POST 1179 I recently ran across a post from election year 1996 and was struck yet again that “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, 1849 But the intensity, the rotten flavor does change and sometimes brings diabolical things, like… [read more]
POST 1178 Last Wednesday I showed you that “repugnant, organizationally illiterate, DUI Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has announced that he is firing 20% of our flag officers [generals and admirals]” and that he “plans to eliminate legacy weapons and equipment programs.” I asked a critical question: Who will benefit from us hobbling our national… [read more]
POST 1176 First The Big Bad News Yes, the Army has reported that there will be parade of explosive masculine military hardware and personnel to help Trump deal with his small genital low self-esteem. But that’s not the big, bad thing I’m focusing on in this dense forest of big, bad things. I heard yet… [read more]
POST 1174 DUI Hegseth Norm Ornstein hit the bulls eye with this: Trump kakistocracy—government by the least competent About which Joyce Vance goes on to say that the Trump kakistocracy . . . continues to harm everyday Americans and put our allies at risk. On that front, the dishonor prize again goes to Pete Hegseth,… [read more]
POST 1173 Here’s the Lede Our Constitution’s Peril Is Not Now Nor Was It Ever About Trump. America’s real enemy is the fascists – call them ultra-fat cats or oligarchs if you prefer. They are the home grown terrorists, the diabolical evil ones, working for over 40 years to steal our country away from us…. [read more]
POST 1168 Tariffs Start with what we know. Tariffs are a tax on goods imported to this country. They are paid by the importers. That money goes to the U.S. government. The importers raise prices to their customers, like retailers, to cover their extra costs. Those retailers then raise the selling price of the imported… [read more]
POST 1163 How Can Democrats Not Get This? Reported by history Professor Heather Cox Richardson in her post of March 22, quoting Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) in 1950, speaking in opposition to the fascist smear campaign being conducted by Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-WI): “I do not want to see the Republican Party ride to… [read more]
POST 1162 CAUTION! This post contains well-placed snark likely to displease Constitution violators. The Correct Renditions You know that last week our brave president and his brown shirt action figures rounded up over 230 migrants, claiming without any evidence that they are Venezuelan gang member terrorists. Note that I claim, similarly without evidence, that they… [read more]
POST 1160 NEW! I’m over at BLUESKY now, with Maddow, O’Donnell and other smart folks. Find me at: @jaxpolitix.bsky.social Wimping From David Corn’s Our Land of March 15, 2025, speaking of what TrumpMusk are doing and how Democrats are fighting back: They are chaotically eviscerating government and demolishing crucial programs to impose a blend of… [read more]
POST 1159 NEW! I’m over at BLUESKY now, with Maddow, O’Donnell and other smart folks. Find me at: @jaxpolitix.bsky.social Wimps At Donald Trump’s 100 minute, gag-athon, look-at-me address to Congress on March 4, he spewed dozens of lies, non-sequiturs, phantasmagorical idiocies and real world cruelty. In short, he was classic Trump. When Rep. Al Green… [read more]
