In order to be a "Republican" these days, you have to abandon any moral compass you may have had to pledge loyalty to a tyrant who never has had one.

"The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away" --Thomas L. Friedman

"Of all the terrible things Donald Trump has said and done as president, the most dangerous one just happened on Friday. Trump, in effect, ordered our trusted and independent government office of economic statistics to become as big a liar as he is.

He fired Erika McEntarfer, the Senate-confirmed head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for bringing him economic news he did not like, and in the hours immediately following, the second most dangerous thing happened: The senior Trump officials most responsible for running our economy — people who in their private businesses never would have contemplated firing a subordinate who brought them financial data they did not like — all went along for the ride."

[skip]

"The moment I heard what Trump had done, I had a flashback. It was January 2021, and it had just been reported that Trump, after losing the 2020 election, had tried to pressure Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to “find” him enough votes — exactly 11,780, Trump said — to overturn the presidential election and even threatened him with “a criminal offense” if he didn’t. 

The pressure came during an hourlong telephone call, according to an audio recording of the conversation. The difference, though, is that back then there was something called a Republican official with integrity. And so Georgia’s secretary of state did not agree to fabricate votes that did not exist. But that species of Republican official seems to have gone completely extinct in Trump’s second term. So Trump’s rotten character is now a problem for our whole economy."

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AND THIS:

If an American city or state, with the consent of its citizens, chooses to boycott, as a protest, an Israeli company because of its ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, the Trump administration said it will withhold FEMA funds to that city or state should they need it in an emergency.

"The Trump administration will deny federal disaster‑preparedness aid to U.S. states and cities that boycott Israeli companies, linking routine funding to its political position.

In grant notices posted Friday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said applicants must comply with its "terms and conditions," which include certifying they will not cut off "commercial relations specifically with Israeli companies" to remain eligible for assistance.

It states, "Discriminatory prohibited boycott means refusing to deal, cutting commercial relations, or otherwise limiting commercial relations specifically with Israeli companies or with companies doing business in or with Israel or authorized by, licensed by, or organized under the laws of Israel to do business."

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This is another example of Trump's bullying America into authoritarianism, and yet people whine about being WOKE and DEI? Really?

A US President threatens, with dire consequences, any American city or state that uses it freedom of speech and protest, guaranteed in the Constitution! And he threatens to punish anyone who exercises this right.

Where's the same outrage over this that MAGA has over WOKE and DEI? Neither of which threatens our fundamental freedoms.

How much more of Trump's authoritarian behavior are his cultists willing to endure before they see him for the dictator wannabe and criminal that he is?

PS. Trump's administration is on record as an administration that mollycoddles and pampers child sex traffickers and rapists. IOW, it appears that the Trump administration is pro-pedophilia

This is how an authoritarian behaves. We no longer have a functioning democracy, because 1/3 of this country's voters thought it would be a great idea to have a twice impeached functioning illiterate convicted felon and adjudicated sexual assaulter, liar, cheat, and fraudster to lead our fragile democracy.

I voted for the woman who prosecuted criminals; MAGA voted for the criminal.

BOSTON IS FOREVER WOKE!

 

I'm proud of my city that has always been against tyrants and for diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Old South Church:

Old South Church, a historic church in Boston, has a rich history rooted in dissent and social justice. 

It was established in 1669 as a breakaway congregation from the First Church in Boston, known as the Third Church, and later became Old South. 

The church moved through several locations, including the Old Cedar Meeting House and the Old South Meeting House, before settling in its current building in the Back Bay in 1875. 

The church is known for its role in American history, particularly its association with the Boston Tea Party and its long-standing commitment to social justice, including LGBTQ+ rights.

ACROSS THE CHARLES IS THE PROGRESSIVE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE. HOME TO MIT AND HARVARD.   AND VERY, VERY WOKE AMERICANS!

