Documenting the U.S. Decline under Mad King Trump continued...

We were not surprised by the Obama gorilla video Trump posted recently, yet that came with no apologies. Underlying all of this is the more obvious sign that the entire administration is built on white nationalism. 

It's always been there but it's now more obvious. And anyone who doesn't wake up to all the red flags coming from this administration is an unmovable racist. Which brings me to this "red flag:"

Trump nominated a white nationalist to a top State Department job.

🚨 Trump nominated a white nationalist to a top State Department job.

When asked to explain his “erasure of white culture” beliefs, he completely collapsed. pic.twitter.com/lpBeNAQtcY

— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) February 12, 2026

"Windmills," otherwise known as wind turbines in the 21st century, are now a threat to airlines? Madness says yes: 

Trump on windmills: I hope we don’t have one built during my administration. It’s an endangerment for the military and the airlines. pic.twitter.com/iS1grLDEKj

— Acyn (@Acyn) February 12, 2026

Need another red flag to prove there really is a problem with white nationalism? Does it have to be clearer?

BREAKING: Governor Wes Moore just slammed the Trump Administration for excluding him from the National Governors Association meeting. This is the kind of fight we need. pic.twitter.com/yz3iR3z8yO

— Democratic Wins Media (@DemocraticWins) February 13, 2026

When Sen. Rand Paul starts making sense, we're definitely in different times. His final question in this video is not so oddly frightening:   

Rand Paul: "I see not even a hint here of anything aggressive on [Pretti's] part. I don't think this should take months and months. There needs to be a conclusion ... the public needs to know, if I go to a protest and shout something at people, could I be killed?" pic.twitter.com/9zTCB9e3BY

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 12, 2026

The Tennessee Holler posted this, the obvious reason by MAGA is pushing abortion bans. 

A KENTUCKY COUPLE went to hospital for a miscarriage‼️Someone called 911 & police arrested them both while still in the hospital bed‼️She’s facing reckless homicide, abuse of a corpse & up 5 years in prison. This is the third pregnancy related arrest in Kentucky‼️ pic.twitter.com/5NG5xo9HUt

— Meidas_Charise Lee (@charise_lee) February 12, 2026

 

John & Gordy in the Afternoon is no more....

Bad news, we've been let go at Civic Media, and hope to continue J&G in a daily podcast. In the meantime, stay in contact with us at democurmudgeon.blogspot.com and at my Facebook page John Peterson. In the meantime, I will miss every one of you. And that goes for Gordy too. It was group therapy. You can email me here, or at Facebook.

Yes, it's the John & Gordy "Let's go Back to Cursive" children's storybook!

 

Another Minneapolis Death, Alex Pretti, Vilified by Trump, Noem and Bovino.

 The shooting of Veteran ICU nurse Alex Pretti was captured by a witness just a few feet away. Since the video shows the shooting, it's not publishable, just a link to the video: 

Omg, this version shows it all. His back was to the agent who shot him. These MF's!https://t.co/2SLpwmZagG

— 🦋 Annie 🦋 (@Stand4TruthOnly) January 25, 2026

Federal agents in Minneapolis wrestled Alex Pretti to the ground and secured the handgun he was carrying moments before shooting him multiple times, according to a Washington Post analysis of video footage.

Read more: https://t.co/gs55sapKJH pic.twitter.com/0LwulTgqLy

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 25, 2026

Wow. Greg Bovino and Kristi Noem literally saying the exact same thing. pic.twitter.com/ETDfrqrfCY

— Blue Georgia (@BlueATLGeorgia) January 24, 2026

“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.” pic.twitter.com/LvpsLm4IES

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) January 25, 2026

Bash: "It feels as though you're blaming the victim here."

Greg Bovino: "The victims are the border patrol agents.“

FFS
pic.twitter.com/YKCeFfb0yV

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) January 25, 2026

🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING: Protesters in Los Angeles just projected an anti-ICE video onto a building.

