Turn out the lights - their Party's about over

 Pres. Trump    -       V- Pres. Vance    -       Speaker Johnson

The Magnificient Morons

Ever since I can remember, I was taught that all Americans should honor and respect our nation's top leaders. They were elected to lead our country in war and peace. Those who were selected to assist them them were also to be honored and respected as they carried out their tasks.

However, we are finding out there are execeptions. The MAGA Republican political cult has changed the rules. We are to only honor, believe and respect  what they tell us is the truth.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

(George Orwell - "1984"

The three "leaders" pictured above are absolutely and unequivocally telling us to heed only their words, for it is there where we will find the truth. 

I believe we can all agree that the truth was displayed much clearer on June 16, 2025 during and after the "small skimpy street stroll by supporters" of the president. As to the voices of protesters, their efforts gave a convincing picture of what is happening in our country!

I don't believe I'm "guilding the lily" too much when I say the entire day was an absolute disaster for the "birthday boy." The protests in all fifty states told the Administration that they are completely on the wrong track.

These three charlatans have lived their best days and it's down hill from here to the end of their political careers. 

Turpe inter opus

Shameful in the midst of work   -Latin

There will be a place for the richest

Montanans

 Were You Aware?

250  MILLION  ACRES 

OF  PUBLIC  LAND

    WILL  BE   FOR  SALE IN THE NATION 

BY  THE REPUBLICAN  CONGRESS

IN  TRUMP'S  BIG  BEAUTIFUL  BILL

The exact number of acres of publc  land that will be for sale in the "Big Beautiful Bill" is not explicitly stated, but the bill proposes selling of a significant amount of public land, potentially over 250 million acres. The bill would force the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM lands in 11 Western states over the next five years, with the potential for much more.

How many would be sold in Montana?  Well, Senators Daines and Sheehy have "crossed-their-little-MAGA-black-hearts-and-hope-to-die" promised that they got a special deal with "those in authority" that no land will be sold in Monetana."

That's their word now. What their word will be if the bill is passed is another matter. We've been down this MAGA road before, haven't we? I'm not saying we can't trust them. I'm just saying the rules today have nothing to do with what those rascal Republicans will write up for rules tomorrow!

There was added - in very small print - that the money from the sale of 250 million acres will help pay for the trillions of dollars needed for tax cuts for the rich!

Don't we live in a happy state where we can give up our most beautiful spots in order to assure that we will not let a richy-rich go without having another yacht, a sprawling new home in the midst of Montana's forest, lakes and mountains?

We are such accomadating - and stupid -  folks out West!

Social Media can tear our nation apart!

Confessions of a Blogger

I retired as a daily newspaper publisher in 2000, forty-years as a political cartoonists, and I have been a political blogger since 2000. That is a lot of politics! It's been in my blood since John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963!

Today, I have been listening to stories of people who are bitterly opposed to bloggers and opinionated social media junkies who spew their political venom at the touch  of a "send" button. 

And then we listen to the tragedy that has happened to a lawmaker and spouse who were shot dead  in Minnesota by a man who was so filled with hate that he had a long list of others in the victim's political party he had planned to also kill.

This, evidently, is the "preferred-next step up" from actually voting against the opposition party. What have we become, people? 

I confess. . . while I've considered the possibility of writing a blog and pushing the next kook over the edge, I'm going to sit down with myself and have a good talk. This ain't the good old days of the good old newspaper and television news anymore! Social Media seems to be a much quicker and more direct way than waiting for an election!

 

Social Media: needing companionship and therefore best suited to living - electronically -  in comunities of other social "friends" like Facebook over 3 billion users, YouWube with 2.5 billion users, and  Instagram and WhatsApp with 2 billion users. Others include  WeChat and platforms within the Meta family, like Messenger.

Let's talk about the makeup of a person who is social. They like to be around or in the same atmosphere of people. For examople, a social butterfly is someone who is social or friendly with everyone, flitting from person to person, the way a butterfly might. The word social comes from the Latin socius meaning "friend." When you're being social, you're everyone's friend. That makes "social media" the perfect game for you!

Thus, if you want to be involved with the social media, you will want to be "sociable" with as many "friends" as possible. It can be a sign of great importance to you if your number of "friends" are greater. To go one step further, it is paramount if your goal is of political importance. If you belive you can influence a "friend's" thinking, politically, you must have as many friends as possible. 

So, what are you thinking about when you finally hit that "friend accepted" key and it turns out to be the one who will ring your door bell at around three a.m., and shoot you before you even know why?

Don't try to figure it all out. It's been figured out a few years ago. You, I and others just chose not to accept it. . . yet. 

Social Media has the ability to help us tear our nation apart - and the social media platforms - like those listed above - are counting on it!

