Trump's Dystopian View of America in His Own Words to Time Magazine

 

What to expect if Donald Trump is re-elected to a second term as president? With no guardrails, no worry about being re-elected, and no normal Constitution-abiding aides or cabinet members to worry about, this is what an unconstrained, authoritarian Trump told Time.

Among other things, he clearly stated he would

• Pardon all January 6th Capitol rioters
• Fire all U.S. attorneys who don't prosecute his enemies
• Add tariffs from 10%-100% on all imported goods, which consumers end up paying
• Deport 11 million people
• Open migrant detention camps
• Let red states "monitor" pregnant women
• Prosecute violators of abortion bans in all states
• Shut down the Pandemic Response offices
• Staff entire administration with election deniers

None of this is speculation; everything listed here--and more--was what he told Time. All directly from Donald Trump's mouth.

You can read the entire article here.

Trump Falls Asleep At His Own Criminal Trial

April 15 marked the first day of Donald J. Trump's first criminal trial. Jury selection began for what's casually called the "Hush Money Trial" but is really about financial fraud and election interference.

It's a simple case: Trump's lawyer and "fixer," Michael Cohen, paid porn star Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about a sexual affair with Trump.  Donald paid Cohen back with a series of checks that were falsely labeled "retainer agreements."  The result: this case of hush-money payments designed to hide the whole scheme from voters.  Trump was busy cheating on his wife back when she was home nursing his newborn son.  Hiding this from voters just days before the election provides the election interference portion of the case.

So this "hush money case" is really about financial fraud and election interference.

Despite the gravity of the first-ever criminal trial of a former US president, Donald Trump could barely stay awake during his own jury selection. 

Multiple reporters stated they saw him having trouble keeping his eyes open. One stated he was "nodding off, head nodding down, sort of jolting back up at one point." Others stated he paid no attention to a note one of his lawyers handed him, but instead "his jaw kept falling on his chest, his mouth kept going slack."

As reported in Newsweek: 

"Breaking: Trump has fallen asleep at his own trial per @nytimes. OTOH [On the other hand] can you blame him? They were reading his tweets and posts," wrote journalist and commentator Keith Olbermann.

"Where's Mike Lindell when you need him #SleepyDon," posted The Lincoln Project, an organization founded by anti-Trump conservatives.

"If Trump is too old and weak to stay awake at his own criminal trial, what do you think will happen in the Situation Room?" posted Dan Pfeiffer, a co-host of Pod Saves America.

Joyce Vance, a former federal prosecutor, wrote, "If he can't keep his eyes open when his own liberty is at stake, why would Americans have confidence he's capable of focus when our country's interests require sound presidential leadership?"

Why the Supreme Court Must Rule Trump Is Not Eligible to Run

Pundits and Trump supporters on the right have been screaming that states "cannot take away our right to vote for the candidate of our choice." 

That is not correct. You have no such right. Not if that candidate is ineligible. 

If a 21 year old decides he wants to run for president, you do not have the right to vote for him because he doesn't have the right to run. The U.S. Constitution clearly states you have to be at least 35 years of age.

If a person born in, let's say, Venezuela wants to run for president, you do not have the right to vote for him because he doesn't have the right to run. The U.S. Constitution clearly states you have to be a "naturally born citizen of the United States," meaning born on American soil or meeting legal requirements for natural born citizenship. 

And just as clear is the U.S. Constitution stating "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability."

Trump not only "engaged in insurrection" by inciting and encouraging his violent cultists to "march to the Capitol," and to "fight like hell or you won't have a country." He also gave "aid or comfort" to them (supported them) by watching their violent, deadly antics on TV for over three hours before weakly calling them off and telling them he loves them.

For the record, "insurrection" is defined as "a violent uprising against an authority or government."

Donald Trump's Brain Has Turned to Mush

Donald Trump has always said ridiculous, nonsensical things. But his gibberish is getting more bizarre.

During the first year of Covid-19, we all remember him standing at the podium, seriously suggesting that Covid would be gone completely in a few months. "I want the churches packed for Easter," he actually said when he was downplaying it and pretending it was just like having a little cold.

