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Merkley SLAMS Trump Ed. Secretary McMahon for Gutting Student Programs: “Profoundly Disturbing”

 Jun 4, 2025
Senator Merkley questioned Secretary of Education Linda McMahon about gutting critical college-support and financial aid programs for first-generation college students during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on June 3, 2025.

 

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MICROMANAGE.

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THAT WAS NOT PROVIDED TO YOU BY

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THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS.

0:05

CHAIR CAPITO: SENATOR MERKLEY.

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SEN.ERKLEY: WANTED TO ECHO

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SENATOR COLLINS SUPPORT.

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YOU WANTED ACCOUNTABILITY.

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YOU THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD

0:19

HAVE BENCHMARKS THEY ARE SEEKING

0:20

TO ADDRESS?

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SEC. MCMAHON: WE NEED TO HAVE

0:26

BETTER ACCOUNTABILITY.

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SEN. MERKLEY: LIMITED TIME.

0:29

BENCHMKS WOULD BE USEFUL?

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MAY BE AN ANNUAL REPORT?

0:32

SEC. MCMAHON: ACCOUNTABILITY,

0:34

YES.

0:35

WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO

0:38

TRACK THAT.

0:38

SEN. MERKLEY: ACTUALLY THOSE ARE

0:42

SET NOW AND EACH ONE HAS TO DO

0:42

AN ANNUAL REPORT.

0:43

HAVE YOU READ THEM?

0:44

SEC. MCMAHON: I HAVE NOT READ

0:46

THEM ALL.

0:48

I HAVE ALSO SAID THAT --

0:50

SEN. MERKLEY: LET ME FINISH, IF

0:52

I CAN.

0:55

YOU SAID THERE IS NO

0:55

ACCOUNTABILITY.

0:57

I JUST POINTED OUT THAT TWO OF

0:58

THE THINGS YOU WANT TO SEE WHICH

0:59

ARE BENCHMARKS AND PERFORMANCE

1:02

REPORTS ARE ALREADY DONE.

1:03

IN ADDITION, THE PEL INSTITUTE

1:06

BLISHED A RECENT SUMMARY OF

1:07

FOUR STUDIES THE DEPARTMENT OF

1:08

EDUCATION DID ON FOUR OF THESE

1:13

EIGHT PROGRAMS.

1:15

HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THOSE?

1:15

SEC. MCMAHON: I HAVE NOT.

1:17

SE MERKLEY: THAT BOTHERS ME

1:20

FOR YOU TO COME BEFORE US TODAY

1:22

AND SAY THERE NEEDS TO BE

1:24

ACCOUNTABILITY AND YET, THERE IS

1:26

ACCOUNTABILITY AND IT SES LIKE

1:27

COVER STORY FOR SAYING WE

1:28

DON'T WANT TO HELP BLUE-COLLAR

1:29

KIDS MAKE INTO COLLEGE.

1:32

I MUST TELL YOU, MOST OF MY

1:33

COLLEAGUES HERE, THEY ARE NOT

1:35

BLUE-COLLAR KIDS.

1:36

I AM.

1:38

I KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS TO MAKE

1:39

THE LEAP INTO COLLEGE.

1:41

I KNOW THE DIFFICULTY OF THE

1:42

CULTURE.

1:43

WHEN YOU GREW UP IN HIGH SCHOOL

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AND YOU NEVER TALK TO ANYBODY

1:46

ABOUT GOING TO COLLEGE.

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YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT'S

1:48

ALL ABOUT.

1:51

THOSE PROGRAMS HAVE RESULTED IN

1:54

6 MILLION STUDENTS GRADUATING

1:54

THROUGH THOSE PROGRAMS.

1:55

YOU WANT ACCOUNTABILITY?

1:58

WHAT DID THE STUDY SAY THAT HAVE

1:59

BEEN DONE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF

1:59

EDUCATION?

2:03

THEY SAID UPWARD BOUN,

2:05

ICE AS LIKELY TO EARN A

2:05

BACHELOR'S DEGREE.

