The rich are winning

 The supreme court has ruled 70% in favor of the rich. You need know anything more. Trump is the pig shoveling food to the other pigs, and MAGA plays the role of the dupe club. MAGA dolts supporting the king is insane. 

Our Hitler

Trump has pulled a Hitler. If you want some oil, just take it. Justification doesn't matter. Trump has set us back to World War II dynamics. What next? 

2026 Feed the Rich, Starve the poor, Trump style

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2026: What Will Trump Break Next?

As we look toward 2026, a question presses itself forward with uncomfortable urgency: what will Donald Trump destroy next? It is no longer hyperbole to ask whether he could mishandle even the simplest responsibility. The evidence of his conduct—financial, political, and moral—has become overwhelming.

The steady drip of revelations about Trump’s enrichment schemes, foreign money, influence peddling, and shameless self-dealing would have ended the career of any public figure in a functioning democracy. The scale of the corruption is staggering. And yet, his followers avert their eyes, excuse the behavior, or insist it is all fabricated. Moral exhaustion has become a political strategy.

This isn’t merely about character. It is about consequences.

Trump’s looming “revenge presidency” threatens to detonate the fragile economic stability of the coming years. By 2026, the bill for reckless tax cuts favoring the ultra-wealthy, ballooning deficits, trade wars, and attacks on regulatory institutions will come due. Slashing revenues while exploding spending is not economic populism—it is sabotage. Markets respond poorly to chaos, and Trump thrives on chaos. Investor confidence, international trust in U.S. institutions, and the value of the dollar itself are all at risk under a leader who governs by grievance rather than competence.

Public goods are already collateral damage. Funding for public lands, conservation, and volunteer-driven stewardship has been steadily eroded. Programs that once relied on skilled, experienced volunteers—trail crews, forest restoration teams, and local conservation partnerships—are quietly disappearing. People age out, burn out, or simply give up when the federal government signals that public lands are expendable. What took generations to build can be undone in a single administration that views anything not monetized as worthless.

The human cost is easy to miss unless you’ve lived it. Recently, old friends from trail crew days spent the night with us. We shared stories, memories, and watched a beautiful fireworks display from our home—perfectly positioned to take it all in. It was a reminder of what community once looked like. Yet every one of those volunteers has reached the same conclusion: the era of meaningful support for public service has ended. That loss is not accidental. It is policy.

Trump’s vision of governance serves only the wealthy, the connected, and the vindictive. It strips value from institutions that bind us together—public lands, public trust, and public truth—while concentrating power and wealth upward. By 2026, the economic damage will not be theoretical. It will be felt in weakened infrastructure, higher household costs, reduced global standing, and the quiet disappearance of civic life.

A nation cannot be run as a grift. A democracy cannot survive on loyalty tests and denial. And an economy cannot thrive when its leader treats corruption as a business model.

History will not be kind—but by then, the damage may already be done.

You Unload

There is an old gospel truth that keeps resurfacing in American music and faith traditions: before you can claim righteousness, you must first unload your burdens—your greed, your cruelty, your lies, and your indifference to the suffering of others. Grace is not something you wear like a campaign button; it is something that demands accountability.

That is why the behavior of so many self-identified Christian Republicans is so troubling.

They speak endlessly of Jesus, yet oppose feeding the hungry.
They praise the Prince of Peace, yet glorify violence and vengeance.
They demand moral purity from others, while excusing corruption, cruelty, sexual abuse, and outright dishonesty from political leaders who serve their interests.

Christian faith, at its core, is not about power, wealth, or dominance. It is about humility, repentance, and compassion. You cannot hoard privilege, demonize the poor, scapegoat immigrants, mock the sick, and then claim the moral high ground simply because you say the word “Christian.”

The message echoed through generations of gospel music is clear: redemption is not free of responsibility. You don’t get to keep your sins, your hatred, and your hypocrisy and still pass yourself off as saved. You must unload.

Until Christian Republicans are willing to unload their fear, their obsession with power, and their tolerance for cruelty, their public faith rings hollow. What they are practicing is not Christianity—it is politics wrapped in scripture.

Faith without integrity is just noise.

— Kadizzle

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Are we nearing the end of the Trump dictatorship

Many Americans now share a quiet, persistent hope: that the era of authoritarian behavior masquerading as leadership is finally nearing its end. The accumulation of documented corruption, ethical violations, and credible allegations of abuse has grown so large that even the most devoted partisan defenses are beginning to crack.

Institutions meant to safeguard democracy have been weakened. The Supreme Court’s legitimacy has been called into question. The rule of law has been distorted into a tool for loyalty rather than justice. Meanwhile, the normalization of intimidation, dehumanization, and the open association with criminal behavior has left the nation exhausted and fractured.

This is no longer a debate about policy differences or ideological disagreements. It is a question of whether a society can survive when truth is dismissed, cruelty is rewarded, and accountability is treated as persecution. History shows that democratic backsliding does not require mass support—only sustained silence.

Some within the former president’s own ranks have begun to step away. Their departures matter, but they are not yet enough. The real question is how many will be required to interrupt the cycle of corruption and destruction before lasting damage is done.

If this trajectory continues unchecked, the cost will not be borne by one party or one generation. It will be paid by institutions stripped of trust, by citizens taught to fear one another, and by a nation that forgot the difference between power and principle.

Human progress depends on courage—the courage to speak plainly, to reject lies even when they are convenient, and to defend democratic values before they are reduced to historical footnotes.

A Good neighbor passed away

 Living in Hazen, North Dakota we had the best neighbor a person could have. In fact we had many good neighbors. Dallas went to heaven Christmas Eve. Dallas had a good long life. We spoke to Marlyn just this morning and found out. She is every bit as wonderful as Dallas. We spent so many good days on their deck and at their dinning room table. We helped them every way we could and they paid us back immensely. Dallas owned the grocery store in town. When Dallas had us over for a steak dinner we got the best. Dallas loved birds and was well known for attracting Wood Ducks. His yard was always one of his key projects. Often we discussed philosophy and Dallas had some good stories. Dallas added a lot to our lives and so many others. He will be missed. 

Whites, Skaggs & Cooder at the Ryman, You Must Unload