Sit Down, Shut Up, and Learn

Mr. President - Have You No Decency?

In 1954, one pivotal question was posed by Joseph Welch, special counsel for the U.S. Army during the Army-McCarthy hearings. McCarthy (R-Wisconsin) had long argued that the U.S. Army (and much of our government) was awash with communists.

Welch, exhausted and frustrated, asked Senator Joseph McCarthy  "Have you no sense of decenty, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of dedency?" No sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"

The question, asked live on national television, exposed McCarthy as a reckless bully and helped to discredit him. It was considered a major turning point in the McCarthy era and marked the beginning of the end for McCarthy's power and influence. McCarthy was later censured by the Senate and died in 1957, a broken man.

Perhaps, if our congressional politicians could muster enough courage to be as direct and to the point with our president, we could solve this "unspeakable" criticism of the president and his bullyish attitute, we could get to the core of problems and resolve this constant fighting. Ironically, Trump has a problem that is very similar to what plagued McCarthy. He was a bully, a headstrong politician who thought he was always right, and a man who thought he was the only one who could fix it!

America needs someone like Joseph Welch to stand up to the president. After all, Trump isn't a man with power and authority that is held only unto himself!

Do we have someone who can - and will - sit him down and explain to him just how far his authority really goes?

It sounds like an easy job for congress, but for some reason, it hasn't worked yet. 

The "dog killer" shows her Power

  MAGA-GENERATED  ASSAULT 

 

Senator Alex Padilla, D-Caifornia was man-handled and handcuffed today and forcibly removed as he attempted to ask a question at a press conference held by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, in Los Angeles on Thursday. The incident has shocked Padilla's senate colleagues from the Capitol Hill to California...to the world!

If forcible taking  a U.S. Senator to the floor, handcuffing him. and then forcibly removing him from the room is how Trump and his thugs are operating, we must finally admit we are now living in a "Third World, lawless country of thugs" who  are completely out of control!

Kristi Noem and the president have evidently authorized ICE to arrest, and manhandle anyone, anytime, and anywhere. Noem followed up her meeting by saying, "he did not identify himself." That was proven false by a video and sound that was immediately shown on MSNBC and other television media. There was ample criticism of Noem's confirmation of her job and she is fast proving her criticswere right!

Senator Padilla kept his cool and let the issue play itself out.

This assault will not end anytime soon!

A Pompous Blowhard

 TRUMP  REVEALED

An American Traitor of Illegal Ambition, Outrageous Ego, and a Gigantic thirst for Money and Power.

The one who thinks of himself as the most important will always fall the hardest!

Donald Trump Biographer Michael D'Antonio observed that prior to his 2016 campaign, Trump was widely known by the American public and media establishment, and was already the focus of many books describing his life as a businessman, media personality, and politician. (He never ran for public office prior to the 2016 election, however.) That made him a media personality and businessman. His "greatness" as a business genius is highly questionable, with six bankruptcies. That leaves his "greatness" as a media personality. If known mostly for dating(?) attractive women makes you a media pesonality, then so be it. 

His book, The Art of the Deal, gave readers the idea he was a great and successful businessman. If he was constantly charged with not paying workers and contractors, bank loans, etc., makes you "great" then so be it. If constant swindling of busines deals, then so be it. However, for me - a guy who pays his bills will always get my vote for "greatest businessman!"

When we get right  down to it, this guy hasn't been the greatest at anything!  

And being the "greatest" at the presidency. . . well, don't even get me started!

I could write his biography on less than half of one page: "This guy is a blowhard!"

The Crossing of Our Rubicon

 

"Crossing the Rubicon" is an idiom that means making an irreversible decision or passing a point of no return. It originates from the historical event of Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon River with his army in 49 BC. This act, which was against Roman law, marked the beginning of a civil war and irrevocably changed the course of Roman history."

The course of action that the Trump admiistration  has taken since day one of this term of office  will now be known as our American Rubicon. We have allowed Trump to shape a new and deadly government of insurrectionists who will oblige him at his every command. The entire administration - plus like-minded MAGA cult members from coast to coast and border to borde - will follow his orders as they turn away from our democracy and  pledge their allegiance to Trump. 

We are now, for all intents and purposes, a country of nearly-full fledged authoritarians and/or members of a dictatorship, which will give the world another "Banana Republic."

What has happened today in Los Angeles was seen and heard as the defining moment of the "new" Fascist Trump Administration. They have turned their back on democracy.

I ask you to watch and listen to not just what happened today, but to what it will all foretell of our future - and the death of the world's greatest democracy that was ever known!

It was important to learn what transpired today, but it is much more important to learn what it means for the future of our nation.