on the deportation front it's looking a lot more like auschwitz. he wants them out of our site. he doesn't care if they are legal citizens or if they are innocent of crimes. he wants to be able to use photoshop evidence if he feels like it. he wants all brown people, no matter what. actually he wants lgbtq also, but especially dissenters. you don't like his regime, he wants you in el salvador. where nobody can see you. where they can kill you with impunity.

it's surprising how many people stand up for him. it's like nazi germany in that way too. it's probably the same 45% of americans who stood up for him in every way since he arrived on the scene. nothing will change their minds. racism is their main motivation and he's the one who will make america white again. but when everything he does is blatantly illegal they have to go to great lengths to justify what he's doing.

the demo in galesburg was again well attended and is documented on the pop art site. i saw lots of good signs. nazism and fascism pop up often. ukraine and canada made appearances. the constitution came up several times. one of my favorite signs pointed out that he ruins everything he touches. another suggested that trump was playing golf with the rep congressmen's balls. i asked around until i got a general estimate of 300-350, which is more than 1% of galesburg's population. there are plenty of us out there. of the cars honking, it was more like 95% in favor than the 50% of last time. maybe it was because his supporters have gone silent.

my hopes lie with the dollar and the treasury bonds, which underlie the whole economy. as they sink to dangerous lows it makes it harder for the government to keep functioning as it is. his doge idea hasn't really saved money, but rather cost money, as they had to rehire most everyone and spend millions in court explaining how they could break the law so often.

i swore to keep my vitriol off the social media but i find that impossible. the spectre of fascism is like a blinding searchlight coming from the darkness and making it clear that something has to be done. just talking doesn't seem to be enough.

meanwhile it's spring - a gentle rain, green grass, easter eggs hidden in the yard, an eight-year-old getting up and ready to search, birds singing, he is risen, and the christians are out killing people.