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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Today, November 10, 2026, the House is expected to vote on the Impeachment of Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth. If this process was conducted after January 3, 2027, it would be a slam dunk. However, with the Trump Party still in control of the House, I have doubts. However, Little Petey must go. He has abused his powers consistently, and his decisions pose a great danger to the safety and future of the United States of America. Like his boss, he is mad with power. ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT INTRODUCED BY REPUBLICAN THOMAS MASSIE Hegseth’s response after the Articles of Impeachment were introduced by a fellow Republican, Thomas Massie. “They answered the call, they executed, they won,” Hegseth said of the troops fighting in Iran, a conflict that has not been won and has only cost Americans billions in inflated prices and left the United States looking feckless and weak. “And on the eve of Veterans Day, these resolutions tell every one of them that their service wa...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The very mention of his name makes me cringe. When I read that Trump had nominated Pete Hegseth for his Secretary of Defense, I began a background check of my own. I consider this the most important position in a president’s cabinet. He did fit the very minimum qualification: he served in the military, more accurately in the National Guard. Sadly, that was it, Trump’s only justifiable reason for nominating Hegseth. He had recently been employed as a Fox News, part-time, personality. He previously led a military charity, but was forced to resign when he was accused of embezzling funds from the organization. He was and is a known alcoholic. On more than one occasion, he was “thrown out” from a strip club for being “drunk and disorderly.” His own mother described him as a ‘misogynistic sexual predator.’ THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS In his position, Hegseth is more powerful than the generals and admirals spending their days in the Pentagon. I admit that I am n...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump is not handsome, charismatic, a gifted orator, or a man in possession of superior intelligence. Why would any American support a man who has failed to accomplish anything of value in his 80 years? The answer is extremely disturbing. I HAVE BEEN WRONG ABOUT AMERICA FOR FAR TOO LONG I was born in 1946. As an original baby boomer, I can’t remember when I was not a true patriot. I believed what I heard: “America is the greatest country in the world,” and everyone wants to live in the United States. 80 years later, I know that it was all bullshit. First, America has never been a “great nation.” Issues which existed before the Constitution was signed in 1789 continue to exist today. America is a racist and bigoted nation and little has changed over the 250 years of its existence. There is no such thing as “liberty and justice for all.” If you are not Black, Hispanic, Asian, a Muslim, a member of the LGBTQ community, a woman, or anyone else who is not pure white,...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It is common knowledge that Pete Hegseth is the least qualified person to wear the title of Secretary of Defense, and will be remembered as such for perpetuity. Not only does he have no idea what he’s doing, he apparently believes that he and his friends are more capable and more informed than the men and women in the Pentagon who have many years of experience. You can’t be any dumber than that. Maybe this is a joke, but for some unknown reason an unnamed individual in the Pentagon gave huge responsibility to the sexual predator and confirmed alcoholic. [ The Pentagon tapped Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich to help identify weapons, technologies and military capabilities the U.S. may need in future wars.] WAIT, IT GETS MORE LUDICROUS AND MORE CONFUSING I must admit to you that I lost my respect for our nation’s military leaders sitting on their flabby derrieres while our courageous military personnel fight battles for them. The difference is, when thes...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Donald Trump, your illegitimate president, is a science denier. He refuses to accept the fact that climate change is caused by man’s overuse of fossil fuels. He is also in denial about the use of solar energy and wind. The latter is based on enormous campaign contributions from the petroleum industry. He has a new obsession: artificial intelligence. Intelligence is unfamiliar to the orange buffoon. Trump is a poorly educated man who did not earn his degree from Wharton. He wants to allow his billionare supporters to ecome even more wealthy, although the scientists who created the technology are expressing their concern about the danger it poses to all life on earth. A “KNOW NOTHING PRESIDENT,” AND HIS “DO NOTHING CONGRESS" Trump is a complete failure. His pitiful 80 years on earth have failed to produce a single accomplishment for anyone but himself. Although he knows nothing about AI: how it works or what it is capable of doing in the future: he thinks it ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Michael Johnson is by far the worst Speaker of the House in our nation’s 250-year history. Records prove that the 119 th Congress is the most incompetent and corrupt in American history. Yesterday, facing votes on issues exposing Trump’s incompetence, he gave his minions an early recess. They will not reconvene until the midterm elections are completed. One of the issues unresolved was the impeachment of the historically worst Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth. The articles of impeachment were filed by Republican Thomas Massie, Representative from Kentucky. Trump was afraid of the outcome of the process and demanded the recess to prevent a vote. Politics as usual under a Trump presidency. “DO NOTHING” IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT Throughout our nation’s history, several Congresses have been labeled “do nothing.” However, none compare to Trump’s party and their control over both houses. Not a single positive bill which would have benefitted our nation’s people has been...