2:07

TALENT SEARCH STUDENTS, 33% MORE

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LIKELY TO ENROLL IN COLLEGE.

2:12

VETERANS UPWARD BOUND, 42% MORE

2:14

LIKELY.

2:16

I WILL GO TO MY NEXTUESTION.

2:19

YOUR ARGUMENT THAT THERE IS NO

2:20

STUDY, NO ACCOUNTABILITY IS

2:21

WRONG.

2:23

THE FACT THAT YOU ARE COMING

2:24

HERE NOT EVEN HAVING LOOKE AT

2:26

YOUR OWN DEPARTMENT STUDIES FOR

2:28

THESE PROGRAMS OR TO BE INFORMED

2:29

ABOUT THEM IS TROUBLING.

2:31

LEME TALK ABOUT THE COST OF

2:38

HIGHER EDUCATION

2:39

I STILL LIVE IN A BLUE-COLLAR

2:40

COMMUNY.

2:40

THEY SAY, WE ARE NOT SURE OUR

2:43

KIDS WILL GO TO COLLEGE.

2:45

THEY WILL END UP WITH A MOUNTAIN

2:46

OF DEBT AND MAYBE NO JOB.

2:48

HERE YOU ARE MAKING IT MORE

2:49

EXPENSIVE.

2:51

I WONDER IF YOU KNOW HOW MUCH A

2:52

STUDENT IN GERMANY HAS TO PAY

2:54

TUITION FOR UNIVERSITY.

2:54

SEC. MCMAHON: ION'T.

2:56

N. MULLIN: IT IS ZERO.

3:00

WHAT ABOUT THE BROADER EOPEAN

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ECONOMIC ZONE?

3:01

SEC. MCMAHON: WE DON'T LIVE IN

3:02

EUROPE.

3:02

SEN. MERKLEY: IT IS ZERO.

3:05

MY POINT HERE IS THOSE COUNTRIES

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ARE SAYING WE WANT EVERY CHILD

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TO THRIVE.

3:10

WE WANT EVERY CHILD TO HAVE

3:11

OPPORTUNITY.

3:12

WE DON'T WANT TO SAY TO OUR

3:16

KIDS, MAYBE THEY SHOULD NOT GO

3:18

TO COLLEGE BECAUSE THEY WILL

3:19

HAVE THIS MOUNTAIN OF DEBT.

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THAT IS AMERICAN VALUES OF

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OPPORTUNITY FOEVERY INDIVIDUAL

3:25

AND HERE YOU ARE RAISING THE

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COST OF COLLEGE, MAKING IT MUCH

3:28

RDER FOR ORDINARY KIDS FROM

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BLUE-COLLAR BACKGROUNDS TO BE

3:30

ABLE TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS.

3:33

I FIND THAT TOTALLY INCONSISTENT

3:34

WITH TMP CAMPAIGN WHERE HE

3:37

SAID HE WOULD FIGHT FOR ORDINARY

3:37

FAMILIES.

3:38

SEC. MCMAHON: I HAVE TO

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DISAEE.

3:41

WE ARE NOTAISING THE COST OF

3:41

COLLEGE.

3:43

WE ARE ACTUALLY WITH ALL OF TH

3:47

PROGRAMS, WE WANT COLLEGES TO

3:49

REDUCE THEIR COSTS.

3:49

SEN. MERKLEY: THESE PROGRAMS YOU

3:52

ARE CHANNG OR MAKING I MUCH

3:53

MOREO

3:54

TO COLLEGE.

3:54

SEC. MCMAHON: WE HAVE NOT

3:57

CHANGED LOAN PROGRAMS.

3:57

SEN. MERKLEY: I WILL TURN TO

3:59

MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE I'M VERY

4:00

CONCERNE

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A W YEARS AGO BEFORE COVID

4:04

WHEN I WAS IN A MEETING WITH

4:07

STUDENT COUNSELORS IN EASTERN

4:09

OREGON, A RURAL AREA, THEY SAY

4:12

ARE SEEING KIDS ACTINGUT

4:13

MUCH MORE THAN EVER BEFORE.

