<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Democracy on Hospice (DOH!): Mixtape on the Titanic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Each installment pairs a Wag Team original song (complete with lyrics and cover art) with a sharp takedown of the week’s most baffling, enraging, or ridiculous news stories. 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Please play it. 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in Progress: Dude, I'm Trying to Racism Here]]></title><link>https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/work-in-progress-dude-im-trying-to</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/work-in-progress-dude-im-trying-to</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[JJ-TaxNinny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 01:47:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Vovp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6cd150fa-8d91-432e-8209-a5dbe4df57d4_1080x1920.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Vovp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6cd150fa-8d91-432e-8209-a5dbe4df57d4_1080x1920.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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Lindsay]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Birthday Ballad for the Republic &#127874;]]></description><link>https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/low-rent-lindsay</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/low-rent-lindsay</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[JJ-TaxNinny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 01:35:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qW_e!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdaf90f43-679f-4d67-8ea9-69a0f324ae1f_1080x1080.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Well, USA, you had a pretty good run.</strong></p><p>Either we overthrow a king every 249 years (and we get off our collective asses a little more effectively <strong>RIGHT NOW OR NEVER</strong>), or we really just don&#8217;t, and we accept this Orbanization of what was pretty much the best darn tootin&#8217; piece of home until <strong>74 million people broke my heart</strong> (and a bunch more stayed home) on November 5, 2024.</p><p><strong>And the hell that hath been wrought since January 20, 2025?</strong> Worse than I imagined. So much for me being a sky-is-falling snowflake.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qW_e!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdaf90f43-679f-4d67-8ea9-69a0f324ae1f_1080x1080.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qW_e!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdaf90f43-679f-4d67-8ea9-69a0f324ae1f_1080x1080.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qW_e!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdaf90f43-679f-4d67-8ea9-69a0f324ae1f_1080x1080.jpeg 848w, 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stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>No, I haven't really <strong>PERSONALLY</strong> felt the true kick in the gut from this YET&#8212;other than watching the unraveling of whatever fragile threads were left holding together this experiment of a country:</p><ul><li><p>Basic decency</p></li><li><p>Functioning institutions</p></li><li><p>The ability to travel abroad at will without being ridiculed</p></li><li><p>The ability to return home without worrying that my little website might get me sent to the El Salvador Gulag or Alligator Auschwitz (if my 6 MPH over the speed limit doesn't get me sent there first&#8212;without due process, we are ALL 6 MPH over the limit away from this&#8212;<strong>TRUE STORY</strong>).</p></li></ul><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z4TS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F288f9e58-177d-4ace-8b66-46a87faba53f_686x700.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z4TS!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F288f9e58-177d-4ace-8b66-46a87faba53f_686x700.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z4TS!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F288f9e58-177d-4ace-8b66-46a87faba53f_686x700.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z4TS!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F288f9e58-177d-4ace-8b66-46a87faba53f_686x700.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z4TS!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F288f9e58-177d-4ace-8b66-46a87faba53f_686x700.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z4TS!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F288f9e58-177d-4ace-8b66-46a87faba53f_686x700.jpeg" width="686" height="700" 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srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z4TS!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F288f9e58-177d-4ace-8b66-46a87faba53f_686x700.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z4TS!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F288f9e58-177d-4ace-8b66-46a87faba53f_686x700.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z4TS!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F288f9e58-177d-4ace-8b66-46a87faba53f_686x700.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z4TS!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F288f9e58-177d-4ace-8b66-46a87faba53f_686x700.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I'm nostalgic for the <strong>54+ years</strong> during which my government was not actively trying to kill me.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Next up:</strong> I update 40 continuing education courses for CPAs and Enrolled Agents.</p><p>So, yeah, I've read the bill. I've tracked it. Since this is very probably the last job I'll ever have, I kinda need to keep it. So I can't go writing stuff down that just ain't so and expect the customers to be like "cool" (these are customers who write in when my rounding in a review question answer choice is different from THEIR rounding).</p><p><strong>The One Big Beautiful Bill Act.</strong></p><p>Yes, its original name, because we have allowed the government to be over-run by people with all the sophistication, class, and restraint of adolescent boys who can't get laid and think they should be getting lots of laid.</p><div><hr></div><p>I'll just mention the little problem we will mostly all feel (due to the gutting of Medicaid and stuff).</p><p>Yeah, most of us aren't on Medicaid. </p><p>(Dear Doh!klahomans: Soonercare = Medicaid)</p><p>But you know who benefits from Medicaid?</p><ul><li><p>All those kids we're gonna need to grow up enough to pick all the fruit rotting in the fields since all the brown people were kicked out.</p></li><li><p>Aunt Doris and Uncle Ed in the nursing home.</p></li></ul><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bJEZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1a5a7615-4c8f-43c6-8ba2-43b40fee4cf7_792x986.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bJEZ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1a5a7615-4c8f-43c6-8ba2-43b40fee4cf7_792x986.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bJEZ!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1a5a7615-4c8f-43c6-8ba2-43b40fee4cf7_792x986.png 848w, 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src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!R03l!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8fa572d4-0c7e-4074-be20-08ebda0ff761_1080x1080.jpeg" width="1080" height="1080" 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>But whatever.</p><div><hr></div><p>I'm just trying not to be despondent.</p><p><strong>So here's a video.</strong></p><p>Why was all this money taken?</p><p>To fund ICE.</p><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a904f1f8-7ef6-46c8-9456-cfba4aee9a5b_964x794.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/58f1759b-4c61-48f9-a35e-307e4f09025d_1290x1924.jpeg&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/34cea940-cd4b-47a6-beaf-6fbcba06bc85_1456x720.png&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p>They blew through their annual budget by last month, and now they've been handed a budget <strong>BIGGER THAN:</strong></p><ul><li><p>the FBI</p></li><li><p>the Bureau of Prisons (<strong>and the US ain't known for its lack of prisons!</strong>)</p></li><li><p>the DEA</p></li></ul><p><strong>-- COMBINED.</strong></p><p>And is any of it for judges? To at least cos-play due process before shoving people into Alligator Auschwitz?</p><p><strong>Nope&#8212;just more agents.</strong></p><p>And more facilities.</p><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/47965e3b-0c86-4eb8-a0f9-26245fea7196_762x1032.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9bfd3d30-a063-4376-8371-3678561972fa_500x482.jpeg&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c1b01707-62fd-4388-a10b-d1dcc986ba42_1456x720.png&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p></p><p>And some Alaska scraps, apparently enough for <strong>MurCOWERski</strong> (to use a Trumpian-style nickname, oh the sophistication!) to refrain from casting a "NO" vote that would have saved millions of lives (not to mention avoid this final nail in the climate-change coffin).</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z4OU!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd9092f9b-9076-4002-a594-888d7cb6e5b4_1080x1080.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z4OU!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd9092f9b-9076-4002-a594-888d7cb6e5b4_1080x1080.jpeg 424w, 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Right here! Play it. </strong></p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;20265472-910a-4dc2-b6c2-679dc5f3dfeb&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p></p><div><hr></div><h3></h3><p></p><div class="image-gallery-embed" 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Loud.</strong></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[This War Brought to You by Daddy Issues and Low Poll Numbers]]></title><description><![CDATA[The time, she marches on.]]></description><link>https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/this-war-brought-to-you-by-daddy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/this-war-brought-to-you-by-daddy</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[JJ-TaxNinny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 04:09:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4WUO!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0570c4f-134f-4f6f-94be-f5c311d43a6f_1080x1350.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>The Ritual Continues</h2><p>I&#8217;m back to that formerly welcome-departed Sunday morning routine: wake up, check the phone, discover democracy has shit the bed again. This time it's bombs dropping on Iran while we collectively hold our breath and wonder how a reality TV host with daddy issues became the arbiter of global stability.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4WUO!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0570c4f-134f-4f6f-94be-f5c311d43a6f_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4WUO!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0570c4f-134f-4f6f-94be-f5c311d43a6f_1080x1350.png 424w, 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Sometimes necessary. Reasonable people have made compelling cases for when force serves legitimate strategic purposes. But this? This isn't strategery. This is a toddler with nuclear weapons having a meltdown because his approval ratings are in the toilet and Elon won't return his calls.</p><div><hr></div><h2>Every Accusation, a Confession</h2><p>Remember all them "STOP WARS" signs from the campaign? </p><p>Remember Charlie Kirk tweeting about how Trump would bring "peace in Ukraine, Israel, and the Middle East again"? </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WcXQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5f5d6d18-2e9e-46e1-897b-9fc931586f6e_1182x510.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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The man who ran on "no new wars" just started one because hims feelers got hurt.</p><div><hr></div><h2>The Attention Economy Goes Nucular</h2><p></p><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b97da66f-b0f4-40cc-a3f4-5f75a87e6925_1080x1350.png&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/daf680d2-9068-4ea5-8b9e-2219cca1b838_1080x1350.png&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/372eda46-11eb-4f22-bb9e-4e953ad93c36_1080x1350.png&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ba97884d-e516-479f-b313-26f74def28b3_1080x1350.png&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/2a4adbe9-bec7-4f2f-bce1-904515681952_1080x1350.png&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d127b986-059f-41da-8264-3442a2963cb3_1080x1350.png&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a651d849-4897-4665-a482-45d2d7944765_1456x964.png&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p></p><p>This isn&#8217;t geopolitics. It's the logical endpoint of social media narcissism. When your entire worldview revolves around being the main character, and the metrics show you're losing relevance, what's left except to blow something up?</p><p>We've reached the point where foreign policy is "go viral or go ballistic so you can go viral, please pay attention to him."</p><div><hr></div><h2>The Corporate Sponsors of Apocalypse</h2><p>This production brought to you by:</p><ul><li><p>Unresolved daddy issues</p></li><li><p>Plummeting approval ratings</p></li><li><p>A desperate need for attention</p></li><li><p>And viewers like you, who probably thought fascism would be quieter</p><p></p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h2>Here We Are Again</h2><p>The protesters are already in the streets outside Trump Tower and the White House. The signs read "Trump is a war criminal" and "Stop the war in Iran." Some of us are doom-scrolling while Rome burns, rating our own apocalypse on Yelp.</p><p>I&#8217;m not surprised. I&#8217;m exhausted. I&#8217;m holding my breath while a man-baby with access to nuclear weapons throws tantrums on social media and calls it foreign policy.</p><div><hr></div><h2>What Now?</h2><p>So, the death throes of a dying democracy, sponsored by the military-industrial complex and a narcissist who can't handle not being the center of attention for five fucking minutes. Made music that&#8217;s kinda funny to cry-laugh with.</p><p>The YankoBoop. Right here. Two minutes. C&#8217;mon. Play her.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;bd5f6687-ae67-498b-b30e-baf9229ea707&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p></p><p><strong>How are you holding up? </strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/this-war-brought-to-you-by-daddy/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/this-war-brought-to-you-by-daddy/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p><strong>Drop a comment and let's process this latest installment of "American Democracy: The Final Season" together.</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p><strong>Subscribe</strong> for more YankoBoops, investigative sass, and musical therapy for the end times. </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/this-war-brought-to-you-by-daddy?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/this-war-brought-to-you-by-daddy?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p><strong>Share.</strong> Under anyone posting &#8220;mission accomplished&#8221; memes unironically. </p><p></p><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text">#DaddyIssuesAndLowPollNumbers 
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#MainCharacterSyndrome</pre></div><p></p><p></p><p>He rilly rilly rilly wants you to pay &#8216;tention to him. </p><p></p><p></p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;622b2a89-0e45-460f-a14b-75f678a397c0&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;8 Feb 2025. A rare YankoBoop video. Right here. Play it!&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Read full story&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Carved Into History (Whether History Likes It Or Not)&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:34339465,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;JJ-TaxNinny&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Saving dogs and democracy. 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Here. Three-ish minutes. C&#8217;mon. </p><p></p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;90f19c5c-b530-4d8a-ba9a-8f3f0de40504&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p><br><br>Part protest ballad, part gallows humor, part bedtime story for those who thought fascism would at least be quieter. It&#8217;s a musical middle finger to another MAGA Forever War and the voters who keep putting military cosplay maniacs in charge.</p><p></p><p><strong>&#128140; Subscribe</strong> &#8212; For more YankoBoops, investigative sass, and anti-authoritarian anthems.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p><strong>&#128257; Share</strong> &#8212; Especially with that cousin who thinks Trump ended wars. You know the one.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/if-we-wake-up-at-war?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/if-we-wake-up-at-war?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p><strong>&#128172; Comment</strong> &#8212; Tell us which line punched you in the diaphragm. Bonus points for war puns.</p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/if-we-wake-up-at-war/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/if-we-wake-up-at-war/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1b9d0507-6d19-4471-8d3b-cd2db02da097_1080x1350.png&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a7d3106c-730c-41ed-8006-e67639bb283e_1080x1350.png&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/773991dd-f329-41c8-97ef-5f8926b44277_1080x1350.png&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/fd3ff74f-307d-4d1a-906d-bea326671473_1080x1350.png&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/772c1f9b-65b6-42ad-afbe-08ed96ef1798_1080x1350.png&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/2c86845e-d245-4a65-8a17-d2ad274cd5e0_1080x1350.png&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3ab32d04-27c2-4174-ad62-4094c628ac62_1456x964.png&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p></p><p>&#128062; <strong>Moby Has Thinks</strong></p><p>Same warmongers, new merch. If you see a flag next to a bomb, don&#8217;t salute it; boop it.</p><div class="image-gallery-embed" 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F* You, That's Why]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two-ish minutes of pure rage: militarized madness, broken promises, and the beautiful brutality of authoritarian incompetence.]]></description><link>https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/because-f-you-thats-why</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/because-f-you-thats-why</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[JJ-TaxNinny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2025 03:06:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!v24S!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa9dce4b-c358-4769-9ad8-1483060f83f8_1080x1350.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tomorrow, Dear Leader Toddler-in-Chief throws himself a military pa-RADE for him&#8217;s berfday!</p><p></p><div class="image-gallery-embed" 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theater while Medicaid gets stripped from many many many many. </p><p>I remember 2020.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!egyv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2ef65e0-8cb9-4642-ad0b-798a18913041_663x960.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!egyv!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2ef65e0-8cb9-4642-ad0b-798a18913041_663x960.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!egyv!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2ef65e0-8cb9-4642-ad0b-798a18913041_663x960.jpeg 848w, 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We can't move in the National Guard unless we're requested by a governor." That was Trump then. Now it's Tank Man 2.0, "very heavy force" threats, and pregnant citizens getting roughed up by federal agents.</p><p>You voted for cheaper eggs. You got militarized streets. You wanted secure borders. You got kidnapped four-year-olds. You trusted the process. Elon's machines helped rig the prize.</p><p>The con is complete. The thief delivered exactly what he promised his real constituents: chaos, spectacle, and the systematic destruction of everything you thought you were voting to protect.</p><p>So here&#8217;s a short YankoBoop. </p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;7e405cf0-74a6-41ca-ac6f-38a2271e3efa&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p></p><p>Two-ish minutes of unapologetic fury set to a driving punk beat. No subtlety. No both-sides. Just the raw truth about what happens when fascists cosplay competence and democracy dies in tactical gear.</p><p>Watch it before tomorrow's parade. Share it during. Because sometimes the only honest response to manufactured crisis is manufactured rage.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>&#128071; Feel Something?</strong></p><p>&#128546; Scream with me. </p><p>&#128233; Subscribe for more democracy-on-hospice meltdowns. </p><p>&#128228; Share with someone who remembers when presidents didn't deploy tanks against citizens.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/because-f-you-thats-why/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/because-f-you-thats-why/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/because-f-you-thats-why?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/because-f-you-thats-why?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p></p><p>#NoKings #TankMan2Point0 #EmbattledRuler #TheConIsComplete #JamsForLateCapitalism</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[ We Cannot Build Bananas in America🍌]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two crucial minutes of joy: fruit, failure, and the federal fantasy of functionality.]]></description><link>https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/we-cannot-build-bananas-in-america</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/we-cannot-build-bananas-in-america</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[JJ-TaxNinny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2025 03:52:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ugnr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F11650040-b690-4e99-b0c5-5d74b6655cef_1080x1350.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Built with legislative grief and potassium despair.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;e170e8e0-f58a-4e30-96f8-a84b733fef45&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><h3>&#128071; Feel Something?</h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ugnr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F11650040-b690-4e99-b0c5-5d74b6655cef_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ugnr!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F11650040-b690-4e99-b0c5-5d74b6655cef_1080x1350.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ugnr!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F11650040-b690-4e99-b0c5-5d74b6655cef_1080x1350.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ugnr!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F11650040-b690-4e99-b0c5-5d74b6655cef_1080x1350.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ugnr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F11650040-b690-4e99-b0c5-5d74b6655cef_1080x1350.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ugnr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F11650040-b690-4e99-b0c5-5d74b6655cef_1080x1350.png" width="1080" height="1350" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/11650040-b690-4e99-b0c5-5d74b6655cef_1080x1350.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1350,&quot;width&quot;:1080,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1292717,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/i/165514900?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F11650040-b690-4e99-b0c5-5d74b6655cef_1080x1350.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ugnr!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F11650040-b690-4e99-b0c5-5d74b6655cef_1080x1350.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ugnr!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F11650040-b690-4e99-b0c5-5d74b6655cef_1080x1350.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ugnr!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F11650040-b690-4e99-b0c5-5d74b6655cef_1080x1350.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ugnr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F11650040-b690-4e99-b0c5-5d74b6655cef_1080x1350.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><ul><li><p>&#128546; <strong>Cry with me.</strong></p></li><li><p>&#128233; <strong>Subscribe for more Moby-led mixed media meltdowns.</strong></p></li><li><p>&#128228; <strong>Share with someone who&#8217;s ever voted, eaten fruit, or screamed into an envelope.</strong></p></li></ul><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/we-cannot-build-bananas-in-america/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/we-cannot-build-bananas-in-america/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share Democracy on Hospice (DOH!)&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share Democracy on Hospice (DOH!)</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h3>#HashtagsFromTheAbyss</h3><p>#PeelTheSystem  #ExportDemocracyImportBananas #TikTokConspiracyTutors #MinimumWageMaximumPotassium #TheEndIsRipe #JamsForLateCapitalism </p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't get into Stanford. My dad didn't storm the capitol (then).]]></title><description><![CDATA[He didn't storm it later either; too old I guess. (Ba dump bump)]]></description><link>https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/i-didnt-get-into-stanford-my-dad</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/i-didnt-get-into-stanford-my-dad</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[JJ-TaxNinny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 02:32:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RFUH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa5f91e45-4138-499b-b507-60b16f97602c_1080x1920.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I didn&#8217;t get into Stanford, my (proud-does-not-begin-to-capture-it-alumnus) dad just kept on not giving them any money. Harvard sends Barron the thin envelope and BAM!</p><h2>The Great Executive Order Tantrum Trilogy of 2025 (yippee!)</h2><h4>1- &#129534; <strong>Yank Harvard&#8217;s tax exemption</strong></h4><p>File under things that require a visual: HARVARD, YOU UP? </p><p>(Right here. Play my video. It&#8217;s 3:28 well-spent. I&#8217;m learning one new skill every weekend and this had that weekend&#8217;s skill. Tell me in the comments what you think the new skill in this video is.)</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;0b0a9fbc-bb41-4e1a-acd9-cd7a957707e8&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/i-didnt-get-into-stanford-my-dad/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/i-didnt-get-into-stanford-my-dad/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p>My college&#8217;s homecoming game was <strong>against</strong> Harvard FFS. And now this turkey has me rooting <em>for</em> Harvard (and China, and covid).</p><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a5f91e45-4138-499b-b507-60b16f97602c_1080x1920.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/810e5f27-1eb3-4398-b43f-ac13c885b952_1080x1920.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/99f4afd9-8fb1-4d95-acb7-1f1fad1774a4_1080x1920.jpeg&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ce16e634-8fa7-408c-94cd-97609ed5f954_1456x474.png&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p></p><p><strong>And if we&#8217;re pulling tax exemption from Harvard&#8212;churches next, please.</strong></p><p>But seriously&#8212;people: <em>stop sending Harvard money.</em></p><p>Yes, great instinct. Now redirect it somewhere useful:</p><h4><strong>https://www.nationalpopularvote.com</strong> </h4><p><a href="https://www.nationalpopularvote.com">ELIMINATE_ELECTORAL_COLLEGE</a></p><div><hr></div><h2>2-&#129475; <strong>Cut off all federal funding</strong></h2><p>Real quotation, probably:</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;You didn&#8217;t let my son in, so you can&#8217;t have science now.&#8221;</p></blockquote><p>He&#8217;s not punishing institutions. He&#8217;s punishing:</p><ul><li><p>Cancer researchers (not to mention patients)</p></li><li><p>Public health departments (not to mention, like, you know, the PUBLIC)</p></li><li><p>Climate modelers (not to mention anyone who lives in the climate)</p></li><li><p>I could go on but I have to work tomorrow.</p></li></ul><p>&#129504; <em>This is not brain drain. It&#8217;s a brain nuke.</em></p><p>You break the pipeline, you break the future.</p><div class="image-gallery-embed" 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And we&#8217;ve de-funded public education. But in the interest of getting this post made today, I&#8217;ll stop. </p><p>One more tantrum thingy first.</p><div><hr></div><h2>3- &#127757; <strong>Ban international students</strong></h2><p>LOL okay&#8212;but...</p><h2>&#129534; <em>How they gonna pay the bills?</em></h2><p>When I was teaching in the business school at Texas A&amp;M (Commerce&#8212;now renamed something more branding-optimized like East Texas A&amp;M), the international students in the business school weren&#8217;t just pulling their tuition-and-fees-and-live-in-the-sticks-in-North-Texas weight&#8212;they were basically paying for <strong>Cletus&#8217;s and Jethro&#8217;s entire edu-muh-cations.</strong></p><p>Mohammed and Abdullah?<br>They paid for Cletus.<br>And for Jethro.<br>And for Kayleigh, whose cousin Brax got the call to be <em>&#8220;Interim Interim VP of Campus Facilities&#8221;</em> for six whole months.</p><p>I&#8217;ve been in the registrar&#8217;s office.</p><p>I&#8217;ve sat through many an accreditation meeting (or heard the recaps thereof).</p><p>I&#8217;ve sat through many a self-congratulatory &#8220;yay, business school! Look at all these humanities departments we&#8217;re funding!&#8221; meeting.</p><p>&#128201; No internationals = no school for Cletus and Kayleigh</p><p>It&#8217;s not enough to wreck America&#8217;s reputation, alliances, and global currency status. No&#8212;he&#8217;s gotta torch institutions older than the U.S. itself just cuz that&#8217;s what he do.</p><h2>Every minute he&#8217;s awake, he breaks something.</h2><p>So here&#8217;s the B-Roll.<br>I didn&#8217;t get around to posting it, but now here it is. Because you need to <em>hear</em> what delusion sounds like in full reggaetronic glory.</p><blockquote><p>&#127911; <em>&#8220;Bigly Aptitude&#8221;</em> &#8212; the very stable byte track. </p><p>Voice of confusion. Beat of tyranny. Dad of the year.<br>Play it. Laugh-cry. Tell me if you figured out the new skill I learned that weekend.</p></blockquote><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;39110217-c4fd-415b-95b5-0dadbe23adfe&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iZHn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F735e03b7-a5cc-465c-ac20-e8b4643082c4_1080x1920.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iZHn!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F735e03b7-a5cc-465c-ac20-e8b4643082c4_1080x1920.jpeg 424w, 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Or just want to guess what new skill I learned in that video?</p><p><strong>Drop it in the comments. I read them.</strong></p><p>&#9993;&#65039; Civic-minded finger? Raised.</p><p>Your move.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/i-didnt-get-into-stanford-my-dad?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/i-didnt-get-into-stanford-my-dad?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/i-didnt-get-into-stanford-my-dad/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/i-didnt-get-into-stanford-my-dad/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h2>&#127926; <strong>COMING SOON:</strong></h2><p><strong>&#8220;Hell Yeah, Cletus&#8221; &#8212; the baby bonus anthem you need to hear. You do. Really. </strong>Possibly see, depending on what skill I might add.</p><blockquote><p><em>Breed 'em for a bonus, y&#8217;all!</em><br>Five grand and a half-box of meat.<br>No Wi-Fi, no healthcare, but sure&#8212;let&#8217;s pay folks to populate the wreckage.</p></blockquote><p>It&#8217;s the MAGA lullaby for the post-policy age.</p><p><strong>Stay tuned. It&#8217;s nearly trailer-ready.</strong></p><p>#HellYeahCletus #BiglyBabies #MobysMixtape #StanfordDidnt #PostPolicyParenting</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pope Covfefe: The Holiest Grift]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well, here&#8217;s my take on the embarrassing interview between some folks&#8217; DEAR LEADER and Terry Moran.]]></description><link>https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/pope-covfefe-the-holiest-grift</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/pope-covfefe-the-holiest-grift</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[JJ-TaxNinny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 00:29:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BgtD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F84e400dd-3249-41cd-9bc7-8bee40fa16d3_1080x1920.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, here&#8217;s my take on the embarrassing interview between some folks&#8217; DEAR LEADER and Terry Moran. <br><br>It&#8217;s not about being aghast at the sacrilegious meme - I don&#8217;t care. </p><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/84e400dd-3249-41cd-9bc7-8bee40fa16d3_1080x1920.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f0551861-aa0a-45b8-8837-c87402b3e090_1080x1920.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b132e63e-9a2c-4555-ae1c-6abd0be555ff_1080x1920.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1590e282-01d6-417f-b000-62d066bd5894_1080x1920.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8dbd41a8-f4f2-46b8-b554-20261c499dcf_1080x1920.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a32843d8-ede9-40e8-b293-f8ecbe4c9934_1080x1920.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a86808d3-1371-4e78-9540-134ff04925b9_1080x1920.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/44f54466-f80c-413c-a74a-3758471358f6_1080x1920.jpeg&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/128731e6-611c-4d24-ba8d-9af22e345039_1456x1700.png&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p></p><p>It&#8217;s about how debased the office has become. How much of a worldwide disappointment, embarrassing, classless, despicable bully the usa has become. <br><br>Thanks, MAGA.</p><p>The first 1:40 is the tattoo argument heard &#8216;round the world.</p><p>The rest is the YankoBoop, &#8220;Holy See Me Now.&#8221;</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;768f8d17-a166-484b-9bd2-2ed3ded32936&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p></p><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text"><strong>Holy See Me Now</strong>
<em>
Saint Donald of Mar-a-Lago, hallowed be thy scam
"Believe me folks," he bleats and shrieks democracy's on the lam
His papal r&#233;sum&#233;'s "tremendous"&#8212;wives changed up like socks
Turns "many people are dying" to gospel on fucking Fox
"Big, beautiful miracles, the biggest you've ever seen"
And convinced his flock that facts are "totally fake news, very mean"

