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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart America’s greatest criminal is at it again. The government shutdown is solely the responsibility of Trump and his fascist party. They control all three branches of government, and today, Trump’s Senate rejected a measure to prevent another fiscal disaster for working-class Americans. Trump is in control of everything that happens in Washington today. He is the reason only the most corrupt and useless members of our federal government will continue to receive their paychecks and benefits after September 30. Those who actually work in Washington will struggle to pay their mortgages and other necessities. The malignant narcissist defiling our White House is desperate to prevent the truth from being told by his mainstream media. A misinformation effort is underway attempting to blame Democrats for another failure. [A bright red banner and pop-up message that appeared Tuesday on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's website warns: "The Radical Le...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart To any American with common sense, it is obvious that Trump supports a government shutdown. He is making an attempt to blame Democrats. However, progressives/liberals do not control a single one of our nation’s three branches of government. One thing, which has bothered me since I learned about the idiotic policy of a “debt ceiling,” Is how this punishes the only men and women who actually work in Washington. Those responsible for failing to perform the jobs for which they were elected or appointed will continue to live normal lives. Three unnecessary, corrupt, and incompetent groups will continue to receive their salaries and benefits: the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of our government. These are the most overpaid men and women in our nation’s capital, living lives of luxury and privilege at taxpayer expense, although they do nothing for all 340 million Americans. I offer you one example of how unfair this bullshit is. I cannot deny that the TS...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Donald Trump, Trump’s Fascist Party, Six members of the Supreme Court, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 902 oligarchs, all law enforcement, the mainstream media, and Evangelical Leaders. These groups are all enemies of every true American in 2025. They all support Trump and his fascist plans for America’s future. This also confirms that they are subjects of Vladimir Putin, Trump’s official handler. He confirmed this once and for all when the two dictators met on the tarmac in Alaska. It is clear that in the 21 st century America’s greatest enemies exist within our shores. The above institutions and organizations are why the greatest danger to America’s future comes from failed and biased groups who are controlled by 902 billionaires/oligarchs. In 2025, our biggest issues are domestic violent extremism, political violence, Ideologically motivated violence, persecution of the LGBTQ community, specifically transgender Americans, and a general atmosphere of uncertainty a...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It is no secret that the last, true Democratic President was John F. Kennedy, and before him, the greatest American President in history, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR was the only president to place the quality of life for all Americans in priority number one without exception. This is the reason he was unbeatable and why the 22 nd Amendment was signed on February 27, 1951. I am an Independent. Since 2000, I admit to having voted for Democratic candidates exclusively. The reason is obvious: Republicans have not existed in their original form since the Reagan administration. This combined with the candidate offered by the GOP, George W. Bush, convinced me that voting for any “Republican" would have been in direct opposition to my personal beliefs and principles. Although the Democratic Party offered the American people two outstanding presidential candidates in Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton, their platform was weak and somewhat ambiguous. Today, if yo...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart God, if there is one, must have a tremendous and somewhat cruel sense of humor. He gave mankind strength, resilience, and in some, great intelligence and wisdom. However, with the exception of a handful of the rarest of individuals, He also placed great weakness in every human being, which is usually triggered by often meaningless and baseless words. Politicians and the mainstream media control their supporters with the use of carefully chosen words and phrases. Throughout the history of the world, tyrannical leaders used words to inspire loyalty and incite violence on their behalf. Love and hate, trust and fear, anger and understanding, apathy and compassion, war and peace, these opposites are frequently twisted in efforts to brainwash the uninformed. Let me digress for a moment. I don’t have heroes. I do have people and their ideas for whom I have great respect. I believe that the greatest lessons in life are the result of listening to wise men and women and a...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It doesn’t require a political genius to look at the men and women in Trump’s inner circle and know that not one of these losers is qualified for his or her position. Each of them was given their job based on one fact: They are loyal to Trump and his fascist plans for America’s future. A few names and their positions in Trump’s administration prove my allegations. Pete Hegseth: Secretary of the Department of War Pam Bondi: Attorney General Marco Rubio: Secretary of State Tulsi Gabbard: Director of National Intelligence Robert Kennedy Jr.: Secretary of Health and Human Resources So it was no surprise when Trump decided to take vengeance on former FBI Director, James Comey, that he chose the least qualified person possible to lead Comey’s prosecution. First, even the judge shook his head when he read the trumped-up charges. There is no evidence. Comey was simply performing his job requirements as defined by the Constitution. However, that is of no importance to Tr...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It’s no secret: Trump is not the sharpest tool in the shed. His economic policies have proven disastrous. On his report card, Foreign Relations receives an F-. Trump is not a leader, as we learned during Covid-19. More than one million American lives were lost, while he told us, “it will just go away.” What is most obvious, but goes unreported by the mainstream media, is that Trump is a dictator. However, the New York Times recently talked to younger voters who voted for Trump in 2024. Asked to describe Trump’s actions over the last eight months, they called him “aggressive,” “overpowering,” and “reckless.” Mustafa, a 28-year-old Republican from Georgia, didn’t hold back. “The way that he’s been handling things recently, dictatorship,” he said. There is little remaining in the base for right-wing politicians. The group Trump and I belong to, septuagenarians, is dying off. Educated Americans reject Trump and his party. Trump is losing the support of rural voters....