When thousands started dying, he suggested, in his expert medical opinion, that you should try injecting disinfectant to cleanse the lungs in one minute. He went on to speculate that getting a bright light inside the body would kill Covid. Next was the dangerous pseudoscientific suggestion of taking Ivermectin, a horse de-wormer. Doctor Trump also suggested taking malaria pills known as Hydroxychloroquine. 

In the last several days, though, his rapidly deteriorating mind has produced these gems that slipped, unfiltered, from that diseased brain right out of his mouth: "You have to have I.D. to buy a loaf of bread. "I'm driving over a road where it's almost all paper. And you know, you can see paper. I know paper. I know cans." I see that whales are washing up on shore and dying because of windmills."

He's had an irrational hatred for wind turbines, or windmills as he calls them, for quite some time, claiming the sound they produce can give you cancer.

Add to that his recent comments claiming that he, as president, should be able to assassinate any of his opponents and get away with it with total immunity. He has claimed he beat Barack Obama in 2016. Thinks Jeb Bush got us into Iraq. Said he wants to be dictator. Stated he wants to "terminate the Constitution." Called instant replay "fashionable mactified fortion," as you can see in the clip.

Fashionable mactified fortion

Just days ago he claimed Nikki Haley turned down thousands of National Guard members on January 6th, confusing her with Speaker Pelosi, as he's often claimed, pretending she had the power to call out the National Guard.  She didn't.

And during a deposition he recently looked at a picture of his rape victim, E. Jean Carroll, and said "that's Marla, Marla Maples," mistaking her for one of his ex-wives.

Putting aside his long list of crimes against America -- like inciting riots, trying to overturn the election he lost, scheming to send fake electors to seven states, stealing nuclear documents and war plans, committing financial fraud in NYC, defamation against election workers -- the dementia and decay of his diseased brain makes him ineligible for the most important job in the world.

Trump's Weak Iowa "Win"

 While the media is breathlessly touting Donald Trump's "blowout" in Iowa, it makes sense to look a little closer.

Iowa is a tiny state, but it's a very conservative, very rightwing, very white state. This is exactly the kind of state where Trump should've easily gotten 80% of the caucus votes. But he didn't, despite two-thirds of republicans there accepting, and swallowing whole, his Big Lie baselessly claiming he won the 2020 election but for the "fraud."

The fact is, Iowa had a very low turnout (15% of Republican voters), and only 51% of them picked Trump.

It had the smallest voter turnout in 25 years. 110,000 out of 2.5M voters showed up. Trump won about 51% of those 110,000 votes. 

In addition, Iowa is not known for picking winners. Huckabee, Santorum, and Canada's Raphael Cruz won primaries there before losing everything.

 All white Iowa and their Republican caucus does not in any way represent the USA.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump is back in court today (Tuesday) for his second trial in the sexual assault and defamation of author E. Jean Carroll.

Hunter Biden Played Republicans Like a Fiddle

For years, Republicans have attempted to paint President Joe Biden as the opposite of what he is -- a smart, experienced, compassionate leader.  Because Donald Trump has been impeached twice, arrested four times in four different jurisdictions, and will be tried in court for his 91 felonies, they think it gives them permission to investigate and/or impeach Biden on a tit-for-tat basis. Problem is, they have nothing on which to base their impeachment. It's just a fever dream. Joe Biden has been in politics for 50 years and hasn't been involved in any of the alleged scandals they're dying to pin on him. 

Enter Hunter Biden, the president's only living son. As you know, five years of investigations of his business activities have produced nothing that satisfies them.

Yes, Hunter had a serious substance abuse problem which he readily admitted to. Yes, he illegally owned a gun for 24 hours. And yes, he owed money to the IRS. But he paid back the delinquent taxes in full, including penalties and interest, more than two years ago. 

Because of his drug and money woes, Hunter accepted help from his father in keeping up his truck payments. At the end of 2018, Hunter made three payments of $1380 to his father to reimburse him, and then took over making his own payments.