The city of Cambridge unveiled new street signs that include a translation to the language of the Massachusett tribe to honor the Indigenous history of the land where the city now sits.City of Cambridge

YOUR SUNDAY MOMENT OF ZEN

 

TRUMP'S AMERICA:

SATURDAY NIGHT MUSIC

 

John Prine: "That's How Every Empire Falls"

 

A bitter wind blows through the country 

A hard rain falls on the sea 

If terror comes without a warning 

There must be something we don't see 

What fire begets this fire? 

Like torches thrown into the straw 

If no one asks, then no one answers 

That's how every empire falls

 

‪Olga Lautman 🇺🇦‬ ‪@olgalautman.bsky.social‬

· 4h

Ghislaine Maxwell who participated in the rape of over 1,000 kids can now enjoy a yoga class at her new prison thanks to Trump and DOJ. The most despicable coverup in recent history

To be absolutely clear,

 

This is how tin-pot dictators behave.

Trump has ordered the Smithsonian to remove his name from the Impeachment exhibit.

Trump thinks that by removing his name from the exhibit, he's removing it from history.

An American president never fired a labor department secretary just because he did not like the reported numbers and called those numbers "rigged."

Trump on weak jobs report: I don't believe those numbers. I think because we're doing so well and we fired her… we want straight numbers. I was thinking this morning when I saw the numbers, I said, who makes these numbers anyway? And when I checked, I said, this person is very… pic.twitter.com/eLCiSYJ7Cu

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 2, 2025

No president has acted in this manner. Ever.

When will MAGA admit they put an anti-American anti-democracy dictator in the White House?

When will America wake up to the horror that is Trump?

“Trump has reduced the presidency to its basest level. What was once a position of gravitas and honor, he’s dragged down into the muddy gutter of his own libidinous lechery. No decorum. No dignity. Just a perverted, leering, self-obsessed showman treating the highest office in the land like it’s his personal morally bankrupt casino floor—cheap, vulgar, and rigged.” --James Morrison

This is unheard of in American history.

PS. I have no allegiance to an American dictator, and that's what Trump is. The evidence is in front of your nose.

JUST TO BE CLEAR: THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN AMERICA.

 

These actions are those of an authoritarian regime, led by a vindictive, witless malignant narcissist. 

Trump has said he admires Kim Jong Un's strangle-hold on his country and people, and his actions against his American political rivals prove this. 

"In the wake of Trump’s summit with Kim in Singapore earlier this week, the president has called Kim “talented” and a “funny guy” with a “great personality” – comments that have sparked a backlash because of the atrocities Kim is accused of carrying out on his own people, including starvation and widespread imprisonment."

Trump has ordered an investigation into Biden’s presidency, targeting his cognitive fitness and use of an autopen. 

"The probe into a former political rival is highly unusual in U.S. history and raises concerns over legal system politicization and authoritarian drift. 

 

Republican Representative James Comer: "Another great thing about Kamala Harris not running for governor—she’s going to have more time to come before the House Oversight Committee and testify about Biden’s cognitive decline. The odds of Kamala Harris getting a subpoena are very high" 

 Trump accuses Obama of treason in escalating attacks

Trump says Obama committed treason. This is Alice in Wonderland-style justice

WHY DOES HE LIE ABOUT EASILY DEBUNKED CLAIMS? ANYONE?

‪

Republicans Against Trumpism:

‬"Trump lies again about gas prices: “We actually had three states, four states where it’s down to $1.99.” 

That’s a blatant lie. 

No state has gas prices anywhere near $1.99."

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Can anyone explain to me why Trump keeps repeating this lie? 

Why would anyone believe ANYTHING coming out of Trump's lying mouth OR his administration?

I don't. I believe nothing he says until it is verifiable; therefore, I assume everything he claims is a lie, including his denials about Epstein and Maxwell.
 

"Trump's claim is false." IOW, it's a lie. And he's repeated this lie numerous times, so it isn't "misspeaking."

He must believe his supporters are dumb as rocks. Why else would he continue to lie so boldly?

PS.  I believe this guy:

Powell: "Increased tariffs are pushing up prices in some categories of goods. Near-term measures of inflation expectations have moved up on balance over the course of this year on news about tariffs."

