Last week, the incompetent and woefully unqualified Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth went on a firing spree as he fired top generals in the Army. Last night, the Predator in Chief threatened to commit genocide against the Iranian people. Clearly these two things, the mass firing and the threat of genocide, are related. Hegseth wants loyalty to Trump in the ranks. He is a sycophant for a man who intentionally surrounds himself with losers. Pete probably thinks he’s not included in that group of losers, but he is. One day, I hope he loses bigly by being tried for crimes against humanity and war crimes. Before that happens, Trump will probably throw him under the bus though.

This corrupt fascist kakistocracy of oligarchs, plutocrats, grifters, and assorted sycophants is the reason for our current collective nightmare. The scale of the nightmare is global and its effects are far reaching. I’m sure the former KGB folks are delirious with happiness at how spectacularly successful their attempts to dismantle the U.S. have been with Trump at the helm. For our former allies, however, it’s a nightmare. It’s made worse by the fact that a malignant narcissist has the keys to America’s nuclear arsenal.

Understandably, people around the country are shocked by Trump’s behavior. Many of his supporters claim “we didn’t vote for this,” while those of us who have been speaking out against Trump for years are rage screaming into the void, “WE TRIED TO WARN YOU!” And boy howdy, did I try, yet racism, misogyny, xenophobia, and propaganda seemingly won. I say seemingly because of Elon Musk’s involvement in the election process and Trump appearing to admit that Musk rigged the election in one of his rambling speeches back in 2025. A lot of the allegations he’s made against others have turned out to be confessions. I hope we learn the truth very soon.

Whether Trump won legitimately or cheated his way to victory in 2024, we’re here now dealing with the consequences of the election, and it’s terrible. Millions of people are struggling because of Trump’s erratic economic policies which have made everything more expensive. So many of his domestic policies are designed to hurt ordinary people while lining the pockets of wealthy kleptocrats and others who make hoarding wealth their entire personality. Jobs are increasingly hard to find too and that’s adding to the financial hardship people of all political stripes, including his ardent supporters. Trump’s cruelty and stupidity coupled with his enablers who help set the Project 2025 agenda are causing harm that’s taking a toll on so many people.

Lately, depression has been taking a toll on me. Having PTSD is hard enough without a regime of malignant narcissists and predatory billionaires adding to the weight of the millstone. The regime is detrimental to my mental health and I am absolutely certain that I am just one of millions for whom that is true. I do what I can, including regular therapy, to mitigate the symptoms, but it is a tough row to hoe at the best of times. These are not the best of times and my hands are getting blistered…

Now would be a good time for USians around the country to start banding together for the collective good, for mutual aid, and community solidarity, in order to provide some respite from the nightmare. Now would be a great time to check in with family, friends or acquaintances who you haven’t heard from in a while to see if they’re okay. Like me, many people are struggling with their mental health as a result of all that’s going on and that can make it harder for them to reach out, thus making any feelings of isolation even worse. The regime wants us to feel isolated, despondent, and alone. We must deny them that wish with all of our collective might.

As I’ve said many times before since the 2025 inauguration, now would be a great time for members of the military, the civil service, and elected officials to fulfill their oaths to the Constitution. Refuse to follow unlawful orders. Disrupt the regime at every turn. Blow the whistle on unconstitutional or illegal acts planned or committed by the regime. Leak information to reputable journalists and news agencies. Everyone who took the oath should be doing everything within their power to stop Trump and his gaggle of fascist enablers. It’s clear that Trump will stop at nothing, including genocide, to avoid accountability. Stop him before it’s too late.