4:15

I SAID, WAS THERE A FACTORY THAT

4:19

JUST SHUT DOWN OR ANY NEW WAVE

4:21

OF METH?

4:25

THEY SAID, N

4:29

THOSARE NOT NEW.

4:30

ONE OF THE COUNSELORS SAID THIS

4:32

IS WHAT IS NEW.

4:34

THEY PULLED OUT THEIRL

4:36

PHONE.

4:36

KIDS ARE COMING IN WITH FAR LESS

4:39

UNDERSTANDING AND ABILIF HOW

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TO SIT IN A COLLABORATIVE

4:41

ENVIRONMENT LIKE A CLASSROOM AND

4:43

HOW TO COMMUNICATE WH OTHER

4:45

CHILDREN AND TEACHERS.

4:47

THERE IS A BOOK THAT JUST CAME

4:48

OUT.

4:50

MY STAFF PUT IT ON MY DESK THIS

4:51

MORNING.

4:54

BE PUT INTO THE RECORD.FIVE TO

4:56

THE ANXIOUS TO RECORD THE

4:59

ANXIOUGENERATION.

5:02

S PAGING THROUGH IT AND IT

5:04

NOTES THAT THERE ARE FOUR

5:07

FACTORS IN WHICH THESE CELL

5:07

PHONES ARE AFFECTING OUR

5:08

CHILDREN PROFOUNDLY.

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SOCIAL DEPRIVATION, SLEEP

5:13

DEPRIVATION, ATTENTION

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FRAGMENTATION AND SCREEN

5:14

ADDICTION.

5:16

ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK

5:20

I HAVE BEEGING THE

5:20

DEPARTMENT TO SERIOUSLY LOOK AT

5:21

THE ISSUE HOW CHILDHOOD IS

5:24

CHANGING AND CHILDHOOD IS

5:26

CHANGING BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGY

5:28

IN WAYS THAT ARE REALL

5:30

COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF OUR

5:32

EDUCATN ENTERPRISE TO RK

5:32

WELL.

5:33

THIS BRINGS TO MY POINT ABOUT

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WHY YOU HAVE CANCELED MENTAL

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HEALTH GRANTS FOR OUR SCHOOLS.

5:41

WE HAVE FIVE SCHOOLS OREGON

5:43

THAT GOT GRANTS TO HAVE MORE

5:44

MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS AND YOU

5:46

HAVE CANCELED THEM.

5:48

WHY HAVE YOU CANCELED MENTAL

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HEALTH GRANTS IN THE MIDDLE OF A

5:52

CHALLENGING TIME FOR OUR

5:53

STUDENTS?

5:53

SEC. MCMAHON: WE HAVE NOT

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CANCELED MENTAL HEALTH GRANTS.

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WE SAID WE ARE NOT CONTINUING

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THEM AFTER THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE

6:04

REBUILT AND TO HAVE A DIFFERENT

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LOOK AT THEM.

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I COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE

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ABOUT CELL PHONES.

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GORNORS OF SEVERAL STATES HAVE

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SAID THERE WILL NOT BE CELL

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PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM AND THEY

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ARE SEEINAN UPTICK IN THEIR

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LITERACY AND SOCIAL INTERACTION.

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STATES HAVE THE ABILITY AT

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DIFFERENT LEVELS TO GO AHEAD AND

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MAKE DECISIONS AND TO PUT THEIR

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POLICIES IN PLACE THAT CAN BE

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EF.

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SEN. MERKLEY: THE FIVE GRANTS

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YOU HAVE CANCELED THAT YOU ARE

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UNAWARE OF IN OREGON, WILL YOU

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RESTORE THOSE?

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SEC. MCMAHON: WE ARE NOT

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CONTINUING THOSE.

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SEN. MERKLEY: IF YOU DISCOVER

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THAT YOU HAVE ACTUALLY CANCELED

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GRANTS THAT WERE ALREADY

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AWARDED, YOU WILL UNDO THE

6:43

CANCELLATIONS?

