Laughter is healing primarily because it relieves tension. The last days of any presidential campaign are nerve wracking but not like what we’re experiencing now. Just look at the lay of the land. We had a surprise win by the worst candidate in American history in 2016 and then four horrible years where 1.1 million Americans lost their lives and the fine economy that Barack Obama built and stewarded for eight years came screeching to a mask-covered, quarantined halt. For the first time in the history of most living Americans, basic commodities like toilet paper were at war time level scarcity. People began putting bleach on their doorknobs and business people bumped elbows or tapped shoetips since they couldn’t shake hands normally.
We have a tremendous amount at stake in just a little over a week. And hopefully, if we are very very lucky, a winner can be declared Election Night. That is so devoutly to be wished. Because if we at least have that relief, then the healing can begin and president-elect Harris can get rolling. If not, and there’s a delay like in 2020, look for the nail biting to become wrist chewing. Because in that eventuality, Trump and a desperate GOP mob will stop at nothing to, once again, erode confidence in the bedrock of our democracy, free and fair elections. But we’ll jump off that bridge when we come to it. Meanwhile, let’s have a good laugh.
Trump already sells everything he can, from ugly shoes to classless watches. When he gets his hands on the levers of power, they’ll be up for sale too. pic.twitter.com/82pJb9V6az
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) October 26, 2024
And it can and would get much much worse. Much worse than that comedic clip, much worse than anything we want to imagine. This is done as a letter from “President Vance” in the year 2026 after Trump has departed this vale of tears. (My apologies I can’t provide you a hotlink. This came to me in an email. It was written by David Corn of Mother Jones.)
April 26, 2026
My fellow Americans,
It’s four weeks since the passing of President Donald Trump, our dear leader. He sacrificed so much for us, working day and night, every day of the week, to make America great again…and then again. If he had one fault—and I’m not saying he did—it was that he cared too much for us and not enough for himself. The jackals in the media who remain at large keep demanding an explanation for his death. But we will not insult his memory by releasing irrelevant and private records. I can tell you this: He died for us. Who will ever forget that day we said goodbye to our president? The full military parade. Tanks on Pennsylvania as far as the eye could see. The F-35 fighter jets in the sky. More than 100,000 troops in the nation’s capital. A new generation of generals snapping their salutes to their fallen commander-in-chief. The biggest crowd ever on the National Mall. And the journey from the White House to Trump Arlington Cemetery.
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But now it is time to end our federally imposed Month of National Mourning and return to the job he started and that we inherit: restoring our national greatness. After we saved the nation from the 2024 election, under the guidance of his majestic hands, we once again became a great nation. But as he told us in his State of the Presidency speech, “Our greatness can be greater. We will achieve what I call greater-ness.” Indeed, we will. As his humble servant—as we have all been his humble servants—it is up to us to carry forth the glorious programs he bequeathed us. We will continue to expand the construction of Departure Camps, as our Criminal Migrant Collection/Expulsion Program expands. The military will continue its Subversion Suppression exercises, as well as maintain the Intrusion Zero Program at the border, where we routed enemy troops to create the Zone of Safety. The roll-out of the across-the-board Trump Tariffs will proceed, and we will continue to root out the bureaucrats in government agencies who are disseminating fake numbers on inflation, unemployment, and wages, seeking to dispirit the nation. We will maintain the Keep America Growing program that removes anti-business ideologues who promote fake science from government positions in which they use their power to stymie energy production and other business development. The White House Make America Healthy Again working group will continue developing a health care plan to replace the failed programs of the past, and it’s expected to release its findings sometime in the future. I am pleased to report that on June 14, the birthday of President Trump, the MAGA Loyalty Oath—which was declared constitutional by seven Supreme Court justices—will go into effect for all federal workers and members of the military. We encourage states to follow suit. That day will also become a national holiday. And I will fly to Moscow next month, as