Monday, February 2, 2026

No Time For Fascists*

Burning Bridges That Don’t Exist

February 2, 2026

To begin, I would like to apologize for what follows. I am not happy to feel the need to say this, but we’re in a tight spot, and things are likely to get darker before we are ever to glimpse the light again. Desperate times like this call for, among other things, freaking the fuck out.

Despite my at times prickly exterior, I am by nature one who prefers to build bridges. There is much talk these days about reaching across the aisle/chasm between the Democratic Party and the Fascist/Trump Party. And much pleading about building a bridge across the toxic divide between the two Americas Barack Obama tried to convince us did not exist. Nice try, dude. The sentiment is understandable…during normal times. These times could not be any farther from normal. So, fuck that shit.

Clearly Trumpers will not go away, just as many among us are still fighting the Civil War. These combatants are like the Japanese holdouts who either doubted that Japan had surrendered or weren’t aware that the war had ended because communications had been cut off by the Allies. Some feared execution if they surrendered, or felt bound by honor and loyalty to never surrender. Trumpers are rabidly loyal and have cut themselves off from communication with the real world. Their Uncivil War will never end for them.

Unfortunately, one side of the divide can only be described, if we’re being honest, as pro-fascist. This is not only evidenced by their fear and loathing of anti-fascists, but more importantly by their undying, unapologetic, unthinking support of the most authoritarian hairless** ape ever to reside in, throw ketchup in and partially demolish what can now only be called the Remains of the White House.


Is this your fucking guy?***

There is simply no bridge that can be built when one side of the chasm is not just ablaze and booby-trapped, but is populated by dimwits who are drinking heavily, armed, and blindly firing at will non-stop.

I cannot and will not abide those who support this fascist regime or this dictatorial douchebag. For all its many, and well documented flaws, I still appreciate the American democracy we have had for nearly 249 years up until Trump began shitting all over it, and I still have hopes for a more perfect union. And that union does not include meddling with our own elections, reigniting our imperialist meddling in other countries, or anyone in our government, let alone the goddam president literally and figuratively dry-humping our flag and tearing at the fabric of our Constitution by among other things sending the military into our cities to combat non-existent threats, and execute peaceful protesting citizens. Fuck that shit.


This is your fucking guy?***

I cannot make peace with those who applaud a demented autocrat who keeps bragging about passing repeated cognitive tests as though that meant he was now a member of MENSA, or those who would support said autocrat who invaded another country and kidnapped their leader, the last straw being because their (autocratic, asshole) leader mocked his pathetic excuse for dancing.

I cannot tolerate those who ignorantly worship a man who allows (demands?) his Department of Whores War Defense to punish a decorated veteran, now Senator – whose politician wife was shot in the head while engaging with constituents – for reminding active-duty military of their oath, which includes the requirement to not follow illegal orders. Guilty conscience much?


THIS IS YOUR FUCKING GUY!***

I will not attempt to engage or reason with these people. They are, to coin a phrase, deplorable. They are irredeemable, unless they themselves one day look in the mirror and say “What the fuck was I thinking? This guy I’ve been literally worshiping is a disgrace to humanity. He is ruining this country; he will be responsible for countless deaths right here in America (on top of the hundreds of thousands he killed with his mishandling of the COVID pandemic) and he’s threatening the world order.” Then we can talk.

Nope. I do not like this Orange Scam. I hate these assholes Sam I Am.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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*We recently discussed the 1957 film A Face in The Crowd starring Andy Griffith. Just one year later Griffith starred in a much more lighthearted film called No Time For Sergeants.
**No one knows what that is on top of his head is, but that shit ain’t hair.
***These are all real fucking pictures.


I. Mangrey drawing a line in the sand, in the air and on solid ground.

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