The Worst Thing Trump Did on 4/10/25

Let's take a break from Trump breaking the Bond Market, Commodity Market, Ag Market, and Consumer Confidence to focus on one of the most incompetent boobs in American History, Brain Worm Magee himself, RFK Jr.

During a cabinet meeting on Thursday, Kennedy stated we will know what is causing the "autism epidemic" by September.

First, there is no "epidemic" per se.  This is him using that word to try to scare people into thinking the idiot is onto something.  He is also using the word "epidemic" to get people to overlook his horrific mismanaging of the actual epidemics hurting this country right now, Measles, COVID, and Avian Flu.

Kennedy says 1 in 31 people are diagnosed with autism today, compared to "One in 10,000 when I was a kid."  

When Kennedy was a kid, autism wasn't its own separate diagnosis and any testing that occurred back then was very limited and often incomplete.  So the 1 in 10K line is a made-up stat...from the Director of Health and Human Services...(exasperated sigh)...

His own CDC says the actual number today is 1 in 36 (why isn't he talking to them???) which is different than in 2000 when the diagnosis rate was closer to 1 in 150. The reason that number has changed isn't due to a growing threat, but rather the ability of scientists to diagnose the problem at a younger age, the diagnostic criteria steadily expanding, and new diagnostic standards.

Also, there are a lot of people diagnosed with autism later in life after not being diagnosed when they were younger.  We can also add the change in social attitudes and expanded treatment options as other factors on why there has been better diagnosing of autism.

But none of that matters to Magee. He keeps insisting there is something artificial that is causing autism, something which will be "validated" by his report on it, regardless of whatever science or research shows.  Just wait for this idiot to say something like "Grape Juice causes autism," and then the grape juice industry sues the US government for defamation.

Meanwhile, Measles?!?...ANYONE?!?

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 4/9/25

Apologies for not having an entry yesterday.  My internet was down most of the day.

Before I get to the worst thing he did yesterday, let me explain the REAL reason Trump frantically pulled back on his tariffs yesterday.  

This was not his plan.  If it was, then he wouldn't have put the tariffs in place that night, tariffs which were active for about 10 hours before Trump quickly idled them.  This was an emergency response to the Bond Market starting to crater, and if he hadn't immediately pulled back, the US would've been spiraling into a deep Depression by late afternoon.

There is a difference between the Stock Market and the Bond Market.  The Stock Market is measuring the temperature of the business community on a day-to-day basis.  If the Stock Market tanks, it's a recession, meaning short-term economic growth is stymied due to a lack of faith in the business community.  The Bond Market (simplifying it) is a snapshot of how investors and the rest of the world think of the stability of a country. The Bond Market, particularly US bonds, immediately started reacting after midnight, when Trump's worldwide tariffs went into place.  There was a definite movement that was showing an extreme lack of faith in the US system, and the Bond Market was showing clear signs of a possible collapse. If the Bond Market Collapses, that's a Depression.

Here's another way to look at it.  Imagine you go to your bank and are told your personal account has limited funds.  This means the next month, or maybe the next few months will be lean.  Less eating out, more frugal activities.  That's a recession.

Now imagine you went to the bank and the bank said "We're out of money! The most we can give every customer is $10 and we have no idea when we are going to get any more cash." It'll be years before you and your community recover, likely with a lot of losses along the way (foreclosures, seizures, massive corporate closings, massive unemployment). That is a depression.

The Bond Market is why Trump frantically pulled back on his tariff plan, but considering the bond market, as well as the Ag Markets and Consumer Confidence, are still very much on edge right now, our country's economy is anything but safe.

The worst thing Trump did yesterday is what he did when he realized he had to undo his tariffs and the Stock Market was likely going to jump.  There are clear signs of insider trading and market manipulation in the hour and minutes before Trump's announcement.  It's clear Trump and his administration, along with their buddies, used Trump's utter incompetence in economics to their own advantage and gobbled up a lot of the low-priced stocks before his announcement which drove up the markets 2900 points, and, in turn, made a mint.

Keep in mind that the people who lost the money were the workers and middle-class investors who didn't have the resources or the time to move individual stocks around on a massive lever.  Those people are screwed, but at least Trump, his administration, Republican leaders in Congress, and the billionaires who bankrolled them all came out smelling like roses.

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 4/7/25

It wasn't necessarily what the orange idiot did, but rather the SCOTUS.

They not only sided with Trump on allowing him to use a WARTIME rule to deport Venezuelans without having to prove they are actually a threat to the country, but they also slowed down the return of an innocent man Trump deported to his gulag in El Salvador, a man the Trump Administration has already said was innocent of any wrongdoing.

With the 5-4 ruling that allows the 1798 Alien and Insurrection Act to be used, the court did say there has to be a basic legal review before the people can be deported but the parameters they put in place are vague, lack clear definition on what court an individual can appeal to, and this rule will likely be ignored by Trump. 

There is not a chance in hell the same 5 justices would've EVER ruled this way with any other president. 

This is a dark day in America. The SCOTUS has basically signed off, again, on the idea that Trump is a king. This one ruling will lead to insane abuses of power.  It's tragic how few Republicans in this country are willing to do anything to leash in this madness.

If a Democratic president would have tried anything 1/100th as brash as Trump has, at least a third of the elected Republican officials would be openly carrying assault weapons at the Capitol, calling on their supporters to make encampments outside of DC to eventually storm the White House. 

Meanwhile, a third of the Democratic party continues to capitulate to the Right... 

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 4/6/25

60 Minutes does what 60 Minutes does; it finds the truth.

Yesterday they aired a report that exposed the Trump administration's lies about the Venezuelans deported to Trump's Gulag in El Salvador.  Most of them have no ties to gangs, and SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THEM have never done anything wrong!!!

Trump randomly deported any Venezuelans they could find, including people who were CLEARLY not criminals or gang members.  Of the 25% who were deported with criminal records, most of them are low-level offenses like traffic tickets or personal use drug charges.  Now they are all being tortured. 

Let's run what exactly has happened here.

