If Trump behaves the way I recall playgroundl bullies behaving in the 3rd grade,and he will, he will just escalate his BS nonsense until more people hop OFF the bandwagon. I look forward to his utter self induced annihilation
Musk, Barrett, Powell—are breaking free. Finally courage is starting to show up. Two out of three isn't bad! We need more of that in the courts and I'm not even going to get into it about the Dems. Really, the only way out of this huge mess we are in is to see massive failure by Trump and people responding to that in the next mid-term elections. WE HAVE TO WIN THE HOUSE! 🙈
Yes, he won’t attack Musk because of twitter. And the Democrats better stay away from him because he is poison. He’s hated by everyone outside of MAGA and that will change soon too as well.
Russell Vought took over for Musk so the destruction of our government continues. These people have to be stopped both MAGA and The Heritage Foundation.
Great words. I hope Trump and his administration keep crumbling!! Who will take his place? That’s the question. I don’t want the TYPICAL Democrat. I would like someone who truly cares about the people. Not money or power. Someone who wants healthcare for all. To raise the minimum wage. To do for the people and respect our laws and constitution. Someone who won’t allow other leaders or corporations to sway them when they do all they can for the people!!
A typical Democrat is someone who is swayed by either the party or lobbyists. They are afraid of “making waves”. At least they’re not into destroying peoples lives and programs that are needed. They care more about people than the Republicans!! That’s for sure!!!
Trump is not a leader. He is a grabber, a grifter, a liar, and perhaps a thief but never a leader. He possesses no qualities of leadership. He has no idea what true leadership is.
Thank you for today’s update Adam! The orange toddler is having his usual temper tantrums-why-because he’s not getting his way!!! He thinks that he’s number one ☝️ and it’s not true!!! I agree with you that the Democrats should not be cozying up to Musk right now because of his feelings about the Big Beautiful Blunder-he’s only concerned about himself and what this bill would do to him!Wake up Democrats-he’s not your friend
And what makes these Democrats think Musk wouldn’t turn on them the minute it would benefit him? Look at Musk’s recent (drug fueled) behavior for a clue on how he’d treat them. Why would anyone want to cozy up to that?
And Musk is on record in wanting to destroy Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. He really wanted to take $2T out of the 2026 budget. “Empathy will be the downfall of humanity” or words to that effect.
Musk has never paid his fair share. He doesn’t care a wit about the American people who made him rich. He expressed joy at slashing federal jobs - ruined lives. I imagine the lawsuits from these individuals will end up costing taxpayers more than it saved.
SYSTEM IS SO BROKEN! Need a new paradigm and outside the box thinking - FREEDOM AND INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY PARTY (FAIR) founded by Adam, Liz and other sane people. FAMA - Find America's Middle Again!
Yes Lynette, I agree with you and Adam, the bill doesn’t cut enough money out to satisfy musk. He is no friend. However, he does meet the criteria as a white nationalist. What really frightens me is his involvement with the US government, the contracts and his control and ownership of Starlink. I’m no expert, so if anyone can educate me as to how we get out from under all of these financial commitments, I’d be grateful. I need a nights sleep. Lol
Both are conniving con-artists. Equally elitist, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, despicable human beings. Toxic, narcissistic sociopaths. Both should be in jail. Nobody collects as much money as musk and not do something illegal. How did he get all that Starlink money in contracts away from NASA where it should be??
Yes, these are my concerns. It all should be done through NASA. One individual should have this much control over projects that, when appropriate, belong at NASA.
I’ve spent four decades inside the system. I’ve sat through classified briefings, watched egos take precedence over good governance, and seen power abused by people who confuse loyalty with competence. So let me say this clearly: what’s happening now isn’t politics—it’s rot. And it’s not just eating away at one party. It’s infecting the entire foundation of public service.
