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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart If you did not watch all three hours of the darkest day in America’s history on January 6, 2021, I envy you. Although my wife and I felt like crying, we were in shock. This could not happen in our America: but it did. The American Nazi Party, the fake news, and every person in our nation with power and great wealth, will attempt to gaslight you. The truth is, the second American Revolution has begun. Loyal Americans are at war with their own federal government. THE TRUTH YOUR GOVERNMENT AND THE FAKE NEWS DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW Trump is the most popular illegitimate president in America’s history: if you believe that democracy should be replaced with a fascist regime. The fourth estate no longer exists, not a single broadcast “news” show on television can be believed or trusted. All major networks are owned by Trump’s oligarchs/billionaires. We all know that Fox is a right-wing propaganda machine. However, in 2026, NBC, ABC, and Paramount, the parent company of...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart My wife and I were watching television on January 6, 2021, when our show was interrupted by the always disconcerting message, “Breaking News.” Donald Trump walked onto a makeshift podium. I almost changed the channel. I cannot listen to the old, obese, mentally ill man. He is clearly several bricks short of a load. However, for the next three hours we watched what came to be the “darkest day in American history.” I learned later that not only did Trump lie about the results of the 2020 election, he, a few of his aides, and leaders of several Neo-Nazi groups had planned and organized an attempted coup at the Willard Hotel over the last several weeks. Trump executed the insurrection from that podium as we watched the unthinkable happen. OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, JUSTICE PREVAILED After the end of the violent attack on our democracy, arrests and trials began to happen in our federal courts. Eventually, about 1,600 fascists were convicted for various crimes related t...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Any American citizen who watched the horrific events on January 6, 2021, and is honest with themselves, is fully aware that Trump committed treason. He planned and organized the insurrection at the Willard Hotel in D.C., and executed the violent attacks while standing just outside of the White House. In any other nation in the world, he would have been executed on that very day. Another “only in America.” Our laws have never applied to the rich and the powerful. I will never stop thinking about those three hours for as long as I live. A CORRUPT SUPREME COURT ALLOWED TRUMP TO BECOME A DICTATOR Six corrupt Supreme Court justices granted Trump total immunity, giving him powers rejected by our Founding Fathers. Trump will also never be punished for violating the Espionage Act when he illegally removed a large number of national secrets from his former temporary residence on January 20, 2021. The highest Court in the land recreated America on that day, making it a na...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I have known about ‘the real Donald Trump’ since 2015 when I began writing about the failed businessman. However, I, and no other political writer could have foreseen how horrific his illegitimate presidencies have become. The mainstream media won’t tell the absolute truth, but I will. Trump is a fascist, a Hitler wannabe, and the leader of the American Nazi Party. Thanks to six corrupt Supreme Court Justices, he has become a dictator. Placing him above the law and granting him powers not intended by our Founding Fathers allows him to ignore his responsibilities as a sitting president and use his position for personal gain and revenge on his millions of enemies. Trump has absolute control over actions by the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of our government. What disappoints and frightens me the most is how the Pentagon surrendered to a fascist who is a draft dodger and once called American soldiers buried in France after WWI “losers and suckers.” ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart My wife and I were retired on January 6, 2021. We were watching television when the broadcast was interrupted with an announcement of “BREAKING NEWS.” The next thing we saw was a hastily constructed wooden structure but no one was standing on it. A couple of minutes later we saw the humongous ass of your illegitimate president struggling to walk up two stairs and stand behind a microphone. Thus began the “big lie,” and the darkest day in American history. Trump addressed a small number of his cult’s members. We later learned that an even larger number were already outside of the Capitol building. First, he told the big lie, although every court in the land, including his own, stacked Supreme Court threw out the cases before them, claiming that he had won the November 2020 election. Then he ordered them to march to the Capitol and prevent the certification of the Electoral College vote. Although this is a requirement contained in the Constitution, the old, obese ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Every day over the last 10+ months, Trump violated the Fifth Amendment, after the Supreme Court granted him powers not intended by our Founding Fathers. He knows he is above the law and continues to commit the most egregious crimes known to man. Trump and his henchman, Pete Hegseth, along with the consent of the corrupt men and women in the Pentagon, have murdered more than 100 people off the coast of Venezuela in a direct violation of the Fifth Amendment. Fifth Amendment: “No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself , nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due p...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump has pardoned some of the greatest criminals in modern history. Why not? The Supreme Court pardoned the orange buffoon for acts of treason on January 6, 2021, and violating the Espionage Act on January 20, 2021. One important fact is confirmed by his dangerous actions: Trump’s administration is indeed the Washington Mafia 2.0. I know that history will remember January 6, 2021 as the darkest day in American history. A sitting president spoke to his Nazi supporters just outside of the White House. He ordered them to march to the Capitol Building and prevent the certification of the Electoral College vote. The insurrection had been planned and organized over several weeks during meetings at the Willard Hotel. The events which followed resulted in a violent invasion on Capitol Hill as Trump’s mob searched the Capitol for Nancy Pelosi and Mike Pence. Their orders were to hang them just outside of the Building. However, that was a minor offense compared to the fa...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Editing is a clever word for censorship. Therefore, if you did not watch all three hours of the attempted coup on January 6, 2021, as it happened, you do not know the truth about what was undeniably the “darkest day in American history.” Recently, I wrote about changes, and how even the slightest deviation from choosing the right path can become a choice which leads to destruction and even devastation. This is equally true for countries. My wife and I, both retired, were watching television on a Wednesday morning, January 6, 2021, when whatever was on the television screen disappeared and the words, “BREAKING NEWS,” appeared. Trump walked up to a makeshift stage and began to speak to the crowd gathered in front of it. He rambled on and on, , as always, but the core of his message was, “I won the 2020 election, and you must end the proceedings happening in the Capitol Building.” The old man had just executed an attempted coup. In the latter days of 2020, he began...

