Remembering What They Want You to Forget



This is one of those moments when it’s worthwhile to look back before looking ahead. I’ve been reminded of this several different ways. The mass media war against Trump is every bit as virulent as it’s ever been, if not more so. The alphabet networks, the Wall Street community, the TDS Fifth Column on the social networks, and even the MAGA hardliners are all yelling at the top of their lungs about how much can, and probably will go wrong if Trump doesn’t follow their advice or heed their threats and warnings. For my part I’ve proposed an alternate theory about what the Donald is up to, a theory that suggests we’re still a long way from seeing what will happen in weeks and months to come. Is the sky falling? 

Probably not. Why does a cat have nine lives? Not just because he’s lucky. He is built for survival from the toes to the top of his head. He can survive immense falls because his body knows how to anticipate the landing and configure itself for minimum injury. He can see in the dark better than any dog and as well as any rat. He is a deft hunter, subtle and patient but also lightning fast and quick to the kill when opportunity presents itself. He sleeps with one eye open and both ears scanning like radar dishes for approaching danger. He knows what he wants right now and it’s usually, uncannily, what’s best for him later on. Why you can’t herd cats, why you can’t predict where they’ll be when you look for them, and why you won’t find them at all if they don’t want you to. Predictions about Trump are a fool’s errand.

This collection of videos might seem like déja vu, but it’s actually remarkable in any timeframe. No politician has been predicted to fail so many times and come out on top in the end as many times as Trump. The ones who assured us they were smarter and more farseeing than he is have been made to look like chumps time after time after time. These are the same small-change felines by and large who keep assuring us that Trump is not really a member of the politician species, not really smart, and not worthy of the White House. That’s not coincidence. When is a cat not really a housecat? When he’s way too big, too strong, too hairy, and too unique to look like he belongs with clever tabbies or even the exotic Siamese flavors who know better about everything.

When is a housecat too unlikely to exist?


2016



The ones who knew that they knew didn’t.

 
They thought they could wish him away.



The roof falls in on the Cat Lady Networks.



Suddenly motherless kittens were disconsolate…



…Mewling and crying even.


The BIG cats tried to put things in perspective. And failed.



The alley cats went for a strut. In the dark. From which never returned.



2024


Time wounds all heels, they say. He’s hurt, trapped, and netted.



The Canadians were less overwrought than the Alphabet networks here.



Catwoman was shocked and disbelieving. And insulted.



The Alphabets endured their worst moment ever.



The usual meltdowns from the privileged house pets.



Maybe it’s just that black cats really are unlucky? Sorry. No. That ain’t it.



The Instagram set checks in.



Advice from the network that tried to make Trump a nonperson in 2021. 


2025


Back to the same old same old war. On different terms.


Belay the impatient and precipitate order to panic. Much can and will go wrong. What won’t change is that the Democrat Party of the past 15 years is dead, its Burmese overlord neutered and crated, while his scarred political consort is confined to a no-kill shelter with no rescue adoptions in the cards. 


There may be a new Democrat Party built after the litter box has been washed and refilled with the scented stuff. May be. We’ll see. In the meantime, all that’s left is squalling, shrieking, spitting stray cat ferals, who will only help Trump by hating him so much in Congress and hanging judge courtrooms, and on Instagram, Tik-Tok, and the suddenly emaciated alphabet networks. Everyone knows their brains and promises are only 15 years old, and we don’t need no I.D. to take their measure…


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