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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart No one will disagree with me when I say that Halloween is every child’s second favorite holiday. They love dressing up as their favorite character, real or imagined. What child doesn’t love candy? Adults have attempted to make it a day when men dress as the monsters they would like to be and women as the type of woman they are hiding within. One of the symptoms of malignant narcissism is the need to intentionally harm others. Last night, children across America were celebrating Halloween as their parents watched them closely, fearing they might be kidnapped by Trump’s Gestapo. My wife and I live in Northern Nevada, in a housing development of more than 1,600 homes. It is about 12 miles north of downtown Reno, considered a safe neighborhood. All of our streets are cul-de-sacs.  We moved here in 1999. Like all new homeowners, we were anxious to celebrate every holiday. We had no idea how many children to expect on Halloween night. I don't remember for certain,...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart After the cowardly attacks on 9/11, our country became obsessed with “terrorism.” A ‘knee-jerk’ reaction by a Republican administration created the unconstitutional “Patriot Act,” and created a Gestapo known as ICE. However, a few years ago, then FBI Director, Christopher Wray, informed Congress that domestic terrorism is now the greatest danger to the American people. This has been proven by one statistic. Since 2017, there have been more mass shootings every year than days on the calendar. However, with a Hitler wannabe defiling our White House in 2025, domestic terrorism has revealed itself as our own government, and members of the United States Military. Trump is using a group of thugs and criminals as his own personal Gestapo, known as ICE, to accomplish his personal goal to ‘ethnically cleanse’ all Hispanics from America. Hitler was his idol. Every legitimate news agency with the courage to report the truth has stories to tell about these thugs and villain...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I pride myself on being an informed, caring, and today, a frightened American. Obviously, I despise and reject our current government. It has devolved into the most corrupt and incompetent body of governance in the world. Its leader is clearly the reincarnation of Adolf Hitler. Five words repeated by every professional politician incessantly are intended to hide the growing level of corruption in all three branches of a government which are failing to perform in a manner designed and designated by our Founding Fathers. These words are “for reasons of national security.” Today, one of Trump’s “armies” is revealing the true ambitions of America’s biggest traitor, who is supported and encouraged by his handler, Russian President Vladimir Putin. If you are one of the few who refuse to watch television “news,” and take the time to read, you are fully informed and know the truth about what is happening inside the confines of what was our nation’s most cherished Whtie ...

The Saga of the Drumpf Family   Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart You all know it, although I would never brag about it, but I am nine months away from being an octogenarian. Trump is just eight months closer to being way too old to hold any office in any government in the world. Trump’s life experience is far different from my own, and for that, I am grateful. He was born into a life of extreme white privilege and great wealth. I, too, was born into an atmosphere of white privilege, but we were poor and never knew it. However, my life’s path experienced many changes: changes which made me the man I think I am today. Trump’s life never changed. He is the same person today that he was on June 14, 1946. He never learned how to be a good and respected man. He remains a spoiled, rich, white brat who has to have everything his way. His parents really sucked at raising him. This is one of the primary reasons Trump loves his personal Gestapo, ICE. They are nothing like the men and women I knew in l...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart First and foremost, ICE should not exist. Its creation was unnecessary, a “knee-jerk” reaction to the tragedies which occurred on September 11, 2001. They are poorly trained and far from a legitimate law enforcement agency. They have become Trump’s personal Gestapo. Raids, national guard deployment, and the creation of concentration camps, are poorly disguised efforts to ethnically cleanse America, and punish Trump’Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump’s ignorant supporters would claim that my title is a lie. If you call ethnic cleansing, political retribution, destroying critical agencies, giving tax cuts to those who don’t need or deserve them, golfing, partying at Mar-a-Lago, and spending more than 10 million dollars of taxpayer money to open a golf club in Scotland, then yes, he is very busy spending your money for his own purposes. Let’s go back in time. In his first week in office in 2009, Barack Obama gathered the greatest minds available and make plans to save ...

