Kash Patel, Directing Under the Influence

 Here is what we know for sure about FBI Director, Kash Patel. In 2025 he used government owned jets, presumably at taxpayer expense, on a trip to Scotland to play a round or two of golf with pals. That same year he used the jet on a couple of occasions to fly down to a Texas hunting lodge. In addition, he used it to wing his way to Pennsylvania in order to see his main squeeze, Alexis Wilkins perform. When questioned about the use of the FBI owned and operated aircraft for these exotic excursions Patel's response was something along the lines of, "FBI Directors have lives too." 

In January of this year Patel used the same jet to attend the Olympics in Italy. Specifically, he was there to watch the U.S. men's hockey team win the gold medal. Afterward he showed up in the team's locker room and partied hearty with them--chugging and spraying beer and jumping around as if he had been on the ice with them. There is no denying his behavior in that moment, it is all on tape. Everyone who saw it witnessed the Director of the FBI swilling beer while acting like a 20-something jock gone wild.

Apparently, everything just mentioned is minor shit compared to the real weirdness going on with the head of the FBI. A few days ago, Sarah Fitzpatrick wrote a piece in The Atlantic titled, "The FBI Director is MIA." If you believe her story, it could have been called, "The FBI Director is DUI." 

According to Fitzpatrick's article, among other episodes, there were a number of times last year when meetings that included Patel had to be delayed until later in the day. The reasons were to let him sleep off wild drunken nights or at least semi-recover from massive hangovers. She wrote her sources were, "six current and former officials and others familiar with Patel's schedule..." 

She also reported that last year Patel locked himself into an office and remained unavailable and un-responsive for hours. At least long enough that agents were forced to request, "breaching equipment." You know, the kind of gear SWAT teams use to batter down doors so they can get to hostages, or suspects. Fitzpatrick cited "multiple sources familiar with the request."

Then came April 10th this year. For those not aware, one of the various prizes found at the bottom of vodka bottles, especially for people with high profile jobs is paranoia. On that date, Patel, for unknown reasons, wasn't able to login to an internal DOJ computer system. He immediately panicked. He jumped on the phone, "frantically," calling aides and friends utterly convinced he had been locked out of the system on purpose. He told them all he had just been fired by the White House. It was simply a minor glitch, or repeated typo on his part. The White House hadn't fired him--at least not yet. Two of Fitzpatrick's nine sources described the Director's behavior as, "a freak-out." 

Actually, the Director might have valid reasons to be worried about his job. Kristi Noem has been gone for a while now and yesterday, the Secretary of Labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer was shown the door. Reports are Chavez-De Remer ran her corner of the bureaucracy similar to the way Ghislaine Maxwell ran Jeffrey Epstein's island. While her husband and father were openly hitting on young female staffers the Secretary was knocking back copious amounts of hooch and telling the staffers to do, "whatever they tell you." It all begs the question, Where did the President find this woman, at Caligula's swimming pool? Well, that and, what in God's name must New Years Eve be like at the Chavez-DeRemer house?  

Let's get back to Kash Patel though. The head of the FBI is now suing The Atlantic and Fitzpatrick for defamation, while demanding boat loads of cash from both. To win his case he will have to prove Fitzpatrick knowingly lied--and The Atlantic knew she was lying--in order to specifically damage him personally and professionally. Prior to the trial the agency will have to provide the defense with any and all records pertaining to the alleged incidents. During it the layers for The Atlantic and Fitzpatrick will be able to call witnesses, put them under oath and ask them some pointed questions about Patel's behavior.  All of which led MSNOW's Lawrence O'Donnell to predict that even if a judge let the suit go to trial--which he doubted--Patel would drop the complaint rather than face damning testimony.  

We'll see. Meanwhile Kash Patel leads a bureau woefully undermanned thanks to his fealty to the Mad King. Career agents and administrators have either quit or been removed because they were deemed dis-loyal. Others have been reassigned to help deport anyone with a Hispanic accent. And a few, if Sarah Fitzpatrick is right, spend a lot of their time trying to shake the agency's director out of drunken stupors. 

