One of the really nutty things about the Second Trump Administration are the nuts who work for it, of which Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is probably the nuttiest.
My vision that is every American is wearing a wearable within four years.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
If a Democrat had said that, the Republicans would come unglued.
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We’re going to make DC beautiful..You see what we've done at the White House. I do that in my part time because it's a natural instinct as a real estate person. I like fixing things up.
Trump on calling the Guard up in D.C. and taking over the police force.
August 13, 2025
The man who fired more than 180 shots at the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was trying to send a message against COVID-19 vaccines according to authorities.
How does this relate to this topic.
COVID-19 vaccines are safe, as are the overwhelming majority of vaccines, but the populist right is anti scientific and the Trump administration has bought into far right fantasies and fueled them, as evidenced by the fact that RFK, Jr. actually has a job in the administration.
More violence by deluded wackos is a certainty.
And then, there's this.
King Donald, twice in the past few days, said he was meeting Putin in Russia, which of course he isn't. And now this:
St. Petersburg, which was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great. Peter the Great wasn't a big fan of Russians, just as Frederick the Great didn't really like Germans, and so the city wasn't given a Russian name. It was later renamed Petrograd, however. Then with the Communist came in and Lenin died, they renamed it Leningrad. In 1991 it's name was restored to St. Petersburg.
Not that Trump could be expected to know something from 34 years ago. . . .
Anyhow, this does give us a good reason to bring out the Leningrad Cowboys.
August 16, 2025
This:
Russo Ukrainian War
Trump files all the way from Washington D.C.
Putin all the way from Moscow.
Conference already over, and we still have a war.
Is there somebody who actually still takes this clown's promises seriously?
Some history (not that Trump would appreciate it).
New Yorker Theodore Roosevelt negotiated the end of the Russo Japanese War, from the US, from August 9, 1905, through August 30, 1905.
But then, Roosevelt was a genuine article.
So, Trump flies all day to Alaska to a U.S. Air Force Base which has to prepare for his, and Putin's arrival.
Putin flies all day to Anchorage as well.
They meet for four hours, and Trump then talks to the press about "Vladimir" saying this or that.
A person would have to be intensely stupid to believe that a four hour meeting was going to accomplish anything. Of course, nothing was going to happen without a Ukrainian delegate being there.
Trump is now well. 25th Amendment now.
August 17, 2025
A Trump tweet would appear to place Trump pathetically fully in the Putin camp today:
Basically this means Ukraine can end the war by surrendering, to the extent its capable of being deciphered.
If Trump was a drinking man, which he's not, this would look like a drunk tweet.
August 18, 2025
One thing we've learned from the Trump meeting with Putin is how massively weak as a character he really is, and how extremely insecure he is.
It was obvious going into it that welcoming Putin to U.S. soil was a mistake, but Trump disregarded any counsel other than his own and looked like a gleeful little boy when Putin showed up. Putin shoved him around like a weakling and the meeting ended a couple of hours later, and ever since then Trump's been trying to figure out what to do, having landed, finally, on just agreeing to demand what Putin insisted he did.
When negotiations with the North Vietnamese broke down in Paris, which took months, not hours, Nixon ordered the resumption of B-52 strikes. Nixon, who wasn't generally admirable, but who looks better all the time in comparison to Trump, wasn't a weakling.
Donny, it turns out, really is. He's pathetic, in the true sense of the world. Demanding attention, demanding love, and have petulant fits when he doesn't get it. He is truly childish.
A situation a declining mental state doesn't help at all.
August 19, 2025
Now King Donny wants to do away with voting machines and mail in ballots.
This may be a "don't ask about the Epstein Files" distaction, as a segment of his MAGA base already held those views. Harriet Hageman was asked about it last night in Casper and demurred.
Trump, yesterday, called the Democratic Republic of Congo, the "Republic of the Condo.
August 21, 2025
He’s in there fighting, they’re trying to put him in jail on top of everything else, how about that? He’s a war hero because we worked together. He’s a war hero. I guess I am too.
Donald Trump about Netanyahu and himself.
Trump, a war hero?
Things must not be going well for Trump in general right now, as J.D. Vance has reemerged. Vance usually appears when Trump's backers figure that he can't be trusted not to say really stupid things in the face of tough questions. Otherwise Vance wisely hides in the background, probably hoping the stench doesn't attach to him too strongly.
August 25, 2025
Donald Trump is now threatening Chris Christie, formerly an ally and now a critic (like John Bolton) with prosecution.
Those who warned that Trump would be a vindictive autocrat have been proven correct.
By the way, Trump criticizing somebody's hair is rather extreme. His own hair is extremely weird, and the other day he wore a trucker's cap in the Oval Office.
August 26, 2025
China intelligently went in and they sort of took a monopoly of the world's magnets. Nobody needed magnets until they convinced everybody 20 years ago, 'let's all do magnets.' There were many other ways that the world could have gone ... we're heavily into the world of magnets now.
Donald Trump.
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We send hundreds of millions of gallons of water a day to the Pacific Ocean. They turn a valve and the valve heads out. And we turned the valve back. I actually had to do it using force. We turned the valve back and now they have water.
Donald Trump.
August 27, 2025
His supporters will excuse them, and the rest of the country is numb, but Trump's latest press session demonstrated ramblings that were flat out bat shit crazy.