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SEC. MCMAHON: I WOULD LIKE TO

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GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.

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I DON'T BELIEVE W HAVE CANCELED

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ANY GRANTS WE ARE NOT CONTINUING

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BUT WE WILL REBID THEM.

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SEN. MERKLEY: MEANING YOU ARE

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CANCELING THEM BUT YOU WILL

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REBID THEM.

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SEN. CRUZ: WE ARE NOT CONTINUING

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THEM.

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WE HAVE NOT CANCELED THEM.

7:00

WE ARE CONTINUING.

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SEN. MERKLEY: I HAVE FIVE

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SCHOOLS THAT HAVE RECEIVED

7:03

LETTERS FROM YOU OR YOUR

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DEPARTMENT SAYING THAT THERE

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MENTAL HEALTH GRANTS HAVE BEEN

7:08

CANCELED.

7:08

SEC. MCMAHON: THEY ARE NOT

7:10

CONTINUED.

7:11

SEN. MERKLEY: THAT THEY HAVE

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BEEN CANCELED.

7:13

SEC. MCMAHON: I WILL LOOK INTO

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THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU.

7:16

SEN. MERKLEY: WHEN YOU GET A

7:19

GRANT IT IS FOR THE WORK YOU ARE

7:20

DOING FROM HERE FORWARD.

7:22

IF NOT CONTINUING MEANS AS OF

7:23

TODAY WE ARE NOT FUNDING, THEN

7:24

YOU HAVE CANCELED.

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SEC. MCMAHON: NO.

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YOU CAN REBID THE GRANT.

7:27

SEN. MERKLEY: IS THATHAT YOU

7:29

ARE DOING?

7:31

YOU SET THE GRANTS, WE ARE

7:33

ENDING THEM AND TAKING THEM

7:33

BACK.

7:33

SEC. MCMAHON: I SAID WE ARE NOT

7:37

CONTINUING THEM AFTER THIS YEAR.

7:38

WE WILL HAVE A REBIDDING PROCESS

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TO LOOK AT THOSE GRANTS.

7:41

SEN. MERKLEY: I STRONGLY

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ENCOURAGE YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW

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YOU ARE HURTING ORDINARY KIDS

7:49

ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WHO MAY HAVE

7:50

ASPIRATIONS AND THEY MAY NOT ALL

7:53

REQUIRE GOING TO COLLEGE BUT

7:54

MANY OF THOSE CAN BE WELL SERVED

7:55

BY HIGHER EDUCATION.

7:57

YOU SHOULD NOT BE PUTTING

7:58

OBSTACLES IN THEIR PATH.

7:58

SEC. MCMAHON: SENATOR MERKLEY,

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WHAT WE ARE DOING HAS NOT

8:02

WORKED.

8:04

WE ARE CONTINUING TO THROW MONEY

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AT THINGS THAT ARE NOT BEING

8:07

SUCCESSFUL SO WE ARE TRYINTO

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LOOK APPROPRIATELY AT ALL OF OUR

8:11

GRANTS AND HOW THE DEPARTMENT OF

8:11

EDUCATION.

8:12

SEN. MERKLEY: THOSE PROGRAMS

8:15

HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IF YOU HAD

8:16

TAKEN THE EFFORT TO READ THE

8:17

EVALUATIONS OF THE

I'm a loser

 

 I'm a loser

 

 

I'm a loser I'm a loser And I'm not what I appear to be

Of all the votes I have won or have lost There is one vote I should never have crossed She was a girl in a million, my friend I should have known she would win in the end

I'm a loser And I lost to someone who's better than me I'm a loser And I'm not what I appear to be

Although I laugh and I act like a clown Beneath this mask I am wearing a frown My tears are falling like rain from the sky Is it for her or myself that I cry?

