2/ by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Denied sovereignty, First Americans have had their numbers violently wiped out and their culture, customs, and language brutalized since colonialists first arrived... On this day, our country should have a reckoning of our tragic history with the American Indian.

1/ Its Indigenous Peoples' Day. In the United States Native Americans number 9.7 million, representing 2.9% of the nation's population with 326 reservations and 574 federally recognized tribal governments. Nearly 80% of Indigenous Peoples live outside the reservation condescendingly "held in trust"

The Pentagon's intended livestreaming of the execution of the Fort Hood shooter will draw comparisons to documented cases of public executions carried out by Iran and Afghanistan or, distortedly, ISIS and their like. But more disturbingly, its a snuff film that'll give Hegseth and TFG hard ons.

2/ incredulity of our fellow democracies that the U.S. would violate common decency and ignore judicious restraint so it could take a life as easily and as harshly as any brutal regime must be incalculable. And alongside its own moral turpitude, gruesomely makes Hasan a martyr for terrorists...

1/ "Are you not entertained?" -Maximus Decimus Meridius Put aside the punishment, those arguments for or against the execution of Nidal Hasan, and instead focus on the shocking cruelty and swaggering ignorance it takes for us, the United States, to livestream an execution for the public. The

"I enjoy the hell out of hanging out with him and talking with him and just having a front row seat to the greatest shit show on Earth." -Kid Rock on his relationship with TFG Per any dictionary, a SHIT SHOW is a situation or event marked by chaos and controversy or is contentious and unpleasant.

In the aftermath of a deal with Putin to lift sanctions on Russian diesel fuel, TFG has announced he wants Ukrainian strikes against Russian refineries and similar attacks to stop and Pres. Zelenskyy out of office. We'd be right to emphasize the ASS in PUTIN'S ASSET... Or stooge. Or useful idiot.

According to recent polling and surveys, only 30% of our nation continues to support TFG and his administration's handling of the country. Most identifiers indicates 30% of the U.S. is full-on, hardcore MAGA. Or approximately six in 10 self-ascribed Republicans. So its damn near a straight line.

Both John James, the Republican nominee for Michigan governor, and Mike Rogers, the Republican running for the open U.S. Senate seat, are 2020 presidential election denialists (Rogers more recently to secure TFG's 2026 midterms endorsement). Its MAGA orthodoxy and its disqualifying.

"I could've done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could've done very very bad things to Joe Biden. I could've done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama… I can do whatever I want, if I want." -TFG I've stopped counting the number of times he's declared he can do whatever he wants... POS...

Under Pres. Obama there was overall an 11% reduction to the U.S. military due to sequestration and shifting geopolitical landscapes as operations in Afghanistan and Iraq wound down. This included a reduction in the number of generals and admirals. Hegseth is an ideological goon and political asshat.

2/ derelicts have injected so much chaos and stupidity into our national security apparatus that our enemies won't have to do very much to further weaken us. He and his morons have purged thousands, now, with the experience and knowledge to keep us from harm. Its like they're on somebody's payroll.

1/ So much turmoil and upheaval in our federal agencies and departments we all should be concerned for our safety. We've incompetent sycophants in charge of the Pentagon, the FBI, Homeland Security, NSC, the Department of Justice... And a corrupt, unfit dictator wannabe for president... TFG and his

Well, shit. Sass Jordan passed away Friday. A good live act. Saw her the first time circa 1992 at St. Andrews Hall as support for the Arc Angels. Heckuva' a belter. RIP.

If you think of MAGA as a collective of the functionally stupid and TFG as the leader of the stupid, its almost too easy to dismiss, but yes, they've cognitive biases and bad impulses and they've rejected objective critical thinking so they are indeed stupid. However, they're also WILLING FASCISTS.

Just 'cos...

This week's listens: Sick Of It All/Death To Tyrants/2006 Pro-Pain/Prophets Of Doom/2005 Hanoi Rocks/All Those Wasted Years...Live At The Marquee/1991 (reissue) Duke Robillard/Guitar Groove-A-Rama/2007 Eric Johanson/The Deep And The Dirty/20023

2/ If the Dems can secure majorities in both chambers, they can pursue investigations and hold hearings, reprioritize the federal budget, block or amend TFG's favored legislation, and fend off judicial appointments and cabinet postings. Simply put, we flip congressional majorities, its a good start.

1/ Forget the polling and the predictions. If you want change and a concerted push forward from the carnage that is TFG, our country needs unassailable Democratic wins. Without losing any of their own seats, the Democratic Party must still win no fewer than five in the House and five in the Senate.