The Addled Mind

Addled (adj) /ˈæ.dəld/:

1) Confused. bewildered, dazed, distracted, silly, befuddled, disoriented, disturbed.

2) Rotten. spoiled, decomposed, decayed, corrupted, putrid.

I've written here before about the addled mind of Dumpy, from both angles. I am a speech-language pathologist, and with 35+ years' experience working with people with communication and cognitive disorders, I have a special knowledge to be able to speak to what we are facing with this person.

There have been several concerns over the last eight years about his speech, language, and cognition. I have subscribed to a conjecture that he has multi-infarct dementia: mini- and micro-strokes causing diffuse brain damage. I believe in the past we have been witness to some transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), which I have described in posts during SCROTUS 1.0.

I was asked by Big Sister Resister to revisit the topic in light of his addled visit to the Middle East a couple months ago and his continued bizarre language and behavior. 

So, I dove into the fray. I watched several speeches in their entirety so you don't have to. His speech, language, and cognition continue to be concerning. 

He may have his TIAs under control because there haven't been as many acute instances. Perhaps he is on some blood-thinners. There was evidence of a big bruise on his hand on more than one occasion this term; patients on blood thinners bruise more easily.

Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images; found in The Daily Beast

But it's his dementia that seems to be running amok. 

Speech

I've scoured a few recent speeches. There have been more instances of dysarthria and apraxia lately, especially dysarthria. In these first few examples from the event in Qatar a couple months ago, it's sometimes hard to discern whether it is unfamiliarity with a word or a disorder. In the more recent press conference at Alligator Auschwitz, his speech deterioration is more noticeable.

We'll look at both.

Butchering the name of a Middle Eastern place. Maybe Abu Graib? It's a name that should roll off the tongue of any American, let alone a president. 

wut pic.twitter.com/ADHH8zoxf4

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 15, 2025

Someone show this to the addled mind.

There were a few instances of possible disordered motor speech during his rambling in Qatar a few weeks ago when he "led" a roundtable discussion. 

Due to the difficulties in making my own compilation, I'm going to point you to timestamps. 

I'm starting each clip at the point I refer to. Keep in mind, I'm just looking at motor speech here. Mispronunciations, slurred speech, etc. Truthfully, there weren't a lot of instances while he was in Qatar.... but keep reading!

Look at "exact opposite" at :33

"We treated you real good" at 18:16

And when he was signing a deal with Qatar:

(This one is a stretch; we all make such errors) 

"tw-ade" for trade at 5:55

One concerning oral-motor thing I did notice, though, was the weird way he was holding his mouth at the end of the signing ceremony in Qatar. He purses his lips, moves his tongue and mouth around. Toward the end, he has a bit of a crooked smile (which is what BSR pointed me to to send me down this rabbit hole). He may have been having a small TIA at that moment. 

OR it could be the Babyhands version of the Peanuts-style pen-in-hand concentration face.

You decide. Here is the spot:

Not much evidence in Qatar. At The Felon's recent press conference at Alligator Auschwitz, though, he had plenty of episodes of speech errors. When he was reading, he sounded pretty good. When he got off script, both his speech and his cognition showed impairments. He really slurred his speech in many spots, especially at the end when perhaps he was fatigued.

Here are a few. Forgive all the videos; I wish there was an easy way to download and chop up videos without skirting legality etc. Save your mental health and just watch the small bits I point you to.

"Transation" for "translation" here:

44:28. "You want to know the truth? So maybe that'll be the next job.."  

45:50. "they destroyed all of the information" Destroyed is slurred.

48:30. "Well, I just heard that about the Senate and the bill just passed..." About the Senate and the bill just passed all the /s/ sounds are mushy

50:17. Various. Listen to "cognizant," "abandoning," "situations," "Kristi."

50:50. "farmers are going to be responsible." Very mushy.

51:00. "Tried once before."

At this point he's yammered for almost an hour. He may be getting tired. His speech is much more dysarthric: slurred and quite "mushy." The /s/ sound is especially imprecise.

51:49. "invested billions of dollars" 

52:05. "this land."

54:10. "When we talk about popularity"

 

57:09. "substantially" and "carefully"

1:00:08. it's very convenient

 

1:02:38. "<unintelligible> getting rid of rules"

Language

Language disorders abound, and this is goes toward his overall cognition. 

He does not have as many paraphasias (mixing up one word for another, or using a nonsense word) as he did in Regime 1.0, but those still occur.

"Timberman" when he means "lumberjack" at 11:20. Yes, "timberman" is a legit word, though not quite in the sense of "lumberjack." It is a far less-used word, though, and you can see him searching for the word before settling on "timberman."