And it wasn’t just any building.

It was Twin Towers, an ICE-linked detention facility where LASD actively collaborates with ICE for deportation screening.

This is what resistance looks… pic.twitter.com/rz4f0u6kqj

— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) January 25, 2026

Peaceful Protests in Minnesota

 What appears to be AI generated, is making the rounds and is an appropriate statement.

ICE Chases Protestor In Major Escalation in Minnesota — Air Force Called In

pic.twitter.com/pW9L16Moh1

— Morgan J. Freeman (@mjfree) January 18, 2026

 Here's real video from Minneapolis in -7 degree weather, with thousands of protesters in the streets. 

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Clergy of all faiths protest at Minneapolis airport during the ICE Out, asking the airlines to cancel contracts to fly immigrants out-of-state. 

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Mad King Don's 2nd Term Storybook

 Welcome to another collection of memorable moments from Mad King Don's first year.

Here again is Phycologist Dr. John Gartner on Times Radio on Mad King Don's obvious problem with malignant narcissism:

WHERE'S SGT. FURY and his HOWLING COMMANDO'S when you need them? 

If you’re familiar with Marvel’s Sgt. Fury artist Jack Kirby, Bovino looks like just like someone he’d draw as a Nazi arch villain. At least that’s what the Twitter video looked like.

Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino marches through Minneapolis surrounded by federal agents, shouting at American citizens.

This isn’t about deporting “the worst of the worst.” It’s about deliberately sowing fear and chaos in cities that oppose the Trump regime pic.twitter.com/zxP10HVsll

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) January 17, 2026

This is a news broadcast dispels the idea they’re not intentionally sweeping up Americans. The inhumane treatment of every detainee is a national war crime;

This U.S citizen who was detained by ICE in Minnesota says that they took her to Whipple. She said they wouldn’t let her use the phone & then she was put in shackles & then in a U.S Citizen’s cell so they knew they would be detaining Americans! They had to beg for food & water! pic.twitter.com/7cOlwiPvum

— Suzie rizzio (@Suzierizzo1) January 17, 2026

Mad King Don is now accepting anyone's past trophies and accolades, WOW: 

The Trophies suddenly came pouring in...

Trump shifts ICE mission from immigrants to Americans using Good's killing...we're all on notice.

Here's Bucks head coach Doc Rivers on the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by ICE. 

This is a moving tribute to Renee Nicole Good by Youtuber Robert Arnold, that I will never forget....

In an attempt to ambush protesters, who Fox News thinks don't know why they're there, Hannity finds out the hard way they know more than him:

🔥 MUST-WATCH: “That’s not what it looked like to me at all. There just absolutely is no justification for this.”@seanhannity sends a reporter to try to embarrass a Minneapolis protestor… and he chooses the wrong dude — who instead cooks 🔥 live on Fox for 2 full minutes🦸🏻‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/uJ7DJJLmlh

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) January 10, 2026

By the way, we now know what the plan is, as one ICE agent admits:

An ICE agent in Minnesota to a woman recording him: “Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?”

He then knocked her phone out of her hand.

What has America become? pic.twitter.com/5NvLeaQncQ

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) January 10, 2026

So this marks the beginning of ICE moving from Immigrants to Americans, using Good's death as inspiration. 

MINNEAPOLIS: Border Patrol agents warn two white women in separate SUVs to stop trailing them and not to impede. 'Dont make a bad decision today..." pic.twitter.com/An2MAWUYcY

— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) January 9, 2026

MS NOW's Catherine Rampell is saying what I'm saying... 

#BREAKING:🔥Rampell: "You know it's interesting because I remember when these VERY SAME (rightwing) voices were decrying government tyranny, government tyranny under Obama, government tyranny under Biden, so much government tyranny that that's why we all need guns, that's why we… pic.twitter.com/dmCciYFwSI

— Emoluments Clause (@Emolclause) January 11, 2026