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Trump is creating his own Praetorian Guard

First, he ordered 2,000 National Guard troops from Republican-led states to patrol the streets of Washington D.C. to combat a non-existent crime wave. Now, Pete Hegseth has ordered them to be armed, as well. (1) Service-issued weapons to these troops include the M16 and M4 assault rifles, a shotgun, the M9 semiautomatic pistol, a 7.62 caliber sniper rifle and a .50 caliber sniper rifle. (2)

Trump, a self-proclaimed “genius,” doesn’t know enough about history to realize what he may have done – to himself. Here’s what historians say:

“Over the years, the guard would become a dangerous threat to imperial power and emperors were forced to gain its favour in order to ensure their reign. In the 1st and 2nd century CE many an emperor was murdered with Praetorian Guard involvement, and once one of their number, Macrinus, was even declared emperor. The body specifically created to protect the emperor’s person had become his greatest liability.” (3)

Sources

  1. https://www.theguardian.com, 8/22/25, “Trump targets Chicago and New York as Hegseth orders weapons for D.C. troops”

2. https://www.in.gov/indiana-national-guard/camp-atterbury/ground-ranges/weapons/

3. https://www.worldhistory.org/timeline/Praetorian_Guard/

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First the card, then the monument

Now that Donald Trump has launched a website to sell ultra-pricey visas to the fabulously wealthy, it’s time to replace the woke Statue of Liberty.

The Trump Monument would be gold-plated, 152 feet tall, (one foot taller than Lady Liberty), made in China (like the Trump Bible), and depict Trump hugging an American flag.

Its inscription:

“Give me your rich, your greedy,

Your superyacht billionaires yearning to be free of taxes,

The overprivileged unconstrained by common decency.

Send these, $5 million in their outstretched hands,

A Trump Card visa for their golden-door access.”

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Watch out what you wish for

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If you think Trump’s brown-nosed minions, billionaire backers and Project 2025 blueprint won’t hurt you, read these books and view the video linked below:

“It Can’t happen Here,” by Sinclair Lewis, 1935;

“The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,” by William L. Shire, 1960;

Illinois Gov. Jay Pritzker’s State of the State address, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS66O1C7Gp4

Your tax dollars at work
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Your tax dollars at work

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Submitted online to endDEI.edu.gov, which encourages citizens to become snitches: “The U.S. Department of Education is committed to ensuring all students have access to meaningful learning free of divisive ideologies and indoctrination. This submission form is an outlet for students, parents, teachers, and the broader community to report illegal discriminatory practices at institutions of learning. The Department of Education will utilize community submissions to identify potential areas for investigation.

PLEASE DESCRIBE IN AS MUCH DETAIL AS POSSIBLE THE DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE TAKING PLACE”

Thank you, President Trump, for this bold initiative!!! Black History month and Juneteenth are brainwashing Black children with propaganda that they deserve special privileges (“civil rights”) for not being White in a White country. And don’t get me started on MLK Day, for a womanizer investigated by the FBI for his ties to Communism. P.S. I can’t wait to replace that with Donald Trump Day!!! He can’t help it if women are overcome by his animal magnetism, and his sly cozying up to Vladimir Putin will save us from Communism!!! 

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At last: an honest statement from Trump

Being president of the United States isn’t good enough for DJT. He wants to be king, according to one of his posts on Truth Social, accompanied by a cheesy depiction of him wearing a crown.

Next, he’ll want an army of soldiers dedicated only to him, not to the Constitution. He’ll want to turn the White House into a tacky version of Versailles, with huge portraits of himself on every wall and liveried servants standing silently by to open a door or hand him toilet paper (wait: the king shouldn’t have to wipe his own ass!).

He’ll have so much fun designing the uniforms.

He’ll designate his youngest son, Barron, as the heir apparent. He and Melania also will get crowns. Should the taxpayers get obstreperous about this extravagance, while their medical benefits, food stamps and housing vouchers are slashed in the name of “government efficiency,” he’ll throw McNuggets at them much as he threw rolls of paper towels as “relief aid” to victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico while blocking $20 billion in recovery aid.

He’s not much acquainted with facts or history, so someone should remind him how things turned out for the last king of Versailles.

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How to celebrate Donald Trump’s birthday

Thank you, Republican Congresswoman Claudia Tenney of New York, for offering the nation an exciting new opportunity to publicly observe President Donald Trump’s birthday!

“Just as George Washington’s birthday is codified as a federal holiday, President Trump’s birthday should also be celebrated to recognize him as the founder of America’s Golden Age,” she wrote in a news release. “His impact on the nation is undeniable.”

Truer words never were spoken regarding his impact. I’m already planning how to mark this momentous occasion if Tenney’s bill passes.

First, I’ll proudly fly an American flag (upside down) in front of my house. Underneath that will be a peace-symbol flag, a gay-rights flag and a Black Lives Matter flag.