That's it. That's all they've got on him. It's important to note that Hunter Biden has never been in politics and never received a government paycheck. During the days of these three repayments, Joe wasn't in government either.

Hunter was on the board of Burisma and other foreign companies, which is perfectly legal. Donald Trump and many others also do business around the world. That didn't stop rabid, desperate Republicans from alleging -- without a shred of evidence -- that Hunter operated in an illegal manner. And they claim that he funneled millions to Joe Biden, again without a shred of evidence.

Republican House Oversight Chairman James Comer is on a crusade to find something serious to pin on Hunter Biden while attempting to create a reason to impeach Joe Biden. Comer offered Hunter a choice of a public or private hearing. When Hunter agreed to a public hearing, Comer suddenly decided it must be done behind closed doors. Not being able to take YES for an answer, he tried to hold Hunter in contempt of congress, despite Hunter actually showing up in December to answer any and all questions. During their hearing on Wednesday, Jan 10, again Hunter showed up ready and willing to be questioned in public. This threw the Republican-run committee into chaos. 

They never expected Hunter to call their bluff and show up twice to be interrogated in public!

Grandstanding for the cameras, and hoping for a sound bite on Fox that night, Nancy Mace and Marjorie Taylor Greene began ranting, claiming Hunter "had no balls" to show up and answer questions, despite him being right there in the room at the time.

Representative Jared Moskowitz (D) Florida destroyed Republicans' threats to hold Hunter in contempt for not showing up -- again, with Hunter right there in the hearing room -- by offering to vote with their nonsensical contempt charge, if they would enter into the public record the list of Republicans who actually did refuse to honor Congressional subpoenas themselves, and charge them with contempt. Republicans who ignored subpoenas include Scott Perry, Mark Meadows, Jim Jordan, Mo Brooks, Andy Biggs, and ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Of course they refused because that's what cowards do. Moskowitz even offered to end the hearing and swear-in Hunter Biden to hear his testimony right then and there. Again they refused.

Watch Moskowitz's response here.

Attempting to hold someone in contempt for refusing to attend a congressional hearing, despite him being in the room at the time, and refusing to hear his testimony that they are allegedly dying to hear shows it's all just theater. It means they're liars. It's just a show to impress their Biden-hating base.

Republicans All But Guaranteed Democrats Will Take the House in 2024

Congratulations to the House Republicans who finally elected a new Speaker! 

Yes, that's sarcasm.

Meet Mike Johnson of Louisiana. Never heard of him? No one has.

This is an unrecognizable, weak back bencher who has stated he 

• wants a nationwide abortion ban (despite two-thirds of Americans supporting abortion rights)
• is against LGBTQ Americans' rights
• supported the Trump insurrection at the U.S. Capitol
• voted against certifying the already-verified and counted 2020 election results
• voted to overturn the election
• is an anti-science climate denier
• is a far rightwing religious zealot.

Remember, after Speaker Kevin McCarthy was fired by his own party, and after they rejected Jim Jordan, Steve Scalise, and Tom Emmer, Johnson ended up being their fifth choice.

Why did they finally get their shit together and vote for him? Probably because enough Republicans in purple districts that voted for Biden were getting disgusted and ready to compromise with Democrats to fill the Speaker job and, at the same time, protect their own chances of being re-elected.

Does this mean that the Republican-run House will finally get down to the business of legislating for the American people? Hah! That's a laugh. They haven't accomplished a single thing for Americans since they began running the house ten months ago, and certainly that will not change now. You can bet on it.

Under Speaker Pelosi's powerful leadership, the House (along with the Senate and the White House) has enjoyed monumental accomplishments including

• the strongest economic recovery of any nation in the G7
• Medicare negotiating prescription drug prices
• capping monthly insulin costs at $35
• climate action
• medical aid to American veteran victims of burn pits
• historic job growth
• historic unemployment
• bringing back U.S. semiconductor manufacturing
• infrastructure improvements
• rallying the world to defend Ukraine and Israel, two American allies attacked by terrorists.

The constant chaos, infighting, extreme agenda against the wishes of the American people, and total lack of legislative accomplishments will all but guarantee Democrats taking the House back November 2024.