• Trump during the campaign, realizing they can't just do what they want to do and deport all brown-skinned people, came up with a threat.  The Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua does exist, but not nearly to the extent that Trump told his followers. They made it sound like entire swaths of America were taken over by the gang. These lies really got racist and racist-lite white America on board with their campaign.
• He wins, and now he has to deliver.  Instead of acknowledging they overplayed the threat of the gang to Americans, they instead make a decision: any Venezuelan who is captured in America is to be deemed part of Tren de Aragua.
• Realizing they have no evidence on the vast majority of them, Trump envokes a wartime rule from 1798 to justify flying them out of the country with zero due process.  They insist they were all gang members, even though it is clear their own arguments lack any real evidence.
• They ship them to Trump's gulag in El Salvador, KNOWING that innocent people are about to get tortured and killed. 
• To further hide the fact they are torturing innocent people, they've now adopted the stance that the so-called evidence against the Venezuelans is classified as 'state secrets.' 
• The Venezuelans have done nothing wrong and Trump and his scum are frantically trying to hide what they've done in plain sight.

In a few years, when we have hearings and trials about all this, the same people running around with puffed-out chests and bravado will be presenting a VERY DIFFERENT tone: "I was ordered to do it," and "I trusted them to tell me the truth but now I realize they were lying."

It will never fix the damage they've done to innocent people. 

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 4/5/25

The White House keeps trying to make the tariffs on the uninhabited, full of penguins, Heard and McDonald Islands an intentional choice, implying that if they hadn't listed the islands, the islands would've become incorporated shell country origin shipping ports for China and others to avoid tariffs.

There are a lot of stupid lies here.

• Australia runs the islands, so it'd be impossible for China to list the islands as a source of shipments.
• There are no people there.  There is no harbor, port, town, or independent government. You can instantly presume any shipments from the islands would be a lie.
• You could easily list the islands as part of Australia, which they are, and then apply Australian tariffs on them if any ships came into a US port and tried to claim them as their source.
• If a shipment of (let's say) microwaves showed up at an American port, it's a safe bet we'd all know they didn't come from the islands AS THERE IS NOTHING THERE BUT ROCKS AND PENGUINS!!!

This dire attempt to insist their mistakes are not really mistakes, but rather some sort of idiot savant Vulcan Chess is the really embarrassing part. We all know you screwed up, but you keep lying like you did when there was a sudden jump in airplane crashes, the spread of measles, and the classified Signal chat. 

One of the worst parts of this administration is watching complete morons screw up and, attempting to be clever, insisting all of us "just don't get it," while they scream gibberish into the void with smug looks on their faces. 

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 4/4/25

Let's get an obvious fact out of the way. Trump and his DOJ could get Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador in 6 hours if they asked.  They could. 

District Judge Paul Xinis ordered the DOJ to get the innocently deported Maryland man back from the El Salvadoran gulag Trump sent him to, a notorious prison designed to torture and kill the people who enter.  The administration has admitted the man was deported in error. 

Pam Bodi, the least qualified Attorney General in history, released a statement through the White House to the judge, insisting if they wanted Garcia back, they needed to contact the President of El Salvador, as they say they have no jurisdiction to get the man back.  This is them trying to argue their mistake has no consequences.

My guess is they don't want him back because it will be revealed that 1) Garcia indeed has been tortured and they don't want him revealing what happened to him, and 2) that indeed Trump, Bondi, and the White House ORDERED the people they shipped to the gulag to be tortured and killed by the EL Salvadoran government.  It's not that they're not proud of what they've done, but they know if the American people find out the truth, most of his own supporters will be saying "I wanted them gone, but I sure as heck didn't want that to happen.

The lawsuit Garcia will have against the US Government will be in the billions. Trump's administration trying to get the case dismissed by arguing they were only using a wartime decree in a time when we hadn't declared war on anyone will be laughed out of court.

The Friday Link for 4/4/25

Let's start off with a sneak peek of Superman.  This expands on the clips we saw in the previous trailers where Krypto, the Superdog, retrieves Superman. Seeing Krypto as a very good, very excited boy is fun. 

I was always more of a Marvel comics kid, but I've enjoyed the Superman movies. This one looks like a hoot with a lot of secondary DC characters showing up (Guy Gardner Green Lantern!).

Also tonight a revisiting of Jelle's Marble Runs, the sporting events that are really just marbles rolling down a course. 

They did a winter competition and here are three of those events including the final which includes some excitement at the end! Who will roll their way to victory?!?

Finally tonight, I never realized how poorly designed Los Angeles was. It's actually a mess.  The YouTube page OBF did a fine video explaining why exactly it's pretty hard to design a city worse than Los Angeles is designed. It shows that the city is on a path to more and more problems.

That's it this week.  Have a wonderful weekend and please make sure you stay vaccinated. 

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 4/3/25

Once again, it is extremely easy to blame Trump for the tariff issue, but there is another thing that is unbelievably horrible. 

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and Trump's proclamation for the month specifically targeted transgender care as a main focus of what he calls abuse.

Trump and his administration are clearly trying to redefine transgender people as a 2nd tier class of human beings, something which history shows us never ends well.

Not only did he single out transgender care as child abuse, but he also intentionally did not say anything about the most common risk factors for neglected and abused children (which has nothing to do with transgender care).  This is once again the Republicans ignoring the actual threat to focus on a mythical threat that's created to attack a desired villain for political reasons, a villain which in most cases has little or nothing to do with the crisis they say they're addressing.

Speaking of which, I have a massive list of Conservatives and Republicans who have abused kids, a far bigger threat than the non-existent transgender myth.  And it includes our recently caught MN State Senator Justin Eichorn (#1384!):    https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vTFikAP6MXDCJjWzgMIOvpsT1ji-HwO-rLEvNE8e-cfCGh0YHoZluIG5TEsmwFub7MzIDfh0XgvcWL8/pub?fbclid=IwAR3mEG998_MrFpPwPCbAFbIXbr3jXs47GkyMTXDV-PmcUIDpD0oP-yzRq2M

(undoubtedly MAGA...)

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 4/2/25

I could EASILY go with the tariff debacle; whether it was Trump imposing tariffs on a bunch of penguins, just making up tariff rates with random numbers, or saying he plans on returning the country to the days when white men had the advantage, during the age of slavery and during the brutally unfair 'wealthy über alles' Gilded Age, but something else popped up on my radar.

A series of communications between Trump's temporary commissioner of Social Security Leland Dudek and his staff. A few weeks back, Trump had a very public spat with the Governor of Maine, Janet Mills. As payback, emails show Dudek asking staff about the contracts the state of Maine had with the Social Security Administration.

