Author: Sabba Rabba

Vacated as Speaker, McCarthy is out
With none to replace him; disfunctional House
The new acting Speaker is Patrick McHenry
With really no guidelines, a job I don’t envy

However, it’s telling, his first act in office
Is kicking Pelosi right out of her office
Against House tradition, Pelosi decries
It’s his retribution for Kevin’s demise

Pat’s first line of business will be to replace
McCarthy as Speaker with some brand new face
McCarthy has stated he’ll not run again
But none among Reps enough votes can attain

So Pat will eventually have to decide
To bargain with Hakim and swallow his pride
A Speaker supported bipartisanly
Is really the only way forward, he’ll see

But will all this happen? I really don’t know
The House will not operate ‘till this does so
Meanwhile there’ll be chaos, the state that it’s in
Ensuring next year that the Democrats win

You say in ten days that our gov will shut down
That Speaker McCarthy has boxed himself tight
His antics so frantic portrays him a clown
If that’s your reporting, I’d say you are right

A handful of lunatics, right-wing extremists
Placed by constituents who buy their spiel
Ride rough shod o’er Kevin, who is a defeatist
And blatantly push unacceptable deals

But even those deals House Republicans shun
Which leaves poor McCarthy with no place to turn
Sans votes for a CR no time, nothing done
Republicans fiddle while government burns

If I were McCarthy, what, now, would I do?
I’d stop the impeachment probe aimed at Pres. Joe
It bought Kevin nothing from my point of view
And angered the Democrats whom he needs so

Then call on the Dems; form a joint coalition
To pass the CR to avoid a shutdown
And dare any Rep to attack his position
Since none want his job; they would all turn it down

The job of a Speaker is not referee
‘Tween squabbling factions, contentions crosswise
It’s to provide leadership, bring them to see
The way to move forward is through compromise

9/20/2023

Just look at Trump’s mug shot and what do you think?
Of bursting blood vessels, he looks on the brink
Some say that he’s angry, ‘though truthful impaired
While some claim it’s evident he’s shitless scared

Will this be the first of a mug gallery
Of future such prexies indicted as he?
Has Trump’s deep corruption set new precedent
For future corruption by new presidents?

Whatever Trump’s fate as the future unfolds
His mug shot will be there; the Trump saga told
And on through the ages and all ‘cross the Earth
‘Twill be a reminder that Trump was there first.

8/24/2023

Don Trump’s indictments now do total four
His charges, criminal, add up to ninety one
And ‘though that number’s very large
There’s more for which he won’t be charged
It’s just a fraction of the things he’s done
Where you and I would end behind jail doors

The last indictment, courtesy of A.G. Willis,
Included eighteen coconspirators, plus One,
Who violated Georgia’s law
On racketeering to defraud
The public, saying Trump had won
But years ‘twill take in court to witness justice

R. Maddow, MSNBC reporter ace
Said: history looking back on these events
Won’t ask how Trump’s behaviors were
Allowed so blithely to occur
Instead will question how as President
This con man was elected in the first place

8/15/2023

It’s hard to say the impact of last Monday and today
Momentous, yes, but in what way?
Indicted and arraigned, a former President
Conspired against my right to vote, and yours
While still in office, Trump, who was hell bent
In office to remain the next four years and more

And death it would have been for our democracy
Elected leaders mired in deep hypocrisy
Near half the House and Senate G.O.P. did cast their votes
Against electors who the People clearly chose
This, following the storming of the Capitol
By mobs of MAGA ‘patriots’ whom Trump extolled

Jack Smith, the Special Counsel, of the D.O.J
Indicted Trump on three more counts as well that day
That Trump conspired so to defraud and to obstruct
The peaceful transferring of power; to construct
An autocratic government with Trump in charge
With dire consequences for the world at large

Due largely to the findings of the House committee
That Speaker Nancy formed to delve the origins
Of January-six, the insurrection
The D.O.J. gave Jack Smith’s team complete discretion
To ferret out the truth behind what happened then
Which led to this indictment of the former President

Accountability to law was on the line
Had not the Speaker formed the one-six team
I doubt the D.O.J.’d have followed through in kind
And Trump and his conspirators scot free would be
To try it all again in twenty twenty four
My hat is off to those who stood for all our country stands for

8/3/2023

I’ve been cogitating recently about November, 24
It currently appears most likely ‘twill be Biden versus Trump
It’s possible there might well be another candidate
Disgruntled Democratic youth could offer up a different slate
But that I doubt, as truth comes out, just two men on the stump
I’ve had, however, premonitions likely what may be in store

