November 21, Further Depredations

Will Doctor Oz lead Medicaid as well as Medicare?
We should recall that Oz said we should privatize health care. (1)
With Oz in charge, will he remind us of The Light Brigade? (2)
Will he annihilate both Medicare and Medicaid?

McMahon, wrestling mogul, tapped to head the DOE,
In this case, will she just “tap out,” to help Trump’s tyranny?
Will Ms. McMahon “take a dive?” Will her department close?
Some say, “The fix is in,” as telltale odors strike their nose.

The sexual improprieties of Hegseth and Matt Gaetz
Don’t bother Trump at all for that is how he operates.
Experience and competence, likewise of no account.
It’s loyalty to Trump alone, he cares not whom you mount.

The public schools will all be starved; rich private schools will thrive.
When Medicare is privatized, can old folks then survive?
When DOD puts no more female soldiers in the field,
Will women all be second class, misogyny congealed?

Trump thinks he has a mandate. No, he had a narrow win.
We’ll see how long Trump voters tolerate crime, graft, and sin.
Since most of Trump’s appointments seem appointed to destroy,
Resembling the Trojan Horse that caused the fall of Troy. (3)

And, what’s more disconcerting, it is likely to get worse.
If Kash Patel get any job, we know he’ll be a curse.
Will Donald Trump attempt to make the Senators recess,
To make recess appointments, as some leftist pundits guess?

The Constitution says the Senate must advise, consent, (4)
To Presidents’ appointments, but they also may dissent.
The Trump barrage of those unfit to run their agencies,
Just thumbs his nose at Senators who should be referees.

So, Donald’s naked grab for power is right before our eyes.
Can those who love democracy cut Donald down to size?
Can Trump run the whole government? Six bankruptcies say, “No.”
Disorder, then complete collapse, the coming horror show.

And, Elon Musk, Co-President? His iron grip on X
Will make sure that Trump’s Big Lie scam consistently infects
The flow of information all throughout society,
The purpose being to ensure Trump’s job security.

News flash: Matt Gaetz has just pulled out; he was distracting Trump,
Who could not win enough support for whom Matt liked to hump.
Now, whom will Donald nominate to serve him as AG?
What sycophant will work with him in perfect synergy?

(1) Dr. Oz advocated privatizing Medicare through plans like Medicare Advantage in his 2022 Senate run.
(2) In the 1854 Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, the British made a disastrous charge of Russian artillery positions, with great loss of life. Alfred, Lord Tennyson, immortalized this disaster in his 1854 poem, The Charge of the Light Brigade.
(3) The Trojan Horse story was told in Homer’s Odyssey and Vergil’s Aeneid. The Greeks tricked the Trojans into letting their soldiers inside the walls of the city, where they destroyed all resistance.
(4) Article 2, Section 2, Clause 2 of the US Constitution.