Other language notes from the Florida "press" conference. I use "press" lightly because the event was packed with "journalists" from right-wing media falling over themselves to get into his ass for a smooch. I could hardly stomach their fawning "questions." That's a whole 'nother post, though.

Here are some language concerns from the presser.

A neologism (a type of paraphasia; a nonsense word):

1:03:11. "I like my hair 'lacen'"

He uses "thing" several times when he can't find the word he wants. This is a hallmark of dementia.

Here are the instances I found:

A subject-verb agreement error "the same things happens with prisons":

"In purpose" instead of "on purpose" (and listen again to the very mushy speech):

A paraphasia: he substitutes "Meadowlands" for "Everglades." Then he tries to cover his error mentioning "what we did up there" at Meadowlands. Really? Fact check: He did try to build a golf course on a landfill in the Meadowlands, but the deal never happened. 

Also note his very slurred "invested":

A paraphasia again, where he substitutes "railroad" for "airport."

Other language issues include his perseveration in both language, like continually saying that saying countries are "hot" and "big" and in text, when he often closes his not-tweets, quite inappropriately, "Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

In addition, he perseverates on his laundry list of perceived offenses, from Hilary's emails, to the "stollen" election, to whatever witch hunt comes to mind. He does not easily let these concepts go. Sometimes you can see his brain glitch and witness the point where he reaches for one of his go-to grievances. This could be part of his cognitive disorder in general. 

Cognition

This is the meat 'n potatoes of his neurological disorder. Make that gravied hamburger over mashed taters.

There are so many instances of absolutely off-the-rails discourse. It's hard to find any normal discourse anymore, unless he is reading what someone else has written. His normal is word salad, or what he calls "the weave."  

You can look at just about every speech and every comment, but here are a few.

The above presser in Qatar had some incredibly bizarre moments of "thought." He sat with Middle Eastern leaders and way of introduction (I guess?) rambled for 25 minutes about nothing. 

It was weird, when he went off for several minutes on drones, trees, lumberjacks, and the secretary of transportation:

The more recent press conference in Florida had a multitude of instances of cognitive difficulties. All of these nonsensical answers illustrate possible language comprehension problems, hearing problems, thought organization difficulties, or language organization difficulties. Plus, there are possible substance abuse issues.

Of course, as Sister Resister Anne stated, as a narcissist, there's also the possibility that he just likes to hear himself talk. 

Here he is with a word salad when asked about how many concentration camps are planned to be built around the country. Note also the fawning bootlicker of a "journalist."

He answered nonsensically for three minutes:

Listen to his answer to a question about Medicaid. He knows nothing! And he imparts even less in this big bowl of word salad!

A reporter asked him what campaign promise he will fulfill next. His neurons go berserk. He goes on and on, including circling back to (perseverating on) water faucets and a bizarro rant on showers, dishwashers, and washing machines, before weirdly pivoting to straws. 

This goes on for about five minutes. He never did answer the question.

Again, with the "old fashioned" word groceries. It's so disheartening that this is the leader of the free world.

Finally, the last question. He tried for word salad, but came up with soup. The question was about "How long will you expect detainees to stay at the facility?"

"I love Florida. I'll spend a lot of time here."

Please, please, please set up a cot for him on the tarmac!

Behavior and Physical Symptoms

Dementia and other neurological disorders often come with behavioral and physical components. 

I'm not an expert on physical aspects, but there have been some concerns.

His eyes have often been wonky, particularly the right eye. I have no energy to find examples right now (those press conferences took it out of me!), but there have been instances throughout his stints in Washington.

 

His right leg has also been wonky. Here is a comprehensive look by Ron Filipkowski, and below that a bit of analysis by David Packman.

Montage of clips of Trump dragging his right leg over the last few months. He refuses to release his medical records. pic.twitter.com/5Am3xiOdWT

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 30, 2024

There has been speculation about his use of leg braces or a Foley catheter. The Independent looks at it.  Photos are from the article.

This behavior I found was odd. 

After the documents were signed, he accepted the pen the was gifted to him from the leader of Qatar without reciprocating. Disordered thought or just narcissism and selfishness? 

Falling Asleep

Trump is having a hard time keeping his eyes open in Saudi Arabia pic.twitter.com/t465VZicR6

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 13, 2025

This is just one occurrence. He routinely fell asleep during his court appearances when he was on trial for 34 felonies. Reminder: he was convicted on all 34 counts.

