There’s really no other logical way to interpret what’s happening right now. We’re being infiltrated by the ultimate insider threat.

It’s gonna be one of those days. I started the day by reading two rejection emails from two different publishers, responding to short stories I had sent them for consideration. Demi Moore isn’t the only one getting passed over by judges.

I have a crew coming in today to cut down more trees, including some giant eucalyptus close to the house. Sad, but probably necessary. Later I have to take my car into the shop – pretty sure I’ve got a damaged shock absorber on one side. Like most of the country, my car is leaning to the right.

Then I made the mistake of reading the news. Holy shit. Maybe I’ll just do a Groundhog Day and crawl back into my den for a few weeks.

Trump chose a lumber industry executive to oversee the Forest Service, so now we’re firing up chainsaws in previously preserved forests, an area the size of Texas.

The stock market is crashing and cars are about to become waaaay more expensive because no one can make any sense of new tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada. (My move last week of funds from the stock market and into real estate is looking pretty good right now.)

The Trump Musk Putin administration has made numerous moves to hurt Ukraine, including now cutting off all forms of US aid to Ukraine. It’s official, we’re on Russia’s side. Dasvdaniya, baby.

Our weather experts at NOAA now no longer have jobs or a place to work.

The chaos just goes on and on.
Social Security Checks Could Stop Going Out by April, Ex-Head Warns 
Trump Celebrates After Killing Anti-Money-Laundering Law 

Federal workers ordered to return to offices without desks, Wi-Fi and lights

DC police reinstates officers convicted in death and coverup after pardon by Trump

Yeah, reading the news was a mistake. It’s all too much to cope with. I used to have faith that Congress and federal judges would keep the lunacy in check, but now the Trump administration is simply ignoring judicial orders to stop or reverse. And Congress is completely dysfunctional, neutered. And SCOTUS was captured by Trump years ago. So our wannabe dictator is, in fact, a dictator.

I’m not sure where we go from here, or how we might recover. It’s possible that Trump will complete the destruction of the federal government and the world’s premier democracy and economy. Then what? I keep coming back to the 2024 Alex Garland movie Civil War. Life is sure as shit imitating art.