Dudek wanted to cancel those Social Security contracts as retribution for Mills standing up to Trump.  His staff quickly informed him that doing so would result in missed payments and increase the likelihood of identity theft.

Dudek told them to go ahead regardless.  He did so calling the Governor of Maine a "petulant child."

By doing what he did, Dudek didn't directly hurt Mills, but rather the Social Security benefit recipients of Maine.  We now know he knew that, but he decided to hurt AMERICAN CITIZENS instead of GIVING PEOPLE THE MONEY THEY'RE OWED! Remember, people pay into social security, so this is them getting their investment back, something Dudek proudly denied.

This all came crashing down within 24 hours as part of his cancellation was to deny hospitals the ability to give newborns their social security number at birth, something that is done in 99% of births in the country. Realizing he didn't understand exactly what he had done, he reinstated the contracts.

When this was exposed, there was a mixed reaction from the guilty.  The White House, WHO VOWED NOT TO DISRUPT SOCIAL SECURITY AT ALL, admitted to indeed supporting the punishment of Maine. Dudek himself insisted he didn't intentionally do anything, and that he clearly did not want to create an "undue burden on the people of Maine," something his emails show that was EXACTLY what he was trying to do. 

These are evil people.

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 4/1/25

The Trump administration fired thousands of Health and Human Services employees across the country, with the goal of the administration firing 10,000 federal Health and Human Service employees in this initial round, with the eventual goal of 20,000 people fired.

The employees fired in DC and Maryland found out in one of the douchiest ways possible.  They went to work on Tuesday and waved their badges to get entry into the building.  If the light was red, they were gone. Only the biggest jackasses would ever think something like that would be appropriate.

The firings included 3500 at the FDA, 2400 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(!!!), 1200 at the NIH, and 300 at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  None of those departments will run even as close as smoothly as they did prior to the firings.

One element that is not discussed is the impact of the lack of working people in local communities.  These cuts will not just be on the East Coast, as people across the country, including in many rural communities, will be let go, impacting local economies. 

It also should be mentioned that reports are coming out that RFK Jr. is indeed putting an anti-vax litmus test out there on employees.  If you think vaccines are fraudulent, you get to stay.  This will end up killing millions in the US. 

 

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 3/31/25

And now we have our first admission of an innocent man being deported to Trump's gulag in El Salvador.

Late Monday the administration admitted that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported wrongly to El Salvador to the notorious prison designed to torture and kill everyone who enters.  The administration then went on to insist there was nothing they could do to get him back.

Moving past the reality that at least 10 other people the Trump Administration secretly snuck into that gulag are innocent of anything they were accused of, Trump could have this guy back in the US in 6 hours if he wanted to.  

Trump is leaving the man there to prevent him from returning home and telling the country what the heck is actually going on down there. If it's common knowledge that innocent people are being tortured and killed without any legal process to overturn it, he knows many of his more ardent supporters will bail.  

Not all of them.  A shocking amount of Trump supporters are more than happy to go along with torture and killing as long as it's not white people it's happening to.  So Christian...

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 3/30/25

Quick reminder:  The longest a President can serve in office is 10 years.  A President can only be elected twice. If a Vice President rose to the office of president during a term, if they serve less than two years of the remaining term, they can run twice.  If they serve more than two years of the term they inherited, then they can only run one more time.

This is the 22nd Amendment of the Constitution.

Trump on Sunday said he was planning on running for a third term.  He claims there are ways for him to do so, implying Vance could run, win (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!), and then abdicate the office to Trump. That doesn't explain how he would get beyond the Constitution.  And does anyone think Vance would give up the presidency if he somehow won it? 

The only way he can do so is to change the Constitution, but they won't be able to, and I also don't think these guys are going to try to work within our current rules.

Pure speculation.  Currently, the Republicans are trying to pass two voting laws.  The first would be to require 'proof of citizenship.'  Republicans sell this as something simple, but the truth is many American citizens do not have ready access to their proof of citizenship, and many others would have to take a ton of time and money to get the proof.

The second law is more nefarious.  They want to make it so that women could only vote under their maiden name. If you've been married or changed your name, you can't vote!  Add in the 'proof of citizenship' standard and unless a woman has a copy of their birth certificate with 2 federally approved picture IDs with their Maiden name on them, their voting rights are gone. 

Trust me, Republicans are chomping at the bit to end women voting. 

They'll likely fail at passing both bills. Then it comes down to Martial Law. If Trump and the Republicans see an absolute electoral avalanche coming for them, I'm convinced they'll declare Martial Law, under the argument "You people are too emotional right now.  We are going to hold off on the election until you people can calm down a little bit."

And then they never allow another fair election again. And of course, that SCOTUS would allow it. 

Trump can't run again, but it doesn't mean 2028 will be the end of his time in office. 

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 3/29/25

Trump's war on the arts and museums (also known as stifling freedom of speech) continues as he's now taking control of the narratives of exhibits and displays at the Smithsonian Museum system.  

He's attacking them, saying they've become bastions of anti-American wokeness and DEI agendas. His argument boils down to this:  'Unless it's told the way I want it told, then it's anti-American.'

The focus of his hatred seems to be two museums in particular.  The Smithsonian Museum of African American History is a target because he feels the Black population of the country hasn't really said thank you enough to the white population of America.  I'm paraphrasing, but that's pretty much it.  He feels a museum dedicated to the history of Black America needs to begin with a display where Black America says, "Thanks, white people!"

The yet unopened Smithsonian Museum of Women is a similar argument, although he is wrapping that argument in his anti-trans bigotry. The underlying vibe Trump is giving off seems to be arguing, "You chicks need to say thank you to the men for allowing you to have your little museum," and that Vance will demand a majority of the museum be dedicated to the virtues of being a doting housewife, barefoot and pregnant, getting the hubby a beer when he needs it.

This is some serious third-world dictator crap; rewriting reality to meet the 'great leaders' demands.

Quick side story. Allegedly in 2017 when Trump visited the African American Museum, and saw a display on Dutch involvement in the global slave trade, Trump's comment was"You know, they love me in the Netherlands."  

So be prepared for their new exhibit, 'Dutch Slave Traders! Their descendants LOVE me!'

