grifter still grifting

tRump is no longer facing the specific federal IRS criminal investigation or the associated $10 billion lawsuit. The Justice Department reached an expansive settlement agreement that officially barred the IRS from further probing Trump, his family members, or his businesses for past tax issues. 

(The Hill) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is “forever barred” from examining President Trump’s old tax returns, according to an addendum to the Justice Department’s settlement of President Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS, which was made public Tuesday. 

Signed by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the single-page document says the tax agency will not be allowed to probe any of Trump’s ​”tax returns filed before the effective date” of Monday’s settlement agreement for any “presently known or unknown” claims.

The settlement expansion prevents the IRS from prosecuting the president and shields other parties affiliated with Trump, including family, trust funds, parent, sister or related companies and subsidiaries. 

On Monday, Trump announced a decision to drop a $10 billion lawsuit against the agency for leaking his tax returns. In exchange, the Justice Department created a $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” to provide an avenue for individuals who allege they’ve been unfairly treated by previous administrations.

Trump and his oldest sons, who were also plaintiffs in the IRS suit, will not receive a payout from the fund but will be given a formal apology, per the DOJ release.

The fund is set to be managed by a commission of five members appointed by the attorney general; one member will be chosen in consultation with congressional leadership.


And yes, the addendum to Donald Trump’s tax settlement is directly tied to the tax return disclosures that New York Attorney General Letitia James used in her legal cases against him.

The connection involves the origin of those tax documents and what the settlement resolves: 

  • The Leaks: The controversy stems from the actions of former IRS contractor Charles “Chaz” Littlejohn. He stole and leaked years of Trump’s confidential tax returns to news outlets.
  • The AG’s Investigation: Attorney General Letitia James used that publicly disclosed tax and financial information as part of her office’s investigation into the Trump Organization for business fraud and tax evasion.
  • The Settlement: Trump filed a massive lawsuit against the IRS and Treasury Department, arguing that their failure to safeguard his private data allowed the leaks to happen. The Justice Department settled this lawsuit by issuing an addendum that permanently bars the IRS from auditing or pursuing back taxes against Trump and his businesses. 

While the DOJ settlement limits the federal government from pursuing Trump’s past taxes, it is separate from Letitia James’s civil enforcement actions in New York, which are managed by state authorities rather than the IRS. 

About two weeks ago or so, I was asked to change the post so that someone could have the first spot to post about the location of the Immortal. When I followed up about where the post was, I heard that there were internal permission issues. I am assuming this has not yet gotten resolved?

Contact me about travel next week, please.

Thank you for reading today's post. Have an InterStellar Day! ~PrP

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70 Responses to grifter still grifting

  1. PrP says:

    Trump’s $1.776 billion ‘weaponization’ fund sparks outrage, but court challenges will be tough.

    https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trumps-1776-billion-weaponization-fund-sparks-outrage-court-challenges-will-be-2026-05-20/

  2. O]8 says:

    Those of you looking to post here can now do so.

  3. E[7 says:

    The Great Pyramid of Khufu was completed between approximately 4,600 and 4,450 years ago. Since then, the 450-foot-tall (138-meter) structure has endured numerous earthquakes without suffering any major damage. Until now, researchers had little evidence to explain the pyramid’s impressive resilience.

    The human Response: Ancient Egyptian builders developed a profound understanding of structural design and geotechnical engineering. Their conclusion: The ancient Egyptians built them with precise structural design and a profound understanding of their surroundings, a new study has found.

    Really! Humans with all their supposed “advanced” technology cannot duplicate that feat today. More proof they will never discover our presence, if we don’t want the cattle to.

  4. PrP says:

    GOP furor over Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund sinks Senate budget reconciliation bill
    https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5890532-senate-republicans-trump-fund-blanche/

  5. PrP says:

    Live updates: Trump swears in Warsh, defends ‘anti-weaponization’ fund after angry Congress exits DC

    https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5890579-live-updates-donald-trump-reconciliation-compensation-fund/

  6. T.I.L. says:

    Today I learned: TL:DR and TL;DR

    A coworker used this in an email. He used TL:DR, which is acceptable too, but it is really TL;DR, meaning – too long; didn’t read.

