I was at loss on what word to use, so I lifted Trumpocracy from David Frum (who apparently coined it in 2018 for a book title), since the evolving new administration takes on flavors from so many authoritarian-adjacent topologies. It’s like the old Chinese restaurant menus.

We may be witnessing the birth of a brand-new type of government. How exciting!

If anyone has a better suggestion, let me know.

Anyway, this will be a place to keep track of policies, etc., that distinguish this admin from previous ones in their anti-democratic , corruption-enabling, oligarchic, (add list of other horrible adjectives as you see fit) methods.

The first is last night’s firing of about 20 inspector generals (the number seems to vary by source). The firings themselves are illegal as Congress must be notified 30 days in advance. But that requires a Congress who gives a ****.

The other part, of course, is that he will replace these independent inspectors with lackeys, so say goodbye to agency oversight! Let the corruption begin!

Agree, db. But, as you say, it requires a Senate which gives a ****. But they don't. Same with all the conflicts in Trump's holdings. Who will oppose? Clearly not the GOP Senate. We've seen what GOPers do when the Republic is at stake: they consider their jobs and act accordingly. 


Greetings from Little Rhody, BTW, my former neighbors. The outrage continues as we lurch toward the end. Every day, every exec. action, every appointment: If we thought Hegseth didn't have a prayer, we stand corrected. What the heck: why not Gabbard?  Who would have thought that "I promise not to drink to excess" would be reassuring from the guy who will command the most lethal fighting force on earth. 

Might as well say, "My fellow Americans, if WW3 breaks out, I promise I won't be hammered at some strip club."  And assurances from alcoholics are rock solid. Very few fall off the wagon.

Who could've headed this off? Mitch (you get no credit for anti-Hegseth-vote-you-bastard) McConnell? The Senate? The GOP in general? Voters? 

We've clearly answered the question of who we are. This is us. Period. Full f'ing stop.

Any MOLers on Bluesky?

I know this is a drop-in from the past but I hope to contribute going forward. 

GL2 said:

Agree, db. But, as you say, it requires a Senate which gives a ****. But they don't. Same with all the conflicts in Trump's holdings. Who will oppose? Clearly not the GOP Senate. We've seen what GOPers do when the Republic is at stake: they consider their jobs and act accordingly. 


Greetings from Little Rhody, BTW, my former neighbors. The outrage continues as we lurch toward the end. Every day, every exec. action, every appointment: If we thought Hegseth didn't have a prayer, we stand corrected. What the heck: why not Gabbard?  Who would have thought that "I promise not to drink to excess" would be reassuring from the guy who will command the most lethal fighting force on earth. 

Might as well say, "My fellow Americans, if WW3 breaks out, I promise I won't be hammered at some strip club."  And assurances from alcoholics are rock solid. Very few fall off the wagon.

Who could've headed this off? Mitch (you get no credit for anti-Hegseth-vote-you-bastard) McConnell? The Senate? The GOP in general? Voters? 

We've clearly answered the question of who we are. This is us. Period. Full f'ing stop.

Any MOLers on Bluesky?

I know this is a drop-in from the past but I hope to contribute going forward. 

Welcome back! I wondered why you disappeared. I'm reminded of you whenever I see Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, one of my favorite Senators.

Thanks, Morganna. Yup, Shelly and also Jack Reed, lowkey but feisty guy very opposed to Hegseth appointment. We like Gina Raimondo too. 

GL2 said:

Agree, db. But, as you say, it requires a Senate which gives a ****. But they don't. Same with all the conflicts in Trump's holdings. Who will oppose? Clearly not the GOP Senate. We've seen what GOPers do when the Republic is at stake: they consider their jobs and act accordingly. 


Greetings from Little Rhody, BTW, my former neighbors. The outrage continues as we lurch toward the end. Every day, every exec. action, every appointment: If we thought Hegseth didn't have a prayer, we stand corrected. What the heck: why not Gabbard?  Who would have thought that "I promise not to drink to excess" would be reassuring from the guy who will command the most lethal fighting force on earth. 

Might as well say, "My fellow Americans, if WW3 breaks out, I promise I won't be hammered at some strip club."  And assurances from alcoholics are rock solid. Very few fall off the wagon.

Who could've headed this off? Mitch (you get no credit for anti-Hegseth-vote-you-bastard) McConnell? The Senate? The GOP in general? Voters? 

We've clearly answered the question of who we are. This is us. Period. Full f'ing stop.

Any MOLers on Bluesky?

I know this is a drop-in from the past but I hope to contribute going forward. 

howdy sir, and welcome back!

I'm on bluesky, but I don't use it much yet. So is Ridski. I think he's more active there.

The firing of the IG's is telling for another reason. Most, maybe all, of those fired were actually appointed by Trump v1, and retained by Biden.

Back then, he would occasionally appoint people with actual integrity by mistake, but he soon learned that they might stand up to his nonsense. This gave him a sad. So he's now going to replace them with lackeys.

Is Lackeyocracy a word? It should be! Because we're in one!

Morganna said:

Welcome back! I wondered why you disappeared. I'm reminded of you whenever I see Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, one of my favorite Senators.

speaking of Sen. Whitehouse, of whom I'm a big fan, he seems to have taken a turn to the dark side concerning the nomination of RFK Jr. Apparently they were schoolmates or something.

Very disconcerting.

Very.

Whitehouse seen as potential vote for RFK Jr. due to long friendship

Well, revising history is well in place now… I bet the veterans and their families are very pleased:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/25/air-force-videos-tuskegee-airmen-female-pilots 

Yeah, that’s almost ancient history, who really needs to know about it??  Or why there are WW2 posters with female mechanics happily holding wrenches and oily rags, etc.  Oh - gosh, I guess there’s a lot of classic movies that can’t be shown now?

I have a feeling that some MOLers will enjoy this parody on Sherlock Trump & the Foul Flu