 All of which begs a final question. Where the fuck is J. Edgar Hoover when you actually need him?

4-21-26

Paula White-Cain and the Divine Donald

Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Jesus of Nazareth as quoted in Matthew 7:15 (the King James version of the bible)

I am always a tad nervous when I quote the Bible, especially when using it to make a point. First, I'm not a theologian and will never pretend to be one. Second, the Bible says a lot of things and all sorts of people can pick out bits of scripture to justify whatever they want to justify. Basically, because there are so many things written in the Old and New Testaments the Bible can be interpreted to say whatever the reader wants it to say. 

Lately though, Matthew's quote of Jesus' words feels awfully relevant. A little while back, Paula White-Cain told Donald Trump and the nation, "Mr. President, no one has paid the price like you have. It almost cost your life. You were betrayed, arrested, and falsely accused. It is a familiar pattern that our Lord and Savior showed us." 

No doubt this inspired Donald J. Trump to seek even greater ambitions than those he had already proven to have. Indeed, "Screw this king shit, I'm going really big time." That's right, let them have their, no king's day demonstrations. Donald Trump isn't a king, he is the Messiah.  

Shortly afterward White-Cain spoke, Trump posed an AI generated picture of himself as a messianic presence. In it he wore a flowing red and white robe while healing a sick man as those around him prayed, a divine light shone in the background and eagles soared overhead. (Let's face it, the man does have a thing for birds, just ask him about wind driven turbines.) Not long after the post he accused Pope Leo XIV of being weak and a loser. Leo, the first American pope, is the spiritual leader of nearly 1.3 billion Roman Catholics worldwide. That's 48% of all Christians on the planet.

Now that takes balls, or one supposes a new Messiah. A couple of days later, the President seemed to back away from the message that he is Christ when he posted another picture. This one wa of himself seated at a desk while Jesus stands blessing him with his hands. Trump later claimed he thought the original picture was simply him as a doctor healing someone. Vice President J.D. Vance, on the other hand, described the first as a joke and said it was deleted because people didn't understand Trump's sense of humor.

Through all this surreal nonsense and some would say blasphemy, White-Cain has remained publicly silent. Maybe she was too busy sorting all the money she rakes in thanks to her work as a televangelist/internet preacher.  Last spring, on her YouTube channel she promised to deliver followers, "seven supernatural blessings," if they donated to her ministry during Passover. The blessings included God assigning an angel to those who pitched in. The angel would then, among other things, become an enemy to their enemies, give them prosperity, take sickness away, and grant them a long life. A pretty sweet deal, right? But wait, there was more. For $125 you could receive an, "olive wood communion set," made in the Holy Land.  And for a cool $1,000 or more, you would get, "a beautiful 10-inch Waterford crystal cross." 

No wonder this woman is Trump's spiritual advisor. She is his kind of Christian--one who is not only willing to goose his ego to rarified heights but also loves to scam the rubes as much as he does.

White-Cain has been divorced twice--perhaps another spiritual connection--her current husband is Johnathan Cain, best known for being in the rock band Journey. In 1991 she and then husband, Randy White founded what eventually became, Without Walls International Church. In its heyday the church had 20,000 members, making it the 7th largest congregation in the U.S. It eventually went bankrupt, not an easy thing to do since it is reported that between the years 2004 and 2006 alone Without Walls received $150 million in donations.  White-Cain maintains she had left the church before the financial collapse and had nothing to do with it.  

 She is a Christian nationalist as opposed to a white nationalist, claiming to value religion over race. There is evidence of that being true. Black Entertainment Television was one of the venues airing her weekly broadcasts. She was such a hit, Ebony Magaxine once wrote, "You know you are onto something new and significant when the most popular woman preacher on BET is a white woman." 

