Da Week Dat Wuz<\/b><\/p>\n
Things rapid enough for ya?<\/b><\/p>\n
Bryan Zepp Jamieson<\/i><\/p>\n
June 15th<\/sup>, 2025<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The past ten days have been about as wild as it gets. It reminds me of an observation the then-prestigious Times of London made in late April of 1945, in the wake of Roosevelt\u2019s death, the collapse of Germany, and Hitler\u2019s suicide: \u201cEvents seem to be happening with extreme rapidity.\u201d<\/p>\n We\u2019ve seen huge impromptu demonstrations in Los Angeles (and spreading rapidly to other cities), an assassination (with the assassin, apparently a Trump supporter, still on the loose), a Senator manhandled and briefly arrested at a press conference for asking a question, a planned demonstration that its organizers claim attracted 12 million people nationwide, a war in the middle east threatening to engulf the world (like most conflicts there do at one point or another) another war between two nuclear powers that has only grudgingly slowed down to hurling insults, a landmark court decision determining the limits on presidential ability to call out the national guard, and increasing chaos surrounding the fate of what may be the most problematic budget bill in American history.<\/p>\n In the background behind much of this was the constant incompetence and stupidity of the Trump administration. To paraphrase the late great P.J. O\u2019Rourke, \u201cWhat in most administrations would be considered roadblocks in this administration is usually the road.\u201d You have the Speaker of the House calling for an arrest of a governor (of California, no less) for disagreeing with a President about the illegal deployment of troops. Note that it wasn\u2019t the governor breaking the law in this instance.<\/p>\n The month began, as so many weird and crackpot things do, with Trump\u2019s Truth Social account, which reposted an utterly demented conspiracy theory that Joe Biden had, in fact, been assassinated in 2020 and replace with something called \u201ca robotic clone.\u201d Um, does that mean the original Biden was a robot, and if so, why clone it when you can just swing by Radio Shack and build a new one?<\/p>\n It remains unproven that Trump was upset when someone posted \u201cTACO: Trump Always Chickens Out\u201d in the Wall Street Journal. But that didn\u2019t stop the most idiotic and corrupt Attorney General in American history (yes, even worse than John Mitchell) from stating that anyone calling Trump a TACO would be arrested, thus creating a viral meme that threatens to be bigger than the dumb blonde arguing with a white cat, or even \u201cHitler finds out.\u201d<\/p>\n A rumor made the rounds that FIFA was considering pulling the World Cup out of the United States. People knew it was a joke when it was reported FIFA was upset about the corruption and ineptitude of the administration, which is a bit like hearing the drummer for Blue Cheer requesting the band play a bit more quietly. No, FIFA isn\u2019t pulling the World Cup.<\/p>\n Trump and Elon Musk had a breakup that was done with all the class and dignity of a drunken hair-pulling brawl amongst the girls backstage at a seedy strip club. Trump\u2019s endlessly fascinating association with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein came up during their quiet discussion.<\/p>\n Trump had his grand military parade yesterday, and it had about the same spirit and verve of baseball fans leaving a stadium after a three-hour rain delay turns into a cancellation. Trump just sat there and reminded everyone of the old Leslie Gore song, while a girl, presumably a niece or something, chewed on a miniature American flag behind him. One headline snarked \u201cBy the tens, Americans turned out to cheer for Trump\u2019s birthday.\u201d Even the troops seemed unenthusiastic, with several groupings not even marching in step. It\u2019s one thing to be proud and military; quite another to be used as a prop in a Marx Brothers movie.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been saying for several weeks that we\u2019ve seen the high water mark of what historians might end up calling \u201cthe Trump madness.\u201d We\u2019ve already seen the twin towers of his economic policy\u2014tariffs and the Ayn Randian wet dream in his \u201cBig Beautiful Bill\u201d\u2014effectively collapse.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s Hitlerian dream of ridding America of \u201cvermin\u201d now seems to be falling apart. He thoroughly pissed off and dismayed his most stridently racist supporters by floating the idea of a \u201cgold card\u201d for Visas that could be purchased for just five million dollars by any Russian plutocrat or Columbian drug lord willing to put up the money. Trump seemed to think most agricultural workers and hotel maids had a few million or so laying around, and that this scheme would generate five trillion or so.