I'm a loser And I lost to someone who's better than me I'm a loser And I'm not what I appear to be

What have I done to deserve such a fate? I realize I have left it too late And so it's true, pride comes before a fall I'm telling you so that you won't lose all

I'm a loser And I lost to someone who's better than me I'm a loser And I'm not what I appear to be

thanks to the beatles

 

 

people are saying

  

make america grape again

 

 render unto donald the things that are donald’s — so how the hell can anyone steal the election from trunp?

 

the 40 days of trumpmas - a surreal serial poem

  

Remember, remember! The fifth of trumpvember

 the 40 days of trumpmas - a serial poem

 

for 40 days the trumpeter reigns,

his lies and hate on whom he disdains,

but election day will come so soon,

we'll no longer hear the orange baboon;

 

in 39 days full of world wide problems.

we could elect him to get rid of the muslims,

but as he'll rant on trivialities of his presidential life,

what could be worse? - you could be his wife;

 

in 38 days just what will you do?

the donald has said he likes lgbtq,

but as he bullies his women and all his men too,

if youre questioning, what stops him from bullying you?

 

in just 37 days, some people are saying,

(or pleading or hoping or some even praying)

the duke of prunes will dye his forelock purple my friend,

and thus make america grape again,

 

our days are down to just 36,

before our problems the don will fix,

he will on day one do what hes said - true,

he'll wall out our enemies - and fat women too!

 

on the 35th day of trumpmas

yes just seven weeks remain!

will the polls and tallies deliver us

donald with his golden mane?

 

34 days and the vice-pipers have piped,

though pence didnt say why donalds suit shouldnt be striped,

he wouldnt defend his master's string pulling,

to make america great? - who do they think they're fooling?

 

just 33 days till the macho tornado,

unless its blown away by hurricane machado,

with women and voters he has so much to loose.

keep your mouth shut donald (unless youre changing your shoes)

 

32 days and we’ve been hit by the big blowhard,

donald spoke here in fla (oh, we had a hurricane too)

this administration gives us playing the race card, a weak economy, and unemployment

but if you want a job you could be donald’s campaign manager (unless youre a jew)

 

31 days, just a month, remains;

will the donald say hes sorry, and his baser impulses restrain?

or keep blaming bill clinton for our moral demise;

when trump speaks to us, our NO votes must be our replies!

 

election comes this time (in 30 days) each 4 years,

time for praise and tears and fears;

as polls will open in many states,

vote early, please dont vote late!

 

down to 29, just a leap february,

and theres still the donald quite

contrary;

donald donald, how does your garden grow?

quoth the master debater, "with pretty maids groped in a row"

 

just 28 days - later or soon,

and the zombies will rise, led by the big goon;

unless everyone gets a reality inoculation,

i might have to move to canada for a well deserved vacation; 

 

now just 27, less than 4 weeks,

no time for you to say 'yikes!' or 'eeeks!'

obama wants to go to mars and colonize it for man,

lets send trump tomorrow! and colonize it for orangutan!

 

26 days are all that remain,

will our democracy and economy go down the drain?

if we all keep listening to the blustering oaf,

will he give jobs and prosperity? - or just half a loaf

 

25 days - will more women speak?,

of the antics of donald who the presidency seeks,

dating 14 year old girls or groping their mothers,

how did the gop pick him over the others?,

 

24 days - were down to two dozen,

the next woman who speaks just might be your cousin,

or mother or sister, aunt, niece, even daughter,

describing the circumstance in which donald caught her,

 

23 days left and trump doesnt yet have as many accusers,

as cosby, but he assures us that they are all really losers,

sent by bankers or hillary with secret agendas,

to disrupt our election of him - our defender!,

 

22 days and we know charity begins at home,

but donalds attention is so prone to roam,

his gift that disappeared to 911 survivors from his foundation?,

oops! maybe donald spent it on a vacation,

 

21 days and trump says the election may be rig-ly,

if hes not the winner and his total's not big-ly,

tremendously higher than hillary gets,

he warns his supporters may all lose their wits,

 

20 days left and while george zimmerman still walks free,

the man who shot at HIM got 20 years - while trayvon got eternity,

trump wants us to support our cops and maintain law and order,

he'll put all the inner city dwellers in jail, and send the immigrant criminals far across the border,

