Tick Tock

07:32 Sunday, 1 March 2026
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I had insomnia on Friday night, so I was awake when I saw the BBC report that Trump had announced an attack on Iran. And so I just got out of bed and spent the rest of the night trying to follow events in the Middle East. Reporting was scant at best. At about 0530, I got in the recliner and napped for an hour because we were scheduled for a session with our personal trainer at 0800.

We went. I worked out. Went home and continued doom-scrolling.

There is so much to say about this, but I think the single most relevant thing to me, and citizens of the United States, is that Trump continues to act as a dictator. This is a grotesque, unconstitutional abuse of power. But it just gets swallowed up in the maelstrom of intentional chaos surrounding this administration.

Bear that in mind when you read this report from Politico.

Trump will attempt to cancel, subvert, overturn or otherwise thwart the mid-term elections. DHS's "detention centers" and "deportation camps," will be used to incarcerate citizens rounded up in mass arrests.

I don't know how to stop him. Congress sure won't. I'm not confident he'd follow any orders from the Supreme Court, assuming a relevant case could be brought before them in time.

This is going to happen.

This gets worse before it gets better.