Is Trump imploding

I have watched two mental health professionals diagnose Trump. Both conclude Trump has mental problems and is in decline. Any normal person that has watched his speeches knows his bolts are loose. As a con man there is no one who can match him in history. As a mentally ill president he also ranks first. Of course his greatest skill is lying. Majorie Taylor Green has abandoned Trump. Wow, that says something when the other mental cases run from Trump.  

The Grifters Episode 30 "Peace Prize Dreams"

How you got screwed by your employer

HOW THE DEATH OF PENSIONS BROKE AMERICA’S RETIREMENT SYSTEM

National Association for the Advancement of Humanity

For most of the 20th century, the American worker had something rare in today’s economy: security. If you worked long enough for a company, you retired with a pension—a guaranteed monthly check for life, insulated from Wall Street’s chaos and corporate whim. Your employer carried the risk. Your retirement was safe.

Then, in the 1980s, corporate America discovered a new toy: the 401(k).
And that change—quiet, incremental, wrapped in the language of “choice” and “personal responsibility”—has produced one of the greatest economic bait-and-switches in modern history.

Today, we live with the consequences: a nation where millions approach retirement with nothing but a shaky account, a volatile stock market, and a prayer.

Here’s how it happened.

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From Guaranteed Security to Every-Man-For-Himself

A pension is simple:
You work → The company invests → You retire → You get a check every month until you die.

It was stable. Predictable. Dignified.

A 401(k) flips all of that upside down:
You invest → You hope the market doesn’t crash → You hope you don’t outlive your savings → You pray fees don’t eat the account → And if anything goes wrong, you alone absorb the damage.

The shift wasn’t an accident. It was a strategy.

Companies figured out that 401(k)s were:

• Cheaper

• Less risky for them

• Easier to cut when times got tough

• More profitable for Wall Street

So they dumped pensions and handed workers a flimsy substitute, wrapped in patriotic rhetoric about “ownership society.”

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The Collapse of Retirement Security

1. No More Guaranteed Income

Pensions guaranteed lifetime payments.
401(k)s guarantee nothing.

A pension couldn’t “run out.”
A 401(k) can vanish in a recession or just get spent down because a human being dared to live past 85.

This single change—removing the guarantee—is the core of the retirement crisis.

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2. Most Americans Can’t Save Enough

The median 401(k) balance for people nearing retirement is about $89,000.
That produces maybe $400 a month.

Try living on that.

Half of Americans have zero retirement savings. Zero.
The most powerful nation on Earth turned retirement into a DIY science project.

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3. Risk Shifted Entirely to the Worker

Under pensions:

• Employers bore market risk

• Employers bore longevity risk

• Employers bore inflation risk

Under 401(k)s, all three landed on the worker like a sack of bricks.

If the stock market crashes the year you retire—tough.
If health problems force early retirement—tough.
If inflation eats your savings—tough.

It’s capitalism with a twist: heads the corporation wins, tails the worker loses.

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4. Inequality Exploded

401(k)s work great for the wealthy:

• They earn more

• They save more

• They get bigger matches

• They can hire advisors

• They never cash out early

But middle- and lower-income workers?
They get:

• Low wages

• Spotty matches

• Job changes

• Emergencies

• Early withdrawals

• Fees, fees, and more fees

The result is predictable:
The rich glide into retirement while everyone else clings to part-time jobs at age 72.

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5. Fees Eat Up Decades of Savings

Wall Street loves the 401(k) system because it siphons off billions in fees.
These fees—hidden or buried deep in the fine print—quietly eat up 20–40% of a worker’s lifetime gains.

With pensions, fees were microscopic.
With 401(k)s, they’re a profit machine—for everyone except the worker.

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The Outcome: A Nation Unprepared for Old Age

Look around:
More Americans are working past 65 than at any time in modern history—not because they want to, but because they have to.

We turned retirement from a guarantee into a gamble.

We turned the elderly from secure retirees into anxious market-watchers.

We turned stability into speculation.

And we did it because corporations didn’t want long-term obligations and Wall Street wanted a new revenue stream.

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The National Association’s Verdict

The destruction of pensions was not just an economic shift—it was a political choice and a moral failure. A country that once promised workers dignity in old age replaced that dignity with a volatile account, market roulette, and the false promise of “individual responsibility.”

America’s retirement system didn’t collapse.
It was redesigned to collapse—quietly, profitably, and with the blessing of the politicians and CEOs who benefited from the wreckage.

If we want to restore retirement security, we must stop pretending the problem is worker behavior and start addressing the truth:

The pensionless retirement system is a rigged game.
And workers are the ones holding the losing hand.

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The Trump insanity spins on

Every time I hear Trump in one of his rants, I wonder how anyone can deny Trump's bolts are loose. Did you watch Trump give his McDonalds speech? Unhinged is the only way you can see that idiot. This week he call a reporter "Piggy",  how presidential. Trump is a gutter rat. Trump's insanity never stops. At the White House he is tearing down he welcomed a murdering prince, and said " Things happen".  If you are still a hard core MAGA you are as deluded as King Trump. Meanwhile the grift goes on.  The stealing and corruption of the Trump gang is setting new records every day for theft and graft.  

Corruption infecting our country

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The Most Corrupt Man Ever to Sit in the Oval Office — And Why His Second Term Is Even More Dangerous

By any and every measure, Donald J. Trump is the most corrupt human being ever to sit in the Oval Office. Historians know it. Ethics experts know it. Anyone with the courage to peel back even one layer of the onion knows it. And if the A-plot of Trump’s second presidency is his openly declared authoritarian project, then the B-plot—the one running quietly in the background, poisoning everything it touches—is his shameless, industrial-scale corruption.

And make no mistake: the B-plot feeds the A-plot. Corruption is the bloodstream of authoritarianism.

Trump’s First Term Was a Warm-Up for Corruption

The first Trump presidency was a four-year ethics crime spree:
• Cabinet members indicted, investigated, resigning in disgrace.
• Foreign governments funneling money through Trump hotels.
• Pardons handed out to cronies, political allies, and convicted criminals like party favors.
• A president who refused to divest from his businesses, meaning the Oval Office was essentially a full-time marketing department for the Trump brand.

That wasn’t a presidency. It was a smash-and-grab operation.

And yet—as unbelievable as it sounds—it was only a preview.

The Second Term Is the Heist in Broad Daylight

Trump is not hiding the ball anymore. He’s telling you exactly what he plans to do.

During his first term, he at least pretended the Constitution mattered. Not anymore. The new Trump project is straightforward:

1. Immunity for himself.
   Trump’s legal arguments boil down to: If the president commits a crime, it becomes magically legal. That is the dream of every dictator in world history.

2. Weaponizing the Justice Department.
   He openly says he will use federal power to punish political enemies—mayors, governors, journalists, former officials, prosecutors, anyone in his way.

