TrentTakesOn 2.0

It's Halloween, and it's important to be safe, be aware, and try to have fun.  Sometimes it's hard to turn down the volume, but self-care in trying times is a must.  How do we do it?  Can we stay engaged while resting our anxiety?  Can Trent keep his train of thought on the tracks between two podcasts essentially recorded back-to-back?  

The answers might surprise you...

Love,

-T

As promised, a link to the No Plan No Problem podcast website:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2537875/episodes/18113706

Following the amazing success of the NO KINGS protests over the weekend, the Mad King himself felt he needed to display in many ways why those protests were necessary...and absolutely on-point.  From AI generated images of Mad King Donny dumping excrement on his constituents to destroying the entire East Wing of the White House with zero discussion with the people or their representatives, we are witnessing the regime convinced they will never face any accountability.

I disagree.  Accountability comes for us all.

Fight on, fellow resisters.

Love,

-T 

Young me always wanted to be a hero.  Protecting the innocent, standing up to villainy, proud of my words and deeds.  Maybe I got a little jaded for a bit, but in my older/wiser years I am trying to revert to my younger desire and at least be a sometimes-mediocre sidekick of a quality hero.  

In this episode, the simple question is asked:  how do you know if you're the villain?

And I get into the importance of the No Kings movement and extremism in modern America.

In a positive(-ish) way.  

Love,

-T

A crazy week of news?  Yes, lots and lots of crazy news.  

Now...about how that news gets to us all...it ain't what it used to be.

Also:  Old man yells at clouds.

Love,

-T

Everything from the abuses of ICE to my rent being wrongly charged to a government shutdown to a bible passage to conservation of natural habitats?!?

Jam packed like an overstuffed hot pocket, this episode will fill your desire for comfort food while burning your mouth...like every podcast should.

Do I go too far?  Sometimes, yes.  But that's really not for me to decide.

Just in time for sweeps week (is that still a thing?)!

Also check out my new project No Plan No Problem available wherever TTO is available

Love, 

-T

When James Carville said "It's the economy, stupid", he helped usher in Bill Clinton (and neo-liberalism) and crushed the republican brand for a decade or more forcing them to change tactics.  In 2025, I propose we focus on corruption and abuses of power...of which there are literally hundreds of examples.  The regime is dripping with self-dealing and underhandedness, not to mention the public middle finger they constantly flaunt at our rule of law.  

From Kimmel and Comey to ICE raids and being anti-anti-fascist (there's an easier way to say that), to the obvious coverup of the content in Epstein files, the cracks are starting to show.

Let's give it a shove, shall we?

Love,

-T

This episode features a very happy recollection of why I do all of this, followed by an honest discussion on the censorship of the Trump regime and it's threat against ABC/Disney over Jimmy Kimmel Live.  And I round it all up with some real talk about the most ineffective domestic terror group ever accused of destroying a country of 340 million people...seriously?  How dumb do they think we are?  

A: very.

-Be good humans, people.

Love,

-T

Violence is wrong.  Murder is wrong.  All violence, of all levels.  But does everyone actually feel that way?  Is this a "both sides" situation?

Following the murder of Charlie Kirk, the backlash from the right has been excessive and terrifying.  But who remembers the name Melissa Hortman?  She was assassinated less than 3 months ago, and the reaction wasn't quite the same.

And what other political violence have we not addressed equally?  

Think.

-T

In the first of two episodes today, I talk about the effect the 9/11 attacks had on me twenty-four years ago and the long-term effects on so many that still haven't been addressed in meaningful ways.  

Today we should remember the victims of the attack who tragically lost their lives, as well as their families and friends, all of the first responders and theirs.  

A dark moment which we still haven't fully reckoned with to this day.

Be kind to each other.

-T

I was gone for a whole extra week and have discovered two weeks of f%$kery by this regime is a whole lot to sort through.  Anywhoo...here's another look at the illegal things they continue to do, a whole new illegal thing involving killing people in international waters, and how screwed we are with RFK Jr demolishing science.  

And I forgot to plug this week's South Park, which was excellent.

Hang in there...things are changing.

-T