Let’s keep it real. Trump and his Department of Justice are fucking with the judicial branch. They are trying to defy the court orders to see how far Trump can push his power. They are bullying our federal judges. Fortunately, Judge James Boasberg is not backing down. We need more judges to stand up to Trump and his patrimonialism to save our democracy.

Tesla Takedown is calling for peaceful protests at all 277 Tesla showrooms on March 29. Tesla’s stock has tanked nearly 40 percent since the beginning of the year. Sales are poor. Owners are dumping their Tesla worldwide. Let’s show Musk that the people can take down Tesla. If you can, participate peacefully.

Patrimonialism is a style of governing based on absolute loyalty and personal connection similar to organized crimes and street gangs. Patrimonialism doesn’t abide by the rules or laws.

Patrimonialism treats a nation like personal property. Patrimonialism doesn’t care about competence, experience, or expertise. With the installment of incompetent loyalists, family members, and friends, patrimonialism will transition into full-blown authoritarianism.

Patrimonialism is deeply corrupted. Patrimonialism doesn’t recognize conflicts of interest or code of ethics. There’s no distinction between moral and immoral, legal and illegal, formal and informal, national and personal.

Trump is the most corrupt president of the United States. Trump is patrimonialism.

Trump’s MAGA and loyalists are finding ways for Trump to run a third term despite the constitutional limits. Trump has gone from unconstitutional to anti-constitutional. He needs to be stopped. We can’t let this happen to America. If you care about our democracy, run for something to fight against this dictator.

The cutting of foreign aid funding from the Trump administration caused the shutdown of the cleanup of Agent Orange in Biên Hòa, Việt Nam. As rainy season approaching, the dangerous dioxin could seep into the soil and poison the food and water of the people living nearby the Biên Hòa air base.

During the Việt Nam war, the U.S. military sprayed more than 10 million gallons of Agent Orange across vast swaths of the country. The chemical, mixture of two herbicides and contained dioxin, has caused cancers, illnesses, and birth defects.

Donald Trump and Marco Rubio don’t care about the world and they definitely don’t give a fuck about the victims of Orange Agent.

Tesla’s stock dropped half of its value and continued to dip. Let’s keep Tesla’s price going down. Let’s keep up the protests peacefully. Let’s keep hitting Musk back where he hurts the most. Sorry, Tesla. Don’t blame the people. Blame your fucking lame-ass CEO.

Trump gutted defending-democracy media including Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Removing pro-democracy media is an authoritarian move. Eventually he will silence any American citizen criticizing him.

Our democracy is in grave danger. The Democrat party is no longer capable of defending our democracy. In fact, the Democrat leaders, starting with Chuck Schumer, have already caved into Trump.

The Republican party is dead. The Democrat party is too damn weak. The Supreme Court is under his control. The people must speak out and stand up to defend our democracy.

Trump has always wanted to dismantle our fair elections even though he had won a landslide in 2024.

He installed election deniers throughout his regime to remove the guardrails protecting voting and voters. He fired Ellen Weintraub, Chairman of the FEC. He wants to take control of the US Postal Service so he can ban mailing ballots. He fired hundreds of agents in the CISA, which monitored foreign interference in our elections.

With the help of Republicans in Congress, he wants the pass the SAVE Act, which requires proof of citizenship to register to vote. A passport or a birth certificate with a matching legal name is required to vote. An estimate of 69 million women with their married name does not match their birth certificate; therefore, they can’t vote without a passport.

As Trump removes every safety measure, no one will be able to secure and defend our election results. That’s how democracy dies.

Yesterday afternoon, the weather was beautiful. As I was walking out of the library during my lunch break, an Asian girl stopped me. She asked me, “Did you vote for Trump?” That was a bold question to ask a stranger. I wanted to say, “Fuck no,” but I replied, “Hell no” instead.

She showed me the back of her binder and explained that she was getting signatures to get a Democrat candidate on the ballot for General Assembly. After I added my signature, I asked her, “What motivate you to do this?” She answered, “Democracy.” I thanked her for doing what she did and I encouraged her to fight for our democracy. Many Asians worried about their pocketbooks that they didn’t care about democracy. She nodded and also choked up.

We thanked each other and parted way.

Bret Stephens opines in the New York Times:

Democracy may die in darkness. It may die in despotism. Under Trump, it’s just as liable to die in dumbness.

Let’s smartened up and defend our democracy.