Monday, January 19, 2026

the 40 days of trumpmas - a surreal serial poem

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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!

stay informed 5

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‘Abolish ICE’ hits record-high support

 https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/1/18/2363282/-Abolish-ICE-hits-record-high-support

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Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture.


Abolish ICE, the erstwhile rallying cry of progressives, is rising from its ashes—and winning converts.

On Jan. 7, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot Renee Good, an unarmed mother of three, in Minneapolis—sparking national outrage. And new data shows that not only is the public increasingly open to eliminating ICE, but now more people want to burn it down than save it.

Forty-six percent of Americans support abolishing ICE, while 43% oppose it, according to the latest YouGov/Economist poll. An overwhelming 77% of Democrats support abolition, as does a plurality of independents (47%). Even 14% of Republicans want to melt ICE.



For anyone familiar with recent political history, this new data signals a shocking turn of events.

Demands to abolish ICE previously hit their apex during the summer of 2018, as the heinous truth of President Donald Trump’s family-separation policy came to light. But those calls faded slowly, then dropped away almost entirely after Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election. 

Biden’s term saw a record number of border crossings as well as a racist panic stoked by the Republican Party. As a result, the United States turned against immigration, and “abolish ICE” seemed lost to the sands of time.

Just last summer, only 27% of Americans supported abolishing ICE and replacing it with another agency, per a YouGov/Economist poll

And then, on Jan. 7, an ICE agent killed Good as she drove away from him



Sixty-nine percent of Americans have seen the video of Good’s killing, and another 22% are familiar with the video but haven’t viewed it, according to YouGov/Economist. Meanwhile, Quinnipiac University’s new poll found that 82% of registered voters have seen the video. And in both polls, around 50% say that the killing was unjustified, while around 30% say it was justified—a roughly 20-percentage-point gulf in public opinion.

Law enforcement officers stand amid tear gas at the scene of a reported shooting Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Law enforcement officers stand amid tear gas at the scene of a reported shooting on Jan. 14 in Minneapolis.

Beyond that, just 31% of Americans believe that ICE’s actions are making cities safer, according to a new CNN/SSRS poll. A majority (51%) say ICE is making cities less safe, while 18% say ICE is having little effect either way. Altogether, this suggests that nearly 7 in 10 Americans don’t see a benefit to ICE’s brutality.

But will this change in public opinion lead to ICE being reigned in, if not abolished? Maybe, but definitely not before 2029.

There is no chance Trump will oversee the dismantling of ICE, so the pro-abolition movement will need staying power to see results. However, there’s good reason to believe Trump will provide just that. In the days since her slaughter, Trump has attacked Good while defending Ross, setting the stage for his gestapo to commit further atrocities. 

That could dig a deeper hole for ICE, which already has the worst favorability rating among the nine government agencies featured in a recent YouGov survey. Fifty-one percent of Americans have an unfavorable view of the agency, including 40% who have a “very unfavorable” view. In fact, it’s the only agency of the nine with a net-negative rating (-12 points).



More broadly, 57% of voters disapprove of the way that ICE is enforcing immigration laws, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University. But there’s a catch: That’s virtually unchanged since July 2025.

So what gives? Why have feelings toward ICE been stagnant while support for its abolition has grown?

The answer may be simple: Many Americans are self-centered.

During Trump’s first term and even into the first year of his second, ICE’s headline barbarities were primarily against immigrant families from Latin America. However, Good was not only a U.S. citizen—a fact that 70% of Americans are aware of, per the new YouGov/Economist poll—but also a young, white woman. 

For Americans who could ignore ICE’s brutality against immigrants—and even for those who opposed it but felt too comfortable and safe—Good’s slaying sends a new message: If ICE could kill her, it could kill me too.

Any updates?

  • In a shocking turn of events, Trump promoted the not-so-bad idea of capping interest rates for credit cards, even if his plan is half-baked. So it’s no surprise that Americans are on board: 64% support capping the rates at 10%, and 13% oppose it, per YouGov.

  • On social media, Trump recently posted a doctored image of a Wikipedia page calling him the “acting president of Venezuela” amid his unpopular strikes against the nation. However, the vast majority of the U.S. hopes he’s not serious: 67% of Americans tell YouGov he should not act as the South American country’s president. Undeterred by this absurd proposition, as well as eschewing their own “America first” agenda, 31% of Republicans do back him becoming Venezuela’s president.