Holy See Me Now, Vatican Coup
Communion wafers with his face, "so incredible, it's true"
Confess your sins to @realDonaldPope
The only faith he preaches is himself&#8212;and that's no fucking joke

"Blessed are the hedge fund kings, they're very, very smart"
"And those who pay no taxes, they're playing at a whole different art"
The College of Cardinals in red caps&#8212;"such loyalty, so great"
While evangelists kiss rings because "nobody respects women more than me, just wait"
The Sistine Chapel ceiling? "Sad! Low energy! Needs my brand!"
"Michelangelo, not a genius, his hands were much smaller than my hands"

When Jesus fed the multitudes, "Let me tell you, he meant"
"They should've paid me, I make the best deals, one hundred percent"
When Moses brought Ten Commandments, "a disaster, by the way"
Trump said, "Mine would be perfect, I know more than Moses, okay?"

Holy See Me Now, Vatican Scheme
Where salvation's "exclusive" through a covfefe tweet
The patron saint of hucksters, "a very stable genius" con
Selling golden tickets with fine print: "Your soul? Yuge pawn!"
"Nobody's more infallible than me, that is bigly true"
The Pope of "You're fired!" has your soul all lined up in his queue
"Render unto Caesar? Fake news! I'm Caesar times ten!"
Saint Donald's collection plate: "Just tithe and tithe again"</em></pre></div><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/pope-covfefe-the-holiest-grift?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/pope-covfefe-the-holiest-grift?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" 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url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZwWQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcf4d7569-b1f3-40cb-a8a7-d961e8263812_1080x1080.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>17 April 2025</strong></p><p>Another YankoBoop dispatch from WAG Team HQ.</p><p>If you've been following my rapid descent into despair via musical theater &#8212; good news. I finished four of these gems this week, and here they are. Everything you&#8217;d want in your YankoBoops (and more): sperm incubators, pearl-clutching senators, fascist hotline menus, and kids deported in their Winnie-the-Pooh hoodies.</p><p>You know.</p><h5>&#8216;Murrica since January 20, 2025.</h5><div><hr></div><p>This post started off as a short(ish) list of things I could do on January 19, 2025 that I cannot do today. It was so depressing, I turned to several of jamz I&#8217;d been cooking up, and I finished &#8216;em. So here they are.</p><h2>&#129516;<strong> Spermies of the Month Club</strong></h2><p>A barbershop anthem &#8216;bout billionaire pantloads (one in particular) who want to repopulate Mars with their s0-much-winNing genes.</p><p>This ditty captures all the joy and nuance of Elon&#8217;s eugenics-themed dating service. Inspired by real news about unsolicited DM proposals, surrogacy NDAs, and this most tragically un-likable dood&#8217;s plan to &#8220;reach legion-level before the apocalypse.&#8221;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZwWQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcf4d7569-b1f3-40cb-a8a7-d961e8263812_1080x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZwWQ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcf4d7569-b1f3-40cb-a8a7-d961e8263812_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZwWQ!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcf4d7569-b1f3-40cb-a8a7-d961e8263812_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZwWQ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcf4d7569-b1f3-40cb-a8a7-d961e8263812_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZwWQ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcf4d7569-b1f3-40cb-a8a7-d961e8263812_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZwWQ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcf4d7569-b1f3-40cb-a8a7-d961e8263812_1080x1080.png" width="1080" height="1080" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cf4d7569-b1f3-40cb-a8a7-d961e8263812_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1080,&quot;width&quot;:1080,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;1.png&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="1.png" title="1.png" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZwWQ!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcf4d7569-b1f3-40cb-a8a7-d961e8263812_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZwWQ!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcf4d7569-b1f3-40cb-a8a7-d961e8263812_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZwWQ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcf4d7569-b1f3-40cb-a8a7-d961e8263812_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZwWQ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcf4d7569-b1f3-40cb-a8a7-d961e8263812_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Here it is. 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Background, icymi - </p><div id="youtube2-toU4bMGS6Xc" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;toU4bMGS6Xc&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/toU4bMGS6Xc?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><h5>Jimmy Kimmel Live-Trump Won&#8217;t Bring Back Mistakenly Deported Man, Elon&#8217;s Baby Making Quest &amp; MyPillow Mike Evicted</h5><div><hr></div><h2>Next Up: <strong>MurCOWERski </strong>&#129523;<strong> Too Scared to Do Our Fucking Jobs</strong></h2><p>Lisa Murkowski live from Terminal B, softly panicking while the Constitution burns.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!O-iG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd6a1e13b-3ce4-4386-a3c1-5de5a061322b_1080x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!O-iG!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd6a1e13b-3ce4-4386-a3c1-5de5a061322b_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!O-iG!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd6a1e13b-3ce4-4386-a3c1-5de5a061322b_1080x1080.png 848w, 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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!O-iG!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd6a1e13b-3ce4-4386-a3c1-5de5a061322b_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!O-iG!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd6a1e13b-3ce4-4386-a3c1-5de5a061322b_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!O-iG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd6a1e13b-3ce4-4386-a3c1-5de5a061322b_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Here it is. Play it. Then send it to your senator.</p><div class="native-audio-embed" data-component-name="AudioPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;label&quot;:null,&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;fb040854-fb2e-4237-b54f-bccd568a7dd3&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:231.15755,&quot;downloadable&quot;:false,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XJB0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec799be7-ad8e-40a4-ac17-dd6f7a1279c3_1080x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XJB0!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec799be7-ad8e-40a4-ac17-dd6f7a1279c3_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XJB0!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec799be7-ad8e-40a4-ac17-dd6f7a1279c3_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XJB0!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec799be7-ad8e-40a4-ac17-dd6f7a1279c3_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XJB0!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec799be7-ad8e-40a4-ac17-dd6f7a1279c3_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XJB0!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec799be7-ad8e-40a4-ac17-dd6f7a1279c3_1080x1080.png" width="1080" height="1080" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ec799be7-ad8e-40a4-ac17-dd6f7a1279c3_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1080,&quot;width&quot;:1080,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;9.png&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="9.png" title="9.png" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XJB0!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec799be7-ad8e-40a4-ac17-dd6f7a1279c3_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XJB0!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec799be7-ad8e-40a4-ac17-dd6f7a1279c3_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XJB0!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec799be7-ad8e-40a4-ac17-dd6f7a1279c3_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XJB0!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec799be7-ad8e-40a4-ac17-dd6f7a1279c3_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Here it is, straight from the horselet&#8217;s mouth. See for yourself.</p><div id="youtube2-69FGNdBemTI" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;69FGNdBemTI&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/69FGNdBemTI?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><h5>Anchorage Daily News - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski on responding to fear and anxiety after Trump administration actions</h5><div><hr></div><p>While we&#8217;re discussing feckless Republicans&#8230;</p><p>Here&#8217;s one from a bit ago (way back in February? Whenever the Gulf of America nonsense started).</p><h2>Gulf of Maine-ingless Gestures</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LNx_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0818f191-dcc3-4e43-9279-266535bc7248_1080x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LNx_!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0818f191-dcc3-4e43-9279-266535bc7248_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LNx_!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0818f191-dcc3-4e43-9279-266535bc7248_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LNx_!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0818f191-dcc3-4e43-9279-266535bc7248_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LNx_!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0818f191-dcc3-4e43-9279-266535bc7248_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LNx_!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0818f191-dcc3-4e43-9279-266535bc7248_1080x1080.png" width="1080" height="1080" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0818f191-dcc3-4e43-9279-266535bc7248_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1080,&quot;width&quot;:1080,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;1.png&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="1.png" title="1.png" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LNx_!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0818f191-dcc3-4e43-9279-266535bc7248_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LNx_!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0818f191-dcc3-4e43-9279-266535bc7248_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LNx_!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0818f191-dcc3-4e43-9279-266535bc7248_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LNx_!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0818f191-dcc3-4e43-9279-266535bc7248_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Here&#8217;s the tune. You know the drill.</p><div class="native-audio-embed" data-component-name="AudioPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;label&quot;:null,&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;0a5002a5-75c6-4ddf-b48a-8898fd136bd9&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:169.95265,&quot;downloadable&quot;:false,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xiNB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9faf4fb0-3a35-4962-8edb-133934b8b451_1080x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xiNB!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9faf4fb0-3a35-4962-8edb-133934b8b451_1080x1080.png 424w, 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Remember how during the campaign so many MAGATs (especially the 3-fers) were ranting and raving about Kamala&#8217;s grave failure to give enough press conferences?</p><p></p><div id="youtube2-V617yRe9fU8" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;V617yRe9fU8&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/V617yRe9fU8?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><h5>CBS 13 News - Maine protesters call out Sen. Collins for not holding a town hall in 25 years</h5><div><hr></div><p></p><p>And yet they keep electing her.</p><p>And then she Susans us all. Over and over and over.</p><div><hr></div><p>Sigh. It&#8217;s time to call it a night. Back to Murcowerski.</p><h2>&#129504;<strong> Thoughts, Prayers, and Airport Stares</strong></h2><p>The saddest one. 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Tim Says QUIT the GOP and Join the Fight!</p><div id="youtube2-dF9g0W1qubU" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;dF9g0W1qubU&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/dF9g0W1qubU?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>So, yeah.</p><p>They&#8217;re deporting 9-year-olds.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PAow!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb93cb5f0-8733-43e4-a060-13c6ef284ac6_1080x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Aaand (oops) hot-mic planning &#8220;5 more CECOTs.&#8221;</p><div id="youtube2-35MPnTjnzdw" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;35MPnTjnzdw&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/35MPnTjnzdw?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><h5><em><strong>LBC - Leading Britain&#8217;s Conversation - Donald Trump caught on hot mic moment planning further abuse of power</strong></em></h5><div><hr></div><p>* Share this with your exhausted friends.</p><p>* Subscribe to sing along with my future fetal-ball breaks.</p><p>* Tell me your thinks.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/songs-in-the-key-of-fascism-and-fertility?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/songs-in-the-key-of-fascism-and-fertility?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" 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Maybe? Ya Think?</strong></p><h2>&#128368;&#65039;<strong> How Long Did It Take Hitler to Consolidate Power?</strong></h2><p><strong>Adolf Hitler</strong> was appointed <strong>Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933</strong>. From there, here&#8217;s the timeline of his swift (the swiftest!) authoritarian consolidation:</p><ul><li><p><strong>February 27, 1933</strong> &#8211; <strong>Reichstag Fire</strong>, used as pretext to suspend civil liberties.</p></li><li><p><strong>February 28, 1933</strong> &#8211; <strong>Reichstag Fire Decree</strong> issued: mass arrests, censorship, elimination of opposition.</p></li><li><p><strong>March 23, 1933</strong> &#8211; <strong>Enabling Act passed</strong>, allowing Hitler to rule by decree &#8212; effectively ending democracy in Germany.</p></li><li><p><strong>July 14, 1933</strong> &#8211; Nazi Party declared the only legal political party.</p></li></ul><p>&#128073; <strong>TOTAL TIME: ~6 months</strong> from chancellor appointment to one-party dictatorship.</p><h2>&#127482;&#127480;<strong> How Long Has Trump Been in Office (Again)?</strong></h2><ul><li><p>Trump was <strong>re-inaugurated on January 20, 2025</strong>.</p></li><li><p>As of <strong>April 17, 2025</strong>, that&#8217;s <strong>88 days</strong> into his second term &#8212; <strong>just under 3 months</strong>.</p></li></ul><h2>&#9878;&#65039;<strong> Comparison:</strong></h2><p>We are <strong>halfway through Hitler&#8217;s six-month consolidation period</strong> &#8212; and we&#8217;ve already seen:</p><ul><li><p>Disregard for Supreme Court orders (e.g., Kilmar Abrego Garcia case)</p></li><li><p>Political retaliation openly discussed (Lisa Murkowski&#8217;s &#8220;we are all afraid&#8221; remarks)</p></li><li><p>Expansion of detention infrastructure abroad (Trump&#8217;s hot mic: &#8220;build five more [CECOTs]&#8221;)</p></li><li><p>Increased deportations and rollback of legal protections, even in schools</p></li><li><p>Cult-like rhetoric about &#8220;legions&#8221; and fertility strategies from allied billionaires</p></li></ul><p>&#129512;</p><p>Hitler took six months. We&#8217;re at month three.<br>The ovens don&#8217;t need to be hot yet for the fascism to be fully cooked.<br>We&#8217;re not early. We&#8217;re <em>right on time</em> to stop it &#8212; if we move.</p><div><hr></div><p></p><h4>By &#8220;we&#8221; I mean <strong>WE</strong>.</h4><p></p><div><hr></div><p>I&#8217;m sure some of my jokes were inspired by Tiedrich, whose Substack I highly highly highly recommend.</p><p><a href="http://www.jefftiedrich.com">www.jefftiedrich.com</a></p><h2>Bonus:</h2><div id="youtube2-JI6zfrA3-CA" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;JI6zfrA3-CA&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JI6zfrA3-CA?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><h5><em><strong>Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life (Full Album)</strong></em></h5><p></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Water Is Mine Now! (Gulf of ME)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Settling into a weekend (of sorts)]]></description><link>https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/all-water-is-mine-now-gulf-of-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/all-water-is-mine-now-gulf-of-me</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[JJ-TaxNinny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 23:19:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6_8D!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F596ff6ec-b8ee-4d05-9289-dc42bca4feee_1080x1080.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Found this dusty gem in mah archive.<br>A song. A YankoBoop. A warning.<br>Never shared it. That was wrong.<br>I shan&#8217;t deprive the world of its brilliance any longer.</p><p>Markets bounced when the tariffs paused.<br>DFT did a little twirl.<br>And the base cheered: &#8220;4-D chess! 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Bounce today.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ep1z!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdc424f9b-7210-4d93-80be-a54aa0387a0c_512x320.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ep1z!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdc424f9b-7210-4d93-80be-a54aa0387a0c_512x320.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ep1z!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdc424f9b-7210-4d93-80be-a54aa0387a0c_512x320.jpeg 848w, 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Yer welc.</p><div class="native-audio-embed" data-component-name="AudioPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;label&quot;:null,&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;b4f87fbe-5a4c-4e5a-962c-3333f5726968&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:182.67429,&quot;downloadable&quot;:false,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BDL-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4a44b2a6-67f0-41fe-93aa-cfa237ca0ec3_1080x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BDL-!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4a44b2a6-67f0-41fe-93aa-cfa237ca0ec3_1080x1080.png 424w, 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from 4.01% to 4.58% within a week, marking its largest weekly increase since the 2008 financial crisis .&#8203;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_yield_curve?utm_source=chatgpt.com">Wikipedia+1Swiss Re Group | Swiss Re+1</a><a href="https://apnews.com/article/46b4818710f01b8cc93fd002081167b0?utm_source=chatgpt.com">AP News</a></p><p>This spike in yields is unusual because, during times of market stress, investors typically flock to U.S. Treasuries as a safe haven, which would drive yields down. However, the opposite occurred, indicating a potential erosion of confidence in U.S. government debt.&#8203;</p><div><hr></div><h2>&#129504; Why Is This Significant?</h2><p>The bond market is a critical component of the global financial system. U.S. Treasuries are considered one of the safest investments and serve as a benchmark for various interest rates, including mortgages and corporate loans.&#8203;<a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/how-to-invest/bonds/bond-market/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">The Motley Fool</a></p><p>A rise in Treasury yields can lead to higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses, potentially slowing economic growth. Moreover, if investors lose confidence in U.S. debt, it could undermine the dollar's status as the world's primary reserve currency.&#8203;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/46b4818710f01b8cc93fd002081167b0?utm_source=chatgpt.com">AP News</a></p><div><hr></div><h2>&#128269; What's Causing the Turmoil?</h2><p>Several factors have contributed to the recent bond market volatility:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Policy Uncertainty</strong>: President Trump's announcement of widespread tariffs on nearly all U.S. trade partners has introduced significant uncertainty, prompting investors to reassess the risk associated with U.S. assets .&#8203;<a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/treasury-bond-yield-set-for-largest-weekly-rise-since-1981-this-isnt-normal-and-it-worries-wall-street-6ed253cf?utm_source=chatgpt.com">AP News+4MarketWatch+4Reuters+4</a></p></li><li><p><strong>Inflation Concerns</strong>: Tariffs can lead to higher consumer prices, fueling inflation fears. Rising inflation erodes the value of fixed-income investments like bonds, leading investors to demand higher yields.&#8203;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/11/what-are-bonds-and-why-have-they-spooked-donald-trump?utm_source=chatgpt.com">The Guardian</a></p></li><li><p><strong>Hedge Fund Activity</strong>: The unwinding of complex hedge fund strategies, such as "basis trades," has added to market volatility. These trades involve exploiting small price differences between related securities, and their rapid unwinding can exacerbate market movements .&#8203;<a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bond-market-chaos-is-fueling-concerns-about-a-crisis-heres-what-you-need-to-know-4ea258e3?utm_source=chatgpt.com">MarketWatch+1AP News+1</a></p></li><li><p><strong>Foreign Investor Behavior</strong>: There are concerns that major foreign holders of U.S. debt, like China and Japan, might reduce their Treasury holdings in response to geopolitical tensions, further pressuring the market .&#8203;<a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/are-investors-losing-faith-in-the-us-ccqvpwk6f?utm_source=chatgpt.com">Latest news &amp; breaking headlines+1Reuters+1</a></p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h2>&#129517; Where to Find More Information</h2><p>For a non-partisan and detailed analysis of the bond market, consider exploring the following resources:</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.schwabassetmanagement.com/content/bond-market-update">Charles Schwab's Bond Market Update</a>: Provides insights into current bond market trends and factors influencing them.&#8203;</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.morningstar.com/bonds/2025-bond-market-outlook-yields-range-bound-volatile">Morningstar's Bond Market Outlook</a>: Offers a comprehensive overview of bond market dynamics and future expectations.&#8203;</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/rates-bonds/government-bonds/us">Bloomberg's U.S. Rates &amp; Bonds</a>: Features real-time data and analysis on U.S. government bond yields and related news.&#8203;</p></li></ul><p></p><div><hr></div><p>Share with someone who thinks a trade war means better parking.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/all-water-is-mine-now-gulf-of-me?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/all-water-is-mine-now-gulf-of-me?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p>Subscribe for more songs about ego-driven empire building.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>Tell me: which part hit hardest&#8212;&#8220;Little Donnies&#8221; or the death of FDIC vibes?</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/all-water-is-mine-now-gulf-of-me/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/all-water-is-mine-now-gulf-of-me/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p><p><strong>#FDICYLater</strong><br><strong>#WaterYouTalkingAbout</strong><br><strong>#LittleDonnies</strong><br><strong>#FloatiesOfDelusion</strong><br><strong>#TantrumAndTradeDeficit</strong></p><div><hr></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-1" href="#footnote-anchor-1" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">1</a><div class="footnote-content"><div class="embedded-post-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;id&quot;:161116931,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.thebulwark.com/p/david-frum-its-too-late-to-stop-the&quot;,&quot;publication_id&quot;:87281,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;The Bulwark&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7bdbd69-ae32-45de-8348-8913f6966d53_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;David Frum: It's Too Late to Stop the Pain&quot;,&quot;truncated_body_text&quot;:&quot;Trump has effectively imposed a trade embargo on China, which means that after the inventory runs out, American retail will soon dry up. 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</svg></div><span class="embedded-post-cta">Listen now</span></div><div class="embedded-post-meta">a year ago &#183; 259 likes &#183; 68 comments &#183; Jonathan V. Last</div></a></div></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-2" href="#footnote-anchor-2" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">2</a><div class="footnote-content"><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;601e56a5-8cac-45a1-8e46-e071f4a6b554&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;In This Installment of Mixtape on the Titanic&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fascism&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:34339465,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;JJ-TaxNinny&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Saving dogs and democracy. 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The YankoBoop.]]></description><link>https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/the-penguins-are-so-relieved</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/the-penguins-are-so-relieved</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[JJ-TaxNinny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 03:42:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iVrz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9ed8e162-310f-42cf-a589-f07105aa1e85_1080x1080.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iVrz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9ed8e162-310f-42cf-a589-f07105aa1e85_1080x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source 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data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text"><em>Hush now, America, close your eyes&#8212;
Your empire&#8217;s held together with duct tape lies.
He&#8217;s not a mastermind, not a genius with a plan,
Just a hateful fucking grifter with a tan from a can.

He breaks the rules, then sells the mess,
The morons say "winning" on Fox and Friends.
He stokes the flames, then holds the hose,
And dances while the world implodes.

Rock-a-bye markets, crash and burn,
Sleep through chaos, don&#8217;t you learn.
And if you cheer while justice bends&#8212;
Don&#8217;t be surprised how this shit ends.

His fans don&#8217;t care, they want the pain,
Someone&#8217;s loss &#8212; somehow their gain.
They&#8217;d rather watch it all collapse,
Than see the truth or check the facts.

No plan. No genius. Just a void.
A baby king with toys destroyed.
He's not confused, he's right on course,
Burns the stable, kills the horse.

