It Won’t Work!

[Editorial]

Been there, done that!

With the internet, it’s now easier than ever to get pills—whether it's abortion pills or puberty blockers.

I’m old enough to remember the stories of backroom abortions; back when the rich took “vacations” to Switzerland while Black folks had to find "someone who knew someone." Today, it’s just a few taps on a keyboard and the hormones are on their way.

Back in the 2000s, I got my own hormones from Canada because my insurance wouldn't cover them. I’d send the prescription to a pharmacy there, and a few days later, they’d arrive in the mail. I figured the drug dogs were only looking for the hard stuff. The worst I expected was that the male dogs might have a—shall we say—unusual reaction to the scent.

If it was that easy twenty-five years ago, I can only imagine how much easier it is now. But then again, Trump is paranoid about us.

In the end, all he has done is handed organized crime a brand-new revenue source.

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Character Counts

How many times have you heard that in employment? When you are in business, your character is important; your word is everything. This seems to be true for everything except politics.

Trump has shown he has no character at all… I take that back — he has the character of a conniving leech.

He cares more about having his name plastered over everything.

Trump’s quest to name things after himself takes an even more desperate turn

Yahoo News
Analysis by Aaron Blake, CNN

Fri, February 6, 2026

Donald Trump’s insatiable desire to name things after himself has been clear for a very long time. And as president, he’s rapidly pushed the envelope in that regard, naming things after himself in ways it appears no previous president ever has.

But even by his standards, this quest has taken a desperate — and seemingly politically unwise — turn.

Trump last month sought to have Congress rename Dulles International Airport near DC and New York City’s Penn Station after himself.

CNN’s Manu Raju and Adam Cancryn report that Trump pitched the renamings to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as a condition for releasing billions of dollars in frozen funds for a major New York infrastructure project. Schumer, a New York Democrat, turned it down. The news was first reportedby Punchbowl.

You know there’s a word for that. It’s called extortion.

While things are named after presidents, experts have said there is simply no precedent for naming things after a sitting president like this. The New York Times recently dug into the data, backing up that other presidents have almost always had to wait until after leaving office.

But what did you expect from Trump? Look at his list of failed businesses!

• Trump Steaks
• Trump Vodka
• Trump Ice
• Trump University
• Trump Shuttle
• Trump: The Game
• Trump Taj Mahal
• Trump Castle
• Plaza Hotel (NYC)
• Trump Hotels & Casinos
• Trump Entertainment

Does this foretell failures ahead for other named properties, like,

• The Donald J. Trump United States Institute of Peace
• The Trump-Kennedy Center
• Trump Accounts
• TrumpR_x
• The Trump-Class Navy Warships
• The Trump Gold Coin
• The Trump Ballroom
• The Trump Arch

And now Dulles Airport and Penn Station? Is the government going to share the same fate as his businesses?

Politico reports that TrumpR_x is a scam!

Trump’s drug-pricing deals won’t benefit most Americans today. They could over time.

Most Americans likely will not benefit immediately from efforts to lower prescription prices. Administration officials expect effects to spread as markets are reshaped.

But will most Americans feel like the deals make their lives more affordable?

The answer is likely “No” — at least not in the near future — according to some health policy analysts and drug-pricing experts.

The confidential agreements lack some critical details and largely don’t help the roughly two-thirds of Americans who use private health insurance, they say. It’s also unclear whether the deals — which are voluntary on the part of drugmakers — will last beyond the current administration.

“The vast majority of consumers are not going to see any benefit in their pocketbook,” said Chris Meekins, a Raymond James health care analyst, and a former health official in the first Trump administration.

Rachel Sachs, a senior adviser in the Office of the General Counsel at the Department of Health and Human Services during the Biden administration, said the deals’ confidential nature makes them harder to judge.

Trump loves secrecy! But you know what? The voters are beginning to see the smoke and mirrors!

Confidence in Trump Dips, and Fewer Now Say They Support His Policies and Plans

Rising share of Democrats want their party’s congressional leaders to stand up to Trump

Pew Reserach

By Hannah Hartig and Jocelyn Kiley

January 29, 2026

A year into his second administration, Americans’ views of President Donald Trump – already more negative than positive – have continued to slip.

