It's Time to Think About a "National Divorce."

 

Just because I’m a glutton for abuse I’ve decided to take a moment and shout out into the void once again. With 2026 just a few days old it seems to me a good time to ponder about the dystopian nightmare that was 2025. 

I mean during the COVID pandemic back in 2020 at least we had Netflix’s Tiger King to while the hours during that way too short lockdown. What did 2025 give us? Off the top of my head I remember warrant-less immigration raids, Trump destroying a third of the White House for his ballroom/bunker. And of course 2025’s most precious gift is the Epstein Files.

** Quick sidenote: I abhor conspiracy theories but I have to officially state I believe old Jeffery did not commit suicide. 

If I could give an award for 2025’s biggest comedy it would go to the Republican Party and their mindless frailing after making the release of Epstein’s client list and correspondence a major campaign issue back in 2024.  One of the very few bright spots I found for 2025 was the slow peeling away of MAGA Republicans as Trumpy and his band incompetent minions backtracked on releasing the files.

Yes, I especially mean Majorie Taylor Greene and her defection from the MAGA cult by refusing to play the game Speaker Mike Johnson and other congressional Republicans tried to play until even they in their stunted minds realized the Epstein jig was up. 

The one beneficial thing I learned from 2025 again dovetails with something Majorie said during one of her pre-awaking rants. I’ve come to believe that ultimately Blue and Red state America are going to have to go their separate ways. Yes, I mean Majorie’s “Political Divorce.”

I live in deep Red State America and despite the clusterfrak that has been Trump’s second term all the MAGA cultists I know are still dedicated to their Neon Orange Lord and Savior. What’s worse is that you can’t help but notice the rage they felt concerning all those abused by Epstein and his Igor-like girlfriend have now faded away to excuses. 

Case in point is Megyn Kelly’s surreal excuse of Epstein's crimes and those that hung out on his island. How she wasn’t tossed onto the street after that diatribe defies explanation for me. But of course, she has the right-wing bubble and right-wing hypocrisy to protect her.

**Second sidenote: I have seen the pictures of Slick Willy hanging with Jeffery and he needs to face the repercussions just as much as Trump.

Enough of me going on my tangent attacking helpless windmills.

Republicans alone didn’t bring us to this point. Oh, they bear a lot of the blame but national Democrats have had their ass so far up their heads for decades. But with the GOP filled with fascists and other assorted nutjobs they are the only semi-responsible game in town.

The majority of Blue States pay out more in federal taxes than nearly all of the conservative Red States. What do the Blue States get in this deal? Blue States are dominated by basket case third world states like all of Red America. 

While the rest of the Western world and other developed countries have some form of universal healthcare the USA has a collection of insurance companies whose main concern is keeping the shareholders happy. What gets weird is when a European asks if it’s true that families go bankrupt in America trying to deal with medical costs.

It’s the same with less advantaged kids trying to have the American Dream but being weighed down for decades paying off student loans. Funny thing, I’d have to look into it again but it was Reagan who brought about this student loan bullshit. 

Oh, I could go on for far longer than I have the patience for these days. So I’ll close by saying it’s the Red States that want to take away any and all of the civil rights won by women, the LGBT community, and minorities. It’s the Red States that want to create government agencies to track pregnant women to prevent them from having control of their bodies. It’s the Red States that openly talk about persecuting anyone who even spreads information about abortion.

Little secret that not so secret, MAGA folks who are overwhelmingly white are terrified of all those black and brown folks having more babies than them. 

I’ve honestly and reluctantly come to the conclusion it would be best for Blue States to break away from the paralyzed, incompetent and corrupt US government and form their own union. As long as the Red States have an electoral stranglehold on federal elections America is going to fall further behind the rest of the world.

I liken my attitude to a spouse who for years has put up with an emotionally abusive partner. This spouse has tried to save the marriage but the partner refuses to even acknowledge there is a problem. 

**Final sidenote: My wife and I are currently planning to move to a bluer state in a couple of years. I’ve actually told my kids and their significant others they need to think about just leaving the country. If and when a divorce becomes unavoidable, it will not be amicable.