something is afoot. Yep about shithole's health, it's getting worse by the day. 2026 mid-term elections wherein the Republicans can lose both chambers, WE THE PEOPLE are pissed.

Republicans might lose across board, especially in red states.

So nothing can be fixed

.....Oh My God!

for grifting that they do now

I think you’re right, Maraya1969. They’re “grifting while the grifting’s good.” They probably suspect that it’ll never be quite this easy again.

than the death of tsf unfortunately.

... but those crazy MAGAs (including some of the filthy-rich ones) believe the end of the world is coming. These people are nuts, yes, but they also have psychic and fake-religious predictions that the Apocalypse is upon us. Or maybe they're making crazy stock moves because they think it's their last chance before a huge meteor wipes us all out. I don't know.

Whatever happens I sure hope it's the end of ALL of them. If they go to heaven, I don't want to be in the same place. If they go to hell, I'm happy to go to the other place.

They are spewing bluster as always, but their actions tell a different story. At their heart is a deep worry that the freedom to fleece is about to be impaired.

how it may go, and we are seeing it now
an Aussie psychotherapist explains

Years after his death I still have flashbacks of rage. He was highly intelligent, successful, and awful. The Worst Parent Ever.

I don’t know the answer, but I sure do know there seems to be a HUGE effort, undoubtedly led by him, to reassert his perceived omnipotence. I can’t help but sense an odor of desperation coming from that side of things.

...and they will help him at every turn? There just seems to be a sense of desperation.

He's not waiting on anyone. He's building the Ballroom and the huge Arc de Trump at the entrance to Arlington Cemetery...

He can destroy the world in 6 months. Then the Democrats can have it.

I’d even volunteer to drive one!

We’’ll be needing a new Rose Garden there, methinks.

Heather Cox Richardson has observed similarly.

Here we are.

after the election when they do lose both the House and the Senate.

Over the past couple decades the Republican project has transfered $50 trillion from the bottom 90% to the top 1% -- they do not want to give that up. They are desperate and irrationally hitched their wagon to a madman. As the reality of how fragile their hold on power is sinks in they are desperately grabbing whatever levers they can.

I didn’t know you had posted this and I just mentioned it upthread.

For AI to take all of our Jobs. They need ALL the money. So they can control us.

it is gonna get harsh.

he has reached a "nowhere on earth to escape justice" stage of prospective post presidency.

nothing that he does to remain in office can be worse than he has already committed, so why not?

and then the artificial intelligence pink slip tsunami ...

"i would love to pay unemployment benefits, but the ball room is a national priority."

I’m so angry I can barely speak, I can barely breathe. Just furious and feeling helpless. For now.

Not that he should have the chance now.

Every element of the government is at his will.

This is going to be the question from myself moving forward.

Since there must be some kind of reaction to the continued theft and destruction, I would like to know what it is.

And, why it is thought that said actions will stop this.

Although the circumstances are different—at least for now, I’m reminded of a quote from Herman Goering when he was asked how the Nazis just rolled over every German institution that might have blocked them:

“Nobody stopped us”.

Fast forward to 2026…

We are being run by (or over, if you will) by The Trump Criminal Syndicate.

And thus if the criminals have the run of the house, eventually they're not just coming out in the dark...

This is the natural acceleration of crime due to a corruption and disinterest in enforcement.

It will continue to accelerate until collapse. The center cannot hold.

He'll destroy everything on his way out. He reminds me of vandals who deface, burn down and make unenjoyable places others have revered and found pleasure in visiting or experiencing. Vandals don't revere and find pleasure in something, perhaps are unable to, so why should anyone else.