  • This year, all eyes are on Texas’ Senate race, where two talented Democrats—state Rep. James Talarico and U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett—are vying for their party’s nomination, while all chaos has broken out in the GOP primary. A new poll from Emerson College/Nexstar Media finds Talarico with a 9-point lead on Crockett. In the Republican primary, scandal-plagued state Attorney General Ken Paxton and incumbent Sen. John Cornyn are essentially tied (27% vs. 26%, respectively), with Rep. Wesley Hunt trailing at 16%. Who wins the Republican primary will have outsized importance in this election since the poll shows Hunt and Cornyn each lead either Democrat in a general-election matchup—but both Talarico and Crockett are tied with Paxton.

Vibe check

In lieu of our usual Vibe Check this week, here is a note from Daily Kos reporter Alex Samuels, the co-creator and -writer of this column:

Right before the new year, YouGov asked Americans a simple question: Looking back on 2025, how do you feel about what you accomplished?

The answers were quietly reassuring. Eighteen percent said they accomplished more than they’d expected, while another 44% said they’d done about as much as they thought they would. Taken together, a clear majority (62%) ended the year without regret—or at least without notable disappointment.

I found myself somewhere between those two camps.

For me, one of the defining experiences of 2025 was starting a new(ish) job at Daily Kos. I technically joined in December 2024, though it already feels much longer than that. In the span of a year, I got to work alongside an incredible team of writers and editors, cover my home state of Texas for a national audience, and co-launch this column, Survey Says, which started as an experiment and quickly became something I was excited to write every other week.

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Covering politics for readers who care about the data and the stakes has been a rare privilege—and so has getting to know this community. That’s why this note is a bittersweet one.

This past week was my last at Daily Kos.

Right now, I can’t say too much about my next chapter, but I hope to share more soon on my socials (Bluesky and X). What I can say is that I’ll still be covering Texas, and I hope to keep building the kind of engaged readership that makes this place so special.

Survey Says is in great hands as Andrew takes over full-time, and I’m genuinely looking forward to reading it from the other side.

That said, I doubt I’ll disappear from here entirely. I’ll likely be back, quietly reading along and rooting for my friends/former colleagues.

Thank you for reading and for trusting me with your time. Here’s hoping that when we all look back on 2026, even more of us can say we did about as much as—or a little more than—we expected.

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43-Foot-Tall Naked Trump Marionette Debuts in Las Vegas | Photos

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 The Crooked and Obscene Giant, Naked Trump Marionette

 

The ‘Crooked and Obscene’ project — made of foam over rebar and weighing nearly 6,000 pounds — will be toured across the U.S.

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Las Vegas is home to a lot that might raise a pair of eyebrows, but a new art installation depicting Donald Trump as a naked, 43-foot-tall marionette might raise them right off your face.

Made of foam over rebar and weighing approximately 6,000 pounds, the gigantic naked Trump will travel the United States as part of the “Crooked and Obscene Tour” but first, you can see it in person and in the wild at 13460 Apex Harbor Ln in Las Vegas right now.

Per the tour’s organizers, portraying Trump in the nude “is intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability, and the public personas of political figures.”

They also aim to spark conversation about “transparency—or lack thereof—in politics, challenging viewers to think critically about political influence,” according to press materials.

Those who can’t make it to Las Vegas will have opportunity to see it on tour stops at other locations across the United States. Dates and cities for the tour have not yet been announced. We’ll keep you posted.

Enjoy — or ‘enjoy’ — some photos of the project below:

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The Crooked and Obscene Giant, Naked Trump Marionette
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The Crooked and Obscene Giant, Naked Trump Marionette
Via “Crooked and Obscene”
The Crooked and Obscene Giant, Naked Trump Marionette
Via “Crooked and Obscene”
The Crooked and Obscene Giant, Naked Trump Marionette
Via “Crooked and Obscene”
The Crooked and Obscene Giant, Naked Trump Marionette
Via “Crooked and Obscene”
The Crooked and Obscene Giant, Naked Trump Marionette
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This isn’t the first time a nude statute of Trump has appeared in public, though it certainly dwarfs its predecessor. In 2016 Joshua “Ginger” Monroe was hired at the art collective INDECLINE to create five life-size naked statues of the former president as part of a project called “The Emperor Has No Balls.”