Hey, no fame, no gain. And no access to the President of the United States. 

Yes, thanks in no small part to Paula White-Cain, it feels like we have come to the point actor Peter O'Toole reached at in the movie, "The Ruling Class." In the film O'Toole plays a mad English nobleman who believes himself to be Jesus Christ. When asked what made him think he was, O'Toole's character responded, "When I realized that every time I prayed to Him, I was talking to myself."

sic vita est

4-16-26

The Artemis II Interlude: A Fleeting Pause in the Chaos

 For a news junkie, Donald Trump and his grotesque posse of clowns, deadly sociopaths, and carnival shills can, at times, cause serious emotional and intellectual overloads. Befuddled hopelessness, dread, and outright rage cause a wide range of visceral and mental disfunction. The synapses in the brain begin to flicker ominously, then finally short circuit. 

This past week even Melania Trump climbed onto the ride. Unexpectedly, apparently even to her husband, she showed up at a press conference to tell everyone she didn't know Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Not only that but she had no idea what they had been doing and she had never broken any laws in her life. She also called for Congress to allow the victims to testify under oath so their personal horror stories could be put in the public record.  

It didn't seem to matter to her that no one in the mainstream media had ever accused her of anything like that. Or, that the nation's entire news industry had shifted its focus to the war in Iran and for the last month plus hadn't talked about Epstein and his co-predator.  Why did she do it now or at all? Was she responding to internet rumors? Was she getting back at her husband for letting Stormy Daniels whack his bare ass with a rolled-up magazine? And more darkly, had Don screwed up the war in Iran so badly, was she was trying to shift attention away from it? In other words, was her presser held to distract from the original distraction? 

It was a scene too weird and inexplicable for a rational mind to process.  When coupled with everything else going on, brains began to shut down--causing some of us to stand and scream, "WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED?"

Thankfully, in the midst of this chaos, on Friday evening we caught a break.  

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon. They were the first human beings to ever step foot on a celestial body that we don't call Earth. For many, like myself--I got my first telescope in 1959--it was an event straight out of science fiction. Suddenly all the things we saw in Stanley Kubrick's film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, which had been released the year before, seemed on the verge of happening. At the time I told friends, with complete certainty, that by the year 2000, the United States would have a permanent presence on the moon. Despite a war in SE Asia going horribly sideways, for a little while the country was euphoric. Other nations actually admired us. No one needed to tell Americans why we should be proud. We all knew exactly why we were.  

A little over three years after Apollo 11 landed on the moon, Apollo 17's crew left it in December 1972. We didn't go back for over a half century.  

The Artemis II crew didn't land on the moon, but they did major prep work for that landing to take place. planned landing will pave the way for the overdue moon base I thought would be there 26 years ago. In addition, the four member team travelled further from this planet than anyone ever has before. When they splashed down in the Pacific Friday, after a nerve jangling six-minute radio blackout, for a brief moment it was 1969 all over again. The cable news networks turned away from all the madness for a wonderful instant and focused on what we could accomplish together rather than what divides us and turns us all, to one degree or another, into raging political beasts hell bent on destroying those we oppose.     

The Artemis II mission wasn't completely without controversy. A few of the perpetually irate and put upon MAGA types complained one of the crew members, Jeremy Hansen, was Canadian. There was also the  ever present conspiracy mongers who claimed, just as they have since Armstrong and Aldrin made the trip, the whole mission was faked. However, these groups were so small and insignificant, hardly anyone noticed them. 

Yes, Artemis II was a success. More importantly it was a success that crossed political boundaries when we needed it the most.  

Tragically, the glory and unity were fleeting. The day after the splashdown, Donald Trump announced he would use U.S. warships to close off the Strait of Hormuz. That would be the same bottle neck of water that he demanded Iran to open up last week. If they didn't, he had bellowed, their, "entire civilization would die."  There are also reports the President now wants the Persian Gulf to be renamed to--you guessed it--The Gulf of Trump. 

