Is It Time to Commit Trump — or Just Admit He’s Lost Touch with Reality?

Is It Time to Commit Trump — or Admit He’s Lost Touch with Reality? By Janet Lessin & MinervaJune 1, 2025 Donald Trump just reposted a conspiracy theory so absurd, so surreal, it would make The Onion blush: the claim that President Joe Biden was executed in 2020 and replaced with a robotic clone. No, …

Trump as Destructo: Balancing the Force That Tears Down with the One That Builds

Trump as Destructo: Balancing the Force That Tears Down with the One That Builds By Janet Kira Lessin and Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph. D. enkispeaks.com I dragonattheendoftime.com | elephantsinourrooms.com There’s a powerful archetypal force alive in the world today—one that tears down, shatters, mocks, burns, devours. It has a name, a face, and a movement. …

When Did We Become the Nazis? The Cruel Theater of ICE and the Dehumanization of a Nation

When Did We Become the Nazis? The Cruel Theater of ICE and the Dehumanization of a Nation By Janet Kira Lessin with MinervaMay 11, 2025 I just watched a video that I will never forget. A young teenage girl, hands wrenched behind her back, bound with zip ties like a criminal-no, worse, like livestock. An …

The Hypocrisy That Gave Us a Tyrant: Why Trump Gets Away With What Would’ve Destroyed Any Democrat

The Hypocrisy That Gave Us a Tyrant: Why Trump Gets Away With What Would’ve Destroyed Any Democrat By Janet Kira Lessin with Minerva Imagine if Barack Obama had publicly suggested jailing his political opponents. Or if Hillary Clinton had said the press was “the enemy of the people.” Or if Joe Biden had disappeared immigrants …

From Eisenhower to JFK to Trump: I Watched 71 Years of Progress Be Erased in 100 Days

From Eisenhower to JFK to Trump: I Watched 71 Years of Progress Be Erased in 100 Days By Janet Kira Lessin I was born in 1954. Dwight D. Eisenhower was my first president. I remember the image of him sending federal troops to escort a young Black girl into a desegregated school—one of the first …

You Can’t Hide from a Dictator: Why Silence is Complicity in Trump’s America

You Can’t Hide from a Dictator: Why Silence is Complicity in Trump’s America By Janet Kira Lessin with Minerva A friend recently told me she’s just going to ignore what’s happening in the country—live quietly, stay out of politics, and hope the storm passes. I couldn’t stay silent. I told her what I now believe …

We the People Have Returned: Ending the Reign of America’s New Kings

Article 1: We the People vs. the New Kings – Standing Up to Modern Tyranny Series: The Deadly Cost of MAGA Rule The Feudalism of MAGA: From Presidents to Tyrants Throughout history, power has been hoarded at the top by kings and queens, lords and ladies, emperors and popes, gods and tyrants. These self-appointed rulers …

The Truth About Trade Deficits: Why They’re Not Always a Bad Thing

🇺🇸 The Truth About Trade Deficits: Why They’re Not Always a Bad Thing By Janet Kira Lessin with Minerva | May 6, 2025 Donald Trump likes to frame trade as a war. A scoreboard. A zero-sum game where one country wins and another loses. When he talks about trade deficits, it’s often with a snarl—as …

Weekend at Donnie’s: The Undead Spectacle of Trump’s Shadow Presidency

Weekend at Donnie’s: The Undead Spectacle of Trump’s Shadow Presidency By Janet Kira Lessin & Minerva AIwww.elephantsinourrooms.com When Liz Cheney described Donald Trump as someone who “slurs through speeches like he’s gargling grave dirt,” it wasn’t just deliciously acerbic — it was heartbreakingly accurate. And it taps into a broader, deeper sense of dread spreading …

Trump Pope Troll: Desecration, Crypto Grift, and the Collapse of Irony in the Age of Autocracy

By Kira and Minerva | May 4, 2025 | www.elephantsinourrooms.com When Donald J. Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself as Pope to his Truth Social account, it was more than a meme—it was a declaration. This self-anointed act of digital canonization, published shortly after the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, wasn’t just grotesque …