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The Mainstream Media failed again. Several statements from representatives and leaders of the 189 countries represented at the United Nations, told reporters from many nations that they found Trump’s disjointed speech at the United Nations hilarious, totally unrelated to the purpose of the event, and an embarrassment for the American people. Not a single reputable American news agency reported this fact. Why do they support Trump and not the American people? I can only put his rambling and incoherent speech in the context it deserves. Trump attacked every other nation in the world and bragged about accomplishments he never had. Period. Once again, he displayed his lifelong mental impairment, malignant narcissism. In a previous article I offered my readers some of the “lowlights” of Trump’s speech. I have written thousands of articles about Trump’s failures since 2015, but none revealed the fact that he is too old and lacks the mental acuity to lead our nation mo...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump is not concerned with the welfare of most of our nation’s people. His focus is solely on seven percent of all Americans: billionaires and multi-billionaires. Multiple promises were made to the working-class in 2024. But, as it was in 2016, they were all lies. Greedflation continues to grow here in Nevada and across the United States. The invasion of Ukraine continues to escalate, and taxes have been raised on working Americans, and lowered for the super-rich. Unless an Act of God happens in the next three days, our federal government will shut down on Wednesday. America is the only nation which passes an annual budget, and later requires an agreement on the “debt ceiling,” and how those funds are allocated. In 2025 our government is undoubtedly the most corrupt and incompetent in the world. A couple of days ago, a meeting between your illegitimate president and leaders of the Democratic Party was scheduled to discuss a possible prevention of that shutdown....

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart In March of 2003, an incompetent Republican administration acted hastily and without intelligent examination and consideration to create a new government agency. It was, and is, unnecessary. This rash decision resulted in what can only be called what it is: a secret police force to be used in any manner our presidents decide acceptable. This followed the misnamed “Patriot Act,” which removed the 4 th , 5 th , and 14 th Amendment rights of every American citizen. ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is unlike any legitimate law enforcement agency. Its guidelines and policies vary, not cemented in any form of legitimate and comprehensive rules and regulations. It is very obvious that what little training its agencies receive does not include public relations or even respect for the men, women, and children they kidnap and detain. Most Americans do not respect or trust ICE agents. They are nothing more than brutal thugs. Trump is using them as his personal Ge...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart On Wednesday, a 79-year-old man walked up a broken escalator, made his way to the main floor of the United Nations building, and proceeded to filibuster the leaders of 189 nations for almost one hour. It was a very sad experience for the delegates. They were very respectful as an obese old man with a cheap toupee rambled on about nothing and bragged about things which never happened. See if you can make sense of some of his illiterate rants. “I’m really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell.” “They were going all green. All green is all bankrupt. That’s what it represents, And it’s not politically correct, I’ll be very badly criticized for saying it, but I’m here to tell the truth. I don’t care, it doesn’t matter to me.” “If you don’t get away from this green scam, your country is going to fail. And I’m really good at predicting things, you know?” he said. “They actually said during the campaign, they had a hat: the best-selling hat, I was right a...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It has always been a term in flux. It changed with generations. However, there are some qualities consistent with “being a man.” Real men are capable of a wide range of emotions. They have complete control over those emotions, and refuse to be affected by the opinions of others. They know themselves and are always trying to be better. Your illegitimate president is not a ‘man.’ He is afflicted with a disease. Malignant narcissism: “Malignant narcissism is a psychological disorder in which a person has an inflated sense of self-worth, a need for admiration, and a disregard for others. Key characteristics of malignant narcissism include paranoia, feeling threatened or persecuted without proof, aggression, manipulation, and lack of remorse.” One more: “Malignant narcissism is a personality type that causes extreme narcissism, aggression, and, sometimes, abuse of others. A person may use manipulative means or violence to enhance their own sense of wellbeing.” Every ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart On Wednesday, Trump stood before the world and proved that he is a blithering idiot. He bragged about things he has failed to accomplish, called the leaders of the European Union morons, and claimed that only he could solve all of the world’s problems. It took him nearly an hour to embarrass our nation, and prove that our voters are uninformed and ignorant. I’m shocked that no one walked out on his moronic tirade after the first 10 minutes. I couldn’t