The statues were put up without permits at locations in Seattle, New York City, Cleveland, Los Angeles and San Francisco; naturally they were soon removed by police.

Trump was convicted of 34 felonies a year ago. He's still battling the case

 https://abcnews.go.com/US/anniversary-hush-money-conviction-trump-continues-fight-criminal/story?id=122325361 

 

Trump was convicted of 34 felonies a year ago. He's still battling the case

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has set oral arguments for June 11.

May 30, 2025, 8:49 AM


One year ago today, a jury of 12 New Yorkers convicted Donald Trump for falsifying business records as part of an alleged hush money scheme to influence the 2016 election.

The conviction left an indelible mark on Trump -- making him the first president or former president to be found guilty of a crime -- and his fight to erase that legacy continues to this day.

On June 11, a federal appeals court in Manhattan is set to hear oral arguments in the president's renewed legal fight to move his criminal case from state to federal court.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg opposes the move -- arguing that a case can't be removed to federal court after conviction -- but Trump's lawyers have argued the "unprecedented criminal prosecution of a former and current president of the United States belongs in federal court."

Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts after prosecutors alleged that he engaged in a "scheme" to boost his chances during the 2016 presidential election through a series of hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels and the falsification of New York business records to cover up that alleged criminal conduct.

"I did my job, and we did our job," Bragg said following Trump's conviction. "There are many voices out there, but the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury, and the jury has spoken."

Ten days before Trump was sworn in as president last November, New York Judge Juan Merchan sentenced him to an unconditional discharge -- without prison, fines or probation -- saying it was the "only lawful sentence" to prevent "encroaching upon the highest office in the land."

PHOTO: New York State Judge Juan Merchan sentences President-elect Donald Trump as he appears remotely alongside his lawyer Todd Blanche for a sentencing hearing at New York Criminal Court in New York City, Jan. 10, 2025.
New York State Judge Juan Merchan sentences President-elect Donald Trump as he appears remotely alongside his lawyer Todd Blanche for a sentencing hearing as prosecutor Joshua Steinglass listens...
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"I won the election in a massive landslide, and the people of this country understand what's gone on. This has been a weaponization of government," Trump told the court during his sentencing.

Trump continues to vehemently deny any wrongdoing, and his lawyers have argued that his conviction relied on evidence and testimony that related to his official acts as president, including social media posts from his official Twitter account as president and testimony from his former communications director Hope Hicks.

The trial took place one month before the Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling expanding the scope of presidential immunity, and Trump's lawyers have argued that the evidence would have not been permitted based on the high court's ruling.

Trump's lawyers attempted to use that argument to throw out the case before Trump's January sentencing, but the argument was rejected by Judge Juan Merchan, two New York appeals courts, and the Supreme Court.

"The alleged evidentiary violations at President-Elect Trump's state-court trial can be addressed in the ordinary course on appeal," the Supreme Court said in a brief unsigned opinion, though four justices said they would have granted Trump's application.

For Trump's criminal defense, he relied on then-defense attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, who now serve as the deputy attorney general and principal associate deputy attorney general. Earlier this week, Trump announced that he plans to nominate Bove -- who led a purge of career law enforcement officials before the Senate confirmed his nomination to help run the DOJ -- to the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.

With his former defense attorneys now working for the government, Trump earlier this year tapped the elite Manhattan law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell to handle his criminal appeal.

Lawyers with the Department of Justice also filed an amicus brief in the case this week to argue that the case should be heard -- and thrown out -- by a federal court because the jury's conviction relied on evidence that was covered by presidential immunity.

"That President Trump's defense in fact takes the form of a new constitutional immunity announced by the Supreme Court after his trial ended, rather than a new statute enacted by Congress, should if anything cut in the President's favor," lawyers with the Department of Justice argued in a brief submitted on Tuesday.

The appeal -- as well as the ongoing appeal of Trump's $83 million judgment in the E. Jean Carroll civil case and half-billion-dollar civil fraud case -- is proceeding on uncharted legal grounds as Trump wields the power of the presidency in his defense. He has characterized the prosecutors who pursued the cases against him as politically motivated, and has touted his electoral victory last November as a political acquittal.

"The real verdict is going to be Nov. 5 by the people," Trump told reporters as he left court following his conviction last year. "And they know what happened here, and everybody knows what happened here."

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