• Trump’s approval rating stands at 37%, down from 40% in the fall.
• By more than two-to-one, Americans say the administration’s actions have been worse than they expected (50%) rather than better (21%).
• Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans.

A new Pew Research Center survey of 8,512 U.S. adults, conducted Jan. 20-26, also finds that – across six key qualities and abilities needed to serve as president – more Americans express little or no confidence in Trump than say they are extremely or very confident in him.

Confidence is down on all six measures since last year, particularly among Republicans.

The romance is over!

Trump’s quest to name things after himself takes an even more desperate turn

CNN

Analysis by Aaron Blake

Donald Trump’s insatiable desire to name things after himself has been clear for a very long time. And as president, he’s rapidly pushed the envelope in that regard, naming things after himself in ways it appears no previous president ever has.

But even by his standards, this quest has taken a desperate — and seemingly politically unwise — turn.

Trump last month sought to have Congress rename Dulles International Airport near DC and New York City’s Penn Station after himself.

CNN’s Manu Raju and Adam Cancryn report that Trump pitched the renamings to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as a condition for releasing billions of dollars in frozen funds for a major New York infrastructure project. Schumer, a New York Democrat, turned it down. The news was first reported by Punchbowl.

Trump knows this is extortion! But he doesn't care and you know what else, he knows once he leaves  - his name will come down! So... is he thinking that he will stay in power longer 2028?

But usually his efforts to leverage his authority for personal glorification are a little more subtle like that — with the quid pro quo a little less direct. His proposition to Schumer practically slaps you across the face in its degree of blatant self-dealing.

Republicans should probably start asking themselves how much they’re willing to entertain this level of self service.

But the Republicans are spineless and will not stand up to Trump, yes some Republicans are starting to stand up to Trump. Why now? They see cracks.

The survey also found Trump hitting a record low on the percentage of Americans who said he “cares about people like you.” Just 33% said that applied to Trump. A whopping 77% of independents disagreed.

And Americans said 63%-37% that they disagreed with the idea that Trump “puts the good of the country above his personal gain.”

To put a fine point on that: Nearly two-thirds of Americans said Trump is mostly out for himself.

Trump & Company is all about Me! Me! They know that their coattails are tied to Trump.

Support for Trump’s policies

• There has also been a significant decline over the last year in the share of adults who say they agree with Trump’s plans and policies.
• Last year, 35% said they supported all or most of his plans, 17% supported some of them and 47% supported only a few or none.
• Today, 27% say they support all or most, 20% support some and 52% support few or none.

The decline in support has come exclusively among Republicans. Last year, 67% said they supported all or most of Trump’s plans and policies. Today, 56% do.

Very small shares of Democrats say they support his policies. Most (87%) support only a few or none.

CNN went on to write.

That may be fueled, in part, by perceptions Trump is enriching himself financially in office. (The White House has repeatedly maintained it’s committed to ethics and transparency.) But potential conflicts of interest are a lot more difficult to explain than PLASTERS HIS OWN NAME ACROSS A BUILDING.

And Trump’s quest to name things after himself seems especially ill-timed given the state of the economy. We’re currently in the midst of what the vast majority of Americans regard as bad economic times, and about three-quarters of Americans don’t think he’s done enough to lower prices.

The Daily Beast writes...

The erosion extends beyond Trump himself and into broader Republican electoral prospects. In the 2024 congressional elections, Republicans won non-college voters by 13 points. Looking ahead to 2026, that advantage has narrowed sharply to just 4 points, based on CNN polling and Enten’s aggregate.

“A four-point lead among non-college voters is not anywhere close to being good enough,” Enten warned, pointing out that Democrats are “dominating among voters with a college degree, up by 20 points.”

The voters are waking up to realize that Trump is in this for:

1. Himself
2. His families
3. His billionaire friends

We The People are not on the list.

