The DOGE Clown College

 Turns out that Trump University is a DOGE-accredited clown college.

Donald Trump on Mt. Rushmore?

Yes, at first, the idea of putting a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist on Mt. Rushmore seems revolting...

But if you think about it, the Lakota Sioux call it "Six Grandfathers Mountain" and it was a sacred site for the Lakota and other indigenous people for centuries... only to become stolen by the federal government in the most “ripe and rank case of dishonorable dealings ... found in our history." United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians, 448 U.S. 371, 388 (1980).

So yeah, sure. Put Donald Trump on Mt. Rushmore and let's confirm what that grotesque theft and desecration of a sacred mountain range actually represents.

Job Openings for Trump Voters

 Attention Trump voters! 🍊 🍋 🍒 🥑 

Right now, there are many job openings in central California to pick fruits and vegetables. The pay is low, the labor is non-union, the hours are long and difficult, and the worksite is in challenging outdoor conditions, but you love America so much and we are counting on YOU in order to fulfill President Trump’s pledge to lower prices at the grocery store!

The workday starts early, so get out there and make America great again!

The Tech-Industrial Complex

 On January 17, 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower delivered his political farewell to the American people on national television from the Oval Office of the White House. He warned of an impending "Military Industrial Complex." He was correct.

On January 15th, 2025, President Joe Biden delivered his farewell speech. (source) He warned about a big tech oligarchy, calling it the "tech-industrial complex" and of the dangers of social media misinformation. History will show he was also correct.

Indeed, the evidence is already all around us.

Climate Change Manifestation

Scientists and policy experts have been warning us for decades.  Fossil fuel corporations knew long before that, but suppressed the data, bought off our politicians, and intentionally confused the public.

This is just the beginning of our dark future on planet Earth.  It will only improve when we collectively decide it is our absolute top priority to address global climate change.

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"The thing, again, you know, I think everyone needs to understand ... that this is going to get worse. I can see that today just as clearly as I could see how hotter and drier and more fiery Los Angeles was getting. I mean, I think, in the future, if we don’t change course very quickly — and maybe it’s even too late to avoid some of these much more catastrophic impacts, but I am fully expecting heat waves to start appearing where 100,000 people die, and then maybe a million people die, and then maybe more after that, as things get hotter and hotter, because there’s no — there’s no upper limit, right? Like, we keep burning these fossil fuels. The fossil fuel industry keeps lying. The planet just keeps getting hotter. These impacts just keep getting worse.

It’s not a new normal. A lot of climate messaging centers around this idea that it’s a new normal. It’s a staircase to a hotter, more hellish Earth. And, you know, a lot of climate impact predictions have erred on the side of least drama. It’s hard for even scientists to wrap our heads around how everything is changing right now on planet Earth. No matter where you look, the indicators — you know, when spring comes, how hot the winter is, habitats that are moving, ice that’s melting — everywhere you look in the Earth system, including, of course, ocean temperatures and land surface temperatures, you’re just on this trend towards a hotter planet and all of the impacts that are associated with it. And I don’t know what it’s going to take for us to stop all these stupid wars and come together and actually deal with the emergency that our planet is in the process of becoming less and less habitable and everything that means. We, humanity, we’ve got a real crisis here, and we’re ignoring it."

- Peter Kalmus, climate activist and climate scientist (source)

End of the Tracks: Homecoming

I'm excited to announce that my work of near future literary fiction is now available for purchase as an eBook!

$15 includes both PDF and EPUB formats and proceeds go towards distribution for upcoming audio book, paperback, and online retail sales.

This has been a year-long undertaking of mine and I hope you take this opportunity to be one of the first to read my debut novel!

Enjoy Your Last Thanksgiving

 Too political? Maybe. But it's what I've been thinking about today, so I made this.