortage it to build on federal lands. Meh!

Secretary of Interior - Doug Burgum: Another billionaire on Trump's team. Definitely comes from the interior as he grew up in a town with population of 384 people in North Dakota – a state where the cows outnumber the residents.

Secretary of Labor – Lori Chavez-DeRemer: So this is one of the few anomalies in the Trump cabinet. Ms. Chavez-DeRemer is a friend of labor and in her political life has supported pro-union legislation. Not sure how this will play out in Trump's second term.

Secretary of State - Marco Rubio: Rubio is clearly has an anti-Islamic bent. That makes him the perfect mouthpiece for Trump's desire to expand his business empire into Gaza and restrict Islamic immigration.

Secretary of Transportation - Sean Duffy: A yes, another millionaire reality TV person, Fox news commentator, and a true Trump loyalist. Interestingly, his millionaire status only happened after he was elected to congress. He supports the Trump anti-immigration initiatives – specifically those from Muslim countries. He supports Trumps tariffs and is a climate denier. All are great qualifications to be Secretary of Transportation - NOT.

Secretary of Treasury - Scott Bessent: A multi-millionaire. So this guy is another Yale grad on the payroll of the U.S. Government. He is a hedge fund kind of guy and a Trump sycophant. Interestingly he is gay which is at odds with all the rest of the Trump's cabinet. His role is managing the U.S. government finances, which in this case means putting us even more deeply in debt in order to give the billionaires more money. As a hedge fund manager, he is clearly well suited to making the uber rich obscenely rich at our expense.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Doug Collins: So the guy has an under grad degree in poly sci and criminal law plus he has a master of divinity and law degree. He is in the Air Force reserve and has served as a chaplain. What is missing is any significant experience running a large organization.

FBI Director - Kash Patel: Here is Trump fealty that knows no bounds. The mission of the FBI is to protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats and to uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the United States. So what does Patel plan to do? He has pledged to purge anyone in the government who does not bend the knee to Trump. He also says that he will go after "people in the media who lied about American citizens and who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections". These things have nothing to do with the FBI's mission and in the mean time the criminals, domestic terrorists, and foreign terrorists will be having a field day.

Deputy Director of the FBI – Dan Bongino: Now this appointment is probably the most incredible of all. This position directs all the domestic and international field operations of the FBI. Because of the complexity of the assignment, it is generally filled buy a career FBI agent. So who does Trump pick, the skinhead's skinhead. Bongino wallows in the attention he gets as a super spreader of misinformation and it is not surprising that Bongino has failed at repeated attempts to get elected to congress. His limited experience in law enforcement was as a police officer and secret service agent. However, he has absolutely no experience as a senior law enforcement official and certainly no experience at the international level. On Fixed News, he was a primary apologist for Trump and this appointment is Trump's reward. But there is a price to pay. I expect that Trump views Bongino as his enforcer.