February: Black History Month

Black History Month begins

On February 1 each year.

But Trump and his cronies are working hard

To make Black history disappear.

 

Our African American

History Museum,° you see,

Is too "divisive" according to Trump,

And we cannot allow that to be.

 

Our history must be whitewashed

In order to protect our youth.

That is one of the ways that Trump

Will keep the people from learning the truth.

 

Memorials honoring

Enslaved peoples are being removed.

Trump thinks then the American people's

Self-image will be improved.

 

Removing Black historical figures

From national websites: another way

The Trump regime makes a blatant

White supremacist power play.

 

Books are being removed from bookshelves,

As though Black lives don't matter, and true

Exhibits that place a focus on

Our racist past are becoming taboo.

 

While the country's legacy

Of racist abuse is being ignored,

It seems as though old Jim Crow laws

With Trump's support are being restored.

 

Is the Holocaust Museum

Going to be next? Is that Trump's plan?

Any way that he can stifle

The truth, he'll do it if he can.

 

Celebrate Black History month.

Let the amazing stories be spread--

Both accomplishments and struggles

Of Blacks, both the living and dead.

-by Bob B (2-2-26)

°The National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C.

Nazi in the White House

White House aide Stephen Miller

Is writing posts that leave one aghast,

Echoing what wealthy, white

Enslavers said in America's past.

 

Miller implies that a U.S.-imported

"Labor class" deserves few rights,

Especially if that "labor class"

Happens to be composed of non-whites.

 

Full political rights should not

Be granted to them, Miller wrote,

Such as a path to citizenship,

Which would include the right to vote.

 

Miller's extremist policies

And racist ideas are not newish.

What's really bizarre is hearing such rubbish

Coming from a man who's Jewish.

 

Miller's the little mini-Satan

Who's in Trump's ear--he and his frau.

Get that little neo-Nazi

Out of the people's White House now!

-by Bob B (2-1-26)

Who Will Be Next?

First, with vicious rhetoric

And hateful appetites,

They came after trans people

And took away their rights.

 

Then they came after many folks

Who didn't support "the man,"

But still worked hard for the government.

They were given the can.

 

With a heartless lack of compassion

And racist talk to boot,

They then came after immigrants, whom

They still persecute.

 

After that it was liberals,

Whom they love to condemn,

And who have curiously become

The devil incarnate to them.

 

Then, protesters became

The targets of their abuse.

They will even shoot them dead

And make up a flimsy excuse.

 

The president's opponents were then

Singled out for attacks

And frivolous investigations

By Trump's political hacks.

 

Now our journalists are being

Arrested: the evolution

Of steps the president is taking

To stomp on the Constitution.

 

We can see what happens when tyrants

Rule with an iron fist.

Everyone should be wondering

Who'll be next on their list.

-by Bob B (1-31-26)

Alex Pretti

A nurse--Alex Pretti--was killed

By federal agents, and folks ask why

Someone who was in no way

A threat to agents had to die.

 

Why are agents on our streets

Roughing up people and spreading fear?

To satisfy the whims of a cruel

President whose end is near?

 

For we can see the man at the helm

Deteriorating before our eyes,

And as he fades, his admin team

Eagerly spread his vicious lies.

 

We have seen the videos

Of what occurred when Pretti was shot.

Agents say that he was holding

A weapon, but clearly he was NOT.

 

Pretti was holding his mobile phone,

Recording what federal agents were doing.

The videos from other people

Show us what was really ensuing.

 

"A joy to work with." "A really sweet guy."

"A very skilled nurse." "A kindhearted soul."

That's how people describe nurse Pretti.

Helping others: his major goal.

 

Do we sit immobilized,

Dazed, confused, bewildered, perplexed?

Or do we take action so we will not be

Forced to wonder who will be next?

 

One more life taken by ICE…

This is wrong and it must cease.

Enough is enough! In the meantime,

May Alex Pretti rest in peace.

-by Bob B (1-27-26)

DTs

They call us domestic terrorists--

Those of us standing firm,

Defending our rights and freedoms while they

Want to see us squirm.

