Day 269: Donny's Love Letter to Authoritarianism: Threats, Gag Orders, and a Dash of Chaos

Donny Threatens to Starve the City if It Elects the ‘Wrong’ Mayor

Today, Donny waddled up to the White House podium this week to announce that if New Yorkers elect Zohran Mamdani, he’ll — and these are his words — “clean up” the city with the National Guard and cut off its federal funding.

Yes, you read that right: the sitting President of the United States just threatened to financially strangle America’s largest city because he doesn’t like who’s leading in the polls. Democracy, Donny-style — where elections are free and fair only if they go his way.

And his big reason? Mamdani, a 33-year-old progressive Democrat from Queens, is — wait for it — a “Communist.”

It’s vintage Donny: the lazy slur, the dog whistle, the manufactured hysteria. If you don’t kneel to the crown, you’re a Red. Never mind that Mamdani’s platform is basically “people should afford rent and not die in debt.” In Donny’s shriveled Cold War brain, that’s Marx with a megaphone. I doubt Donny could even define Communism, he has no clue what it is. Just that it's "bad".

He even called Mamdani’s potential victory a “fluke,” which is rich coming from a guy who lost the popular vote — twice — and still thinks of himself as chosen by God.

Let’s be clear: this isn’t about ideology. It’s about control. It’s about a tinpot strongman threatening to punish a city that dares to think for itself. It’s about Donny’s never-ending obsession with proving he can dominate blue states the way he dominates his aides — through fear, coercion, and tantrums.

And he delivered this fascist fan fiction while standing next to Argentina’s own chaos merchant, Javier Milei, making it a full-on summit of the unhinged. It’s like watching a live crossover episode of Fox News Presents: The Autocrats of the Western Hemisphere.

The threats themselves were chilling:

Withhold federal funds if Mamdani wins — because nothing screams “small government” like punishing citizens for their vote.

Deploy the National Guard to New York City — because apparently democracy now requires bayonets.

Brag about how his administration could “clean up” cities like Washington and Chicago — which, in Trump’s lexicon, means “occupy and privatize them.”

And the timing? Couldn’t be more nakedly cynical. Donny’s tirade came just days after Eric Adams dropped out, leaving Mamdani as the clear frontrunner. In other words, the Mad King saw democracy working and immediately reached for his favorite toy — threats of force.

Governor Kathy Hochul, bless her spine, appeared alongside Mamdani shortly after, pledging to back him against Donny's attempted coup-by-press-conference. “New York doesn’t bow to bullies,” she said — though history suggests Donny’s cult base would cheer if he started appointing mayors himself.

And of course, The Don’s loyal echo chamber will spin this as “strong leadership” — the same way they spun tear-gassing protesters as “law and order.” But make no mistake: this is election interference, plain and simple. It’s a wannabe monarch trying to scare voters into obedience.

The tragedy of it all is how familiar this has become. The Mad King treats every institution like a reality show set and every citizen like a contestant begging not to be fired. If you elect someone he doesn’t like, he’ll punish you. If you question him, he’ll smear you. And if you dare to win — he’ll call you a Communist.

So here we are again: Donny weaponizing the federal government like it’s one of his bankrupt casinos, threatening New York with starvation because democracy had the audacity to function.

The Founders imagined checks and balances. Donny imagines revenge and ratings.

And unless the country wakes up, we’ll keep watching this grotesque rerun — a would-be king laughing as he dismantles the republic, one “Communist” accusation at a time.

The Press Finally Grows a Spine: Every News Outlet — Even Fox — Tells The Mad King to Shove His Gag Order

In a plot twist no one saw coming, the entire U.S. press corps — yes, even Fox News and Newsmax, those reliable foot soldiers of propaganda — actually stood up to Donny's Fascist Regime.

Under the watchful gaze of Secretary of Defense and degenerate Pete Hegseth, a man whose military expertise consists mainly of yelling at coffee mugs on Fox & Friends, the Pentagon unveiled a 21-page censorship manifesto. It required journalists to sign an affidavit promising not to publish “unauthorized material” — including unclassified documents — or risk losing their press credentials.

It was, in essence, a loyalty oath disguised as a media policy. A government-mandated gag order. A declaration that reporting inconvenient truths was now an act of treason.

And for once — for one glorious, collective moment — the American media said no.

Every major outlet — The New York Times, The Washington Post, Reuters, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Atlantic, Politico, Bloomberg, AP — refused to sign. So did Fox News and Newsmax, whose usual editorial line is “Trump sneezed and democracy applauded.” When even the MAGA media won’t kiss the ring, you know you’ve gone full banana republic.

Only one outlet — unnamed, for now, though you can probably guess it rhymes with OAN — actually signed the affidavit, proudly taking on the role of state mouthpiece for Donny’s Ministry of Truth.

The result? The Pentagon revoked every press badge except that one. Hegseth, now effectively the Minister of Propaganda, has turned the world’s most powerful military into a PR machine for the White House. The press room is empty, the briefings are canceled, and the only “journalist” left in the building is someone who probably thinks Watergate was a pool brand.

Let’s be clear: this wasn’t some misunderstanding about “security.” This was a test — a loyalty test straight out of an autocrat’s playbook. Sign the paper, renounce your independence, and you can stay. Refuse, and you’re banished. It’s how tyrants have neutered the press from Moscow to Manila.

But this time, the American media didn’t flinch. Even the networks that built Trump’s myth finally recognized the monster they helped create. Because once you start making journalists swear allegiance to power, you’re not talking about national security anymore — you’re talking about totalitarianism with better branding.

Of course, Donny will spin this as another “fake news meltdown.” He’ll go on Truth Social to rant about “disloyal” outlets and “traitorous media scum.” Pete Hegseth will probably film a segment from his Pentagon office about “patriotism.” And somewhere in Mar-a-Lago, The Don will smile that thin, joyless smile of a man who’s just been told his reflection still loves him.

But here’s what really happened: The Mad King tried to make the press kneel. And for the first time in a long, long while — they stood.

Even the propaganda networks said enough. And that tiny, fragile flicker of journalistic defiance might just be the thing that outlasts his fascist circus.

Because when the White House demands silence, and even Fox News says hell no — that’s not just a story. That’s a rebellion.