Here's another lying lie from the liar, Trump:  

Trump cites $60 million in US food aid to Gaza, but $30 million was approved, and none disbursed.

Meidas Touch:  "FORD’S PROFIT WIPED OUT BY TARIFFS 

Ford reports a net loss of $29 million last quarter, compared with $1.8 billion in net income a year ago, after being hit by more than $800 million from Trump’s tariffs."

 

Reports are that Donald Trump is considering...

pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell, the woman who procured little girls for her boyfriend, Jeffrey Epstein, and his powerful rich friends to rape.

 

When Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison for her crimes of trafficking and raping little girls, Trump "wished her well." He wished a child procurer and rapist well, while calling Kamala Harris, a woman who prosecuted criminals, a "nasty" and a "stupid" woman.

Ghislaine Maxwell, who procured children for Epstein to rape? Trump. Wished. Her. Well! That's the man that MAGA elected and admires.

Epstein accuser Maria Farmer on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I’ve never met a more predatory, terrifying human being in my entire life. She’s a very dangerous person. The woman is not a victim, she’s a victimizer.”

YOUR SUNDAY MOMENT OF SCOTLAND!

 

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — President Donald Trump played golf Saturday at his course on Scotland’s coast while protesters around the country took to the streets to decry his visit and accuse United Kingdom leaders of pandering to the American. 

"Hundreds of demonstrators gathered on the cobblestone and tree-lined street in front of the U.S. Consulate about 100 miles (160 kilometers) away in Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital. Speakers told the crowd that Trump was not welcome and criticized British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for striking a recent trade deal to avoid stiff U.S. tariffs on goods imported from the U.K. 

Protests were planned in other cities as environmental activists, opponents of Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza and pro-Ukraine groups loosely formed a 'Stop Trump Coalition.' Anita Bhadani, an organizer, said the protests were “kind of like a carnival of resistance.” 

June Osbourne, 52, a photographer and photo historian from Edinburgh wore a red cloak and white hood, recalling “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Osbourne held up picture of Trump with 'Resist' stamped over his face.

 'I think there are far too many countries that are feeling the pressure of Trump and that they feel that they have to accept him and we should not accept him here,” Osbourne said. The dual-U.S.-British citizen said the Republican president was “the worst thing that has happened to the world, the U.S., in decades.' ”

SATURDAY NIGHT MUSIC

 

Political Corruption by The Resistance:

AMERICA, (and I'm looking at you Evangelical Christians) THIS IS YOUR PRESIDENT:

 

Mark Epstein on CNN reported that his brother, Jeffrey, asked Donald how come he slept with so many married women, and Trump answered, "Because it's wrong."

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 "Lawrence O'Donnell is reminding everyone tonight that Ghislaine Maxwell not only procured children for Jeffrey Epstein to rape, she raped these children, as well. Gislaine Maxwell is a pedophile who lied under oath, and yet Trump thinks he can use this pedophile perjurer to exonerate himself. This is how desperate Trump has become. He knows what is in the Epstein files is an existential threat to his presidency. The truth is, Epstein, Maxwell, and Trump are all monsters." --Bill Madden

TRUMP'S AMERICA

 

Trump's ICE goons arrested, beat, and detained an American citizen:

Trump’s cratering in the polls continues

 

The American people don’t like Trump, nor his policies! 

The numbers are worse than or as bad as his first miserable term in office.

Apparently, Americans don’t like convicted felons and sexual assaulters who partied with child rapists as their POTUS after all.

Glad to see America waking up. 

Crushing new Gallup numbers: 

Overall approval: 37% 

On immigration: 38% 

On economy: 37% 

On trade: 36%

Federal budget: 29%

Overall approval among independents: 29% 

 news.gallup.com/poll/692879/...

 

The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Attorney General Pam Bondi told Trump in May that his name appeared multiple times in Department of Justice documents about Epstein, citing senior Administration officials.