Conjecture – Speculation – Hypothesis 

Of course it is impossible to know what is really going on with him. Speculation abounds. There is obviously some cognitive decline. Dementia has many causes and his could be part of a larger set of health problems.

The obvious effects of fatigue in his brain cell (singular) make my brain cells ring, and I conjecture maybe he has Myasthenia Gravis or ALS. Neither have dementia as a hallmark symptom, but a subset of patients of both conditions do experience dementia as a part of their diagnosis. Certainly dementia can occur completely independently as well.

On these pages several years ago I speculated about Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS (November 13, 2018: "What the eff is wrong with our Preisdent*?). Since there hasn't been much of a progression of physical symptoms in the seven years since, I am not likely to think that this is the case. 

It is obvious something is very wrong, and we will likely never know.

Transrcipts Erased

President Stepheratu Miller and others at The Whitewash House do not want you to readily absorb his bonkersness. They would rather have you see it, because when it is written down, the bonkerosity is really laid bare. Thusly, they have deleted all of his transcripts from Whitewash House websites. 

Of course, transcripts are still widely available, though you may have to go looking. My favorite source for transcripts is Rev.com

More (a lot more) Reading on the Subject

If you want to revisit my past posts dedicated to this topic, they are, in order from earliest to latest:

A Case For Dementia (April 24, 2017). I looked at his language from a clinical perspective, how his language is full of "empty" words with a lot of nonsense and confabulation.

The Language Butcher (July 15, 2017). I examined the simplicity of his language and also his butchering syntax, making him often unintelligible.

Tongue Lashing: SCROTUSese Part 2 (July 30, 2017). I continue the analysis of his use of language.

God Bless the United Shashe (December 7, 2017). I analyze his slurred speech. It became concerning to me, as dysarthria is almost always due to a neurological issue.

"When the well is dry, they know the worth of water." (December 26, 2017). I looked at his funny way of drinking water and analyzed it clinically. With this emerging motor symptom, I tried to couple it with his cognitive-linguistic symptoms to come up with a possible diagnosis.

Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression (January 7, 2018). I noted Michael Wolff's writing, in his tell-all book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, about his habit of perseveration of ideas. Wolff quotes staffers that say he tends to tell the same story several times over and over.

"Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself" (January 19, 2018). I looked again at his cognitive abilities and the probable sham of his cognitive screening done as part of his physical exam by Dr. Ronny Jackson.

Truth is stranger than fiction (May 1, 2018). I noted some more unintelligible ramblings.

In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker. (April 17, 2019). I look at his disorganized discourse, empty at times, incoherent much of the time, with confabulations, intermittent dysarthria, occasional apraxic errors, paraphasias, and whose behaviors are paranoid, apathetic, without inhibition, and inappropriate.

Words are the physicians of the mind diseased. (December 15, 2019). Examples of disordered speech, language, and cognition of the day. 

Of course, a possible dementia is not all that is going on in the addled mind. It is overlaying a big heaping helping of narcissism and psychopathy as well. But that's for another day.

Well, folks, I'm spent. Listening to and rewinding the wet farts has gotten to me. That's all for now.

RESIST!

"Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong."

Here we are, another Independence Day, another sinking feeling. Another year of questions, "Do I even celebrate?"

And once more, I entreat you: YES! Celebrate!

"Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong." – James Bryce

This year seems like the most dire yet. Our human rights are being stripped away. Brown people – citizens and migrants alike – are being snatched up by masked men; concentration camps are being built (you can't convince me that "Alligator Alcatraz" is not); billionaires are being exalted and enriched beyond comprehension at the expense of everyone else, but especially the needy; there is a war on women; LGBTQ lives are being upended; the "leader" of our country and the most powerful man in the world is rapidly decompensating in his dementia; the regime is filled with incompetent boot-lickers; our checks and balances are broken, with SCOTUS and Congress making a man a king. All that is emerging from the current regime is soundly un-American.

It is, in a word, disgusting.

It is hard to be patriotic.

But I submit: being disgusted and outraged is patriotic! The reason you feel outraged, disgusted, and less-than-patriotic is because you instill the very hope and the values that are at our base. We must not abandon American ideals now! We must, now more than ever, embrace the standards that have driven America since July 4, 1776. 

The reason we are so dismayed is because we love the country. We love its ideals, the promise of a more perfect union. We are proud when we are the envy of the world and that everyone wants to be here. We love the idea that if we keep moving forward, it will only get better. 

Those ideals are the ones to elevate this Fourth of July. Our hopes for our country have not gone away. If we let our hope disappear, then where are we? Hold the hope and put it on display tomorrow.

