Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

Dark days ahead for America and the world

The five stages of grief are denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. I think I went through all five stages in less than 24 hours. But with acceptance comes resolve. Resolve not to let the bastards grind us down.

Because grind us down they will try.

And I will admit I am beyond angry right now. Angry that Donald Trump didn’t just change America, he finally ripped the mask off and revealed what America truly is: a nation of xenophobic morons dedicated to hurting the least of us while proclaiming to love the man who literally said “What you do to the least of us you do to me.”

Hate won. Fear won. Xenophobia won. Transphobia won. Lies won. Americans looked at what Presidential historians rated as the worst President in the history of this country and said “I’ll have more of that, please”.

“They’re eating the dogs. They’re eating the cats,” will be the final epitaph of this once great nation. A nation that just proved to the world that it has no better angels, no global responsibility, no desire to help lift us up and instead decided to drag us all down like crabs in a bucket. Sorry, Ukraine. Maybe Biden can finally let you use your HIMARS on Russian targets.

I should think France is thinking about demanding we give back the Statue of Liberty since we don’t deserve it anymore. Or at least replace her torch with a gun so it’s more honest as to what America represents. And while we’re at it, replace “The New Colossus” with something more akin to “If you’re white you’re alright. If you’re brown get outta town.”

Get ready, Springfield, Ohio. Your factories are about to be gutted as your Haitian population is loaded onto planes and flown back to that shattered island. You can all thank that woman who reported her Haitian neighbor to authorities for dining on her kitty even though she was actually stuck in the basement this whole time.

And get ready for EVERYTHING to become much more expensive, America. You voted for that. Tens of millions of migrant laborers are going to be shipped off to God knows where. Probably Mexico because to a MAGA they’re all Mexicans even if they come from Columbia or Honduras or Guatemala.

And don’t worry about the economy collapsing, America. Elon Musk assures us that it’s all for the greater good. You know, for the Broligarchs, of course.

Because the Broligarchs are the ones who really won this election. They bought up all the media outlets including the world’s biggest water cooler, the social media once known as Twitter and now simply known as X. I guess that $44 billion was well spent after all. And now they get to horde as much wealth as they want so they can sit upon their pile of gold like Smaug and laugh at the rest of us peons who are struggling just to make a living.

And if you’re a trans girl with dreams of being an athlete, sorry but your aspirations will now be illegal unless you’re willing to live in the closet and play with the boys. But don’t despair, I’m sure you’ll be fine while you’re forced to use their bathrooms and locker rooms.

I’m sure RFK Jr. will make sure we’ll all be ok when the next pandemic hits. I hear bird flu is really fun this time of year. Hopefully bleach and Ivermectin will take care of that, pronto.

Hopefully the shock of leopards eating everybody’s faces will spur this nation to reject Trumpism once more in 2026, assuming of course we’ll even have an election. I’m not sure what kind of fuckery they have planned to hold onto power when so many Senators are up for reelection and when the House could easily be flipped. I’m sure the Heritage Foundation envisioned this outcome and has a plan for it somewhere in Project 2025.

Oh, remember when Trump claimed he had no knowledge of Project 2025? Well surprise, surprise, he lied. Because of course he did. Was there ever any doubt?

But through these dark days ahead we must not allow the bastards to grind us down. We need to come together and build our communities, find our allies, seek out our helpers. Authoritarian governments rise and fall and the Constitution still protects us, at least on paper. Of course that could all change with the stroke of Sam Alito’s pen.

Message to women: Do. Not. Get. Pregnant. Sorry, boys. You’re going to have to keep it in your pants from now on unless you get a vasectomy. Oh, you want to have kids and raise a family? Tough luck. Remember, you voted for this. No woman is going to want to risk her life when abortion becomes illegal at the national level.

Vent, rant, or commisserate in the comments below. We’re all in this together. And maybe if there’s enough interest we could do one of those Substack chat sessions if you want. Let me know. I’m here for you.

Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.