They’re Not Hiding It and It's Not Irony
The Trump administration just quietly removed a memorial to Black U.S. soldiers who died in World War II from its site on the National Mall (official explanation: still pending, if one ever comes). Not relocated. Removed. Gone.
But sure, tell me again how it’s “hysterical” to think this administration is animated by white supremacy. How it’s “deranged” to notice the pattern. How it’s “absurd” to think JD Vance—who spread lies about Haitian immigrants eating pets, who appears comfortable with Groypers in his circles, who spent Friday night celebrating Viktor Orbán—might harbor racist views.
His wife is of Indian descent, after all! That’s the defense. As if proximity to a person of color vaccinates you against racism. As if marriage were ideological immunity.
Never mind the very weird comfort many right-wing Indian-Americans display with white supremacy—having convinced themselves they’re Aryans too, that the racial hierarchy has room for them near the top if they just align with the right forces. Never mind that “model minority” has always been a wedge concept designed to pit non-white groups against each other while leaving white supremacy intact.
They removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died fighting fascism. They did it quietly. They thought you wouldn’t notice or wouldn’t care.
The same administration whose young staffers—30 to 40 percent, according to
’s own weekend reporting from DC—are Nick Fuentes fans who use anti-Semitism as a social litmus test and openly discuss fascism as a governing option. The same Vice President who celebrates Orbán’s “illiberal democracy” as a model. The same movement where Groyperism has infiltrated official Republican networks to a degree that even sympathetic observers find alarming.This isn’t subtext anymore. This isn’t dog whistles. This is removing memorials to Black soldiers while Fuentes-aligned staffers consolidate positions in Republican Washington and the Vice President meets with authoritarian leaders who model how to dismantle democracy while maintaining its aesthetics.
But please, tell me how noticing this makes me hysterical. Tell me how connecting these dots is derangement. Tell me how the memorial’s removal is just normal administrative housekeeping that coincidentally targets Black soldiers’ recognition.
They’re counting on your exhaustion. On your willingness to treat each violation as an isolated incident rather than a systematic pattern. On sophisticated people explaining why noticing the pattern is actually the problem, not the pattern itself.
Two plus two equals four. They removed a memorial to Black soldiers who fought fascism while fascist-adjacent forces consolidate in official Republican Washington.
If you can’t see the connection, you’re not looking. If you refuse to name it, you’re accommodating it.
And accommodation is how this becomes sufferable. How each violation gets normalized. How the abyss deepens while people explain why noticing the depth is the real problem.
They’re not even hiding it anymore. The question is whether we’ll keep pretending not to see—or whether we’ll insist on seeing it, naming it, and refusing to normalize it.
The wire still holds. But only if we choose to walk it consciously, recognizing what we’re witnessing and what it means.
Go Deeper into the Circus
The Coming Clash of Civilizations
The clash of civilizations is not between cultures but between hierarchies and citizens.
“Lying Frump”
He lies when he pees,
He lies eating cheese,
He lies in the morning,
He lies in the breeze!
He lies in December,
He lies in July,
He lies on the ground,
And he lies to the sky!
He lies when he’s chewing,
He lies when he’s tweeting,
He lies when he’s losing,
He lies when he’s beating!
He lies for attention,
He lies for applause,
He lies just because—
Well, he lies just because!
He lies when he’s golfing,
He lies when he’s still,
He lies when he’s scheming,
And always will.
He lies when he whispers,
He lies when he shouts,
He lies so much
That the truth tapped out!
"The Trump administration just quietly removed a memorial to Black U.S. soldiers who died in World War II from its site on the National Mall (official explanation: still pending, if one ever comes). Not relocated. Removed. Gone"
Mike, are you sure you are not citing something that is a scam? See text below:
However, it is true that two informational panels honoring Black US soldiers were removed from the visitors' center at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands. The removal of these panels occurred in mid-2024 and was reportedly linked to a broader Trump administration effort to remove Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) related content from federal government websites and physical displays. The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), the agency responsible for the cemetery, temporarily took down the panels for review after a complaint was filed by the right-wing Heritage Foundation. The local Dutch government in South Limburg considered installing a temporary exhibit to honor the soldiers in response.
The cemetery in Margraten, east of Maastrict, is cared for by Dutch citizen volunteers.
Separately, the Trump administration also removed web pages and educational materials from the Arlington National Cemetery website that specifically highlighted the history and accomplishments of Black, Hispanic, and women veterans and service members. Officials described this as a "digital content refresh" to comply with the President's executive orders against "divisive" DEI ideology, though the content was later mostly restored after public backlash.
The White House, under President Donald Trump, has cracked down on programs aimed at diversity and inclusion, an attitude echoed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in his reshaping of the Pentagon and the U.S. military. Arlington National Cemetery in March removed references to the history of Black and female service members from its website, and the Pentagon in the same month restored a webpage celebrating U.S. Army Major General Charles Calvin Rogers, a recipient of the U.S. highest military honor and a Black Vietnam veteran, after an outcry at its removal.
My comment: Whether this was in 2024 or at any time, it is another manifestation of the sickness of Trump and his SICKophants. We are dealing with lunatics running the most armed nation in the history of the world. We are citizens of a Fascist reptilian who would lie to his mother if a profit could be made.
Schumer should be replaced. I would be fine with Bernie Sanders as minority speaker of the Senate. Chris Murphy would be my second choice. Raphael Warnock or Jon Ossoff, Sheldon Whitehouse, would be a great replacement for Schumer. We need to voice our opinion.
The Senate's minority leader can be replaced by vote at any time.
Shuck Chuck. Shoo Schumer.