Rock-a-bye nation, ash and snow,
When it all falls down, they&#8217;ll say &#8220;we know.&#8221;
And while we rage and fight and grieve&#8212;
The penguins are so relieved.</em></pre></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Injectin' Bleach into the Economy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Orange-Collar Recession]]></description><link>https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/injectin-bleach-into-the-economy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/injectin-bleach-into-the-economy</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[JJ-TaxNinny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 04:09:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JgGq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55b3f6a8-43e4-4dca-9607-6185ac24439b_1080x1080.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>2025.04.02. DFT 2.0.</h1><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JgGq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55b3f6a8-43e4-4dca-9607-6185ac24439b_1080x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JgGq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55b3f6a8-43e4-4dca-9607-6185ac24439b_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JgGq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55b3f6a8-43e4-4dca-9607-6185ac24439b_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JgGq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55b3f6a8-43e4-4dca-9607-6185ac24439b_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JgGq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55b3f6a8-43e4-4dca-9607-6185ac24439b_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JgGq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55b3f6a8-43e4-4dca-9607-6185ac24439b_1080x1080.png" width="1080" height="1080" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/55b3f6a8-43e4-4dca-9607-6185ac24439b_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1080,&quot;width&quot;:1080,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1832543,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/i/160473527?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55b3f6a8-43e4-4dca-9607-6185ac24439b_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JgGq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55b3f6a8-43e4-4dca-9607-6185ac24439b_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JgGq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55b3f6a8-43e4-4dca-9607-6185ac24439b_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JgGq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55b3f6a8-43e4-4dca-9607-6185ac24439b_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JgGq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55b3f6a8-43e4-4dca-9607-6185ac24439b_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><h3>&#127916; 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Biden economy is the envy of the world&#8212;booming jobs, record markets, tamed inflation, strong dollar.</p><h3>Enter DFT.  Fast forward ONE FUCKING QUARTER. </h3><h3>April 2025.</h3><p>Here&#8217;s a little gallery of joy.</p><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/056b8849-add9-4de0-9003-7e8c78c3a94e_1000x566.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0134db42-a90d-4fc6-bf3a-61fbdb73da28_1900x1267.png&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e6299919-7b39-450a-9a06-3976b36b295b_2360x1640.png&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cd6318e8-7b96-44aa-911d-4074ba3670b9_1455x817.png&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/52312879-37b8-4fd6-b91f-aa58719d6582_730x1210.png&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0a004462-a4f9-43f0-9b18-f6b4c7430c0b_1000x562.png&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/764c9332-af51-42be-898f-b24c5cb28c14_1330x1371.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/2768cbf4-4f47-4a24-b852-313c83fbf3cc_800x1000.jpeg&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/67c9a394-cd20-45d2-be14-ca1d8193d89a_1456x1700.png&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p></p><p>What the what what?</p><p>Wednesday afternoon. Sitting in a hospital waiting room waiting for the Other One to get out of her head CT (making sure the tumors didn&#8217;t also take up residence in the head - thankfully, already got the report back - negative (insert airhead joke here if you want)).<br><br>OMFG I can&#8217;t get away from dis moron ANYWHERE. From the OTHERwaiting room. This blithering idiot.</p><p>This blithering idiot follows me everywhere. When I finally get home and check the YouTubeses, there he is again.</p><p>I like this Gen Z guy&#8217;s commentary. Very smart guy. Adam Mockler. </p><h3>Mockler on 47&#8217;s Liberation Day Rose Garden Bullshit</h3><div id="youtube2-3TEwN40CsdU" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;3TEwN40CsdU&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/3TEwN40CsdU?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><h3><strong>Stuff</strong></h3><p>Trump announces tariffs on pretty much all the places, not sure all of them are real. </p><p>The U.S. stock market sheds $2 trillion in 20 minutes. (I guess for all you shitheads who held your nose and voted for this turd thinking he wouldn&#8217;t do all the crazy shit he promised he was going to do: so sorry.) </p><p>Yep, tariffing Viet Nam. <br>And yeah, I used that as a verb. These are crazy times. <br>Welcome to <strong>Wreck the Economy Day.</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3>&#129532; Enter the YankoBoop: <strong>Injectin&#8217; Bleach Into the &#8217;conomy</strong></h3><p>Economic malpractice (moronicness) meets messianic delusion&#8212;with maybe a kazoo solo performed by a sobbing mutual fund.</p><p>&#127911; <strong>Listen / Cringe / Rage / Repost</strong></p><div class="native-audio-embed" data-component-name="AudioPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;label&quot;:null,&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;f5939581-58d9-4e59-8b83-a749067f9fab&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:152.18939,&quot;downloadable&quot;:false,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><h3>&#129504; Reminder: MAGA Isn&#8217;t Populism. It&#8217;s Plutocracy (Rich People Have All the Power) With Stage Makeup.</h3><p>It&#8217;s not about helping the &#8220;forgotten men and women.&#8221;<br>It&#8217;s about helping <strong>the grifted class</strong> feel superior while getting fleeced.<br>And <em>we all</em> pay the price.</p><p>Billionaires buying the dip. Funny how some of &#8216;em got more awash in cash recently. But we don&#8217;t need no protections. It&#8217;s all good. Daddy Trump&#8217;s got us. </p><div><hr></div><p><strong>You don't fix a fever by burning down the hospital.</strong><br>And you don't fix inflation by taxing your own people harder than any peacetime government in U.S. history.</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#129519; Final Thought:</h3><p>We have to get out of this MAGA bullshit.<br>These are <strong>the dumbest people ever</strong> handed real power in a democracy.<br>And they just tried to Clorox the Constitution and inject Windex into Wall Street.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#128172; Got rage? Drop your favorite fake Trump economic idea in the comments. Winner gets a red hat embroidered with <strong>&#8220;Inject This.&#8221;</strong></p><p>#VeryStableDownturn #OrangeCollarRecession #InjectinBleach #Tariffocalypse #MAGAonomics #LetThemEatHorsePaste</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/injectin-bleach-into-the-economy?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/injectin-bleach-into-the-economy?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/injectin-bleach-into-the-economy/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/injectin-bleach-into-the-economy/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h2>Injectin' Bleach into the &#8216;conomy</h2><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text"><em>The market had a mild cold  
A little cough, some trade control  
Then he rolled in with his &#8220;miracle cure&#8221;  
Said &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry folks, I&#8217;ve got the pure&#8221;  

He stared at the Dow like a golden calf  
Called it &#8220;weak,&#8221; then made us all do math  
Said, &#8220;What if we shoot it? Right in the vein?&#8221;  
With Lysol stocks and chlorine rain  

He injected bleach into the global flow  
Told Jerome Powell, &#8220;Just print and go!&#8221;  
Now the dollar&#8217;s twitchin&#8217;, the bonds can&#8217;t cope  
And Wall Street&#8217;s trippin&#8217; on ivermectin hope  

Bleach in the veins of the market, oh no  
Flushed out sense like a flushed commode  
Fiscal cliffs with Clorox mist  
And a 401(k) with a death wish  

Liberation Day, they popped the cork  
On tariffs, debt, and horse deworming pork  
Commerce said, &#8220;That&#8217;s not how it works&#8221;  
He said, &#8220;Shhh, I saw it on Truth Social first&#8221;

He tried to disinfect GDP  
Now GDP has a PhD in bankruptcy  
Said &#8220;Trust me, this&#8217;ll clean us right up&#8221;  
Then drank from a Purell coffee cup  

Bleach in the veins of the market, my friend  
A cleansing fire with no end  
Invest in gold, or buy a bunker  
Your mutual fund&#8217;s now just a hunch-er  

He bleached the books, he scrubbed the stats  
Declared a win, and sold red hats  
The economy twitched, then flat-out died  
As he winked and said, &#8220;We&#8217;re terrified.&#8221;  
  
Oh Keynes! Oh Milton! Forgive our sin!  
He poured Lysol straight into NASDAQ&#8217;s chin  
It wasn&#8217;t a stimulus, it wasn&#8217;t relief  
It was bleach in the bloodstream of belief  </em></pre></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woke Zoo]]></title><description><![CDATA[JD Needs Sump'n to Do]]></description><link>https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/woke-zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/woke-zoo</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[JJ-TaxNinny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 02:51:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-RRQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fde5a84c6-0f47-440a-89db-a7b558748317_1080x1080.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Executive Disorder: The National Zoo's Radical Animal Agenda</h2><p>Just when I thought the Trump-Vance regime couldn't possibly find new territory for its culture war crusade, these fellas and their enablers have managed to outdo themselves. </p><div 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Hotbed of radical leftist indoctrination that it became under Jabiden.</p><p>But what exactly means this: "improper ideology" at a zoo? Are the monkeys hosting critical theory book clubs? Are the flamingos forming queer collectives? Is the sloth teaching anti-capitalist resistance through deliberate non-productivity?</p><p>The executive order (EO #9- bazillion) specifically targets the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the American Women's History Museum, suggesting these institutions present "divisive narratives." It also recommends reinstating Confederate monuments (because nothing says "patriotism" quiiiiite like celebrating those who tried to break up the nation that other time back then, you know, so they could keep slaves and whatnot) and mandates that the Women's History Museum not recognize transgender women.</p><p>This latest move follows a string of embarrassing national security blunders, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Signal chat controversy and National Security Advisor Michael Waltz's public Venmo account that revealed connections to hundreds of associates. </p><p>I bring this up again only to point out: all this other attempted distraction bullshit is NOT removing the Heggy-led text-y fistbump-USflag-fire &#8220;we bomb at 2&#8221; from the headlines, much to Hillbilly Isis&#8217;s chagrin.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Snph!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5643a442-67de-4a48-a870-caa2b824de3b_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Snph!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5643a442-67de-4a48-a870-caa2b824de3b_1080x1080.png" width="1080" height="1080" 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From unionizing chimpanzees to gender-theory-teaching meerkats, this avant-garde jazz rock track with theatrical Broadway flair captures the paranoid spiral of a man who sees leftist indoctrination lurking behind every cage.</p><div><hr></div><p>I&#8217;m not even kidding.</p><div id="youtube2-u40LwLiav8g" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;u40LwLiav8g&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/u40LwLiav8g?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><h5>Really American Media - <strong>Trump Targets "WOKE ZOOS" with INSANE New Order</strong></h5><div><hr></div><p>The song follows the confused VP as he discovers the horrifying truth: the animals have been reading theory, organizing protests, and worst of all, using they/them pronouns. By the end, he's completely unhinged, calling for ICE to raid the iguana habitat while desperately searching for his beloved furniture.</p><div><hr></div><h2>Meanwhile, In Actual National Security News</h2><p>While the 45/47 regime focuses on the pressing issue of woke zoo animals, let's remember what's happening with actual national security:</p><ol><li><p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared classified information about Yemen airstrikes in a Signal group chat that included a journalist (not letting you push that out of the attention with this bullshit distraction) [Wall Street Journal] <a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a></p></li><li><p>The CIA director had to publicly declare that Hegseth "was not drunk" when discussing bombing plans (reassuring fer sure)[The Independent]<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-2" href="#footnote-2" target="_self">2</a></p></li><li><p>National Security Advisor Michael Waltz had his Venmo account set to public, revealing hundreds of his personal and professional connections [Global News]<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-3" href="#footnote-3" target="_self">3</a></p></li><li><p>The DOJ won't prosecute anyone over the Signal chat fiasco because reasons</p></li></ol><p>But don't worry, America's greatest threat&#8212;progressive penguins with pronoun pins&#8212;is being handled with the utmost urgency.</p><div><hr></div><h2>This Week's Reading Recommendations for the Resistance:</h2><ol><li><p><strong>"Zoos: A Critical History" by Elizabeth Hanson</strong> &#8212; Because nothing is more dangerous than understanding the complex colonial history of zoological gardens. <a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-4" href="#footnote-4" target="_self">4</a></p></li><li><p><strong>"All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis" edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson &amp; Katharine K. Wilkinson</strong> &#8212; A collection sure to trigger the administration, featuring women writing about science. <a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-5" href="#footnote-5" target="_self">5</a></p></li><li><p><strong>"The Lorax" by Dr. Seuss</strong> &#8212; A refresher on environmental messaging that's surely on the verge of being labeled as "improper ideology." <a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-6" href="#footnote-6" target="_self">6</a></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><p>&#128165; Did a radical lemur steal your heart? Subscribe to keep Democracy on Hospice alive! &#128165;</p><p>&#128071; Comment below with which animal you think is the most dangerous threat to American values. Is it the koalas with their slow-burn marxism? The flamingos with their fabulous stance on gender? &#128071;</p><p>&#128260; Share this YankoBoop with anyone who needs a laugh while democracy crumbles! </p><p></p><div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/woke-zoo/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/woke-zoo/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/woke-zoo?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/woke-zoo?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>&#9888;&#65039; ANIMALS ON JD'S WATCHLIST &#9888;&#65039;</p><h4>Turtles</h4><p>  suspiciously slow - possibly conserving energy for the revolution</p><h4>Peacocks</h4><p>  flamboyant display of colors suggests LGBTQ+ sympathies</p><h4>Owls</h4><p>  excessive reading habits; suspected academia connections</p><h4>Dolphins</h4><p>  communicate in code; may be passing classified information</p><h4>Elephants</h4><p>  never forget... especially past injustices - dangerous</p><h4>Beavers</h4><p>  building infrastructure without permits - socialist tendencies</p><h4>Eagles</h4><p>  becoming increasingly critical of "freedom" definition</p><h4>Llamas</h4><p>  refusal to recognize authority figures; spitting incidents</p><h4>Meerkats</h4><p>  always on lookout for "threats" - paranoid surveillance state</p><h4>Red pandas</h4><p>  red. 'nuff said.</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#128220; OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL ZOO COLLECTIVE &#128220;</h3><p>We, the residents of the National Zoo, categorically deny all allegations of improper ideology. The gorillas have never read Chomsky (the pages are too small for their fingers), and the claim that our penguins formed a "gay agenda book club" is simply speculation based on their formal attire.</p><p>The prairie dogs are not "building tunnel networks for underground resistance" but are simply following their natural instincts, much like how Mr. Vance follows his natural instinct to romance household objects.</p><p>We request that the Vice President complete sensitivity training before his visit, as the last time a conservative politician entered our grounds, three elephants filed for PTSD compensation.</p><p>Respectfully submitted,</p><p><em>The Zoo Residents</em></p><p>(Dictated but not read; lack of opposable thumbs)</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#129681; FURNITURE CORNER: Comfort for the Veep &#129681;</h3><p>BREAKING: White House sources confirm JD Vance has requested "emotional support furniture" for his upcoming zoo inspection tour. His requirements include:</p><p>- One (1) mid-century modern ottoman (must be "curvy but firm")</p><p>- Two (2) plush armchairs (for "strategic planning sessions")</p><p>- One (1) antique chaise longue(for "moments of constitutional crisis")</p><p>Secret Service has been instructed to pre-screen all furniture for leftist literature hidden between cushions and to ensure no upholstery contains recycled materials, as that would constitute "environmental propaganda."</p><p>Staffers have been advised to look away discreetly when the Vice President requires "private time" with particularly attractive display cabinets.</p><div><hr></div><p>#ZooAnarchyIsRea  #FurnitureForVance  #WokeWarthogBrunch  #AOCPettingZoo  #IBlamedThePandas  #SlothsReadingMarx  #QueerFlamingoBrigade  #SaveTheIguanasFromICE  #CapybarasTalkingPrivilege  #IgotCanceledByAZebra  #VanceVsVulture2025  #NationalZooConspiracy</p><div><hr></div><p><em>Until next time, when I'll prolly be covering executive orders against the radical leftist agenda of aquariums? National parks? The concept of gravity? Who can say.</em></p><p><em>Keep wagging against the machine,</em><br><em>JJ-TaxNinny</em><br><em>Democracy on Hospice (DOH!)</em></p><div><hr></div><p><em>Disclaimer: The Wag Team and Democracy on Hospice (DOH!) are satirical projects created to help us all cope with the increasingly bizarre reality of American politics in 2025. No animals were radicalized in the making of this content, though several have expressed interest in joining our newsletter.</em></p><div><hr></div><h2>Zoo the F*k Do You Think You Are!</h2><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text"><em>Uh&#8230; why is the zebra holding a picket sign?  
And what the hell is that sloth reading?  
Wait&#8212;did the flamingos just cancel me?

I came to the zoo to unwind and reflect  
Instead I got heckled by a woke dialect  
The chimpanzees formed a union on sight  
And a capybara told me my privilege was white

 Zoo the fuck do you think you are?  
Paintin' rainbows on the monkey bars!  
That jaguar runs a mutual aid  
The penguins got paid parental leave today  
Zoo the fuck&#8212;you better stop that chant!  
The iguanas meditate and they recite Kant!  
D.E.I. in the lion&#8217;s den,  
It&#8217;s &#8220;Hakuna Matata&#8221; with a socialist pen! 