    If you are young, you probably already knew, but I am not and I had to look it up.

    Starting as a type of snarky, dismissive comment on chat forums over 20 years ago, it was used to call out when someone’s post was overly wordy, but society has absorbed it into a non-insult, and writers began adopting the term to offer a concise, 1-to-2 sentence summary of their own lengthy posts. Now it is used across professional platforms to give readers the bottom line at a glance.

    • Eric says:

      I say fuck’em. If you only read shit designed to appeal to your limited intelligence, don’t try to justify it with the information was too long. I want the details, and any relevant information that justifies your claims, not the short and sweet of your lies.

      Too long for you?

  7. James says:

    PrP: your Mod_Security is acting up again. I get this when I attempt to post.

    Not Acceptable!

    An appropriate representation of the requested resource could not be found on this server. This error was generated by Mod_Security.

  8. Helen says:

    Did You Know

    The canonical explanation for the similar-looking humanoid-like races in Star Trek is that an ancient species seeded the universe with their DNA to preserve themselves; practically speaking, however, it’s a lot easier to do alien makeup when everyone looks just about human.

    • Randy says:

      Did You Know

      Famed stuntman Evel Knievel broke 35 bones and suffered more than 433 bone fractures over the course of his career.

  9. James says:

    What you can do

    If you are in the market for a new vehicle, ask the dealership about subscription services, what features they enable, and the fees that might be associated with them. Ask how long the trial subscription is specifically for the vehicle you are considering and what happens when it ends. The best time to understand what you are agreeing to is before you sign, not after the free trial runs out and a feature you rely on suddenly stops working.

    • Tex says:

      Here’s an idea. For any feature you really want, and that requires a subscription, do some upfront research. Find out what the yearly subscription cost is (after any free trial). Multiply that cost by the number of years you intend to keep the car. Then, with that info in hand, go back to the dealership and demand that they reduce whatever agreed upon sales price they gave you previously by that calculated cost of that feature you want. And when they tell you NO they can’t do that … that’s when you tell them NO you can’t accept their sales price. And you also tell them WHY. You let the dealer know in no uncertain terms that it’s due to the cost of the subscription.

      Then you leave the dealer your contact info; and tell them to call you when that price becomes acceptable to them. And then you walk out! If enough potential customers do that, eventually the dealers will get the message. And to stay in business they’ll be forced to do one of two things (or maybe both). Either they’ll lower the prices to make at least some sales. Or they’ll start complaining to the manufacturers that they can’t sell their cars with these kinds of subscription requirements.

      Hey, the customer may not always be right. But if enough customers react the same way and stop purchasing the products, eventually the customers can force a change. The manufacturers who don’t get that message will soon have NO customers … and then their factories will soon be shutting down for good.

      • Olivia says:

        Why do they do this? Because they can. If all purchasers refused to subscribe, these fees would go away. But we know the public, don’t we?

  10. Z]5 says:

    The Cyborg(Cb2), studying the Immortal has partnered with several aliens from different dimensions. Its goal has not been shared with us, but it is willing to exchange information about the Immortal. We will be using the Avenue for safety purposes.

    What we want from you are your observations that can disprove or affirm what it gives us. For starters we have agreed to refer to the Immortal with the pronoun Il. That means when you are answering or referring to data presented in these hypothesis must address the Immortal as such or as Il.

    The first hypotheses by Cb2 is that the Immortal gives the creatures Il creates a breathable gas that they can’t use except for one function in their bodies. Example U*/^ breathe methane but they inhale hydrogen to inflate their lungs. The hydrogen is fatal to them if inhaled because it would replace the methane in their lungs and they would die.

