On the Brink of Trumperica, II
written in response to
USA Today, Jan.19:
"Shock and awe": Trump plans 100 immediate executive actions.
Day One Promises
police boats
meander through slabs of ice
atop the river ...
thousands of tons of steel
encircle the National Mall
the downward tilt
of his chin and forehead
and the knitted eyebrows ...
Convicted Felon's official portrait
[l]awfully like his mug shot
the greatest
political movement of all time ...
to the cameras
he proclaims with his meaty smile
as the night turns icy cold
a dictator
on his "first day only" ...
in misty dark
the ghost of tomorrow whispers
Trump Forever, Trump Forever
The former president has floated the idea of remaining beyond another term too often and praised too many dictators to dismiss his conjecture as hyperbole.
Donald Trump revisited one of his favorite mantras on Friday night: He would like to be president for life.
“Christians, get out and vote, just this time. You won’t have to do it anymore,” he told a religious group at a Florida event. “You got to get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not going to have to vote.”
Added: On the Brink of Trumperica, III
jab after jab
at America's decline
under Sleepy Joe ...
all these "I will" 's dripping
from the Convicted Felon's mouth
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tech titans
dog Trump from Mar-a-Lago
to the Rotunda
and lay laurels at his feet ...
another arctic blast
FYI:
Vox, Jan. 20:
The broligarchs have a vision for the new Trump term. It’s darker than you think.
For the tech bros — or as some say, the broligarchs — this is about much more than just maintaining and growing their riches. It’s about ideology. An ideology inspired by science fiction and fantasy. An ideology that says they are supermen, and supermen should not be subject to rules, because they’re doing something incredibly important: remaking the world in their image.
It’s this ideology that makes MAGA a godsend for the broligarchs, who include Musk, Zuck, and Bezos as well as the venture capitalists Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen. That’s because MAGA is all about granting unchecked power to the powerful.
“It’s a sense of complete impunity — including impunity to the laws of nature,” Brooke Harrington, a professor of economic sociology at Dartmouth College who studies the behavior of the ultra-rich, told me. “They reject constraint in all of its forms.”
Added: On the Brink of Trumperica, V
written in response to Convicted Felon Donald Trump's proclamation: "On Day One, I will launch the largest deportation program in American history."
detention camp in shadow ...
between the guard and holding cells
dialects of silence
A new poll found the public is sympathetic to the president-elect’s plans to deport migrants and reduce America’s presence overseas.
And
Huffpost, Jan.22: Donald Trump Has Middle-Of-The-Night Meltdown Over Pastor’s ‘Nasty’ Sermon About Him
On Tuesday, Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, addressed the President directly in a homily at the Washington National Cathedral, asking him to show compassion for immigrants, members of the L.G.B.T.Q. community, and others, noting, “We were all once strangers in this land.” Today, Trump demanded an apology, calling her “nasty in tone, and not compelling or smart.”
Trump then peddled his usual anti-immigrant rhetoric, adding: “She failed to mention the large number of illegal migrants that came into our Country and killed people. Many were deposited from jails and mental institutions. It is a giant crime wave that is taking place in the USA.”
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the Stars and Stripes
in my migrant friend's wrinkled eyes
the spring that wasn't
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drill, baby, drill ...
a stray barking at its echo
as the blizzard blasts the South
FYI:
FOX Weather, Jan. 22: Blizzard blasts Gulf Coast paralyzing communities with record-breaking snow from Texas to Florida to Carolinas
A powerful and rare winter storm swept across the South on Tuesday, bringing the first-ever Blizzard Warning to the Gulf Coast and blasting communities from Texas to Florida to the Carolinas with record-shattering snow that snarled travel and brought daily life to a halt.
And
CNN, Jan.22: At least 9 reported dead in brutal cold as historic snow falls in once-in-a-generation storm in the South