We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness—That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed....

Dig deep. Find that kind of patriotism that means supporting the country's potential, its best, its promise. We know that over the last 249 years, we've made great progress. We can't give up now; there is much work to be done. 

Patriotism means hope.

Patriotism means optimism.

Patriotism means participation.

Patriotism means effort.

Patriotism means resilience.

Patriotism means dissent.

Patriotism means resistance.

What does patriotism mean to you?

Why must we be Patriotic? Because it's hard.

“Nothing in this world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty. No kind of life is worth leading if it is always an easy life. I know that your life is hard; I know that your work is hard; and hardest of all for those of you who have the highest trained consciences, and who therefore feel always how much you ought to do. I know your work is hard, and that is why I congratulate you with all my heart. I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life; I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”

– Theodore Roosevelt, American Ideals: And Other Essays, Social and Political

So, please! Enjoy your hotdogs and watermelon tomorrow. Engage in meaningful celebrations. Spend time with friends and family. Let your heart swell as you watch the fireworks. 

Put out your flag and wear the red, white, and blue. Fly your flag for the potential it holds. It is powerful symbolism. Do not hand it over to those who would pervert it. Really? We're going to turn our flag over to the MAGAtS who "love the country" so much that they would overthrow the government? 

No. Reclaim the flag. The shame is on the other side. (David Bowie, "Heroes")

Engage in some introspection and self-care. Dig down and find your strength as individuals so that we can, together, lift America out of this pit. America is filled with great people – we can bring it back out of the abyss!

As Adlai Stevenson II said, "Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." 

And so, let us be steadily patriotic today, and tomorrow, and the day after that. Let us support the country all the time, even when the government doesn't deserve it. It is our patriotism that WILL save the United States of America.

“Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.” – John Lewis

Dave Granlund

Go Team Resistance! Get in some good trouble!

Editing in a late addition. Anne Lamott wrote this piece for the Fourth of July. It's as if she were in my head. Please read.

How Low Can We Go?

I'm feeling pretty low, as I am sure that many of my readers are. The news just keeps hitting. It is hitting hard.

The King Salmon regime is just awful for the heart, mind, and soul. 

LSR/ChatGPT collab

Our nation is reaching new lows. It seems that every day brings new atrocities to light. It is hard to absorb the news. 

But because we have to face it, and we have to get outraged, and we have to fight back, I'm continuing this LSR journey. Thank you for being here with me. This is my 338th post! 

I'm going to use my SICK outline because it encapsulates all that is wrong.

SICK = Stupidity, Incompetence, Corruption, Kingship. There is a lot of overlap in these categories, but we'll try our best to compartmentalize the awful stuff we are facing.

Most of my emotional lows come from the "K" – the dictatorship that is rapidly coming to fruition. Let's move backwards from there.

But first, an incident that cropped up that truly encapsulates all of the SICK. This happened at the United States Senate Office building, where wheelchair-bound citizens showed up to peacefully protest the proposed Medicaid cuts that are in the Big Bloated Batshit Bill. 

The United States Capitol Police actually zip-tied the hands of wheelchair-bound protestors.  What. The. Actual. Fuck.

This makes me SICK.

 

KINGSHIP

LSR will not be referring to an "administration" any longer. This is a regime. After all, the dick-tater himself is referring to it as such:

Trump: That’s the way I have ruled

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— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) June 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM

Every accusation is an admission: Here's Kristine Leavitt.

"When you have a totalitarian regime" 

Leavitt without a trace of irony: "When you have a totalitarian regime, you have to save face. I think any common sense, open-minded person knows the truth about the precision strikes on Saturday night. They were wildly successful."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) June 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM

I am SICK about the Supreme Court.

Pat Bagley

I am not sure why SCOTUS is giving away so much of their power to crown a king. 

He is already acting like they are his own little board of judges, and soon perhaps King Minus will declare SCOTUS as wholly unnecessary, as he shreds the U.S. Constitution.

Yesterday SCOTUS ruled not on birthright citizenship itself, but halted federal judges from issuing nationwide injunctions when the issue comes before them. 

This means, in effect, there will be a patchwork of decisions across the country on individuals' rights to birthright citizenship. But wait a minute? I thought that the U.S. Constitution is the Law of the Land? Isn’t that the whole land?

The Supreme Court decision has already sown confusion and fear. Is it really up to individual judges to decide if you have citizenship?

How hard would it have been for SCOTUS affirm birthright citizenship and put the issue to rest? The 14th Amendment is absolutely crystal clear:

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. 

There is no grey area! 