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 3/28/25

Yesterday, Fox News aired the second part of their interview with the head of DOGE and Trump's BFF Elon Musk.  If this was an attempt to come across as more compassionate and human, it failed miserably.

Musk started by insisting the thing that scares him most of all is the falling birth date, completely ignoring the fact the falling birth rate corresponds almost perfectly with billionaires amassing most of the world's wealth, leaving it harder and harder for most people to afford one child let alone a dozen.

He then went on to defend why it was actually a good thing for him to insert himself into the US government with little to no checks and balances.  Sure, why not have the fox himself guard the chickens, but it was when he went after Gov. Tim Walz from Minnesota that his attempt at humanity fell apart completely and collapsed. 

Musk was nearly in tears as he lashed out at Walz for cheering on Tesla's falling stock price. Elon feels that attacking a company that's struggling due to the actions of its corporate head is the one thing we all should feel sympathy for.

The same man who yanked food out of starving people's mouths, who is trying to grind down Social Security not just for future generations but for the current recipients, who has been part of the firing of numerous Veterans, who has hurt Veterans further by helping slash the VA, who is trying to get rid of Medicaid for Americans, stopping the needed help for the sick and elderly, who is part of an Administration trying to kill the post office and public education for the masses, a person who has aligned himself with Republicans who want to bring back child labor, who has crippled needed aid to poor countries, undoubtedly leading to the eventual deaths of MILLIONS, and who has gleefully fired over 100,000 people from our government, promising to fire MANY more...

ALL OF THAT IS OKAY WITH HIM, but a person enjoying watching a company reap what its owner has sown, enjoying the karma of a billionaire who is actively hurting Americans losing his wealth, Musk considers that cruel and merciless. 

These are the worst humans.

The Friday Link for 3/28/25

Let's begin with what might have been the very best sketch from the 50th Anniversary show of Saturday Night Live, a bit that did not take place on the actual broadcast, but rather earlier in the week at the SNL tribute to 50 years worth of music.

They leaned heavily into Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer returning with an all-time skit, the Culps, the wildly nerdy-looking older couple who were always ready to play a church or school function, and who were well schooled in popular music culture. 

This sketch doesn't need more of an intro.  Some adult language and outright hilarious at times. 

Also this week a great video from the Trek Planner, a YouTuber who goes on these great hikes in the desert southwest and finds all sorts of ruins and artifacts of the native cultures who used to dominate the land.

What he does find this time is really cool; petroglyphs that have been relatively undisturbed since their creation.  It's not only cool but a little creepy, too. 

Finally tonight, a sports result you might not know about.

It's hard to watch what Trump and his team are doing and have pride in America.  The Age of Cruelty is here, and Trump is acting like a deranged ex-boyfriend: "If you don't love me the way I want you, I will hurt you to try to make you love me the hard way."

I love America.  I am a Veteran.  It's hard to see the world look at us like villains. Considering what Trump is doing, I don't blame them.  And that's nothing compared to how much he is actively hurting this country's people, including his most ardent supporters.

You can still find reasons to be a proud American.  Case in point, the US men won gold in team pursuit at the World Speed Skating Championships.  USA! USA! USA! 

Have a great weekend everyone!

Remember to stay safe and get vaccinated!  I don't want to see you suffer, unlike the Trump Administration. 

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 3/27/25

Never forget that the 2nd Trump administration is basically a heist.  They're going to take as much money from the US Government, probably including the gold bars from Fort Knox, and jam it into their pockets, while that SCOTUS will eventually rule, "Well, it doesn't specifically say the President can't rob the country blind."

We found out yesterday there's one major winner in Trump's new 25% tariffs on auto imports and foreign-produced auto parts, Tesla, Elon Musk's auto company.  As one analyst points out, the verbiage of the order is written to specifically carve out Tesla as the lone company with minimum impact.  

Would Trump torpedo the world auto markets to help out his buddy?  Of course he would.  This is just payback for Musk buying Twitter and turning it into a mouthpiece for Trump.  In addition to the new tariffs, Trump even 'ordered' the other US automakers to not raise prices to offset their additional costs, putting Musk's competitors in a tighter position.

Yesterday, it was also announced that the Trump plan to completely eliminate the Estate Tax would give Musk's heirs a windfall of 132 BILLION dollars.  Trump's heirs would see a savings of 2 Billion.  Eliminating the Estate Tax would also leave a massive gap in the budget, something that several Trump Republicans have argued should be filled by raising the taxes of those making $75K or less per year.

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 3/26/25

This Administration is truly evil.

Kristi Noem is mentally unwell.  She herself wrote a passage in a book, BRAGGING about taking a dog and a goat to the gravel pit to shoot them in the head because they were annoying her. This is the kid who threw rocks at squirrels in the park growing up, and now she's running...(checks notes)...Homeland Security.

Yesterday, in what can only be described as Stalin-era propaganda, Kristi went to the notorious prison in El Salvador where she and Trump sent the ALLEGED Venezuelan gang members.  They staged photo ops in front of prisoners (undoubtedly with multiple machine guns aimed at them, ordering them to behave (or else). This is once again a gulag, a prison set up where the goal is to torture and kill the prisoners.  Kristi bragged about this whole setup...a mentally broken, deranged psycho throwing rocks, only this time it's not squirrels, but other HUMAN BEINGS!!!

It should be noted that many Venzualeans rounded up by the Gestapo ICE are NOT gang members but merely Venezuelans here legally in the United States.  The Trump administration knows this, that's why they invoked the Alien Insurrection Act of 1798 to quickly remove them from the country without a court hearing to have a judge review the nonexistent evidence against them, also ignoring a judge's direct order to stop the inhumanity.  

They knowingly have taken innocent people and signed off on their torture and murder to pretend they're 'tough guys,' fulfilling a campaign promise that was mostly made up in the first place.

These people are evil. 

The Worst Thing Trump did on 3/25/25

Let's stay with the Signal app classified information leak where somehow an editor for The Atlantic was invited to be part of a discussion on the bombing of Yemen on an unsecured app which UNDOUBTEDLY our allies and enemies were all part of as well. 