3. Replacing qualified civil servants with loyalists.
   The goal? A government run by yes-men whose job is not to serve the public but to protect the Dear Leader.

4. Turning the U.S. Treasury into a family wallet.
   Every kleptocrat starts here. Trump’s second term is already modeled on Orbán, Erdoğan, and Putin: consolidate power, crush opposition, and enrich yourself and your inner circle.

This is not speculation. It’s the blueprint Trump and his advisers brag about on television.

Corruption Isn’t a Side Plot — It’s the Engine

Corruption isn’t a character flaw with Trump—it is the governing philosophy. The system exists only to extract wealth, power, and revenge.

You can’t have democracy and Trump’s brand of corruption in the same country. One destroys the other.

That’s why historians warn that the second Trump term would not simply be a replay—it would be a completion. Authoritarians always return to finish the job.

The Real Irony? Trump’s Base Is the First to Be Betrayed

The MAGA faithful, the folks who would lose sleep if a library book had two moms in it, are the same people Trump is fleecing blind.
He takes their donations.
He sells them cheap gold sneakers.
He turns their fears into merchandise.
He pockets their loyalty while giving them nothing in return.

Every dictator in history has the same trick: convince the peasants to cheer while you empty their pockets.

A Nation at the Crossroads

We’re not debating policy differences anymore. This is the oldest question in politics:

Do we want government by law, or government by one deeply corrupt man?

If Trump’s return to power is the A-plot of creeping authoritarianism, then the B-plot—the constant drip of corruption—is what keeps the whole rotten story moving forward.

And it ends the same way every time:
with a ruined democracy, a frightened population, and a leader who escapes the wreckage holding bags of money.

America has been warned. Loudly. Repeatedly.

The question now is whether we’re still a country capable of listening.

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The Peasants always suffer

The Peasants of the New American Dictatorship

The United States has slipped—quietly for some, violently for others—into its first full-blown dictatorship. And as history always tells us, there is never any mystery about who suffers most when a strongman takes power. It’s never the oligarchs. It’s never the billionaires. It’s never the yacht class or the resort dwellers.

It is always the poor.
It is always the workers.
It is always the people who believed the lie.

From ancient kings to 20th-century fascists, dictators rule with the same formula: weaponize the grievances of the people at the bottom, then hammer those same people into the ground once power is secured. Trump has not reinvented the wheel; he’s simply rolling the same old iron chariot over the backs of the very peasants who worship him.

The Great American Irony

What makes the Trump dictatorship remarkable is not its brutality—history has seen worse—but its absurdity. The people who empowered him were the people with the most to lose. The MAGA peasants weren’t just foot soldiers; they were the fuel, the oxygen, the cheering section.

And here is the cruel twist:
Trump abuses them the most.

The factory worker who thought Trump would “bring back jobs” now faces rising costs, disappearing healthcare, and a government run by corporations.
The struggling rural family that believed Trump would fight for them has been rewarded with cuts to social programs, worse schools, and crumbling infrastructure.
The veterans who believed the strongman myth now watch as Trump pardons war criminals but abandons those who served honorably.

The Old Story in New Clothes

Every dictator throughout history has blamed a scapegoat, promised a rebirth, and declared himself the only “truth.” Trump copied the script line by line.

• The strongman always claims he speaks for “the people.”
  Meanwhile, the real people can’t afford rent, groceries, medicine, or housing.

• The strongman always promises national greatness.
  Meanwhile, the oligarchs loot the treasury.

• The strongman always demonizes the poor as “lazy.”
  Meanwhile, his cronies siphon off billions in tax giveaways.

The only difference in America’s version is that the propaganda is piped through social media instead of state radio. Today’s peasants willingly carry the King’s message straight into their own living rooms.

The MAGA Peasant’s Burden

Call them peasants, call them serfs, call them Hoopleheads—whatever the name, the dynamic is ancient: the poor cling to the strongman because they are afraid. Afraid of cultural change. Afraid of economic uncertainty. Afraid of losing the tiny slice of status they believe they still hold.

So they pledge allegiance to the man who offers them the most seductive lie ever told in politics:

“Your suffering is someone else’s fault—not mine.”

Trump gave them a villain: immigrants, Democrats, teachers, librarians, scientists, trans kids, the FBI, the press, the courts, the experts, even the Constitution. Anyone but him.

But the bill always comes due.

And under a dictatorship, the bill is paid by the poor.

They pay with their labor.
They pay with their rights.
They pay with their public services.
They pay with their health.
They pay with their children’s futures.

And eventually, they pay with their freedom—sometimes without even noticing they lost it.

A Tyranny Built on Self-Delusion

The final tragedy of the American dictatorship is that Trump didn’t seize power from the people.

The people handed it to him.
They helped build the cage.
Then they climbed into it.
Then they slammed the door shut on themselves.

And now the strongman sits on his throne, chuckling to himself, knowing one great truth:

The easiest people to oppress are the ones who believe you’re saving them.

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The life of the Rat in the White House

“There is no literature or poetry in this White House.

No music.

No Kennedy Center award celebrations.

There are no pets in this White House.

No loyal man’s best friend. No Socks the family cat.

No kids’ science fairs.

No times when this president takes off his blue suit-red tie uniform and becomes human, except when he puts on his white shirt-khaki pants uniform to play golf.

There are no images of the first family enjoying themselves together in a moment of relaxation.

No Obamas on the beach in Hawaii, or Bushes fishing in Kennebunkport, no Reagans on horseback, no Kennedys playing touch football on the Cape.

Where did that country go?

Where did all of the fun and joy and expressions of love and happiness go?

We used to be a country that did the ice bucket challenge and raised millions for charity.

We used to have a president that calmed and soothed the nation instead dividing it.

And a First Lady that planted a garden instead of ripping one out.

We are rudderless and joyless.

We have lost the cultural aspects of society that make America great.

We have lost our mojo, our fun, our happiness.

The cheering on of others. Gone.

The shared experiences of humanity that makes it all worth it. Gone.

The challenges AND the triumphs that we shared and celebrated.

The unique can-do spirit Americans have always been known for. Gone.

We have lost so much in so short a time."

~Elayne Griffin Baker

How do the MAGAs ignore the sexual predator.

 The morning routine involved listening to Heather Cox Richardson. She is extremely intelligent, and gave a great talk about Trump, and his sexual exploits. You can get to her talk on Youtube. It was done in about the last 12 hours. Trump seems to have cornered himself in a couple of ways. Republicans have to decide if they want to go down with him, it will be interesting. 

The post turtle

 

The Dog that didn't Bark

This if from the New York Times

In one email from April 2011, Mr. Epstein told Ms. Maxwell, who was later convicted on charges related to facilitating his crimes, “I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is Trump.” He added that an unnamed victim “spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned.”

That dog that didn't bark refers to Sherlock Holmes mystery " Silver Blaze". The dog didn't bark when the horse was stolen because the dog knew the person stealing the horse.  Epstien knew Trump was guilty as hell. The MAGA dog don't bark. They know Trump is a rapist and sexual predator. 