 

19 days left till we all go to pretend,

to elect someone to lead us, as if on it our lives depend,

but wise man, donald trump, already really knows,

who we really voted for - a wolf in president's clothes?,

 

18 days and we bad hombres demand a rebate,

on the ill feelings left since the comments of one candidate,

the debaters have met in their final grudge match,

but only donald can say from whose hands victory will be snatched,

 

17 days and our government is corrupt with quid pro quo,

did you take latin at wharton? is that how you know?,

donald wants us to fire at them all - the bureaucrats lined up in rows,

and believe me, corruption is a subject. that donald really knows,

 

16 days - lets set term limits on all our office holders,

and put all our women in binders - or maybe in folders,

donalds endless complaints are becoming a sour whine,

have a little cheese with that, from wisconsin, where 

hillary's doing fine,

 

15 days and on stocking covered thighs did linger,

two miniature hands with two thumbs and eight tiny fingers,

they belonged to the donald who believed that he owned,

any thing that he wanted - or anyone he got alone,

 

14 days yes only two weeks,

till the duke of orange assends to the throne he seeks?,

to rule all americans, the strong and the weak?,

and dominate the globe with power that's peak?,

 

the 13th day to go - does that seem unlucky?,

not for donald whos lately been appearing quite plucky,

claiming media, polls, and parties are against him,

and rallying his multitudes with wit waxing dim,

 

on the 12th day of trumpmas donald awoke with a jerk,

promptly fired his latest campaign manager (who considered that a perk),

if youre "AAAfroAAAmurikan" and unemployed i can put you to work,

barked donald the businessman from behind his sly smirk,

 

it's the 11th and engineer casey trump is in the caboose,

i hear some of you saying oh no! what's the use,

our campaign will probably just go off the tracks,

but donald says its ok - cause he's got "the blacks",

 

just ten days left yes only one-zero,

til donald is hoping that he'll be your hero,

as new hillary emails come under investigation,

donald hopes to rename camp david to camp donald for

his vacations,

 

like a cat has nine lives we're left with only 9 days,

till we're subject to donald? and his old wicked ways,

on foreign affairs he says he'll save us from isis,

but his domestic affairs are misogyny and crisis,

 

our days are numbered - yes only eight,

till once again we make america great,

by getting rid of candidates who have nothing to add,

goodbye donald you wont make america sad,

 

just one week to go - its day minus seven,

till america's lifted above - to trumpty dump heaven?,

where for rich folks like donald opportunity abounds,

and we keep the working poor with a wall that surrounds,

 

how the time it does fly its already day 6,

till americans problems the donald will fix,

his solutions begin on trumpday number one,

dont you like them? they'll come at the barrel of a gun,

 

Five days to go, baby, One in five,

No one here gets out alive, now,

david dukes not opposed to all jews,

he backs trump - who are you going to choose?,

 

only 4 days left till the armaged-don,

he'll seize power by the horns once he has won,

and donnie will be what he longs for - a winner,

using the FBI to wreak havoc on hillary the sinner,

 

only three left, just a triad of days,

and the donald his supporters continues to amaze,

with hoopla and folderoll made up in his head,

his winning temperament will leave us all dead,

 

just a pair of days - 2 - till trump paradise,

since these words you're reading please heed my advice,

the creatures that surround us are beginning to bite,

'blacks for trump' fear the Illuminati so lets turn out their light,

 

just a single day left till our thanksgiving,

deliver us from donald and preserve the living,

forget sanity and disgard your misgivings,

but pray hard to your gods that they'll be forgiving,

since we've got the nukes why can't we use'em?,

on the road to 2016 why couldn't we lose HIM?,

 

and trumpmas now has finally come,

the tallies will count up to a winning sum,

unless the earth is struck soon by a cataclysmic comet,

to elect a candidate who just makes you want to vomit?,

we wish you a merry trumpmas at this time each 4 years,

if you have'nt voted you've lost the chance to mitigate your fears,

cause donald duck is ready to lead, forget your crocodile tears,

so you'd better get the vaseline and lubricate your rears!

