A not so Happy Halloween: The Trickster Trump thugs have a message for kids. Eat your candy and breathe the tear gas. By Hal M. Brown

 

Not so Happy Halloween… 

Last night I read this about my hometown: “Portland ICE protests leave nearby residents caught in chemical crossfire. And more.”

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The article on the Oregon Live website included this photo:

I’d previously read about Gov. Pritzker asking for a pause in ICE enforcement in Chicago over Halloween weekend:

“Illinois families deserve to spend Halloween weekend without fear,” Pritzker wrote in a Wednesday letter to Noem. “No child should be forced to inhale tear gas or other chemical agents while trick or treating in their own neighborhood.”

Yesterday I read Trump may walk into a Halloween trap set by Dem: analyst.

Excerpt:

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) issued an impassioned plea to the Trump administration Thursday to pause its immigration raids in Chicago, at least for Halloween, though one journalist and political analyst suspects the plea may also be a trap that could see the administration stumble into a self-inflicted political blunder.

In a letter addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Pritzker pleaded with the agency to halt its immigration raids in Chicago through the Halloween weekend, which kicks off Friday. His request comes just days after U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed tear gas at a children’s Halloween parade, and weeks after children were dragged from beds to U-Hauls by immigration officers during a raid.

“Illinois families deserve to spend Halloween weekend without fear. No child should be forced to inhale tear gas or other chemical agents while trick or treating in their own neighborhood,” Pritzker wrote. “...Illinois children should not be robbed of their innocence. Let them enjoy a time-honored American tradition safely and peacefully. Please let children be children for one holiday, free from intimidation and fear.”

I thought I might write about it today and used AI to make some images of children in Halloween costumes wearing gas masks.

When I got up this morning I didn’t know what I was going to write about.

Then I read this:

Here’s the comment I posted (click here to enlarge)

I still wasn’t sure if I wanted to write about this. Then I looked at the images that came from Perchance AI and they were nothing short of horrible. I thought about the news about SNAP cuts:

These two stories mesh together. They add up to another demonstration of the brutal sadistic callousness of the the Trump administration. 

Consider this:

This is what Republican strategist Lindy Li wrote comparing the 16 million children poised to lose food assistance on Saturday to “socialist beasts” during an appearance on Newsmax on Friday.

As for the total number of SNAP recipients – 42 million – Li questioned that they were even eligible for the program, but for those that were, suggested that they “start making better choices” so that they didn’t “have to rely on the government.”

I suppose the children who die because of the cuts to USAID assistance should have made better choices too.

Addendum/afterthought:

Let’s not forget that the estimated 61 people Trump killed on the speedboats were fisherman who needed the money paid by the actual drug criminals. It’s likely that most of them had families and children they were trying to feed. See: U.N. Human Rights Chief Says U.S. Strikes On Alleged Drug Boats Are ‘Unacceptable.

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Yesterday’s news:

This is about the Oregon State Police.

Not just gassing police and protestors, but also residents in their homes.

About Portland:

Portland media:

KOIN

KGW

OPB

KATU (Sinclair)

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I was going to write about how long Push-up Pete and other members of the Trump cabal have to bother testifying before Congress and then Trump came on and launched into a rant. This was supposed to be a one topic Substack. Thanks to Trump and an unhinged weave I ended up writing about two.

We learned one thing yesterday about members of Trump’s cabal, sometimes referred to as his Cabinet. They are not all invulnerable. At least not invulnerable to allergy attacks serious enough to require hospitalization. Of course I am referring to Kristi Noem. What I didn’t know until just now is that not only does she like to visit prisons in El Salvador but she, for whatever reason, decided to visit a biohazard lab with Rand Paul and RFK Jr.. (See Newsweek article.)

Perhaps she feels she must live up to her image as being fearless. Consider this from the Newsweek article:

Bruce Levell, an ally of President Donald Trump on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday: "My dear friend @Sec_Noem, our fearless Secretary of Homeland Security, was just rushed to the hospital. My heart is with her during this challenging time, but I know her strength and determination will shine through.

All this being said, Noem is one of the members of Trump’s Cabal (aka Cabinet) who has testified before Congress.

My point is that we will know when Trump has firmed up his dictatorship 100% when he tells members of his cabal to ignore Congress when they are asked to testify.

Today I thought of writing this while watching MSNBC this morning and saw this:

He’s on as I write this:

In case you wonder why I call Hegseth “Puch-up Pete” here’s a photo:

He’s competing onscreen with Trump who is talking about the glorious giant two flagpoles -with his blah blah blag braggadocio abut how great they will be.

He’s throwing in something about the fake news and the Fed lowering rates, he’s rambling on insulting Jerome Powell, abruptly shifts to talking about the best poles in the world, blah blah. He’s distracting me with the weave. He’s now insulting Biden and everyone who pops into his mind.

Holy shit… I can’t even get through writing a Substack while MSNBC is on without being led into my own “weave” thanks to Trump and his weave. 

He even compliments the construction workers and gets them to laugh and throws in Harvey Weinstein and talks about the word erection without saying it. He calls it the e-word. I wasn’t going to use the image below. I made it yesterday to post in a comment on a RawStory article about the flags:

Shit, he’s still rambling on and trying to joke with the construction workers about what would happen if any of them are illegal immigrants. He is now touting the $5 million Trump Card which would allow foreigners to buy their way into the country.

This is pure Trump. Perhaps he was frustrated when he couldn’t unleash his vitriol in his mercifully brief parade speech.

He just blasted Biden for having no clue and the autopen and men playing in women’s sports. 

Thank you, MSNBC, for restoring my sanity as they just cut away from the rant.

Okay, I can’t resist reflecting on Trump’s bringing up the e-word. Trump is obsessed with size. He just admitted that he knows damn well what he admires about how big, tall, and upright his glorious flagpoles are going to be. 

I wonder if he knows that at 100 feet it doen’t come close to being the world’s tallest flagpole (see list). The tallest is 662 feet and is in Cario. Now, that a damn tall flagpole (watch video).

Here’s a minute long segment of his “weave” rant:

Now I can have Ann proofread this for typos and send it to you.

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