Way back in February, and what seems like 10 years ago, I spent a snowy Monday morning in Wisconsin typing to you about the importance of the word inevitable to describe two things I saw coming in November’s monumental elections in the United States of America pitting freedom vs. fascism.
As we close in on those key elections, which are now but 100 days away, those two statements are holding up remarkably well, and on their way toward a historic collision. January, 2027, will usher in the new year, and reveal what kind of country we will live in going forward.
Put starkly in the light of this July day: Will elections matter anymore?
Because that is what is on the line right now.
There is increasing certainty that a majority of Americans are going to vote for a drastic change in the leadership of our House of Representatives, and for a Senate that is also controlled by the Democratic Party.
It is inevitable that Democrats are going to have a very, very good day on November 3. Since 2024, they have flipped 30 legislative seats, and Republicans have flipped zero. There is absolutely no reason to believe their success at the polls will not continue.
So why is it important to point out the inevitability of these things happening? Because as sure as I am laying down these inevitable results, Trump and his subservient Republicans inevitably will do everything in their power to attack those elections again, because that is what violent authoritarian regimes do.
Come November 4, nobody will be able to say they were surprised by the thrashing Democrats laid on Republicans when it was inevitable it was going to happen all along.
In my piece Wednesday, This is the End, I laid out all the trouble Trump is in, and what his inevitable reaction will be to his self-made disaster, typing:
“… we know that while Trump has always been a violent man, attacking America is the thing he relishes most ...”
In the three days since I published this well-read offering (and thank you), two significant polls have come in, that only buttress my case.
A new Marquette Poll released this week revealed that Trump’s approvals are at an all-time worst -18% in Wisconsin. That poll is the gold standard in the Cheese State, and its findings reveal massive trouble for the Republican Party nationally.
Why?
Because Wisconsin might be the ‘“swingiest” state in the country. As Wisconsin goes, so goes the country …
If Trump is polling this bad there, it is inevitable he will be a drag on GOP candidates in close contests throughout the country come November.
And while Trump and his Republican Orcs tried to cover their eyes from the Wisconsin Poll, a Fox News poll also dropped later that day, and there wasn’t a thing they could do to shield themselves from that damaging, incoming friendly fire …
Rupert Murdoch’s gang topped the lead story on their website published at 6 o’clock sharp Wednesday evening, with this ominous slammer:
FOX NEWS POLL: VOTERS WANT MAJOR CHANGE AMID ECONOMIC POLITICAL DISCONTENT
Here was the subhead:
Latest survey shows Trump approval stuck near record low
You could almost hear the garish golden chandeliers rattling inside the White House when that poll was dropped like a bomb across America — a poll, by the way, that mirrors the Marquette findings on Trump and his odious party.
There were ominous numbers for Republicans all over this poll signaling their inevitable demise, but I’ll share just a few nuggets that thoroughly delighted me:
So a couple of words on all that:
HOLY YOU-KNOW-WHAT
With 100 days until the elections, Republicans are in deep, deep trouble, know it, and lack the courage to save even themselves from the orange arsonist and cult leader, who has taken a match to their chances in November.
My instructions?
Burn, baby, burn …
Which takes us back to the inevitability that Trump will take that blow torch to elections the results he doesn’t like, which will pretty much be all of them.
That’s when we see if Democrats, our creaky court system, and the occasional Republican who still understands right from wrong, can fight fire with fire and protect our vote from this violent authoritarian regime which is gunning down innocent people in our streets, rewriting our history, and standing against democracies throughout the world.
Chances are good that if you are here reading this piece, you have excellent taste, and know that I do not trust our perverted, corporate media to hold Trump to account, or give proper editorial weight to these incredibly dangerous times we are living in.
Just last night, these stupid, inside-the-Beltway phonies were celebrating themselves at their garish White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, clinking champagne glasses and toasting Trump — the man who wants to finish them, and America, off for good, and just as quickly as possible.
He spit on them, and they laughed.
How weak.
How pathetic.
I declared my independence from these me-first frauds, and a steady paycheck years ago, and don’t regret it one bit, but it is terribly sad what has happened to them. Imagine completely missing the most significant story since the Civil War: Trump and his Republicans’ fascist attack on America.
This story should be front-page news every day. Why isn’t it?