There seemed to be some confusion on what the Trump Administration's alibi would be, and multiple different narratives started to develop in the morning.  Eventually, in a Senate hearing, the attitude was "nothing in the conversation was classified." This caused Senator Warner to ask, "Well if it wasn't classified, what exactly did you discuss on the Signal App(?)," a question which brought thunderous silence from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, two people who were on the group chat.

Then we also learned that Defense Secretary Pete "DRINK" Hegseth's own department had put out an urgent notice a few days earlier telling all employees to avoid using Signal for communications, as it was prone to hacks.

By the end of yesterday, belligerence seemed to be the fallback position, as every White House person speaking on the scandal claimed nothing secret was discussed, something which is laughable this morning as The Atlantic has published all the screenshots, and DAMN RIGHT classified information was discussed freely. 

These are the dumbest, more evil, incompetent boobs to ever be in charge of a country.

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 3/24/25

This is an easy layup decision.

A bunch of guys who preened and pranced on far-right news media about how they were so much better than Hillary Clinton and her non-existent e-mail scandal were all left yammering as the whole lot of them did something so insanely boneheaded it's hard to fathom. 

Most of Trump's military and intelligence department had a meeting about imminent military action on a non-secure app, and they somehow included an editor from The Atlantic in the meeting invite.

Not only has the same Republican Party who was contemplating ANOTHER Clinton Email investigation as Trump started his second term suddenly insisted there is no need to investigate A FAR WORSE violation of national security and protocol than ANY Democrat has EVER done, but they're also lining up to praise this Cabal of Knucklehead as somehow competent. 

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 3/23/25

In the category of cruel and unusual punishment, inflicting the 2nd Lady Usha Vance, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and Energy Secretary Chris Wright onto Greenland is one of the worst. 

No one who lives in Greenland wants the US to own it, outside of a few local drunks the Trump Administration paid to wear MAGA hats a few months back. Denmark has insisted it is not for sale, so the only way Trump can take it is by force, which he might well do! Trump looks back at the manifest destiny days of American History, where white Europeans drove the Indigenous population off their historic lands, as an inspiration. 

I honestly think most of the developed world will isolate us completely if we try this. We'll likely have to kill a portion of the population to take control.  

One theory is that Trump's ultimate goal is to create a prison colony away from the 50 states to send his political enemies, and Greenland fits the bill nicely.  He can create new Trump gulags, forcing his political enemies to be held (without a trial) to dig minerals out of the frozen ground for him and his wealthy buddies to make money off of. 

Let's face it, that's what Stalin did, it's what Putin does, and Trump wants to emulate them. 

Trump wants to do for Greenland what he did for the Kennedy Center.  He's pretty much killed that within 2 months...TWO MONTHS!!!

The Worst Thing Trump did on 3/22/25

Trump's unrestricted march towards authoritarianism continues, as now he's actively silencing any law firm that might challenge his agenda in court.

Trump has been targeting certain law firms with executive orders, basically saying they're forbidden from entering federal courthouses, mainly because they had a partner of a former staff member who aided in the prosecution of Trump in the past FOR HIS MANY CRIMES.

One law firm, Perkins Coie, did exactly what you should do, go tell Trump to F- himself.  

Unfortunately, on Friday, the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison folded like a cheap suit. They threw their former partner under the bus, claiming prosecuting Trump was actually misconduct (it wasn't).  They also agreed to other concessions to Trump and promised to get rid of DEI programs, this at a law firm that had a major history of leading the charge into equity in the workplace.  Not anymore.  For the record, how can ANYONE trust Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison to represent them from here on out?  It appears they'd sell you out as a client if Trump demanded it. 

Fresh with the taste of the bowing of the one firm, Trump has now ordered the most unqualified AG in History, Pam Bondi, and the goat murderer herself, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi 'Incompetent Boob' Noem, to use all means necessary to persecute any lawyer the Administration has deemed to have 'abused the legal system and the Federal Court.'

The Trump administration has told all of the established law firms to "HEEL(!)" while creating an outright threat to any other lawyer:  'Even think of prosecuting this wildly out of control administration, and we will punish you.' 

And Republicans are silent. 

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 3/21/25

A stunning admission from Trump came to light yesterday, and even more stunning (but not surprising) is the news media's relative disinterest in the story. 

Judge James Boasberg, the judge whose direct orders were willingly ignored by the Trump White House in regards to them shipping Venezuelans to Trump's gulag in El Salvador, made the comment that Trump invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 seemed to be akin to be an order signed in the dark of the night, as they quickly ushered the falsely accused Venezuelans onto the planes as fast as possible.

The media asked Trump to respond to the judge's comment. Trump, referring to the order to deport the Venezuelans with the antiquated WAR TIME rule, said, "I don't know when it was signed because I didn't sign it. Other people handled that."

WHAT?!?

The signature on the order sure as heck looks to be Trump's signature, so there are two possibilities.

1. Trump did sign it, and either he forgot he did, or he's lying about doing so.
2. Trump didn't sign it, strongly implying there is a shadow government that's only using Trump as a figurehead, as they make these decisions and forge his signature on documents.

Neither is a good omen for this country. If a Democratic President had said the same thing, there would be 20 investigations opened within 12 hours. Republicans instead either cheer on the United States torturing and killing innocent people ("To send a message" - yeah, you're f-ing horrible) or they silently stare at the ground to avoid eye contact, kicking the dirt until people stop asking them about it. 

But where the f- is the freaking news media???

Let's just take the LEAST offensive option, that Trump just forgot.  Where is the same news media who for three weeks, harshly attacked Joe Biden for having a senior moment at the debate? Where is the outrage over the possibility that a shadow government is behind the scenes authorizing clandestine flights to a gulag in a foreign country to have MAGA enemies tortured and killed? 

The news media is still failing us. 

The Friday Link for 3/21/25

Howdy all!

This week, we start with John Oliver and Last Week Tonight.  On Sunday, he had a show that talked about sports gambling and the rise of the apps that make losing your house easy!

It is really scary to see how quickly these sports betting apps have taken over everything and not only do the apps themselves seem to have ZERO moral compass, but it's very clear that the negative impacts to society will be dire. We really need to think about whether this is a good idea.  

As one woman says [paraphrasing] - "If you are trying to give up drugs, you don't have the drug dealer coming to your house and handing you more drugs."

Moving on...