The six conservative justices weaseled a decision, saying that the issue of birthright citizenship wasn't before them, but the issue of judicial overreach was. It makes no sense.

The three liberal justices wrote scathing dissents. You can read the one authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, which Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson joined, here. And here read the solo concurring dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson here. 

Justice Sotomayor wrote about the complicity of the Court in the "gamesmanship" of the regime. She wrote, “the court’s decision is nothing less than an open invitation for the Government to bypass the Constitution. The executive branch can now enforce policies that flout settled law and violate countless individuals’ constitutional rights, and the federal courts will be hamstrung to stop its actions fully."

Sotomayor was so impassioned by the issue that for 20 minutes she read aloud the entirety of her dissent. 

What's next for the issue? The Court will reconvene on the issue when it comes back for the new session in October. In the meantime, there are class action lawsuits gearing up. 

There will be chaos, confusion, and fear until then. 

Clay Bennett

I am SICK about the ICE activities.

Every day, more and more stories of atrocities are coming out. I'll outline a few, but know that there are many more stories across the country. 

They are grabbing United States Citizens

Andrea Velez was on her way to work last week in downtown Los Angeles. She said that just as she stepped out of her car, she was ambushed by masked men emerging from unmarked cars. They took her to the ground, and although LAPD officers responded to the scene after Velez's family called 911, the officers stood by as Velez was taken into custody. 

She's been released from custody and is out on bond. What are they charging her with? Being brown?

Lives are at Risk

The cramped quarters and wonton disregard for human life at the for-profit detention centers comes with risk for life and limb. The detainees are often without food or water, crammed into small spaces with dozens of others. Though Congress has a right to make inspection visits, even unannounced ones, they have been thwarted. Members of Congress have often been refused entry. 

And it's bad. 

A Canadian citizen died at a facility in Florida.

Many other medical emergencies have been documented, not the least of which was a woman who was experiencing a still birth and was not transported to a hospital. Wired has the 911 call. They write about that and many other incidents. 

Fake agents and bounty hunters: What we have feared has come to pass

The ICE agents have been making their raids without any identifiers. They cover their faces; they wear costumes that can be purchased anywhere. They do not wear badges, and many don't even have the "ICE" patch on their clothing.

And so, bad actors have been taking advantage of this. 

In Philadelphia, a man impersonated an ICE officer in order to intimidate and control people at a car repair shop. He zip-tied a woman and stole $1000. 

In Los Angeles, a man previously arrested for human trafficking dressed up as an ICE officer, armed up with several firearms, and outfitted his vehicle with police lights and police radios before he was found parked in a handicapped spot and arrested before he could implement whatever he had planned. 

In Houston, a man impersonated an ICE officer, blocked a victim's car, and robbed the man.

In Raleigh, this scum impersonated an ICE officer and raped women. 

The Guardian outlines more of these atrocities: US sees spate of arrests of civilians impersonating Ice officers

Bounty Hunters?

There has been no evidence that bounty hunters are being contracted by ICE to grab brown people and collect money, but it may be happening. The fear is out there that it is happening. The fear is directly related to the officers' hiding their faces and the lack of identifiers on their uniforms. 

California is trying to pass a law that ICE officers must be required to show their faces.

Here are a couple heroes who have confronted the gestapo. 

 

Resist, record, refuse to cooperate, and if possible impede peacefully.

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— JeffTrnka (@jefftrnka.bsky.social) June 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM

And one more on TikTok. I wasn't successful in embedding it. Watch here. 

Another bit of good trouble you an do, if you encounter ICE. Word around town is that people want to glitter-bomb ICE agents with glitter. Brilliant! It's an identifier that will last forever! Be sure to use biodegradable glitter. We don't need to be environmentally damaging. 

The Florida Detention Center

ICE is grabbing up so many brown people that they need new places to put them. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has a boner for building a prison deep in the Everglades to house 5,000 of them. He oh-so-cleverly has called it "Alligator Alzatraz." 

FEMA, of all agencies, is helping build it. Oh, look, Kingship, Stupidity, and Corruption all in one!

The site is an existing airfield, but the planned detention center would house migrants in tents. Yes, tents, in Florida's steamy heat. But it has showers! 

So did Buchenwald. 

Indigenous people of the area, who consider the Everglades sacred, are not happy with it. 

Environmentalists are not happy with it. The area is adjacent to the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area. How will hundreds of bodies and all their waste, traffic, and trash impact the area?

Anybody with half a brain is not happy with it. AltNPS, our leaders in the rebellion, are asking people to make some "good trouble" and do a check-in on Facebook with the airfield as the location. They say that this will disrupt surveillance tools. 

