Abraham and Isaac was a dress rehearsal.
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I almost sprayed my coffee all over my keyboard when I read the name of the bill. Honestly, Iâm pleased to see Democrats countering the absurd with the obscene. Crazy needs a little bi-partisanshipâŚ
I loved the paragraph in the article from the minority party:
âSo theyâre doing acronyms now,â Republican Assemblyman Mike Inganamort [wrote on X. ] âThis sort of radicalism is the inevitable result of an unchecked, 25-year Democratic Majority. Itâs what our Republican Minority stands against and why elections matter,â he added.
I find it comical that he assaults an acronym with such fever, but shooting people in the streets from an administration that has been in power for a year is perfectly fine with him.
I believe this November will be quite the lesson from him in âwhy elections matterâ
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If you think free and fair elections will happenâŚ
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I have no doubt Trump will try some hinky shit to tilt the table to his advantage. I donât believe in his invincibility. I donât subscribe to his omniscience.
I donât believe I am alone in these beliefs.
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I believe he is legally invulnerable under the current system.
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Sure, in terms of things that can be shown to be done in the course of his official duties. Although things his businesses / children do on his behalf are not, IIRC, subject to the same carte blanche.
But he can only be in office and have an administration if all of his minions are similarly invulnerable, which they are not.
There is so much incompetence and malfeasance and grift that there is no problem bringing state charges against the lot, rendering those convictions immune to Trumpâs pardon powers. And even apart from legal peril, there is nothing to keep Trump from losing popular support, to prevent protests, boycotts, lawsuits, and though I donât advocate for it, violence from paralyzing his ability to govern.
And of course Iâm not even speaking to the fact that the regime has so far lost about 70+% of all legal challenges and just creates more criminal liability by ignoring some of the decisions against it. Or the fact that governments that made huge concessions to try to placate Trump in exchange for removing tariffs have now learned the hard way that this is a foolâs errand, as those tariffs have been invalidated. They wonât (mostly) repeat those mistakes again, lest they give things of substance in exchange for nothing. More and more the world is going its own way without us.
Itâs not a sustainable state of affairs for the regime (or sadly, for us).
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One constant in American politics is that nothing is constant.
The more you view Trump as some neo-Hitler, the easier it is for him to keep tossing batshit crazy tidbits out to grab the news cycle. His life revolves completely on how he dominates the news cycle. He is a solipsist, so good or bad, it matters nothing as long as he is dominant.
The more you see him as the man counting cards at a casino, the less his ravings matter. Until the casino wises up, he is raking it in. Once the casino gets wise, the party ends.
The reason Trump is so terrified of the mid terms is that he loses his shield at the table. Democrats turn the cameras back on and his card counting scheme screams to a dead stop.
He is afraid of the optics of the likely parade of Democrat investigations, subpoenas and oversightâŚand the loss of control of the news cycle.
And yes, Virginia, he is that shallow.
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Thatâs an excellent point â I spoke to his ability to govern, but you are speaking to his ability to obtain narcissistic supply, and that it is probably even more consequential for him. He cares about that more than he cares about governing, though governing is a means to that end.
Bingo.
Can anyone not subject to involuntary psychiatric commitment actually point a finger at any attempt, even accidentally, where Trump actually presented a plan, proposal or displayed a governing strategy?
I can speak from personal experience that as a narcissist ages they distill into the worst manifestations of their personality disorder. Only the lifelong lie they projected to the world remainsâŚonly the highly rehearsed character remains.
As dementia progresses, co-morbid with the malignant narcissism, you will get sound bytes and performative normalcy. They will repeat endlessly until aphasia mercifully saves us all from the noise.
Watch as we progress to the November mid terms. Anyone dissenting will be attacked, anyone attempting to pose as a successor will be attackedâŚhe would fire his entire cabinet thinking it would save him from being removed under the 25th amendment.
Human instinct promotes keeping a safe distance from the insane. Paint him less as all powerful and more as âchecked out of the Hotel Reality leaving no forwarding addressâ and the perspective changes.
Does Project 2025 count? Although he didnât write it, and even claimed to know nothing about it, he certainly has been very active in its implementation.
