Musikfest Is Over For 2026 - Long Live Musikfest

 

My Dear America:

There Is nothing in the world as thrilling to a musician as looking out from a  Musikfest Stage into a sea of faces enjoying the weather and also enjoying the music being performed on that Musikfest stage.  It has been a long while now since I have had that feeling but I confess that every year at Musikfest time I miss that musical thrill that came with every Good Performance in those long ago days when I was lucky enough to play at Musikfest with my Musical Buddies in "The Earth Riders" or with "The Lehigh Valley Folk Music Society."   

I realize that very few people outside of Pennsylvania and New Jersey might have ever heard of Musikfest or have been to Musikfest but regardless this 43 Year old, 16 Stage, 11 Day FREE MUSIC FESTIVAL continues to break attendance records every year that it is presented and the weather cooperates.

This Past Year, 2026 was a banner year for Musikfest in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.  The music was overall pretty awesome and the weather was pretty awesome too.  As hard as it is to believe almost all of the concerts are free.  There is one stage, The Wind Creek Stage which features pretty well known acts and charges for them.  This year many of those well known acts like TI and da baby were not well known to me.  I had heard of John Mullaney, however.  He was the first Well Known Comic that I recall playing Musikfest.  There were some free stages this year, however, featuring mainly locally known comics.

Music presented at Musikfest includes all kinds of music.  The Festplatz Stage has always featured some polka music (Not my cup of tea) but these days it features other types of music as well. Rock - Folk Rock - Blues - Jazz - Bands that performed Tributes to Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band and The Grateful Dead were also featured this year.

In addition to the thrill of playing at Musikfest with my bands back in the day I have had some wonderful experiences and memories not only this year but in many past years as well.  This year I made it to Musikfest a couple of times.  On the first Friday of Musikfest when it was hellishly hot I sought refuge from the heat in the Artsquest Building at the Frank Banko Ale House, which is a Movie Theater with Comfortable Seats and Air Conditioning.  During Musikfest  this theater changed its name to the Lutron Jazz Cabaret and featured an Excellent Jazz Band called "Doctor, Doctor". One Doctor played great Jazz Guitar and the other Doctor looked outstanding as she sang mainly Jazz Standards. Other talented members of the band were a trumpet player, A bass player and a Percussionist.  They were terrific and so was the air conditioning.

I had such a good time at the Jazz Cabaret that I decided last Tuesday to go to see a Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band, called "Yesterdays Gone" on the north Side of Bethlehem at the Zinzenplatz Staqe.  Unfortunately for me I was cheap enough to decide not to pay the 10 dollars to ride the bus from the South Side of Bethlehem to the North Side of the City where the concert was .  I forgot, for the moment, that I am 83 Years old and I recalled the good old days when it was no big deal for me to walk across the bridge over the Lehigh River To get to the North Side Musikfest Stages.  When I was Halfway across the Bridge I realized that I had made a big mistake and after briefly watching what I could see and hear of the band I figured I had better head back across the bridge again.  I made it back to my car without being hospitalized but just barely.  God, how I missed that Air Conditioned Jazz Cabaret.

After my disastrous experience on Tuesday night I decided to watch the rest of Musikfest on TV at my home on the Service Electric  Cable Network that was broadcasting 3 different Musifest channels during Musikfest.  Although it wasn't quite as exciting as actually being at Musikfest, It was air conditioned and I was able to see and hear the festivities fine on my TV Set.

I had a lot of great Family Times at Musikfest in the past.  I missed that this year.  But as I look back through my memories of Musikfest I am impressed by the fact that in this strange and desperate time we are living through when it is difficult and sometimes nearly impossible to get through the day without a feeling of dread about what is happening in our country and in the world there are still some wonderful things happening.  One of those wonderful things is Musikfest.

Musikfest has been providing this incredible Free Music Festival for over Forty Years and it has always been incredible.  It is extremely well organized and seems to have a dedicated group of Volunteers who return to serve their neighbors at Musikfest year after year. This year I heard of a  couple who formerly lived in Bethlehem but moved to Florida.  This couple volunteered at Musikfest when they lived locally and still return from Florida every year to volunteer at Musikfest.

Although I have seen countless really great Performances at Musikfest There are a few that really stand out in my memory. Crosby, Stills and Nash cost money but they were worth every penny.