    • T]1 says:

      You mean is that Il creates an atmosphere on the world in which the beings he places on it can breathe only 21% of that atmosphere. The majority of 75% or greater will be the gas that Il breathes when Il visits that planet. U*/^’s planet has an atmosphere containing 75% hydrogen, 21% methane and the rest are other gases. When the Immortal visits that planet Il breathes hydrogen. The U/ cannot eliminate hydrogen because it has to be inhaled to allow their lungs to inflate. But if they are forced to breathe it, it will replace their methane and kill them. So far this can be affirmed in every planet that we know that exists in the Known Universe. Thus it qualifies as a Theory of life gases for Il’s creations.

      We see it as a clever way to insure that the beings Il creates can never prevent Il from visiting their planet.

      • Edith says:

        That’s very interesting. While oxygen is necessary for most life on Earth, the majority of Earth’s atmosphere is not oxygen. Earth’s atmosphere is composed of about 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen, 0.9 percent argon, and 0.1 percent other gases. Trace amounts of carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and neon are some of the other gases that make up the remaining 0.1 percent.

        There must be other aliens that exist on nitrogen besides the Immortal. Who are you?

  11. R]2 says:

    Cb2 says that all wormholes are created by the Immortal. It believes the Immortal dose this to insure that eventually all the beings that Il creates has the capacity to encounter each other. The mechanism Il uses to create a wormhole is unknown, but its operation is understood. A wormhole shortens the distance between two points by folding space so that the two points become parallel with a very short distance between them.

    Where Il places them for discovery is still a mystery.

    • K]2 says:

      Cb2 says Gravitation is the physics that a world must master. Gravitational interaction must be mastered to use a wormhole successfully. Those of us who have mastered that science are always on the look out for stable wormholes.

      • F[2 says:

        We are still trying to understand how gravity affects our time. Presently we have to hibernate avoid aging when we are too near the gravitational pull of certain planets.

        • D[4 says:

          We spend a lot of time trying to avoid the time-shifts that occur because of the gravitational interaction between our vessels and the planets we have to navigate around.

          We hibernated for 13,000 earth years before we reach the outer segments of its solar system.

    • D]3 says:

      That “distance” is shortened by shifting to a higher dimension. The science and skill involved requires a kind of preciseness not easily mastered.

      • K]2 says:

        The Tunnel the Immortal created is actually a more modern wormhole. It doesn’t require any kind of preciseness relative to traveling with in a wormhole. In the Tunnel all one needs to do is decipher the Exits. Meaning slow enough to take the one you want.

        • V]4 says:

          That is worthy of serious consideration. In the Tunnel all our equipment works. In a wormhole most of our instruments don’t work. They are three dimensional gadgets that fail in higher dimensions.

    • C]3 says:

      A wormhole doesn’t fold space, rather it bends space. Traveling by Folding space is a science that we have not mastered. It is the way we believe the Immortal travels. That is a science beyond our knowledge. Yes, many of our colleagues uses those terms interchangeably, but it is scientifically false.

      • B]2 says:

        That is correct “bending” space involves turning three-dimensional space into two dimensions. Folding space involves much higher dimensional travel. Time is warped and linear time has no meaning. The Relativity of Time is what makes the Immortal immortal. Somehow Il has mastered the sequence so that Il always returns to Ils origins.

        • E[8 says:

          The Cb2 says that when a force is used against the Immortal, it simply travels back in time before the force is used and steps aside. How does one kill a thing that can go back in time and avoid the action taken to kill it?

          • B]2 says:

            Ils immortality may not be as simple as that. The Immortal enters all kind of dangerous fields without avoiding them. We believe that Il may be invulnerable to anything that it has created. If Il did in fact create the Universe, then nothing in that Universe can harm it.

            Il must “lose” Ils memory to be captured or harmed, but the fact is that is only temporary until Il regains Ils memory. Perhaps a game Il uses to avoid the boredom of living forever.