This is frightening for a variety of reasons. He's clearly nuts. But beyond that, he's drawing bizarre sycophantic praise from his cabinet members. They're sharing in his sickness. And this isn't limited to just his cabinet. One comment I saw on John Barrasso, the Senate Whip and Wyoming's senior senator fairly accurately characterized him at this point as an "ass kissing sycophant."
The really scary part is that Trump may have so surrounded himself with a loyal Reichsregierung that there may actually no will to invoke the 25th Amendment, as frankly the time has come. And if that's the case, were rocketing into unrecoverable Trump dictatorship with nobody to apply the brakes.
August 28, 2025
I’m looking at kids as I walk through the airports today...and I see these kids that are just overburdened with mitochondrial challenges, inflammation—you can tell from their faces, movements, and lack of social connection
RFK, Jr.
September 2, 2025
Lots of people are doing a 25th Amendment watch today. Trump has announced a "major" address today at 2:00 p.m. ET, and roads around Walter Reed are apparently restricted today.
Chances are that it will amount to absolutely nothing.
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It's now rumored that the announcement will be that the headquarters for the Space Farce will be moved.
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And, indeed, that was the news. The Space Farce, formed during Trump's first administration, is being moved to Alabama.
It should be moved to the dustbin of history and its mission restored to the Air Force.
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Additionally, Trump attributed his decision to move his pet military branch to Alabama on Colorado having bad voting laws.
It doesn't have bad voting laws, this is just more of Trump's demented vengeful nature coming out.
September 5, 2025
SENATORS GRILL RFK JR. IN RAUCOUS HEARING
Headline in the Trib.
Kennedy is a nut.
And this from the man who never served a day in the military:
Trump to change DOD to ‘Department of War’
September 11, 2025
Reporter: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?Trump: Very good. And BTW, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the WH…it's gonna be a beauty
THE GOLD CARDExecutive OrdersSeptember 19, 2025By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:Section 1. Purpose. My Administration has worked relentlessly to undo the disastrous immigration policies of the prior administration. Those policies produced a deluge of immigrants, without serious consideration of how those immigrants would affect America’s interests.Most significantly, the prior administration permitted millions of aliens to enter the United States illegally, to the detriment of public safety, national security, and the rule of law. International cartels, transnational criminal organizations, terrorists, and foreign malign actors took advantage of those open borders policies. The prior administration also permitted abuse of the refugee process, swamping towns and cities with aliens and, in some cases, forcing them to declare emergencies to combat the crisis.It is a priority of my Administration to realign Federal immigration policy with the Nation’s interests by ending illegal immigration and prioritizing the admission of aliens who will affirmatively benefit the Nation, including successful entrepreneurs, investors, and businessmen and women.To advance that policy, I hereby announce the Gold Card, a visa program overseen by the Secretary of Commerce that will facilitate the entry of aliens who have demonstrated their ability and desire to advance the interests of the United States by voluntarily providing a significant financial gift to the Nation.Sec. 2. The Gold Card. (a) The Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall establish a “Gold Card” program authorizing an alien who makes an unrestricted gift to the Department of Commerce under 15 U.S.C. 1522 (or for whom a corporation or similar entity makes such a gift) to establish eligibility for an immigrant visa using an expedited process, to the extent consistent with law and public safety and national security concerns. The requisite gift amount shall be $1 million for an individual donating on his or her own behalf and $2 million for a corporation or similar entity donating on behalf of an individual.(b) In adjudicating visa applications, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, consistent with applicable law, treat the gift specified in subsection (a) of this section as evidence of eligibility under 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(1)(A), of exceptional business ability and national benefit under 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(2)(A), and of eligibility for a national-interest waiver under 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(2)(B).(c) The Secretary of Commerce shall deposit the gifts contributed under subsection (a) of this section in a separate fund in the Department of the Treasury and use them to promote commerce and American industry, consistent with the statutory authorities of the Department of Commerce, see, e.g., 15 U.S.C. 1512.Sec. 3. Implementation. The Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, within 90 days of the date of this order, take all necessary and appropriate steps to implement the Gold Card program. Among other things, they shall, to the extent consistent with applicable law and their respective statutory authorities, including the limits on the numbers of visas specified in 8 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.:(a) Establish a process for application and expedited adjudication of Gold Card petitions, visa issuance, and adjustment of status.(b) Specify the date on which applicants (or sponsors if applicable) may begin to submit gifts for consideration under the Gold Card program.(c) Establish a process for a Gold Card holder sponsored by a corporation or similar entity to abandon his or her status and for the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security to consider the original gift as evidence of eligibility under 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(1)(A), of exceptional business ability and national benefit under 8 U.S.C. 1153 (b)(2)(A), and of eligibility for a national-interest waiver under 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(2)(B), for a different individual specified by the corporation or similar entity. The transferee shall otherwise be subject to the same procedures as an original visa applicant, including appropriate screening for public safety and national security.(d) Establish administrative fees to cover the cost of expedited processing under subsection (a) of this section.(e) Establish maintenance and transfer fees for corporations or similar entities sponsoring individuals under the Gold Card program.(f) Consider expanding the Gold Card program to visa applicants under 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5).Sec. 4. Severability. If any provision of this order, or the application of any provision to any person, is held to be invalid, the remaining provisions and applications shall not be affected thereby.Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.(d) The costs for publication of this order shall be borne by the Department of Commerce.DONALD J. TRUMPTHE WHITE HOUSE,September 19, 2025.
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