the 40 days of trumpmas - a surreal serial poem

 

  

Remember, remember! The fifth of trumpvember

 the 40 days of trumpmas - a serial poem

 

for 40 days the trumpeter reigns,

his lies and hate on whom he disdains,

but election day will come so soon,

we'll no longer hear the orange baboon;

 

in 39 days full of world wide problems.

we could elect him to get rid of the muslims,

but as he'll rant on trivialities of his presidential life,

what could be worse? - you could be his wife;

 

in 38 days just what will you do?

the donald has said he likes lgbtq,

but as he bullies his women and all his men too,

if youre questioning, what stops him from bullying you?

 

in just 37 days, some people are saying,

(or pleading or hoping or some even praying)

the duke of prunes will dye his forelock purple my friend,

and thus make america grape again,

 

our days are down to just 36,

before our problems the don will fix,

he will on day one do what hes said - true,

he'll wall out our enemies - and fat women too!

 

on the 35th day of trumpmas

yes just seven weeks remain!

will the polls and tallies deliver us

donald with his golden mane?

 

34 days and the vice-pipers have piped,

though pence didnt say why donalds suit shouldnt be striped,

he wouldnt defend his master's string pulling,

to make america great? - who do they think they're fooling?

 

just 33 days till the macho tornado,

unless its blown away by hurricane machado,

with women and voters he has so much to loose.

keep your mouth shut donald (unless youre changing your shoes)

 

32 days and we’ve been hit by the big blowhard,

donald spoke here in fla (oh, we had a hurricane too)

this administration gives us playing the race card, a weak economy, and unemployment

but if you want a job you could be donald’s campaign manager (unless youre a jew)

 

31 days, just a month, remains;

will the donald say hes sorry, and his baser impulses restrain?

or keep blaming bill clinton for our moral demise;

when trump speaks to us, our NO votes must be our replies!

 

election comes this time (in 30 days) each 4 years,

time for praise and tears and fears;

as polls will open in many states,

vote early, please dont vote late!

 

down to 29, just a leap february,

and theres still the donald quite

contrary;

donald donald, how does your garden grow?

quoth the master debater, "with pretty maids groped in a row"

 

just 28 days - later or soon,

and the zombies will rise, led by the big goon;

unless everyone gets a reality inoculation,

i might have to move to canada for a well deserved vacation; 

 

now just 27, less than 4 weeks,

no time for you to say 'yikes!' or 'eeeks!'

obama wants to go to mars and colonize it for man,

lets send trump tomorrow! and colonize it for orangutan!

 

26 days are all that remain,

will our democracy and economy go down the drain?

if we all keep listening to the blustering oaf,

will he give jobs and prosperity? - or just half a loaf

 

25 days - will more women speak?,

of the antics of donald who the presidency seeks,

dating 14 year old girls or groping their mothers,

how did the gop pick him over the others?,

 

24 days - were down to two dozen,

the next woman who speaks just might be your cousin,

or mother or sister, aunt, niece, even daughter,

describing the circumstance in which donald caught her,

 

23 days left and trump doesnt yet have as many accusers,

as cosby, but he assures us that they are all really losers,

sent by bankers or hillary with secret agendas,

to disrupt our election of him - our defender!,

 

22 days and we know charity begins at home,

but donalds attention is so prone to roam,

his gift that disappeared to 911 survivors from his foundation?,

oops! maybe donald spent it on a vacation,

 

21 days and trump says the election may be rig-ly,

if hes not the winner and his total's not big-ly,

tremendously higher than hillary gets,

he warns his supporters may all lose their wits,

 

20 days left and while george zimmerman still walks free,

the man who shot at HIM got 20 years - while trayvon got eternity,

trump wants us to support our cops and maintain law and order,

he'll put all the inner city dwellers in jail, and send the immigrant criminals far across the border,

 

