No one singing the national anthem self-identifies as Enrico Palazzo anymore :(

Virginia DA Refuses to Prosecute Trans Sex Offender Who Exposed Himself at 2 Schools, 3 Rec Centers
March 16, 2025

□ [“Trump Provides Update on Epstein and Other Classified Files: ‘It’s Moving Along Rapidly, Will Be Released in Coming Weeks’"]

Credit to Trump for actually making a public statement on this.  That's about the only credit I'll give him on this issue, his answer is just horrible.  Could have just had his AG says that, or the FBI, or Trump's official spokeslady.  I really hope there's an actual plan going on because this is just ridiculous.

"There could have been some holdback.  I haven’t heard too much about it, but they could.  But the bottom line is the records are getting out."

He hasn't heard about any of this?  That means he hasn't been paying attention to it.  Once again, yes, he has other things to focus on, but he has shown great abilities at focusing on many things.  Given how important this is, and the nature of releasing classified information, you'd think that's something he would be asking about once or twice a week for an update.  Instead maybe there's holdback.  Dunno.  Next question.

"I released a lot of [JFK files], but then a lot of people started coming in, people that I respected, people that worked for the administration asked me not to release the rest.  I respected that.  They gave me certain reasons, but I respected that.  I did say, I must tell you, I said that I probably wish I did release the whole thing because I have no idea what’s in there."

First of all, who the f*ck gets to ask him not to release something and goes along with it out of respect?  Screw the American people who've wanted the details for over 60 years, I respect this unnamed employee of mine too much to serve Americans.  If this guy tells me to cancel tariffs or help Ukraine join NATO, I'm there.

Second of all, he has no idea what's in the JFK files?  Once again, everybody who's had access to those files for the last 60 years would want to take a look, just to get over the curiosity.  But Trump has no interest?  Seems very unlikely, which leads to:

Third of all, then how do you know the files are remotely accurate?  Or that they even exist in the first place?  Maybe the files just hold a picture of Elvis taken from an early-70s Vegas show and an issue of Roy Thomas' X-Men?  You wouldn't know because you never checked.  You've been in charge of this stuff for over four years and it's only now becoming a question?  JFK had the job you're doing right now, you see no connection?

"The one they want most is Kennedy, and it’s going to be released.  It’s moving along, and it’s moving along pretty rapidly.  I would say weeks.”

You already had months and you had years before that.  Your predecessors had the same job and didn't bother either.  I get that the JFK assassination is the biggest target historically, but notice that Trump doesn't even mention Epstein or any of the others.  Nor is he giving any reason why it's taken so long, why the SDNY lied to his AG, why other POTUS didn't just release everything.  None of it.

Trump had to give an update at some point, I'm glad he did.  I will also attempt (and fail) to figure out a justified reason why this is still underway and will work out for the best.  But this really does show that there's no reason to hope for success here and, by extension, everything else has to be doubted.  We're definitely tired of losing.

Bolsonaro Gathers Hundreds of Thousands in Rio de Janeiro, Demand Amnesty and Freedom for Political Prisoners
March 16, 2025

□ [“Trump Administration Defiantly Tells Radical Judge to Pound Sand Following Ruling"]

It's almost time for a conflict with the courts.  Not sure how this will work out because courts get so little attention.  Congress is just a mess, Democrats still have no clue what to do and are controlled by Trump Derangement Syndrome.  I get that the courts need to be stopped from dictating to the executive branch, it's just not clear what that will look like.

In this case, Trump was shipping Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang members to El Salvador.  A judge demanded that the planes be turned around and the illegal alien criminals be brought back.  That didn't happen.  The President of El Salvador even tweeted a laugh about it.  It should be noted that the US is paying El Salvador to imprison them.  Um... ok...

Anyway, the judges are trying to support the invaders and protect unelected bureaucrats, claiming to have much more authority over the executive branch than they're supposed to have.  It's effectively trying to do in their own way what Congress has tried and failed to do.  We're about to find out how much sway the law really has in the judicial system.

Trump and co. can cite established laws, like the 1798 Alien Enemies Act and the 1867 Mississippi vs. Johnson ruling.  The former is specific to wartime, but I've always assumed that the post-9/11 decisions were about providing an ongoing war to justify this.  The latter covers what executive aspects the courts do control, they are about ministerial duties, the procedural specifics of carrying out the job, not defining what the POTUS job actually is.

