It isn't 'may the force be with you,' the real question is 'may not the force be with you?'

Trump Will Build a World Class White House Ballroom and Pay for It Himself  and Private Donations
May 4, 2025

□ [“Marco Rubio Now Holds Four Key Posts in Trump Administration"]

I don't think I've ever heard of a government official holding four positions like this, at least for relevant spots.  Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, USAID Administrator and US Archivist.  He's just there as stand-ins for most of these until someone else is appointed, I assume he's basically signing paperwork to keep the offices running.  But could there be something else?

With the funding and the record-keeping - USAID and Archive - those could be relevant for the SoS and National Security.  There may also be extra steps between the positions which can be avoided if they're held by the same guy.  There are probably more government policies regarding that, just to avoid people from getting info or access to something they could misuse, but I have no idea what that might be.

Also a bit wary of what this means for Rubio.  I'm just not going to trust Trump's appointees.  Hopefully in four years I'll still be waiting to say I was right all along, but it's not clear why Trump would put the same guy at these different jobs.  Rubio seems to be more important than the Veep on this, and Trump even pointed that out when asked yesterday about his successors, citing both Rubio and Vance.

Trump might be the kind of leader who wants his subordinates to compete, and I'm not expecting a replay of Mike Pence, but I didn't expect a Mike Pence situation either.  At least Trump accepts he's only doing two terms.

Sean Penn Melts Down Over Trump — He ‘May Destroy The World’, Likens Him to a Murderer
May 4, 2025

□ [“Thousands of Muslim Men in Bangladesh Rally to Protest Offering Women Equal Rights"]

Well, looking at the past decade or two of what women do is really making these Muslims' point for them.  They can look at the western world of perverted infidels and say 'we ain't doing that here.'  Whether they love Bangladesh as their home or if they're just good Muslims, they'll oppose it.

But if the infidel wants that, it's fine.  Bangladesh is probably a bit different from the US (maybe) but here, that's why Muslims vote for liberal Democrats.  They know it's a bad thing but it just ruins the infidel and gets Islam closer to being in charge.  The left never sees any problems with this and never ask what will happen to apostates when Muslims are in charge.  Or gays, women, etc. but no one really cares about them.

This does fit with the world rejecting the left overall.  Not sure how relevant religion is, but I'm sure it's involved.  We're close enough to civilization being shut down for a while and how do women think they'll get by without electricity or indoor plumbing or vehicles?  A week of that would make a lot of changes for the survivors.  Those who are capable of seeing the problems getting closer can also see how they were caused.  It's just so natural to blame women for everything.

Trump Renames 'Veteran’s Day' to 'Victory Day for WW1', May 8 as 'Victory Day for WW2'
May 2, 2025

PBS Does Fawning Nancy Pelosi Interview:  ‘There’s a Lot of Applause in the Room Here for You’
May 3, 2025

7 arrested in the UK for suspected Iranian Islamist terror plot
May 4, 2025

□ [“DNC Vice Chair David Hogg Rips His Own Party:  ‘Clearly something is not going right here’"]

He says it's not just the "messaging," it's also the "messengers."  Doesn't have any complaints about the message itself, just how they send it out and by who.  He does pull back a bit on attacking Democrats in 'safe districts,' although he still says they aren't doing enough.  He also tries to limit attacking people for being old but does insist they need younger people.  People who don't reproduce often need more young people around.

I get that he's going out for publicity but it's not clear who he's going to win over and I don't think he'll keep Democrats united.  I'd expect the party to kick him out by the end of the month unless he suddenly apologizes and begs for mercy.  That's possible but unlikely unless he gets seriously threatened behind closed doors and even then, I think he'd screw things up even worse and drive more people away.

This is similar to the polls the pet media is trying to use about how Trump's supporters have turned against him, the most unpopular POTUS ever after only 100 days, all that stuff.  This is leftists projecting their own chaos onto others.  At least Republicans are getting what they voted for, Democrats get people who have to make things up and it still doesn't work for them.  They're not even being punished for their complaints so they'll spend all their time on being so oppressed.

Trump Warns About Radical Judges Sabotaging His Agenda as the Supreme Court Sits on Its Hands
May 4, 2025

Most people aren't aware of this but there is yet-another new Marvel movie out right now.  It's only been a couple of months since the last one, which is still in theaters now.  It's finally passed $200 million domestically, basically the same amount internationally, and it is not a success.  This movie will do even worse, except on the off-chance people who see it really like it and tell everyone else how great it is.  Sure, ads on the internet will say that, but a real audience needs real encouragement.  This isn't it.

Looking it up, this new movie has made $76 million for its opening weekend.  In 2021, the Black Widow movie made $80 million on opening weekend.  Tickets were probably cheaper then so they needed to sell more to get that much money.  The theaters were closed because of the virus, and the movie was already available on streaming.  We already know when and where the main character dies so there's no tension, and the main character is a woman!  We don't like movies that star women and yet Black Widow still did better on opening weekend!

This movie even has a character from Black Widow - I think, it's not like I'm seeing any of these movies - so it doesn't sound like she's bringing the audience along to the follow-up.  They are spending a ridiculous amount of money on these movies people need to see and keep track of the way comic geeks do with our collections, or at least we did when it was a lot cheaper and easier.

DC had this problem a couple years ago, stuck with a ton of movies that everyone knew would bomb in theaters.  They just had to push through it and hope they could get the child-porn guy who made Marvel movies to do something for them.  Well, the upcoming Superman movie is sounding less and less interesting, Marvel's Fantastic Four has already reached that point and they're both coming out in a couple months.

At what point will both companies demand that they stop wasting everything on these failures?  I still think the goal was to aim for an Avengers/Justice League crossover [and I'm still working on my theory that they've planned this for decades] but they've just sunk everything that was supposed to be built from.  You get the audience involved by fun adventures with fun characters.  But Marvel and DC think they can just throw in new characters and they don't even need to be interesting.  They've installed the cult of actors into that process and still don't see how bad this is going to go for them.

Putin Says Russia Can Bring the War to a ‘Logical Conclusion’, Hopes to Never Use Nuclear Weapons
May 4, 2025

□ [“Jen Psaki Claims She Never Noticed Biden's Mental Decline Until the Disastrous Debate"]

Did she ever meet him before?  Did she completely ignore him every time they were in the same room?  Of course she falls back on the 'I'm not a doctor' excuse, like it takes a doctor to recognize a senile old man who's just getting worse all the time.  Refusing to accept that is not the same thing.

This is why the media is damaging itself.  They clearly hid the truth but can't even admit that they hid it, which means they can't be taken seriously about anything else.  This drives people away from even giving them any attention much less belief, so the problem keeps building and getting worse and they aren't even acknowledged it yet.

But they're supposed to be trusted to report on the economy or the war or Trump's poll numbers?  I can't even fathom how they would do it, but did Trump and his staff prepare for this?  As in, did they know in advance that the left would unanimously spend half-a-year getting more and more insane and haven't even started to turn things around yet?  Democrats are going bonkers all over the place, the uniparty is just sitting and twiddling its thumbs, the judiciary is making its own decisions because who's going to stop them?  Leftist citizens are just having a never-ending childish tantrum.  And Trump+ probably knew in advance that this is how they'd react.

Iowa State Lecturer Argues “Capitalism fuels racism”
May 4, 2025