Back in the USSR

Trump goes full Soviet Union as his chickens come home to roost

Welcome to the new Soviet Union, where data is manufactured, sex traffickers are given sweetheart deals and it’s only true if Premier Trump says it is.

America’s dark descent into authoritarianism accelerated Friday as Donald Trump, running into the consequences of his actions, decided to declare an all-out war on reality.

After seeing dismal jobs numbers that resulted from his idiotic tariffs and immigration policies, Trump decided to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Seeking another distraction from the intrigue around his best friend Jeffrey Epstein, he announced he was moving nuclear submarines into position to stand off against Russia. Since Epstein made the news, Trump has been using bullshit documents and lies to smear and attack Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

“Pure Soviet shit,” Sen. Martin Heinrich said Friday on Bluesky after Trump fired the head of BLS.

And perhaps most troubling, Americans learned Friday morning that convicted child rapist and trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has been moved to a cushy minimum security prison in Texas after meeting with Trump’s former defense lawyer for two days. It’s not hard to imagine what kind of dirty deal Maxwell and Trump are cooking up in order to provide Stalin-esque show trials against Trump’s political enemies who will undoubtedly make the new Epstein list — one that mysteriously omits the name Donald J. Trump.

For a decade now, Trump has tested, strained and frayed the very fabric of reality. Whether it’s the 2020 election results or what happened on Jan. 6, Trump has repeatedly demonstrated he is willing to do whatever it takes to purge and rewrite American history in his favor.

Hell, this week the Smithsonian removed him from its exhibits on impeachment. Does that dumb sonofabitch think we’re gonna forget he was impeached twice?!

Vaccines are bad now, and institutionalized racism is good. We can’t afford healthcare, but here’s a new $200 million ballroom. And yeah, we’re starving a shitload of people, but give that man the Nobel Peace Prize. At least the troops finally left Los Angeles, where he saved a city that didn’t need saving.

The press is either in denial over what’s happening, or they are offering all the appeasement they can just before they’re chopped up and sold for parts or transitioned into unofficial affiliates for Trump Media. Lara Trump is considered a journalist now.

Now I know what you’re thinking: Hey thanks, Sam! I was already depressed as hell about how fucked up things are! Really appreciate you pissing on my leaky waterbed, pal!

I’m sorry! I swear I’m not trying to make you feel worse. Instead, I want to ask you to accept a new mission.

You are already desperately needed in the fight against Trumpist fascism. The American soul is at stake, and we cannot rest until we have won. But the American memory is too. And we need you to preserve it.

Trump is the worst possible person to be making policy at the dawn of the AI age. We’ve seen from Elon Musk’s Grok just how easy it is to turn AI into digital Hitler. But they will be more subtle than that now, and they will take their war on reality into this new frontier. There, lies will be treated as truth, and truth will be forgotten. Trump will be a hero. Elon will be funny, handsome and normal. Up will be down.

So it’s up to us to do all that we can to preserve truth. We have to write down all the things and tell all the stories. We can’t rely on Google or Wikipedia or social media. We know they are one billionaire away from deciding to write a new history. So it’s on us.

I know this is vague, and the harsh truth is I have no idea how to successfully execute this. I just know we can’t rely on the institutions we once could. They’re being wrecked, and they’re taking truth and history with them.

The Russians might have picked our president, but that doesn’t mean we have to go quietly while he tries to turn us into the Soviet Union. So speak out, speak loudly and speak the truth.