Indeed, the chaos and insanity have returned. These days it doesn't take long.

4-12-26

The President of the United States is Insane

 On the Saturday before Easter Day, televangelist, Paula White-Cain told the President, "And Mr. President, no one has paid the price like you have paid the price, it almost cost you your life. You were betrayed and arrested and falsely accused. It's a familiar pattern that our Lord and Savior showed us."

The next day, Easter Sunday, Donald Trump showed us a pattern which wasn't so Christ-like. On the day the Christian faith celebrates the Savior's resurrection--arguably the most important and holiest day of the year--the President of the United States posted on social media, "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell--JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP. " 

Now that's a man who understands when to be completely crude and inappropriate.  I mean let's face it, while no one on earth can truly know, what Jesus would do, it's safe to assume the Good Lord would never say something like that. 

The message from Trump moved former Congresswoman, Marjorie Taylor Greene to write in part, "Everyone in this administration that claims to be a Christian needs to fall to their knees and beg for forgiveness from God and stop worshipping the President and intervene in Trump's madness. I know all of you and him and he has gone insane, and all of you are complicit." Ms. Greene finished the lengthy social media message by writing, "This is not making America great again, this is evil."

That's right. A former U.S. Congresswoman and, a person who actively supported Donald Trump during his three runs for the Oval Office, just called the guy insane and said what he is doing is evil. Not only that, but she also, not too subtlety, told his cabinet they need to invoke the 25th amendment and remove him from office. 

Unfortunately for us all that won't happen. As MSNOW's Lawrence O'Donnell pointed out last night, Donald Trump appointed a cabinet designed explicitly not to pull that particular trigger. This time around he made sure there wasn't anyone there who would ever disagree with him no matter the circumstances. He could say the world is flat and the moon made of Swiss cheese and those sycophants and cowards in his cabinet along with many republicans in Congress, would praise him for his scientific brilliance and insight. his spiritual advisor, White-Cain would say his knowledge is divinely inspired. 

For those who think Greene went over the top in her assessment of Trump's mental state, this morning he posted another message on social media. The opening lines read, "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will."

It doesn't matter if it is a grotesque bluff, or Trumpian bluster taken to its ludicrous extreme. No head of state who says something like that during a time of war can be considered in their right mind. Adolf Hitler might have tried to do it, but for God's sake not even he ever came out and publicly said it. Certainly, no American President has ever said it, or anything remotely like it, even during the heat of our fiercest wars.

Who knows? Maybe the President will go all TACO at the last minute. It wouldn't be the first time. Even if he does though, by writing those words he proved Marjorie Taylor Greene was right on Sunday.

Ladies and gentlemen, it can now be said in all seriousness, without any hyperbole. The President of the United States of America is both clinically and dangerously insane. 

4-7-26

Bye-Bye Bondi and General George, Hello to the Trump Oath

 You can say many things about Donald Trump, but one does have to admit the man certainly knows how to change the subject in a hurry. On Wednesday night--April Fool's Day--the President pre-empted prime time TV across the land to address the nation on the war with Iran. What followed was a rambling, overly repetitive, 19-minute rehash of excuses, promises, lies, and bellicose threats we've all heard before, along with dashes of campaign rhetoric thrown in for good measure. In short, the President delivered a big, semi-coherent, nothing burger.

Then came Thursday morning when he sacked Attorney General Pam Bondi. In a social media message, Trump thanked her for her service, congratulated her on her successes, while telling the world she would be pursuing a new career in the private sector, "to be announced at a later date." What he didn't say was why he canned her. He left that up to media speculation. 