&#8220;In today&#8217;s news: a gender-fluid otter organized a 
&#8216;Fur is Murder&#8217; protest by the seal pool.  
The administration has yet to respond. Back to you, flamingos.&#8221;

The parrots misgendered me ON PURPOSE I swear  
The hyenas just laughed&#8212;oh god they don&#8217;t care  
A koala taught C.R.T. to a whole first-grade class  
And the warthogs run drag brunch with flair and sass!

Zoo the fuck&#8212;you got theories now?!  
A peacock just cited bell hooks somehow  
The pandas podcast Marxist critique  
And the otters toss books from a banned reading week! 
Zoo the f***&#8212;I&#8217;m filing a brief!  
The kangaroo smirked like a radical priest  
I came for giraffes, now I&#8217;m part of a coup&#8212;  
There&#8217;s a mural of A.O.C. in the damn petting zoo 

&#8220;Shut it down! SHUT IT ALL DOWN!  
Get ice on the iguanas&#8212;GO GO GO!!!&#8221;</em></pre></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-1" href="#footnote-anchor-1" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">1</a><div class="footnote-content"><div id="youtube2-xG2Hf8c6xZo" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;xG2Hf8c6xZo&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xG2Hf8c6xZo?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><ol><li><p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared classified information about Yemen airstrikes in a Signal group chat that included a journalist (not letting you push that out of the attention with this bullshit distraction)</p></li></ol></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-2" href="#footnote-anchor-2" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">2</a><div class="footnote-content"><ol><li><p>The CIA director had to publicly declare that Hegseth "was not drunk" when discussing bombing plans (reassuring fer sure)</p><p></p><div id="youtube2-BJnYqhj6q2o" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;BJnYqhj6q2o&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/BJnYqhj6q2o?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div></li></ol><p></p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-3" href="#footnote-anchor-3" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">3</a><div class="footnote-content"><div id="youtube2-ya-r2Kh_BWY" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;ya-r2Kh_BWY&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ya-r2Kh_BWY?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><ol><li><p>National Security Advisor Michael Waltz had his Venmo account set to public, revealing hundreds of his personal and professional connections [Global News]</p></li></ol></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-4" href="#footnote-anchor-4" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">4</a><div class="footnote-content"><h1><strong>Animal Attractions: Nature on Display in American Zoos</strong></h1><p><em><a href="https://interabangbooks.com/search?type=author&amp;q=Hanson%2C%20Elizabeth">Elizabeth Hanson</a></em></p><p>https://interabangbooks.com/book/9780691117706 </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OidI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a3408d4-67f0-4bdf-bbfe-77828e253f98_265x400.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OidI!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a3408d4-67f0-4bdf-bbfe-77828e253f98_265x400.jpeg 424w, 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-6" href="#footnote-anchor-6" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">6</a><div class="footnote-content"><h1><strong>The Lorax</strong></h1><p><em><a href="https://interabangbooks.com/search?type=author&amp;q=Seuss%2C%20Dr.">Dr. Seuss</a></em></p><p>https://interabangbooks.com/book/9780394823379</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2OSu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F805e2ac9-b51c-4633-b9d6-05dac9b40cf3_295x400.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2OSu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F805e2ac9-b51c-4633-b9d6-05dac9b40cf3_295x400.jpeg" width="295" height="400" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/805e2ac9-b51c-4633-b9d6-05dac9b40cf3_295x400.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:400,&quot;width&quot;:295,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;The Lorax (Classic Seuss)&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="The Lorax (Classic Seuss)" title="The Lorax (Classic Seuss)" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2OSu!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F805e2ac9-b51c-4633-b9d6-05dac9b40cf3_295x400.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2OSu!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F805e2ac9-b51c-4633-b9d6-05dac9b40cf3_295x400.jpeg 848w, 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]]></title><description><![CDATA[WhiskeyLeaks: Top Secret Meets Mid-Day Tipsy Text (Hillary's Server Could Never)]]></description><link>https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/from-1997-prague-to-2025-pentagon</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/from-1997-prague-to-2025-pentagon</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[JJ-TaxNinny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2025 23:34:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G1Dh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec4413d5-2ce6-4882-a2bb-7e8e88adaf62_1080x1080.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><strong>2025.03.25-29.</strong></h2><p>I'm exhausted. And embarrassed. And infuriated.</p><p>Let's just start with the YankoBoop! "PeteThumping" &#127925;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G1Dh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec4413d5-2ce6-4882-a2bb-7e8e88adaf62_1080x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G1Dh!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec4413d5-2ce6-4882-a2bb-7e8e88adaf62_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G1Dh!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec4413d5-2ce6-4882-a2bb-7e8e88adaf62_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G1Dh!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec4413d5-2ce6-4882-a2bb-7e8e88adaf62_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G1Dh!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec4413d5-2ce6-4882-a2bb-7e8e88adaf62_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G1Dh!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec4413d5-2ce6-4882-a2bb-7e8e88adaf62_1080x1080.png" width="1080" height="1080" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ec4413d5-2ce6-4882-a2bb-7e8e88adaf62_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1080,&quot;width&quot;:1080,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:949062,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/i/159879150?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec4413d5-2ce6-4882-a2bb-7e8e88adaf62_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G1Dh!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec4413d5-2ce6-4882-a2bb-7e8e88adaf62_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G1Dh!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec4413d5-2ce6-4882-a2bb-7e8e88adaf62_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G1Dh!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec4413d5-2ce6-4882-a2bb-7e8e88adaf62_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G1Dh!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec4413d5-2ce6-4882-a2bb-7e8e88adaf62_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Here it is. Feel free to play it. These won&#8217;t be on music distributors anymore because I&#8217;d prefer to stay out of the El Salvador Gulag, and that&#8217;s just the country we live in now. So for everyone who voted for this (especially the three-fers): F.U. </p><h2>The YankoBoop. 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They&#8217;ve been published pretty much everywhere except Fox and Dear Leader&#8217;s other outlets. </p><p>Chumbawamba's "Tubthumping" slid into my jamz and I had a moment.</p><div id="youtube2-OQhbt2c8JqU" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;OQhbt2c8JqU&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/OQhbt2c8JqU?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>Suddenly, I wasn't just annoyed at the news&#8212;I was jamming, and I was transported right back to 1997.</p><p>This particular ditty (still love it!) takes me <strong>RIGHT</strong> back to a hotel room in Prague, where The Matron and I were traveling across just a smidge of Eastern Europe. It was a great trip, this &#8220;fam trip.&#8221; The Matron was in the travel business at the time, and I&#8217;d spent enough holidays and summers delivering airline tickets that I could go on an occasional one of these fam[iliarization] jaunts &#8212; trips to places, big discounts in return for familiarizing ourselves with their properties (so as to sell them better). No internet yet. No YouTube. Imagine!</p><p>This fam trip was to Dachau, Auschwitz, and Krakow. </p><p>It was the November after I finished law school. A fall trip with a party bus full of travel agents with a fun-n-somber agenda.</p><p>I have only my mental pictures because <em>someone</em> forgot to put film in her camera.</p><p>It was a different time to be an American abroad. There was a quiet pride in being from a country that stood for something better (and that had helped defeat, you know, fascism and stuff).</p><p>At the time, The Matron and I didn't agree on everything&#8212;how dare I suggest that Reagan's trickle-down magic wasn't really working out for anyone beyond our comfortable bubble. But our disagreements still existed within a shared reality where facts mattered and democracy was non-negotiable.</p><p>Then, over the years, some people didn&#8217;t even try to resist getting red-pilled (and it&#8217;s this unwillingness to consider taking even little itty bitty baby steps toward looking outside of Fox that (at first) kept me so infuriated out of my mind). A steady diet of increasingly extreme media and algorithmic radicalization. </p><p>Now folks seem to think that transgender foreigners have somehow stolen opportunities they were entitled to but never actually had&#8212;opportunities that exist only in the mythology of their grievance-based worldview. What was once a political disagreement has morphed into completely separate realities. </p><p>Back then, we didn't <em>have</em> to agree on everything. I would've bet [something really worth betting] that we agreed on basic humanity, kindness, not torturing people, checks and balances in the branches of government, the rule of law. Travel was a good thing. Exposure to other cultures was a good thing. It was cool being able to have checking accounts (even as women!) and to vote! And if needed, to terminate a pregnancy. Even in Texas. No fear of getting charged with murder should one in a pregnant state suddenly miscarry.</p><p>While touring Auschwitz, the Matron and I agreed (silently) that is was sad and horrific: these piles of eyeglasses and hair and other things collected from people on their way to being gassed, or maybe pried from their fried bodies (who can say?).</p><p>Dark, rainy, musty smell, too warm for the season (I think we were already divided on the whole "myth" of climate change &#8212; guess which one of us believed science (and may have written her first YankoBoop in 1980-ish, at age 10, on "hydras floored carboms (sic) destroying the Os' Tone Layer" (tortured pun &#8212;I started early &#8212; hydrofluorocarbons destroying the ozone layer). </p><p>And now here we are in 2025, with a Secretary of Defense who can't manage a group chat but somehow has access to the nuclear codes. We&#8217;ve changed sides &#8212; yep &#8212; screw Ukraine, long live Russia (apparently).</p><p>And one of us voted for this (three times).</p><p>For the record, here&#8217;s my view:</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lPmD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcba44ee5-8930-4638-8f9f-c3a04600b3a1_1080x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lPmD!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcba44ee5-8930-4638-8f9f-c3a04600b3a1_1080x1080.png 424w, 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And also for the record: she was not my favorite. She&#8217;d have been infintely preferable to DFT 1.0 and DFT 2.0 is beyond the beyonds. In case you hadn&#8217;t noticed. </p><h2>The WhiskeyLeaks Remix</h2><p>One song just wasn't enough for this level of national security incompetence, I crafted a second take with a different vibe.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_u33!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F35a82dc0-672f-410d-ab04-295be9058455_1080x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_u33!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F35a82dc0-672f-410d-ab04-295be9058455_1080x1080.png 424w, 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authentic."</p><p><strong>Pete:</strong> "Nobody was texting war plans, and that's all I have to say about that."</p><div id="youtube2-Rk4lU0rHOhw" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;Rk4lU0rHOhw&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Rk4lU0rHOhw?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><h5>[LiveNOW from FOX - <strong>Signal chat leak: Defense secretary Pete Hegseth remarks on group chat leak]</strong></h5><div><hr></div><p><strong>Translation:</strong> <em>I absolutely texted war plans but am counting on my base never believing anything that contradicts what I say.</em></p><p>There's always that one person in the group chat who communicates 50% in emoji. Someone made that person the National Security Adviser.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NDsW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa191ef5b-7be3-42b1-bf0e-61c217d60740_1080x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NDsW!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa191ef5b-7be3-42b1-bf0e-61c217d60740_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NDsW!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa191ef5b-7be3-42b1-bf0e-61c217d60740_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NDsW!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa191ef5b-7be3-42b1-bf0e-61c217d60740_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NDsW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa191ef5b-7be3-42b1-bf0e-61c217d60740_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NDsW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa191ef5b-7be3-42b1-bf0e-61c217d60740_1080x1080.png" width="1080" height="1080" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a191ef5b-7be3-42b1-bf0e-61c217d60740_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1080,&quot;width&quot;:1080,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:206364,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/i/159879150?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa191ef5b-7be3-42b1-bf0e-61c217d60740_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NDsW!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa191ef5b-7be3-42b1-bf0e-61c217d60740_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NDsW!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa191ef5b-7be3-42b1-bf0e-61c217d60740_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NDsW!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa191ef5b-7be3-42b1-bf0e-61c217d60740_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NDsW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa191ef5b-7be3-42b1-bf0e-61c217d60740_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h2>WHAT YOU CAN DO (INSTEAD OF JUST SCREAMING)</h2><p>&#10004;&#65039; Share this story and song&#8212;make sure everyone understands the hypocrisy</p><p>&#10004;&#65039; Don't let them control the narrative&#8212;point out the double standard EVERY time</p><p>&#10004;&#65039; Remember this in 2026&#8212;accountability at the ballot box (assuming there&#8217;s anything left by then)</p><p>&#10004;&#65039; Check in on your relatives still living under the red pill fog&#8212;maybe send them Tubthumping as a reminder of simpler times</p><p>&#10004;&#65039; Make your five calls a day (iykyk)</p><h2>Final Thought: </h2><h3>It's not funny, but laughing is one way to bug them (they&#8217;re pretty snowflakey with the ridicule when they&#8217;re not the ones dishing it out).</h3><p>This isn't just another scandal. It's a perfect encapsulation of everything wrong with this administration&#8212;incompetence, hypocrisy, and zero accountability.</p><p>But we can't just scream into the void. We need to document it, mock it, and organize against it.</p><p>&#128276; SUBSCRIBE. SHARE. COMMENT. JOIN THE RESISTANCE</p><p>&#128233; [Free subscription &#8211; never miss a post] </p><p>&#128226; [Share this on every platform that still allows facts] </p><p>&#128172; [Drop a comment &#8211; let's talk about it]</p><p>#WhiskeyLeaks #PeteThumping #NationalSecurity #DoubleStandards #Democracy </p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/from-1997-prague-to-2025-pentagon?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/from-1997-prague-to-2025-pentagon?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/from-1997-prague-to-2025-pentagon/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/from-1997-prague-to-2025-pentagon/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h2>PeteThumping</h2><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text"><em>Truth is, I thought secure channels mattered. 

I thought national defense mattered.

But does it? 

Bollocks. 

Not compared to Pete's group chat vibe check.

We'll be leaking
While we're drinking
We'll be leaking

I texted war
Then I blamed the press
You'll never hold me down
I texted war
Then I blamed the press
You'll never hold me down

He drinks a whiskey drink
He drinks a Signal ping
He sends a war plan link
Then blames the whole damn thing
He sings the songs that remind him of his frat house
He sings the lies that deflect like a louse
Oh, Benghazi
Oh, her emails
Oh, Fast and Furious
Oh, you snowflakes

He texts a target map (He leaks 'em!)
He shares the weapons pack (He sends 'em!)
He adds Jeff G.
Says "Oopsie, my bad, see?"
Typing with thumbs
As the bourbon numbs
Fat-fingered "Add All"
Now Yemen knows it all

I texted war
Then I gaslit hard
You'll never hold me down
I texted war
Then I spun real fast
Still no orange gown

"I was just... you know... multi-tasking...
Running the Pentagon... having a drink...
If I can't share war plans with friends
And random journalists... is this even America?
Was I not&#8230; supposed to?
Was the&#8230; airstrike thingy&#8230; off limits?
I was led to believe&#8230; Signal is private.
OPSEC? What's that?
SCIF? Just a chat room
Need-to-know? Everyone!
Clearance? That's no fun!"

He drinks a whiskey drink
He leaks a Yemen strike
Her server? TREASON! LOCK HER UP!
His war plans? Just a little hiccup
He sings the songs that remind him of immunity
He sings the tunes that rewrite reality
Oh, the witch hunt
Oh, I was framed
Oh, the hoax list
Oh, I did great

He gets no court date
He gets no charge
You'll never bring him down
He leaks classified
And winks real large
You'll never bring him down

So raise your glass
To classified sass
Where national secrets
Just need a bourbon pass!
Texted it once
Lied it twice
Pete don't care, just blinks real nice</em></pre></div><h2>WhiskeyLeaks</h2><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text">&#127926; [VERSE 1 &#8211; sloshy banjo, stumbly beat]

<em>Pete had a drink and then he had a couple more,
Logged onto Signal and typed &#8220;let&#8217;s go to war.&#8221;
Hit &#8220;Send All&#8221; &#8212; whoops, added Jeff G.,
Now Yemen&#8217;s got the playbook, and look it's casualty-free.

No SCIF, no brief, just vibes and flag pins,
He runs D.O.D. like it&#8217;s poker with friends.
War plan went out like holiday memes,
Now the N.S.C. chugs Maalox and screams.</em>

&#127926; [CHORUS &#8211; hoedown holler with ironic trumpet]

<em>Oopsie daisy, Signal crazy,
Plastered Pete don&#8217;t read fine print.
Texted war to Jeffrey G.,
Now the world&#8217;s in Yemen&#8217;s mint.