Heather Cox Richardson:

July 23, 2025 (Wednesday)

This morning, President Donald J. Trump told Republican members of Congress that his popularity is rising and that talk about the Epstein files is a distraction from what he insists is the real story: that former president Barack Obama cheated in the 2016 election. Trump insisted the cameramen cut their cameras when he made that accusation, although there was no break in the recording. He told the congressmembers: “[Y]ou should mention that every time they give you a question that's not appropriate, just say, ‘Oh, by the way, Obama cheated on the election.’”

At a press briefing today, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt pushed this story, insisting that Democrats led by Obama had tried to sabotage Trump’s first administration and had done “grave material harm to our republic.” She called it “one of the greatest political scandals in American history.”  

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard followed Leavitt to talk about today’s release of a report drafted in 2020 by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee to push back on the idea that Russia preferred for Trump, rather than Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, to win the 2016 election. 

Despite her claims that it is a damning bombshell, the material in the newly released report in fact does not challenge the conclusion of the U.S. intelligence agencies, the Mueller report, and the Senate Intelligence Committee that Russia preferred a Trump presidency to a Clinton presidency and worked to get Trump elected in part by attacking Clinton and spreading lies about her health. 

What the report did do was deliver red meat to the MAGA base by spreading the same sorts of rumors about Clinton the Russians spread in 2016.

Gabbard compounded that effort at the White House press conference by reading material in the report as if it were fact, saying that Russia had “high-level [Democratic National Committee] e-mails that detailed evidence of Hillary's ‘psycho emotional problems, uncontrolled fits of anger, aggression, and cheerfulness.’ And that then-secretary Clinton was allegedly on a daily regimen of heavy tranquilizers,” along with a number of other charges that Clinton had broken the law. Gabbard did not mention that these allegations were in fact identified in the report as material prepared by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Services. 

Just to be clear: The director of national intelligence for the United States of America is making allegations against a former U.S. presidential candidate based on material from Russia’s intelligence services.

This seems to be another unforced error, reminding Americans of another story the administration would prefer they forget, since opponents of Gabbard’s nomination for her post noted that she has a long history of repeating Russian propaganda. While Trump seems determined to reach back to the rhetoric that got him elected in 2016, it’s hard to see that as a powerful distraction from the Epstein story, since Americans have now had eight years to contemplate the many times Trump has deferred to Russian president Vladimir Putin and weakened Ukraine’s ability to fight back against Russia’s incursions. And claims about the health of a losing presidential candidate from nine years ago seem pretty weak sauce, especially since today she seems far more stable than Trump. 

In any case, the distractions seemed to be for naught, since Sadie Gurman, Annie Linskey, Josh Dawsey, and Alex Leary of the Wall Street Journal dropped a story just after 3:00 this afternoon, reporting that Attorney General Pam Bondi and her deputy informed Trump in May that his name appeared “multiple times” in the Epstein files. They told him they did not plan to release any more documents from the investigation because the files contained both the personal information of victims and child pornography. 

Ohio’s David Pepper noted that this timing checks out with the feud between Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, who tweeted on June 5: “Time to drop the really big bomb: [Trump] is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!” Musk followed that tweet with another: “Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out.” 

While that “sort of felt like old news,” Pepper wrote, “for the White House, that was Musk revealing something that had only recently been confirmed (and that clearly had hopes to bury). So it was a far more brutal tweet than we realized at the time. And the reason why Musk took it down two days later.” 

The Department of Justice set off the current firestorm on July 7 when it announced it would not release any more information from the Epstein files. When an ABC News reporter asked Trump on July 15 what Bondi had told Trump about the review, he denied any knowledge that he was in the files. The reporter asked, "specifically, did she tell you at all that your name appeared in the files?" and he responded, “No, no, she's—she's given us just a very quick briefing." Then he claimed the files were created by Democrats.

House speaker Mike Johnson told reporters today that the House didn’t need to do anything to release the Epstein files because the administration was “already doing everything within their power to release them,” and indeed, the Trump administration made a show of saying it would ask the courts to unseal the transcripts of the Epstein grand jury. But legal analysts say those records would cover only Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of grooming victims for Epstein. In any case, a federal judge denied that request today after the government attorneys did not submit an argument that met the requirements for unsealing the evidence.  