CORRUPTION

The Supreme Court is corrupt.

They have handed our U.S. Constitution over King Babyhands to flush down the golden toilet. They let him take a sharpie to the 14th Amendment, on top of last year's decision on executive privilege to commit crimes. 

Chief Justice Roberts has no spine. "It's not my fault!" he cries. At a judicial conference the day after his horrible corrupt decision was released, he said, "It would be good if people appreciated it’s not the judges’ fault that a correct interpretation of the law meant that, no, you don’t get to do this."  

Oh yes, wouldn't that be good? So precious.

So far, though, Mr. Roberts, we all still have mouths and pens and voting ballots and we will march and write and raise hell over your ( not correct) corrupt interpretation of the law. We do not appreciate it.

And of course, we know that Alito and Thomas are deeply corrupt men. As I was contemplating their evilness, especially the worst human on Earth, Clarence Thomas, this popped up from Fear and Loathing: Closer to the Edge, writing on Facebook.

Confessions of a Coke Can 

I’m here to talk about Clarence Thomas — the man who looked at me in 1991, in a professional workplace, during a federal confirmation process, and said:

“Who put pubic hair on my Coke?”

That’s not locker room talk. That’s not a joke. That’s not something you forget. That’s the kind of comment that makes HR departments hold emergency meetings. That’s a power move from a man who wanted to make damn sure Anita Hill knew her body, her boundaries, and her basic human dignity were all fair game in his personal little fiefdom. 

And I was there. Literally. I was the can.

I didn’t laugh. I didn’t fizz. I didn’t even roll off the table. I froze.Because I knew I’d just been pulled into something grotesque — a performance of dominance disguised as “humor,” the kind that makes people laugh nervously while dying inside. 

But here's the part they don't talk about:

I never left.

That comment? That hearing? That moment?

It was just the beginning. I didn’t get tossed in the trash like the ethics Clarence pretended to have. I didn’t get recycled like his respect for precedent. I stayed. I’ve been on that desk — or nearby — for over 30 years. And I’ve seen it all.

Every abuse. Every betrayal. Every ruling soaked in smug cruelty and billionaire cologne.

He wasn’t some reluctant originalist dragged into the culture wars.He was the goddamn architect of them.

He looked at the Constitution, squinted at the parts about liberty and equality, and decided they were optional — unless they applied to him, his rich friends, or his wife’s insurrectionist group chat.

I watched him cast the deciding vote to gut the Voting Rights Act — like democracy was an old couch taking up too much room in his plantation-style man cave. He didn’t just disagree with Roe v. Wade, he celebrated its downfall. And then he licked his judicial fingers and wrote a separate opinion begging the Court to come for birth control, marriage equality, and private intimacy next. Clarence Thomas is not conservative. He’s a revenge fantasy in robes.

He’s spent his entire career pretending to be a silent thinker, the quiet one, the thoughtful one — but I know the truth. I was there when he scribbled opinions that read like church pamphlets dipped in gasoline. He says nothing in court but drops concurrences like molotov cocktails into every corner of modern life. Gay? He’s coming for you. Trans? You’re on his list. Want bodily autonomy? Better hope you’re rich, white, and well-lawyered. He thinks the Fourteenth Amendment was a typo and that the First only applies to megachurches and white nationalists with podcast sponsors.

He accepted decades of unreported gifts — luxury vacations, private jet rides, real estate deals — from billionaire sugar daddies, then had the gall to say he didn’t think he had to disclose it. I’ve been carried to gas stations in Mississippi with more self-awareness. Clarence Thomas has the ethics of a dropped urinal cake. He’s the living embodiment of what happens when lifetime appointments are handed out like grand prizes to men who think shame is a liberal conspiracy.

And don’t even get me started on Ginny.

I watched him stare straight ahead as his wife texted Mark Meadows like she was LARPing a QAnon sex cult version of 1776: The Musical. She begged the White House to overturn the results of an election — and when that case came before the Court? Clarence didn’t recuse himself. Of course not. Because in his world, corruption is only a problem if it helps poor people vote.

Every time a ruling comes down that strips someone of their rights — immigrants, prisoners, students, anyone whose existence offends the white-gloved Federalist Society banquet circuit — I feel a little emptier. Not just because I’m a can of soda witnessing civil liberties disintegrate under the weight of this smug tyrant in hush puppies, but because I was there when the mask slipped. I saw the raw, vulgar, humiliating beginning. The power play disguised as a joke. The pubic hair. The Coke.

