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Week 014 - The ShitShow

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Week 002
Introduction to History
The Curse of History
Headlines, Memes, Videos & the News Carousel
Introduction to Trump 2.0
This is the Week that is and will always BE the 2nd FIRST WEEK; the 1st FIRST WEEK introduced Qanon; the 2nd FIRST WEEK introduces MAGA

“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”

 

Abraham Lincoln

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Week 001 recap

DEI & Racism & Hate

We expect it isn’t lost on anybody that DEI has become the “NEW” word for Ni**er, LGBTQ/Fa**ot, the Jews who “Hate” Israel, People with Accents, Brown but not quite Black People, Hollywood and/or New York City (other words for the wrong kind of Jew), Elitists – this is a broad spectrum slur, the ever-expanding & increasingly reviled “Fake News” , and most everyone who isn’t from “flyover country” – especially left-coasters.

Among our Trump supporters, this is seen as a “victory for free speech!”

As well as a “new”, weirdly understood concept of “merit based” hiring & employment opportunities.

Unless a military MAN is heterosexual – or a man successfully pretending to be heterosexual – please leave our military.

Emoluments & Corruption

Legacy norms from a foregone era when the government had “guardrails”.

How quaint.

We – the USA – have Custom President & First Lady Bitcoins for sale.

“Wow… just wow… They’re milking their base; I expected this! Now that it’s started, I expect to see this often…”

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“When the three wealthiest men in America sit behind Trump at his inauguration, everyone understands that the billionaire class now controls our government.”

Bernie Sanders

Project 2025

The most amazing thing about this entire Trumpian ascent is the brazen, “We’re going to tell you exactly what we intend to do and you’re not going to pay attention,” combined with a Trumpian set of lies, repeated for weeks & weeks & summed up thusly in a Jedi mind-trick manner: 

“I don’t know anything about this, what did you call it, oh yeah, a project 2025 or something; it sounds crazy to me.”

Project 2025 Publishes Comprehensive Policy Guide, ‘Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise’ | The Heritage Foundation

PDF Manual: https://tinyurl.com/5fyzzxuh

“Hail! Victory!”

The Ascent of Musk  – Presidential Bully Pulpit

As this is being written, the days in this first week offer glimpses into what will come.

What’s sorta crazy is that the realization of how quickly things could unravel with an unbridled Musk at the helm of the firing squad hadn’t begun to sink in with our group; even the few who have been expecting the worst will, it turns out, be surprised by the coming Blitzkrieg attack on “norms” associated with the rule of law, Civil Service guardrails, the Courts, and Unions.

It’s as if people never heard of Twitter becoming X.

The protection provided by Presidential pardons is a plus; unless Trump ends up using it as a cudgel to keep Musk in check.

Bye-Bye to Vivek Ramaswamy.

Executive Power

SCOTUS recently endowed Trump with the awesome authority to do “Whatever the hell he wants!” in his official capacity as POTUS.

In addition, Trump is bullying congress to give him the DOJ, the FBI and the DOD he desperately craves… and will very likely need to quell the very expected domestic uprisings as he invokes martial law by employing arcane + anachronistic + rarely invoked laws.

It’s expected Trump has a toolkit outfitted with all sorts of keys to unlock & misapply legal options, which may or may not work; eventually he’ll have a keychain with keys that work as intended.

Inauguration

Inaugural Address

We have plenty-o-billionaires in attendance.

Opinion: The events are all indoors because Trump is done with the folks who don’t know how to get inside.

The hand-o-trump will not rest upon the bible-o-god.

Inaugural Festivities

https://washington.org/DC-guide-to/presidential-inauguration-washington-dc

Snoop Dogg, Soulja Boy, Rick Ross, Carrie Underwood face heat for performing at Trump’s pre-inauguration ball.

Liberty University’s Praise Choir faced no heat.

Trump does not enjoy the Bishop Budde sermon:

Trump demands an apology from the Episcopal Bishop  after she made a direct appeal to him during the inaugural prayer service to have mercy on the LGBTQ+ community and migrant workers.

Pardon Me

The list of pardons is interestingly unpopular amongst all but the MAGA faithful.

The best summation of the “pardon story” came from the voice of Trump:

“Fuck it! Release ’em all!”

Proud Boys & Oathkeepers are back on the streets.

Bye-Bye Biden

The last minute pardons earned derision from some; there’s an argument to be made why these comments were made: 

“Good riddance!” + “Well, at least Trump is throwing out the Biden garbage!”

The “Hunter Pardon” is expected to give new life to the “laptop” debacle for the foreseeable future.

Executive Orders

Per various news investigations, we know many – most – of Trumps’ Executive Orders come straight out of the Project 2025 manual and from the people assigned to various governmental roles and agencies.

We’re wondering when Trump will shatter the 1,000 Executive Order ceiling.

Birthright Citizenship

A member points out that voiding the 14th Amendment – as the 3/5ths provision in Enumeration was voided without opposition –  would, per the language of the 14th Amendment, reinstate slavery… potentially.

This came up: If a President Trump can repeal the 14th amendment; why not the 22nd?

 

Paris Climate Accords & WHO

The United states is no longer a member of these organizations.

NAZI Stuff

 In defense of Elon, it’s claimed by many in the MAGA-VERSE that “Nazism doesn’t exist because everyone’s a Nazi!”

It’s easy to point at…

AOC, Obama, Hillary, and Kamala + other Dems being just as “Nazi” as Elon… per photo evidence of upraised palms.

Eliminate Bureaucrats + Obstacles

Per Project 2025: Fire 1,000’s & 1,000’s of Civil Service employees.

