#trump-grift

And yes... it involves legal loopholes to he can get what he wants... including razing this Washington D.C. golf course.

Supposedly, for a self-professed genius (and not many others to back him on this statement, at least individuals of substance and value): Trump is attempting yet again - after ousting Jerome Powell (one of his own appointees to the Federal Reserve - the Fed - during his 1st administration) - is now attempting to oust Lisa Cook.

Why? Simple. Trump wants to be able to set interest rates - by setting them much lower, in an already weakened economy and with already problematic inflation.

For anyone aware of or posessing a base understanding of macro-economics, this is inherently a bad idea. While the ultra-wealthy can weather higher interest rates (technically), and weather economy-breaking inflation -- everyday Americans cannot.

While on one hand, making loans cheaper and more accessible is a good thing - during financially challenging times - to make life more accessible and easy: we must remind ourselves last time we had super low interest and predatory interest rates. You may recall the 2008 Housing Crisis. Not only did that bankrupt and eventually bankroll the likes of Blackrock (yes that Blackrock - the one that owns more real estate in the nation than practically any other entity - and has it parked there for the economy crashes; creating a false-commodization and raising housing the cost of rent and housing - thus making everything more unaffordable). And as you may also recall, it was the Federal Government - aka. "we the People" through Obama's leadership - bailed them out of this crisis to keep the banks solvent and to avoid people losing all of the money they had in their respective bank accounts.

Since the 2008 housing crisis was borne of too lax / low interest rates... imagine the same thing repeating again, but this time with even a weaker economy than before... with the guard-rails removed. Of course, it's all tunnel-vision for Trump, his supporters and sycophancy with supporting such a move; but it's another to be attempting to force/shape outcome here, that would clearly benefit Trump over the people.

Truly the same could be said with Trump's attempts to purportedly bankroll (but ultimately levy tax-payers and increase the national debt) $5000 payouts... and likewise with Trump and Republicans efforts to gut healthcare and hollow it out, with no equal replacement. As you know Trump-regime v1.0 claimed for years and years and years (always to be delayed 2 weeks): Republicans had a plan. Their plan for healthcare? Get rid of the subsidies... force everyone back onto private pay, low-quality, high-deductible for the sick - health insurance. While it may seem like "great value" on paper, in the long run - if one were to opt for one of these catastrophic plans: ultimately all they are getting is the ability to stabilize in the hospital ER, or via hospitalization - not much more. Diagnosed with cancer? Yeah... old insurance doesn't typically cover that. Get sick while working with an employer and lose healthcare? Both expensive, and no requirements for minimum base value of the plan, nor any of the advantages that come with "cost sharing" - defraying the costs for those sick and in need.

What's worse are their attempts to institutionalize the disabled, remove them from communities and at the same time convince people that universal Medicaid (or soon to be squashed by Republicans next year - Medicare and Social Security) - are somehow bad things. In reality, the tax payers pay into these entitlement programs, for years - often decades. When it comes time to collect, these programs didn't fail due to the base trust structure of these programs - nor are they caused by a mass surge in baby-boomers; more often than not - it's because: (1) the money-grubbing hands of government borrow against these programs without a manner of paying them back; and (2) the ultra-wealthy don't pay their fair-share into these programs at similar percentage - yet get paid out massively/disproportionate to what they invest. All of this is to say, such practives are unsustainable.

The reason why I throw healthcare into the mix with an economics post is because healthcare is like top three Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on the USA. And while Republicans and a bunch of nay-sayers will say universal Medicaid is a mistake (and that life in Europe is hell): on both accounts, they are wrong. The reality is, the more that Medicaid is expanded to become universal, the better quality care, and it also sets the standard of care - as well as driving costs down - which naturally by extension includes private insurance premiums. Additionally, we have the ACA to thank for insurance companies not being able to discriminate (or charge separate rates) for "high risk pool" applicants.

Moreover, I brought up healthcare because it's practically the same stratagem as is the case with the economy: make massive changes, kick the can down the road, ask questions later, then later blame Democrats on why these decisions don't pan out. And yes, these narcs are literally that sick - we've seen it via the outward corruption and gaslighting. It's exceedingly uncommon to see a Republican stand on principle, what's right, or in the image of the classic Grand Old Party. Of course we have Newt Gingrich to thank for popularizing shameless lying in politics... later picked up by Trump... and their forerunners Nixon and Reagan also knew this all too well - hence why "I'm not a crook" and "trickle-down economics" - both were never really things.

