I found it quite heartening that so many people fell out for Saturday’s rallies, both around the country and around the world. There aren’t enough, yet. Full disclosure, I didn’t make it out to the local rally. I had a previous obligation I couldn’t escape. I presume there are others who found themselves in the same boat.

Let’s keep having them. The people, like me, who couldn’t make THIS one, will come out for the next one. Numbers matter. The number of dollars you’ve lost from your 401k matter. The number of people who come out to protest the insanity matter. We may not ALL make EVERY gathering but we need to keep having them and showing up. We need to whip up some support.

Meanwhile, I saw at least one report of a counter-rally in support of Felon 47. It was a pretty paltry affair. They were enthusiastic, though, all twelve of them. Compare that to the hundreds and thousands who came out in protest, I’m not sure team “pro poverty” is going to gain much traction…

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Hey, a second family in Texas has “protected” their child to death, this one an eight year old girl. I’m sure they’re very happy. After all, she didn’t have autism when she died of this totally preventable illness, Measles. Of course, she would NOT have contracted autism from the vaccine, anyway, since there is NO relationship between vaccines and autism. But, apparently, that part wasn’t important to the parents.

I might, actually, support forced sterilization for parents like that. I hope they don’t have any other children. If they do, the kids should be removed from the home and placed with some people who care about the health of the child. Oh, and this is important, with people who are NOT stupid.

I’ll tell you this: We’ve all known for a long time, stupidity hurts. I hope it’s not much longer until we realize stupidity can also kill…

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“Sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something.” That’s what Felon 47 said in response to a question about the crashing stock market?!? He DID throw in a possibly-supposed-to-be-comforting bit, but it didn’t help much. He said, “What’s going to happen with the market? I can’t tell you.” See? That’s not very comforting. Then he added, “But I can tell you, our country has gotten a lot stronger, and eventually, it’ll be a country like no other.”

The DOW dropped another 1,000 points on futures overnight. That means MORE record setting declines for Trump coming today. We ALL agree, we’re being forced to “take medicine.” We just DON’T agree there was ever any need. The economy had issues, but it was strong under Biden. Always remember and never forget, the economy was SO strong under Biden, Felon 47 constantly took credit for it. It was only a STORY that the economy was weak under Biden, just like it’s only a story that the “country has gotten a lot stronger.”

I mean, how? Exactly? Higher unemployment? Recession? Worldwide condemnation and exclusion? Crashing consumer confidence? Higher prices across the board? The weakening, crashing dollar? The intentional destruction of the social safety net? A confused, terrorized nation? Self-isolation, leaving China to step into the void and enjoy all of that goodwill the US once enjoyed? Yet another crippling tax cut for the wealthy?

I’m sure that throughout this whole debacle, the Drumpfster has his finger on the pulse of the nation, checking, moment by moment, to ensure the safety and health of the patient so he can quickly and decisively respond in whatever… What? What the hell do you mean, ‘He played golf?’ What, like, the whole time? Jeez, talk about fiddling while Rome burns… He isn’t even paying attention? Right, that’s right. HE has plenty of money. HE gets a soft landing, no matter what. Hell, it’s no WONDER HE’S not worried.

ELON is, though. Worried about the tariffs, I mean. Well, the tariffs on Europe, anyway. His crashing and burning company that builds crash-and-burn cars is suffering a LOT because of his malfeasance. The LAST thing he needs is to make it MORE difficult to sell cars in Europe.

So, Elon publicly ripped Peter Navarro, one of the morons behind this whole mess. No, Muck didn’t rip the Drumpfster, the person who actually DID this. He ripped Navarro. Navarro supports tariffs. This is from ‘The Daily Beast:’ ‘“Tariffs are the most common sense route to balancing our trade deficit and thereby stimulating economic growth, and strengthening the U.S. dollar,” Navarro told ‘Semafor’ during an interview from jail last year, where he served a four-month sentence over refusing to cooperate with a Jan 6. investigation.’ During a jailhouse interview. Felon 47 really has surrounded himself with the not-best and not-brightest, hasn’t he?

Navarro dismissed Musk’s comments as self-serving which, surely, they are. The rift has gone public. Cracks in the facade. It’s a moment I’ve been waiting for, the moment when their self-interests clash with each other’s self-interests.

I have to say, this DOES feel, very much, like 47 is reinforcing my already held suspicion that he IS the actual Antichrist. It just… feels like he’s punishing the whole world – the US in particular – for trying to punish him for his crimes. I suspect that, privately, MAGA is starting to realize they aren’t receiving any special protections or considerations, either.

Yeah, they DID help him escape justice. For their reward, he’s burning the whole effing thing down with everyone inside, MAGA included…