So, speculate the media did. Most concluded it wasn't because of Ms. Bondi's lack of loyalty to the President. No, her firing was because of her failure to execute that loyalty to Donald Trump's satisfaction. Sure, she got rid of everyone in the DOJ who ever investigated Trump, for whatever reason, but she failed to bring the main players in those investigations to trial. Not that she didn't try, but grand juries and judges kept demanding some sort of viable legal reasons and proof of guilt to indict or proceed. You know, reasons other than her boss was pissed off at those people. Unfortunately for her, in every instance she didn't have any. None of that mattered to Donald Trump. He doesn't give a rat's ass about the Constitution, or any of that innocent until proven guilty shit--unless he's the one on trial. By God, he wanted those people in jail, and Pam Bondi wasn't putting them there.

Then of course, there is the elephant in the room. Almost from the moment she was confirmed she began to screw the pooch when it came to the Epstein files. Her trip to the unemployment line probably began as soon as she told the media she had a list of Epstein's, "clients," on her desk. She was just waiting, she said, for the President to let her know what their disposition should be.  Not long after that came the Mrs. O'Leary's cow moment. She told everyone she wouldn't be releasing the files at all because there was nothing in them worth seeing.   

It started a firestorm no one, including Trump, could put out. What followed was an endless parade of delays, confused excuses, and the outright violation of a Congressional statute. All in the name of protecting her boss and his buddies. (Also known as his donors send partners in crime.) 

Now Todd Blanche, the former Deputy AG will take over as Acting Attorney General. He, unlike Bondi, has personally represented Donald Trump in court. He is everything the President wants as an Attorney General and head of the Department of Justice, a man who has been on the Trump payroll for years. He's also the guy who convinced Ghislaine Maxwell to say she never saw Donald Trump do anything inappropriate with Epstein's victims, then paid her off with new, let's say, more comfortable, federal digs.

Meanwhile, back to the war.

Nearly lost in the Bondi hysteria, there was more military news. Yesterday, Secretary of Defense/War, Pete Hegseth fired the U.S. Army's highest-ranking officer, General Randy George. Some sources report Hegseth showed him the door because he wanted someone there who would, "implement President Trump and the Secretary's vision for the army." Other sources noted General George had served as senior military advisor to Joe Biden's Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin. Having done so, he was suspected of not being a Hegseth loyalist. 

The truth is it's likely that both observations are correct. It could also be the General either dissented or at least seemed reluctant when it came to initiating the war in Iran. Or, more darkly, what Trump and Hegseth are planning to do with ground troops there in the near future. 

In any event, some might say firing the Army's Chief of Staff during the middle of a war that the Commander in Chief says we are winning, "like no one has ever seen before," does feel a tad suspicious, if not downright contradictory.  Politico notes that since Hegseth has taken over the Pentagon more than a dozen senior military officers have been purged. That includes former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair, C.Q. Brown, Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Lisa Franchetti, and Air Force Chief of Staff, General James Slife. That's a lot of career military people who wouldn't "implement," Trump and Hegseth's "vision," for the armed forces of the United States. 

It's probably that damned Constitution again. The fucking thing just keeps getting in the way of everything. 

Obviously, the next step is for the President to compose and administer a new federal oath--a Trumpian version of pre-WWII Germany's Hitler oath. After all, at least in his dementia infested mind, Donald John Trump is the country and the country is Trump. 

Hey, just ask him.

4-3-26

No Kings III Hits the Streets and CPAC 2026 Hits the Rocks

 Before the latest No Kings Day protests some giddy optimists were predicting as many as 13 million Americans would take to the streets to protest Donald Trump's policies. That didn't happen, although current estimates are over eight million souls took to the streets from sea to shining sea. Of course, all estimates, rather like all historical events are in the eye of beholder, not to mention the promoter. 

For instance, there was Sean Spicer's declaration that the crowd at Trump's first inauguration was the largest in the history of presidential inaugurations. He said that even though everyone with a brain and eyes could see it wasn't. In fact, Spicer's claim was such obvious bullshit it caused another Presidential advisor, Kellyanne Conway to invent the term, "alternative facts," to explain it.

