by Rolph David
In a shocking display of unchecked power, President Donald Trump deploys the National Guard to California without
the governor’s consent, violating long-standing legal norms and stoking political chaos for personal gain. Under the guise of
immigration enforcement, this move targets political rival Gavin Newsom and distracts from Trump’s public fallout with Elon
Musk. Backed by loyalists li...
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Sunday 8th June 2025 7:07 pm
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by Rolph David
In a shocking display of unchecked power, former President Donald Trump deploys the National Guard to California without the governor’s consent, violating long-standing legal norms and stoking political chaos for personal gain. Under the guise of immigration enforcement, this move targets political rival Gavin Newsom and distracts from Trump’s public fallout with Elon Musk. Backed by loyalists l...
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Sunday 8th June 2025 7:07 pm
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by Rolph David
Donald Trump once again revealed his disregard for diplomacy — this time by confronting
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with a baseless claim of “genocide” against white
farmers. One of his so-called pieces of evidence turned out to be a misused image from the
Congo, not South Africa, a proof for Trump’s deficit in education. This poem delivers a sharp,
unsparing critique of Trum...
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Friday 23rd May 2025 3:53 pm
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by Rolph David
Yesterday, 80 years ago, at 3:30 p.m., Adolf Hitler chose cowardice over facing responsibility, taking his own life in the Führerbunker and ending the war he started. His suicide marks a stark reminder that no dictatorship, no matter how powerful it seems, can endure forever. History has shown time and again that those who rule through fear and oppression will ultimately face their reckoning. Whet...
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Thursday 1st May 2025 8:32 am
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by Rolph David
A maniac in power, reckless, & untamed,
No president like him, no one the same.
An outsider, a showman, with nothing to prove,
Trump’s hundred days, a twisted groove.
Erratic and errant, his temper a storm,
A weather vane spinning, no steady form.
One moment here, the next he’s away,
Like mercury shifting, night into day.
A dictator’s dream, with power to bend,
He signs,...
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Wednesday 30th April 2025 6:19 am
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by Rolph David
"Malice in Blunderland Or: Executive Disorder" is a searing political ballad
that dissects Donald Trump through the lens of Dr. John Gartner’s diagnosis
of malignant narcissism, the most dangerous, pathological form of narcissism .
The poem wants to reveal how Trump’s unchecked ego and impulsive rage
destroy truth, justice, and global stability, replacing dialogue with dominance ...
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Friday 4th April 2025 5:27 pm
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by David R Mellor
I write about what I see…
If you don’t want me to see it
Close the TV channels down
I write about what I see…
If you don’t want me to scroll up and down
Close the internet down
I write about what I hear…
If you don’t want me to listen
Put all the people behind bars
Though I fear, the truth
May slip through the cracks
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Sunday 30th March 2025 6:59 pm
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by Rolph David
O Trump Derangement, thy name we scorn,
A sickness wrought to silence minds,
A label placed to quell the born
Of thought, whose roots may tear the binds.
In wisdom's place, thou offer none—
No cure, no hope, no space for air…
For every voice who dares to run
Against thy crown, thy law, thy glare.
How sweet the word "insane" you say—
A balm for wounds, a mask for fear.
But none shal...
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Saturday 22nd March 2025 6:13 am
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by Rolph David
To Glucksmann, this no longer fits with Trump’s current policies. The U.S. president is taking harsh action against immigrants, among other things. Since his inauguration on January 20, thousands of migrants have been arrested and deported to their countries of origin. The U.S. rapprochement with Russia in the context of the war in Ukraine is also likely part of the background to Glucksmann’s dema...
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Monday 17th March 2025 7:54 am
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by Rolph David
A chilling warning about the state of American democracy, as power consolidates under the hands of a few. With Trump and Musk at the helm, the nation’s soul is being dismantled, and the world trembles at the impending rise of a new dictatorship. This poem tries to capture the essence of a regime fuelled by greed, secrecy, and the crushing of basic freedoms, marking a dark chapter in history.
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Wednesday 12th March 2025 4:34 pm
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by Rolph David
As the Trump-Musk regime steers the U.S. into the arms of dictators, Europe stands at a crossroads.
This poem is an outcry against betrayal, against backroom deals that sell out Ukraine, against the glee
of China as it eyes Taiwan, and against the creeping infection of authoritarianism within Europe's own
borders. Curtis Yarvin’s sick vision—a world where democracy is crushed under the boo...
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Monday 17th February 2025 2:35 pm
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by Rolph David
This poem tries to explore the personal and societal consequences of living under a prospecitve dictatorship, where the truth is silenced, and freedom of the press is crushed. Through the fate of figures like Jim Acosta, the poem reflects on the heavy price of speaking out against tyranny and the loss of voice in a world where obedience reigns. A stark warning of what happens when dissent is erase...
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Monday 3rd February 2025 9:24 am
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by Rolph David
As Donald Trump returns to the White House once more in exactly 8 days, his alliance with Elon Musk and authoritarian tactics signal a dangerous reshaping of global power. With threats of tariffs, sanctions, and intimidation, Trump wants to force nations into compliance, from Canada to Europe, while pursuing his boldest ambition yet—annexing or buying Greenland. His reign will be marked by empty p...
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Sunday 12th January 2025 12:39 pm
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by Rolph David
The Mask of Power explores the psychological forces and hidden vulnerabilities that draw people to tyrants and dictators. The poem examines how fear, desire for stability, misplaced admiration, and the lure of authority can eclipse personal freedoms and reason. It lays bare the cost of forsaking liberty for security and comfort, revealing the frail peace that lies beneath a tyrant's reign.
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Friday 8th November 2024 8:41 pm
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by Rolph David
How come or better what makes people knowingly choose a leader who thrives on destruction and cruelty? This searing poem tries to explore the mindset of disillusioned voters who, feeling powerless and betrayed by traditional appeals to reason, find a strange allure in chaos and brute strength. It examines how cynicism, resentment, and frustration with an unjust world drive people to vote for a “st...
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Thursday 7th November 2024 7:12 am
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by Rolph David
America’s dream died today, in shame,
A tyrant’s pride ignites this fateful flame.
By numbers marked, and fools enthralled by might,
A nation blinds itself to the loss of light.
Women, gripped by fear, forsake their claim,
Bowing to their husbands’ will more than their shame.
The unborn’s cry, once called a holy fight,
Falls mute beneath this gilded thief's delight.
...
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Wednesday 6th November 2024 4:50 pm
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by Rolph David
The seat is set, the court aligned, a bench of loyal hands,
Built years ago to serve his will and bind the nation’s strands.
The promise of a "trifecta" rings through every twisted plan—
The Senate, House, and White House seized, all bending to one man.
A tyrant clothed in freedom’s name, he laughs at checks and laws,
Determined now to strip each branch of power and righteous c...
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Sunday 3rd November 2024 9:24 am
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by Stephen Gospage
‘A truth denied is truth decried’,
I once heard some wise person say.
But what if truth is optional,
Or fuzzy-edged or ill-defined?
(The point seems rather underlined).
Then how differs fact from fiction
On this or any given day?
There is no future and no past;
It’s just a matter of control.
What has happened and will happen
Depend upon our latest whim
(The pr...
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