GAG ORDER

Nine thousand bucks
Is the cost to the Orange Huckster
For being unable to control his yap
From uttering forbidden bluster
 
Will there be more?
Has the Huckster learned his lesson?
Initially the Huckster appears more careful
But will that last?
Or will there be at some point
A pent-up earth-shaking blast?
 
Meanwhile,
Some campus protestors
Appear to want
Violent confrontations
Of the Jan 6 sort 

NO ORANGE HUCKSTER TODAY?

 

Wonder of wonders
The Orange Huckster was barely
In the news Monday
Campus protests, the Gaza situation
And other activities
Dominated the media play
 
Trial resumes Tuesday
The media will be hopping and skipping
From one thing to another
Trying to maintain a modicum of order
 
Meanwhile
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem
A possible running mate
Of the Orange Huckster
Is showing how to handle dogs
Slaughter ‘em like they were hogs

JOE AND BIBI TALK

 

Joe gave Bibi a call
Said America is behind him standing tall
But he’s gotta develop a lighter touch
His Gaza strategy is much too much
 
Meanwhile,
Are people who support the Orange Huckster
Decent or indecent people?
Mostly decent probably
But lacking something analytically
 
Maybe inability to grasp and accept
That the Huckster is a corrupt fabricator
A narcissistic bullying authoritarian
Maybe longing to be a dictator

ENOUGH WITH THE GAMBLING ADS

 

Gambling ads on the radio and TV
Often end with a quickly-stated invitation
If you have a gambling problem
Call this destination
 
What is likely if you call the number?
“I’ve got a gambling problem”
“Tell me about it, Sir”
“If I hear many more freakin’ gambling ads
I might be pushed to mayhem”
 
“Wrong number, Sir
The mayhem number
Can be found elsewhere
The gambling industry is not concerned about
The state of national welfare
Only about your hesitancy
To tap your wealth for the industry’s share”

SUPREMES TO GO EASY ON THE HUCKSTER?

 

Will the Republican majority
On the Supreme Court
Treat the Orange Huckster
Like a good ol’ sport
Deserving of respect
And not like a grotesque orange wart?

LAWYERING THE NATION TO OBLIVION

 

The argument of the Orange Huckster’s attorney
Before the Supreme Court
That Presidential immunity was absolute
Was met with skepticism
Except from Justice Alito and company
Who seemed determined to find
A special Huckster immunity
 
The Presidential immunity matter
Could be a legal abyss
Of picayune issues
That take years to address
 
What’s the difference between
Official and non-official acts?
Is Presidential urination, for example
Official or non-official?
Might depend on the context
And on analyzing a sample

COLLEGE PROTESTERS BACK IN VOGUE

 

Just like those long-ago days
When a place called the ‘Nam was an irritant
College students are protesting
What is the current beef?
Something about Israel and Palestinians
Perhaps exacerbated by a need for relief
From the Orange Huckster’s continual whining
That he is no longer the nation’s chief
 
For some strange reason
House Speaker Mike Johnson
Felt a need to enter the fray
Maybe his victory over
Marjorie Taylor Greene and company
Juiced his need to play

TRIAL SPUTTERS THROUGH SECOND DAY

 

The Orange Huckster’s trial
Is getting comically interesting
The Judge and the Huckster’s attorney
Doing a little yelling
Pecker of the National Enquirer
Describing the nefarious workings
Of a tabloid newspaper
At least the Huckster stayed awake
And no one complained of an unpleasant odor
 
Will there be consequences
For gag order violations?
Probably won’t know until Thursday
After the Judge has had a chance
To consider the many ramifications

MENTAL AND VERBAL GYMNASTICS

 

Does a pro-Palestinian view
Automatically indicate antisemitism?
And conversely
Does a pro-Israeli view
Automatically indicate hostility to Palestinians?
Such conundrums are fodder
For generations of historians

THANK YOU TAYLOR SWIFT

 

Kudos to Taylor Swift
For in her latest album recognizing
That Poets are tortured creatures
In need of understanding and coddling

KUDOS TO MIKE JOHNSON

 

Kudos to House Speaker Johnson
For not being cowered
By the Republican Chaos Caucus
With its pro-Putin orientation
And its intellectual desolation
 
He might lose his Speakership
But he has the right attitude
Country and principles before party
Bi-partisanship before ineptitude

SHUT UP

 

The Orange Huckster does not like
Having his voice muzzled by a gag order
He tests the limits at every opportunity
In myriad ways, most close to lunacy
 
Running his mouth
Is his main avocation and occupation
Trying to contain him
Is a never-ending job
From which there is no vacation

THE HUCKSTER GOT COLD

 

The Orange Huckster got cold in court
Asked the judge to turn up the heat
Judge reminded the Huckster
That he was not in charge
This wasn’t the Huckster’s garage
 
Meanwhile, some folks at Fox
Have gotten into jury analysis
With a bias toward finding
Anti-MAGA activists
The Huckster is helping them out
By giving their findings
A social media shout-out 

POINT OF ORDER

 

The Senate Democrat majority
Point of ordered the House Republican majority’s
Attempted impeachment effort
Of a Cabinet Secretary
Into legislative impossibility
 
So what is next
On the House Republican agenda?
Apparently ousting the Speaker
For not catering sufficiently
To the goddess from North Georgia

SUPREMES TOY WITH JAN 6

 

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority
Seems enthusiastic about the possibility
Of categorizing the Jan 6 insurrection
As not an attempt at official proceeding obstruction
 