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart First, a few questions. Election day is a national holiday in 16 nations, why not the United States? The longest campaign season in the world, other than the U.S. is three months: why does America’s begin two years before election day? Why do Republicans suppress voting rights in an obvious effort to prevent millions of Americans from exercising their First Amendment right? Why do Republicans fear voting by mail? Why did Trump lose so badly in 2020? Each of these questions is easy to answer, but if you call yourself a Republican, you won’t want to know the truth. ONE REASON, BASED ON HISTORICAL FACT, ANSWERS EVERY QUESTION Most Americans support a progressive agenda. All developed countries are courageously moving forward into the 21 st century, with the exception of the United States. This one fact proves that one-half of our nation’s government is not aligned with the people they are elected to serve. Their personal ambitions take precedence over the rights, ...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The Federal Government of the United States is very complicated. This is not an accident, it is intentional. Complicated situations and organizations result in confusion and chaos. They create ways for our corrupt and incompetent government to hide the truth from the American people. MY LIFE SUCKS IN 2026: HOW’S YOURS? Since I retired, and my only income became the Social Security money I and my employer had placed in a trust, controlled by the federal government, life has been a struggle. I finally realized the truth: without large sums of money, our government has no interest in our seniors, with the exception of our votes. Then came the Trump era. Trump is a ruthless, fascist dictator. Along with his 989 oligarchs, they created a plutocracy and control everything which happens in our daily lives. This unholy alliance is founded on the fact that Trump continues to give the super-rich and large corporations tax cuts. The maximum income tax rate in America...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart A few days after his minimalist inauguration, Trump announced the creation of DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency. In charge of DOGE was Elon Musk. Musk is a billionaire without a single qualification to be included in anyone’s presidential administration. However, he donated hundreds of millions of dollars to Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign. Trump announced the purpose of his new agency with a lie. No surprise there. The orange buffoon claimed this new agency would eliminate 2 trillion dollars in government waste, and therefore reduce the national debt by an identical amount. As expected it failed. Its only “accomplishment” was the firing of thousands of qualified and necessary employees who actually worked within our federal government. ANOTHER FAILURE BY AMERICA’S BIGGEST LOSER After DOGE was dismantled, with all the firings and falsely claimed changes in our nation’s fiscal policies, about two billion dollars in spending was achieved. Between 20...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Three of the most useless men on the planet. Three “know nothings” who are completely unfit to hold their positions in Trump’s failed administration. Three men who have not surprised any real American, proving that they are using their jobs to enjoy luxury and privilege they do not deserve, at taxpayer expense. Never forget; excrement runs downhill. TO SAY THAT HEGSETH IS AN ABJECT FAILURE AS HE ATTEMPTS TO RUN TRUMP’S ILLEGAL WAR IS BEING KIND Pete Hegseth is the worst Secretary of Defense, (not “Secretary of War”), in history. He was somewhat good at a few things: getting drunk, embezzling money from charities, and sexually harassing women: but a complete failure as he attempts to lead our nation’s incompetent military. Hegseth is the only man I have ever heard say things which should cause him great embarrassment more than the orange buffoon. He is a joke who has aided in our Pentagon’s efforts to lose a fifth war, three in the Middle East. We could exp...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump’s war is an abomination and a stain on our entire federal government. It proves, once and for all that we, the people, are far down the list of priorities within our federal government. In a unilateral decision, Trump attacked the sovereign nation of Iran on February 28, 2026. Our country was not under attack. There was no evidence that an attack in the future was probable. However, in another thinly veiled effort to misdirect the public’s attention to his extremely close relationship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, he, alone, ordered an unwarranted attack on Iran. Currently, the orange buffoon has wasted more than 75 billion dollars of taxpayer money. Our relationship with Iran and all Muslim nations is far worse than when he began his attacks. AMERICAN SAILORS WERE “COLLATERAL DAMAGE” The USS Lincoln is an aircraft carrier. It was deployed Iran on February 26, just two days before Trump began his war. In July, reports of fatigue, hunger, and a situation ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Where has the hundreds of billions of dollars the Pentagon received this year gone? For decades, watchdog groups have reported an undeniable fact: the Pentagon wastes about 50 percent of the funds they receive. The money they were given was spent on failed projects, the purchase of overpriced parts, and for cost overrides where contracts were given to incompetent companies. The American people have been duped by the military industrial complex for nearly 70 years. Although the United States has the largest and most expensive military force in the world, it is also the most incompetent. Trump and his subjects running the Pentagon are losing his war on Iran. The truth is, America has lost every war they fought since the end of WWII in 1945. And yet, their budget receives an increase each year. THE PENTAGON AND POLITICS The attacks on Iran continue to be war crimes. America was not under attack, and not a single allegation by the Trump administration has been verif...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart No citizen of any nation wants their country to be engaged in a war. However, in America, our illegitimate president began a war with Iran on February 28 th . We should have been prepared. During the 2016, campaign, Trump told his ignorant cult, “I love war, even the nuclear kind.” Trump has never studied history, and therefore never learned from the mistakes of our past. Since WWII our government and the Pentagon have lost four wars: Iran will make it five. FACTS: OUR MILIIARY IS FIVE TIMES LARGER THAN ALL OTHER NATONS COMBINED, AND FIVE TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE For decades, watchdog groups claim that 50 cents of every dollar received by the Pentagon goes to waste. However, our corrupt legislature votes to increase the military budget every year. 10 years ago,, the Pentagon received 585.3 billion dollars. Trump is asking Congress to approve a 2027 budget of 1.15 trillion dollars. We are not getting what we paid for. Our military leaders have become entirely politic...