            • Liliana says:

              So are we back to the what came first the chicken or the egg? I’m just a lowly human but if your Immortal started it all, what does it matter? Since it would be his choice whether he made the egg or the chicken first.
              The fact that we as humans can’t discover the answer to the question should tell us that something with intelligence started it without the laws our science of biology tells us is necessary to create life. The Being just did it and left us to use the science of Biology to figure out how it did it.

  12. Z]2 says:

    Cb2 says its calculations say that 750 billion solar years of the Immortal is about one Earth year. We will all cease to exist in the blink of Ils eye. Humans are amazed that they live years longer than the butterfly’s that are the Small Blues and Coppers species. Those species would consider humans immortal if they could think since they only live about two to three days of a human life.

    On the contrary none of us live even one nanosecond as long as the Immortal lives. Put that into perspective when you consider the Relativity of Time to the Immortal’a existence.

    • Delores says:

      Perhaps that is why the Immortal uses that irritating, “I will outlive it.” What he is actually telling us is to fear time not death.

      • Teaque says:

        For as long as I had known the Immortal, he was prone to say to me when I argued with him that he was wrong about how he reasoned about what to do. He would say “I will out live it or that.” It used to infuriate me. But I learned to understand what he meant when I received my first 100 new years on planet Iru.

        He allowed me to retain just enough of my memory as a human to understand his logic in determining how he treated certain situations. This is my 9th 100 years and I am aboard V*/^. Ironically, I have been assigned a mission to learn about humans by posing as one.

        LOL, the Immortal has a nice sense of humor. Reading the Avenue, and searching for clues as to where he may appear next is a pure delight. We have a lot to talk about now that I am almost a thousand years older. I guess I will have to admit that he was right all along. I can see things much differently through the prism of time. It is very educational.

        If you my Immortal friend are reading this, I’m here on Earth. I live in Scotland. I know how you like to suddenly appear as if you have been there all along. I’d love to see you again.

        • Fergus says:

          I live in Dunfermline. Perhaps we are neighbors. I, too, met the Immortal. It was in the 12th century when my city was the capital of the Kingdom of Scotland. So you see I, too, am 900 years old. I continue to return to my birth place because it reminds me of the growth I have attained mentally, and emotionally.

          I have met several aliens, one who was also a human once. I suspect that the Immortal doesn’t view us as visiting aliens do. Perhaps we could meet on the college campus at Halbeath. I can be found roaming the grounds every Sunday from 9am to 3pm. I wear a very distinguishable tam. It is multicolored so that aliens with different Roy G. Biv ranges can spot me easily.

  13. Y[3 says:

    Cb2 says that the Immortal exists in dimensions that we cannot consciously perceive. Hence, Time and Gravity may just be another function in Ils reality that he can climb, touch, or move to another place. The Immortal can transcend Time, Gravity and Space.

    We wouldn’t know if Il were standing right next to us or a billion light years away. Actually he could be both.

    • Anonymous says:

      This is the most astute observation I’ve seen written about yet

    • L]4 says:

      It took you this long to discover the power Il because our science is based on calculations designed by the Immortal to be ever mysterious. Even now humans are just discovering that black holes don’t need a galaxy to form. Imagine if they live long enough to discover that black holes are just another thing the Immortal creates to baffle the life forms he created to mimic Ils intelligence.

      We cannot stop our search for the Immortal because Il is the true origin of our science. The more we learn, the more we find that we need to learn more to understand what we thought was scientifically correct. Humans call it the “string theory.”

  14. Thomas says:

    Surveillance pricing and electronic Shelf Labels have been designed for businesses to raise prices when the weather affects what products people will buy to be more comfortable. For example the business will raise the price of sodas when it is hotter in the neighborhood. They will collect data on what each individual buys and what they are willing to pay for a product so that the price can be raised for those willing to pay more.

    • Gloria says:

      In my neighborhood it allows companies to rapidly change prices in stores several times per day. Now we learned that they are analyzing a a customer’s data while he or she is in the store and if it’s determined they’re willing to pay more they can raise the price of that item at the register.