Raise your glass and dump the files,
Hoot and holler while justice leaks.
He&#8217;s in camo but makes typos &#8212;
Welcome y&#8217;all&#8230; to Whiskeyleaks.</em>

&#127926; [VERSE 2 &#8211; ragtime piano + fiddly menace]

<em>Remember how Hillary ruined the globe
With a server? (spoiler: no classified code)
But Heggy's in a Signal group chat mess,
With Marco, Tulsi, and &#8220;who leaked the address?&#8221;

Jeffrey&#8217;s like &#8220;Uh, guys, I&#8217;m a scribe,&#8221;
But they kept on texting like &#8220;This is the vibe.&#8221;
They planned a war like a brunch at the lake,
Now the world&#8217;s on fire &#8212; was that a mistake?</em>

&#127926; [BRIDGE]
<em>&#8220;Was that wrong?&#8221;
(Was that wrong?)
&#8220;Nobody told me I couldn't text an airstrike plan&#8230;&#8221;
(Nobody told me...)
&#8220;I assumed... you know... we all trust each other&#8230;&#8221;
(trust&#8230;each&#8230;other&#8230;)</em>

&#127926; [CHORUS 2 &#8211; tambourine + clapping + synth dropout]

<em>Oopsie daisy, laws are hazy
If you ain't got a D on your tag.
Hillary blinked, Pete leaked ops &#8212;
Guess treason&#8217;s fine with the right flag.
Sip and leak, and blame the press,
&#8220;Who gave that journalist access?&#8221;
He&#8217;s no Snowden, just too lit &#8212;
Plastered Pete and his Whiskyleaks.</em> 

&#127926; [OUTRO &#8211; slow, dramatic fade with soft kazoo]

<em>So raise your flask for national shame,
And toast to cowards who dodge the blame.
He spilled the war and kept his seat...
No orange jumpsuit.
Just Whiskeyleaks.</em></pre></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daddy Vladdy Won’t Pick Up]]></title><description><![CDATA[Leadership is knowing when to wait patiently for instructions?]]></description><link>https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/daddy-vladdy-wont-pick-up</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/daddy-vladdy-wont-pick-up</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[JJ-TaxNinny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 03:04:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VV77!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdab5496e-8f30-4eb1-934f-35e8e3eaec08_1080x1080.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3><strong>2025.03.20.</strong></h3><div><hr></div><p>I seem to have taken a 13-day break from the YankoBoops. The life, sometimes she gets in the way.</p><p>While I've been dealing with life's complications, our soon-to-be-former-again-but-not-soon-enough president has apparently been dealing with his own unique form of rejection. Reports suggest Trump calls Putin regularly, only to be kept waiting or ignored (or laughed at).</p><p>Then I saw this post from Andy Borowitz,<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a> and suddenly, inspiration struck. </p><p>So I made a song. A dumb, ridiculous song. </p><p>Because when someone so despicable and disgusting is desperate to be seen as powerful, the best thing to do is highlight just how pathetic he is.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VV77!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdab5496e-8f30-4eb1-934f-35e8e3eaec08_1080x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VV77!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdab5496e-8f30-4eb1-934f-35e8e3eaec08_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VV77!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdab5496e-8f30-4eb1-934f-35e8e3eaec08_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VV77!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdab5496e-8f30-4eb1-934f-35e8e3eaec08_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VV77!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdab5496e-8f30-4eb1-934f-35e8e3eaec08_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VV77!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdab5496e-8f30-4eb1-934f-35e8e3eaec08_1080x1080.png" width="1080" height="1080" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/dab5496e-8f30-4eb1-934f-35e8e3eaec08_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1080,&quot;width&quot;:1080,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1921041,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Soviet propaganda aesthetic 'Please Hold' sign featuring Trump's frustrated face photoshopped onto a woman's body, with a telephone cord wrapped around him and a balalaika instrument in the corner. A heart-shaped knot made of rope appears at the top with text reading 'Daddy Vladdy Won't Pick Up.&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/i/159524061?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdab5496e-8f30-4eb1-934f-35e8e3eaec08_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Soviet propaganda aesthetic 'Please Hold' sign featuring Trump's frustrated face photoshopped onto a woman's body, with a telephone cord wrapped around him and a balalaika instrument in the corner. A heart-shaped knot made of rope appears at the top with text reading 'Daddy Vladdy Won't Pick Up." title="Soviet propaganda aesthetic 'Please Hold' sign featuring Trump's frustrated face photoshopped onto a woman's body, with a telephone cord wrapped around him and a balalaika instrument in the corner. A heart-shaped knot made of rope appears at the top with text reading 'Daddy Vladdy Won't Pick Up." srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VV77!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdab5496e-8f30-4eb1-934f-35e8e3eaec08_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VV77!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdab5496e-8f30-4eb1-934f-35e8e3eaec08_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VV77!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdab5496e-8f30-4eb1-934f-35e8e3eaec08_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VV77!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdab5496e-8f30-4eb1-934f-35e8e3eaec08_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">In Russia, phone holds YOU.</figcaption></figure></div><p>You can cry along. Right here. Here it is.</p><p>The </p><h2>YankoBOOP</h2><div class="native-audio-embed" data-component-name="AudioPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;label&quot;:null,&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;8324d746-7756-4983-a0f5-b2aac16ae2e9&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:206.47183,&quot;downloadable&quot;:false,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wZBc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F497e8bf6-d409-4c51-bf20-ef65eca9d36a_1080x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wZBc!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F497e8bf6-d409-4c51-bf20-ef65eca9d36a_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wZBc!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F497e8bf6-d409-4c51-bf20-ef65eca9d36a_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wZBc!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F497e8bf6-d409-4c51-bf20-ef65eca9d36a_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wZBc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F497e8bf6-d409-4c51-bf20-ef65eca9d36a_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wZBc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F497e8bf6-d409-4c51-bf20-ef65eca9d36a_1080x1080.png" width="1080" height="1080" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/497e8bf6-d409-4c51-bf20-ef65eca9d36a_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1080,&quot;width&quot;:1080,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1093590,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Complete lyrics to 'Daddy Vladdy Won't Pick Up' displayed over a Russian flag background. The page features a yellow rotary telephone and a bottle of cheap Russian vodka at the bottom. The lyrics tell the story of Trump desperately waiting on hold while Putin plays balalaika music and ignores his calls, complete with Russian-accented voice prompts and references to Elon Musk getting texts while Trump waits.&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/i/159524061?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F497e8bf6-d409-4c51-bf20-ef65eca9d36a_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Complete lyrics to 'Daddy Vladdy Won't Pick Up' displayed over a Russian flag background. The page features a yellow rotary telephone and a bottle of cheap Russian vodka at the bottom. The lyrics tell the story of Trump desperately waiting on hold while Putin plays balalaika music and ignores his calls, complete with Russian-accented voice prompts and references to Elon Musk getting texts while Trump waits." title="Complete lyrics to 'Daddy Vladdy Won't Pick Up' displayed over a Russian flag background. The page features a yellow rotary telephone and a bottle of cheap Russian vodka at the bottom. The lyrics tell the story of Trump desperately waiting on hold while Putin plays balalaika music and ignores his calls, complete with Russian-accented voice prompts and references to Elon Musk getting texts while Trump waits." srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wZBc!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F497e8bf6-d409-4c51-bf20-ef65eca9d36a_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wZBc!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F497e8bf6-d409-4c51-bf20-ef65eca9d36a_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wZBc!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F497e8bf6-d409-4c51-bf20-ef65eca9d36a_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wZBc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F497e8bf6-d409-4c51-bf20-ef65eca9d36a_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Leaked Kremlin hold music playlist and desperate pleas, paired with the kind of vodka they serve to unwanted foreign callers.</figcaption></figure></div><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Subscribe for more musical war crimes against fascism and the occasional moment of clarity.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><div class="captioned-button-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/daddy-vladdy-wont-pick-up?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;}" data-component-name="CaptionedButtonToDOM"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Share this with anyone who needs a reminder that the so-called 'most powerful man in the world' is actually just waiting by the phone for permission.</p></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/daddy-vladdy-wont-pick-up?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/daddy-vladdy-wont-pick-up?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p></div><p>Comment with your best guess on how many times Trump has actually been put on hold by Putin. Winner gets absolutely nothing but the satisfaction of being right.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/daddy-vladdy-wont-pick-up/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/daddy-vladdy-wont-pick-up/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><h3></h3><h3>#VladdyIssues </h3><h3>#MakeAmericaWaitAgain </h3><h3>#BalalaikalypseNow </h3><h3>#PutinOnTheRitz </h3><p></p><div><hr></div><h1>The Reviews Are In!</h1><h4><strong>Rolling Stone</strong></h4><p><em>Trump's foray into lounge music is as uncomfortable as his foreign policy. 'Daddy Vladdy Won't Pick Up' makes you laugh, then cry, then check if your phone is tapped. Five stars.</em></p><p></p><h4><strong>The Moscow Times</strong></h4><p><em>We are legally required to say this song is terrible. Off the record, it's been playing in the Kremlin break room for three days straight. Putin keeps humming the chorus.</em></p><p></p><h4><strong>Music Today</strong></h4><p><em>The balalaika solo hits harder than sanctions. A geopolitical disaster turned into the earworm we never knew we needed. Warning: may cause uncontrollable urges to put dictators on speakerphone.</em></p><p></p><h4><strong>The New Yorker</strong></h4><p><em>In a cultural landscape dominated by serious political discourse, 'Daddy Vladdy Won't Pick Up' offers a refreshing alternative: deeply unserious political discourse set to what can only be described as 'Cold War lounge jazz.' The result is as disturbing as it is catchy.</em></p><p></p><h4><strong>Fox News</strong></h4><p><em>This vicious attack on our greatest president is completely baseless and... wait, is that a balalaika solo? Actually kind of slaps. NOT THAT WE'RE ADMITTING ANYTHING.</em></p><p></p><h4><strong>The Guardian</strong></h4><p><em>If Dean Martin and George Kennan had a musical love child raised on a steady diet of CNN and vodka, it might sound something like this.</em></p><p></p><div><hr></div><h1>Daddy Vladdy Won't Pick Up</h1><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text"><em>Well, I called up Moscow just to have a lil' chat,
Said "Hey there, Vladdy, it's your favorite diplomat."
But the line went silent, no command, no cue,
Just a robotic voice sayin' "Comrade, please hold through..."

Then came the music&#8212;oh Lord, what a sound,
A thousand balalaikas just strummin' me down.
I tried to interrupt, tried to beg and plead,
But the Kremlin's hold line don't care what I need.

Forty-five minutes, stuck in a loop,
While Putin's out ridin' bears in a suit.
I got sanctions, scandals, lawsuits too,
But all I hear is 'DOO-DOO-DOO-DOO' (Balalaika solo!)

I&#8217;m on hold with Putin, yeah, Daddy won't pick up!
He's out flexin' muscles, don't care 'bout my stuff!
You press 1 for "loyal," you press 2 for "obey," such is life!
But all I get is folk songs, replay nonstop!

I check my notes, say "I was always strong,"
But then I remember&#8212;nah, I've been a pawn.
I whisper "Sir, I'll do whatever you say,"
But the call just loops back&#8212;press 4 to betray.

The White House is waiting, my staff's all confused,
While I'm getting musically abused.
NATO's calling, Ukraine's on the line,
But Putin's balalaika takes all my time.

While I'm waiting, Vlad is texting Elon Musk,
"Nice work on that South Lawn car sales kiosk!"
They're planning Mars colonies, sharing memes,
While I'm drowning in balalaika streams.

"Can Vlad ride in your Tesla?" Elon types,
"Sure thing, comrade, just send the DOGE my way."
Their bromance blooming with each passing note,
While I'm just begging for a press 1 vote.

"Hello, Meester Trump...
For faster service, please to surrender NATO commitments, da?"
"Spasiba. Now enjoy... forty-five more minutes... 
OF GLORIOUS BALALAIKA POWER!"
I'm on hold with Putin, I just wanna talk!
But he treats me like a MAGA laughing stock!

I press 1 for mercy, press 2 for love,
But all I get is a shove-a-shove! 
Meanwhile Elon gets a text right away,
And Xi&#8217;s smile is growing like Siberian tiger, ha!
The world keeps turning while I'm stuck on hold,