Believe it or not The Everly Brothers played at Musikfest for Free in the early days of Musikfest and although they had a little difficulty hitting the high notes on some songs They were Historic.

Speaking of Historic I will never forget walking around Musikfest one year back in the Eighties and hearing this group rocking out sounding like they invented Rock and Roll.  When the band took a break I began  to talk to the guys in the band and found out that the band was called "The Sun Rhythym Section" and was made up of only musicians who had played on Sun Recording Sessions with the likes of Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis.  They had, in fact, invented Rockabilly Music.

The truth is that I know that there are already too many people who attend Musikfest and I am not anxious to see a lot more people showing up in Bethlehem at Musikfest time.  But I also feel as though Musikfest is such a special gift to those of us who live in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania that it is only right to share this Magical Musical Experience with our Brothers and Sisters in America.

So if you missed Musikfest this year do yourself a favor and plan to be in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania next August to enjoy the incredibly American Experience of Musikfest.  I promise you that you won't regret it.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher  

     

The (Character) Assassination Of Dr. Anthony Fauci

My Dear America:

This past week Senator Rand Paul and his Band of Republican Bootlickers brought Dr. Anthony Fauci in for a Senate Republican Committee Ambush and Smackdown by some of the poorest excuses for Legislators that I have seen in some time..  Although Dr. Fauci appeared a bit haggard having endured Extensive and Continued Verbal Bashing by Dr. Rand Paul and other Republicans on the Senate Committee on Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs for a considerable period of time he was ready for the Republican Onslaught.  Thank God for the good sense of the members of the Biden Administration to Pardon Doctor Fauci prior to the beginning of the Trump Administration.

Certainly the main reason that Dr. Fauci was dragged before the Senate Committee that was chaired by Rand Paul was to have him testify so that the Republicans could use his testimony to trap him and somehow use his testimony against him.  Dr. Fauci was ready for the Republicans, however.  He first of all read a prepared statement which indicated that he knew full well what Rand Paul and his Republican Cronies were up to and following his prepared statement he answered every question he was asked by members of the Senate Committee by utilizing his Fifth Amendment Privilege.

Clearly back during the First Trump Administration when Covid spread like wildfire across America and the world and nobody was prepared for it, Donald Trump and many Republican Legislators were big fans of Dr. Fauci.  Dr. Fauci was the Expert who everybody in the Government and, indeed in the country was depending on and had been depending on for several Decades  Back then when nobody seemed to know what in the hell to do next about Covid. Dr. Fauci recommended Wearing masks, avoiding contacts with other Human Beings and when the vaccines were available Dr. Fauci recommended that everyone get them.  All of this advice certainly seemed to make sense at the time and still makes sense.

Now, however, it seems that because Dr. Fauci might have been mistaken about what nobody knew at the time regarding where Covid came from and maybe some other problem guesses that he made, Republicans seem to be trying to make Dr. Fauci the scapegoat for what might have gone wrong with regard to Covid during the First Trump Administration.

The truth is that we were all lucky as hell to have Dr. Fauci on the job when Covid hit. For decades when we have been affected by strange and terrible killer viruses we have always had Dr. Fauci to advise us and help us through the difficult times.  Whether it was Aids, Ebola or Covid Dr. Fauci was there to advise us and give us his best guesses regarding what to do with regard to dangerous Pandemics.

I am certainly glad that Dr. Fauci was on the job for as long as he was.  It seems as though Dr. Rand Paul has taken great  pleasure in releasing transcripts of Dr. Fauci's Private diaries in which Dr. Fauci seems to reveal that he certainly got a kick out of being recognized for being on the front lines of Covid and had reason to be proud of himself for helping the United States deal with that awful Pandemic.  I have seen nothing, however, in Dr. Fauci's diary entries that shows that he is deserving of the threats and abuse he got in his Republican Beatdown this past week in the Senate.

Although most Republican Committee  Members seemed to be anxious to get into the abusive Republican Fauci Smackdown Session the people I saw who were the worst offenders were Senators Bernie (has nothing to say about his Daughter's abusive Congressman Husband) Merino, Josh (January Sixth Running Man) Hawley and  Joni Ernst.  These people were disgusting in their horrible treatment of the man who deserves nothing but positive credit and accolades for helping to get us through the worst pandemic of my lifetime.

I have certainly seen some incredible abuses of power in my time but I can't recall anything rising to the level of the nearly criminal behavior that this horrible spectacle showed to a man who has deserved nothing but respect but got none of it from the Republicans on this disgusting Runaway Committee.  