Insane Greed

Letter to the Editor:

What’s wrong with our country? A little math tells the story — even a die-hard MAGA supporter can follow it. Elon Musk is set to pocket a trillion dollars from Tesla. Do the math: if he worked 40 years, eight hours a day, that’s roughly $12 million an hour.

Now think about that. When one man earns $12 million an hour and a McDonald’s worker earns $20, something is deeply broken. When 400 families control half the nation’s wealth, that means millions of others go without food, health care, or housing.

Yet Trump and his crowd cheer it on. He gets his gold-plated toilet and endless golf rounds while ordinary Americans struggle to pay rent. Is this really the America we want — where 10 percent live in luxury and 50 percent live in poverty?

Most modern countries have figured out how to balance prosperity and fairness. But Trump’s America? It keeps shoveling even more to the Musks of the world — and calling it freedom.

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Just a reminder

If you don't have the courage to put your name on a comment, it will be deleted at Kadizzle's discretion.  

The Devil's best friend in Payson, Jim Ferris

If Trump the orange rat had a brother this is him, Jim Ferris

MAGA in Payson has some evil rats, but Ferris is one of the worst. Ferris tried to defund the library claiming it did not control porn. Ferris is one of those pray and sin like hell guys. This MAGA rat led the charge to make sure the vote for a new Pool failed. 
 

I am going to sit right down and write myself a letter

 Often old Kadizzle wonders why he bothers to write these damn blogs. The old song " I am going to sit right down and write myself a letter " explains it. Don't really care if no one reads this crap, it just makes me look into my own head. 

The Rat and the Pardons

The Orange Rat and His Band of Criminals

The orange rat pardons criminals just for fun. It’s become his favorite hobby—some people collect stamps, Trump collects felons. If you’re a crook, a grifter, a con man, or a Capitol attacker, congratulations—you’ve got a friend in Donald J. Trump.

Any sane American remembers what happened when Trump pardoned the January 6 rioters—those “patriots” who beat police officers with flagpoles and smeared their patriotism on the walls of Congress. Instead of punishment, Trump handed them get-out-of-jail-free cards like candy at a MAGA parade. Since then, he’s doubled down, celebrating new waves of crooks and calling them “heroes.” Drug dealers, tax cheats, and white-collar scoundrels all line up for his blessing.

And what do the Hoopleheads do? They cheer. They wouldn’t recognize an asteroid if one hit their garden, and they certainly can’t see the moral crater Trump has left behind. These are the same folks who shout about “law and order” while waving flags for a man who turned the Oval Office into a halfway house for convicted liars.

Does the brain in a Hooplehead even work at all? Or does it just echo whatever the orange rat squeaks from his gilded cage at Mar-a-Lago?

Trump has turned crime into a loyalty test. The worse your record, the more he loves you. America used to honor people who told the truth and followed the law. Now, in MAGA world, the highest badge of honor is to be corrupt enough to earn a Trump pardon.

History will remember this era not just for the crimes committed—but for the cheering section that demanded more.

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Fire Pit Politics

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A Fine Evening at the Fire Pit

It was a perfect night for a little soirée. Six proud American Democrats gathered around the fire pit, trading stories and laughter while the stars blinked overhead. The talk ranged far and wide, but inevitably, we circled back to the pool vote — that sad reminder of just how deep Payson’s Hooplehead infestation has become.

The Hooples, as usual, were no match for the torrent of lies unleashed by the Three Stooges and their Tea Party handlers. Confusion spread faster than wildfire, and before long, the nonsense won the day.

Still, all is not lost. On the national stage, the Nod Father himself — Donald Trump — took another solid beating. Yet here in our corner of Arizona, the local Tea Party plans to keep promoting their favorite Russian echo chamber. Their latest star, Chip Howard, is peddling the line that Ukraine started the war.

If there’s one thing the Hooples can’t resist, it’s a well-packaged lie. Trump set the gold standard for deceit, and the local imitators are working overtime to keep up.

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The Grinch that stole the pool

 Payson will not have a swimming pool for at least three years, maybe never. The Otto gang ramped up the lies and misinformation. It worked, the Hooples are an easy bunch to scare and fool. "We will be taxed to death" was the message sent to the Hooples. It worked. Now, Otto gang has another scheme. The last town council passed a 1% sales tax to fund the town of Payson going forward. That tax was meant for a pool and other civic improvements. The Otto rats railed against the tax, and the Hooples loved it. That is how the Three Stooges got elected. Now, you would think the Stooges would recind the tax they so hated. Nope, not that devious lying scoundrel Otto and his cohorts Bell and Ferris. The Stooges want to use the money for their own pet projects. Using money they opposed to get elected now they are going to use it to polish their status with the Tea Party. 

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Trump Parties while poor people starve

Trump is so blatant with his lie and disregard for the working people. On the very day he takes food away from the poor he holds a lavish party for his lickspittles. The blind Hoopleheads just cannot see the corruption and deceit. Trump has raked in billions by abusing the presidency. History will no doubt make Trump number one as a con man, a liar, and a thief. Trump has mastered lying to the Hooples and they soak it up like a hillbilly dipping his bread in the gravy.

Use the Tea Party Hoopleheads like Trump exploits the Red Hats

The Flag-Shirt Mayor: Patriot in Costume Only

What kind of person runs for mayor on a wave of manufactured outrage, spreads lies like confetti, and bends the knee to the Tea Party as if it’s the Holy Roman Empire? The kind who wraps himself in a red-white-and-blue shirt hoping no one notices he’s selling out the very values that flag stands for.

That’s who currently sits in the mayor’s chair in Payson, Arizona.

Mayor Steve Otto loves to brandish symbols of patriotism — a cowboy hat here, a flashy flag shirt there. But real patriotism isn’t a costume. It isn’t something you wear to impress the right-wing crowd at KMOG or to signal loyalty to the local Tea Party influencers who truly pull the strings.

Real patriotism is honesty. Service. Respecting the community you represent.

Instead, our mayor freely lies about residents who dare to hold him accountable. He uses his radio appearances not to inform Payson citizens but to smear them. Then, when someone draws a harmless cartoon of him? Suddenly he’s the victim. The poor man can dish it out, but one sketch and he starts clutching his pearls like the Republic is under attack.

Let’s be clear: being mayor is supposed to be about improving the town — its infrastructure, pools, parks, libraries, and future. But the priorities of the current administration seem to be:

• Punish critics

• Reward loyalists

• Perform patriotism instead of practicing it

Meanwhile, the grandstanding continues. The attacks on the library — a political stunt. The attempts to hijack the 1% sales tax passed by better leaders — a hustle. The refusal to listen to the broader community — a failure of leadership.

Payson deserves better than theatrics and chest-thumping nationalism.

The flag isn’t a costume. It’s a commitment to truth and shared responsibility.