Trump’s tantrum over Musk isn’t about betrayal—it’s about control slipping through his fingers. He never respected institutions. He expected obedience. From Musk. From Barrett. From Powell. Even from Putin. And now that his marionettes are cutting their own strings, he’s lashing out like the spoiled autocrat he’s always been. But what should trouble us more than his rage is how normalized it’s all become.
This isn’t how a functioning democracy operates. Presidents are supposed to welcome dissent, not blacklist it. Advisors aren’t supposed to be lapdogs. Billionaires shouldn’t get to play emperor just because they bought a few politicians and servers.
And yet… here we are.
Democrats, if you’re reading this—stop playing chess with arsonists. Musk turning on Trump doesn’t make him your friend. He’s not a resistance icon—he’s a tech oligarch with authoritarian impulses of his own. And if you’re too desperate for “influencers” to see that, you don’t deserve to lead the counter-offensive.
Here’s what this moment requires: spine. Moral clarity. The courage to call power what it is and to confront it, even when it’s dressed in Silicon Valley fleece or draped in a judge’s robe.
Because this isn’t about Musk. Or Trump. Or Barrett or Powell. It’s about whether we the people still believe in a country governed by law, by principle, by institutions—not just one man’s rage and whoever flatters him loudest that week.
What we’re watching is a strongman unraveling. But let’s not miss the real danger: the longer we tolerate this behavior, the more likely it is to become the blueprint for every future leader who wants to rule instead of serve.
We don’t need saviors. We need adults in the room. We need citizens who can spot a tantrum and call it what it is—a symptom of weakness, not strength.
And we need to remember what public service actually means.
You have said it all. Thank you. I really fear the groundwork of the likes of Vought, Bessent, Miller, Theile, et al just waiting to take over. They pull the strings and the puppet reacts. If we get rid of tRump we get Vance who Theile and his gang are just waiting to control.
Adam, great and accurate assessment of the current situation. This is why I subscribe to you because you see things straight on with no b/s and are not afraid to speak the truth. Thank you!
Musk has manipulated the government to get more funding for himself and his companies. He has crippled all of the agencies that were investigating him. He is 100 billion dollars richer than he was 6 months ago.
Like Trump, Musk is weak without adulation. How many people are like that? They have no self image, they only feed on the adulation of others. It props them up.
Does having millions or billions of dollars do that to a person? Perhaps bring raised among riches does cripple a human so that they have nothing: no honor, no happiness, no morals.
I suppose, from his perspective, Musk is telling the truth when he says that he's never seen Trump do anything mean, cruel, or wrong. After all, they are both sociopaths, which means they're incapable of empathy. For them, no act is mean, cruel, or wrong unless it is done to them.
My biggest frustration right now is with the Democrats, my own party. As Adam has asked so often, why are they not attacking like pitbulls? How can they let so many opportunities simply slip by? The recent shenanigans of Sen. Joni Ernst are a prime example. The entire opposition in Congress should have risen in loud and virulent condemnation, but instead we hear crickets chirping. Why are they so paralyzed? I know there are some who are trying to fight back but it's not enough. Will they now stand by as Trump begins his preposterous investigation of the legality of Biden's presidency? How can they not see the clear and present danger the nation is in? The fear for the future of the country should override any personal fears about their political careers. I feel so stymied right now.
They are. You aren't going to read about it in the Washington Post, or any corporate owned media.
They are working at the grass roots level, which is where voters have to start, to turn things around. A Democrat just won a state legislative seat in South Carolina by 41 points.
Trump Republicans have all the branches under their control. Democrats can't perform magic tricks. A few hundred people out of millions can't pull this rabbit out of the hat.
The voters put these people in office. It is the voters who are going to have to get them out.
It is not the few Democratic lawmakers that need to storm Washington DC, it is the people who want to save democracy that need to storm DC.
It won't happen until people stop expecting a few people to pull them out of this mess that millions of people helped make.