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 It was May 6, 2024. While playing with his boy toys, his oligarchs, at Mar-a-Lago, Trump made a hilarious statement, calling President Biden and his staff the “Gestapo Administration.” His reason was based on the fact that a real President was purging traitors from our nation. Biden had the ‘nerve’ to prosecute criminals who just happened to be GOP candidates running for political office. If Trump was allowed to run for office, after committing the greatest act of treason in American history, why shouldn’t they? The reason: the only person placed above the law by the Supreme Court of the United States in history is Donald John Trump. This is hilarious because Trump is using his personal Gestapo, known as ICE, to violate the Fifth Amendment rights of thousands of men, women, and children by kidnapping them and placing them in concentration camps without due process. It is impossible for any man or woman who reads the truth about what is happening in our country t...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart ICE is Trump’s personal “GESTAPO,” simply spelled differently. They are thugs who are devoted to Hitler, Putin, and Trump, raising their right arms and shouting “Sieg Heil” whenever one of their masters are present. Members of ICE are also members of Trump’s Neo-Nazi army. It’s about time for the mainstream media to be honest and label Trump with the name he has earned. He never was “President Trump.” He must be referred to as Dictator Trump, or more formally, “Fuhrer Trump.” Yesterday he placed the people in Washington D.C. under “martial law.” Today they established checkpoints. About eight last evening about 20 masked thugs began stopping traffic at a very busy intersection. They are apparently looking for anyone who is non-white, claiming they are ‘illegal immigrants.’ In just days every American will be required to carry their “papers,” proving they are in America legally. However, experience proves that it doesn’t matter to Trump and his thugs. If you are ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Let’s get right to it. Law Enforcement and our nation’s Military are fascist organizations. Neither could exist without unwavering obedience to their superiors, and absolute loyalty is understood by all. This should not be a surprise. If you ever served time in the military, the concept of “chain of command” is repeated ad nauseam. The same is true in every law enforcement training facility. I have a confession to make. Before I was a junior in high school, I was ignorant, not because I didn’t read or ask questions, because the real world had been hidden from me. I learned that I had been raised in an atmosphere of white privilege. My life had been focused on church and school. The Catholic Church controlled my life. I never came in contact with a Black child until I left St. Bernard’s High School and attended Venice High School. I learned a new term, a new reality: our country was divided into “two Americas.” I was raised to believe in an illusion, I’m not talk...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart “I will end inflation on day one.” “When I am president, I will end the policy of taxing tips.” “On day one, I will end the war in Ukraine.” “I will be too busy making great deals to play golf.” These and more Trump campaign promises were all lies. What Trump has done is fire government employees who actually worked in Washington, and passed legislation that will eliminate healthcare for as many as 60 million Americans, and give additional tax cuts to his 813 oligarchs. Under the guise of “immigration reform,” Trump and his personal gestapo, ICE, have begun what can only be called ‘ethnic cleansing.’ Another “accomplishment” was to add two totally unnecessary flagpoles on the White House lawn. His next plan is to use 200-400 million dollars to construct a ballroom inside the White House. Is this really important in a nation which is bleeding money as fast as Trump can waste it? Trump is seldom in the “People’s House.” Most of his time is spent golfing or partyin...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is a Nazi. He is proud of his concentration camp built in the middle of the Florida Everglades. He gave it what he thought was a clever name, “Alligator Alcatraz.” This is what people who hate America are willing to do to innocent men, women, and children who are guilty of nothing more than seeking a better life, not unlike the early settlers who arrived from Western Europe in the 1500’s and 1600’s. [The 92-page report, “‘You Feel Like Your Life is Over’: Abusive Practices at Three Florida Immigration Detention Centers Since January 2025,” was released this week by Americans for Immigrant Justice, Human Rights Watch and Sanctuary of the South. It alleges widespread mistreatment of migrants detained at the Krome North Service Processing Center, Broward Transitional Center and the Federal Detention Center in Miami.] There is no denying the fact that Trump’s personal gestapo, hiding their faces behind masks and calling themselves “ICE,...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart If you believe Trump’s claim that illegally detaining and deporting tens-of-thousands of innocent men, women, and children, whose only crime is seeking a better life in the once great and respected United States of America, has anything to do with immigration reform, you must have received a total lobotomy. His actions are comparable to villains in Africa and Asia who are engaged in the illegal and immoral process of “ethnic cleansing.” No longer can anyone pretend that Trump is an American: he is a Nazi hiding behind his office and the American flag. The Trump Klan has never displayed any concern for others. They serve themselves, and ignore the needs and wishes of 340 million people, while supporting their 813 oligarchs. Trump’s latest crime is a clear and criminal violation of the 4 th Amendment. [The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warra...

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Fact: There are no true Republicans in Washington today. In 1981, Ronald Reagan forced every Republican to take an oath of absolute loyalty. This was the beginning of the end of the once Grand Old Party, and the destruction of our Founding Fathers’ system of governance. Reagan’s three successors, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump, adopted the same failed policies initiated by Reagan: absolute loyalty without dissention and free thought, and the failed fiscal policy of “trickle-down economics.” When George W. Bush and his V.P. Dick Chendy ignored the warnings of our security agencies and went on vacation in 2001, refusing to take their admonitions seriously. The result was one of the darkest days in American history: September 11, 2001. It was George W. Bush who overreacted and in several situations, including his reelection campaign in 2004, used the outrage and fear of the American people to secure victories for his personal agenda. It was the ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Aerial photographs prove that the protests against Trump’s personal gestapo were minimal. The reported “massive violence” reported by the right-wing propaganda machine, Fox News, was isolated, and not an action by the majority. Trump sent thousands of men and women from the National Guard, and nearly one thousand members of the United States Marine Corp to Los Angeles. Why? Was a show of Marshal Law necessary? Were lives or property in danger? No. It was a pure act of political power and he simply decided to do whatever he wanted to do. Only dictators, fascists, Nazis act in such a thoughtless and immoral manner. “Trump’s folly” cost taxpayers more than 100 million dollars. It was all for naught. Fox handpicked isolated incidents and reported them as the “big picture.” One last thought, and it’s a fact: Trump is America’s biggest traitor and should be rotting in a prison, or possibly Guantanamo Bay at this very minute. Op-ed by James Turnage Follow my blog and b...

