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Dictionary Definitions from  Oxford Languages  ·  Learn more noun noun :  kakistocracy government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state. "the danger is that this will reduce us to kakistocracy" a state or society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens. plural noun :  kakistocracies "the modern regime is at once a plutocracy and a kakistocracy" Under trumPutin we’ve been rapidly reduced to a klown show.

Ruling against Trump administration, judge says deported migrants entitled to due process BY  DAVID CATANESE UPDATED MARCH 24, 2025 10:09 AM U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, shown March 13, denied a motion by the Trump administration to lift a temporary restraining order the blocks the deportations of accused Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act.  ERIN SCHAFF   NYT WASHINGTON A federal judge has denied the Trump administration’s motion to lift a temporary restraining order that blocks the federal government from using a wartime law to fast-track the deportation of a group of Venezuelan migrants accused of being violent gang members. The decision, issued Monday by Judge James E. Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, set aside the issue of whether the judiciary can prevent a president’s directive to remove undocumented migrants under the Alien Enemies Act. “Before they may be deported, they are entitled to individualized hearing...

When ever Republicans don’t want you to have something or do something they have no problem using the Federal or State Government to either stop you or make it more difficult to do, or obtain. It’s how they won the election last year. They spent the four years in between National elections to essentially rig the outcome by various measures and means. Now it’s Social Security they want to gut so they can give huge new tax breaks to their billionaire buddies and after that’s done they’ll be coming for Medicare.

Spontaneous demonstrations are happening all over the world at Tesla dealerships to protest Elon Musk’s DOGE destruction tour of the US Government. This is just the start. Polls show a deepening dislike of what this man is doing and what his boss is up to as well.

Elon Musk the unofficial Prime Minister of America is openly gunning for Social Security, Medicare, and many other Federal programs and services. What will it mean when they are gone because TruMusk want the $$ in these popular Federal programs? Consider this today over 80 million people depend on these services.

It appears TruMusk is actually planning to annex (Invade) Canada & Greenland. Sounds crazy right, but according to Malcolm Nance & others with sources inside the government he’s serious. I doubt all the military would comply. We might find out soon enough.

More than six weeks into the second Trump administration, there is a chill spreading over political debate in Washington and beyond.By Kenny Holston/The New York Times People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families. The silence grows louder every day. Fired federal workers who are worried about losing their homes ask not to be quoted by name. University presidents fearing that millions of dollars in federal funding could disappear are holding their fire. Chief executives alarmed by tariffs that could hurt their businesses are on mute. Even longtime Republican hawks on Capitol Hill, stunned by President Trump’s revisionist history that Ukraine is to blame for its invasion by Russia, and his Oval Office blowup at President Volodymyr Zelensky, have either muzzled themselves, tiptoed up to criticism without naming Mr. Trump or completely reversed their positions. More than six week...

ANORA wins Best Picture for 2025 An Indie movie about “sex workers” in NYC won this year’s top prize at the Academy Awards in Hollywood. I haven’t seen it so all I can say is, maybe I will. Best Actor went to Adrien Brody for his leading role in The Brutalist. Best Actress went to Mikey Madison for her leading role in Anora. For some unknown reason the Hulu streaming service crashed before the show ended.

Prospective Dictator TrumPutin & his VP JD Vance ganged up on Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy yesterday in the Oval Office, in what was very clearly a prearranged attempt to bully a televised surrender out of him. Instead, they made fools of themselves acting disgracefully for the entire world to see. If this is what we can expect from this administration going forward it won’t be very long before we are isolated from the rest of humanity. Donald Trump is a loathsome thug and his sidekick JD Vance is a sniveling little weasel. Someone needs to smash a pie in both their fat faces.