The real president's  the one who left me cold.</em></pre></div><p></p><p></p><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-1" href="#footnote-anchor-1" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">1</a><div class="footnote-content"><div class="comment" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://open.substack.com/home&quot;,&quot;commentId&quot;:101599755,&quot;comment&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:101599755,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-03-19T01:46:42.905Z&quot;,&quot;edited_at&quot;:&quot;2025-03-19T01:49:58.635Z&quot;,&quot;body&quot;:&quot;Trump Forced to Listen to 45 Minutes of Balalaika Music After Putin Puts Him on Hold&quot;,&quot;body_json&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;doc&quot;,&quot;attrs&quot;:{&quot;schemaVersion&quot;:&quot;v1&quot;},&quot;content&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;paragraph&quot;,&quot;content&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;text&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Trump Forced to Listen to 45 Minutes of Balalaika Music After Putin Puts Him on Hold&quot;}]}]},&quot;restacks&quot;:139,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:2685,&quot;attachments&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;2072424c-b037-4b76-ac1a-8a83ef999936&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bde34442-58a4-4a04-ab69-98a4cbfa6475_5375x3584.heic&quot;,&quot;imageWidth&quot;:5375,&quot;imageHeight&quot;:3584,&quot;explicit&quot;:false}],&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Andy Borowitz&quot;,&quot;user_id&quot;:42484457,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cf3f9eb8-9c7a-464e-8c39-2d988e5159cd_2732x2732.png&quot;,&quot;user_bestseller_tier&quot;:10000},&quot;source&quot;:null,&quot;forumChannel&quot;:null}" data-component-name="CommentPlaceholder"></div><p></p></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE F*ING RESISTANCE (decorum? really? FFS!)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can This F**ing Guy Be Finished Yet? FFS???]]></description><link>https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/the-fing-resistance-decorum-really</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/the-fing-resistance-decorum-really</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[JJ-TaxNinny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 11:25:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!79x8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fef2d2ef5-4604-4a55-abb8-5fcf6a49bb8c_1080x1080.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#128197; <strong>2025.03.07</strong></p><p>Let&#8217;s just start with the &#127925; YankoBoop! "The F*ing Resistance" &#127925;**</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!79x8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fef2d2ef5-4604-4a55-abb8-5fcf6a49bb8c_1080x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!79x8!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fef2d2ef5-4604-4a55-abb8-5fcf6a49bb8c_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!79x8!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fef2d2ef5-4604-4a55-abb8-5fcf6a49bb8c_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!79x8!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fef2d2ef5-4604-4a55-abb8-5fcf6a49bb8c_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!79x8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fef2d2ef5-4604-4a55-abb8-5fcf6a49bb8c_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!79x8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fef2d2ef5-4604-4a55-abb8-5fcf6a49bb8c_1080x1080.png" width="1080" height="1080" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ef2d2ef5-4604-4a55-abb8-5fcf6a49bb8c_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1080,&quot;width&quot;:1080,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1708677,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/i/158562927?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fef2d2ef5-4604-4a55-abb8-5fcf6a49bb8c_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!79x8!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fef2d2ef5-4604-4a55-abb8-5fcf6a49bb8c_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!79x8!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fef2d2ef5-4604-4a55-abb8-5fcf6a49bb8c_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!79x8!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fef2d2ef5-4604-4a55-abb8-5fcf6a49bb8c_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!79x8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fef2d2ef5-4604-4a55-abb8-5fcf6a49bb8c_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Play it loud. Laugh. Rage. 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We gon&#8217; get LOUD.</strong></h2><p>Yesterday, March 6, 2025, was yet another entry in the unhinged, spiraling sequel to America&#8217;s worstest fever dream evuh. The madness doesn&#8217;t see to be slowing down (on the geopolitical front, on the healthcare front - either for bio family or for fam in the form of cousin I share the house with). </p><p>It&#8217;s accelerating.</p><p>And still, there are people&#8212;Democrats, even&#8212;who think this is just politics as usual. </p><p>Dafuq. </p><p>Y&#8217;all.</p><p>So some of them really think "decorum" &gt; democracy. And resistance = &#8220;too radical&#8221; (f-ing bare min for survival!)</p><p>So I made ya this here YankoBoop.</p><p>A banger. A battle cry. A reminder that if you're not actively fighting, you're just letting &#8217;em win. So, ok. Whatevs. </p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>WHERE.DO.I. EVEN.START.</strong></h2><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text"><em>&#10004;&#65039; Veterans Affairs: gutting 80,000 employees. Who needs 'em.
&#10004;&#65039; Musk slashes everything from education to air traffic safety.
&#10004;&#65039; DFT sells Panama&#8217;s ports to BlackRock like it&#8217;s f*ing Monopoly.
&#10004;&#65039; The economy?  Transgenic mice ruined it.
&#10004;&#65039; Fuck Medicaid. Just cuz. Or well, cuz we gotta pay the billionaires MORE. 
&#10004;&#65039; Rubio pouting--47 won&#8217;t let him play foreign policy.</em></pre></div><p>The illusion is gone.</p><p>This isn&#8217;t a presidency. This is a billionaire heist in broad fucking daylight. </p><p>And yet.</p><p>Some Democrats still kneel at the altar of civility politics, choosing &#8220;good manners&#8221; over, wut, basic fucking survival? Can we agree that this two-party system ain&#8217;t workin&#8217;? (I never fit in either one, and it seems sorta limiting to hafta pick, so WTF)</p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>THE TEN COWARDS: REMEMBER THEIR NAMES</strong></h2><p>These ten Democrats voted with Republicans to censure Al Green.<br>They chose decorum over democracy and centrism over survival.</p><p>&#128293; Jim Himes: https://himes.house.gov/contact-me<br>&#128293; Ed Case: https://case.house.gov/contact/<br>&#128293; Laura Gillen: https://gillen.house.gov/contact<br>&#128293; Ami Bera: https://bera.house.gov/contact/<br>&#128293; Jim Costa: https://gillen.house.gov/contact<br>&#128293; Chrissy Houlahan: https://houlahan.house.gov/contact/<br>&#128293; Marcy Kaptur: https://kaptur.house.gov/address_authentication?form=/contact<br>&#128293; Jared Moscowitz: https://moskowitz.house.gov/contact<br>&#128293; Marie Glusenkamp Perez: https://gluesenkampperez.house.gov/contact<br>&#128293; Tom Suozzi: https://suozzi.house.gov/address_authentication?form=/contact</p><p>&#128226; THEY. MUST. GO. &#128226;</p><p>And while we&#8217;re at it, so do all the Republicans pretending this isn&#8217;t full-scale authoritarianism.</p><p>They act shocked (clutch them pearls!) at 47&#8217;s behavior. But STILL they vote for every f*ing last piece of his fascist f*ing agenda.</p><p>They had a choice. They chose cowardice. </p><p>Now we choose their political demise.</p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>CAN WE JUST SKIP TO THE PART WHERE HE&#8217;S GONE?</strong></h2><p>We all know how this ends.</p><p>Trump is not a genius.</p><p>He&#8217;s not a mastermind.</p><p>He&#8217;s a washed-up reality TV loser throwing the world into chaos because no one ever told him "no."</p><p>Maybe they even hide it for a while. Weekend at Bigly&#8217;s. Yes, please.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;f7b75924-dfd2-4695-a5ef-fe7d2b4be3fd&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;When your leader's timeline goes suspiciously silent but the golf cart keeps moving. WAG TEAM presents: Weekend at Bigly's, a musical exploration of optics management.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Weekend at Bigly's&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:34339465,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;JJ-TaxNinny&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Saving dogs and democracy. Well, one of those things.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bbc99eb9-5ebc-44de-95ab-e62237e1c8b5_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2024-12-24T17:37:08.049Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0b5cb56f-7a16-4b82-ae74-7b5e48237132_1080x1080.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/weekend-at-biglys&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:153583765,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:1,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Democracy on Hospice (DOH!)&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faf6b8a67-f037-4663-9f60-232bc785f9ac_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><p>The only thing keeping 47 afloat is the billionaires and bootlickers who need him to stay in power long enough to finish their looting.</p><p>&#128680; The good news? He is collapsing under his own weight.<br>&#128680; The bad news? He&#8217;s gonna take the country down with him unless people actually fight back.</p><p>This isn&#8217;t about &#8220;waiting it out.&#8221;</p><p>There is no &#8220;normal&#8221; to return to.</p><p>If you&#8217;re not actively resisting, you&#8217;re letting it happen.</p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>WHAT YOU CAN DO (INSTEAD OF JUST SCREAMING)</strong></h2><p>&#10004;&#65039; Donate to primary challengers taking on these cowardly f*ing Democrats (and have we really totally given up on the other party? I guess we must).<br>&#10004;&#65039; Flood their phone lines&#8212;let them know they&#8217;re done. Finito. 86&#8217;ed.<br>&#10004;&#65039; Vote out every GOP enabler in 2026. Even the f*in normies (who&#8217;ve been f*ing red-pilled) <a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a><br>&#10004;&#65039; Share the receipts. Smash the gaslighting.<br>&#10004;&#65039; Make &#8220;decorum&#8221; a dirty word.</p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>FINAL THOUGHT: WAKE THE F</strong>* UP.**</h2><p>This isn&#8217;t some random policy dispute.</p><p>This isn&#8217;t politics as usual.</p><p>This is the fight. Right now.</p><p>You pick a side, or the side picks you.</p><p>And if you stay on the sidelines, the only thing left will be some grazing donkeys and a pile of ashes.</p><p>&#128293; The F*ing Resistance. &#128293;</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#128276; SUBSCRIBE. SHARE. COMMENT. JOIN THE RESISTANCE.</strong></h3><p>&#128233; [Free subscription &#8211; never miss a post]<br>&#128226; [Share this on every platform that still allows facts]<br>&#128172; [Drop a comment &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it]</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/the-fing-resistance-decorum-really?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/the-fing-resistance-decorum-really?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/the-fing-resistance-decorum-really/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/the-fing-resistance-decorum-really/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p><p></p><div><hr></div><h2>The Fucking Resistance?</h2><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text"><em>I see 'em sittin' on their hands, lettin' fascists take the wheel
Sayin' "maybe we should censure," while they bargain for a deal
Marco's sulkin', Musk is firin', veterans ain't gettin' paid
They call it "efficiency," we call it a fucking raid!

Stand up, get loud, we ain't goin' quiet. They wanna censor truth?
Let's start a riot. 
This is fucking resistance?
This is fucking resistance! 

Ten Dems takin' notes from Ted Cruz
More worried 'bout "decorum" than the bodies on the news
Ain't no time for your centrist pride
You pick a side, or the side picks you&#8212;y'all better choose to ride!

Democrats in disarray, a circular firing squad
While MAGA's got a golden calf&#8212;their orange conman god
Donkeys meet to draft a tweet while Rome burns to the ground
"We're deeply disappointed" is their boldest battleground!

They got pipelines for billionaires, breadlines for the rest
While centrists clutch their pearls and fail democracy's big test
Sending fundraising emails titled "Trump Just Did a Crime!"
Then voting for his budget cuts the very same damn time!

Lil Marco's all sad-facin' while his job gets outsourced quick
To Putin's WhatsApp messages and Musk's Illuminati clique
BlackRock bought Panama while Congress took a nap
Transgenic mice took all the blame&#8212;ain't that a load of crap!

See, Brother Al Green knew what was up
A man of soul, a man of fire&#8212;
The Democrats said "SIR! DECORUM!" with their asses in the pews!
While MAGA set the church ablaze and charged them entrance fees!

Ain't no "civil discourse" gonna save your burning house!
So you either fight the fire or ya toast yer marshmallows on it. 
Gavin's podcastin' with fascists, findin' "common ground"
While democracy's obituary's being passed around

The centrists write a sternly worded letter of dissent
Then pose for photos with the guy who's making Hitler's tent!

They gut the V.A.&#8212;
The Dems? They write a Tweet.

They cut Medicaid?
The Dems admit defeat. 
Is this fucking resistance?
Is this fucking resistance?

WHERE'S THE FUCKING RESISTANCE? 
WHERE'S THE FUCKING RESISTANCE?

If you don't stand for something...

You'll fall for anything...
And the donkeys will keep grazing
While singing kumbaya
Taking selfies with the wolves

Who eat their young each day!
(FUCKING RESISTANCE?)</em></pre></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-1" href="#footnote-anchor-1" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">1</a><div class="footnote-content"><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;bbc77279-5b35-439b-9de5-06b3fe024293&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;21 January 2025&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Even the Normies: When Patagonia Meets MAGA&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:34339465,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;JJ-TaxNinny&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Saving dogs and democracy. Well, one of those things.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bbc99eb9-5ebc-44de-95ab-e62237e1c8b5_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2025-01-22T04:05:22.107Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F246dc1b6-33fe-443c-8621-89f10f709eb5_1080x1080.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/even-the-normies-when-patagonia-meets&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:&quot;Mixtape on the Titanic&quot;,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:155392140,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:1,&quot;comment_count&quot;:1,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Democracy on Hospice (DOH!)&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faf6b8a67-f037-4663-9f60-232bc785f9ac_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Patriot Tax ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our New Life as Republican Constituents]]></description><link>https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/the-patriot-tax</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/the-patriot-tax</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[JJ-TaxNinny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 05:57:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NSdo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc835d8a-d88f-467f-92e5-8f7732969f26_1080x1080.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>2025.03.05.</p><p>My spouse (cousin I share the house with?) and I did something previously unthinkable today. </p><p>We&#8217;ve been registered independents since relocating to OK from TX a few months ago.<br><br>Today, I had myself a scathingly brilliant idea. </p><p>Let&#8217;s re-register as&#8230; REPUBLICANS. (Yes, this state makes you declare - easier to root you out and shoot you later, I s&#8217;pose). </p><p>So we did.</p><p>Why? And why might others consider doing the same, especially in this age of weaponized intelligence, etc.? <a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a></p><p>Well, it wasn't in our original plans. We moved here in part to put just enough distance between us and certain family members whose political enthusiasm made holiday dinners increasingly unbearable and in part just to be in a slower-paced place that was a bit more affordable. </p><p>The plan was simple: live our lives in peace, watch our dogs and kitteh run wild in the yard, mind our business, and avoid political drama.</p><p>Then November 2024 happened. DFT. The world collapsed around us.</p><p>So today I got this bright idea: start bugging the absolute shit out of Markwayne Mullin, Dusty Deevers, and all the other wingnuts running this state. But here's the thing&#8212;in deep-red Oklahoma, politicians like them (bless their hearts) only respond to their base. Were I to speak up as anything other than a Republican? My speakage would go straight into the circular file. </p><p>Register as a Republican constituent, though? Suddenly my voice **might** matter&#8212;especially if I were to wrap my messages in juuuuust the right **cultural packaging.