19 days left till we all go to pretend,

to elect someone to lead us, as if on it our lives depend,

but wise man, donald trump, already really knows,

who we really voted for - a wolf in president's clothes?,

 

18 days and we bad hombres demand a rebate,

on the ill feelings left since the comments of one candidate,

the debaters have met in their final grudge match,

but only donald can say from whose hands victory will be snatched,

 

17 days and our government is corrupt with quid pro quo,

did you take latin at wharton? is that how you know?,

donald wants us to fire at them all - the bureaucrats lined up in rows,

and believe me, corruption is a subject. that donald really knows,

 

16 days - lets set term limits on all our office holders,

and put all our women in binders - or maybe in folders,

donalds endless complaints are becoming a sour whine,

have a little cheese with that, from wisconsin, where 

hillary's doing fine,

 

15 days and on stocking covered thighs did linger,

two miniature hands with two thumbs and eight tiny fingers,

they belonged to the donald who believed that he owned,

any thing that he wanted - or anyone he got alone,

 

14 days yes only two weeks,

till the duke of orange assends to the throne he seeks?,

to rule all americans, the strong and the weak?,

and dominate the globe with power that's peak?,

 

the 13th day to go - does that seem unlucky?,

not for donald whos lately been appearing quite plucky,

claiming media, polls, and parties are against him,

and rallying his multitudes with wit waxing dim,

 

on the 12th day of trumpmas donald awoke with a jerk,

promptly fired his latest campaign manager (who considered that a perk),

if youre "AAAfroAAAmurikan" and unemployed i can put you to work,

barked donald the businessman from behind his sly smirk,

 

it's the 11th and engineer casey trump is in the caboose,

i hear some of you saying oh no! what's the use,

our campaign will probably just go off the tracks,

but donald says its ok - cause he's got "the blacks",

 

just ten days left yes only one-zero,

til donald is hoping that he'll be your hero,

as new hillary emails come under investigation,

donald hopes to rename camp david to camp donald for

his vacations,

 

like a cat has nine lives we're left with only 9 days,

till we're subject to donald? and his old wicked ways,

on foreign affairs he says he'll save us from isis,

but his domestic affairs are misogyny and crisis,

 

our days are numbered - yes only eight,

till once again we make america great,

by getting rid of candidates who have nothing to add,

goodbye donald you wont make america sad,

 

just one week to go - its day minus seven,

till america's lifted above - to trumpty dump heaven?,

where for rich folks like donald opportunity abounds,

and we keep the working poor with a wall that surrounds,

 

how the time it does fly its already day 6,

till americans problems the donald will fix,

his solutions begin on trumpday number one,

dont you like them? they'll come at the barrel of a gun,

 

Five days to go, baby, One in five,

No one here gets out alive, now,

david dukes not opposed to all jews,

he backs trump - who are you going to choose?,

 

only 4 days left till the armaged-don,

he'll seize power by the horns once he has won,

and donnie will be what he longs for - a winner,

using the FBI to wreak havoc on hillary the sinner,

 

only three left, just a triad of days,

and the donald his supporters continues to amaze,

with hoopla and folderoll made up in his head,

his winning temperament will leave us all dead,

 

just a pair of days - 2 - till trump paradise,

since these words you're reading please heed my advice,

the creatures that surround us are beginning to bite,

'blacks for trump' fear the Illuminati so lets turn out their light,

 

just a single day left till our thanksgiving,

deliver us from donald and preserve the living,

forget sanity and disgard your misgivings,

but pray hard to your gods that they'll be forgiving,

since we've got the nukes why can't we use'em?,

on the road to 2016 why couldn't we lose HIM?,

 

and trumpmas now has finally come,

the tallies will count up to a winning sum,

unless the earth is struck soon by a cataclysmic comet,

to elect a candidate who just makes you want to vomit?,

we wish you a merry trumpmas at this time each 4 years,

if you have'nt voted you've lost the chance to mitigate your fears,

cause donald duck is ready to lead, forget your crocodile tears,

so you'd better get the vaseline and lubricate your rears!