Although this hearing was on C Span and was probably not watched by many people I can only imagine the reaction of young people who might be considering becoming Physicians themselves watching this Republican Horror Show and thinking to themselves I would never want to endure something like what they are doing to Doctor Fauci.  And who could blame them.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher  

All You Need To Be A Republican Is To Admit That You Believe THE BIG LIE That Trump Beat Joe Biden In 2020

My Dear America:

As You are Well Aware, America, you have been A functioning Democracy For A Hell of a Long time.  Those of us who love you have been proud of the fact that every year for two Hundred and Fifty Years your Democracy and in particular your Elections functioned, for the most part, pretty well.  Certainly there were questions occasionally regarding Election functions and results.  When certain problems were discovered in the election system usually valiant and quick efforts were made by leaders and legislators to fix whatever the Election Problems were.

I think that it is fair to say that in my 83 Year old lifetime although there have certainly been some  problems and sometimes irregularities in the Election system  I don't recall any Presidents or even any presidential losers complaining and whining about the unfairness of the system in their elections like Donald Trump has continued to do.

Speaking as an American I just want to say that I am sick of Trump's whining about his problems with the election system.  He had no problems with the Election system when he allegedly won his election in 2016.  He also had no problems with the election in 2024 when Elon Musk paid people millions of dollars to register as Republicans in Pennsylvania and one of Musk's girlfriends has claimed that Musk told her that he manipulated the election in 2024 so that Trump Won.

Still Trump continues to whine about the 2020 Election being "Rigged."

Yes, President Trump.  You are right about the 2020 Election being rigged.  It was rigged and you were the one who was rigging it.  Unfortunately for you, although you were willing to trash the Constitution your Vice President was not willing to do so and you and your Right Wing "Patriot" Posse were unsuccessful in your efforts to steal the election from Joe Biden although you all tried very hard to do so.     

Our Country has a wide array of problems that can be laid at the feet of Donald Trump Including The Iran War,  Ice killing people in the streets of America in the name of Immigration Control,  Prices of everything skyrocketing, all for starters.

Clearly those of us who have not been cut in on the big road to riches in America are sick and tired of hearing about Donald Trump's problems. In particular his Election Problems.  We don't give a Damn about his problems.  While he and his Rich friends are doing fine the rest of us are afraid to see the prices rising in our country with regard to everything we consume including Gas and Food.

With all the actual problems we have all had these days Donald Trump had the audacity to demand Prime Time Coverage from the major Networks so that he could air his well worn grievances about the 2020 Election in Prime Time.  Although his Right Wing Syncophantic networks carried his prime time speech ABC and NBC did not carry the President's speech.  

CBS, a network that has shown an embarrassing amount of deference to Donald Trump recently apparently started to carry the speech but to their credit they interrupted the speech with some of the best of their correspondents challenging the credibility of what Trump was claiming about the 2020 Election.   Although I have had some serious Criticism about CBS recently I was very pleased with their coverage of Donald Trump's Complaint Night in Prime Time.  In my opinion although I was pleased with ABC And NBC not covering this embarrassing spectacle I was even more pleased with CBS truthfully taking Trump to task for lying his ass off in Prime Time.

What in the hell is wrong with you Republicans who refuse to react to the Lies that are coming out of Donald Trump's mouth every time he speaks?  You found the balls to criticize Barack Obama every time he did anything and throughout his eight years in the White House he never did anything that was even close to as embarrassing as what Donald Trump does every day.

I still recall the many Republican members of the House and Senate standing up on television on January 6th of 2021 like Lindsey Graham saying they had endured enough from Trump.  And then days afterward they were all once again back kissing Trump's Ass and trying to curry favor from him.

What is wrong with you Republicans?  

Is there no one in the party with a spine who can and will tell the truth about the Dictator with no clothes on.

We can all recall the savage epithets that were thrown by Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and others when they were running against Trump back in 2016 and had no use for him.  But these days every Republican who is in the House or the Senate or is being considered for a job in the Trump Administration is not allowed to be a Republican in Good standing if they tell the truth about the Election of 2020.

FOR GOD'S SAKE REPUBLICANS, HAVE SOME BALLS

JOE BIDEN WON THE 2020 ELECTION BY A WIDE MARGIN.