With empathy I sense the stress that Trump must surely feel
Indictment after damned indictment, trials will fill his days
His legal troubles hanging o’er his head while he campaigns
He truly feels a victim, though financially he gains
His loyal MAGA followers are with him, come what may
That he be POTUS is a must to keep him out of jail

And inwardly he knows his chance of winning, pretty slim
His citizen militia largely languishing in prisons
And most of his advisers, legal battles, too, they face
So what is Trump to do so to avoid this huge disgrace?
Now this is where I harken back to view my premonition
That somewhere in the coming year his stress will get to him

He’ll end up in the hospital; heart failure or a stroke
All litigating and campaigning screeching to a halt
With blaming fingers pointing elsewhere, other than themselves
Elections and the grind of justice stymied by Trump’s health
I doubt if there’s plan B or C that triggers by default
Let’s hope my premonition’s wrong; ‘‘twas just a mental joke

7/23/2023

It’s said of all politics, local they be
‘Though most Poelitics have national themes
This is an exception. In my neighborhood
I answered the door, this bright couple there stood

It was city councilman Paul Cunningham
He and his wife, his constituents to meet
Canvassing door-wise “to know who I am”
It takes dedication in one-oh-five heat

Dedication describes him; accomplishments many
A lifetime of service: the nation and Ward Two
Of Tucson where I live. My vote and my money –
Important it is to support local too

And that is my message, vote local and state
And know whom you’re voting for, what are their views
It’s they who most impact your day-to-day fate
Do read local papers and get local news

6/8/2023

On again, off again, gone again Prigozhin
Yevgeniy’s rebellion against Russia’s army
Armor unhindered advancing toward Moscow
With Putin loud calling Yevgeniy a traitor
While Yev viewed himself as a true liberator
But things changed: a sudden ‘bout face there somehow
A Belarus brokered temp truce: Putin, Yevgeniy
With Prigozhin exiled likely to Minsk

The Wagner Group, Prigozhin’s army of convicts
With true seasoned soldiers spearheading the battles
Against the Ukraine,
Will now become part of the army of Russia
At least that’s the news broadcast over the media
Hinting that Putin’s near end of his reign
Appearing much weaker than we might depict

I find this reporting quite hard to believe
Too inconsistent, too simple, too fast
Too many questions with answers unknown
Months, perhaps years for the facts to be known
But the now situation is one that can’t last
And what happens next is quite hard to conceive

6/25/2023

Our former President today arrested and arraigned
Miami Federal District Court conducted the proceedings
The plaintiff pled “not guilty”; his demeanor stiff and strained
I’m sure he saw the likelihood his freedom, thus, receding

A sorry day, historic day, a day where law prevailed
Including former presidents, to all the law applies
Released on his recognizance, no anklet and no bail
To be presumed as innocent ‘till proven otherwise

Judge Cannon will preside, although herself she should recuse
Strong biases she demonstrated early in this case
Her rulings were reversed for clearly favoring Trump’s views
Trump had appointed her as judge, ‘though she was MAGA based

Let’s just conjecture for the moment, that Trump’s not convicted
Largely due to her decisions: evidence permitted
And Trump becomes our President; a sorry sight depicted
An opening occurs on Court Supreme; she’d be submitted

I’m neither prophet nor one’s son, but this I do expect
Judge Cannon won’t recuse herself but bias all her moves
To favor Trump but not so much as show law disrespect
To try to stay legitimate so not to be removed

With all the legal goings on Trump will be in the news
It matters not the reason, trumping other candidates
He’ll soak up all the oxygen, no place for other’s views
A shoe-in for the nomination; history will be made

6/13/2023

I’m sure you’ve heard that Trump, today, was issued an indictment
It was for thirty seven counts of Donald’s misbehavior
Illegally retaining SECRET documents he favored
The venue was In Florida creating much excitement

Jack Smith, the Special Counsel, not politically appointed,
Investigated, gathered facts, convincing the Grand Jury
Of Trump’s bad deeds; of course the news ignited Donald’s fury
And those of us who track the news have not been disappointed

Most disconcerting, I would say, the Speaker in response
Claimed this was done politically to keep Trump out of office –
The G.O.P. is so screwed up they’re ready for the hospice –
They’ll likely vote Trump candidate and come to his defense

Fast forward to the ninth, the whole indictment was released
And Jack Smith stated briefly that no one’s above the law
I read all pages, forty nine, and here is what I saw
The case against Don Trump was overwhelming, my belief

I did what Jack Smith asked of me as well as all of you
To read the whole indictment, easy reading like a book
The evidence were Trump’s own words, and that was all it took
To make Jack’s case and so I say that you should read it too

6/9/2023