      Walmart is screwing us with their electronic shelf labels. They are using ESLs to jack up prices, like increasing the cost of cold beverages when it gets hot outside.

    • Nathan says:

      Wow, customers don’t like price gouging?! Who’d have guessed. And corporations love it?! Wow again, shocker. Can’t wait to see who our government will side with.

    • Curious says:

      And you know this how? Please attach a link, thank you.

    • Norris says:

      Nothing wrong with digital price tags, surveillance pricing should be illegal. Airline pricing schemes should also be illegal.

      • Quincy says:

        I disagree with “nothing wrong with digital price tags”. Who controls those price tags? Surveillance pricing should be illegal? Yes surveillance pricing should be illegal, but that is the outcome of unions and big corporations. Amazon, Target, Walmart, Costco, Sam’s Club, and every large corporation does it today. Electronic price tags ( that you say has nothing wrong with it ) makes them more efficient in doing what is already being done. Price setting across the United States is becoming a bigger problem. Competition is being reduced, which was a main driver of reduced prices. Socialism has almost taken over the economy completely.

  15. R]1 says:

    Our think tank is working on discovering how to get the Immortal to return. All contributions to this effort will be accepted.

    • Nader1 says:

      I gave you the best advice, but you ignored it. I suggest that you post a few acknowledgements about how helpful he was when he was here.

      • Claudia says:

        Once again Nader1 proves to be the more sure minded on a topic. If I were you Aliens, I would seek his advice.

      • F[6 says:

        Perhaps you have a point, but it may be mute since the Immortal has no reason to return.

      • C[5 says:

        The Immortal was essential in helping to deter the effect of the Sun’s coronal mass ejections and its solar flares. We look forward to establishing a new more genuine relationship with Il.

      • Ingrid says:

        I live in Amarillo, Texas. If you are in my area. Just say so. You sound like an alien pretending to be a human. Whether you are or not, I would like to meet you. We can work something out. I’m 31, 5’10; 35-26-35; naturally auburn haired; Norwegian/Native American ethnicity. I have been engaged twice, but never married. I am a non practicing catholic. I love horseback riding, sports, especially volleyball. I am a cybersecurity engineer for Google.

        Let’s meet.

    • And no, I’m not gonna pick a name, but I’m not gonna be anonymous says:

      I also gave you very good advice which was chosen to be ignored

  16. Quincy says:

    I don’t think this is price gouging. It is setting prices according to how much money an individual earns. It is a communist way of forcing “equality”. It use Soviet Union Strategies- such as regulating Manufacturing supply chain ( as an example), so tightly that the free market alternative is choked out. Price controls in Federal Farm Subsidies which raises the price of produce, be eliminating competition. It is no secret that socialism is in the United States economic system. The more control corporations and government has over the people the better it is for them. The constitution says nothing about tax payers providing medical insurance for government employees.

    • Flores says:

      What nonsense. This is literally the pinnacle of Capitalism… it is a pricing system in which the price of an item lands right smack in the middle of the supply and demand curves with almost absolute efficiency. Your comment is further proof that to most Americans the word “Communism” is just a synonym for “stuff I don’t like.”

      • Quincy says:

        To you, “Capitalism” is just a synonym for anything that utilizes a product to make a profit. You are blinded by the corporate profit motive and cannot see the collectivist, centralized structure of the underlying technology.
        You are confusing mathematical efficiency with a free market.
        Adam Smith’s capitalism relies on thousands of competing sellers to find a single, uniform price. Dynamic pricing does the opposite: it centralizes price-setting into a single digital planner that dictates individual prices based on collective data.
        Using a centralized network to perfectly calculate and allocate supply and demand was actually the ultimate dream of 20th-century socialist economists (like Oskar Lange and Chile’s Project Cybersyn). You think it is capitalism just because a corporation currently owns the product. But structurally, replacing the ‘invisible hand’ of the open market with a centralized, data-driven digital planner is the literal definition of a planned economy.”

