Update from the Heartland
No.1229
28.7.25 – 3.8.25
Blog version: http://heartlandupdate.blogspot.com/
To all,
Like all other dictatorships throughout history, the dictators do not like or want the truth. The only thing that matters to the dictator is his imagined version of events, situations, issues, and circumstances. He alone defines what he wants the people to know. Truth does not matter a twit, only his narrative. So it is with the orange one. He did not like the monthly jobs report, so he immediately fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Erika Lee McEntarfer, and claimed she had “rigged” the job numbers "to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad." Number one, I suspect the commissioner does not handle the data until they are ready to report. When the dictator does not like the numbers, he kills the messenger. The orange one refuses to believe that his terrible tariff war could have an adverse effect on the nation’s economy, when it is quite possibly the paramount reason for the contracting economy.
This latest idiocy is quite like all the others. The orange one has claimed he was rooting out “fraud, waste, and abuse.” But, what that phrase means is he was starving or hobbling those federal activities he did not like or approve of. After all, feeding needy children at school is the responsibility of the parents not the federal government—typical conservative dogma. Humanity smamity!
The man seeks not the truth, only those who conform to his will. If it waddles like a dictator, quacks like a dictator, and looks like a dictator, then it probably is a dictator. And worse, the Republican majority in Congress is allowing him to be a dictator, and in some cases, encouraging the man’s behavior. Why, you may ask? Because the orange one is their dictator. The mid-term elections are next year. Everyone must vote for the best candidate on the ballot.
The MAGAts have begun whining about how unfair our scrutiny and criticism of the orange one’s word choices and speaking style. The bunch apparently refuse to recognize his incessant twitching when he reads the teleprompter, or speaks in broken, incomplete sentences and expects us to understand (or perhaps he does not want us to understand, because he has nothing to say). He does not look like a president, act like a president, or speak like a president. The best I can figure is he is the buffoon tool of the political conservatives, social conservatives, fiscally conservative, and religious conservative among us—just a convenient tool. The MAGAts apparently do not care about anything presidential. They seem to only care about dismantling the federal government. They do not care a twit about the disadvantaged among us. They are simply subscribers and believers in Ayn Rand’s every man for himself—survival of the fittest. That is not the kind of world we should accept, tolerate, or encourage. We are much better than that brutal world in the conservative mind.
Once again, Robert Reich offers an excellent opinion of contemporary events and issues. In this instance, he provides another view of a wannabe dictator striving to achieve his desired state, where he is the only voice that matters.
“The Fine Print of Trump Fascism – The Trump regime is taking over every major institution in America. Here's how.”
by Robert Reich
Published: JUL 31 [2025]
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/this-is-what-fascist-control-looks
Some of us can choose to ignore the facts and reality to hold onto their desired dream world, but that does not alter reality. I must say, it is hard to fault the orange one. He was literally a dictator in his domain. He has always been a con-man, hawking worthless tripe to innocent people who wanted to believe in his magical snake-oil elixir. He has also been afflicted with malignant narcissism since his youth under his parents’ tutelage. He is what he is and has always been. It is hard to fault a man who has been consistent in his behavior. No, the reason we have a wannabe dictator as our employee in the Oval Office is the 77M citizens who were fooled by the con-man’s Sirens Song. Or, perhaps, the MAGAts are quite content and satisfied with abandoning democracy and accepting a dictatorship, as long as the dictator is their dictator.
Comments and contributions from Update no.1228:
Comment to the Blog:
“I’m glad you’re settling in, and I’m aware that Mother Nature tests your area’s endurance along with mine. Enjoy your rest.
“I’m sad at the loss of your publisher. My path always opens when I need it, but I still lack patience with the process.”
My response to the Blog:
We’re in a pretty good state weather-wise—good location.
The rest was short-lived. The orange one is unrelenting with his spewing his drivel around the countryside.
I am looking for the opening, but not here yet. Book publishing is a torturous business.
My very best wishes to all. Take care of yourselves and each other.
Cheers,
Cap :-)