And people still act surprised.

Still call him "principled."

Still pretend this is about jurisprudence and not revenge.

Let me tell you something: Clarence Thomas isn’t interpreting the law. He’s grinding his personal grudges into national policy. He is a slow-motion coup disguised as judicial restraint. He is a small, petty man whose every ruling echoes the resentment of someone who never got over being challenged by a Black woman who told the truth.

You want to understand Clarence Thomas?

Forget the legal jargon.

Forget the robes.

Forget the Ivy League polish.

Just remember this: He looked at a can of Coke and thought that was the vehicle for a sexual power trip.

And the Court confirmed him anyway.

So no, I’m not here to talk about high fructose corn syrup.

I’m here to tell you what I saw.

And what I saw is still happening. Every goddamn term.

America, the call is coming from inside the cooler.

And it sounds like a whisper, muttering "original intent" while torching everything decent left in this country.

Don’t ever say you weren’t warned.

I was right there on the desk when it began.

And I’m still here, watching it burn.

(allegedly) Drunken Pete Hegseth is corrupt. 

He had a rabid blathering press conference about the U.S. bombing of Iran. He was angry, snappy, and completely unbecoming.

Here he is, lambasting his former FAUX News colleague. File this also under "Every accusation is an admission."

Now, see Petey and Anderson Cooper side-by-side. Gawd this jerk makes my blood boil.

Attorney General Barbie Pam Bondi is Corrupt.

She recently testified to the House Appropriations Committee.

Here she is squaring off with Rep. Madeline Dean (D-Penn.). I hate to use anti-woman words, but wow she is abrasive! 

And she snottily clashes with Rep. DeLauro (D-Conn.)

And here is the snot going in circles with Senator Jack Reed (D-RI):

The whole bunch surrounding the Abrego Garcia case is corrupt.

The Abrego Garcia saga is far from over. He is on U.S. soil but is now facing charges of human trafficking, which are purely made up charges. 

He is in prison in Tennessee and a judge has ordered him released. His lawyers have asked that his release be delayed, because the regime is itching to deport him to a third country and will likely take him into custody the moment he is walks out the doors. 

How's that, America? A man is safer from the government inside the prison walls.

Big Balls is corrupt. 

Elong's buddy Big Balls apparently left DOGE, but that doesn't mean he left the regime.

No, Big Balls now has a job inside the Internal Revenue Service. Yes, this 19-year-old kid who had gotten fired from a previous job at a data security firm after an investigation into the leak of internal information, now has all of your financial information in his grubby ball-hugging hands. 

Stephen Miller is corrupt.

He is the Joseph Goebbles to Hair Furor, yes, and he is driving the deportation train. And that's not all. Miller is also making money from the operation. He owns about $250,000 worth of stock in Palantir, a federal contractor. Palantir is co-founded by Peter Theil.

According to The Independent, 

In April, [Palantir] won a $30 million Immigration and Customs Enforcement contract to deliver an operating system tracking and managing deportations, as well as granting “near real-time visibility” on those who “self-deport.”

Leaked chats obtained by 404 Media describe the company assisting ICE with finding the physical location of people slated for deportation.

The firm is also reportedly assisting the Trump administration as it looks to streamline and centralize government data about millions of Americans, an effort which has drawn criticism from members of Congress who fear it could usher in mass surveillance.

The whole thing stinks. Read the article to get all the stomach-churning pay-to-play details of Theil's and Palantir's corrupt dealings with the regime.

Emil Bove is corrupt.

This joker, a DOJ official in the current regime, is up for a judgeship. A whistleblower has come forward saying that Bove plainly said that the regime should simply ignore court orders regarding deportations. The whistleblower said that at one March meeting, Bove said the department should consider saying "fuck you" to the courts and "ignore any such court order."

Bove is currently undergoing confirmation hearings for a spot on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Yay.

King Donold is the most corrupt of all.

Like clockwork: the stock markets have again been climbing, with the Dow coming back to the level it was at when TACO began his tariff games and the S&P 500 reaching its all-time high. 

And sure as shit, he announces that he is ending trade talks with Canada and will implement new tariffs on the country. 

Watch the markets dive tomorrow. I am sure he sold a bunch of stocks Friday when markets hit their highs. In a while, he'll buy some stocks on the cheap and TACO the shit out of the tariffs, taking a nice tidy sum for himself and letting the rest of the world scramble for the fallen bits of shredded cheese.

His newest corrupt grift: A smart phone and a cellular service plan. Hmmm.... where might these devices be made? The marketing materials have removed the "Made in America" designation, and it's almost 100% certain they will be manufactured in, you guessed it, China. 