WE ALL KNOW IT.  iT ISN'T ANY SECRET AND YOU SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SAY IT ANY DAY AND EVERY DAY.

HOW CAN YOU REPUBLICANS LIVE WITHOUT A SHRED OF HONOR AS YOU CONTINUE TO PROP UP THE BIG LIE THAT DONALD TRUMP WON THE 2020 ELECTION.

I ALMOST FEEL SORRY FOR YOU REPUBLICANS.  BUT NOT QUITE.

HOPEFULLY YOU PEOPLE WILL GROW A SPINE SOON ENOUGH TO SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY BEFORE DONALD TRUMP COMPLETELY DESTROYS IT.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher       

 

 

Happy Fourth Of July To The Readers of Letters To A Lost Nation And To The Listeners Of Podcast for A Lost Nation

Friday July 10th, 2026 

My Dear America:

I have always loved celebrating the Fourth of July and on the 250th Anniversary of the beginning of The United States of America I was once again happily celebrating July 4th.  I was once again in Havertown (My Future Home Town) with some of my Favorite Family Members.

Although I know that all is not well in every American Family I find it necessary sometimes to simply concentrate on those Good Solid Refreshing Moments of Pleasure like swimming with my Daughters and Granddaughters on some of the Brutally Hottest Days of the Year 2026 and reflect on the Long Term rather than the Short Term History of the United States of America.

I love my Country.  I always have and always will.  I am saddened and depressed regarding the fact that we are currently being governed by a Madman and his band of Syncophants who have Hijacked America for purposes that most of us do not agree with.

A long time ago in 2008 I began to write a Blog that I called "Letters To A Lost Nation".

When I began writing my Blog I was hopeful that as I wrote about 2008 that I would be commenting on some Very Important Political History.  After all, the 2008 Presidential Campaign was pitting, on the Democratic side, a Black First Time Senator against A Woman Senator who had also been the First Lady living in the White House for Eight Years while her Husband was President of the United States.  Surely there was some Political History to be had in this incredibly important Political Race for the White House.

Whichever one of these two Candidates who won their shot to be the Democratic Contender for the Presidency in 2008 would certainly prove to be a Historic Candidate.

Hope was in the air in 2008.  Democrats had suffered through Two Terms of Republican President, George W. Bush.  It was now time for a Historic Democratic Candidate to take the reins of government and in the end Barack Obama did that with Style and Grace and waited patiently for Republican Members of The Congress to come to their senses and support him and the American Government.  Unfortunately, however Barack's hope for Unity with Republicans never really occurred.

What has occurred during the intervening years between Barack Obama's Administration and today's Trump Administration, however is an increasing division between Democrats and Republicans that has resulted in Donald Trump's return to the White House with a Vengeance and a Boldness which no longer hides Trump's readiness to milk the United States for all he can get out of it.

In July of 2020 as we prepared for the election in November of that year I decided to turn my Blog into a Podcast in order to do all I could to prevent Donald Trump from being re elected President in 2020.  I know that my Podcasts and Blog Posts did not have a great deal to do with Trump's Defeat in 2020 but I still felt good about the fact that I might have had some extremely minor influence regarding Joe Biden's 2020 defeat of Donald Trump for the Presidency.

As I write presently 18 Years after beginning my Blog and in the Sixth Year of my Podcast I have seen some interesting things occurring.

In the First and Second Year of Trump's Strange and Terrible return to the White House I have seen the numbers of my Blog Readers skyrocket.   Over the years I published my Blog I would be lucky if I got a total of a Hundred Blog Readers over the course of a month. Presently I am seeing at least 2000 and sometimes many more than that Read My Blog Posts over a monthly period.  

My Podcast traffic has also shown some small uptick in traffic but nothing close to the uptick in the Blog Traffic.

I still continue to do my Podcasts because I know that I have Friends and Family Members who continue to listen to the Podcasts with enthusiasm.  And Frankly I enjoy turning the Blog Posts into Podcasts 

I continue to do the Blog and Podcasts with the hope that what I am doing is at least doing something to help encourage America's return to its sense of Patriotic Responsibility.

We still have Newspapers like the New York Times which seem to be attempting to print the truth.  We also have MSNOW and their Hosts trying to get the truth out. Unfortunately, however we also have a number of Television Programs and Newspapers who cater to Right Leaning American Readers and Television Viewers and do not seem to reliably tell the truth to those Americans who depend on them for their news.