If you watch my radio show live stream, you might notice I occasionally wear a Congaree National Park t-shirt.  Congaree is located in South Carolina, and it is one of the last remaining untouched bayou wetlands that used to stretch from North Carolina to Texas. In April and May, the park becomes the thing of fantasies as fireflies come out in droves and turn the place mythical.

But you may have noticed where you live that there is a serious downturn in the amount of fireflies overall.  True Facts is trying to help answer that question by asking, "Where Have All The Fireflies Gone!" 

Finally, a bit of diplomacy from Canadian The ANTI-CHEF! 

As a Canadian, you can tell he is just as bothered by what is going on with Trump as the rest of us are.  He tries to rally Canada and encourage support for Canada by diving into a Canadian delicacy, Butter Tarts, and they do look tasty! 

Canada, I love the USA, but I will take you over Trump ANY DAY!!!

Have a great weekend.  PLEASE make sure you stay up to date on all of your vaccinations! 

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 3/20/25

He is trying to kill the Department of Education.

He can't, as Congress has to officially eliminate it, and that won't happen. Even a lot of Republicans don't want it to go away, but still, Trump will dismantle a large portion of it, and the days of 'education for all' are limited.

I won't try to explain the Trump plan, which he insists will keep most things in place.  I will instead tell you how this will go (regardless of what they say).

Most of the money geared toward education will be given as a massive cash handout to millionaires and billionaires. The remaining fraction of the funding will be handed over to the states with no guidance on how it should be spent.  Forget about Republicans giving it all to wealthy private school kids for their private school tuition.  Republicans will take the money and spend it on free yachts for the wealthy, with names like 'School Daze' to give them an extra chuckle. 

The schools that will be hardest hit by this will not be the inner city schools, the high minority population areas where Trump voters were told the only cuts would happen (voting to hurt others), but will be rural schools, where the population and tax base won't have the money to cope.  School districts will consolidate at a (likely) ratio of 10 districts into 1, leaving many rural families having their kids' school an hour away from their house.  Class sizes will be 50/60 to 1, and all the "education" schools will be able to afford to teach is a test, the same test over and over and over and over...

Kids will "graduate" without an adequate education to move on to college, but even if they did, they'd have to pay private banks extraordinary amounts for student loans, student loans which are currently kept affordable because they run through the US Government. College for over 75% of the country will no longer be an option. Instead, buckled by Republicans eagerly dropping the legal working age down to 10 years old, most kids will be forced into minimum-wage, menial work with no chance of advancement, FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIVES! 

And all disabled kids will lose all of their funding, meaning public education will no longer be an option.

 This will eventually lead to the Republican's ultimate goal, making Education so bad that it becomes viable to privatize education, with corporations making massive profits, while the quality of education gets worse and worse. 

They are already saying they will fire everyone who administers the grants to school districts except three people. The idea that three people are going to be able to keep the system afloat is laughable.

Maybe your kid, without any option to attend a viable school, forced into the workforce at a stunningly young age, will eventually get a good tip from the guy parking the 'School Daze' at the marina...maybe.

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 3/19/25

DEAR LORD!

Brain Worm Magee is at it again, as HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced his plan to deal with the ever-expanding H5N1 avian flu crisis in the US: 'Let her rip!'

His plan is to let the avian flu run rampant, killing all the birds WITHOUT CULLING THE FLOCKS so that the one or two chickens who manage to survive can be pulled aside to rebuild the chicken population.  Seriously, this is insanity!

Avian flu kills between 90 and 100% of chickens in 3 to 4 days (you read that right!)! The only way you can prevent it from running rampant is by culling the infected flocks. Genetic resistance in chickens and turkeys is not a thing.  It doesn't exist.  And it might take 50 years for chickens to naturally build up an immunity.  Avian flu is a great example of why certain animals die off.  Kennedy thinks species can mutate like the X-Men. 

This strategy will make the current price of a dozen eggs seem like a bargain, and you can forget about any chicken you can buy in the store or at a restaurant.  KFC, Chick-fil-A, and Popeyes would all fold and chicken would become next to impossible to find for less than $50 in a grocery store. Some would insist it's fine to eat the meat/eggs from infected birds but would you want to risk eating it?

And then we need to talk about the rate at which H5N1 is moving into other animals.  This Avian Flu EVERYWHERE approach would lead to the expansion of Avian Flu into all livestock, likely wiping out those markets as well.  Beff, Pork, and Lamb would all face similar die-offs and price explosions.  Milk and other dairy-related products would also be yanked off the shelves. And considering cats and dogs are susceptible to Avian flu, they'll also see massive die-offs.

Then there is the human problem.  Humans are starting to get Avian Flu from the livestock they are working with. The virus is only one or two adaptions away from becoming a human-to-human virus.  The US not culling the birds would lead to a rapid expansion of the disease in contact with every human being.  In humans, the death rate is 20-25%. It will make the COVID epidemic seem quaint. 

Kennedy is an ignorant fool who is willing to kill all of us for his theories (which he'll NEVER admit were wrong).

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 3/18/25

For the record, you can protest something without breaking the law.  People who are damaging and torching Teslas, you're doing it wrong.  That brand is toxic enough by itself that the car manufacturer will never recover from the damage Elon has done to it. Stop vandalizing things.

Pam Bondi, Trump's AG, has decided to call the vandalism to Teslas "domestic terrorism."  It is a crime, but it's vandalism, not terrorism. This is on the heels of her insisting anyone who protests a Tesla dealership or manufacturing plant is under government surveillance and is being tracked.  

This is CLEARLY Bondi trying to use the DOJ as a personal police squad for Elon, using the handful of idiots causing damage to criminalize the peaceful protestors. The Trump administration wants to find some argument to unleash the US military on the people of this country, and this might be their eventual justification.

One other side note.  Do you know what Bondi DOESN'T consider domestic terrorism?  January 6th, when insurrectionists trying to overthrow a legitimate US election violently attacked the US Capitol, beat cops, threatened the Senate and House, destroyed property, stole property, and wiped feces all over the walls. 

THAT wasn't terrorism in Bondi's mind, but walking in front of a Tesla dealership on a public sidewalk with a sign is.

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 3/17/25

Is there anything that sizes up the Trump administration more than them storming the...(checks notes)...United States Institute of Peace in a hostile takeover as they plan on shutting the agency down, an agency created by Reagan to try to prevent violent conflicts and broker peace abroad. 