One needs to look no further than at the No Kings Day III demonstration in Oklahoma City to see how wildly, "estimates," can vary. The daily newspaper, The Oklahoman, reported the crowd to be in the, "hundreds." KGOU, an NPR outlet, said it was in the, "thousands." The Oklahoma City Free Press quoted organizers when it said 8,000 people showed up in downtown. At the same time, the outlet, Oklahoma Voice reported that the crowd was, "over 1,000." 

While the exact sizes of various No Kings crowds might be debatable, no one will argue the participants weren't unified in their desire to oppose Donald Trump and the crude toadies he has hired to praise and abet him. On the other hand, this weekend's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) seemed at times a tad rocky and let's say confusing. 

This year's get together was held in Grapevine, TX which is a smallish town nearly lost in a vast concrete tangle of freeways and toll roads north of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The conference, which is part pep rally, part candidate platform, and part overpriced MAGA souvenir extravaganza had its first awkward moment early on. Organizer, Matt Schlapp stood before the crowd and asked them if they wanted the President to face impeachment hearings. They responded with cheers. 

Oops. 

Schlapp, assuming he had been misunderstood, asked the question again. Although the response was weaker, to his horror, there were still cheers. It was a moment so stunning it moved him to briefly lecture attendees on how wrong they were. Later when he implored them to boo Joe Biden's name, he was met with what is being described as an uneasy silence. 

And some of us actually thought Trump was too busy playing golf to show up. It now looks like the dirty old man realized too many people were onto his grift and didn't want to face his marks.  

Yes, cracks in the MAGA wall are beginning to show. The war in Iran is a stress point. It appears a lot of people who actually believed in that isolationist, America First stuff now thinks Trump betrayed them. After all he told them he'd fix the economy and not get us involved in any prolonged wars. He hasn't done either. They know now Donald Trump flat out lied to them and more than one said they could no longer support him. 

The feeling runs deep enough, conservative activist, Brandon Straka spoke to the gathering about the dangers of, "leader worship." According to Straka, "patriotism should not mean unquestioning praise for the President." He also condemned MAGA types for trying to impose "ideological purity tests," on republican candidates. Such heresy was unimageable at CPAC even a year ago.

While democrats might celebrate what happed nationwide and in Grapevine this past weekend, they should not count on any mass defections out of the GOP. That isn't going to happen. Let's face the truth, the only people CPAC attendees hate more than each other are liberals.  The annual CPAC presidential preference straw poll held at the end of the festivities proved it. Despite all the Trump-2028 merchandise being hawked in the bizarre bazaar--including red sequined leather jackets--J.D. Vance was the conference's choice to be the 2028 candidate. The Vice President won 53% of the vote while Secretary of State Marco Rubio got 35%. Both Don Jr. and Ron DeSantis received 2%. 

It is a long, long way to 2028, but the 2026 primary season is, in some cases, already upon us. No one can know for sure, but all the indications are Mr. Trump and his GOP are in deep trouble. The people at CPAC could feel it this weekend and so could those crowds on the streets at over 3,000 different locations. Trump knows it too. It is why he is howling to get his voter restriction bill in place. He isn't the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but he understands it is easier to stop everyone from voting beforehand than it is to prove millions of votes cast and counted are fraudulent. He learned that lesson the hard way in 2020. (Or maybe not, given Tulsi Gabbard's last trip to Atlanta.)

That's right, democrats go ahead and celebrate the weekend to your heart's content. Just keep in mind one fact. There might have been eight million people demonstrating against Donald Trump and his policies on Saturday. But even if each and every one of them there was a registered voter, that still leaves over 170 million voters who weren't. 

3-30-26

A Firm Grip on Insanity

 So I'm tying homeland security into voter identifications with pictures and proof of citizenship to in order to vote. Don't worry about Easter, going home. Make this one for Jesus, ok?

Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, speaking about his proposed bill to restrict voting. 