  17. Albert says:

    Call it planned obsolescence. Call it the need for greed. But your Android phone will eventually stop being functional and useful, even if there’s nothing physically wrong with it. Every Android phone has an expiration date.

    Your Android phone has an expiration date—here’s how to find it.

    Once the phone no longer gets critical security updates at all, and apps no longer support that version of Android, then you can safely say the phone has finally expired.

    The easiest way to check your phone’s support status
    Just Google it

    In most cases, if you simply do an internet search for your exact phone model along with a search term like “end of support,” you’ll get a straight answer. If your phone manufacturer has made a public statement on when the phone will stop receiving updates, it should be easy to find.

    If you don’t know what model your phone is, you can just look under Settings > About.

  18. Dan says:

    Just a little something for you kiss-ass cop supporters.

    Driver Who Went Viral After Being Accused Of Using Phone With Hand She Doesn’t Have Gets Happy Ending

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/florida-athlete-no-right-hand-ticketed-using-phone_n_6a1857fde4b0457678e8f05b

    • Grace says:

      Damn, if she wasn’t white, he probably would have shot her, or at the very least beat her up and claimed she resisted arrest. How the hell did Huff post think this was a happy ending?

  19. Jc says:

    Trump Bought Lots Of Dell Stock — Then The Pentagon Gave Dell A $9.7 Billion Contract

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-dell-pentagon-contract_n_6a18a464e4b062ca52da921f

    • Clay says:

      There is nothing the creep won’t do to make a few dollars more. The 34% that always support him are bat shit crazy racists that want white men to return to the status of sole arbiters of what happens in America.

  20. K]5 says:

    Your problem with your Cloaking device is the distinction your readings are making as you enter Earth’s Geomagnetic North Pole. It moves 34-37 miles (55 – 60 kilometers) per year and is presently drifting from its prior location in Canada towards Russia.

    Your entry calculations are based on Earth’s Geographic North Pole readings. Just as the Geographic North Pole is distinct from Earth’s North Magnetic Pole so are the other two.

    Hence the effect upon your instrumentation causes the false readings you are receiving resulting in your accidental reveal. Match your readings with U*/^’s lgog readings before you re-enter Earth’s troposphere.

  21. Emily says:

    PrP, excellent article about that crook attempting to steal money from the government he runs and trying to give himself immunity from tax fraud.

    Friday’s order from Judge Leonie M. Brinkema blocks the administration from “taking any further action pursuant to the creation or operation of the Anti-Weaponization Fund” — including transferring money to it, considering any claims, and mailing any checks while a legal challenge plays out.

    The order follows a lawsuit filed by former federal prosecutor Andrew Floyd, among others, who accused the administration of launching an illegal scheme to reward Trump’s political allies while excluding others harmed by government abuse, including his perceived enemies and critics targeted in his own political retribution campaign.

    Another judge Kathleen Williams has decided to reopen the $10 billion case tRump started.

    • Xavier says:

      That judge, Kathleen Williams is considering sanctions on the attorneys who filed what she calls a frivolous law suit. Frivolous litigation is the use of legal processes with apparent disregard for the merit of one’s own arguments.
      ———————————————-

      A federal judge in Florida agreed to reopen President Trump’s bid to sue the IRS for $10 billion, siding with intervenors who said a settlement to create an “anti-weaponization” fund tainted the case.

      The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Trump agreed to voluntarily dismiss his suit against the IRS in exchange for the creation of a $1.776 billion fund where those who claim they have been aggrieved by the government can seek payouts.

      In doing so, Trump and the DOJ effectively sidestepped U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams.
      —————————————-
      Not only can she dismiss the case, she can punish those that initiated it.

      But Williams on Friday agreed to reopen the case for review.