It Was The Best of Halftimes, It was the Worst of Halftimes,

It was the best of halftimes, it was the worst of halftimes, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Love, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of hate, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to jails, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

Dickerson was writing about another era but it is just as fitting now

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Review: Bad Bunny brought Puerto Rico’s history and culture to a revolutionary Super Bowl show

AP News

By  MARIA SHERMAN

February 8, 2026

The sun hung low when Bad Bunny emerged in Puerto Rico’s sugar cane fields during his halftime show, surrounded by jíbaros in pavas (rural farmers in traditional straw hats), viejitos playing dominos (an affectionate term for older men) and a piragua stand (shaved ice) — undeniable symbols of Puerto Rico.

From a small Caribbean island with a complicated colonial history, to the world: The artist born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio brought Puerto Rican culture to the Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, for his 2026 Super Bowl halftime show in what was always going to be a landmark moment for Latinos.

[...]

In English: “My name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, and if I’m here today at Super Bowl 60 it’s because I never, ever stopped believing in myself and you should also believe in yourself, you’re worth more than you think.”

[...]

Behind him, a screen read “The only thing more powerful than hate is love” in English text, a direct reference to one of his recent speeches at the 2026 Grammys.

It was all about love, unity, and embracing our difference.

So what did Trump think of the show, for the turn to WUSA 9,

“Nobody understands a word this guy is saying, and the dancing is disgusting, especially for young children that are watching from throughout the U.S.A., and all over the World,” Trump said on social media. “This ‘Show’ is just a ‘slap in the face’ to our Country,” which Trump claimed is “setting new standards and records” daily.

“There is nothing inspirational about this mess of a Halftime Show and watch, it will get great reviews from the Fake News Media, because they haven’t got a clue of what is going on in the REAL WORLD,” he added before again urging the NFL to immediately replace its new kickoff rule. Trump said it’s “ridiculous.”

And then we had...

We Watched Turning Point’s “All-American” Show So You Don’t Have To A mess.

Dallas Observer

By Carly May Gravley

February 8, 2026

Turning Point USA’s “All-American” Halftime Show will probably go down in history as the most painful thing I experienced this week, and that will include the root canal I have scheduled on Thursday.

While millions of Americans tuned into Bad Bunny’s much-anticipated performance during the real halftime show during the actual Super Bowl, I was tasked with watching and recapping the “All-American” alternative thrown by Erika Kirk (widow of the late conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk) and led by Kid Rock. There were also a handful of country music Z-listers I’d never heard of until this week. I can only assume this was some sort of karmic punishment for taking French instead of Spanish in high school.

[...]

“Yeah, but Turning Point probably doesn’t have their shit together,” my husband replied. And he had a point. At 7:41 p.m., a 15-minute countdown began on the livestream, as did a series of creepy, conservative ads for things such as the TPUSA “Make Heaven Crowded” tour and the United States Department of War, as well as vague concepts like “saving our civilization.”

But the best part was, when Kid Rock took the to the stage the Hindustan Times writes,

Kid Rock, known for songs like All Summer Long and Born Free, was heavily criticized after his performance. “Wow! Kid Rock may be the worst Lip syncer I have ever seen. If you're just going to lip sync it, why not have Mike Lindell or Dr. Phil do it for you?,” Republican Jack Kimble wrote.

[...]

Another added, “Kid Rock showed up for one minute and lip sync’d every third bar from the first verse of Bawitdabawkbawkchickenhead while tweaking in jorts and playing with his fedora and then it awkwardly cut to a classical performance.”

To me it seems like the “All-American” was a big flop! Who would have expected it? 

Mini-Post: Why’s Everybody Always Pickin’ On Me?

Let me count the ways!

Dr. Oz Sparks Outrage With His Solution For Lack Of Doctors In Rural Healthcare

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz spoke on Monday about the doctor shortage in rural communities—and his solution isn't going over well with critics.

Comic Sands

By Amelia Mavis Christnot

Feb 05, 2026

Former television presenter and author Mehmet Oz, MAGA Republican President Donald Trump's choice to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, spoke at a "fireside chat" for the "Action for Progress" initiative in Washington, D.C. on Monday.

