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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Benjamin Netanyahu is the reason why there has not been peace in the Middle East for nearly three decades. His policies are the primary reason why there has never been peace in the Middle East. Netanyahu has always believed in the policy of “land grabbing” from his Palestinian neighbors. He has moved to genocide; attempting to remove all Palestinians from Gaza. Meanwhile, one of his greatest admirers, Donald Trump, is engaged in ethnic cleansing in America. Netanyahu has enjoyed his Hitler-esque attacks on the people living in Gaza. His hatred for the Palestinian people has been openly displayed for decades. In recent attacks more than 64,000 men, women and children have been slaughtered. To put this into perspective, the War in Vietnam, from 1955-1975, resulted in the loss of over 59,000 American men and women. Trump’s personal support for Netanyahu was displayed a couple of days ago. He has now ordered the repeal and end of humanitarian visas for the people wh...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart In private, Trump refers to his most loyal supporters as “basement dwellers.” As I, and many others predicted, his “people” are suffering from their choice on November 5, 2024. The latest to be harmed for their mistakes are the people of Nebraska. [Farmers’ grievances were exactly what you’d expect: Their farms were short-staffed thanks to immigration raids, tariffs raised costs and shrank export markets, and pricing controls made it harder to sell crops.] The margin of profit is already down six percent, an extreme for an industry whose profit margin is already minimal by U.S. standards. What we will soon learn is how many people from Nebraska and other red states discover that they have no health insurance, and no access to Medicaid. I won’t say, “I told you so.” Fuck it: yes I will. Op-ed by James Turnage Follow my blog and be informed Source: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/16/2338197/-Nebraska-is-getting-what-it-voted-for?pm_campaign=front_page&...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Well, the farce in Alaska went about as I expected. This is what I saw and read. Trump ordered our fascist military to lay down a red carpet for their real boos, Putin, on the tarmac. The two old dictators, close friends for 38 years, warmly greeted each other. The only thing missing was a kiss on the lips. And after three and one-half hours of private conversation, it was over. The bottom line is, nothing happened. Only time and taxpayer money were wasted. I suppose some people had expectations. Those people are in denial. They don’t want to believe what the relationship between Trump and Putin is really about. Trump does nothing without the approval of his handler. He owes the Russian president everything. His business “empire” nearly crashed at least twice until Putin and his oligarchs rescued him. Putin’s intervention in the 2016 and 2024 elections gave him two illegitimate victories. The recent rigged election benefited both old, white men. Trump will not b...

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 I know that the Party of Lincoln, the Grand Old Party, or simply the Republican Party no longer exists. Some of you may doubt my allegation. However, let’s take a look at what I believe was the last, true Republican Platform released prior to the 1968 election. Reagan is the reason the GOP no longer exists today. He began its destruction, and Trump completed its implosion. As we compare Trump and his American Fascist Party, remember that in 2025, the Republican Platform is a 922-page fascist manifesto, Project 2025. I will not offer you the entirety of what became Richard Nixon’s platform. I will only address the major points. You can read it in its entirety on the attached source. In the preamble, the DNC focused on America’s youth. They stressed the accomplishments of two of their greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Watching Eisenhower’s second convention is the reason I became interested in politics.      ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart In 1985, Moscow Mitch McConnell began his reign of terror in the United States Senate. He was 43 years old. That was 40 long years ago. His constituents in the Senate began to learn who Moscow Mitch was. He was fiercely loyal to his party, and especially to one of the three worst presidents in history, Ronald Reagan. By the time he became a second-term Senator, it was clear that he would literally do anything to increase the power of the Republican Party. The American people had no idea how much harm Moscow Mitch could do to our country until January 20, 2009. After the inauguration of America’s first Black President, the old man of the Senate stood before the television cameras and created the most obstructionist party in history, the “party of no.” He promised that his party, formerly the Republican Party, would do absolutely nothing with the exception of ensuring that Obama would be a one-term president. He kept that promise until he surrendered his position ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Either Trump’s dementia is more serious than I thought, or he has plans to return Alaska to Russia in exchange for peace in Ukraine. Trump said on Monday that he is “going to Russia on Friday.” He and Putin have agreed to meet in Alaska. The agenda is uncertain. Trump continues to change his plan and then have no plan at all. Russia sold the Alaskan territory to the United States in 1867 for 7.2 million dollars. That would be about 16 billion dollars today. Peace in Ukraine is priceless. Does anyone expect any positive results from this meeting? I have no doubt that the two dictators will be laughing at the idiots who believe that they are anything less than co-conspirators. Trump has expressed his devotion and admiration for Putin nearly 100 times since 2015. What this trip actually involves is taxpayers paying for cost of Trump and his handler meeting in person. The bromance continues. Nothing about Trump is real: not his hair, his skin color, or the words com...