I'll end by making yet another plug for the documentary, "Our Nixon" on Netflix. If you haven't watched it yet... now is the time. I am confident you'll see a striking parallel between the corruption now, to the way it was back then - minus the "guard rails" that existed back then, and the will/outrage of the masses being a true concern. I honestly don't know why Americans are as docile as they are when they see Democracy being lambasted and enshrined into exile and oblivion, other than to say: the social programming of the net seems to be working and making every person feel hopeless/helpless, too distracted/bored/apathetic to care, then combined with loss of community, leads to loss of culture and then subsequently loss of country.

In addition to voting, I ask everyone spend a week reading the constitution - you might find some thought and truth elucidating and though-provoking concepts and oaths contained within. As for the supposed "white Christian nationals" - same thing... go read your Bible... because you're so off the mark and worshipping the anti-you-know what, to recognize you are playing right into the hand of your worst nightmare (it might feel good to receive his acknowledgement after receiving zero acknowledgement for the crimes committed against you as children... but I promise you there are no loyalties with this man... ane you'll be proverbially the next in the wood-chipper (so to speak) - as soon as you've worn out your use. It is common sense to say this man is a con man, but you guys have likewise ruined the phrase "common sense" because you have rendered a false-equivalency to your own brain-rot. Congratulations.

"Truth Social" - has got to be one of the biggest misnomer, oxymoronically named platforms in existence. Trump developed the platform, following his censorship - following him incensing violence and subverting the will of the People on January 6th.

Likewise, it's no accident that Trump wants to rewrite what happened that day, by claiming "patriots peacefully protested" and were "treated unfairly" and somehow we "hostages", when they perpetrated violence and acted out an insurrection to intefere with the certification of the results of the 2020 election.

Likewise, it's no accident that every single one of Trump's cabinet members, when going before congress to be confirmed, refuse to answer the basic - and ubiquitously understood fact - that Biden won the 2020 presidential campaign.

Why, you ask? Simple. Keep the lie going, so it can be used for later. Much like it's been absolutely crickets regarding the 3/4 states that had the 2020 ballots illegally seized by a captured and corrupt DOJ. Why no revelations yet? Simple. They are waiting to strategically claim wide-spread voter fraud - even though the chain of custody of the evidence has now been compromised, in a manner that we cannot trust whatever "revealatory findings" they subsequently will pontification upon, either before, or following the Nov 5th 2026 mid-terms.

What's worse, is the abuses don't stop there. Trump is assailing states, for conducting their own elections, or states' individual rights to self-govern. Why? Is it because there's truly some grand conspiracy against him? Wrong. No it's because he and his crony enablers in congress and SCOTUS, are enacting the Project 2025 playbook, and they recognize they have been overt about this corruption not only since Trump was inaugurated for a second-time on Jan 20th 2025, but especially starting in early 2026 - where he has engaged in unprovoked and illegal aggression against Iran, launched us into an illegal and costly war, not to mention that that the rich and powerful have been saying the quiet parts out loud and being overt with their corruption.

This sits in stark contrast to what we've actually been witnessing these past 18 months. A massive blue wave has been building, during this runoff elections, whereby disproportionately - Democrats have been winning historically red districts. And yet, they would lead us to believe all of this is happening not due to the self-inflicted damage caused by abuse of power, but because somehow Trump was wronged in 2020, and now is about to be wronged in 2026. They will accuse Democrats of being extremists, when it has been Republicans that are the ones who are engaging in illegal mid-decade redistricting. This is not only for the purposes of seizing and clinging onto power, but - perhaps more importantly - because they know that justice, accountability and investigations are going to be launched into their illegal behaviors and activities. They know it, and we know it.

I couldn't express this any better myself.

Everything is propaganda - morning to night. Also, any statement by Donald Trump, contradicts itself - before the end of the sentence. He's impossible to understand - on his own terms, much less on geopolitical terms.

He's dragging down America with him. While Trump is getting up there in age and the fronto-temporal dementia is is hitting on all cylinders, unfortunately his propaganda, abuses of power, degradation to self-governance, befriending and providing comfort to enemies of the United States - while making enemies of our allies, and attacks on elections and baking corruption into our system through his cabinet members: will have ever-lasting impacts on our country, society and way of life, for without a doubt - likely centuries to come.