Of course you're correct. I'm aware of this and I agree with you. I wasn't suggesting that the Democrats in Congress could single-handedly resolve this crisis. But I also think that they could help the process by constantly keeping the heat on. Public opposition from those closer to direct power than we are would, I believe, help encourage the grass-roots opposition currently taking place, and would make it more difficult for the Republicans to enable Trump's agendas. Today is the anniversary of D-Day. We tend to think of it only as troops storming the beaches, but many forget that, at the same time, battleships off the coast were firing salvos over their heads while the sky was filled with airplanes constantly strafing the enemy. That, I think, is an apt analogy for what I'm talking about here.
Well I do. Take a look at the Cabinet, MAGA Congress, and the daily actions that are stealing our freedom piece by piece and sometimes chunk by chunk every single day. I'm taking bets on when the economy goes from slowing to falling. MAGA insanity will lead to paralysis, just a matter of time.
Agree very much with your observations. Official Democrat Party leadership seems oblivious and naive in the actual situation we are in. I am a registered Democrat, because I believe in their overall goals, but their leadership is out of touch with reality.
“Author’s note: LOL” made me LOL.
Excellent points, Adam! I just hope more people start standing up to this childish, narcissistic bully.
If Trump behaves the way I recall playgroundl bullies behaving in the 3rd grade,and he will, he will just escalate his BS nonsense until more people hop OFF the bandwagon. I look forward to his utter self induced annihilation
Jeannie, 'his BS nonsense' as in Joe Biden is a robotic clone? LOL
Yes, that's one of my favorites! :-) A funny thing, even a Biden robotic clone is preferable to Trump.
OHBOY - me also!!!!!!!!!!!
Always PROJECTING his personal reflection onto (fill in the blanks)
Musk, Barrett, Powell—are breaking free. Finally courage is starting to show up. Two out of three isn't bad! We need more of that in the courts and I'm not even going to get into it about the Dems. Really, the only way out of this huge mess we are in is to see massive failure by Trump and people responding to that in the next mid-term elections. WE HAVE TO WIN THE HOUSE! 🙈
If we don't? 🏃♂️🏃♀️🌋
Always.
Right. Like investigating Biden’s cognitive decline!! 😱
Good morning Adam…
He’s more like a “Jester.”
Yes, he won’t attack Musk because of twitter. And the Democrats better stay away from him because he is poison. He’s hated by everyone outside of MAGA and that will change soon too as well.
Russell Vought took over for Musk so the destruction of our government continues. These people have to be stopped both MAGA and The Heritage Foundation.
Thanks for the news…
Have a great day.
💙🇺🇸✊🏽
Great words. I hope Trump and his administration keep crumbling!! Who will take his place? That’s the question. I don’t want the TYPICAL Democrat. I would like someone who truly cares about the people. Not money or power. Someone who wants healthcare for all. To raise the minimum wage. To do for the people and respect our laws and constitution. Someone who won’t allow other leaders or corporations to sway them when they do all they can for the people!!
Somebody like pope Leo XIV
Oh, I didn’t know there was such a thing as a ‘Typical Democrat’.
I’ve been reading that they have ‘too broad a tent’ that makes things awkward.
A typical Democrat is someone who is swayed by either the party or lobbyists. They are afraid of “making waves”. At least they’re not into destroying peoples lives and programs that are needed. They care more about people than the Republicans!! That’s for sure!!!
I thought you were going to say ‘someone who is swayed … by reason & humanity’.
That’s how they should be!!!
We are.
Trump is not a leader. He is a grabber, a grifter, a liar, and perhaps a thief but never a leader. He possesses no qualities of leadership. He has no idea what true leadership is.
he's all that, and also a TODDLER.
Thank you for today’s update Adam! The orange toddler is having his usual temper tantrums-why-because he’s not getting his way!!! He thinks that he’s number one ☝️ and it’s not true!!! I agree with you that the Democrats should not be cozying up to Musk right now because of his feelings about the Big Beautiful Blunder-he’s only concerned about himself and what this bill would do to him!Wake up Democrats-he’s not your friend
And what makes these Democrats think Musk wouldn’t turn on them the minute it would benefit him? Look at Musk’s recent (drug fueled) behavior for a clue on how he’d treat them. Why would anyone want to cozy up to that?