If the mayor wants to wrap himself in something, maybe he could try wrapping himself in integrity for a change.

Because this town is full of real patriots — the volunteers, the taxpayers, the teachers, the workers — who show up every day without needing a flag-patterned outfit to prove it.

And they are paying attention.

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The Dictatorship is here

The Alarms Are No Longer Warnings — They’re Reality

If you opened the New York Times today, you didn’t just read the news — you witnessed the obituary for American democracy being drafted in real time. For years, people comforted themselves with the fantasy that “it can’t happen here.” They believed the Constitution was a magical force field that protected us from tyranny. But look around: the force field failed.

The dictator isn’t coming — he’s already here.

Trump has followed the despot’s playbook line by line:

• Criminalizing political opponents

• Hijacking law enforcement as a personal weapon

• Punishing the press for reporting truth

• Turning propaganda into public policy

• Demanding loyalty to a person, not the country

Freedom of speech? It now comes with a warning label: You’re free to speak — as long as you worship the King of Lies.

Every day brings a new “unthinkable” that becomes normalized by lunchtime. What used to be outrage is now background noise.

This isn’t just political disagreement. This is the systematic dismantling of the democratic framework that kept this nation balanced for nearly 250 years.

Still think it can’t happen here?

Pick up today’s New York Times. The stories are chilling — not because they’re predictions, but because they’re happening. Right now. To us.

History will ask what we did while the American experiment was being smothered.

Let the record show: we saw the signs. We read the headlines. We knew the danger.

The only question left is whether we fight back — or simply turn the page.

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Why not admit Trump is mentally ill?

The Alarming Decline We’re All Supposed to Ignore

Across the nation, mental health professionals — psychiatrists, neurologists, behavioral experts — are sounding the alarm. They’re not whispering it anymore; they are writing openly, urgently, and repeatedly about the unraveling mind of Donald Trump. What was once dismissed as “eccentric behavior” has become impossible to ignore: the man is losing his grip on reality, and the country is losing stability right along with him.

Normal Americans can see it plain as day. The slurred speeches, the invented stories, the hatred and paranoia wrapped in word salads he proudly calls “weaving.” Trump insists there is genius in his gibberish — that his rambling conspiracies are strategic brilliance. But in the real world, what he calls “weaving” is nothing more than deranged lying. It is the rhetoric of a man whose thoughts no longer connect to truth, or reason, or even decency.

And yet, the Red Hat faithful remain hypnotized. They cheer the madness. They laugh when he mocks the disabled. They applaud when he confuses enemies and allies, threatens our own military, or invents victories that never happened. Loyalty to the cult has replaced loyalty to reality.

We are watching a national tragedy unfold: millions of citizens willing to sacrifice their own sanity to defend a leader who has lost his. A man who cannot speak coherently now speaks for them. A man who cannot remember facts now dictates their version of history. A man who has abandoned truth now demands their unquestioning allegiance.

The rest of us are left asking: How far must a leader fall before his followers finally see the cliff? How much damage must be done before they acknowledge the danger? A mentally unwell man is steering the ship, and his passengers refuse to notice the iceberg.

Democracy depends on clarity — on the ability to see what’s right in front of us. The warning signs are blindingly bright. We must choose whether we face them… or let delusion drive us into the depths.

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A Mayor with thin skin

KMOG: The Tea Party’s Echo Chamber

KMOG isn’t just a radio station — it’s the official megaphone of Payson’s Tea Party brigade. Whenever the Three Stooges on our town council need a little air time to spin their tales, KMOG rolls out the red carpet and cranks up the volume.

This week, Mayor Steve Otto went on the air to complain — loudly — about a cartoon of him that popped up online. Imagine that. The same man who had no issue lying about me on that very station now clutches his pearls over a silly caricature. He can dish out misinformation all day long, but the moment someone playfully sketches his royal highness? Suddenly it’s a crisis.

In our town’s game of pandering to the far-right, there’s a required dress code: cowboy hat on top, flag-themed fashion statement somewhere on the torso, and a sidearm at the ready — preferably hidden for that extra thrill of concealed patriotism. And Steve plays his part perfectly.

KMOG can keep broadcasting their outrage. The rest of us will stick to calling hypocrisy what it is.

Why can't the MAGAs spot Trump's mental illness

Trump’s Public Meltdowns Aren’t Just Embarrassing — They’re Dangerous

If you watched Trump’s recent address to military leaders, you witnessed something that should alarm every American — regardless of party. There he was, speaking to generals who had flown in from around the world. These are individuals trained in global strategy, nuclear command, and the complexities of modern warfare. What did Trump choose to lecture them about?

How to walk down a flight of stairs.
How he plans to upgrade appointment paperwork.

While the world faces real threats — Russia’s expansion, China’s rise, global terrorism — this man fixates on paper quality and stair techniques. It would be comical if it weren’t a terrifying demonstration of cognitive decay paired with absolute authority.

We’re not talking about normal aging. We are talking about a man increasingly detached from reality who openly demands power without limits. And the most disturbing part? The MAGA faithful cheer louder with each episode of unraveling sanity.

To them, Trump isn’t merely a leader — he’s become a cult figure, immune to criticism, immune to fact. They worship the tantrums, celebrate the delusions, and revel in the insults he hurls at America’s institutions. They look at behavior that, in anyone else, would trigger a medical intervention — and call it strength.

If their neighbor behaved like this, they’d call 911.
If their boss behaved like this, they’d quit.
If their dog behaved like this, they’d take it to a vet.

But when Trump does it? They kneel.

The rest of us? We must stay awake. We must keep calling out what is unfolding in plain sight: You don’t put a man who can’t manage stairs in charge of democracy. You don’t hand nuclear launch authority to someone whose mind clearly cannot be trusted.

We can no longer treat this like politics.
This is a national safety issue.

The future of a functioning America depends on recognizing a simple truth:

A leader who has lost his grip on reality cannot be allowed to hold onto power.

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Trump's Cognitive Collapse is Clear: Psychologist | The Daily Beast Podcast

Hopefully when we get back to Payson the pool bond will pass. However, the Tea Party Hoopleheads thrive on stupidity and backward thinking, so it is a toss up.  Watch this.

Top 10 Tips For Being a Conservative Christian

A rotten game by Otto and the Stooges

The Three Stooges’ Nefarious Plan

In Payson, the new ruling trio — Mayor Steve Otto and his loyal sidekicks Charlie Bell and Jim Farris — have cooked up a backroom scheme worthy of the Three Stooges title they’ve earned.

The previous Town Council, made up of responsible, forward-looking members, passed a 1% sales tax to fund long-term community improvements — a new pool, infrastructure repairs, and civic projects that would raise property values and make Payson a better place to live.

But Otto, Bell, and Farris rode into office whining about that very tax, pandering to the Tea Party crowd by railing against “big government spending.” They promised fiscal purity — and now, in true hypocritical fashion, they’re trying to hijack that same 1% tax revenue to bankroll their own pet projects.

