by Rolph David
This poem is meant to be a stark warning to the Nobel Committee: awarding Donald Trump
the Peace Prize would not only mock the values it stands for, but stain its legacy with hypocrisy,
division, and deception.
Oh Nobel minds, in hallowed seat,
Let not your purpose taste defeat.
The world looks on with wary eyes—
Will justice bend or truth arise?
They whisper Trump deserves the crow...
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Tuesday 8th July 2025 8:32 am
Trump   Nobel Peace Prize   political poetry   human rights   international politics   protest   warning   justice   anti-Trump   Oslo   democracy
by Rolph David
On June 14, 2025, Donald Trump turns 79 and demands a military parade for himself—echoing
authoritarian shows, not democratic traditions. This coincides with the U.S. Army’s 250th
anniversary, overshadowed by his personal spectacle. The same day marks 40 years since
the Schengen Agreement, Europe’s promise of free movement now challenged by rising border
controls. Meanwhile, protests...
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Saturday 14th June 2025 4:48 pm
Trump   military parade   US Army 250 years   Schengen Agreement   migration   Europe   LA protests   authoritarianism   democracy   borders   nationalism   satire   history   June 14
by Rolph David
May 8, 2025 – Eighty Years After War, Still Choosing Thrones
At 6:08 p.m., the crowd looks on,
“fumus albus“— thick and strong.
Sistine‘s roof, where smoke ascends,
A signal: power, that never ends.
“Habemus papam“ then rings aloud,
The vacancy‘s now sealed and done.
A man is crowned, the crowd is proud,
As if his rule were heaven’s son.
A billion souls to "Papa" sworn,
By cardin...
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Friday 9th May 2025 6:09 am
patriarchy   church power   religious authority   papal election   gender inequality   silence   exclusion   Catholic Church   social critique   outdated traditions   21st century   faith   democracy   hypocrisy   gender representation
by Rolph David
This parable is used here to portray Ribbentrop's mistake – especially his fatal misjudgment of the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, namely Operation Barbarossa.
On this day, eighty years ago, Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allied Forces, marking the end of a
reign of terror that cost millions their lives. Yet today, as right-wing extremism rises again
across Europe and beyond—w...
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Thursday 8th May 2025 3:48 pm
history   WWII   fascism   AfD   politics   warning   right-wing   extremism   poem   remembrance   Germany   Europe   democracy   youth   resistance   never again   8 May   1945   surrender   Nazism
by Rolph David
They said the law was ironclad,
Two terms—no more—was all he had.
No man could take the seat again,
No vote could bring him back to reign.
Yet buried deep within the code,
A hidden path, a secret road.
Not banned from power, just the race,
He’d claim the throne from second place.
Then Peabody, with studied hand,
Exposed the flaw, the law’s weak stand:
“A man who’s served his legal ...
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Monday 31st March 2025 7:20 am
Trump   22nd Amendment   presidential term limits   Bruce Peabody   legal loophole   U.S. Constitution   election strategy   Supreme Court   J.D. Vance   political trickery   democracy
by Rolph David
No banners wave, no boots in line,
No marching columns lock in time.
Yet something shifts, a silent crack,
The ground gives way—we can't turn back.
He rules not as the past has shown,
No iron grip, no brutal throne.
But whims unleashed, all rules declined,
A lawless world, a fractured mind.
The courts still stand, their robes still flow,
Yet power twists, the cracks still grow.
A w...
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Monday 24th March 2025 9:09 am
autocracy   tyranny   power   politics   democracy   future   change   leadership   corruption   control   fear   uncertainty   society   government
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
Raphaël Glucksmann   Statue of Liberty   democracy   freedom   immigration   Donald Trump   authoritarianism   Ukraine   European Parliament   political values   liberty   symbolism   international relations
by Rolph David
In light of current events
In today's Oval Office scandal, President Trump, alongside Vice President JD Vance, engaged in a heated exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump accused Zelenskyy of risking "World War Three" and suggested that Ukraine had "no good cards" in negotiations. This confrontation led to the abrupt cancellation of a significant minerals deal between the U...
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Friday 28th February 2025 8:17 pm
Scum Trump   Zelensky   Dictatorship   Politics   Scandal   Putin   Xi   Tyranny   Democracy   Power   Corruption   Global Politics
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
Europe   Ukraine   Trump   Musk   Curtis Yarvin   authoritarianism   democracy   China   Russia   NATO   resistance   dictatorship
by Rolph David
This poem critiques a presidency shaped by selfishness, revenge, and the influence of tech billionaires like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos et al. Rather than adhering to constitutional values, Trump’s cabinet is filled not only with power-hungry opportunists and morons seeking their own gain, but also with those who are completely devoted to him—almost god-like in their loyalty. These ind...
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Wednesday 15th January 2025 8:15 pm
Trump   politics   greed   billionaires   Silicon Valley   Musk   Zuckerberg   Bezos   media control   loyalty   devotion   justice   democracy   resistance
by Rolph David
The kowtowing of billionaires like Zuckerberg, Bezos, Altman, Soon-Shiong and even Mickey Mouse to Donald Trump is a chilling indictment of power’s moral decay. Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer-winning cartoonist, dared to expose this disgraceful subservience in an unpublished cartoon for The Washington Post, only to see her work silenced by the very institution meant to champion free expression—owned by J...
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Wednesday 8th January 2025 9:43 am
Ann Telnaes   Jeff Bezos   Sam Altmann   Patrick Soon-Shiong   Donald Trump   media freedom   censorship   tech billionaires   democracy   The Washington Post   press freedom   greed vs. truth
by Rolph David
6 January 2025 marks a dark day in the history of America and the world. The unthinkable has become reality—Donald Trump, a convicted felon with a history of legal battles, survives two impeachment trials and nevertheless rises to claim the presidency once more. His victory is confirmed on this grim day, as the USA witnesses a criminal ascend to the highest office.
The Capitol riots of January 6,...
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Monday 6th January 2025 10:44 am
Trump   January 6   democracy   impeachment   convicted felon   capitol riots   Q-Anon   proud boys   legal accountability   dark day   political corruption
by Rolph David
The tide is rising with corrosive lies,
Where ignorance and rage entwine in dark disguise.
Unmoored from truth, they shout and blind the mind,
And reason, silenced, falters, left behind.
Young hearts, unshielded, gripped by twisted creed,
Through platforms pulsing with a poisoned feed,
Fall prey to rhetoric of scorn and spite,
As venom fills the streams and taints the nig...
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Sunday 27th October 2024 4:31 pm
democracy   social justice   resistance   political awareness   civic engagement
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