The Poor, Poor Billionaires

The poor, poor billionaires

Are really having it tough.

It seems as though the money grabbers

Just aren't rich enough.

 

They dumped a lot of money, of course,

Into Trump's campaign.

Now they're hoping that poorer people's

Loss will be their gain.

 

Trump and wealthy supporters, including

Folks on Capitol Hill,

Are backing what Trump stupidly calls

His big, beautiful bill.

 

Many people will lose health care

With cuts to the safety net.

The bill will also add trillions of dollars

To the national debt.

 

Billions of dollars will go to ICE

To do its dastardly deeds.

Trump wants everybody to think

It's what the country needs.

 

Again we see that Trump and fellow

Republicans have the itch

To push through legislation giving

Tax breaks to the rich.

-by Bob B (6-29-25)

The Bone Spur Warrior

Trump just couldn't wait for the chance

To bomb Iran's nuclear sites--

Urged on by Netanyahu

And Trump's supportive troglodytes.

 

Diplomacy is anathema

To Bibi Netanyahu it seems.

Bomb now, talk later:

That is how he plans and schemes.

 

Was it only a minor setback,

Or were the bombings a major hit?

When journalists want to know the truth,

Trump gets angry and has a fit.

 

"Obliterated?" "Severely damaged?"

Those are questions we have to ask,

As Donald Trump loses his cool,

Taking the media to task.

 

In 2018 Trump stupidly

Tore up the nuclear deal that we had

With the Iranians. In his articulate

Manner he said, The deal is bad.

 

If he had left it intact, the bombings

Wouldn't have been necessary.

And if the sites were merely damaged,

The setbacks will only be temporary.

 

But he feels like a warrior now--

The guy who wily avoided the draft

By using the good ol' bone spur excuse.

The British would say: "The man is daft!"

 

-by Bob B (6-26-25)

Trump's Three New Stooges and the Widening River of Lies

Trump's three stooges--Karoline Leavitt,

Pam Bondi, and Kristi Noem°--

Perform for their almighty leader

And lie until the cows come home.

 

Listen to them and you will hear

That when the three of them are pressed

To give an answer to journalists' questions,

They'll undoubtedly do their best

 

To artfully avoid the topic,

And you will hear them bring up the name

Of Joe Biden, their punching bag.

For ALL that's wrong, Biden's to blame.

 

If they want to keep their jobs,

They have to lie for Trump, of course.

If they told the bitter truth,

Then he'd demand a quick divorce.

 

Trump and all his admin team

Have been well-trained in hocus pocus.

They have been instructed to always

Deflect, ignore, and shift the focus.

 

We are watching as day by day

The river of lies continues to widen.

Trump and his team think they'll win points

By telling untruths and screaming "Biden!"

-by Bob A (6-16-25)

°Karoline Leavitt - White House Press Secretary; Pam Bondi - U.S. Attorney General; Kristi Noem - U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security

From the Most Popular Unread Bestseller of All Time

Curses; devils; magic wands;

Talking donkeys; talking snakes;

References to sorcerers;

Angels helping with prison breaks;

 

Bizarre prophets predicting the future;

Flaming chariots in the sky;

Fratricide and patricide;

The dangers of an evil eye;

 

Talking bushes; teleportation;

Exorcisms; magical cures;

The sun and moon both "standing still";

Visits to heaven through visual tours;

 

Soothsayers; seers and wizards;

Giants causing fear on Earth;

Dead folks coming back to life;

A super-miraculous virgin birth;

 

The strangest beasts you've ever heard of;

Divine intervention in wars;

Curious dreams predicting the future;

A lot of talk of harlots and whores;

 

Food that feeds some wandering folks

And falls from the skies for forty years;

An angry god with little patience

Causing lamentation and tears;

 

Violence and genocide

Commanded that jealous god;

Incestuous relationships;

A man parts waters by lifting a rod;

 

Angels that kill and fight with humans;

Evil spirits possessing swine;

Miracle workers; deadly plagues;

Water turning into wine;

 

Mysterious hands that write on walls;

A star that makes a guiding trail;

A prophet who's cast from a ship and then

Allegedly spends three days in a whale;

 

Voices from clouds; someone who

Can walk on water and talk to devils--

A storytelling itinerant preacher

Whose lessons work on many levels.

 

What's all this? A horror story

Or fantasy novel fit for all ages?

A book by Stephen King? Well, no.

It ALL can be found on the Bible's pages.

-by Bob B (6-14-25)

TACO Man

(This poem can be sung to the verse and chorus of the Village People's song "Macho Man.")