I have recently begun to follow the lead of my Blog Readers who I have noticed over a period of time appear to have begun to read not only the latest Blog Postings but also have begun to go back and read many earlier posts.  I have actually begun to do the same thing and as I have returned to some of the older posts I have realized that although I wasn't recognizing it at the time I have been writing what is, for the most part, a pretty detailed Political History of our time and quite frankly I am proud of what I have written and I am encouraged to continue to add to the Political History of the U.S.as time marches on into a new and hopefully more decent Political Climate.

To be honest as I see more Newspapers and Magazines fall by the wayside and more Podcasts and Blogs appear to be veering to the Right of Center I feel more compelled than ever to continue my Blog and Podcast.

I want to sincerely thank Blogspot and Spotify for their assistance in allowing me to freely use their platforms without ever throwing impediments in my way to alter or impede anything that I wanted to say regarding anything I wrote. I appreciate their granting me the Freedom to say whatever I wanted to say.  I also want to say that I greatly appreciate everyone who has supported me by reading my Blog and Listening to My Podcasts.  

I continue to hope for the best in America and as long as I can do it I intend to speak out truthfully as long as some Americans are willing to read my Posts and Listen to my Podcasts.

I thank all of those Americans participating in the "No Kings" Protests.  

I live in Hope that there are enough of us left who will vote in the future in an effort to Recapture Our Democracy before it is too late.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher  

  

The Slippery Political Journey Of JD Vance

 Wednesday July 1st, 2026

My Dear America:

There are plenty of Slippery Characters in the Administration of Donald Trump.  There is no doubt about that.  Certainly Donald Trump, himself is an extremely slippery figure himself and clearly he refuses to be held down to one position on any political subject.  Indeed Trump is clearly a master of distraction but based on what I have seen in the past week Trump has some very serious competition when it comes to slippery political behavior from his Vice President.

I watched JD Vance on two relatively left leaning Television programs during the past week and I have to give this guy credit where credit is due.  On both "Real Time with Bill Maher" and on "The View" JD was like Daniel in the Lion's Den but the slippery bugger danced through both those programs like a master of slippery behavior.

Although Vance was asked some very important and relevant questions by Bill Maher and the girls from the View that certainly didn't mean that he was required to answer those questions truthfully or even to answer them at all.  

I have watched politicians interviewed on Television for many years but I don't really believe I have ever seen someone as skilled as Vance when it came to dodging questions that he didn't want to answer or simply changing whatever he was asked into talking about a subject that he did want to talk about.  

This son of a gun was good.  i'll give him that 

I have often wondered what it was that convinced Donald Trump to offer the Vice Presidency to JD Vance.  I don't wonder about that anymore.  

JD has some serious skills and is clearly smart as hell.  He proved that by charming his way into not only becoming a best selling Author but by getting himself befriended by some very influential Tech Giants who were loaded with money and helped JD to get on the Rich Track.  JD's Rich backers helped him to ease himself from Author to Hedge Fund Manager to Senator all in a very short space of time.

When Donald Trump chose JD Vance to be his Vice Presidential Running Mate in 2024 it appeared to many, including me, to be a very odd and hard to fathom choice as is the case with many things that Donald Trump Does.  Looking back on it, however, it was clearly a brilliant choice.  

Vance had started out during the time that he was hawking his book as a clean shaven newbie who had nothing but scathing criticism of Donald Trump.  He identified Donald Trump as an "American Hitler".  Apparently at that point in time Vance had not developed the skill of lying and Kissing Trump's Ass that he would in time become super skilled at.  

These days Vance seems focused on selling his new book, "Communion" in which he apparently describes his progression from Hillbilly Baptist to Catholic and in the process has felt as though it was OK for him to instruct Pope Leo on the ways of the world.

Pretty Audacious, I think.

Although we don't know for sure what is going on in the White House with JD Vance and Donald Trump we do know that JD was probably the only one of the President's advisors brave enough to risk Donald Trump's Wrath by advising Trump not to attack Iran.  

Trump's reaction to Vance's rather sensible advice was  to put Vance in charge of the next to impossible task of negotiating a peace deal with the Iranians Who never Trusted America to begin with and after getting the shaft by America twice certainly don't trust us now.

Speaking of Trust, JD Vance Cannot be trusted.  I will never forget a Rachel Maddow Program where she showed some videos in which one of JD' buddies and Mentors was promoting the value of America becoming a Dictatorship.