That is some on-brand sh!t right there.

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 3/16/25

On Sunday, it was Trump ignoring the rule of law and making up the rules as he goes.

In yesterday's TWTTD, we talked about how a judge immediately stepped in and told Trump he couldn't use antiquated wartime rules to ethnically cleanse the US of Venezuelans, and he ordered the Trump Administration to return any US planes in the air carrying Venezuelans out of the country. 

The White House itself has now bragged it intentionally ignored the court order and allowed planes to leave the country. 

Trump also claimed yesterday that Biden's pardons he issued to prevent Trump from going on a political revenge tour are null and void.  As Aaron Rupar stated, that's some serious "Dictator Sh!t."

This is a Constitutional Crisis.  Republicans in the Legislative Branch have all but ignored their role in monitoring and reigning in Trump, and the Judiciary Branch is teetering on the very edge of abolishing their role as well. 

The Supreme Court ruled last year in a 6-3 ruling that Trump was absolutely immune from anything he did while President of the United States. If Joe Biden had the SAME EXACT case in front of that SCOTUS, it would've been a 9-0 ruling against Biden.

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Trump had to follow the ruling of a lower court judge, with 4 Supreme Court justices saying the Judiciary Branch has no right to order the President to do anything. (They also made a comical comment about the 'self-aggrandizement of a jurisdiction,' something the 4 dissenting votes applaud when some Republican clown takes a case to Texas to be reviewed by their pro-fascism judges.)  If Joe Biden had brought the SAME EXACT case to that SCOTUS, it would've been a 9-0 ruling against Biden.

We already know Alito and Thomas are bought and paid for, stooges who will vote to destroy the power of the Judicial Branch to appease their Fascism. Will three more join them? 

And will the Republicans in Congress do ANYTHING to stop this insanity???

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 3/15/25

Someone in the Trump Administration (Trump stares at the sun.  He clearly did not come up with this legal nonsense) is trying to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to forcibly eject all Venezuelans from the United States.

First, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 was designed for wartime, and it was even aggressive for such times.  It allows a president to detain and remove people threatening the country's safety without any due process.  This was last used to justify the Japanese internment camps, one of the larger stains on this country.

It might cross your mind, "but we're not at war with Venezuela." You are correct! A declaration of war comes from Congress, and we have not declared war on them. 

This seems to rotate around a pledge Trump made to remove violent gang members who have come to this country. We actually have a lot of rules on the books allowing gang members and violent criminals to be deported, so why are they attempting to use some ancient rule to try to argue for something they can already do?

It seems to come down to the Trump Administration not having the evidence to attach a 'criminal' or 'gang member' label onto every Venzuelan in the United States, or (and this is probably more likely) they're lazy and don't have the man power to make the numerous arguments (whether legit or made up) in all the court cases. The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 allows them to bypass the court system and just deport at will. 

Yes, this means Trump will likely throw out long-time US CITIZENS from Venezuela who are neither criminals nor gang members.  This is ethnic cleansing, wrapped in convenience, to fulfill a campaign talking point.

A judge quickly halted this from going forward and ordered any planes in the air to return to the United States. but it was the DOJ's legal briefing to the judge that caused a lot of legal experts to be in shock.  The DOJ is now arguing that the President alone can determine who can be deported, AT ANY TIME!  This would mean people like myself, whose families have been here since the early 1800s, could be removed and sent back to an ancient relative's country of origin.

It's the bipolar outrage of Republicans that is most disturbing. If Biden had merely suggested using this rule for his agenda, they'd be going berserk! Trump does it, and they applaud.

The Worst Thing Trump Did this last week (3/9/25 - 3/14/25)

Howdy all.  I was on vacation the last few days.

Did I see Trump turn the White House into a discount car lot?  

CLEARLY bothered by the effective worldwide Tesla protest and Tesla's plunging value since the beginning of the year, Trump did a favor for his favorite Hitler-loving, Bond villain, Elon.  Trump on Tuesday had Elon bring a bunch of his crappy preforming, Alpha male status symbols up onto the White House as Trump promised he'd buy one.  

This included a Cybertruck, which also made headlines on Friday for having deliveries paused as large parts of it fall off at random times. That would be called a "design flaw!"

Also on Friday, Pam Bondi, the grossly unqualified Attorney General, threatened to jail peaceful Tesla protestors, even going as far as to say the Department of Justice is "closely watching" Tesla dealerships, taking down the names of anyone even breathing ominously towards the dealership.  I might argue that crime might be something the DOJ might want to focus on, but I guess they feel protesting Tesla is the worst thing happening in America today. 

By the way, about the 'Hitler-loving' comment, Elon on Friday also posted that "Hitler didn't murder millions of people."  Actually, he did. I know there are a lot of pro-Israeli people who like Trump's authoritarianism against pro-Palestinaian protestors, but THIS is what you're embracing?!?

These guys are quite literally beyond parody. 

And every Republican applauds.

The Friday Link for 3/14/25

 Hey all!

This week, we start off with a really well-done video talking about the 5 best debut alums from the 1970s. The account Professor of Rock has a really good breakdown of the five first albums, all of which are iconic now.

If you follow me, you know I am a huge fan of the Canadian band Rush, who are not featured on this list.  Rush's debut album (Rush) was good, but not like these other ones.  Their 4th album, 2112, was where they took off, and Neil Peart wasn't even their drummer/lyricist at that point.  Their omission from this list is understandable.

I can't tell you how happy I am that they included the #3 debut. 

Also tonight is a classic riff from The Mads Are Back, Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff! Here, they revisit their classic MST3K days with one of the most nefarious shorts ever riffed, Mr. B Natural. 

Have a great weekend, everyone! 

Please make sure you get vaccinated! 

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 3/8/24

Before I get to yesterday's winner, a note: I'm on vacation from my regular gig this week, and where I initially thought this would be easy to do while I was out of the office, the reality is I was out having fun with my family yesterday and had to stop to come post yesterday's entry.  I'm not going to sacrifice my vacation time. After today, I'll start making posts again next weekend.

For Saturday, let's look at Johnny Mabeline, Lady Blah-Blah himself, J.D.Vance. 