<\/p>\n And now it seems, with demonstrations spreading and Trump\u2019s standing in the polls deep underwater on his biggest political strength\u2014throwing out eleven million people\u2014ICE is being ordered to rethink their priorities. A memo was released by a ranking Gazpacho officer, Tatum King, that said, \u201cplease hold on all worksite enforcement investigations\/operations on agriculture (including aquaculture and meatpacking plants), restaurants, and operating hotels\u2026other case types\/investigations such as human trafficking, money laundering, drug smuggling into these industries are ok, however we are not pursuing non-criminal collaterals.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s unlikely that Jesus came to Trump in his sleep and told him \u201cTry to act like a fucking human being.\u201d More likely Trump was dismayed by the spread of the demonstrations, his loss of support on what had been his centerpiece campaign stump item, and, most likely of all, intense pressure from the corporations and special interests that exploit and make billions on immigrant labor\u2014hotel and restaurant chains, Big Agriculture, and other parties that profit from the near-slavery conditions imposed on people trying just to survive. Many of them are, of course, Republicans, because humans exist to make money for their betters, right? Trump was seriously interfering with that.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a hard and very welcome slap on Steven Miller\u2019s gleaming pate, but there\u2019s no shortage of little shit states with mad dictators who would welcome someone with Steve\u2019s unique personality and talents. He\u2019ll find his own little Holocaust to run and do fine. Meanwhile, I bet the administration is already Photoshopping him out of the group pix already.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t expect things to calm down, but I do think Trump and his minions will continue to see their power ebb.<\/p>\n At least, one can hope.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ADDENDUM: Trump just tweeted this: “Our Nation\u2019s ICE Officers have shown incredible strength, determination, and courage as they facilitate a very important mission, the largest Mass Deportation Operation of Illegal Aliens in History. Every day, the Brave Men and Women of ICE are subjected to violence, harassment, and even threats from Radical Democrat Politicians, but nothing will stop us from executing our mission, and fulfilling our Mandate to the American People. ICE Officers are herewith ordered, by notice of this TRUTH, to do all in their power to achieve the very important goal of delivering the single largest Mass Deportation Program in History.<\/i><\/p>\n \u201cIn order to achieve this, we must expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in America\u2019s largest Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, where Millions upon Millions of Illegal Aliens reside. These, and other such Cities, are the core of the Democrat Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base, cheat in Elections<\/a>, and grow the Welfare State, robbing good paying Jobs and Benefits from Hardworking American Citizens.<\/i><\/p>\n “These Radical Left Democrats are sick of mind, hate our Country, and actually want to destroy our Inner Cities \u2014 And they are doing a good job of it! There is something wrong with them. That is why they believe in Open Borders, Transgender for Everybody, and Men playing in Women\u2019s Sports \u2014 And that is why I want ICE, Border Patrol, and our Great and Patriotic Law Enforcement Officers, to FOCUS on our crime ridden and deadly Inner Cities, and those places where Sanctuary Cities play such a big role. You don\u2019t hear about Sanctuary Cities in our Heartland! I want our Brave ICE Officers to know that REAL Americans are cheering you on every day. The American People want our Cities, Schools, and Communities to be SAFE and FREE from Illegal Alien Crime, Conflict, and Chaos. That\u2019s why I have directed my entire Administration to put every resource possible behind this effort, and reverse the tide of Mass Destruction Migration that has turned once Idyllic Towns into scenes of Third World Dystopia. <\/i><\/p>\n \u201cOur Federal Government will continue to be focused on the REMIGRATION of Aliens to the places from where they came, and preventing the admission of ANYONE who undermines the domestic tranquility of the United States,” he concluded. “To ICE, FBI, DEA, ATF, the Patriots at Pentagon and the State Department, you have my unwavering support. Now go, GET THE JOB DONE! DJT”<\/i><\/p>\n So make of that what you will. I wonder if Miller wrote it. \u201cRemigration\u201d sounds like something Hitler might have come up with.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Da Week Dat Wuz Things rapid enough for ya? Bryan Zepp Jamieson June 15th, 2025 The past ten days have been about as wild as it gets. It reminds me of an observation the then-prestigious Times of London made in late April of 1945, in the wake of Roosevelt\u2019s death, the collapse of Germany, … <\/p>\n