  Both with words and actions, Trump has admitted that he is the leader of the American Nazi Party, which is experiencing a growth in membership with every passing day the traitor is allowed to wear the title of President of the United States. Not a single member of the mainstream media has displayed the courage necessary to call Trump what he is: a Nazi. His gang of thugs called ICE has become his personal gestapo. When ICE began its brutal and illegal raids in Los Angeles a few days ago, hundreds of protestors marched in the streets. Your dictator, pretending to be your president, made an illegal and immoral choice to send 2,000 members of the National Guard into the city to prevent the rights of these men and women to protest grievances by the federal government as guaranteed by the First Amendment. Today, June 10, 2025, he violated the Constitution and sent 700 Marines to assist in the crime. These actions offer irrefutable fact that Trump is the leader of the Nazi movement in ...

If I had an iota of respect for Trump, I would never use such an expletive. However, his choice to violate the Constitution, to ignore the law completely, is pissing me off in ways I never imagined in my most frightening nightmares. What is happening in Los Angeles is Trump taking a huge shit on the Law of the Land. It is a crime to use our nation’s military to wage battle against its own people. Trump ordered National Guard troops to quash the protests against his racist immigration polity in the City of Angels. That did not solve the problem. He is now ordering about 700 United States Marines to do whatever is necessary to halt American citizens from exercising their First Amendment rights. When will this shit end? If our military “leaders” continue to bow to the Nazi in the White House, how can America be saved? When Rodney King was beaten so badly that he was near death in 1991, the four police officers involved were tried in 1992 and acquitted by a racist jury. President George H....

In March of 2003, George W. Bush and his ignorant and over-reactive administration decided that instead of properly funding our nation’s existing Border Control, they would create a new agency, costing millions of dollars a year for political reasons. They named it “Immigration and Customs Enforcement.” However I.C.E. has become Trump’s personal gestapo, and its proper name is more apropos. It is another Republican failure I call it an “Incompetent Criminal Enterprise.” “We will only be deporting illegal immigrants focusing on criminals, drug dealers, and gang members.” Another lie and broken promise from Trump. Over the last four months, I.C.E. has been arresting and placing American citizens, men and women who have legal residence in America, and anyone who is not pure white in detention centers awaiting deportation to God knows where. The truth is, the right wing’s move towards extremism and finally fascism did not begin with Trump and his handler, Vladimir Putin. It began in 1981 i...

  There are two days in my life I will always remember. I was a senior in high school on November 22, 1963 when a truly great president, John F. Kennedy, was murdered in Dallas Texas. I was out for a morning run on September 11, 2001. As I was coming up the street on which I live, my wife was in the front yard waving at me. I thought it was because my mother, who was under hospice care, had passed. She led me inside to watch the television. What I was seeing seemed unreal. My emotions were immediately out of control. Sadly, the cowardly and tragic events of 9/11 produced changes in our country which continue to cause harm to the principles of our nation. The intentions of the First, Fourth, and 14 th Amendments to the Constitution were greatly damaged with the passing of the Patriot Act, and the creation of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE. 9/11, and the passing of these two unconstitutional actions happened under the watch of George W. Bush. The Patrio...

I reached the age of 21 in 1967. I was excited about the general election in 1968. I began my first year in high school in 1960, the year John Fitzgerald Kennedy became our 35 th president. Like most young men and women my age, I was excited, and disappointed that I was unable to vote for him. The man I admired was murdered on November 22, 1963. I had just begun my senior year. Like nearly everyone else in America, we mourned his loss for three days. I continue to believe that our government will never allow the people to know the truth about that fateful day in Dallas, Texas. President Kennedy’s brother, Bobby, was a candidate for the presidency in 1968. This was important to me. I admired Bobby Kennedy, and although I could not vote for his brother, I would be voting for the first time and he would receive my vote. Once again tragedy struck. In June of 1968, Bobby Kennedy was murdered in Los Angeles. I was devastated, and my life would change in a small but important way. I hadn’t g...