Robin Messing

Stephen Miller is not a happy camper. Miller (also known as Pee-wee German) is the most fascist member of Trump's Administration and one of his closest advisors. Miller is the man most responsible for ICE's cruel raids that have uprooted lives and destroyed communities. Stephen Miller is the face of evil. And that is not just MY assessment. That was the assessment of his cousin, Alissa Kasmer, who wrote a lengthy, heartfelt Facebook post in July decrying the monster he had become. (Miller's uncle, David Glosser, had already denounced him in 2018 for being an immigration hypocrite.)

Every dictator wants to undermine confidence in a free press because an informed public can act as a check on government corruption. Dictators can do this in several ways. They have often done this in the past by arresting or assassinating journalists. But that approach is more difficult to implement in a society where everyone has a smartphone to record what is happening and everyone has access to the internet. The opposite approach is to discredit truthful stories and flood the internet with so many false reports and lies that the public is no longer able to tell what is true and what is false--or as Steve Bannon put it, to "flood the zone with shit." Those who are interested in taking a closer look at how the "flooding the zone with shit" strategy actually works and why it is so effective should read the Rand Corporation's report on The Russian "Firehose of Falsehood" Propaganda Model.

Donald Trump's weaponization of the Justice Department to go after his political enemies is not particularly new. Trump wanted his Justice Department to investigate and prosecute a long list of people and entities during his first term including Hillary Clinton, the Clinton Foundation, Former FBI Director James Comey, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, law enforcement officials, federal prosecutors, and agents from the intelligence community who investigated his campaign's connection to Russia. The Justice Department opened up investigations or appointed special counsels to investigate nearly everyone on Trump's hit list. Of all the people Trump had investigated during his first term, only three were charged with a crime, and only one of them--low level FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith--was convicted. Read Adam Klasfeld's and Ryan Goodman's review at Just Security for more about Trump siccing the Justice Department on his enemies during his first term. Then read about the 100 times that Trump has threatened to punish or prosecute his perceived enemies since 2022.

Trump's abuse of the Justice Department during his first term pales in comparison with his weaponization of it in his second term. Trump received at least some pushback against his abuse early in his first term by his first Attorney General, Jeff Sessions and by White House Counsel Don McGahn who advised Trump against using the Department to go after his enemies. But any restraints on Trump's abuse in his first term are now off in his second term, and he is now wielding his Department of Justice with a fury never seen before.

A handful of Pro-Palestinian Code Pink protestors booked a reservation at a DC restaurant on September 9 after hearing a rumor that Donald Trump would be eating there that evening. The rumor turned out to be true, and they greeted him with chants of "Free Palestine" and "Trump is the Hitler of our time." 

Donald Trump Is a Stochastic Terrorist

Donald Trump has long demonized judges who have ruled against him in cases that held him accountable for his illegal activities and in cases blocking his pet projects such as his deportation of undocumented immigrants. He has incited hatred against them with both his venomous tweets and his poisonous speech. Here, for example, is his post wishing everyone a Happy Memorial Day, even judges "WHO ARE ON A MISSION TO KEEP MURDERERS, DRUG DEALERS, RAPISTS, GANG MEMBERS, AND RELEASED PRISONERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, IN OUR COUNTRY SO THEY CAN ROB, MURDER, AND RAPE AGAIN." This is just what the brave soldiers who gave their all for our nation fought for-- a poison pill wrapped in a message spreading happiness.

[Note: Please read this  through to the end. The September 20 update is VERY important.]

ABC and its affiliates were pressured by Trump's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to fire Jimmy Kimmel yesterday over what the Trumpists are characterizing as an outrageous and insensitive lie. Here is the clip in question that got him suspended indefinitely.

Just so we’re clear, this is the clip that got Jimmy Kimmel’s show shelved by ABC.

If I’m missing any other clips please let me know.

This is also what Jimmy Kimmel said the day that Charlie Kirk was assassinated:

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— Yashar Ali  (@yashar) September 18, 2025

Now may be the best chance we will ever have to pass an amendment limiting presidential abuse of the pardon power. Amending the Constitution is hard—it requires a 2/3 vote in both the House and the Senate, followed by ratification in ¾ of the states. Alternatively, 2/3 of the state legislatures can call for a Constitutional Convention, with ¾ of the states needing to approve any amendments drawn up at the convention. (See Article V of the Constitution for more details.)
 

The second method via Constitutional Convention is riskier than the first because a Convention could pass many amendments—some of which could destroy basic fundamental rights guaranteed by our Constitution. That is why none of the Constitution’s 27 amendments have been passed via Constitutional Convention. There have been no amendments passed in 33 years
 

It may seem crazy to think that we could pass an amendment now in the hyper-partisan environment that we are in. It is impossible to get the Democrats and Republicans to agree on anything, much less get 2/3 support in both the House and the Senate. But there is ONE issue that may unite Democrats with MOST Republicans—Pedophilia is bad. And pardoning a pedophile in return for getting possibly false testimony may be a bridge too far, even for some Republicans. This provides us an opportunity to pass an amendment to prevent future corrupt pardons and potentially reverse previous corrupt pardons.

Why is Trump's former defense attorney, Todd Blanche, visiting Ghislaine Maxwell in prison? The obvious answer is that he is negotiating a dirty deal with Maxwell--she testifies that St. Don the Immaculate is pure as the driven snow in return for Get-Out-Of-Prison free pardon.

Here is my guess how this will play out. Maxwell won't get her pardon right away. It would be too obvious that a dirty deal was done if she exercises her pardon and leaves prison right after she testifies in favor of Trump.

What Is Alligator Alcatraz and Who Will Be Sent There?

Take a look at the video in this post. It is the inside of a tent of Alligator Alcatraz, a concentration camp designed to hold 3,000 undocumented immigrants in the middle of the Everglades while they await deportation. Proponents of this camp delight in the fact that anyone trying to escape the camp is likely to be eaten by an alligator or a python.

I am disturbed by recent reporting that Elon Musk is being given a briefing at the Pentagon on our detailed plans should we end up going to war with China. Two anonymous U.S. officials have told the New York Times that the meeting was to discuss our war plans. A third anonymous official said the briefing would be focused on China. And a fourth confirmed that Musk would be at the Pentagon. Donald Trump and other Pentagon officials have denied that the meeting would be about the military’s plan to fight China.

Congress needs to investigate this thoroughly and determine just what Elon was told. Elon Musk is a national security risk, and we must assume that anything he is told will end up in the hands of the Chinese.