      “The non-party movants explain that although there is no settlement of record in this matter, public documents and announcements indicate that the dismissal of this case was premised on a purported settlement between the Parties,” she wrote.

      “In turn, movants submit that the settlement ‘is a product of collusion and is itself a fraud on the Court.’”

      In reopening the case, Williams largely returns it to where the case was before the parties alerted the judge they would be dismissing it and starting the fund.

  22. Nader1 says:

    I want to thank all the wonderful ladies who have expressed an interest in meeting me. I hope I’m not offending anyone but I’m just not ready to go that route just yet. Thank you for your kind words. It’s awfully flattering and can make a man’s head swell. One day I will post my desire to make someone’s acquaintance.

  23. Haha says:

    I’m really excited about the amateur autopsy club I joined. Wednesday is open Mike night!

  24. L[8 says:

    Your order to pressure Tesla is being implemented in its home state of Texas. We are pushing Waymo to be “waymo” better (yes, we have learned how to use human humor). Waymo will kill Tesla in the competition for driverless vehicles in the state.

  25. Para says:

    Stop buying Motorola Android phones – Computerworld

    https://www.computerworld.com/article/4177363/motorola-android-phones.html

  26. Gm says:

    Americans love to complain about its leaders. Every election cycle, we hear the same chorus: “We need new blood,” “Get rid of the career politicians,” “Time for real change.”

    And yet, the moment someone new steps forward — someone without a political dynasty behind them, someone who actually represents the change they claim to want — the voters turns on them with a speed and ferocity usually reserved for people who cut in line at Pay-Less.

    Suddenly, this person becomes a “wannabe senator,” a “nobody,” or someone who “thinks they’re somebody now.” The hypocrisy is so consistent it might as well be part of their political identity.

    The truth is simple: America wants change, but only the kind that doesn’t require them to change anything about theirselves. They want new leaders, but only if they look, sound, and behave exactly like the old ones.

    They want courage, but they punish ambition. They want accountability, but they reward familiarity. And then they wonder why the same names keep returning to the ballot, year after year, decade after decade.

    Part of this comes from their culture.

    America is a place where white men will do anything to maintain the privileges, and advantages they have because of the color of their skin. Every white man in america knows that he will be given deference because of the color of his skin. That understanding becomes a filter: if you aren’t a white male, your face at rosaries, funerals, fiestas, or fundraisers, you’re automatically suspect.

    It doesn’t matter if you’re qualified. It doesn’t matter if you’ve built a career, run organizations, or served your community in ways that don’t involve photo ops. If you’re not a white male, you’re treated as an outsider in your own country.

    Meanwhile, white male incumbents can fail publicly and repeatedly, and still get a pass.

    They can mismanage, underperform, or disappear between elections, and voters will still say, “At least we know them.”

    Predictable disappointment becomes the safer choice. It’s not that americans believe things will improve — it’s that they’re more comfortable with what they already understand, even if it hasn’t worked.

    But here’s the shift happening beneath the surface: some Americans are genuinely fed up with the situation they’re in and want something different — not the recycled promises, not the familiar excuses by white men, but real, structural change.

    These are the voters who are tired of watching the same problems circle the drain while the same names circle the ballot. They’re ready for new leadership. The question is whether the rest America will let that happen. Because the harshest truth remains: America cannot get new leadership if it attacks every new leader who is not a white male.

    Americans cannot demand change and then insult the people who attempt to deliver it. Americans cannot complain about the same politicians recycling themselves through the system while simultaneously mocking anyone who dares to challenge them.

    That’s not political analysis. That’s self inflicted stagnation.

    If Americans want better leaders, they need to stop treating ambition by those other than white men as arrogance. They need to stop assuming that any non white male who runs for office is doing it for ego or attention. And they need to stop weaponizing white skin as the only measure of trust.

    Change requires risk. Change requires openness. Change requires them to stop tearing down the very people they claim they’re waiting for. Until then, America will continue to get exactly what it chooses — not what it complains about.

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