The latter also traces its way back to 1803 Marbury vs. Madison which made this distinction in the first place.  I'm not a legal historian but even I know Marbury vs. Madison is one of the most important court rulings in our nation's history.  As far as the legal grounds, Trump is on solid ground.  The problem is that the courts may not be working that way, all through the line from the Supremes on down.

One thing that needs to be done, and I don't have a clue how, is an investigation into basically every judge using their authority and family members to enrich themselves.  For instance, the judge who convicted Trump as a felon in 2024 also oversaw a 2022 tax fraud case against the Trump Organization's 2022 tax fraud case and Trump associate Steve Bannon on money laundering at the same time as he was going after Trump as felon.

The judges for New York cases are picked at random yet this one guy got three anti-Trump cases.  He's not even a permanent judge, how lucky is that?  Meanwhile his daughter has brought in almost $100 million in fundraising for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in their campaigns.  The judge himself has even donated to Biden, which judges aren't supposed to do, and not just because Biden is icky.

It's another example of something the public won't really understand if the truth comes out, because we don't follow judges.  But there's probably a huge amount of connection between the uniparty, the *woke* community and the judiciary.  It's gone on for a long time and we've never seen it before, but it could be coming to a head.  This is one reason I haven't totally dumped Trump because of failure to release the Epstein files, this does seem like the sort of thing that could be more relevant, and probably connected.  How many Supreme Court judges went to P. Diddy parties?

Indiana’s Chatterbox Jazz Club Threatens Patron with a Bat for Wearing MAGA Hat, Then Kicks Her Out
March 16, 2025

□ [“Yemen’s Houthis Retaliate with Massive Attack on US Aircraft Carrier with 18 Ballistic Missiles and Drone"]

Well now you've done it.  Is there any reason Trump can't whip them off the face of the earth before breakfast tomorrow?  Air Force, no doubt.  There's valid reasons not to send in ground troops, but at the moment I'm thinking about how cool that would be.  Maybe we'll be really lucky and he'll give the trans soldiers an opportunity to go show how good they really are and send them in first.

□ [“Syrian Terrorists Smoke and Burn Alawites Out of Forests; President al-Jolani Imposes Islamist Constitution and Sharia Law"]

This would be trickier.  We could take them out, that would be easy, but unless we're actually occupying the territory, a new version would quickly take over and it would be the same thing.  Not sure I see a good option here.  I'm fine with a military strike, but can't really spend years opposing getting involved in Russia/Ukraine and then rush over to fight in Syria.  If we leave them around, they will support terrorism, but otherwise, I don't see any way this is our business.

We know Iran is backing the Houthis and there's no reason to think they aren't involved in Syria as much as they can be, although it's not clear how much they could really get involved.  This is one of those things where a permanent base in Iraq would be helpful, but that was given up years ago.  Sad to say, this might just be another case of the world watching as Muslims slaughter lots of people.

Kari Lake Exposes Massive Waste at USAGM, Suspends/Locks Out 1,000 Employees at Voice of America
March 16, 2025

□ [“Bernie Sanders Thinks The Pandemic Never Ended; Urges Supporters to Mask Up Outdoors"]

We just passed the five-year anniversary of the virus.  It's startling to realize how quickly that time has passed but as we see here, a lot of people are still stuck there.

My perspective is rather unique.  Not sure why and won't try to explain it, but for the most part, it didn't effect me in 2020 and a large part of 2021.  What was really surprising was the rare times I had to deal with people who did think it was serious.  For the moment, I'll just think about how insanely obsessed the left was with imposing totalitarianism - everybody must wear mask and get countless poison vaccines - which totally contradicted what they used to say our rights to our own bodies.

Remember the societal purge they demanded for those of us who aren't vaccinated?  I still laugh, if I had been in the military, I'd have gotten it without hesitation.  But now I had the option and wasn't about to go for chemicals which were just discovered with no clue what the long-term effects were.  Back then we were promised a "winter of death" and celebrities were unanimous that we needed to be locked up to die for this.  Now we know it was a Chinese bioweapon and they aren't remotely sorry about this.

But as we see with Bernie and his cult, some haven't even gotten out of it.  I am surprised at how many people I see every day who are still wearing that junk, but I tend to assume few of them voted for Trump.  Like it or not, there is a percentage of the population who just goes along with all of this nonsense and wants to punish anyone who doesn't.  No wonder China has so much influence.

Bureaucrats Defy Trump’s Cuts: 40 Transgender Animal Experiments Still Active, $400M in Tax Dollars
March 15, 2025

SpaceX Crew-10 Successfully Docks at International Space Station to Return Stranded Astronauts After 9 Months
March 16, 2025