Today, under pressure from Democrats, the House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena Maxwell. The Department of Justice also wants to talk to Maxwell, sending Trump’s former personal lawyer Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, to talk with Maxwell’s lawyer, who appears to be his personal friend. Alan Feuer of the New York Times notes the job fell to Blanche after the department fired Maurene Comey, the prosecutor of both the Epstein and Maxwell cases, last week. Maxwell is appealing her conviction, giving her incentive to say what the president wants to hear. 

The Democrats on a subcommittee of the House Oversight Committee, supported by three Republicans, also voted to subpoena the Justice Department for its files on Epstein, although writing the subpoena will take negotiation. “If the Republican Party, if our colleagues on this committee don’t join us in this vote, then what they’re essentially doing is joining President Donald Trump in complicity,” Representative Summer Lee (D-PA), who introduced the subpoena motion, told reporters.

It does not seem likely the Epstein story is going away anytime soon.

Glee Violet:

"The Pardon Watch starts now"

Analysts smell 'witness tampering' as Trump DOJ meets with and interviews Ghislaine Maxwell over Epstein. (Raw Story)

"Trump's Justice Department played a new card in the exploding Jeffrey Epstein case scandal on Tuesday morning, with Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche both announcing they would be questioning Ghislaine Maxwell.

"Justice demands courage," Blanche wrote in his announcement on X, adding, "I intend to meet with [Maxwell] soon. No one is above the law — and no lead is off-limits."

[*gag*]

"But the timing of the announcement, coupled with longstanding knowledge that Trump himself used to be friends with Epstein, has spurred a more sinister theory from some political and legal observers on social media: that administration officials are moving to secure Maxwell's silence, or maybe even offer her a presidential pardon, something Trump biographer Michael Wolff alleged he has considered in the past.

"Now the Trump DOJ is rushing to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell to try to find out what she knows. Not suspicious [at] all," wrote the liberal news and podcasting network Meidas Touch.

"Ghislaine Maxwell Pardon Watch starts now," wrote Bulwark reporter Will Sommer.

"They are going to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell in exchange for her silence on what she knows about Trump and Jeffrey Epstein," wrote New York health care activist Melanie D'Arrigo. "The coverup will continue, and the Trump administration will rewrite the entire official story, release it, and treat it as fact. Pay attention."

"It is a near certainty that what the Deputy AG is planning to do in this meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell would best be described as witness tampering," wrote former federal prosecutor and district court clerk Elizabeth de la Vega.

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Excerpted from Raw Story article by Matthew Chapman 7/22/25

[The *gag* comment is mine.]

Photo: Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to the media as 

President Donald Trump listens. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

© provided by RawStory

LIGHT POSTING FOR THE WEEK

 

Off to beautiful Rockport for a few days.

Be excellent to each other.

YOUR SUNDAY MOMENT OF ZEN

 

SATURDAY NIGHT MUSIC

 

R.I.P., Connie Francis:

 

Glee Violette:

 BREAKING - Jeffrey Epstein's partner, Ghislaine Maxwell, wants her conviction overturned.

Trump's Attorney General Pam Bondi says there was NO client list, NO files, so therefore, NO crime. And Ghislaine says, "Cool. So why am I being locked up for 20 years?"

NOT SO FAST, says Bondi - and her Department of Justice is now telling the Trump appointees on the Supreme Court to slap this down. NOW.

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Newsweek reports that In April, Maxwell submitted a plea to the Supreme Court to overturn her conviction. She said she was covered by a non-prosecution agreement made between between JEFFREY EPSTEIN and the U.S. government in 2007 regarding his OTHER co-conspirators.

But the DOJ argued in a new filing that Maxwell was not a party to that agreement. Even though she was convicted for BEING a co-conspirator.

Apparently, to the DOJ, the term "co-conspirator" only applies to the pedophile rapists on the "Client List" - the one that no longer exists - excuse me, NEVER existed.