believe what I was reading. Standing in front of the entire world was a malignant narcissist suffering from dementia, who is the greatest failure in our nation’s history and offering proof with his own ludicrous and ridiculous speech. For your incompetent president, his greatest and most revealing statement was calling climate change caused by man, a “hoax.” This proved to the world that he and his American Nazi Party were born with only half a brain. They are the only people in all of developed nations who refuse ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It is no secret that Trump is the most hated man in the world. His ‘guaranteed to fail’ tariffs are causing distress in every nation on the planet. The question is, how did this 79-year-old man earn the criticism and hate of billions of people? Although this short article will not explain what happened inside Trump’s little brain, we do know what happened to him physically. Trump was born in New York on June 14, 1946. Three weeks later, yours truly would begin his own journey on planet earth. His parents, Fred and Mary Anne, already had three children, Marrianee, born in 1937, Frederick, 1938, and Elizabeth, 1942. Trump had one younger brother, Robert, born in 1948. There is little information about Trump’s life as a child, his immediate family has refrained from talking about their brother for the most part. His oldest sister, Marianne, a retired Appeals Court Judge, did offer a few remarks. Marianne referred to her younger brother and his presidency, calling h...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart First of all, this is just another thing Trump knows nothing about. Antifa is not an organization. It has no leaders and no membership. It is a movement which occasionally gathers spontaneously to protest fascists and fascism around the world. E-mails and texts are passed on to each person wishing to participate. Trump calls antifa a terrorist group. He’s full of shit, as always. Domestic terrorist groups include those who call themselves “Republicans,” six members of the Supreme Court, Q’Anon, Fox News, Newsmax, and other groups who would destroy democracy in America and replace it with a fascist regime, placing Trump in power as Fuhrer of the Disunited States of America. Antifa is ‘people:’ people who want to remain free and enjoy the rights guaranteed by the Constitution. The real terrorists are sitting on the right side of the Capitol building. That title belongs to Trump and his people. They are the enemy of all true Americans. Op-ed by James Turnage Follow...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Jimmy’s back tonight. After discussions, and probably heated negotiations with Disney, Jimmy Kimmel Live will return to ABC this evening. We will never know the truth about what was discussed, but I can guess. I won’t offer you my opinion, because that’s just what it would be. I have no inside knowledge. What I do know is that Mr. Kimmel had good reason to sue Disney for unlawful termination. Voicing an opinion is free speech, and not a legitimate reason for terminating an employee. I remain upset that Stephen Colbert’s show will end in May. The real reason is obvious. Trump ordered his billionaire/oligarch friends at Paramount to terminate him because his ego was crushed. However, they were smart enough to claim that the reason was a loss of 50 million dollars each year. True or not, this is a valid reason to terminate the popular program. Disney suspending Jimmy Kimmel indefinitely was an attempt to appease the man-child’s affliction with malignant narci...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart During the 2024 campaign, one of his biggest lies came when he was asked about Project 2025. As he always does, he lied, saying “I know nothing about it.” The truth is, every word, every idea in the 922-page fascist encyclopedia came from Trump’s own words during his many, boring, hate rallies. It is no secret: Trump’s primary ‘hero’ is Adolf Hitler. He studied the Fuhrer’s speeches every night before going to bed. There is no doubt that he is not an American president. Recently, these are a few of the plans contained in Project 2025. • launching a mass deportation program • purging civil servants and replacing them with partisan loyalists • defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting• reducing the Federal Emergency Management Agency's role in disaster response • eliminating federal "diversity, equity and inclusion" efforts • banning transgender troops in the military One of Hitler’s primary plans to establish complete control of Germany in t...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart If you thought that Trump’s first administration was filled with the worst, most incompetent, unqualified, and corrupt men and women in the world, you were right. That is, until the Washington Mafia 2.0 in 2025. Let’s begin at the top. Trump is now a convicted felon, committed treason on January 6, 2021, violated the Espionage Act, and became the most hated man in the world. However, he is your illegitimate president once again since January 20, 2025, and is even worse than he was four years ago. He is spending your tax money like a drunken sailor on leave. Unnecessary placement of two flagpoles on the White House lawn, and now the construction of a 200+ million-dollar ballroom, are nothing more than efforts to placate the ego of a raging malignant narcissist. Like 2017, he fails to keep a single promise, adding ill-advised tariffs to the unnecessary harm affecting 340 million people. Did I mention that six members of the Supreme Court anointed him as America’s ...