And Furthermore JD Vance has had the gall to state that if Watergate happened today that it would be nothing but a one day story in the media.  The enraging fact to me is that he is probably right.  The way one commentator put it is that comparing Watergate to the extreme corruption of the Trump Administration is like comparing the crimes of Jaywalking to that of a Serial Killer.  By the way if anyone is interested in learning a lot more about Watergate My book, "Letters To A Lost Nation: A Watergate Chronicle" is still available through Amazon in Paperback or E Book Editions

Jesus, And this guy, JD Vance is our Vice President and may one day become our President.  

Let's hope not.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher

The Murder Of 60 Minutes

Tusday, June 2nd, 2026 

My Dear America:

Although I fully intended to write about something else entirely today, I just watched several Journalists on the Deadline White House Show on MSNOW discussing an incredible story that one of the Journalists had discovered regarding the CBS Television News Program,60 Minutes.  The Journalist whose First Name is Oliver.  I can't recall his last name, seems to have lucked into one of the most disturbing Journalistic scoops of all time.  

Oliver somehow got hold of a tape made inside a meeting of some CBS News Executives and some members of the 60 Minutes Staff. Former CBS News Anchor and long time "60 Minutes" Correspondent, Scott Pelley was quoted in the meeting as not only questioning the firings of several highly respected Staff Members of 60 minutes and the failure to renew the contracts of Correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega but Pelley clearly called into question the News Qualifications of his new bosses, Including CBS News Dictator, Bari Weiss.

All of the Journalists on the Deadline White House Program were in agreement  that this story was extremely explosive stuff. What is certainly clear is that although CBS Bigwigs are certainly at fault here, messing with the Number One Television News Magazine can also be laid at the feet of President Donald Trump, who has made it clear over the past years that in addition to Trump not liking being laughed at, he also doesn't much appreciate the truth being told about him. 

It will be a miracle if Scott Pelley is not the next Victim of the CBS News Purge by CBS News Executive Bari Weiss.  If he goes, however,  He will go into that CBS News Good Night with his balls intact.  Pelley was quoted in the CBS Meeting as questioning the News Credentials of not only Bari Weiss but of his other new news  bosses.   Scott Pelley termed what is going on at CBS News and particularly at 60 minutes as "Murder"

As was in the case with "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert", 60 Minutes was a ratings success. The show has existed for half a Century on CBS and throughout its existence it has always been a ratings success.  

What is going on here?  Why is CBS "Murdering" its most successful shows?

The reason is fairly simple actually.  CBS Owners are looking to make a Merger deal with Warner Brothers.  Donald Trump has made it clear to CBS Owners that if they want their merger they need to do some things for Donald Trump.  They have already done one important thing for Trump.  They have killed The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, a consistent ratings winner hosted by a Comedy Host who pulled no punches when it came to Donald Trump.  Despite the show's obvious Popularity CBS chose to shut it down because that's what Trump demanded.  

We are increasingly living through a nightmare of epic proportions in which what is happening at CBS is indicative of what is happening throughout our country.  Donald Trump is exercising his authority and I am afraid that the worst is yet to come.

Yes, there is some hope on the horizon.  Except for the Supreme Court, American Judges seem to be trying their best to prevent America from becoming a Third World dictatorship.  Average Americans also seem to be recognizing that they still have some power and are not afraid to use it.  

There is no doubt that America is sinking into quicksand and sinking fast.  

The Mid Terms are fast approaching and we hopefully have a shot to turn things around.  But Americans need to recognize that we are running out of time and energy.

Yes, Trump's name is coming off the KENNEDY CENTER but he is still in the White House where he is making it look more like a Junkyard every day.  The East Wing is gone and they are putting up an Ultimate Fighting Ring.

Good God.  What did we ever do to deserve this?

Bravo Scott Pelley.  I hope you can keep your job but regardless whether you do or don't you can still keep your Self Respect.  And regardless of what happens to you, you have shown Americans that there are still American Heroes out here willing to speak the truth to power.  I just hope we still have some Americans who are willing to stand up with you against the madness of King Donald and his Disgusting Minions at CBS and Elsewhere. 

