Today marks the supposed formation of the new Congress, both House and Senate will be majority Republican, extremely narrow in the House and somewhat better in the Senate. These new status levels in both sections of our Congress does not bode well for any realistic legislative activity. Expect conflicts beginning today when the House is supposed to elect the Speaker and Johnson of Louisiana hopes he will continue in that job. From all indicators, he probably will not keep the position. Rumors abound from the right side of the Houses of several Republicans saying they will not vote to keep Johnson. He can really only lose two votes and since Massie has already stated that he will not support a vote for Johnson, only one vote left to lose for Johnson. Speakers in the past have been saved by votes from the opposing party, but all indications today are that not a single Democrat is willing to cast a vote in favor of Johnson, so he lives or dies by the members of his party.
As for realistic legislation, there is a very slight chance that over the coming two years that anything of value for Americans will be forthcoming. Oh there will be many attempts at slash and burn actions coming from the Trump Administration. Especially from his rabid right wing and fascist advisors and department heads. The Co-President, the fascist rich boy from South Africa, Elon, will take mighty swings at our government institutions, especially at things like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and of course anything to do with immigration, unless it is the increase in the number of H1B visas.
Also, look for more looting of the American Treasury by the Trump as he pushes his rich buddies into large government contracts with huge profit margins for those CEO pals. Of course, the fat boy Prez will claim his skim for all those government pig trough millions.
I also expect that Trump, Musk and the rest of the Fascist Regime to make strong moves to privatize our US Mail Service. Trump’s appointed scumbag Postmaster General will continue his actions in gutting the Post Office, preparing it for purchase by companies like FedEx, UPS, etc. Expect that they will try mightily to eliminate domestic mail routes, and force people to subscribe for MailBox access in their facilities if folks want to continue receiving mail. Also watch the cost of mailing a letter to rise astronomically.
Now understand, I don’t wish to position myself as an all knowing seer about the coming years, but these are my thoughts, based on the previous Trump Regime actions and the words and deeds of those he is surrounding himself with this time around. Also, back in the 80s, when the microcomputer (PC) rage started, I was privileged to make a presentation at a computer conference in Nevada. In this presentation, I stated that it was my belief that if we continue the move toward microcomputers at the expense of our mainframe and mini computers, we would see the loss of our individual security, our personal and financial information would be at risk and the cost of computing would not be that better off. Today, I sadly see that my fears for the computer/information world are coming true.
I do hope that my fears for our nation and its people, our freedoms and our rights as citizens, will be unfounded, but sadly I do not think so!
Onward
Musings of a Geriatric Curmudgeon 