Apparently, Ranger Rick was out and about when confronted by Ukrainian protestors.  Considering his misguided, very public bullying of Zelensky in the Oval Office, the administration basically taking orders directly from Putin, and America's pro-Ukranian tilt, he seemed somewhat surprised that the protestors were protesting.

By the way, I should mention Vance had his 3-year-old kid with him. 

This was by design. Vance and his team know people are angry, so he decided to go out in public with his 'human shield,' his 3-year-old kid, in an attempt to make it seem like anyone protesting him was a villain. I expect to see other members of the administration mimic this tactic as their policies become less popular. 

Did people yell at him?  Damn right they did, with GOOD cause, but there was never a concern of him being physically threatened, and no one physically threatened the 3-year-old, but by the way you hear Vance tell it, he made it seem like he and his DESIGNED HUMAN SHIELD barely escaped with their lives. This is a lie.

The obvious thing to say is, "If you are concerned about 3-year-olds, then you should see what Russia is doing to them in Ukraine," but let me point out the other side of this.  Vance and Trump pardoned people, the January 6th Insurrectionists, who beat cops, destroyed the US Capitol building, hit people with flag poles, hockey sticks, and fire extinguishers, sprayed people with chemicals, and tried to overturn a legitimate election.  They pardoned THOSE protestors, calling them "good American patriots!"

But some people yelling at Vance as he walks down a public street, "THEY'RE ANIMALS!!!"

It also shouldn't be ignored that this gross over-exaggeration of people protesting members of the Administration will be their argument on why the military needs to start shooting any protestor who dares raise their voice in protest. 

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 3/7/25

I was wondering how long it would take for Kennedy and his stooges to do this.  

Even though tens of millions of dollars have been spent on dozens of studies proving that VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM, Trump's Health Secretary Brain Worm Magee (Robert F Kennedy Jr.) has asked the CDC to do another study looking into the already extensively disproven lie. 

The reason they're doing this is simple.  They are going to make up a fake study that they will claim proved them right the entire time, waving it in everyone's face, but then they'll insist no one can see the report, see their methodology, fighting tooth and nail to prevent it from ever being reviewed by unbiased medical professionals.  

This is them rewriting reality to make themselves right.

The end result will be thousands of needlessly killed kids and adults.  Kennedy, Trump, and their entire clown car HHS are more than willing to kill you and your family for their cause! 

The Firday Link for 3/7/25

Howdy All! 

This week, we start with two from Dan McClellan, the YouTuber who confronts the modern-day exaggerations of Christian zealotry, dogma, and outright religious conspiracy theories who wished they were real.  

The first video is a great one.  There is this long-standing myth that some guy from nearly 1000 years ago predicted every Pope in order, and how the very next one in line signals the 'end of days.'  I've heard about this and was always intrigued.  Thanks to Dan, I shouldn't have been, as this story was from around 1590 and was clearly made up.  By the time the story was finally published in 1595, the predictions were already laughably wrong. 

Another element of modern Christianity I find hilarious is the determination of some to prove everything they want to be true is true, but they also believe in a fantasy world interpretation, which is outright laughable.  Such is the case of Goliath.  They want Goliath to be real but then claim him to be Hagrid from Hogwarts tall! 

Dan to the rescue again, as he points out that Goliath was tall, but not Godzilla tall. 

Finally tonight, how in the hell do you screw up a grilled cheese sandwich with tomato soup?

Anti-Chef, which started as him mainly tackling Julia Child recipies, tackles a real doozy from Thomas Keller.  This recipe is ridiculous. I'm not saying it's not delicious, but it's just far more freaking complicated than it needs to be, pretentious, and so taxing it can't possibly be for the average everyday cook.

What's crazy is that if you have a very basic knowledge of cooking, you can make a pretty good grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup!  It's the 'Smoke on the Water' of cooking!  Butter a piece of bread.  Place it butter side down on a skillet.  Place 3 to 4 slices of good old-fashioned American cheese on the slice, and then place another slice of bread on top where the outside portion is also buttered.  Flip until cooked and melted.  Grab a can of Campbell's Tomato soup. Instead of water use half and half and stir so it doesn't burn.  DONE!!!

And it's really easy to make a pretty basic homemade tomato soup from scratch.  Joy of Cooking has a basic recipe, and you can branch out from that. 

This Keller recipe is a nightmare (not including Jamie's personal events).  Watch him do this, but unless you have an industrial kitchen and advanced cooking knowledge, don't even try this one. 

Have a great weekend, everyone.  Stay vaccinated and stay safe. 

The Worst Thing Trump Did on 3/6/25

A lot of people are pointing out that the Republicans, terrified of having to either 1) condemn Trump for his cold, heartless, and meanspirited cuts to needed government programs, knowing the "Murder them All" MAGA wont take kindly to them attacking their TrumpGod, or 2) defend hurting pretty much everyone in their district for the sake of more tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, are running away from hosting town hall meetings, insiting WITHOUT ANY EVIDECNE the people demanding answers are actually Democratic plants. 

It's hard to tell the public that the health care of over 80 million people is LESS IMPORTANT than another tax break for the 23,500 households in America who make 10 million dollars a year or more. 

AND THAT'S JUST THE MEDICAID CUTS!!!

Trump's team is trying out a new strategy: belligerence! 

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made the laughable statement that no one in America should expect cheap, affordable prices on goods. This seems to contradict a year's worth of Trump campaign promises of "Cheaper Everything," something that has yet to materialize.  This is Bessent basically saying it's America's patriotic duty to pay more for maple syrup to justify their boneheaded, rookie-hour trade war.

As far as all the job losses impacting the economy, former Trump Advisor Matt Mowers insisted that EVERYONE should be happy and cheering the massive government layoffs, including all the Trump voters who have lost their jobs too! That is some Kool-Aid drinking!

But the craziest one came from Trump's toadie Senator John Kennedy from Louisiana, who referred to the people (INCLUDING VETERANS) complaining about losing the healthcare, social security, food assistance, shelter, and other functioning government entities (like FAA, National Parks, Kennedy Center) as "squealing pigs" "The tofu crowd is mad, but you know, when you trim fat pigs squeal."

Putting aside the fact that the tofu crowd generally doesn't eat animal fat (his attempted insult contradicts itself), this guy basically stated he sleeps peacefully at night to the screams of pain from the needy in this country, INCLUDING VETERANS!