WellâŚif it wasnât forâŚ
Key Trump Administration Figures in Project 2025
| Name | Role in First Trump Admin | Project 2025 Contribution | Current/Recent Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Vought | OMB Director | Architect; Authored âExecutive Office of the Presidentâ chapter | Re-appointed as OMB Director |
| John McEntee | Director of Presidential Personnel | Senior Advisor; focused on the personnel database for vetting loyalists | Remains a close Trump advisor |
| Brendan Carr | FCC Commissioner | Authored the âFederal Communications Commissionâ chapter | Appointed as FCC Chairman |
| Stephen Miller | Senior Advisor to the President | Advised via his group, America First Legal; appeared in promotional training videos | Appointed as Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy |
| Tom Homan | Acting ICE Director | Contributor to the âDepartment of Homeland Securityâ section | Appointed as âBorder Czarâ |
| Ben Carson | HUD Secretary | Authored the âDepartment of Housing and Urban Developmentâ chapter | Prominent Trump surrogate/ally |
| John Ratcliffe | Director of National Intelligence | Contributor to the âIntelligence Communityâ chapter | Appointed as CIA Director |
Other Notable Contributors
Peter Navarro
: Former Trade Adviser; authored the chapter on âFair Tradeâ.
Ken Cuccinelli
: Former Acting Deputy Secretary of DHS; authored the âDepartment of Homeland Securityâ chapter.
Christopher Miller
: Former Acting Secretary of Defense; authored the âDepartment of Defenseâ chapter.
Karoline Leavitt
: Former Assistant Press Secretary; served as a Project 2025 training instructor. She is now the White House Press Secretary.
Paul Atkins
: Former SEC Commissioner; contributed to financial regulatory sections and was later appointed to lead the SEC.
âŚI might wonder how much of a hand Trump had in thisâŚ
Trump was the useful idiot in all of this. He wanted to stay out of prison, these knuckleheads capitalized on his elect-ability and the rest is sadly, history.
Hopefully, the Democrats make their first move against these sociopaths. Going after Trump gives him ammunition for inciting his base.
His base has no fucking clue who any of these knuckleheads are. The Democrats just need to hound them to the point where Trump sees them as a liability and heâll fire them.
His cabinet and Stephen Miller are easy targets. Make the anti-immune virus that Trump is turn on the Project 2025 host.
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Trump regime slashes mercury regulations from coal plants.
This asshole will stop at nothing to destroy the planet. 
An up to date list of the things which said asshole has done for environment destruction, for those interested in adding to the impressive list of Orange admin. fueled terribleness.
White House Watch: Tracking Attacks on Our Environment & Health
https://www.nrdc.org/resources/white-house-watch-tracking-attacks-our-environment-health
He doesnât hate the planetâŚhe hates everything.
This is merely the transactional part where he systematically removes all regulation on the industries of the donor class that financed his Get Out Of Jail Free card election in 2024.
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Itâs not that he hates everything, itâs that he is all about himself. If something is good for him, itâs good! If something is bad for him, itâs bad! Everything is transactional.
The interesting thing is that these things change, so he flip-flops a lot. Heâs not lying, because truth doesnât exist in his world.
Truth is an exploitable commodity for him. He honestly believes what he says, so he is not lying to the American public, he is merely broadcasting his solipsistic truth of the day to obtain narcissistic supply. .
Not only is truth exploitable, but so is falsehood - in equal measure. They have the same value to him.
What I am trying to say is using conventional terms doesnât describe what is going on. His entire thought process doesnât work the way yours or mine does. So normal ways of dealing with that donât work and itâs one of the reasons things are so difficult.
A transcript of some of what trump said in a speech yesterday:
âwhyâ why would you do this? and they walk inâ nobody even asks forâ like, you have an identification? do you have an ID? umâ [long pause] itâs so crazy. you know, the Mayor of New York, and heâs a very nice person, I, I met him. his ideology is not, not too good. but uhhhhâ weâre having a massive snowstorm right now, and Iâve heard that heâs asked people to come out and help shovel the snow. okay, so you get a shovel and you start shoveling. what? what the hell, youâre not gonna help too much, but you helpâ [points to a woman in the audience] hello, darling, how are you? [points again] no, right behind you. look. my friend, right? are you okay? yes, you. are you okay? are you okay? [long pause] good. good. are your eyes okay? I gave her money to get her eyes fixed. lotta money, to get her eyes fixed. that doctor ripped me off, but thatâs okay.â
Meandering âspeechesâ by POTUSâŚ
The Secretary of HHS posting a picture of himself with a Mike Tyson face tattooâŚ
The Atty General spewing mainly ad hom insults at a serious committee hearingâŚ
Move along, nothing to see here. Itâs all for the U.S. greatness, or the children, or something.