Bondi

Loyalty doesn't pay.

You torch your reputation and then you're kicked to the curb like a dog, promised some gig later, like an unnamed player in a sports trade.

Now the biggest news today is not Bondi's firing, but Macron's excoriation of Trump. Blasting him for not only undercutting NATO, but flip-flopping on his reasons for the Iran war and more. Seems like the rest of the world is no longer afraid of the president. I'd say he's worn out his welcome, but it's worse than that, he's eviscerated two hundred fifty years of American good will. You used to count on America to support you, as a backstop, to do what is right. Now you know you're on your own, and may be victimized by a tyrant.

Not that this is new in the rest of the world. Sure, antisemitism is a problem in the Republican party, but it's this constant veneration of Viktor Orbán that upsets me. The guy is a dictator, who rigs elections, but it's not only Trump who lauds him, Tucker went to visit him. If you're playing the home game you're scratching your head, this guy is the antithesis of America and its values.

Then again, if you've been playing the home game, it's now three-dimensional chess, with so much going on it's not only hard to get a grasp on it, it makes you want to detach.

Starting off with gas prices... Did you see that GM's sales dropped 9.7%? Not hard to believe when your business model is based on selling overpriced gas-guzzlers. Meanwhile, BYD has introduced an electric car battery that can fully charge in ten minutes that has in excess of 600 miles of capacity. And the American car companies have shuttered most of their EV development and written off billions. Then again, Trump eliminated incentives, he's against green energy. As for the government shepherding new technologies with investment...you drank Tang after the astronauts did, right?

And speaking of green energy, Trump paid a billion bucks to a French energy company to cancel wind farms. And that's YOUR billion dollars, there was no talk of donor money here. Just like with Kristi Noem and her planes.

Yes, in light of the "Daily Mail" story about her husband, Noem gets a pass for her rumored relationship with Corey Lewandowski, but she toed the Trump line and was excised, it's just a matter of time. Who are these bozos who haven't seen the movie, who don't realize it's just a matter of time before they're history?

Sure, it's a triumph for the people that Bondi and Noem are gone... But were they so enamored of these government gigs that they not only cast caution to the wind, but their brains too?

So we've got a war, and all we hear about from Trump and Bondi is the stock market. As if the number reflects the general health of America when so many are living paycheck to paycheck. Meanwhile, if you've got any investments, it's scary to look at the number...forget taxes, Trump is taking directly from your pocketbook.

And the corporations and the rich have benefited from the Great Big Beautiful Bill and...

At rallies we've got signifiers in the streets living in the last century, when Ukraine is holding Russia at bay with drone technology and elders can't stop bitching about technology and social media. Sure, Bondi may have misread the room, but she's not the only one.

So it's kind of funny, we're experiencing whiplash, seemingly each and every day. And those working the refs keep telling us that MAGA is not wavering, they're firmly behind Donald Trump. Yeah, get them to say that while they're pumping gas for their SUV... TikTok is riddled with disenchanted Trump voters, literally standing at the pump and decrying the president.

And the old wise men and women who think they're in charge keep playing by pre-internet rules. As if the internet doesn't exist. Do you know what the main problem with the No Kings rally was? NO PRESS! Unless you were looking for it, you didn't see it.

Meanwhile, our country is fading away, while those invested in the system keep telling us to believe in it and Sophie Rain brings in over a hundred million dollars on OnlyFans.


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