Threaten any politician threatening to block Cabinet appointees; especially Republicans.

Cabinet appointments, starting with Pam Bondi at DOJ, have taken on high-stakes importance following the embarrassing Gaetz debacle.

Trump won’t suffer another. 

Kash Patel will be interesting.

Fire Inspectors Generals.

Eliminate Watchdog agencies.

Security Clearances

Bolton – “the warmonger” – is denied further Secret Service protection along with a slew of others – Pompeo, for instance – who lost favor with Trump.

 

A claim is made that this is the first of many to come.

Territorial Conquests

It’s not lost on us – or Trump – that history recognizes great rulers by the yardstick of territorial conquests.

Trump has, in the past, disparaged the notion Thomas Jefferson made a great deal with the Louisiana Purchase and it seems to be irritating to Trump to not be known as a great real estate dealmaker as a U.S. President. 

We expect this will be an ongoing saga because, quite frankly, he appears to be serious about:

  1. Making Canada a state,
  2. Acquiring Greenland
  3. Reacquiring the Panama Canal, and
  4. Ignoring Puerto Rico.

Thanks for Being Here

Welcome!

We hope you’ll enjoy the following music video which contains an interestingly emblematic slice of scandalous American history. 

A cavalcade of B and C list stars rollick through a 1988 Sam Kinison music video which has become, for lack of a better way to say it…

A significant footnote in American culture and history. 

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Like many of us, you pay attention to the world around us;

Like many of us, you don’t pay much attention to the world around us.

Like some of us, you may now be poised to become a student of history; whereupon, you’ll likely find yourself with a newly found and unflagging desire to somehow make sense of the madness.

For those of us already afflicted with the curse of historical curiosity and knowledge, I have a motto I just now adopted as a motto; but only if it’s screeched from the depths of my damaged humanity in a manner befitting Sam Kinison:

WTAF !!!

Maybe you’ve found yourself saying WTAF more & more frequently these days and are – perhaps – prepared to adopt WTAF as your motto, as well.

If so, I encourage you to search the names below; it’ll be fun… you’ll have a few laughs and some “Oh Wows!” along the way.

Links are provided for the featured stars of the story.

Starring Characters

Sam Kinison          : A former Pentecostal Preacher, Sam became a cultural phenomenon as a “one of a kind” stand-up comedian and actor who tragically died in an auto accident.

Jessica Hahn        :  A former church secretary, Jessica was sexually assaulted by a prominent Evangelical Preacher by the name of Jim Bakker, before becoming a notable model and actress.

Cast of Characters

Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith; Jonathan Cain and Deen Castronovo of Bad English; Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Alec John Such of Bon Jovi; Sebastian Bach; Slash and Steven Adler of Guns N’ Roses; Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe; C.C. Deville of Poison; Robbin Crosby; Warren Demartini; Billy Idol; Dweezil Zappa; Rudy Sarzo; Chip Taylor; and Rodney Dangerfield

Starring Characters Who Don’t Appear in the Video

Jim Bakker of the PTL Network and Heritage USA

Tammy Faye of the PTL Network and Heritage USA

Enjoy!

Go To Week 001
The Curse of History

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Welcome to “The Curse of Living in Interesting Times!”

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You’ll be seeing the published record of trump 2.0 in Weekly Recaps… and eventually we’ll fill in granular level daily pages for the hardest core of hardcore political news junkies.

The goal is to provide a cohesive & expansive story of this history as it unfolds…. and offer new insights whenever you revisit.

“Living in the TRUTHINESS of the Curse of Interesting Times!”

 

ps. “Interesting times” usually means HORRIFIC

 

There’s a Method to this MADNESS!

You’ll be seeing the daily news summarized & narrated in a “News Carrousel” with titles such as “DEI & Racism” & HATE“… determined by the news from that week; following that will be a smattering of actual News Headlines in the form of buttons… connecting you to the original news sources.

Some headlines & stories are too important to scroll past; the borders of the buttons are highlighted to entice you to check ’em out.

Following the Headlines are the “Memes o’ the Week” because we like memes… following the Memes you’ll discover a carefully curated selection of 100’s upon 100’s of videos… 16 per week.

Every week will feature a quote from an aspirational voice from somewhere in recorded history; far, far below every quote, in the Videos, you will find a minimum of 2 great stories – with dashed red borders – borne from experiences connected to those words.

You’ll be watching award winning movies; comic takes on the news; award winning documentaries, music, podcasts, anecdotal video clips and much, much more!

We really, truly, especially, really-really hope you’ll explore and enjoy.

The goal is to provide a cohesive & expansive story of this history as it unfolds…. and offer fresh insights whenever you revisit.

 

Welcome to the Immersive Experience of trump 2.0

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Welcome to the 2nd 1st WEEK

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Each week looks to be overwhelmingly overwhelming… so many headlines, so many videos… and too many memes. 
 

In a way that’s the point. 

 
If you allow yourself an opportunity to soak it in, you’ll realize all of “the crazy” can be (with a slight degree of difficulty) broken down into bite-sized chunks… enough so you don’t have to get lost & overwhelmed in the chaos of trump 2.0. 
 
Please take a minute or 10 to scroll through the news headlines below; the stories of significance (historically speaking…?) are highlighted.
 
Please be amused by the memes…
especially the ones that age like milk.
 
Videos which historically relate
to the quote directly below this button
are surrounded by a red-dashed border.
 
Much time & effort went into curating an
entertaining media destination for our visitors.
 

Please, Simply Enjoy some

TRULY GREAT VIDEO CONTENT

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In case you didn’t do so earlier…
Please take another minute or 10
to check out the links on this page:
 
History is NOW & IN both directions of Time