If they were honest, they’d repeal the tax entirely — the same tax they used as a political weapon to get elected. That would mean they’d have to raise a new tax to pay for their agenda, and they don’t have the courage or integrity to do that.

As one of the few honest holdovers from the previous council pointed out, rescinding the tax would force transparency. Instead, the Stooges prefer smoke, mirrors, and political theater — while they quietly siphon funds meant to serve the people of Payson.

So the question for Payson voters is simple:
Do we let the Stooges steal the legacy of a responsible council — or do we call their bluff and demand they govern with the honesty they promised?

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Do you still support Trump

The Art of the Lie

It’s useful to know early in a conversation whether you’re talking to someone living in the Trump delusion. You can usually tell within a minute. The signs are familiar: denial of facts, hostility toward truth, and a strange loyalty to a man who treats democracy like a nuisance.

It’s almost impossible to imagine a rational person still supporting this dictator-in-waiting. Trump has managed to offend and degrade every moral, legal, and human standard this country once held dear. He insults veterans, mocks the disabled, cheats his workers, and uses religion as a marketing tool. If that’s your idea of leadership, then you and I live on different planets.

Ignorance is the virus Trump spreads—infecting reason, compassion, and civic responsibility. He thrives on resentment, manufactures enemies, and sells hate disguised as patriotism. His followers don’t see the manipulation because they’re too busy cheering the man who turned their anger into his business model.

Trump once bragged about writing The Art of the Deal, but history will record a truer title: The Art of the Lie. Every chapter is the same—deceive, distract, deny, and repeat. He turned the presidency into a scam, the truth into an inconvenience, and half the nation into customers for his con.

America can survive corruption, but not willful blindness. It’s time to inoculate ourselves against the Trump virus—with facts, courage, and a little old-fashioned decency.

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The Payson Stooges Try a Quick One

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The Payson Stooges and the Politics of Hypocrisy

In small towns across America, local politics often mirror the national stage — full of bluster, hypocrisy, and backroom maneuvering. Payson, Arizona, offers a textbook example.

The town’s self-styled reformers — Mayor Steve Otto and councilmen Charlie Bell and Jim Ferris — campaigned as champions of fiscal restraint. They rose to power by railing against a 1% sales tax increase passed by the previous council to fund essential community projects — including a long-overdue public swimming pool.

They thundered about waste, big government, and “tax tyranny.” They waved Tea Party banners and promised to roll back what they called “reckless spending.”

But now that they hold the reins of power, the tune has changed.

Instead of repealing the tax they so loudly condemned, the Three Stooges of Payson have decided to keep the 1% tax — not to build community assets, but to redirect the money toward their own pet projects. It’s the oldest political con in the book: condemn your predecessors, then pocket their work for your own agenda.

One of the town’s honest council members put it perfectly:

“If you want to use that money, repeal the tax and then pass your own — show the public who’s really raising their taxes.”

It was a clean, fair challenge — and a political trap the Stooges may find hard to escape. Do they expose themselves as hypocrites, or betray their Tea Party base?

Across America, from Washington to the smallest town hall, the same pattern repeats: politicians preaching purity until power tempts them. The lesson from Payson is clear — watch not what they say, but what they do with your money.

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Danger, Danger, Danger,

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DANGER, PAYSON — THE TEA PARTY STRIKES AGAIN?

Remember the robot on Lost in Space who used to shout, “Danger, Will Robinson!”? Well, it might be time for that warning here in Payson. Word is circulating that our new town manager has been spotted attending Tea Party meetings.

Now, the facts still need to be verified — we’ll leave room for that — but if true, this could be serious. Has our town’s top administrator drifted into the gravitational pull of the far-right vacuum? Once someone gets caught in the Tea Party’s black hole of conspiracy and extremism, it can be hard to escape.

To make matters worse, there are whispers that Inga — yes, that Inga, one of the most toxic figures in the local Tea Party orbit — might be involved. If this unholy alliance is real, the consequences could be disastrous for any effort to move Payson forward with reason, fairness, and truth.

Let’s hope this is all just a misunderstanding. But until we know more — Danger, Payson. Stay alert. Stay informed.

(Follow updates at the National Association for the Advancement of Humanity.)

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The Idiot

OK, here is a plan. Listen to the song by Stan Rodgers, The idiot. Next read the lyrics below and sing to the Stan Rodgers tune

The Hooplehead (Parody of “The Idiot”)

(to the tune of Stan Rogers’ “The Idiot”)

Verse 1:
They called me a fool when I left my school,
But I knew what I was doin’.
I went to the hills with the Tea Party thrills,
Where the facts are always losin’.
Now I’m sittin’ in town where the flags go up,
And logic’s been outlawed too,
They say “Six bucks for the pool’s too much,”
While they’re buyin’ more guns than they’ll ever use.

Chorus:
So I ain’t a fool, I’m a Hooplehead,
I love what Otto said,
He said duct tape can fix that pool,
And the Hooples all nodded their heads.
Yeah, I ain’t a fool, I’m a Hooplehead,
Got my Trump flag out instead,
While the kids swim laps in potholes,
And freedom rots in red.

Verse 2:
Down at McDonald’s, they sip on lies,
While Fox News hums along,
They’ll curse the town and praise the crown,
And think they’re never wrong.
They talk about “tyranny”
As they ban each book they see,
And call themselves patriots,
While they kill democracy.

Chorus (repeat)
So I ain’t a fool, I’m a Hooplehead,
Proud of what Otto said,
He’s buildin’ a kingdom of nonsense,
Where the smart folks all have fled.
Yeah, I ain’t a fool, I’m a Hooplehead,
Wearin’ red hats till I’m dead,
Can’t afford a pool for our children,
But I’ll buy more ammo instead.

Bridge:
Now the council meets, and the truth retreats,
Behind another prayer,
They call it “freedom,” I call it “fraud,”
But no one seems to care.
So I’ll raise a glass to the good old days,
When facts still meant a thing,
Before the Hooples crowned their king.

Final Chorus:
No, I ain’t a fool, I’m a Hooplehead,
And I’ll quote what Otto said:
“Why swim in a pool when a pothole’ll do?”
That’s progress in my head.
Yeah, I ain’t a fool, I’m a Hooplehead,
Livin’ where brains are shed,
But someday this town will wake up,
And paint the future blue instead.

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A man suffering from mental illness controlling nuclear weapons

 

The Nuclear Near Miss — and the Trump Factor

Today’s New York Times features a chilling reminder: humanity has survived several close calls with nuclear war. Each time, disaster was averted not by luck, but by the wisdom and moral restraint of thoughtful, sane individuals—people who placed humanity above ego.

Now imagine those same split-second decisions in the hands of Donald Trump. The prospect should terrify every rational human being. Trump’s behavior has long made clear that he is unfit—his choices driven not by reason, compassion, or strategic thinking, but by narcissism and rage.