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart First of all, I want you to know that I consider domestic violence and domestic terrorism the greatest threat to the American people in the 21 st century. My personal belief is that the punishment for rape and physical assault on any person by someone with whom they shared an intimate relationship should be far more severe. In the case of rape, especially the rape of a minor, the punishment should equal that of first-degree murder. The victim’s lives were altered forever, and their suffering will never end, their once hopeful and secure lives were taken away from them. This is tantamount to murder. That said, this is another story about Trump and his lack of character and respect for another human being. In 1989 and 1990, Donald and Ivana Trump were engaged in extremely contentious divorce proceedings. Around that same time, Donald asked Ivana for the name of her plastic surgeon. His hair was in the process of “leaving the building.” After he returned from pain...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart This story, like many others, has been intentionally buried by your corrupt federal government and the mainstream media. Every word is true and proves that Putin has been in control of our country since November 8, 2016. We return to August of 2016. Trump’s campaign was broke. When Ted Cruz finally surrendered his attempt to win the Republican presidential nomination, his financier, billionaire Robert Mercer, took his money, Steve Bannon, and Kellyanne Conway to Trump’s campaign and the first election rigged by a foreign nation was assured. First, a little about this cast of villains. Trump and Putin first met in Moscow in 1987. Putin remains Trump’s puppeteer today. He owes the Russian president everything, including victories in two presidential elections. Robert Mercer is a billionaire who has always supported Putin. He considers Putin’s form of governance far superior to America’s. Mercer funded the right-wing extremist misinformation organization “Breitbart...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Republicans hate older Americans, including their own families. It is far more important to increase the bloated bank accounts of our nation’s 813 billionaires than to care for our elderly. What is “COLA?” This is the annual adjustment to Social Security checks, allegedly to account for inflation, which is a greater threat to seniors than any other group. Like my wife and I, our Social Security checks account for all or most of our monthly income. The increase is rarely enough to keep our quality of living consistent. However, Trump and his latest fascist appointee want to eliminate the two percent increase we receive each year, although our grocery store bill is 60 percent higher than it was a year ago. E.J. Antoni, who comes from the fascist extremist group, the Heritage Foundation, calls our annual increase a "Ponzi scheme." Obviously, he has no understanding how Social Security is funded or how it was intended to work. Social Security has been ba...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart One thing all real Americans can agree on: Trump 2.0 is 100 times worse than he was between 2017 and 2021. Hopefully, two of the greatest disasters in our nation, Covid-19, and the attempted coup on January 6, will not be repeated. However, what he is doing every day, violating the First, Fourth, and 14 th Amendments, removing healthcare from tens of millions of Americans, and destroying the world’s free market economy, will have long-lasting effects. At the center of every crime he commits is vengeance. This childish effort by the schoolyard bully is proof that what was once a very low level of intelligence is now virtually defunct. His dementia is growing day by day. Some uninformed voters are disappointed that he failed to keep promises, promises which were at the forefront of encouraging “television voters” to surrender to the orange buffoon their precious votes. Trump promised to end inflation, which is actually “Greedflation,” intentionally caused by his ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart For years, red states, dominated by Republican legislators, have attempted to erase facts for which they do not approve from our history books and other publications containing the truth. They want no discussion about the fact that slavery remains our nation’s greatest crime, and pretend that racism is no longer a problem in America. They reject any reference to the LGBTQ community and its struggle to receive the rights guaranteed to them by the Constitution. Blatant lies or attempting to hide the facts cannot prevent the truth from rising into the light of day, hopefully sooner than later. The American Fascist Party’s latest effort was revealed by the Nazi in the White House yesterday. The Trump administration will make decisions about items in the Smithsonian museums which are not “patriotic.” Like his hilarious red hats, what this really means is, “anything which reveals the crimes and sins of white Americans. Let’s get to the truth. Old, white men are the re...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump is a puppet, and has been since 1987. Vladimir Putin has been pulling Trump’s strings for the last 38 years. When the orange buffoon announced that he and Putin would be meeting to discuss peace in Ukraine this Friday in Alaska, I simply said, “really?” Putin and Trump have already discussed what is required for the end of what was an invasion by the Russian army, multiple times. What will happen is a very badly written play. Trump remains deeply indebted to Putin. The European Union, and every other member of NATO is deeply concerned, as they should be. President Zelenskyy is right: Ukraine must refuse any settlement which allows a “land grab” by the Russian dictator. However, now that the American people accepted a fascist dictator as their leader, democracy for all the world’s people is no longer a concern. The White House is beginning to downplay Friday’s meeting. The cover-up has begun. If you believe any of this has any basis in fact or reality, you ...