It has been such a busy news week or two, the floor of Ye Olde Blogge hasn’t been swept for a while. Here’s what was laying the dust bin even though some of it is a bit dated, albeit from the beginning of the week or the end of last week. However, they remain some of the snarkiest, sarcastickiest, and profaniest comments on what’s been happening around the country.

Trump Threatens the Monied Interests

When the monied class’ interests are threatened, the grift dries up, and diminishing grift gets Trump’s attention. At that point in the algorithm, someone has to go under the bus. In this case there is a small group of possibilities, Bovino, Homan (sp?), or Noem. If it is bad enough, all three.

Hitler’s Propaganda Playbook in Minnesota

Are we at Minnesota TACO time — declare victory, cuss your opponents, and get the fuck out — or we just witnessing rule number seven of Hitler’s Propaganda Playbook being enacted in real time, Exploit Opportunities: Seize every chance to stir up controversy or create a political maelstrom. Is Trump just lying that he is backing off even a little bit and just using Pretti’s spectacular murder as an opportunity to keep MAGA stirred up?

The Trump Election Timeline

We’re following the Trump 1.0 timeline: Outrage at the nincompoopery and corruption in year one, backlash in midterms, cooling in year three, overreach in year four leads to more outrage and back lash. Unfortunately, the establishment Dems in Congress are too namby-pamby to take advantage of it and lack vision for what the country could be.

The Final Solution

Given the events of the past couple of weeks, both at home and abroad. The solution is clear: Trump must go. Impeach, remove, or resign.

We Are Unreliable

The problem we are facing is not a crisis in confidence in Trump’s fitness for office. It is a crisis in the reliability of the American electorate because (a) we returned him to office and (b) we keep electing Republicans at all levels in the land.

The electorate is not reliable.

It’s 1928 All Over Again

In 1928, the Republican Party ran ads proclaiming, “A chicken in every pot…” Hoover won the election, the stock market crashed in 1929, and the Great Depression began. In 2026, Sec o’ Ag, Brooke Robbins said, “A piece of chicken on every plate…” What do you think is coming next?

Republicans Broke the Constitution

The only way out of the mess that Il Dunce has put us in is to re-write the Constitution. The Republicans have broken the Constitution. The only way forward with a democracy is with a new Constitution. When we write a new Constitution, it is clear that we need to incorporate into it many of the norms that we assumed our elected and appointed officials would follow. For example, the independence of the Department of Justice and the Offices of Inspectors General. It is clear that we need a fourth co-equal branch of government, the Department of Justice to guarantee that investigations will be carried out without fear or favor.

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