I was out protesting the second Gulf War. It was incredibly unpopular to do so, because of Weapons of Mass Destruction that Colin Powell assured us that Iraq was on the brink of using against the United States. Colin Powell lied to us.
That war began in 2003, which was 23 years ago. We still have troops there and not a whiff of a Weapon of Mass Destruction has ever been discovered. But what the war proved is that Americans will believe lies told to them without any hard evidence at all, and they will not remember it well enough to hold the liars accountable.
Here we are today, with millions, if not billions, tossed away in Iraq every year, and lies are more common than used diapers in the White House.
Trump’s War on Minnesota has taken a turn for the surreal. He and Pam Bondi, his Attorney General, have declared anyone murdered by ICE to be a domestic terrorist, despite what video evidence has shown. They’ve murdered nurses and school teachers, practically anyone who gets in their way, but suddenly, it’s ICE who is crying foul.
Trump isn’t paying ICE their bonuses. They don’t have the Health Insurance they signed up for. And they’re getting doxed every single day by average Americans who are just plain tired of living in a police state.
America is fighting back.
Last week, dozens of high schools reported students simply walking out to protect ICE snatching children at schools, to lure their parents into surrendering. The students, in most cases, were told if they left the school buildings, they would be punished. Thousands walked out anyway.
The “No Kings Protest” and the “Anti Ice Protests are growing larger each week. Two weeks ago, in Valdosta Georgia, a blood red Republican town, two schools had walk outs and a protest downtown in subfreezing temperatures drew one hundred brave, and chilly souls.
People I have known for years that voted for Trump before they realized what he was, are now joining social action groups. They’re showing up with their children. Things are going to hell and they realize all issues begin at the top.
And this isn’t even mentioning the Epstein Files.
Mostly, there is a core group of activists who believe all things that Trump says and does, no matter how weird or how many people are killed, is an attempt by Trump to push those files away from the light.
The problem, at least for Trump, is those files have been released in countries not run by an Orange Dictator. The names of American politicians and fat cats are going to be brought into the light. The files mention Trump’s name thousands of times. He has every reason to fear those files. He could go to prison forever plus a million years.
Trump had lied, and he has back-stabbed, and he had robbed his followers for years. Now, suddenly, the game is over, and people are angry. Those of us who have opposed him since day one are seeing a wave of new protestors making signs and yelling.
America is rising against the Orange Pedo.
Why are you still worshiping him?
Take Care,
Mike
I couldn’t say it better. There are some that will say you should stick to humor but that can be hard to do when the present administration is no laughing matter and affects all the non-super rich in a negative way.
Even though opposed the new Detroit-Windsor bridge figuring that when a Republican Governor (Dick Snyder) said it wouldn’t cost us it would be just another lie. Even though my last crossing on the other bridge showed it needed a lot of repairs.
Now Trump is threatening the new bridge like a petulant six-year-old. Maybe they can put his name on one of the construction crew’s porta-johns and satisfy him. Or actually give him the non-existent “Michigan Man of the Year” award he already claimed he has gotten.
Ever wonder why he had so many business failures?
Mike, people have been saying these things for years. If nothing has changed by now then nothing will. I predict felon34’s next stunt will be much worse than jan 6. I hope I’m dead before trump’s grand finale. I don’t want to see it.
P.S., You have a great site, I look at it every day.
Buzz, silence is complicity. neither Mike W or myself have any intentions of going quietly. We are going to fight back with everything we have. We will not allow the Orange Pedo to ruin this nation while we watch it burn. Norway, England, India, and other countries are prosecuting their child rapists found in the Epstein Files. If America is going to exist at all, we will exist to protect our children.
Trump is the problem. Until that child rapist is gone, I will be here to remind everyone he isn’t in prison yet.
I grew up in NJ. Everyone associates the orange wonder with NY, but he was heavily involved in Atlantic City…especially with the Miss USA pageant, but we won’t point out the parallels of THAT particular gem to Epstein’s ring right now….but I saw first hand how his failed business worked and crashed that area for a long time.
His supporters cry “TDS” — but the only derangement is supporting him. There is long, documented, proven history of his failings as both a business person and as a human being in general. If one cannot see those things at this point, that’s where the actual derangement exists.
I will never say the Dems put forth perfect candidates. They have all had failings and policies that I disagree with. But they have been the BETTER choice against the Anti-Midas, who turns everything he touches to shit.
And don’t even get me started on how “The Dow is over 50,000” is justification for protecting pedophiles.
The Con-mander-in- chief is also hurting our relationship around the world. France has dumped our videoconferencing platforms in place of one of their own. Germany is getting rid of Windows and switching to Linux. Denmark, Swiss, Austria and other European countries are considering the same. Canada is reconsidering purchases of F-35s from us. They no longer feel they can trust anything coming from us because a demented psychopath might have a “kill switch” on these things. The “Tech Bros” are being frowned upon as they continue to suck up to to Cheetolini.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/europe-zoom-teams-france-us-b2913584.html?test_group=lighteradlayout&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
That lack of trust has worked its way into NATO. For the first time since NATO’s founding, every major operational command will now be led by European officers. (https://civilwarii.substack.com/p/us-stripped-from-key-nato-commands?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) We will be alone from every partner we’ve had for decades. They no longer share security secrets with us for fear of the Hippopotus sharing it with Putin.
And now our Fondling Farter has his emissary visiting rightwing and neo-Nazi parties and think tanks in Europe, offering them American cash and support.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/11/sarah-b-rogers-trump-europe-far-right?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Even when Fatty Shack is gone, it will takes years to get that trust back, if ever. I mean, let’s be honest, his history of sexual assaults, poor business acumen, even worse moral character has been known for years, yet enough people were so literally stupid to vote for him. That stupidity doesn’t just go away. It will rise again when another con man hits the campaign trail and attracts the low information voter.
In the end, we need to reinstall Civic classes as early as we can and continue it thru higher education so the people will learn the truth of what our intended goals of a country were and should still be. Understand how to be more inclusive and high minded and refute vulgar low minded ignorant hate and bigotry. More importantly, we as a nation, must hold this entire administration of sycophants and lickspittles accountable. Put them on trial and then put them in prison, otherwise, besides losing the trust of the world, we lose the trust among ourselves as a country.