We so need a VIABLE third party.
I will write my reps and tell them to stay away from musk - he IS POISON !!!
I just did the same thing!! We need to make sure they remember what awful things he’s done!!!
Me, as well.
Agree!! In one post, I reminded Schumer not to get too excited about Muskrat turning on Dyrump, calling his BBB trash.
And Musk is on record in wanting to destroy Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. He really wanted to take $2T out of the 2026 budget. “Empathy will be the downfall of humanity” or words to that effect.
Musk has never paid his fair share. He doesn’t care a wit about the American people who made him rich. He expressed joy at slashing federal jobs - ruined lives. I imagine the lawsuits from these individuals will end up costing taxpayers more than it saved.
SYSTEM IS SO BROKEN! Need a new paradigm and outside the box thinking - FREEDOM AND INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY PARTY (FAIR) founded by Adam, Liz and other sane people. FAMA - Find America's Middle Again!
Yes Lynette, I agree with you and Adam, the bill doesn’t cut enough money out to satisfy musk. He is no friend. However, he does meet the criteria as a white nationalist. What really frightens me is his involvement with the US government, the contracts and his control and ownership of Starlink. I’m no expert, so if anyone can educate me as to how we get out from under all of these financial commitments, I’d be grateful. I need a nights sleep. Lol
Both are conniving con-artists. Equally elitist, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, despicable human beings. Toxic, narcissistic sociopaths. Both should be in jail. Nobody collects as much money as musk and not do something illegal. How did he get all that Starlink money in contracts away from NASA where it should be??
Hi Leabertsch,
Yes, these are my concerns. It all should be done through NASA. One individual should have this much control over projects that, when appropriate, belong at NASA.
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This piece hits like a hammer—and it should.
I’ve spent four decades inside the system. I’ve sat through classified briefings, watched egos take precedence over good governance, and seen power abused by people who confuse loyalty with competence. So let me say this clearly: what’s happening now isn’t politics—it’s rot. And it’s not just eating away at one party. It’s infecting the entire foundation of public service.
Trump’s tantrum over Musk isn’t about betrayal—it’s about control slipping through his fingers. He never respected institutions. He expected obedience. From Musk. From Barrett. From Powell. Even from Putin. And now that his marionettes are cutting their own strings, he’s lashing out like the spoiled autocrat he’s always been. But what should trouble us more than his rage is how normalized it’s all become.
This isn’t how a functioning democracy operates. Presidents are supposed to welcome dissent, not blacklist it. Advisors aren’t supposed to be lapdogs. Billionaires shouldn’t get to play emperor just because they bought a few politicians and servers.
And yet… here we are.
Democrats, if you’re reading this—stop playing chess with arsonists. Musk turning on Trump doesn’t make him your friend. He’s not a resistance icon—he’s a tech oligarch with authoritarian impulses of his own. And if you’re too desperate for “influencers” to see that, you don’t deserve to lead the counter-offensive.
Here’s what this moment requires: spine. Moral clarity. The courage to call power what it is and to confront it, even when it’s dressed in Silicon Valley fleece or draped in a judge’s robe.
Because this isn’t about Musk. Or Trump. Or Barrett or Powell. It’s about whether we the people still believe in a country governed by law, by principle, by institutions—not just one man’s rage and whoever flatters him loudest that week.
What we’re watching is a strongman unraveling. But let’s not miss the real danger: the longer we tolerate this behavior, the more likely it is to become the blueprint for every future leader who wants to rule instead of serve.
We don’t need saviors. We need adults in the room. We need citizens who can spot a tantrum and call it what it is—a symptom of weakness, not strength.
And we need to remember what public service actually means.
So well expressed!
My great fear is that these two will destroy one another and take the whole republic down with them .