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Caring for returning physically and mentally injured military and their families: Universal healthcare: complete equality for women: ending racism and bigotry in America: affordable higher education: end escalating gun violence: fair taxation: reforming our corrupt and incompetent government: placing the American people in priority over special interests. These are the major issues which have faced America for more than 50 years, and nothing has changed, with the exception that some of these issues, including income inequality, have become bigger problems over the last five decades. THE THIRD WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY It is no secret to anyone who chooses to be an informed American: the government of the United States of America has become the most corrupt and incompetent on the planet. Our Founding Father’s intention was to have a government which would represent the needs and wishes of the people. However, today, they work for themselves and rule over us, not...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Irrefutable facts: Donald John Trump is the leader of America’s Neo-Nazi movement:  the current administration is focused on restoring white supremacy:  America is a racist nation and therefore never will be a “great nation.” Prove me wrong. I don’t want your “belief’s,” I need facts, and I have them. The current leader of what was once the “Republican Party” was raised in New York by a racist father. He learned his lessons well. Raised in an atmosphere of white privilege, his father’s message was clear: being a member of the Aryan race, he was above everyone else, and laws did not apply to him. He was the only person who mattered. Donald Trump believed his father, and became a criminal at an early age, although he was never punished for his crimes. After he received a diploma from Wharton Business College, which he obviously did not earn, he went to work in his father’s business. Fred owned several large apartment buildings in New York. Fred’s primary ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Every morning I read the news on my laptop. It is an overused complaint that it is always bad, never good. However, in 21 st century America, It is mostly about situations which are just plain moronic. Everything I read could be easily repaired, shouldn’t have happened in the first place, or about issues which are not in reality, news. There was a time when this type of reporting originated primarily from the weird sate of Florida. However, it is clear that the “virus” has spread to all 50 states. TODAY’S STORIES WHICH ARE NOT “NEWS” One of Trump’s most recent disasters is his redesign of the National Mall’s reflecting pool. When it was completed the first time, algae made the water turn “puke green.” Then patches of blue paint began to float to the surface. It was clear that the company paid to remake the pool had no idea what they were doing. Breaking another rule, this from the Department of Parks and Recreation, Trump refused to get three bids for the proje...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Our country has survived 66 months of Trump’s illegitimate rule over 340 million people. It hasn’t been easy. His regressive and destructive policies and words challenge even the most patriotic men and women in America. Truth be told, his old age, combined with an historical level of incompetence, allowed our nation to celebrate 250 years of existence today. PROMISES UNKEPT, FAILURES ABOUND, THE RESULT OF OLD AGE AND DEMENTIA? All politicians are liars. Trump is not only the worst president in history by far, he holds the record for telling the most outrageous lies imaginable. During the 2024 campaign, Trump made multiple promises, as do all professional politicians. However, three of his guarantees to the voting public contributed to his controversial victory. Trump stood before his cult and millions of uninformed Americans promising that he would end Greedflation and the invasion of Ukraine on day one. He also promised that with him in the White House, there w...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart There is no vandalism. For once in your waste of human life, admit that you fucked up. You gave a friend a “no bid” contract for an unnecessary rebuild of the reflecting pool, and it is clear that he had no idea what he was doing. It appears that he took some of the Hispanic employees you have at Mar-a-Lago to do the job. Big mistake. It turned vomit green as it was being filled, and I assume he used regular house paint to cover the bottom instead of marine-quality paint. SAD, SO SAD The irrefutable truth is that Trump’s life story is a tale of abject failure. He has never accomplished anything of value in 80 years. He has made many mistakes, although he continues his lie: “I have never done anything wrong.” He attempts to justify the fact that he is a draft dodger. He also refuses to admit that when Covid-19 became deadly in America, his claim that “it will just go away” resulted in more than a million deaths In 2024, uninformed voters gave Trump a second chan...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart As a political junkie and a lover of history, I am aware that most American presidents and their administrations were nearly worthless. I have experienced 14 of them, and only four made an effort to improve the lives of the people: John Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden. Every man calling himself a “Republican” was only concerned with the welfare of the rich and powerful. None of these men reached the depravity and incompetence of the least qualified man in the world, Donald John Trump, and his useless administration. EVEN WHEN HE TRIES TO DO SOMETHING FOR HIMSELF, HE FAILS Immediately, when he walked into the Oval Office on his first day, he created the Department of Government Efficiency. Even the title was a joke. Then he placed the wealthiest man in the world in control of DOGE. Elon Musk is a Nazi from South Africa, and knows nothing about America and its method of governing 340 million people. Trump promised to reduce the national debt by ...