President Trump planned to do himself, to meet with President Putin and attend the ceremony marking the end of the fighting in Ukraine and the peaceful addition of the new territories to Russia. I will not attend the upcoming NATO summit, but we will maintain our observer status. I have instructed the Justice Department to continue its Enemies Within investigation and prosecutions. […] There’s more. Today I am announcing the formation of a Post-Democracy Commission, which will study whether there are more effective ways of governing than our current system. The world is changing fast. We need to ensure that our government keeps up with the creative disruption that has become an essential tool for the heroic and visionary business leaders who work to keep our economy strong and prosperous. This commission will be chaired by Elon Musk, who has just finished his task of eliminating unnecessary, business-strangling regulations in 23 different federal agencies and departments; Peter Thiel, an accomplished entrepreneur and impressive political philosopher; and Tulsi Gabbard. In this age of technological advancement, do we really need the bloated and inefficient government interfering with our health care and retirement? And I will be sending to Congress a proposed constitutional amendment to make voting family-friendly. Under this amendment, all people, regardless of age, will be granted the right to vote. But for anyone under the age of 18, their parents will be given a proxy to cast their vote. Not since the Civil War has there been such an expansion of voting rights. We will expand our Family Protection Program to include the criminalization of puberty-blockers and gender-changing surgeries for children that allow misguided and malevolent doctors to play God. This expansion will also include the monitoring of abortions at the state level to ensure that pro-family state laws are honored and the evil of “infanticide tourism” is ended. We will continue to explore ending Medicaid and Medicare payments to states where abortion remains legal. I look forward to the pending Supreme Court decision on this. |
I am also today announcing the formation of Project 2028. This will be a gathering of respected policy experts who will draft a comprehensive plan for government action across a wide array of issues—including energy development, social policy, education, and criminal enforcement—that can be implemented by 2028.
The first year of the Trump Restoration was marked by peace and prosperity. We have returned to a nation of values and strength. Hard-working Americans, forgotten and dismissed by elites serving the destructive forces of wokeness, are now no longer forgotten or dismissed. We will not heed the naysayers who spread disinformation about our economic progress to sow discord and chaos. Troublemakers who threaten societal order are being taken care of. Criminals who poison the lifeblood of the nation are being removed. Enemies of the family are being neutralized. We are winning. As President Trump liked to say, “So much winning, so much winning.” He showed us the way. Now it’s our turn.
Yes, it’s a nightmarish spin. It’s a world I don’t want to live in, that’s for sure. But what makes it nightmarish is that it’s not that far off the money. Make no mistake, this iteration of the GOP is fine, just fine, in fact, with getting rid of democracy, elections, the rule of law, all that baggage.
Just six short years ago, in 2018, it was considered an almost radical statement (a powerful one in any event) when writer David Frum said, “When conservatives discover that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy.” You have lived to see the simple, profound truth of those words.
The Republicans will take — and keep — power, any way that they can get it. Even Mitch McConnell has gone on record saying that the Party Of Reagan and MAGA are two radically different things. I guess Mitch should have thought about that a bit more in 2016, or when the impeachment(s) happened, eh what?
Reading the above doom scroll, causes one to reach for a medicinal dram, or three, of Glenfarclas! The countdown is on, make it count. Vote! Vote with the conviction to secure Harris as the next POTUS!
Yup.
What most assuredly WILL happen…
“The jackals in the media who remain at large keep demanding an explanation for his death. But we will not insult his memory by releasing irrelevant and private records. I can tell you this: He died for us. Who will ever forget that day we said goodbye to our president? The full military parade. Tanks on Pennsylvania as far as the eye could see. The F-35 fighter jets in the sky. More than 100,000 troops in the nation’s capital. ”
Why bother with the 25th amendment when he can have ‘an unfortunate accident’ which need not be investigated for ‘privacy reasons’ ?
Nah on the Mitch McConnell Apology Tour. Didn’t you hear about his joint statement with Moses Mike?