  At the close of the Constitutional Convention in 1789, our Founding Fathers were fully aware that mistakes had been made. Possibly their biggest mistake was assuming that their successors would rectify their errors and make the United States of America the greatest country the world had ever seen. However, God’s biggest mistake, creating mankind, is greatly flawed. The men who have ruled over us are afflicted with an innate need for great power and great wealth. Professional politicians are without a doubt the worst men and women on the planet. I will never forget what I was doing 24 years ago on this date. I was returning from my morning run in the hills near our home. As I was running up our street, I could see my wife frantically waving at me in our front yard. I assumed her actions were related to my mother who was terminally ill. She was living in Idaho. When I ended my run, my wife simply said, “you have to see this.” On the television was something unreal. It was more like...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Most of you know that on November 9, 2016, I promised myself to never watch television news again, and to fact check every article I read. I have kept that promise. My reason for this decision was based on the 2016 campaign. There were many lies about Hillary Clinton posted on social media and the mainstream media. However, the most grievous crime against American voters was posting headlines filled with ambiguity and half-truths. As a political writer, I understand the importance of titles to get the attention of readers. However, legitimate journalists continue their refusal to do the right thing and use words which are definitive and their meaning undeniable when writing about the worst president in history. Not once in November or December 2020 did I read a headline which told the absolute truth. Not a single legitimate publication had the courage to say, “Trump Lies to the American People,” or “Trump was Badly Beaten in the 2020 Election, and He Knows It,” ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Our Founding Fathers considered the First Amendment perfect and the most important paragraph written by man in history. It was the only amendment in the Bill of Rights which was not contested by a single member of the Constitutional Congress. It guarantees every person in the United States certain human rights which cannot be violated by the government or any other group or organization. However, it no longer exists. Trump continues to violate every sentence, every word written by the men who created our nation in 1789. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Every man and woman calling themselves a “Republican” makes no decision, votes for or against any law, without the approval of the Christian Religious Right. Trump is owned by...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart If the committee deciding who will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for Peace is considering Trump for the award, it will lessen the value and prestige of the award for every past recipient. Trump promised his “people” that he would end the invasion of Ukraine on day one: the carnage continues. Trump planned, organized, and executed the attempted coup on January 6, 2021. I watched all three hours of the violent and disgusting insurrection. I saw a bloodthirsty group of Neo-Nazis search for Vice-President Pence and Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, with the intent of murdering them, under orders from Trump. Giving the worst man in the world such a prestigious award would make the entire process a sham, meaningless, and of no value. Finally, Trump is Putin’s most valuable asset. To even consider the possibility that he is serious about negotiating peace in Ukraine is ludicrous. Op-ed by James Turnage Follow my blog and be informed Source: https://www.dailykos.co...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart America’s federal government has become the most corrupt in the world over the last few decades. It continues to destroy the Constitution piece by piece and in the 21 st century the Law of the Land is nothing more than a memory. Legal scholars agree that Trump is violating the Constitution and breaking civil laws daily. However, it appears to me that our nation’s corrupt Supreme Court continues to intimidate lower courts. It’s time for someone to take control of Washington and end the chaos created by the fascist who is intentionally destroying everything which once made America a nation on the edge of greatness. Any citizen with common sense is aware that Trump’s silly red hats have a hidden meaning. MAGA actually stands for “Make America White Again.” Currently, Trump and his thugs known as ICE are engaged in ‘ethnic cleansing,’ disguised as “immigration reform.” Every policy he adopted since January 20, 2025 harms minorities, women, and the LGBTQ community. ...