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher

The Welcome Mat Is Out For Donald Trump At The World Dictators Club

 Tuesday, May 19th,  2026

My Dear America:

I feel very sorry for those young Americans whose memory simply goes back no further than Donald Trump.  They might also remember Joe Biden but Republicans, many of whom in Congress used to love Joe Biden and call him a friend, have chosen to join the Trump Republican Liars Club which does nothing but disparage a Good man and a Good President who did a Great Job in the White House but gets no credit at all from Republicans for doing so.

Although I probably would prefer to be younger than the the Eighty Three Years of age that I am presently, I am happy and proud to have lived through the many years of Pride and Progress that I have witnessed throughout my lifetime in The United States Of America. 

During my Early Years while I was growing up happy with my Parents, my Grandfather and later on my sister in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Young Jewish kids and their parents were being marched off to their Horrible Slaughter at the hands of Monsters disguised as Human Beings all over Europe.  I was certainly too young to see it at the time but as I learned about Hitler, Mussolini and their Incredibly Brutal Henchmen and Women later on I wondered how it could be that Monsters like them could be allowed to seize power from good people in the world that I lived in.

I don't wonder about that anymore.  

I have seen the same thing that happened in Germany and throughout Europe happen in my Country of America.  We do not have Death Camps yet only because Americans around the Country have risen up and protested and done everything that can be done to block the setup of ICE Prisons wherever Republicans have tried to build them. But we do have an Administration that is working hard to set up more prisons than we need for "Immigrants", while they designate Democrats who are working to keep Democracy alive in America as Domestic Terrorists because they don't want to allow Ice and the Corrupted U.S. Justice Department of Justice to arrogantly wage war on Good Americans and other Human Beings in our country who have been designated as "Vermin" by Donald Trump and his Thug Posse.

Those of us who are not Monsters but are Genuine Normal Human Beings have unfortunately been asleep at the wheel  and not paying attention while the Monsters have eased themselves into our Politics and like the Pod People in the movie "Invasion of The Body Snatchers" they have turned into Monsters who look just like People but have no feelings or Empathy for others.

The changes in America that we have seen since the beginning of the Second Trump Administration have been nothing short of Overwhelming.

Donald Trump's Ass Kissing of Vladimir Putin has been Disgusting.  While Joe Biden's support for Ukraine put some limits on Ukraine's use of Weapons obtained by The U.S., the support of the United States for Ukraine was never in doubt.  These days, although Americans for the most part do support Ukraine fighting for their Lives and their Democracy, there seems to be absolutely no support coming from the Trump Administration.  In fact, although Trump should be supporting Ukraine, it seems as though Trump's Ally in this unnecessary and brutal war is  Putin, who invaded Ukraine in the fist place with no provocation from it's neighboring Country of Ukraine.  It appears as though Putin's main complaint about Ukraine was that it made him nervous to have a Genuine Democracy like Ukraine functioning so close to Russia.

When Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin get together Trump is constantly Fawning over Putin at all times.  It is almost like the good old days of buddies Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein hanging out together.  

It certainly doesn't seem to bother Donald Trump that Putin and Iran are Allies and that Iran has received assistance from Putin in determining where Iran might be able to successfully strike American troops most effectively in the Middle East.

So, to break it down, In Donald Trump's World Vladimir Putin and Russia are our Allies and Ukrainian President Zelensky is fighting against our Ally, Putin.  Something is radically wrong with this picture.

Just recently Donald Trump traveled to China and throughout his short stay Trump heaped incredible praise on Chinese President XI.  Although other Presidents have also made efforts to get along with the Chinese no President that I can think of has Man Gushed over a Chinese President like Trump has.  According to Trump Xi is Tall and Strong and Commands the Respect of his people.  Trump obviously wishes Americans would Fawn over him like the Chinese people do XI.

Certainly we can all still remember the fuss that Donald Trump made over North Korea President, Kim Jong Un.

Then we had the rather Weird spectacle of Donald Trump traveling to the Middle East where he enjoyed being treated like a King by other Kings, such as MBS Muhammed Bin Salman, the man who decreed the killing and dismemberment of a Washington Post Critic of the MBS Saudi Regime.

And who can forget the Middle Eastern Potentate who gave Trump an Airplane.

Any way you look at it it seems obvious that while the rest of us in the United States see NATO Countries like England, France and Germany as our Allies these days Donald Trump is looking at Russia and China as his Allies. 

He has allied himself as a full fledged member of the Dictators Club and that appears to be something that the rest of us must begin to recognize as an increasingly Worrisome Problem.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher