This Is How the World Ends

10:03 Friday, 16 January 2026
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PBS Terra posted this yesterday. Sounds familiar.

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The Fourth Reich

08:15 Friday, 16 January 2026
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It'd be comical if it wasn't so despicable how much the figures surrounding Trump resemble Hitler's henchmen. I think we're well past the threshold where comparisons with Nazi Germany are "hyperbolic." They're real.

Anyway, as I read about the Nuremberg Trials I think about Trump's sycophants and bootlickers. Who in Trump's White House would be Martin Bormann?

I think Susie Wiles is a reasonable fit. Not perfect, she's not as obviously rabidly ideological, but it's clear she has no problem with Trump's vision. No, I think she's more like an enabler and someone who controls access to Trump, like Bormann. Palace intrigue and so on.

Stephen Miller most closely resembles Goebbels, physically. He's also as close to Hitler, er, I mean Trump, as Goebbels was and equally relishes being the spokesperson for the worst of Trump's views. Strong case for Himmler though, too. But I'm going with Goebbels.

Kristi Noem seems like the most logical candidate for Himmler, but she's just too monumentally dumb. But as the Department of "Homeland Security" is being transformed into the Schutzstaffel, it's still a good fit, just, you know, bad casting I guess.

The tough one is Heydrich. I'm gonna go with Tom Homan on that one. Strong case for that little shit, Bovino too. I don't know, tough call.

So, Göring? (See what I did there? It's option-U before you type the "o".) I think I have to go with J.D. Vance, though I think he's not as smart as Göring was. It's mostly an org-chart fit, but the vanity piece matches up with Vance's obsession with mascara or whatever that shit is he puts around his eyes. In terms of, you know, sheer corpulence, it'd be Steve Bannon, but he's just so slovenly and he lacks the proximity to power.

No, I think Bannon is the candidate for Julius Streicher, a cretinous psychopath. That'd be my pick anyway.

Alfred Rosenberg? Russell Vought, architect of Project 2025. Rosenberg was the chief Nazi "philosopher."

Wilhelm Frick, Minister of the Interior, key figure in the Nuremberg Laws? Pam Bondi, though I think she's less intelligent. Mostly because she's head of the "justice" department and owns the FBI.

Wilhelm Stuckart? Todd Blanche. Another architect of the Nuremberg Laws.

Here's a tough one, RFK Jr. I'm going to go with Leonardo Conti.

Well, the list could go on. What seems clear is that despicable people attract despicable people, "birds of a feather," and the like.

History will not be kind to these people. That's assuming that we have a civilization that can afford the study of history. It's likely we'll have one where nearly everyone's efforts and attention will be focused on mere survival, so they may dodge "the verdict of history."

As darkness descends on America, feel free to play along at home. Learn some history. Get an idea of what's to come. It's fun.

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