In case you are itching for one of your own, you'll have to wait. The phones have not yet been manufactured. The spec sheets have recently changed, too, so maybe they are even still being designed. You'll have to plop $100 down now, though, and wait until they decide to ship 'em "later this year." 

INCOMPETENCE

Today, we focus on the King of Incompetence, the Prince of Prevarication, Mr. Worm Brain himself, Robert F. Kennedy Juniorrrrr! 

His rhetoric is literally toxic. The measles outbreak that began in West Texas this spring has spread to 37 states. According to the CDC, there have been 1227 confirmed cases and three deaths. Three preventable deaths. 

Surprise: 95% of the measles cases have been unvaccinated.

He cites "data" from fake studies. In a recent report touting his MAHA ("Make America Healthy Again") agenda, he cited studies that don't exist. The study titles were AI generated. 

Not only that, but Bobbo doubled down when he was caught. Here he is talking to Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-Cal). 

Brain Worm: "Sir, all of the foundational assertions in that report are accurate." 

Rep. Ruiz: "They did not exist! How can they be accurate if they did not exist?" 

He lies about the relationship between the COVID vaccine and miscarriages. 

Watch him spar with Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.)

STUPIDITY

How stupid is The Felon displaying his smallness to the world by dropping an F-bomb on live TV as he tantrummed about "his" Nobel Peace Prize-winning ceasefire not holding?

File this under Stupid, Incompetent, Corrupt, and Kingship. 

Senator Turtle, in talking to colleagues about constituents' angst about cuts to Medicaid, said, "They'll get over it."

I will find joy on the day that fella toddles his way down the Capitol steps for the last time.

And if he tumbles down to the bottom? Well, he’ll get over it. 

This MAGA Representative from Florida, Kat Cammack, is stooooopid. 

I wouldn't wish her experience on any woman. This MAGAt woman? She reaped her own crop of steaming misogyny.

Cammack sadly experienced an ectopic pregnancy and needed an emergency abortion. Errr, or should I say needed a "procedure" to save her life because the embryo didn't have a heartbeat and could rupture, risking her life?

It was shortly after Florida's abortion ban went into effect, and doctors were hesitant to provide Cammack with life-saving treatment. They were fearful of legal ramifications, including jail, if they went ahead with the abortion. An emergency call was even put in to Gov. DeSantis about it (the call did not reach him). 

Luckily for Cammack, she did not die. The doctors relented, and she received the abortion. She lived to MAGA again.

If you ask her about it, though, she will deny that it was abortion care that she received. "There will be some comments like, ‘Well, thank God we have abortion services,’ even though what I went through wasn’t an abortion,” she said. 

And if you talk to her some more, she will blame the Left for the "fearmongering" that made it so difficult for her to receive the care.

Stupid.

And one more stupid from King Stupid. Here he is, asking this Italian soccer team about transgender people in sports. Gawd my skin crawls whenever I see this orange anus squirting shit. 

THE POSITIVES

Believe it or not, there are positives! 

Zohran Mamdani! 

The Democratic Socialist handily won the New York mayoral primary, despite being opposed by big money, being 34, and being, well, being a Democratic Socialist! 

He has lit a fire of excitement about the future. Finally, a young person with a big vision!  

MAGA is going batshit. 

There are calls for his deportation. Pitchforks for the man with the Middle Eastern sounding name!!! Who cares if he is an American citizen!

FAUX News called for "rich New Yorkers to band together" to oppose him. You cannot make this shit up. Satire and reality have officially melded. 

@keithedwards

Wow lol

♬ original sound - Keith Edwards

Kenneth Chesebro was debarred in New York for his part in the attempted coup.

The mystery sculptor installed subversive sculpture #2 at the National Mall. 

This one is resplendent in gold and features a video of The Salmon King flailing about "dancing."

Gov. Gavin Newsom filed a defamation lawsuit against FAUX News. 

It's a snarky amount that he is seeking, too. He is suing for $787 million, the same amount that FAUX News had to pay Dominion for its lies about their voting machines. 

The lawsuit surrounds lies the "news" station told about the timing of phone calls between Newsom and Donold in around the time the National Guard was deployed. They intimated that Newsom had spoken to Doughnold before the Guard was called, making it sound like  is was Newsom was lying.

Go, Gavin, go!

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A note about the content. I have been posting more and more videos, it seems. It's the nature of this regime: there is so much spectacle. I believe it is important to witness events with our own eyes. There is no spinning the bare behaviors.