Trump is a weak and powerless schoolyard bully who obeys his master, Vladimir Putin. The enormous damage he has done to our nation over the last 10 years cannot be accredited solely to one obese, very old man who is in advanced stages of dementia. Our entire government, the media, and Trump’s oligarchs continue to hide the truth from the 340 million people who in reality are the United States of America. The fact that the American people are suffering from a dysfunctional government, composed of corrupt politicians, a Supreme Court which ignores its singular responsibility, and an illegitimate president whose loyalty belongs to the Russian president explains how the demise of America has become a reality. If you choose to assume that my allegations are part of a conspiracy theory, you are sadly mistaken and misinformed. This story began early in 2016. Our government was informed by all 12 security agencies that they were investigating their belief that Vladimir Putin was attempting to ...

The annual budget for the Pentagon is nearing one trillion dollars. The first time I wrote this number, I was appalled. $1,000,000,000,000. That is 1,000 billion dollars. No working man could possibly imagine how much money that is. The truth is one-half of their annual budget is wasted, according to a non-profit watchdog organization. A couple examples of our military’s fiscal failures. I researched the F-35 fighter a number of years ago. The project was approved in 1995. Testing was completed in 2021. It was approved for mass production, although I cannot find any information about where or if it is in full production in 2025. [The average flyaway cost of an F-35A (the conventional takeoff and landing variant) is around $82.5 million. The F-35B (vertical takeoff and landing) has an average flyaway cost of $109 million, and the F-35C (carrier-launched) is priced at $102.1 million. These prices are for production lots 15-17, which were delivered in 2023, 2024, and 2025.] The F-35 is th...

Trump and his first administration were incompetent, ignorant, unqualified, arrogant, losers, and nothing more than pretenders. If you remember how horrific they were and how badly they failed their responsibilities, you are beginning to experience “Trump 2.0.” First, a personal comment. In my 78 years I have learned that great wealth and intelligence are not synonyms. Most of our nation’s 813 billionaires are men and women who had one talent, but fail to have a general knowledge about anything else, and have absolutely no common sense. That said, the orange buffoon’s second administration is filled with billionaires and wannabes. Politicians like Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and Tulsi Gabbard failed to perform in their first jobs, and are now taking their incompetence to the executive branch. It is laughable that a complete airhead like Gabbard is now your Director of National Intelligence. I doubt she is able to spell ‘intelligence.’ Noem is the Secretary of Homeland Security. This is a...

I have feelings of overwhelming sadness today. I woke up this morning thinking about my life and how it was so very different from the obese old Nazi is now pretending to be your president. Trump was born on June 15, 1946. The day I came into this world was just three weeks later on July 7, 1946. Our paths never crossed. Trump’s path led him into the depths of everything which is wrong with the world today. He was born into a world of wealth and extreme white privilege and taught to hate anyone who was not like him. Money was his family’s god and achieving greater wealth was the family’s only goal. My family was probably considered poor when I was born in Lewiston, Idaho. However, my mother’s family was very warm and loving. The Catholic Church was at the center of their lives, and they lived according to those deep beliefs in what they were taught, a high moral standard, unbreakable principles, and respect for others,  The word “hate” was not in their vocabulary. Now that both of ...

  In February of 2016 the most radical right-wing Supreme Court ju stice, Antonin Scalia, died suddenly. There were nine months before the next election.    However, Moscow Mitch McConnell violated the rules specified in the Constitution, and made his own rule, claiming that no Supreme Court justice would be confirmed during an election year. He would break this rule for his own benefit in October of 2020. Merrick Garland was President Obama’s nominee.   I am one of many who believe that as our Attorney General under President Biden, Garland will be remembered as the worst in history. After Trump planned, organized, and executed a violent insurrection on January 6, 2021, no charges were filed by the Department of Justice.   My wife and I watched all three hours of the attempted coup, and there is no doubt Trump committed treason. The facts prove that if Garland had the courage to do his job, Trump wou ld not be taking the oath of office on Mond ay . Garland pla...