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart According to friends of Trump’s first, and now deceased wife, Ivana, Donald Trump habitually read Adolph Hitler’s speeches in 1930’s Germany before falling asleep every night. Beginning in June of 2015, we all watched him follow Hitler’s playbook, Mein Kampf, during his infamous hate rallies. He began with the use of the weakness of all humans: emotions. Emotions negate and replace free and intelligent thought. Trump’s long and repetitive speeches were focused on fear, anger, and hatred, while he intimated his approval of violent action in his name. He constantly told lies which anyone with common sense would immediately reject. However, Hitler believed and proved that any lie told often enough will eventually be accepted as an “alternative fact” by weak-minded and uninformed men and women. The perfect example is his “big lie” about the 2020 election results. Trump immediately began to attack legitimate journalists, calling them “fake...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It’s clear that professional politicians on both sides of the aisle are not listening to the American people. We know that those who call themselves Republicans don’t give a damn about the well-being of our nation’s 340 million people. Their loyalty is to Donald Trump and his handler, Vladimir Putin. Democrats apparently believe that Trump’s destructive, fascist policies will encourage voters to choose them instead of members of the American Fascist Party in November of 2026. As usual, they are lazy and simply don’t listen. Those who talk but do nothing will discover an increase in voter apathy, resulting in a low voter turnout. I am an Independent. We and Democratic voters who are in need of leadership are tired of words. We want to see action. Personally, I would think that Democratic politicians would at least join their supporters on the streets, participating in the never-ending protests against Trump and his party. We want assurance that they care about us...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I’m pretty sure that Trump hates everyone, including a number of his oligarchs. The old man in the White House confirms this assumption through his own words and actions. Trump is a ‘humanoid,’ there is no joy when he’s around. However, he gets his enjoyment in life by ensuring those he hates are punished and experience pain and anguish. It is no secret that Trump is a racist, a bigot, and a misogynist, but why does he hate homeless people? A considerable number of America’s homeless population are veterans. The fastest growing number of Americans without a permanent home are children. Today, August 12, 2025, Trump is imposing a form of martial law on the people of Washington D.C. There is no legitimate reason for this illegal and immoral action with the exception of Trump’s personal vendetta against anyone he despises. President Donald Trump vowed this week to rid Washington, D.C., of homeless encampments, issuing a warning that the "homeless have to move ...

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 Trump knows absolutely nothing about economic security. This is not news. In the private sector he declared bankruptcy four times, including an Atlantic City casino, which is nearly impossible. He failed at every business venture in his 79 years and was “bailed out” by Russia and the Saudi Royal Family. What Trump believes and practices is “spending other people’s money.” Between 2017 and 2021 Trump averaged more than six million dollars each month pretending to be a real billionaire. All of his golf excursions, trips to and from Mar-a-lago, and holding his hate rallies were at taxpayer expense. So far, after pretending to be your president for seven months and 22 days, he is wasting more than 10 million dollars each month. Now for the important facts. Trump has big plans, plans which would benefit him and add billions if not trillions of dollars to the national debt. Recently he used 10 million dollars or your money to play golf in Scotland. He lied, claiming t...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I must be blunt, regardless of who this might offend. Trump’s kidnapping and incarceration of innocent men, women, and children in his hastily constructed concentration camps is in fact an effort to “ethnically cleanse” America. Anyone who ignores the obvious truth is too fucking dumb to be allowed their right to vote. Trump is achieving his goal of removing anyone who is not white from our country. His personal gestapo, composed of thugs and villains who are members of his Nazi army, enjoy their use of physical violence and torture simply because they can do anything They are protected by their Fuhrer, and can do anything to anyone they choose, including physical assault and torture. ICE was as moronic a decision as the Patriot Act by another Republican president. It just happens to be unconstitutional, but nobody cares in Trump’s America. Trump is currently seeking the approval of a federal judge to allow “racial profiling” to increase the number of in...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I’m sure the title of this piece tells you what it is all about. As much as I despise the old, obese traitor, I can’t stop writing about his crimes. He is by far the worst thing to happen to America in my lifetime. The mainstream media refuses to offer the truth to the American people. The Fourth Estate surrendered to Donald Trump 10 years ago. However, I always ‘tell it like it is,’ and Trump is a fascist dictator who should never have been allowed to be sworn into office. He is not an American. What really pisses me off is how many times he breaks state, federal, and Constitutional law, and no one has the balls to stop him. A law passed in the late 1800’s prevents the use of U.S. military forces as law enforcement officers. [The Posse Comitatus Act (PCA), enacted in 1878, which prohibits federal military personnel from acting as law enforcement or participating in civilian law enforcement activities without express Congressional authorization.] Trump violated ...