During his remarks, Oz stated that rural communities would benefit from having AI avatars stand in for doctors. The Trump administration passed a law dramatically reducing funding for rural hospitals, which are already understaffed.

Gee... I think I can think of a better way... restore the cuts!

The multimillionaire has also said healthcare is a privilege, not a right, and suggested more people go to work immediately out of high school and retire later to eliminate the national debt.

Hey folks that what happened when you vote for a con artist! Some say the TrumpR_x is scam

HEADLINES: Trump’s Drug Pricing Scam Is a Slap in the Face to the Millions of Working Families Agonized by GOP Health Care Cuts

Protect Our Health Care

February 6, 2026

The American people know that Trump’s new “TrumpRx” website is nothing but a dressed-up window shopping page where Americans can peruse jacked-up prices for medications they can no longer afford thanks to the GOP war on health care. Most Americans won’t save any money by using the site, and experts warn that families could waste hundreds of dollars purchasing brand-name drugs on the site that are available for cheaper in generic form or through insurance. This latest Trump scheme is a slap in the face to the 22 million hard-working Americans who just saw their health insurance premiums double, triple, and even quadruple due to the Trump-GOP health care cuts — not to mention the millions losing coverage entirely. The vast majority of Americans wanted Trump to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits that kept health coverage affordable for millions. Instead, they got another election-year vanity project from a president who uses his power to make life easier for billionaires and big corporations while selling out working families every chance he gets. 

Politico reported...

The drug-pricing deals can undoubtedly be seen as political wins at a time when Democrats are pounding the White House over high prices. They will save Medicaid money in the short run, allow Americans to buy discounted drugs with cash directly from drug companies and boost domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing.

But will most Americans feel like the deals make their lives more affordable?

The answer is likely “No” — at least not in the near future — according to some health policy analysts and drug-pricing experts.

The confidential agreements lack some critical details and largely don’t help the roughly two-thirds of Americans who use private health insurance, they say. It’s also unclear whether the deals — which are voluntary on the part of drugmakers — will last beyond the current administration.

“The vast majority of consumers are not going to see any benefit in their pocketbook,” said Chris Meekins, a Raymond James health care analyst, and a former health official in the first Trump administration.

Once again... Trump's healthcare is all smoke and mirrors!

It Is Doing What Trump Wants It To Do.

[Editorial]

I am at a crossroads with my blog. It is taking an emotional toll on me.

It is hard writing about all the injustices. I don’t just write about them—I read many articles on the topic, and that’s the part that is really getting to me.

There are so many people out there encouraging ICE to bash more heads. There are so many cheering the killing. They see ICE as heroes defending the nation. I can’t understand it.

I read comments to get a sense of how people are thinking (I used to be on the Family Institute of Connecticut email list to keep up with what they were saying), and the tone is starting to change over what ICE is doing. The polls are showing it.

I think Trump is on a downward spiral, and I also think that is when he is most dangerous. I have seen one judge’s order after another ignored. There are executive orders being shot down by the courts one after another. As his poll numbers tank, I worry that he is going to do something crazy on election day.

He lashes out at one group one day and praises them the next. He slaps a huge tariff on a country, then rolls it back. He singles out states that didn’t vote for him and makes personal demands of them, like naming railroad stations after him. He’s vindictive.

I worry that he is going to do something reckless along the lines of January 6 if Congress flips.

So I don’t know where my blog is heading. My daily hits are around 2,000 to 10,000 per day, and that weighs on my thoughts. Some days I just want to walk away; the next day I publish five blogs.

I don’t want to publish negative stories all the time, but there is so much bad out there that I just can’t leave it unchallenged.

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Gag Me With A Spoon!

Okay... all you Super Bowl fans. This is your warning, MAGA spent millions on ads during the game!

Trump Goon Pumps Super Bowl With MAGA Propaganda

The same crowd that wants to keep politics out of sports has purchased a multimillion-dollar commercial spot to air during the Super Bowl.