 

Who are they? The Trump regime

And his supporters who feel

That might makes right--that despotism

Has a certain appeal.

 

Dictators are needed at times,

Trump has even said.

Tell me: how could a president be

Such a dunderhead?

 

The federal occupation occurring…

What good does it serve?

We have to take to the streets to defend

The liberties we deserve.

 

ICE agents, invading our cities,

Are shooting us now as well.

When something's rotten, we know that it

Has a horrible smell.

 

Will the DHS° tell lies

Protecting its agents? Of course.

They will try to justify ICE's

Use of brutal force.

 

They'll hide evidence after a shooting.

Something else they'll do

Is point to an unfair law that says

That families cannot sue.

 

It is obvious what they're doing--

The Trump administration:

Ignoring the Bill of Rights to create

A white nationalist nation.

 

Tell me: how many more of us

Are they going to kill

Before those hateful murderers

Have had their bloody fill?

 

The DHS is a misnomer;

It really is an error.

It should be called the DHT:

Department of Homeland Terror.

-by Bob B (1-24-26)

°Department of Homeland Security

Well, Is It Greenland or Iceland?

When Trump gave his speech in Davos,°

From what we can tell,

It is rather obvious that

The man isn't well.

 

Although his press secretary

Will rush to his defense,

His rambling speeches have gotten worse

And seldom make much sense.

 

To find much truth in what he says,

One would be hard-pressed.

He's been obsessed with Greenland lately--

Disturbingly obsessed--

 

To such a degree that he has threatened

Folks in other lands

That he will make life difficult if

They don't meet his demands.

 

He kept calling Greenland Iceland

While he blathered on

In Davos. I think his mental bank

Account is overdrawn.

 

He really ought to close his account.

We all need a break.

That would be the best thing to do

For everybody's sake.

-by Bob B (1-22-26)

°At the 2026 Davos World Economic Forum in Switzerland

Peace Prize Obsession

Trump will not rest until he is awarded

The Nobel Peace Prize that is HIS very own.

The reasons he doesn't deserve it, however,

Are many, and they are explicitly known.

 

He lives in an alternate reality--

An alternate universe devoid of facts.

He does not consider that he should be held

Accountable for childish ways that he acts.

 

María Machado of Venezuela

Gave Trump her prize, and he took it with glee.

Now the fool thinks that he finally has one,

Though clearly he wasn't the prize conferee.

 

In no way can prizes be further distributed.

Oh, the foundation has made that quite clear.

To them Donald Trump has been just like a fly

That is pestering them and will not disappear.

 

As his behavior becomes more deranged,

Disruptions he causes are not going to cease.

He says that he thinks he is not obligated--

Yes, THAT'S what he said!--to think purely of peace.

 

He can hold on to the prize if he wants to,

But IT isn't his. You'd THINK he'd have learned

By this time--unless he's too stupid, that is--

That prizes for peace must be rightfully earned.

-by Bob B (1-19-26)

A Message...

To the person who loves Donald Trump's

Dictatorial power grab--

As he so shamelessly continues

To pick at wounded democracy's scab--

 

Who loves how Trump and his admin team

Gaslight the public with constant lies

To make people question what

They're seeing with their very own eyes;

 

Who does not mind the blatant corruption

That permeates the White House now

As Trump pressures collaborators

To bow down to him--their sacred cow;

 

Who does not care that Trump and his team

Practice the art of circumlocution,

And that he demands loyalty

To himself and NOT to the constitution;

 

Who couldn't care less if there is suffering

Because of the way that people are treated,

Or who believes that elections are rigged

Whenever Republicans are defeated;

 

Who thinks it's okay when people are killed

And their due process has been neglected,

While people who praise Trump commit

Major crimes, yet they are protected;

 

Who believes that weaponizing

The DOJ is quite all right,

So Trump can investigate his opponents

To sate his vengeful appetite;

 

Who doesn't agree that it is wrong

To take over other countries by force,

And that it's okay for a president

To be disloyal, demeaning, and coarse;

 

Who's fine with Trump's unlawful acts

And whatever he might say or do--

To this person, I'll merely say:

Shame, shame, shame on you.

-by Bob B (1-17-26)