Apparently violently assaulting the U.S. Capitol
And the law enforcement officers guarding it
In an effort to prevent the completion
Of the electoral process
Was just similar to
A grade school recess
 
During the proceedings
Some of the legal give and take
Focused on whether “otherwise”
Meant “similarly” or “more generally”
Which seems like nitpicking excessively
 
Meanwhile, the Huckster’s jury
Is taking shape
So far, seven jurors have been seated
The judge did admonish the Huckster
For “audibly uttering”
While a potential juror was auditioning

TWO-TIERED JUSTICE SYSTEM

 

Rules and norms of the justice system
Apply to almost every citizen
But apparently not to all
The Odious Orange Huckster
Is the exception that stands tall
 
The Huckster doesn’t respect
Gag orders or courtroom decorum
He treats judicial personnel
And their families
As adversaries from hell
 
Think you could
Get away with all that?
Fat chance, my friend
You’d be found in contempt
And maybe in the slammer
Contemplating an escape attempt

IRANIAN RETALIATION

 

Iran retaliated against Israel
And missed
Should Israel retaliate
Against a failed retaliation?

And will Iran

Attempt a repetition?
 
Lotta head scratchers
Outta the Middle East
But that’s been the case
For three millennia at least

OUTTA LUCK

 

Drones clouding the sky
West Bank Israelis running amuck
Gaza still in turmoil
The Middle East is
Pretty messed up

PILGRIMAGE TO MAR-A-LAGO

 

O Great Orange One
I come to you with all my loyalty
And hope you will intervene
To protect me from the Georgia ogre
Majorie Taylor Greene
 
So House Speaker Mike Johnson
Made his pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago
Lair of the Orange Huckster
Will it save Mike’s job?
Keep your eyes on the Georgia ogre

HOUSE SPEAKER REPORTS TO THE BOSS

 

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday
Is heading to Mar-a-Lago
For the Odious Orange Huckster’s instructions
On what legislation should not go
 
Majorie Taylor Greene is not happy
With Speaker Johnson
Threatening to oust him
For reasons known only to her
And based on her latest whim

CONGRESS DITHERS

 

As Ukraine runs low on arms
The House of Representatives
Argues, dithers, and sits tight
Thanks in large measure to the Chaos Caucus
Which is the Republicans’ far right

PUTIN TROLLING THE GULLIBLE

 

Using social media and related tools
Putin’s spin doctor personnel
Have sown the notion that
Russia is good and Ukraine is the devil’s hell
 
Who would be gullible enough
To fall for such rubbish?
For one, the House Republican Chaos Caucus
And particularly Majorie Taylor Greene
The North Georgia intellectual goddess

HUCKSTER WRESTLES WITH REAL ISSUES

 

The Odious Orange Huckster has a plan
For ending the Ukrainian-Russian conflict
Give Russia a big chunk of Ukraine
And tell Ukraine to quit
 
Did his pal Putin
Give the Huckster guidance?
It would not be surprising
They’re both corrupt fabricating politicians
Seeking democracy avoidance
 
Meanwhile, the Huckster is trying
To find a stance on abortion
He’s been for it, against it
Will various nuances that constantly change
To fit his most recent political evaluation

REALLY RICH DONORS

 

At a Mar-a-Lago party
For the filthy rich donor crowd
The Odious Orange Huckster
Raised fifty mil
And he be really proud
 
In return he pretty much pledged
No tax increase
So if elected he will be
Spending like a Democrat
Lots of money going out
But not enough coming back
 
Balanced budgets
What are they?
A vision for economists
But just a fantasy for today

ZOMBIE CICADAS

 

Hyper-sexual zombie cicadas
Are the latest peril
Threatening humankind
And the world
 
How would you know
A cicada is hyper-sexual?
If it ignores your face
And concentrates on a lower place

ALWAYS SOMETHING

 

Chaos in the Middle East
Earthquake in Jersey
War continues between Ukraine and Russia
Eclipse scheduled for Monday
 
Meanwhile the Presidential election
Is in high gear
Only seven more months
That’s over half a year
Of the Orange Huckster sowing divisiveness

And creating fear

JUDGE AILEEN AND JACK

 

Judge Aileen did not take well
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s biting description
Of her weird attempt to define the issues
In the Huckster’s classified document litigation
 
The legal shuffle and dodge
Between the Judge and Jack
could provide fodder
for the media talking heads
well past the election
even into next summer

THE HUCKSTER FINDS HIS JUDGE

 

The Odious Orange Huckster
Finally found a judge he likes
Columbia-born federal judge Aileen Cannon
Appointed by the Huckster
For the Southern District of Florida
Is making up legal gibberish
That supports the Huckster’s imagination
Regarding the handling of
Classified documents and information

RECUSE THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM

 

The Odious Orange Huckster
Apparently wants the entire Judiciary
To recuse itself from judging him
In other words he wants
Universal immunity
 
Rules should not apply to him
Maybe that’s the attraction
To those many misguided citizens
Who are part of the Huckster’s nation

THE FOLLOWERS

 

The Odious Orange Huckster is determined
To push the nation to the brink
To maintain the center of attention
From inciting violence he does not shrink
 
Indeed he gets his jollies
Having mayhem committed in his name
It feeds his ego to have
Followers participate in his violent game
 
The broader issue concerns
Those violent-prone worshipers
Are they a sizeable lot
Or just a small group of skirmishers?