Daily Beast

Josh Fiallo

Feb. 4 2026

Those hoping to escape the daily chaos of MAGA 2.0 during the Super Bowl may want to take a bathroom break after the National Anthem.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent boasted on Wednesday about the pricey ad spot purchased to tout “Trump accounts,” set to air just after pop singer Charlie Puth performs the “Star-Spangled Banner” this coming Sunday.

Bessent, 63, said he anticipates a “flood of sign-ups” as a result of the commercial airing in full on Feb. 8.

“I would tell everyone to look for the commercial right after the national anthem at the Super Bowl this weekend,” he testified to the House Financial Services Committee. “I think we are prepared for a flood of sign-ups, and then they will go live on July 5.”

The Treasury Department did not immediately respond to the Daily Beast’s request for comment.

Thirty-second advertisements in prime spots cost $10 million for this year’s Super Bowl in Santa Clara, California, NBC has revealed. The average cost for standard spots are $8 million, and pre-game broadcast spots run at about $7 million, according to the Sports Business Journal.

Semafor reported in January that a pro-Trump group would be footing the bill for the ad.

So enjoy the game but don't gag over the MAGA commercials!

Then we have the racist, xenophobic halftime show!

Kid Rock to Headline Turning Point USA’s MAGA-Friendly Super Bowl Halftime Show

The conservative organization first announced its plans for a halftime show alternative following right-wing backlash to Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny.

Hollywood Reporter

By Ethan Millman

February 2, 2026

Kid Rock is set to headline Turning Point USA’s MAGA-friendly alternative “All-American” Super Bowl halftime show, the organization announced on Monday.

TPUSA — the organization co-founded by the assassinated right-wing political figure Charlie Kirk — had first announced its plans for a halftime show of its own last fall, following conservative backlash over the selection of Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny to headline this year’s event.

“We’re approaching this show like David and Goliath,” Kid Rock said in a statement of the upcoming show. “Competing with the pro football machine and a global pop superstar is almost impossible … or is it?”

[...]

Aside from Kid Rock, a vocal Trump ally, the lineup also includes musicians Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice and Gabby Barrett. The show will air on TPUSA’s socials, as well as Daily Wire+, Real America’s Voice, TBN, CHARGE!, The National News Desk, NTD.com and OAN News.

“The All-American Halftime Show is an opportunity for all Americans to enjoy a halftime show with no agenda other than to celebrate faith, family and freedom,” Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet said in a statement.

Not one of them have won any Grammys!

The simple fact is that they are having an alternative halftime show because Bad Bunny is Latino and sings in Spanish. Never mind that he just made history by winning Album of the Year at the 2026 Grammys—his 6th win total—that clearly doesn't matter to the MAGA crowd. He has over 100 Latin Gold/Platinum records and a massive global reach! But none of that matters because they have has-been Kid Rock, an artist who hasn't had a major hit in nearly 20 years and has zero Grammy wins to his name. To me it seems like is was for Trump's patronage he would be a nobody.

Speak No Evil

Their goal is to eradicate us, speak no trans stuff, write no trans stuff they want to wipe us out, they want to criminalize us!

She was fired for acknowledging trans people exist. Now she’s fighting back.

“There’s no satisfaction in doing this, only sadness.”

LGBTQ Nation

Daniel Villarreal (he/him)

February 4, 2026

Melissa McCoul, the now-former Texas A&M University lecturer who was fired for teaching that transgender people exist, filed a federal lawsuit against the university on Tuesday. McCoul alleges that university administrators violated her free speech and due process rights just to appease transphobic politicians after a student recorded her classroom disagreement with the lecturer.

McCoul’s lawsuit accuses the chief of staff of Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott (R) of pressuring the university’s now-resigned President Mark A. Welsh III to fire her. It also accuses A&M’s supervisors of telling university Provost Alan Sams not to give her a required disciplinary hearing before her termination.

You know their a thing here called a Constitution and the Frist Amendment?

McCaul says she was fired even though she didn’t violate any law or university policy. “Instead, [McCaul was] terminated for exercising her academic freedom guaranteed under the First Amendment,” her lawsuit states. McCaul seeks reinstatement to her position, punitive damages, back pay, and other restitution.

But laws and the Constitution mean nothing to the Republicans!