The filing by Bondi's DOJ reads "This systematic review revealed no incriminating 'client list.' There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions. We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties."

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

So Maxwell's lawyer, David Oscar Markus, is trying a new tactic.

Some might call it flattery. Some might call it VERY carefully worded extortion.

"I'd be surprised if President Trump knew his lawyers were asking the Supreme Court to let the government break a deal," Markus said, adding: "He's the ultimate dealmaker."

"I'm sure he'd agree that when the United States gives its word, it should keep it," he said. "With all the talk about who's being prosecuted and who isn't, it's especially unfair that Ghislaine Maxwell remains in prison based on a promise the government made and broke."

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Meanwhile, an anonymous source speaking to the Daily Mail says that Maxwell has expressed a willingness to testify before Congress about her experiences.

REALLY? BRING IT ON, says Roger Stone, the man Trump credits as his mentor and teacher (and whom he pardoned for pecadilloes of his own, 7 felony counts of obstruction, witness tampering, and lying to Congress, which spared him from a 40 month prison sentence.)

Stone expressed a threat of his own when he heard this.

"Personally, I like the news that Epstein's pimp Maxwell is ready to testify before Congress. Bill and Hillary [the Clintons] are going to be very embarrassed. She has nothing on Trump."

Hold on Roger. Pam Bondi says the Epstein Files don't even EXIST.

And aren't you LISTENING to your boy Donald? He says the Epstein Files DO exist, but that Hillary WROTE them. Of course, that begs the question, WHY would she put her husband Bill in it, if she WROTE it?

You people really need to get your stories straight.

And NEWS FLASH, Roger. Decent people do not approve of pedophile rapists. No matter WHO they are. They want to see even a PRESIDENT go to jail. It does not matter if he is DEMOCRAT or REPUBLICAN.

But then, NONE of you have a clue about what a decent person thinks, do you?

Trump's Epstein Scandal is Not Going Away

'Fear': Epstein prosecutor fired by Trump issues warning letter to ex-colleagues

Trump Fumes at Epstein Mess as Polls Reveal Big GOP Revolt

 

"President Donald Trump is in an absolute fury over his inability to stop MAGA from talking about the Jeffrey Epstein files. He unleashed a furious, manic tirade on Truth Social over it, and then rambled bizarrely about it to reporters for over a minute straight. None of it’s working. Striking new polls—one from Quinnipiac and the other from CNN—show wide public dissatisfaction with the whole Epstein fiasco. Critically, both polls show large chunks of Republicans are also unhappy about it, suggesting his efforts to shut this down aren’t working. But something deeper is going on here. Trump is also revealing a level of contempt for MAGA that’s unusual even for him. His anger seems primarily rooted in his inability to simply command them to think whatever he tells them to think."

TRUMP COULDN'T REMEMBER THAT HE APPOINTED JEROME POWELL TO HEAD THE FED

 

Trump was accused of ‘slowly losing it’ as latest signs of ‘dementia’ unravel sparking health worries 

"The president forgot names, showed confusion over who was with him at the event, and appeared to fabricate stories that could not possibly be true.

 Donald Trump claimed his uncle had taught the future Unabomber at MIT, despite the domestic terrorist never having attended the university.

President Donald Trump's cognitive decline was called back into question during a rambling speech in Pittsburgh Tuesday, during which he forgot names and told stories that were very unlikely to be true.

At one point, however, he claimed that his uncle, a physicist who helped create radar systems during World War II, taught future "Unabomber" terrorist Theodore Kaczynski at MIT, none of which had actually happened.

 Kaczynski never attended MIT, but rather received degrees from Harvard and the University of Michigan. Even if John Trump had once crossed paths with Kaczynski, he could not have known he would commit 16 bomb attacks between 1971 and 1995, as John Trump died in 1985, years before he was identified as the Unabomber. 

 He also forgot who from his team had come with him on the trip to Pittsburgh, mistakenly gesturing to Representative for Pennsylvania's 9th Congressional District Dan Meuser, who was not present at the event. “I want to introduce Dan Meuser. Dan Meuser is here,” Trump said. “Where’s Dan?”