OP-ed by TheWiseOldFart You hear it constantly: “the Conservative Agenda.” However, the definition of “Conservative 40 years ago was very different than it is today. Conservative: “(in a political context) favoring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas.” This was a simple and accurate description of those who sat on the right side of the aisle in the Capitol Building before Ronald Reagan. However, today’s “Conservative Extremists” are in reality fascists. They no longer believe in free enterprise, or “traditional social values.” There are fewer than a handful of true conservatives in Washington today, and they are members of the Democratic Party. Those who sit on the right side of the aisle can call themselves anything: Republicans, the GOP, Conservatives, or anything else. We know the truth. By their leader’s own words and actions, they are members of the American Nazi Party, and their polices are a combination of Mein Kampf and Project 2025. The former ‘G...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The quality of life for most Americans is in steep decline. Trump refused to keep his number one promise and “end inflation on day one.” We, the people, are beginning to feel the pain from Trump’s moronic tariffs. Most importantly, the average American cannot afford to buy a home or rent a decent apartment in 2025. I live in Northern Nevada. Nevada has a hypocritical, lying bastard of a governor. Joe Lombardo is a “Trump lackey” and kisses his Fuhrer’s humongous ass constantly. He paid ordinary citizens to lie in an ad designed to increase the bank accounts of our state’s home builders. The ad was a big lie, claiming that more availability would lower the costs of homes and apartment rentals. The new apartments near my home are ridiculously expensive. A one-bedroom rents for about $1,700 per month. Incomes in Northern Nevada are far lower than the national average. One-half of all Americans struggle to survive on an annual income which is far below the nat...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I will not give up. After the alleged assassination attempt on Trump in July of 2024, I had many questions, and found one answer to all my own questions. After the sniper’s bullet nicked Trump’s ear, where did the bullet go? A small nick on the ear would not redirect a high-velocity projectile. There was a huge crowd behind your illegitimate president. No one reported an injury or any other information about where the bullet found the end of its journey. I assume that the Secret Service would have performed its duties, but I was wrong. That bullet was evidence, but they obviously didn’t care. I do know that Vince McMahon, a man whose life has been involved in professional wrestling might have taught Trump an old trick. There never was a bullet. There was the sound of a rifle expelling a deadly round, but it was not aimed at the worst man in the world. When everyone heard the sound, Trump ducked behind the podium. When he stood up again, a small amount of blood w...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It is an irrefutable fact and a travesty. Trump and his American Nazi Party is intent on “dumbing down the American people.” With few exceptions, Americans in “blue states” are better educated and more informed than residents in “red states.” Two presidential elections prove the facts. The 2016 and 2024 election were rigged. A combination of interference by Vladimir Putin, James Comey’s last second investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail server, the mainstream media offering more coverage to Trump than all other candidates combined, and Fox, the right-wing’s propaganda machine, brainwashing its viewers with lies and baseless conspiracy theories, conspired to give the worst, least qualified candidate in history not one, but two undeserved and illegitimate victories. Now, in 2025, Trump’s totally unqualified administration is continuing its efforts to make fools of American voters. Look at these headlines and what they mean.   “Watch Live: House to...

American still has a lot to learn. After 249 years of existence, the United States remains in a semi-permanent state of adolescence. The pattern is disappointing. When our country has a great leader in the White House, we begin to move forward. When he is replaced, his successor often moves America backwards. In my 79 years, it often seems as though our nation constantly takes one step forward, then two steps back. On July 4, 2026, America will celebrate 250 years as a nation. Trump and his 902 billionaires/oligarchs will tell you lies, claiming that because of our technological and medical advancements, we have moved forward. However, most of our nation’s 340 million citizens, at least those who are informed, will tell you that for most of those 250 years, we have been standing still while the rest of developed nations have been moving forward. The people of the United States have the lowest quality of life among all of those 15 nations. I know exactly what Trump has in mind for his “...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart NAFTA was not perfect. However, this free trade agreement between Canada, the United States, and Mexico was critical in establishing economic security for all of North America. Tariffs were eliminated. All three nations were allowed to set prices for their commodities without interference. It was very successful until George W. Bush placed our nation in two unwinnable wars, and allowed Wall Street to avoid oversight and nearly bankrupt our nation. This agreement was voided by Trump in 2017. In 2025, and although he was advised not to place tariffs on nearly every nation in the world, Trump is playing the role of a schoolyard bully and threatening all nations, including our closest allies and neighbors, with outrageous tariffs unless they agree to his demands. On September 18, 2025, Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, and Mexican President, Claudia Scheinbaum, met in Alberta, Canada to finalize negotiations designed to bypass involvement by America’s failed and...