Actually Mr. Trump was asking congress to do it for him but given the season and his delusions of divine approval he, no doubt, considers his name and that of Jesus Christ to be sort of interchangeable. Let's face it, the world hasn't seen a man this powerful holding such a firm grip on insanity since Herr Hitler and Comrade Stalin roamed the planet. Before Donald Trump, the nation's craziest President was Richard M. Nixon. However, compared to Trump, Nixon was a two-bit shoplifter with only a hint of paranoia and penis envy.  

Tragically for the republic, it looks like Trump's growing instability and mental deterioration is contagious. 

Sunday, on FOX News, South Carolina Senator Lindsy Graham was asked about a grim prediction in Atlantic Magazine that speculated the war with Iran could turn into a prolonged war of attrition. Graham told the interviewer that the President should go all in by capturing Kharg Island. It's located 20 miles offshore from Iran's mainland and is where almost all of the nation's oil processing is based. Graham claimed if we seized it the Iranian regime would then quickly die on the vine.  Finally, he added, "I trust the Marines, not that guy. I trust the DOD. We've got two Marine expeditionary area units sailing to this island. We did Iwo Jima, we can do this. The Marines, my money's always on the Marines."

For those who, like Senator Graham, are unfamiliar with history, it took the Marines and United States Navy a little over a month to, "do," Iwo Jima. By the time it was over the Marines had suffered nearly 7,000 dead and right at 20,000 wounded. In addition, another 2,600 plus were so traumatized by the intensity of the fighting they were diagnosed with what was then called, combat fatigue. The island ended up being the only place in the WWII Pacific Theater where American casualties outnumbered Japanese casualties.  

It would appear the Senator is a tad fuzzy about the phrase, "war of attrition."

However, let's get back to our man in the White House, Donald Trump. After the death of former FBI Director, Robert Mueller, Brother Don wrote on social media, "Robert Mueller just died. Good, I'm glad he's dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people! President DONALD J. TRUMP." 

Mueller, served in those Marines that Lindsey Graham trusts during the Vietnam War. He was awarded a Bronze Star for heroism and a Purple Heart for being wounded during combat. He also served in the administrations of both Presidents Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama. All of which probably irritated the shit out of Donald Trump. What really tripped his trigger though was that Mueller was the special investigator looking into possible Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election that Trump won. 

Trump's post was described as, "disgusting and despicable," by more than a few. Vice President J.D. Vance on the other hand had very little to say about it. Vance was the guy who told the media employers should fire anyone who made jokes about Charlie Kirk after he was killed. He applauded the suspension of late night TV host, Jimmy Kimmel after he said something questionable about Kirk. 

Unlike Vance, Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent had plenty to say. On "Meet the Press," Bessent told Kristen Welker, "Neither one of us can understand what has been done to the President and his family. Given what has been done to President Trump and his family, it is impossible for either of us to understand what he's been through. We should have empathy for what's been done to the President and his family." 

Later, the Secretary described Trump's reaction when FBI agents searched Mar a Lago for documents taken by Trump after his first term ended. He told Welker they watched a security video of the agents rummaging through Melania Trump's wardrobe. The obvious hint was Trump was traumatized and enraged by the search. Maybe so, but Bessent's knowledge of history is about as astute as Lindsey Graham's. While Robert Mueller investigated Russian collusion in the 2016 election, he had nothing to do with that Mar a Lago search warrant. The special investigator on the documents case was Jack Smith. 

See. The insanity is contagious. Well, either that, or a job requirement to work for this President. 

The other day, when the Prime Minister of Japan said something about not being consulted before the Iran war began, the President told her, "The Japanese know plenty about surprises," then brought up the attack on Pearl Harbor. At this point maybe we should just be thankful he didn't start talking to her about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Or maybe Iwo Jima. 

Oh wait--he left that to Lindsey Graham.

Yes, from top to bottom and front to back, a really firm grip. 

3-24-26