God bless America 🇺🇸
You have said it all. Thank you. I really fear the groundwork of the likes of Vought, Bessent, Miller, Theile, et al just waiting to take over. They pull the strings and the puppet reacts. If we get rid of tRump we get Vance who Theile and his gang are just waiting to control.
Adam - like your top graphic implies: "When a clown moves into the Palace, he doesn't become King - the Palace becomes a Circus".
Ask Trump which is worse, ignorance or apathy?
He'll respond, I don't know and I don't care.
Any dem who embraces musk is committing suicide. No one will forget the chainsaw wielding ketamine junkie doing Nazi salutes.
Use musk to take down Thiel and the tech bros. If musk is bad Thiel is way worse
Trump's the one who doesn't have the cards.
Adam, great and accurate assessment of the current situation. This is why I subscribe to you because you see things straight on with no b/s and are not afraid to speak the truth. Thank you!
Musk has manipulated the government to get more funding for himself and his companies. He has crippled all of the agencies that were investigating him. He is 100 billion dollars richer than he was 6 months ago.
Like Trump, Musk is weak without adulation. How many people are like that? They have no self image, they only feed on the adulation of others. It props them up.
Does having millions or billions of dollars do that to a person? Perhaps bring raised among riches does cripple a human so that they have nothing: no honor, no happiness, no morals.
I suppose, from his perspective, Musk is telling the truth when he says that he's never seen Trump do anything mean, cruel, or wrong. After all, they are both sociopaths, which means they're incapable of empathy. For them, no act is mean, cruel, or wrong unless it is done to them.
My biggest frustration right now is with the Democrats, my own party. As Adam has asked so often, why are they not attacking like pitbulls? How can they let so many opportunities simply slip by? The recent shenanigans of Sen. Joni Ernst are a prime example. The entire opposition in Congress should have risen in loud and virulent condemnation, but instead we hear crickets chirping. Why are they so paralyzed? I know there are some who are trying to fight back but it's not enough. Will they now stand by as Trump begins his preposterous investigation of the legality of Biden's presidency? How can they not see the clear and present danger the nation is in? The fear for the future of the country should override any personal fears about their political careers. I feel so stymied right now.
They are. You aren't going to read about it in the Washington Post, or any corporate owned media.
They are working at the grass roots level, which is where voters have to start, to turn things around. A Democrat just won a state legislative seat in South Carolina by 41 points.
Trump Republicans have all the branches under their control. Democrats can't perform magic tricks. A few hundred people out of millions can't pull this rabbit out of the hat.
The voters put these people in office. It is the voters who are going to have to get them out.
It is not the few Democratic lawmakers that need to storm Washington DC, it is the people who want to save democracy that need to storm DC.
It won't happen until people stop expecting a few people to pull them out of this mess that millions of people helped make.
Of course you're correct. I'm aware of this and I agree with you. I wasn't suggesting that the Democrats in Congress could single-handedly resolve this crisis. But I also think that they could help the process by constantly keeping the heat on. Public opposition from those closer to direct power than we are would, I believe, help encourage the grass-roots opposition currently taking place, and would make it more difficult for the Republicans to enable Trump's agendas. Today is the anniversary of D-Day. We tend to think of it only as troops storming the beaches, but many forget that, at the same time, battleships off the coast were firing salvos over their heads while the sky was filled with airplanes constantly strafing the enemy. That, I think, is an apt analogy for what I'm talking about here.
How could any Democrat un-ironically be thinking of cozying up to Musk? That's just nuclear stupidity.
Thank you Adam. Do you think the Authors of Project 2025 are calling the shots and are the real power right now?
Well I do. Take a look at the Cabinet, MAGA Congress, and the daily actions that are stealing our freedom piece by piece and sometimes chunk by chunk every single day. I'm taking bets on when the economy goes from slowing to falling. MAGA insanity will lead to paralysis, just a matter of time.
Agree very much with your observations. Official Democrat Party leadership seems oblivious and naive in the actual situation we are in. I am a registered Democrat, because I believe in their overall goals, but their leadership is out of touch with reality.