**</p><p>So here we are: newly minted GOP voters (though I must confess: pretty sure the reason I got into the college I went to was because I was the youth coordinator for (get this) Jack Kemp). </p><p>But enough about my Republican past. Let's talk about my Republican future and the proposal.</p><p>We are ready to be heard. And we have a proposal that any true "family values" conservative should enthusiastically support.</p><h2>The 10,000% Patriot Tax: A Modest Proposal</h2><p>Sex traffickers, oligarchs, and foreign disinformation agents are profiting off Americans while paying virtually nothing for the privilege. Sure, we talk about border walls and "protecting our children," but what about the global elite who actually fund and profit from trafficking networks?</p><p>My proposal is simple: a 10,000% tariff on the following:</p><ol><li><p>Convicted or credibly accused sex traffickers operating businesses that touch American markets</p></li><li><p>Foreign oligarchs with connections to authoritarian regimes</p></li><li><p>Digital disinformation agents using American platforms to undermine our democracy</p></li><li><p>Any entity profiting from political instability and "regime change"</p></li></ol><p>What true patriot could object to making predators pay? What Bible-thumping family values warrior would defend the wallets of those who profit from exploitation?</p><p>Welp, funny you should ask.</p><h2>The Republican Response I Expect</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NSdo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc835d8a-d88f-467f-92e5-8f7732969f26_1080x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NSdo!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc835d8a-d88f-467f-92e5-8f7732969f26_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NSdo!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc835d8a-d88f-467f-92e5-8f7732969f26_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NSdo!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc835d8a-d88f-467f-92e5-8f7732969f26_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NSdo!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc835d8a-d88f-467f-92e5-8f7732969f26_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NSdo!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc835d8a-d88f-467f-92e5-8f7732969f26_1080x1080.png" width="1080" height="1080" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cc835d8a-d88f-467f-92e5-8f7732969f26_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1080,&quot;width&quot;:1080,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1484804,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;A two-faced politician in patriotic Uncle Sam attire stands on a mountain of cash while holding a 'Family Values' book. Oklahoma is highlighted in red on a US map being fed money by a shadowy hand. The politician has the merged faces of Markwayne Mullin and Dusty Deevers.&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/i/158493313?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc835d8a-d88f-467f-92e5-8f7732969f26_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="A two-faced politician in patriotic Uncle Sam attire stands on a mountain of cash while holding a 'Family Values' book. Oklahoma is highlighted in red on a US map being fed money by a shadowy hand. The politician has the merged faces of Markwayne Mullin and Dusty Deevers." title="A two-faced politician in patriotic Uncle Sam attire stands on a mountain of cash while holding a 'Family Values' book. Oklahoma is highlighted in red on a US map being fed money by a shadowy hand. The politician has the merged faces of Markwayne Mullin and Dusty Deevers." srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NSdo!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc835d8a-d88f-467f-92e5-8f7732969f26_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NSdo!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc835d8a-d88f-467f-92e5-8f7732969f26_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NSdo!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc835d8a-d88f-467f-92e5-8f7732969f26_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NSdo!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc835d8a-d88f-467f-92e5-8f7732969f26_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Murrica's Newest GOP Power Couple: Family Values &amp; Offshore Accounts</figcaption></figure></div><p>When I send my proposal to my representatives, I expect (maybe) their masks will slip. After all, many of their campaigns are funded by the very entities our tariff would target.</p><p>Republicans like Markwayne (really) Mullin and Dusty (really) Deevers are suuure quick to regulate books, bathrooms, and women's bodies, but suggest regulating the flow of dark money from questionable sources? Watch how fast their "deeply held convictions" evaporate.</p><p>It's almost as if Jesus was just for show when them campaign checks start to flow!</p><h2>Our Constituent Letter</h2><p><em>Below is the first draft of the letter I&#8217;ll be sending to Sen. Markwayne Mullin and State Sen. Dusty Deevers. Feel free to copy, adapt, and send to your own "representatives" if you're tired of being ignored:</em></p><div><hr></div><p>Dear Senator Mullin,</p><p>As a God-fearing Oklahoma Republican (recent arrival to your beautiful state), I&#8217;m writing to propose legislation that aligns with your stated commitment to family values and American sovereignty.</p><p>I've noticed your strong stance against trafficking and your defense of traditional values. </p><p>I deeply appreciate elected officials who stand up for what's right. </p><p>Current policies fail to address the root of these problems: the financial enablers who profit from moral decay while hiding behind offshore accounts.</p><p>My proposed "Patriot Tax" would impose a 10,000% tariff on convicted traffickers, oligarchs connected to authoritarian regimes, and foreign entities profiting from disinformation campaigns targeting American citizens.</p><p>This proposal:</p><ul><li><p>Punishes predators where it hurts&#8212;their wallets</p></li><li><p>Defunds anti-American influence operations</p></li><li><p>Protects our borders from economic exploitation</p></li><li><p>Upholds family values by financially crippling those who profit from exploitation</p></li></ul><p>As your constituent, I expect you to champion this legislation. After all, what true patriot would defend the financial interests of traffickers and foreign oligarchs?</p><p>I look forward to your enthusiastic support and would appreciate a response outlining your plan to introduce this legislation.</p><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text">In faith and patriotism, [Name]  
Registered Republican Voter Recently arrived in Oklahoma [Oklahoma Address]</pre></div><div><hr></div><h2>The Patriot Tax: A Musical Tribute</h2><p>Of course, every movement needs an anthem. The Wag Team has graciously provided this musical accompaniment to my new grassroots campaign:</p><div class="native-audio-embed" data-component-name="AudioPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;label&quot;:null,&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;baf980cc-b049-46fa-8db6-5c20645dd4e5&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:147.35674,&quot;downloadable&quot;:false,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rcBF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4bbd5690-0565-481a-8029-d40303ac7b88_1080x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rcBF!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4bbd5690-0565-481a-8029-d40303ac7b88_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rcBF!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4bbd5690-0565-481a-8029-d40303ac7b88_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rcBF!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4bbd5690-0565-481a-8029-d40303ac7b88_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rcBF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4bbd5690-0565-481a-8029-d40303ac7b88_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rcBF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4bbd5690-0565-481a-8029-d40303ac7b88_1080x1080.png" width="1080" height="1080" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4bbd5690-0565-481a-8029-d40303ac7b88_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1080,&quot;width&quot;:1080,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1437700,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Lyrics to 'The Patriot Tax' displayed over an image of hundred dollar bills visible through prison bars, symbolizing the money that should be locked up through the proposed 10,000% tariff on traffickers and oligarchs.&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/i/158493313?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4bbd5690-0565-481a-8029-d40303ac7b88_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Lyrics to 'The Patriot Tax' displayed over an image of hundred dollar bills visible through prison bars, symbolizing the money that should be locked up through the proposed 10,000% tariff on traffickers and oligarchs." title="Lyrics to 'The Patriot Tax' displayed over an image of hundred dollar bills visible through prison bars, symbolizing the money that should be locked up through the proposed 10,000% tariff on traffickers and oligarchs." srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rcBF!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4bbd5690-0565-481a-8029-d40303ac7b88_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rcBF!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4bbd5690-0565-481a-8029-d40303ac7b88_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rcBF!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4bbd5690-0565-481a-8029-d40303ac7b88_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rcBF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4bbd5690-0565-481a-8029-d40303ac7b88_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">What happens in offshore accounts stays in offshore accounts?</figcaption></figure></div><h2>What Happens Next?</h2><p>My cousin I share the house with and I will be documenting the responses (or lack thereof) from our representatives. Will they:</p><ol><li><p>Ignore us completely despite our new Republican credentials?</p></li><li><p>Send a form letter about "considering our concerns"?</p></li><li><p>Actually engage with the proposal before realizing it threatens their donor base?</p></li><li><p>Surprise us all with principled support?</p></li></ol><p>Place your bets in the comments. And if you're feeling inspired to join our "constituent activism," let us know how it goes with your own representatives.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/the-patriot-tax/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/the-patriot-tax/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p>Remember: sometimes the most effective political action is forcing hypocrites to reveal themselves through their own stated values.</p><h2>Six Votes Closer to Jesus: The Marriage Bill I Never Finished Writing About</h2><p>I had <em>planned</em> to write a full breakdown of Oklahoma State Senator Dusty Deevers' infamous "Six Votes Closer to Jesus" marriage legislation. You know, the one where he's trying to <a href="https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/politics/2023/10/16/deever-wants-oklahoma-jesus-followers-in-charge-of-marriages-in-state/71158369007/">bring religion into marriage licenses</a> (because apparently, we need more Jesus in Oklahoma government).</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J3g9!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F454b5ad9-55e3-4510-9508-8e74002e48b7_1080x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J3g9!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F454b5ad9-55e3-4510-9508-8e74002e48b7_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J3g9!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F454b5ad9-55e3-4510-9508-8e74002e48b7_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J3g9!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F454b5ad9-55e3-4510-9508-8e74002e48b7_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J3g9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F454b5ad9-55e3-4510-9508-8e74002e48b7_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J3g9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F454b5ad9-55e3-4510-9508-8e74002e48b7_1080x1080.png" width="1080" height="1080" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/454b5ad9-55e3-4510-9508-8e74002e48b7_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1080,&quot;width&quot;:1080,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1381565,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;A headles-sih figure labeled 'Dusty' riding a child's rocking horse while carrying a harp through a psychedelic purple landscape. The WAG Team logo appears in the corner along with the title 'Six Votes Closer to Jesus.'&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/i/158493313?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F454b5ad9-55e3-4510-9508-8e74002e48b7_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="A headles-sih figure labeled 'Dusty' riding a child's rocking horse while carrying a harp through a psychedelic purple landscape. The WAG Team logo appears in the corner along with the title 'Six Votes Closer to Jesus.'" title="A headles-sih figure labeled 'Dusty' riding a child's rocking horse while carrying a harp through a psychedelic purple landscape. The WAG Team logo appears in the corner along with the title 'Six Votes Closer to Jesus.'" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J3g9!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F454b5ad9-55e3-4510-9508-8e74002e48b7_1080x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J3g9!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F454b5ad9-55e3-4510-9508-8e74002e48b7_1080x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J3g9!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F454b5ad9-55e3-4510-9508-8e74002e48b7_1080x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J3g9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F454b5ad9-55e3-4510-9508-8e74002e48b7_1080x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 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And if you missed my previous &#8220;Jesus Take the Prenup&#8221; post about Dusty's l&#8217;il crusade, it's worth catching up on some bizarre legislative priorities. <a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-2" href="#footnote-2" target="_self">2</a></p><p>For now, though, let&#8217;s focus on getting this Patriot Tax proposal to the elected officials. Jesus would surely want us to tax the traffickers before worrying about who signs the marriage certificates, amiright?</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/the-patriot-tax?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/the-patriot-tax?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-1" href="#footnote-anchor-1" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">1</a><div class="footnote-content"><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;8500fe15-08cc-433c-9d4e-b20192421c10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;24 January 2025.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;America's Got Grievances: Kash Patel's Reality Show Redemption Arc&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:34339465,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;JJ-TaxNinny&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Saving dogs and democracy. Well, one of those things.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bbc99eb9-5ebc-44de-95ab-e62237e1c8b5_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2025-01-25T01:20:42.342Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b7c38d8-6ff7-471f-9d25-dec99dd11148_1080x1080.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/americas-got-grievances-kash-patels&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:&quot;Mixtape on the Titanic&quot;,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:155653174,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:1,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Democracy on Hospice (DOH!)&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faf6b8a67-f037-4663-9f60-232bc785f9ac_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><p></p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-2" href="#footnote-anchor-2" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">2</a><div class="footnote-content"><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;7f03182d-d0af-4501-9740-13e9c4f03269&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Welcome to Oklahoma, where love comes with a contract and a biblical citation. State Senator Dusty Deevers, Christian Nationalist extraordinaire, has filed his Covenant Marriage Act of Oklahoma.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Jesus Take the Prenup: Oklahoma's Holy Handcuffs&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:34339465,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;JJ-TaxNinny&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Saving dogs and democracy. Well, one of those things.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bbc99eb9-5ebc-44de-95ab-e62237e1c8b5_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2025-01-11T04:49:36.459Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F54e1e446-8360-4d2a-ba39-f3b27a4b2dce_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/jesus-take-the-prenup-oklahomas-holy&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:&quot;Mixtape on the Titanic&quot;,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:154332214,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:2,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Democracy on Hospice (DOH!)&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faf6b8a67-f037-4663-9f60-232bc785f9ac_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><h2>Six Votes Closer to Jesus</h2><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text"><em>Rolled into the Capitol with Jesus on speed dial
Eight bills of pure salvation, each one more wild
"Let's execute some women, keep the marriages locked!"
But them senators just laughed and said, "Dusty, you've been blocked!"