I’ll volunteer to help organize a parade with vehicles decorated by recently fired workers purged as traitors from local, state and federal agencies. They’ll toss rainbow-colored bead necklaces, buttons picturing Elon Musk with the words “Not my president,” and plastic crypto coins picturing President Trump and reading “Worth one cent.”

There’ll be marching bands and sing-alongs featuring “We Shall Overcome,” “Fight The Power,” “A Change Is Gonna Come,” “This Land Is Your Land,” and “Get Up, Stand Up.” Food trucks will sell tacos, egg rolls, Jamaican jerk wraps and soul food. Local farmers will sell meat from animals raised without growth hormones, indoor confinement, and cheap grain-based feed like you can get at billions-sold fast so-called food outlets.

Nearby branches of nonprofits like Planned Parenthood, Indivisible, the League of Conservation Voters, Human Rights Campaign, the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Congress of American Indians, the American Immigration Council and the Committee to Protect Journalists will pass out pamphlets about how to protect people, defend Constitutional rights, insist on clean land, water and air, organize a protest and what to do if arrested during a protest.

It will be so much fun!

J.D. Bares His Claws At Childless Cat Ladies

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Thank you, J.D. Vance, for opening my eyes to the dangers of childless cat ladies.

How clever they’ve been! Masquerading as harmless, even caring, while insidiously spreading their status-obsessed misery to the rest of us. If this sounds confusing, since childless cat ladies are not known for their obsession with status, let J.D. explain.

Childless cat ladies “are miserable in their own lives and want to make the rest of the country miserable, too,” he told Tucker Carlson on Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com/video/6359536060112

“They live in one-bedroom apartments in New York City. They’re obsessed with status, wealth, fortunes.

“They hate normal Americans for choosing family over these ridiculous DC and New York status games.

“If you’re a miserable cat lady, you should not force your misery on the rest of the country.”

Until J.D. went on to point it out, I had not realized that Democrats and corporate oligarchs are childless cat ladies. Or that such people live in one-bedroom apartments.

“For a healthy ruling class,” he said, we need leaders with children. Those without children “have no personal and direct stake in the country.”

Wow! I didn’t realize how close I’d come to falling into that trap. I’m childless, a Democrat and a cat owner. Even worse, I used to work as a newspaper reporter. The only thing that saves me (besides J.D.’s clear-eyed and brave revelation) is that I also own a dog.

But she’s not the kind of canine you’d expect a real woman to own – not a robust family protector but a 30-pound lap lover named Sugar.

She and Karma are buddies.

Gosh, “Karma” sounds a lot like “Kamala,” doesn’t it?

Save me, J.D.!

 

 

 

 

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Should government save failing newspapers?

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Uncle Sam has heard from another American industry that needs a bailout.

This time, it’s newspapers. But they aren’t just another business. They’re one of the pillars of our democracy, and they’re crumbling.

They’re in the same position as buggy whip makers after Henry Ford’s Model Ts started rolling off the assembly lines. This time the Internet is the technological advancement threatening old ways.

Nineteen U.S. senators have joined a group of journalism professionals and nonprofits in asking Congress for stimulus money to keep newspapers publishing.

Would there be a conflict of interest in covering the Newspaper Czar who decides which papers get money? Of course. Accepting money from any source can raise that problem for newspapers. Nonetheless, newspapers sometimes bite the hands that feed them in order to do their jobs.

To see the proposal in detail, check out “Life-saving news needs a stimulus” at https://newsguild.org/.

Then subscribe to a newspaper. Unless, of course, you’re comfortable getting your news from the likes of Facebook.

 

 

 

 

 

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The Biggest Loser

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The closer we get to election day, the more candidate Trump morphs from bully to whiner.

My microphone was faulty! The media’s out to get me!

Next will come the crybaby: I was robbed! It was a conspiracy! No fair!

Despite dire predictions of chaos and revolution after the ballot count shows Clinton won, I think it’s safe to say most people just will heave a sigh of relief that it’s over. And some of us won’t be able to resist yelling at the self-proclaimed victim of injustice as he stomps, pouting, out of the schoolyard:

Nyaaa, nyaaa – LOSER!

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The rise of the bully boys

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Trump, Putin, Duterte – Bully boys are ascendant.

They stoke hysteria in the already fearful with exaggerated pronouncements of crisis, then offer security in the form of a Big Daddy-knows-best arrangement. Scapegoats are targeted to justify aggression or oppression.

Their supporters believe themselves exempt from harsh tactics. Average citizens tell themselves that they aren’t one of “those people” causing problems. The wealthy or powerful think they can keep the guy from going too far. All accept the bully’s implied reassurance, after ranting threats at supposed enemies, “I don’t mean you.”

In the art of breaking deals, that will be just one more broken promise.

If you need a reminder of how far and how badly this can go, read “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis or “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich” by William Shirer.