During his speech, Trump...also claimed that he had secured $16 trillion in investments in the economy, despite the U.S. economy totally just under $30 trillion.”

And finally, a shocking example of his mental decline:

"...during a rant in which he brutally criticizes Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Trump forgets that he appointed him, saying "I'm surprised he was appointed. I was surprised that Biden put him in." 

(Trump appointed Powell on November 2, 2017, and former President Biden reappointed him in May of 2022. Why doesn't Trump's staff insist on prepping him before he goes before cameras and the American people and shows his mental deterioration? 

How bad must Trump's mental state be for him NOT TO REMEMBER that he himself appointed Powell? 

Where's Jake Tapper now on this egregious show of Trump's failing cognitive abilities? 

Do people actually think Trump's in charge? Really?

 

BREAKING: In a shocking moment, during a rant in which he brutally criticizes Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Trump forgets that he appointed him, saying "I'm surprised he was appointed. I was surprised that Biden put him in."

Trump nominated him in 2017.pic.twitter.com/5K7Jjf21D5

— Really American 🇺🇸 (@ReallyAmerican1) July 16, 2025

A REMINDER

 

They photoshopped him out of the final picture.

If only...

By now you must have heard how Trump behaved after Chelsea beat Paris Saint Germain in the World Cup finals.

After presenting the winning team its trophy, Trump refused to leave the stage where the Chelsea team was ready to enjoy a well-earned victory celebration. Trump, ever the malignant narcissist, after being signaled by FIFA head, Gianni Infantino, to leave the stage to the winning team, instead stayed and inserted himself as part of the celebration with which he had nothing to do.

(It is customary for the head of state to present the winning team with the trophy AND THEN LEAVE the stage so that the winning team can enjoy the attention and limelight earned because of its amazing win.)

But this is America with a petty, jealous little man-child as its head.

But wait, there's more!

Later, we found out that Trump took the original trophy that the Chelsea team won and has it on display in the Oval Office. A replica of the original trophy will be given to the winning team.

Get that? Trump, who is not the president of the country which the winning team, Chelsea, is from, grabbed the original trophy for himself and his glory, and the winning team merely gets a copy!

(Even though the linked article reports that Infantino offered the trophy to Trump for him to keep in the Oval Office, a gracious POTUS would have declined the gesture and made sure it went home with the winning team. But Trump is the extreme opposite of "gracious," and Infantino knew what he was doing by brown-nozing Trump before the World Cup comes to the US next year.)

What a disgrace for the world to witness!

WHAT CHANGED HIS MIND?

 

History will NOT be kind to Trump's supporters (many are abandoning him because of his 180 on the Epstein files). MAGA refuse to see him for the criminal, liar, cheat, fraudster, sexual predator and pal of Epstein that he is/was. Trump and Melania partied with child rapist Epstein and his procurer, Maxwell, for years. 

Photos of them together are all over the internet. 

There's a reason Bondi lied about the list:

Trumpism:  The Age of Moral Numbness, brought to America by his morally numb supporters.

Trumpism: The Age of Moral Numbness

 

"There’s a question that’s been bugging me for nearly a decade. How is it that half of America looks at Donald Trump and doesn’t find him morally repellent? He lies, cheats, steals, betrays, and behaves cruelly and corruptly, and more than 70 million Americans find him, at the very least, morally acceptable. Some even see him as heroic, admirable, and wonderful. What has brought us to this state of moral numbness?" -- David Brooks, The Atlantic 

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If someone wants to tell me Trump’s a ‘good’ person, I just ask what his ‘good’ qualities are -- greed, hate, envy, jealousy, pettiness? -- always blaming others, etc.?  If you’re convinced he’s a ‘good’ person, it’s likely because you share his qualities.

 IMO, Trump speaks the language of an abuser. I know it well and so do others. If you don’t recognize the words he chooses to use as abusive, then you are one of two things:  also an abuser or someone who has experienced abuse but hasn’t come to terms with it yet. 

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.