Poor little theocrat
(Six to two!)
Your bills just went splat
(Ain't that true!)
Tried to make Oklahoma pray
But even Republicans said "Hey...
We ain't that crazy today!"

Wanted pregnancy tests at every state line
Said "Lie about God for cash, that's mighty fine!"
Tried to trap folks in marriage with a holy tax credit scheme
Now your covenant's as broken as your American dream

He said "It's all about morality!"
(While pushing pure insanity)
"Just sign here before the Lord!"
(But the committee got real bored)
"We'll make special ed disappear!"
(That's when folks started to jeer)

No more no-fault divorce, that was his plan
"Keep them wives in line," said our holy man
But the votes came tumbling down like bricks from heaven above
Now Poor Dusty's learning what happens when you fake God's love

Poor little theocrat
(Six to two!)
Your bills just went splat
(God bless you!)
Tried to make Oklahoma kneel
But even Republicans can feel
When you're laying it on too thick
And your theology's making them sick!

"There is no distinction in this bill that says you may not lie before God..."
Well butter my biscuit and call me saved, 
Dusty's done found a loophole in the Ten Commandments!

"But you still lost, darlin'... bless your heart."
</em></pre></div><div><hr></div><h2>The Patriot Tax</h2><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text"><em>Markwayne's muscles flex for the camera crew
While his Bible Belt's hitched to a billionaire's screw
Ten thousand percent on the trafficker's cash?
Watch his face turn white as his morals crash
He'll fight for the fetus but not for the fees
On his donors' overseas debaucheries

Slap that Patriot Tax on the trafficking class!
Watch how fast these hypocrites cover their ass
They'll scream about groomers in library books
But shield the rich perverts with legislative hooks
It's almost like Jesus was just for show
When the campaign checks start to flow!

Down in Oklahoma, old Dusty Deevers
Thinks marriage needs saving from those nasty deceivers
But mention a tariff on Russian sleaze money
And suddenly Dusty ain't finding it funny
He'll regulate uterus, classroom, and prayer
But oligarch wallets? Don't you dare!

They worship a carpenter born in the East
But bow to the golden-haired pussy-grab beast
They'll scream about border walls keeping us pure
While trafficking victims cry out, "What's the cure?"
The answer is simple&#8212;hit 'em where it hurts:
The offshore accounts buying their Bibles and shirts!

So here's to the Patriot Tariff's arrival!
Ten thousand percent on their sick sex revival
We're just constituents playing their game
Using their bullshit to bring them to shame
'Cause the only true values these bastards hold dear
Is the donor-class money that flows every year!

Just some God-fearin' folks here, concerned about them foreigners and traffickers...
Why, Markwayne, you look nervous! Is that a Russian oligarch calling your phone?</em></pre></div></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[America Touched the Stove ]]></title><description><![CDATA[(And Wall Street's Getting Burned)]]></description><link>https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/america-touched-the-stove</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/america-touched-the-stove</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[JJ-TaxNinny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:05:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MEDT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f6d4d8d-8d4f-4035-8d93-bfc8c2967176_1080x1080.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3><strong>&#128293;&#128680; NEW YANKOBOOP ALERT &#128680;&#128293;</strong></h3><p>America just had to <strong>touch the stove.</strong> And now? <strong>We&#8217;re all eating ashes.</strong></p><p>&#128201; 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"What if the fire just sets us free?"
So we cranked up the gas, struck the match,
Now we sittin&#8217; in the smoke, wonderin&#8217; where the money at!

"Best economy ever! Greatest deals, folks!"

America touched the stove&#8212;
And now we licking the flame!
We put a conman in charge,
Then all surprised he rigged the game!
Oh Lord, oh Lord, the market&#8217;s fried&#8212;
But at least we owned the libs this time!
America touched the stove&#8230; and now we eating ashes.

Tariffs on China, but the shelves stay bare,
"Gotta shrink the government,"
But Elon owns the air?!?
"Trumpcoin&#8217;s gonna moon!"
They screamed online.
Now they sell their kidneys
Just to make the rent on time.

"Buy the dip! Buy the dip!"

Donny said, &#8216;Trust me, I&#8217;ve built an empire!&#8217;
Now the whole damn country&#8217;s caught on fire.
Six bankruptcies, still running the con,
Guess we&#8217;re number seven&#8212;congrats, everyone!

"It&#8217;s gonna be yuge! It&#8217;s gonna be yuge!"

He lost the steaks, he lost the school,
Now he's playing the Fed like a slot machine fool.
Took out a loan on the whole U.S.A.&#8212;
Now China&#8217;s repossessing Florida today.

"No refunds. No refunds."

America touched the stove&#8212;
And now we&#8217;re maxing out loans!
We bet it all on a wannabe king,
Now we&#8217;re eating the smog from his drone!
Oh Lord, oh Lord, we got no bread&#8212;
But at least we made sure the woke books was dead!
America touched the stove&#8230; and now we eating ashes.

And lo! The people were offered a choice:
Human rights, or cheaper eggs.
And lo! They chose the eggs.
And lo! A plague descended upon the chickens.
And the people, they did blame D.E.I.

"THEY TOOK OUR EGGS! THEY TOOK OUR EGGS!"

America touched the stove&#8212;
And now the whole house is on fire!
We let a grifter sell us a dream,
Now we&#8217;re all out of spare tires!
Oh Lord, oh Lord, the rent&#8217;s past due&#8212;
But at least we got cheap fast food!
America touched the stove&#8230; and now we eating ashes.</em></pre></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too Sad for YankoBoops—The Russia Shit, Pay-for-Play, and the Full-Blown Authoritarian Circus]]></title><description><![CDATA[2025.03.01.]]></description><link>https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/too-sad-for-yankoboopsthe-russia</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/too-sad-for-yankoboopsthe-russia</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[JJ-TaxNinny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2025 17:36:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/80HqSyU-QQg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>2025.03.01.</h2><p><strong>I should be making YankoBoops right now.</strong><br>I should be laughing at the absurdity of it all.<br>But instead, I just feel <strong>sick.</strong></p><p>The <strong>embarrassment of Trump and JD Vance berating Zelenskyy</strong> in the Oval Office <strong>wasn&#8217;t just cringe&#8212;it was a global signal.</strong><br>A <em>deliberate, staged</em> humiliation&#8212;designed to <strong>weaken American support for Ukraine</strong> and to <strong>prep the MAGA base for full surrender to Russia.</strong></p><p>And the <strong>$5M visa announcement? </strong></p><div id="youtube2-80HqSyU-QQg" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;80HqSyU-QQg&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/80HqSyU-QQg?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>Trump&#8217;s America? <strong>Grift state. I preferred the Deep State.</strong></p><p><strong>Pay-for-Play, USA.</strong></p><p>I already wrote about this before&#8212;how <strong>every single thing in Trump&#8217;s orbit is monetized.</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Million-dollar dinners.</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Gold-dipped Bibles.</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>PAC money laundering.</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Favors in exchange for cash.</strong></p></li></ul><div><hr></div><p>(From Jan. 15)</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;bdcae029-34ff-48aa-847c-15ddb8c54798&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Remember when like government had like rules and standards for behavior and self-composure and stuff? 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fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>And the <strong>MAGA base cheered.</strong></p><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bc80fc3b-294c-4f79-b830-f3ff50ee93fb_1080x1080.png&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/37a07e1c-916f-4ffc-96a6-9ec5fa596cb8_1080x1080.png&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/25af8949-d458-49a8-b3c2-0d4801f36e69_1080x1080.png&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/aaa5b8b1-bfb8-492f-bd89-62c26f49dc75_1080x1080.png&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bd23957d-b152-4086-b105-522868c7fc7e_1080x1080.png&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6c01461e-9ef5-40c2-855e-c9967d5df7e5_1080x1080.png&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1c8a1623-86b7-40b1-9f67-4172b5a37684_1456x964.png&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p></p><p>This wasn&#8217;t just about <strong>humiliating Zelenskyy.</strong><br>This was <strong>Trump preparing his followers</strong> for the <strong>full pro-Russia shift.</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>They need to see Zelenskyy as weak.</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>They need to believe Ukraine started the war.</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>They need to think it&#8217;s &#8220;smart&#8221; to let Putin win.</strong></p></li></ul><p>And that&#8217;s what this was:<br>A <strong>scripted, reality TV-style humiliation</strong>&#8212;so when Trump <strong>abandons Ukraine</strong>, his base <strong>won&#8217;t flinch.</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>I Can&#8217;t Make Jokes About This Right Now</strong></h3><p>Normally, this is where I&#8217;d go into a <strong>YankoBoop breakdown.</strong><br>Something sharp, something funny, something to <strong>boil it down into a digestible absurdity.</strong></p><p>But today?<br>I just feel <strong>nauseated.</strong></p><ul><li><p>The <strong>grift.</strong></p></li><li><p>The <strong>authoritarian playbook.</strong></p></li><li><p>The <strong>sabotage of democracy.</strong></p></li><li><p>The <strong>full-blown, Russia-backed dismantling of U.S. power.</strong></p></li></ul><p>And <strong>half the country is clapping along.</strong></p><h3><strong>So Yeah, I&#8217;m Just Dropping This Here</strong></h3><ul><li><p><strong>Relinking &#8220;Pay-for-Play, USA.&#8221;</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Not making jokes today.</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Not putting on a show.</strong></p></li></ul><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/too-sad-for-yankoboopsthe-russia?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/too-sad-for-yankoboopsthe-russia?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/too-sad-for-yankoboopsthe-russia/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.democracyonhospice.com/p/too-sad-for-yankoboopsthe-russia/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>