 

Trump doesn't like it if you call him TACO° man.

Anyone who calls him that cannot be his fan.

Tariffs up the ying yang--not so cool.

Thinks he's smart but he is just a fool.

 

Everyone can see that he's the TACO man.

He's turned the U.S.A. into TACOSTAN.

Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!

 

TACO TACO man--

Trump's nothing but the TACO man.

TACO TACO man--

Just call him Mr. TACO (man).

TACO TACO man--

He'll cheat you any way that he can.

Know that that's his plan.

Just call him Mr. TACO (man).

 

You can read right through him; he's like an open book.

The people who are near him know he is a crook.

Screwing over others: his routine,

With the biggest ego that we've seen.

 

Everyone can see that he's the TACO man.

A boy who will not grow up, he's just like Peter Pan.

Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!

 

TACO TACO man--

Trump's nothing but the TACO man.

TACO TACO man--

Just call him Mr. TACO (man).

TACO TACO man--

He'll cheat you any way that he can.

Know that that's his plan.

Just call him Mr. TACO (man).

 

He has filed for bankruptcy many many times.

One wonders when he'll have to pay for all his crimes.

Filling all his coffers to the brim,

He thinks corruption, greed, and grift can't hurt HIM.

 

It's so obvious that he's the TACO man.

We saw his shenanigans before his term began.

Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!

 

TACO TACO man--

Trump's nothing but the TACO man.

TACO TACO man--

Just call him Mr. TACO (man).

TACO TACO man--

He'll cheat you any way that he can.

Know that that's his plan.

Just call him Mr. TACO (man).

 

-by Bob B (6-12-25)

(Thanks to Larry R for the inspiration.)

 

°The term "TACO trade" was first coined by Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong and stands for "Trump Always Chickens Out." Some people prefer "Trump Always Cheats Others."

Don't Be Afraid to Speak Up

In this growing autocracy

That too many people are getting behind,

Folks will find themselves in trouble

For saying the truth and speaking their mind.

 

ABC journalist Terry Moran

Was fired from the network for having said

That Stephen Miller's° a "world-class hater."

He hit the nail right on the head!

 

That's what Stephen Miller is--

A "world-class hater" through and through.

His neo-Nazi rhetoric

Is really bizarre, for he is a Jew.

 

James Comey°° is also in trouble

For what he'd written in the sand:

86 47.

He was merely taking a stand.

 

86 47.

I'll say it now; I'll say it again:

86 47,

About Donald Trump, the vilest of men.

 

If Miller and Trump would like to keep

Attacks on them from percolating

Through news sources everywhere,

Maybe they should both stop hating.

-by Bob B (6-11-25)

°Aide to Donald Trump

°°Former FBI director

No ICE, Please!

Trump is looking for a showdown,

Repeating his tired and weary refrain:

How to inflame a situation

So he can obtain political gain.

 

Amping up the ICE raids here

In California: his newest plan.

He wants to show the people that

He's in charge--that he's the MAN.

 

Equating migrants with evil doers--

A racist and dangerous equation--

He says he's going to "liberate"

L.A. from a "migrant invasion."

 

He knew that scary raids by ICE--

His cruel, scummy, and constant fixation--

Would anger people, and thugs would take

Advantage of the situation.

 

He'll say the state can't solve its problems

Of violence. "However, they'll see

That I can fix it by sending in troops.

Everyone, bow down to me."

 

Protests had been peaceful for months,

But Trump right now is overjoyed.

To see how sick the man has become,

You don't have to be a Sigmund Freud.

 

Pursuing his political goals--

Let's call this "The Dictator Hour"--

He's shattering norms, one by one,

And bypassing any limits on power.

 

He's setting California up,

Knowing what would come about.

He loves to start a fire and then

Employ theatrics to put it out.

-by Bob B (6-9-25)

Crushed ICE, Anyone?

Trump is causing chaos again--

Something for which we'll ALL pay the price:

He's revving up his strong-man-ordered,

Police-state-tactic raids by ICE.*

 

To add to the chaos, he's calling on

The National Guard to get involved.

He thinks that all he has to do

Is send in the Guard and problem solved.

 

Going into places of work

And yanking people off the streets,

ICE agents want Trump to be

Proud of their autocratic feats.

 

When we are shouting civil rights,

Trump doesn't care if there's abuse.

He merely wants to find more ways

To flex his muscle. Any excuse!

 

We will have a police state where

We live in fear if we allow

ICE to continue its cruel tactics.

We have to PEACEFULLY protest now!

-by Bob B (6-8-25)

*Immigration and Customs Enforcement