I agree, the time has come, he needs to be forcefully removed - ala. article IV, section II; no other method comes nearly close enough, to addressing the cancer and brain-worms that have spread over America. The deep and unhealed afflictions of the ultra-impoverished and ultra-wealthy, and the goal being to subjugate everyone else in between through gaslighting, projection and subverting the will of the people and law - truly tells us something.

It's not without a sense of irony that Trump promised that he would "drain the swamp", while bringing us the same problems he assured his constituents he would protect them from. What's worse is that he accused his opponents: first Hillary Clinton and later Kamala Harris - that they would spell the death to America - when the reality is, he was speaking more about himself.

In the wake of this propaganda, and now current attempts to rail and assail against state's right to self-govern and conduction their elections autonomously, was never about genuine concern. It was there, so he can claim wide-spread fraud (and now has seized the 2020 ballots, and seeks to manufacture it); after all Trump claimed widespread fraud in our elections before he even won the electoral college in 2016. He called fraud before even a single vote was cast. That should tell you absolutely everything you need to know.

And, right at this moment, we're approaching the countdown to the end of democracy, as Republicans/MAGA/GOP engage in illegal acts of attacking state's rights, continued efforts to rip apart the constitution and disenfranchise voters/rig the election, and engage in endless lies and propaganda - and for what? Has Trump honored his promises to his constituents on lowering prices, getting us out of endless wars? No. Instead, he continue to emotionally terrorize and antagonize, balloon the national deficit, do absolutely nothing to address the affordability crisis, focus on decadence and lavish items for himself - including an unnecessary ballroom, ripping up of the grass and Rose Garden, and anytime one of his gambits backfires in his face - in the case of Iran - blame anyone/everyone, but himself, for his own buffoonery.

May God have mercy on our souls. We as a people have gotten to indifferent, apathetic, and overwhelmed to understand the majority of society is responsible for both running society and creating the disproportionate wealth that the ultra-wealthy benefit from. They rip up the social contract and spit in the face of Americans... and my question is: if the social contract is null and void, we live in a two-tier justice system, and soon add the complete disenfranchisement of voting that opposes his will to this - and I ask myself: why as Americans are we not using our voice and lack of consent to shut this down?

It's not without surprise that while their original lawsuit failed, they are moving their way up with the appeals process - likely taking it to the supreme court.

0/24, thanks to Mark Elias and lower-court judges, honoring their oath to the Law, rather than Trump's sycophants and DOJ that ascribe the law to be "Trump is the Law" (just as Pam Bondi outlined) during the now infamous Epstein Files press conference.

The corrupt and Trump captured DOJ's attempt to force Minnesota to offer up their voter roles, can be viewed here.

The sheer number of stratagems, gambits, rogue acts, and baseless claims are seemingly never ending. The Trump Regime, its enablers, and sycophants continue to pursue their baseless assaults on democracy and the rule of law. While it's holding at the moment, within the courts: SCOTUS and the court of public opinion is next. They are choosing to pursue this from a stance of presentation, not one of actual substance; which is very on brand from Trump himself - make a baseless claim, often claiming that all judges and law scholars agree - without ever mentioning a single name. Why? Because it's always performant and performative... also because claiming mass fraud before a single vote is cast, is the definition of priming and choreographing your narrative way too early. While Trump believes this bolsters his point, it actually performs in the opposite way, for any American with half a brain - rather than willy nilly choosing to believe every baseless and unverified claim Trump pontificates upon.

serves as the same exact stratagem Trump uses when he

Speaks for itself...

This is par for the course, with this regime - absolute opaqueness. They don't want to lose a vote, or a congressional seat. I would at this point, not be at all surprised, if we later find out that McConnel passed away, or is suffering from full-on Alzheimers. However, we're likely to never find that out under this current regime, because as you know... they have a patterned track record, of hiding information from the public. We've seen this with the Epstein files, with Iran, and even with Trump's health.

When will the insanity stop? Hopefully after the mid-terms. However, it's doubtful that with Trump and the GOP possessing a super-majority and with our current DOJ being captured by this regime, that will ever see the light of day. That said, all corrupt empires eventually fall. Therefore, for that reason, I'm certain historians years from now, will squarely lay out the criminality. That said, the one question that remains is: will we even have a country after this Trump regime? And how much will our way governance be forced to change, given Trump has abused the power of the presidency to such a far off degree, that we cannot operate from a position of honoring one's oath to the constitution. I'd like to remind everyone that Trump did not swear his oath on the bible during his 2nd inauguration.