http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/laura/real-agenda-2025-s430.pngMusk and Trump are pretending they’re fighting for the little guy, when everything they do proves they’re only fighting for themselves.

LAKE GENEVA, WI - Let’s stop pretending this is normal. If you’re still shedding tears for billionaire sociopaths like Donald Trump and Elon Musk while they dismantle the very people and services that keep our country running—firefighters, scientists, doctors, public servants, and yes, even meteorologists—then you’re not a patriot. You’re a willing participant in the demolition of everything that holds us together.

Donald Trump kicked this wrecking ball into motion. From the moment he stepped into office the first time, it was clear he had no intention of leading a country—he wanted to own it, control it, and punish anyone who got in his way. He demonized the press, mocked scientists, politicized a virus, and turned the presidency into a reality show where only the loudest and most loyal got screen time. He filled his cabinet with grifters and yes-men, gutted environmental protections, and waged war on the civil service. He wasn’t interested in facts or ethics or truth. He wanted control. Absolute, unquestioned, unhinged control.

Now he’s back, angrier and more vindictive, with a list of enemies and a base of supporters who treat him like a god while he sharpens the knives. His executive orders are already slashing budgets, kicking people out of their jobs, and leaving agencies crippled. Entire departments are being gutted—not because they’re broken, but because they dared to function independently of his ego. Layoffs are sweeping across federal offices. Thousands of career civil servants—the people who actually know what they’re doing—are gone. Not for incompetence, but for failing to kiss the ring.

And into this burning dumpster of chaos strolls Elon Musk, a man with too much money, too little restraint, and a dangerous appetite for control disguised as “innovation.” Once hailed as a visionary, Musk is now the architect of a new kind of corporate-fascist nightmare. He’s not reforming government—he’s bulldozing it. Under his watch, the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE (yes, like the meme), has been used to axe essential services and fire experts en masse. Musk’s idea of progress is replacing expertise with algorithms and Twitter polls, and calling it revolution.

Together, these two men are wrecking institutions faster than we can count them. Scientists are out. Park rangers—fired. Public educators—slashed. Social Security offices—closed. Public health—ignored. Environmental protections—scrapped. It’s a coordinated assault on the very systems that have kept this country safe, healthy, educated, and informed. And for what? Ego. Power. Money. Revenge.

They don’t care about you. They care about their empires, their followers, and the twisted legacy they’re trying to carve out of what used to be a democracy. And all the while, they hide behind slogans like “America First,” waving the flag as they set it on fire. The people who fall for it think they’re being patriotic, but they’re just being played. Used. Manipulated. And discarded.

You want to know what real patriotism looks like? It’s the park ranger pulling double shifts to protect natural lands while his funding disappears. It’s the exhausted doctor holding a dying patient’s hand in an understaffed ER. It’s the meteorologist working around the clock during hurricane season so you can get out before the storm hits. It’s the teacher buying her own supplies because her budget’s been slashed by some smug politician who’s never stepped foot in a public school.

Meanwhile, Musk and Trump are jetting around, posting memes, holding rallies, and pretending they’re fighting for the little guy—when everything they do proves they’re only fighting for themselves. They don’t build anything. They break things. Important things. Irreplaceable things.

So, go ahead. Keep crying for them. Keep posting about how misunderstood they are. Keep defending them while the people who actually serve and protect you get laid off, silenced, or driven out.

But don’t you dare call it patriotism.

Because this isn’t about America first. This is about ego first. Billionaires first. Bullshit first.

And if we don’t wake up, there won’t be much of a country left to put first.