No nation, and certainly no planet, should have to depend on the impulse control of a man whose entire worldview revolves around self-glorification. The thought of a nuclear button resting under the trembling finger of a mentally unstable egomaniac should jolt us all awake.

When the future of civilization hangs on one person’s judgment, character matters. Intelligence and morality matter. Decency matters. The next time Americans choose their leaders, they should remember that survival itself may depend on it.

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The King on his throne

Trump’s America: The Unmasking of Our Worst Instincts

Donald Trump has done something no other American president has dared — he has unlocked the darkest corners of the American psyche. Under his example, racists, haters, and the crudest voices in our society have stepped proudly into the light, waving their anger like a badge of honor.

Where decency once drew a line, Trump erased it. His public barrage of insults, slurs, and cruelty has become the new political language for those who mistake rage for strength. The man in the lifted pickup, flying his Trump flag and flipping off anyone who dares to disagree, is not an accident — he is a reflection of Trump’s America.

When Trump posted a video of himself flying a jet and literally defecating on his opponents, it wasn’t just a juvenile act — it was a declaration. It told every extremist and every bully: this is who we are now.

Trump hasn’t made America great. He has made hatred fashionable, made ignorance loud, and made cruelty acceptable. The question for the rest of us — the people who still believe in decency, truth, and humanity — is whether we will let this new “morality” become our national identity.

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The Revenge Presidancy

The Real Mission of the MAGA President

What is the main goal of the MAGA president? Simple: punish those who see through his greed and dishonesty.

Donald Trump’s slogan promised to Make America Great Again, but his actions have done the opposite. Under his influence, America’s standing in the world has plummeted. Division has deepened. Prices have soared. And truth itself has become the first casualty of his relentless campaign for personal power.

Instead of improving the lives of ordinary Americans, Trump’s energy has been devoted to attacking anyone who dares to expose him — former staff, journalists, comedians, and ordinary citizens. His message is clear: challenge me, and I’ll destroy you.

Recently, he even shared an AI-generated cartoon depicting himself defecating on those who oppose him — a perfect metaphor for his contempt toward the very people he once vowed to serve.

Trump’s America isn’t about greatness; it’s about grievance and revenge. The only thing he’s truly making great again is his own ego.

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Your busted flat

The Mind of a Hooplehead

Maybe the lottery ticket will solve everything. Yeah, that’s the plan — because when your financial strategy involves Powerball, you’re basically an economic genius.

Maybe a new credit card will stretch the budget. Sure, that’ll fix it. Because what this economy really needs is more interest.

Here I am in my trailer park, wondering how I’ll ever afford a decent funeral — which, at this rate, could be sooner than expected. The car needs gas, McDonald’s hasn’t given me a raise since the Bush administration, and somehow, I’m starting to suspect those tattoos didn’t appreciate in value.

But hey — Trump’s still out there “Making America Great Again.” It’s just taking a little longer than expected. Like the resurrection. Or trickle-down economics.

The best part is, none of this is my fault. Nope. I learned that from the master himself — the orange Zen guru of blame deflection. It’s always someone else. Immigrants, the deep state, windmills. Windmills!

And if I can just get enough gas money to reach the casino, that’s where I’ll turn it all around. I’ll win big, fix the roof, and maybe even splurge on some new Halloween decorations. Because nothing says fiscal responsibility like betting your rent money on a slot machine while wearing a MAGA hat.

God bless America — land of opportunity, delusion, and two-for-one beer nights.

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America Is Great Again — Just Ask the Hoopleheads

America is great again. You can tell because the busted flat folks at the end of the road still have enough for beer, cigarettes, and the casino slots—but not six bucks a month for a community pool. That’s real patriotism right there.

The new pool bond came up, and it was simple: pay the price of a six-pack each month so kids can swim, families can gather, and the town can look like it belongs in the 21st century. But the Hoopleheads had other priorities. “The Three Stooges”—Otto, Bell, and Ferris—declared the old pool could be fixed with duct tape, hope, and a Trump bumper sticker.

So the Hooples, puffing five-dollar cigarettes and drinking six-dollar beer, nodded in agreement. Six dollars for the town was outrageous—but six hundred for the casino made perfect sense.

Because this is what “making America great again” looks like:

• We believe duct tape is a municipal strategy.

• We think ignorance is patriotism.

• We call facts “fake news.”

• We cheer when our towns crumble, as long as our lies stand tall.

The Stooges keep the Tea Party fires burning, feeding the faithful a steady diet of conspiracy stew and Trump-flavored Kool-Aid. They promise the past will return if we just vote “no” on the future.

And so the cycle spins on. The Hooples vote against progress, then complain that the town never improves. The same folks who wave flags and shout about freedom can’t seem to grasp that civic responsibility is what freedom costs.

So yes—America is great again. The casinos are full, the schools are broke, and the town pool is a dry hole waiting for a miracle.

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 Grandpa's wonder girl has a part time job as a princess. She loves it and gets paid well

Maybe your an idiot

A typical Trumper displaying the Trump mentality. 

The Idiot Test: How Far Down the MAGA Rabbit Hole?

Let’s be honest: anyone who voted for Donald Trump in the last election failed the basic test of rational thought. But if you still support Trump today—after years of lies, indictments, and open contempt for democracy—you’ve advanced to a new level of self-delusion.

No clear-thinking human being can deny Trump’s mental instability or his obsession with power. His social media rants, his fantasies of dictatorship, and his grotesque self-worship are not the behavior of a healthy mind. They’re the behavior of a man who wants to be the next autocrat—our homegrown Hitler in a designer suit.

Yesterday I ran into a local character named Doug, a walking example of what happens when paranoia replaces logic. Doug spends his days soaking up conspiracy theories and blaming everyone—especially women and the government—for his problems. He’s gay, yet supports a man whose movement openly despises LGBTQ+ people. It’s tragic, and it’s proof of how deep the MAGA cult can warp a person’s sense of self and reality.

Here’s the simple test for idiocy:

1. Did you vote for Trump? If yes, you’ve failed the first question.

2. Would you vote for him again? If yes, congratulations—you’ve put your hand back into the same rat trap twice.

At this point, supporting Trump isn’t just political blindness—it’s a moral and psychological breakdown. It’s proof that propaganda works, that fear trumps reason, and that America’s greatest threat isn’t foreign enemies—it’s our own willingness to be fooled twice.

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Protest the biggest ever in Payson.

This little patriot was my winner for the best outfit. We had a great turnout to fight the dictator and the Hoopleheads. 

This is the MAGA mindset

 

Corrupt and crooked beyond belief

Trump’s Brotherhood of Corruption

Just when you think Donald Trump has hit the ceiling of dishonesty, fraud, and theft, he installs a skylight and climbs higher. Every new outrage seems designed to outdo the last. Trump’s corruption isn’t random—it’s a philosophy, a creed for a political cult that rewards deceit and punishes decency.

Remember when Trump pardoned the thugs who stormed the U.S. Capitol—those who smashed windows, beat police officers, and tried to end democracy by force? These weren’t patriots. They were criminals. Yet Trump called them “hostages,” heroes in his twisted morality play, and set them free without a hint of remorse.

Now he’s done it again. George Santos, the disgraced congressman whose entire political career was built on lies, fraud, and fantasy, has been granted the Trumpian seal of approval. Santos admitted to his crimes. He pled guilty. But in Trump’s America, guilt is not a disqualifier—it’s a résumé enhancer. So, Trump opened the gates once more and let his fellow conman walk free. Why? Because Santos didn’t like prison.

Trump saw a kindred spirit—a man who, like himself, crafted an empire out of deceit. Both understand that in today’s MAGA movement, integrity is weakness and crime is loyalty. Trump’s version of “law and order” is simple: laws are for enemies, and order is whatever keeps him on top.

Every pardon like this erodes the idea of justice just a little more. It tells Americans that corruption pays, that loyalty to the cult matters more than honesty to the country. And it’s not just about Trump—it’s about the system he’s built, where liars, grifters, and strongmen rise while truth-tellers are crushed.

If democracy is to survive, we must call this what it is—not politics, but organized moral rot. Trump’s America is a thieves’ guild masquerading as a government. Every time he “raises the bar,” the rest of us lose another piece of the republic.

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Letter to the Editor: Truth Shouldn’t Be Banned at Public Meetings

Imagine sitting in a public meeting where a man stands before a crowd and spouts falsehoods about Ukraine — and in that same audience sit three people from Ukraine. That’s what happened when Chip Howard addressed the Payson Tea Party, repeating baseless claims that Ukrainians are Nazis and parroting Russian propaganda. Not once did anyone ask the Ukrainians present for their perspective.

The Tea Party meeting became a textbook example of how lies thrive when truth is silenced. People who could clearly see through Howard’s misinformation quietly left, while those eager to hear unchallenged falsehoods stayed behind.

Our country once treated free speech as sacred — at least until the Trump era, when truth itself became the enemy. Nothing undermines free speech more than protecting liars from being questioned. In Payson, the Tea Party has mastered this choreography: dissenting voices are banned, and anyone who dares to challenge conspiracy theories is labeled “disruptive.”

Democracy depends on open dialogue and honest debate. When a public meeting becomes an echo chamber for propaganda, it’s not democracy — it’s indoctrination.

— Mike Fox, Payson

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Trump's Modern Theft Machine

Trump’s Crooked Empire — A Modern Theft Machine

Donald Trump loves to call himself a genius, a dealmaker, a man who built an empire through talent and toughness. But strip away the gold paint and the story looks different. What Trump really built is a crooked empire — one that runs on deception, bribery, and bending the system until it breaks.

The Art of the Steal

For decades, Trump has made a living not by creating value, but by inflating it. He built his name on smoke and mirrors — one value for the taxman, another for the bank, and another for the public. His habit of exaggerating the worth of his properties finally caught up to him in court, when a New York judge ruled that his financial statements were a work of fiction. Trump claimed his apartment was three times its real size and his golf courses were worth whatever number suited him that day. He didn’t build his wealth by making things better — he built it by making lies look believable.

The Hush-Money Hustle

When caught in a scandal, Trump does what he always does — pays to make the truth go away. During the 2016 campaign, he disguised hush money payments to cover up a sex scandal by labeling them as “legal fees.” Those fake entries became the heart of a criminal conviction for falsifying business records. He used his company like a personal piggy bank — one more example of how corruption wasn’t the exception, it was the business model.

Taxes for the Peasants, Loopholes for the King

Trump loves to talk about “draining the swamp,” but he’s the biggest gator in it. For years he bragged about not paying taxes — because he’s “smart.” In reality, it was an elaborate shell game. He claimed enormous business losses so he could avoid paying his fair share. At the same time, he lived lavishly off company perks disguised as expenses — free apartments, tuition for family members, luxury cars. His CFO even went to jail for helping pull off the scam. Trump’s real talent has never been business — it’s been cheating the system and calling it genius.

Family Business, Crooked to the Core

Even the “self-made billionaire” story is another Trump con. He inherited hundreds of millions from his father and used creative bookkeeping to dodge inheritance and gift taxes. The family even set up fake companies to shuffle money around, marking up expenses so they could funnel cash tax-free. The empire was born not from hard work but from loopholes, deception, and greed.

Pay to Play, Trump-Style

When Trump stepped into politics, he didn’t change his habits — he just expanded the market. As president, he blurred every line between public service and private gain. Foreign governments and corporations booked rooms in his hotels and golf resorts, not because they liked the beds, but because they wanted favors. He openly used his office to enrich himself, his family, and his loyalists. Even his closest allies were caught talking deals and taking cash in brown paper bags. It’s no wonder he tried to weaken anti-bribery laws — in Trump’s world, bribery isn’t corruption, it’s just good business.

The New Frontier of Corruption

Now, Trump and his circle have discovered a new playground — cryptocurrency. Untraceable money and zero oversight make it the perfect tool for hiding payoffs and moving cash across borders. Trump’s new embrace of Bitcoin and digital currency isn’t about innovation — it’s about finding a cleaner way to launder influence. It’s the modern version of stealing candy from a child.

The Human Cost

All this isn’t just about one man getting rich. It’s about what happens when corruption becomes normal. When a president can lie, cheat, and bribe his way to billions, the message to every hustler in the country is clear: honesty is for suckers. It poisons trust in government, rigs the market against ordinary people, and turns democracy into a pay-to-play racket.

Conclusion

Trump’s empire isn’t built on brilliance — it’s built on fraud. He’s turned greed into a brand and corruption into a lifestyle. And the tragedy is that millions still cheer for the show, mistaking the con man for the king. America doesn’t need another golden tower or digital scam. It needs honesty, decency, and the courage to call out the thief who has been stealing from all of us in plain sight.

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Fleecing the Flock

The Eternal Con: From Holy Hustlers to Trumpian Tricksters

(By The National Association for the Advancement of Humanity)

It’s an old story — clever people bilking the gullible. The oldest con in history is religion itself. “Send your money and save your soul,” the TV preachers cry, as they smile into the camera from their multimillion-dollar mansions. They sell invisible miracles and heavenly timeshares while the faithful scrape by, convinced that a donation buys a front-row seat in paradise.

The formula is timeless: Sell fantasy. Promise salvation. Collect cash.

Enter Donald Trump — the modern-day messiah of the con. He’s taken the oldest grift in the book and turned it into a political movement. “Make America Great Again” is just the latest version of “Pay me, and you’ll go to heaven.” The slogans are the same; only the currency has changed.

While Trump bathes himself in gold leaf and self-praise, his followers are left holding the bag — poorer, sicker, and dumber. The man who claims to be the voice of the people has mastered the art of robbing them blind. He gives tax breaks to billionaires while gutting healthcare for working families. He waves a Bible he’s never read while dismantling education and promoting ignorance through a carnival of home-school myths and religious propaganda mills.

And what’s next on the grifter’s wish list? Your Social Security check. As he lounges in his marble-plated fantasy palace, Trump dreams of turning the Social Security system — the one millions rely on to survive — into another jackpot for Wall Street cronies.

Meanwhile, his followers cheer, blinded by the glitter and the showmanship, convinced the man draped in gold is their savior.

The truth is simple: Trump isn’t making America great — he’s making it a gold-plated shithouse.

The tragedy is that people still believe the salesman. They always have. From the snake-oil preacher to the fake billionaire prophet, it’s the same gospel of greed: “Trust me, and I’ll save you.”

Maybe someday America will stop worshiping its con men. Until then, the rest of us must keep shouting the truth — that patriotism isn’t blind devotion to a hustler, and faith in humanity means learning to see through the lies.

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Any Diversion from Epstein

The Great Orange Distraction Act

The orange rodent is desperate to keep people’s minds off the Epstein files. Maybe bomb Venezuela, maybe invade Chicago — whatever works. Classic playbook: when the heat’s on, point somewhere else and yell, “Look over there!” It’s the old magician’s trick — divert, distract, deceive. And once again, the Hoopleheads fall for it.

This isn’t new. Every autocrat from Caesar to Putin mastered the art of distraction. Bread and circuses, fear and fireworks — anything to keep the crowd from asking real questions. Trump just modernized it with Twitter rants, conspiracy memes, and Fox News megaphones. The show must go on, and he’s the master of misdirection.

While America argues about caravans that never existed, bathrooms that aren’t under attack, and libraries filled with “dangerous books,” the billionaires raid the treasury. The orange rodent has always been a front man for the real grifters — the ones who cash in while the peasants wave flags and scream at immigrants.

The Epstein files are radioactive. They threaten to expose not just perversion, but the rot at the top — the merger of money, sex, and power that rules modern America. So of course the distraction campaign is on full throttle. Keep the Hoopleheads busy chasing shadows while the truth is buried under another “emergency.”

The National Association for the Advancement of Humanity believes that awareness is the antidote. The more we expose the manipulation, the less power the con men have. The first step toward reclaiming democracy is recognizing when the magician waves his left hand — it’s the right hand you should be watching.

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The Greedy Bastards are going to kill us

Never Enough: The Billionaires and the AI Boom

There’s one rule the billionaires live by — never enough. No matter how much they have, they need more. More power, more profit, more control.

Now the new buzzword is Artificial Intelligence. The tech giants and their billionaire disciples are calling it “the next revolution.” So what?

Building the computer systems that fuel AI will double the nation’s electricity demand. So what, you ask? Think of the pollution. Think of the new power plants, the extra carbon, the higher bills. The same folks who can’t afford a new car or a decent home will be footing the electric tab for the billionaires’ next toy.

AI isn’t just about smarter machines — it’s about who owns the future. Every new “innovation” that promises efficiency also threatens to replace workers, hollow out livelihoods, and push the middle class further toward extinction. Progress, yes — but always at a price.

The real danger isn’t just economic. It’s political. Once AI lands in the hands of a dictator like Trump — watch out. The same algorithms that write poetry can also write your profile, track your movements, and silence your voice. AI gives tyranny eyes, ears, and memory.

Already, Iran uses facial recognition to identify and punish dissenters. It’s coming here soon — under the polished label of “law and order.” Don’t be fooled. The tools that can liberate humanity can also enslave it.

So before we worship at the altar of artificial intelligence, maybe we should ask — who’s really in control? The people, or the billionaires who never have enough?

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Acknowledging the Dictatorship

A Different Tone at Donuts with Democrats

The gathering at Donuts with Democrats this week carried a noticeably different tone — one that felt more urgent, more aware, and more united. Attendance was strong, and for the first time in a while, the conversation wasn’t just about political differences or upcoming elections. It was about survival — the survival of democracy itself.

Many who spoke acknowledged the uncomfortable truth: we are living under the shadow of a growing dictatorship. What once seemed like hyperbole is now playing out in real time. People compared Trump’s methods to the Nazi playbook — the vilification of the press, the demonization of political opponents, the rewriting of history, and the normalization of violence as a political tool. These are not distant echoes of the past; they are tactics being deployed before our eyes.

What’s changing is the public mood. There was a deep sense of awakening in the room — a recognition that silence is no longer an option. One speaker put it plainly: “If we don’t stand up now, we may not have another chance.” Others spoke of the creeping chill settling over civil dissent — how voices of opposition are being threatened, journalists attacked, judges intimidated, and institutions bent to one man’s will.

Yet, even amid the concern, there was a spark of determination. The gathering wasn’t about despair — it was about resolve. The sense that ordinary citizens, gathering in a small-town coffee shop on a Saturday morning, could still be the front line of democracy. People left with a clearer purpose: to speak, to organize, and to resist the slow normalization of authoritarianism in America.

It’s not too late — but it’s later than we think.

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Just plain evil

The Age of Normalized Evil

By the National Association for the Advancement of Humanity

Trump has ushered in a new era of moral collapse — an age where decency is mocked, truth is optional, and cruelty has become a political strategy. We’ve all seen it at the national level: the sneer, the lie, the smirk that says, “I can get away with anything.” But what’s truly frightening is how this poison has seeped into every small town in America — even here in Payson.

Our own “Three Stooges” on the town council — Steve Otto, Jim Ferris, and Charlie Bell — have become local disciples of the Trump gospel: deny, divide, and destroy. Their latest stunt? Trying to kill a swimming pool project that could bring joy, safety, and opportunity to our young people — all so they can posture as heroes before their MAGA fan club.

Let’s be clear: this isn’t just politics. It’s the worship of ego over empathy, of arrogance over service. These men are so drunk on their own self-importance that they would rather rob a generation of children of a pool than admit that progress sometimes requires courage.

Across America, Trump has shown people how to replace conscience with conspiracy, how to trade compassion for contempt. He built a movement on resentment, and in small towns like ours, that resentment finds easy targets — the librarian, the teacher, the coach, the kid who just wants a safe place to swim.

Evil doesn’t arrive wearing horns. It arrives in nice shirts, smiling for the cameras, saying it’s just “fiscal responsibility.” But behind that smile is a sneer — a sneer that says the future doesn’t matter, that truth doesn’t matter, that children don’t matter.

The National Association for the Advancement of Humanity believes that progress is morality. When a community builds something that serves its people — especially its young — it’s not just a project; it’s a declaration of who we are.

Payson must choose whether it will follow the politics of spite or the path of decency. The Malibu pool isn’t just a swimming pool. It’s a test — a test of whether our community still believes in building something good together.

Let’s prove that humanity still matters.

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