Watch all of the original 1461 Days of Ignoring The Trump Administration TikTok posts from Sept. 5-Sept. 11, 2025 on YouTube!
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On This Week’s Episode
This week on the show…
On Day 229, I think for a second that the leader of the Trump administration may have watched my video from the previous day about self-awareness when he admits that the latest jobs report was bad, which doesn’t sound like the leader of the Trump administration that I know! He quickly blames someone else, however. Something about not raising interest rates, which, like Bob Odenkirk in the movie titled Nobody, nobody actually cares about.
On Day 230, I talk about apologies and the people who never stop apologizing, even when it isn’t necessary. It's kind of like that Nirvana song “All Apologies.” Then there’s the leader of the Trump administration who never sees the need to apologize for anything, a sure sign of a person lacking empathy, shame, and morality, which he will prove once again as the week continues. You’ll see.
On Day 231, I ask a fundamental life question: Do you believe in a creator? This came up after I heard a person say that if you just indulge in psychedelics, you will have your mind opened to a consciousness that will make you believe in God. I contemplate all of the dirty hippies who saw Jerry Garcia when he was still alive and went away with this experience, thinking they had achieved some kind of awareness that couldn’t have been accomplished otherwise. Hey, I’ve done it, and I remain unconvinced.
On Day 232, I explore the idea that eternally optimistic people like myself and the leader of the Trump administration must have our optimism accompanied by realism and not delusion. I discuss how I embrace the former and the leader of the Trump administration, the latter. Suprise, suprise! I wonder aloud if he does his bizarre double-fisted jerk dance to “Happy” by Pharrell Williams when he is in one of his deluded states. I am sorry for whatever is playing in your mind at the moment. It is my fault.
On Day 233, the heat is being turned up on the leader of the Trump administration regarding the files that he seems to appear in many, many, many times. The previous day, I wondered if I loved the song “Happy” by Pharrell Williams, and now I am wondering if he also loves the unfortunate 1973 hit by Ringo Starr titled, “You’re Sixteen.” I have a feeling that it is not only a favorite. It used to be the leader of the Trump administration’s whole way of life.
On Day 234, there is no option but to address the horrific political violence that took place just hours before I recorded that day's video. My take on this lethal event is practical. If we begin to head down the road of violence, we will find ourselves headed towards a literal dead end. I have faith in the fact that human history shows we have been in this position before, but I would rather not be a casualty of the beginnings of a civil war. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi did not die for this behavior to just continue.
On Day 235, I look forward to being annoyed by Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce instead of the ever-growing divisiveness that threatens to derail our way of life. I know it sounds dramatic, but don’t worry. Out in the community every day, everyone seems okay. I suggest we put aside our differences and come together to focus on the 1% who prefer us fighting so we don’t notice how they take advantage of us for their own personal gain.
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Hi. It’s Josh.
A few days before the inauguration, I was thinking about how I wanted to deal with the next four years.
I was exhausted by the news!
But I wasn’t interested in going completely uninformed. I wanted to use the “opportunity,” as I had decided to optimistically look at this timeline, to become more mindful and better train my mind to take in the “news,” and then let it fall away from my conciousness.
Efficiently and totally. The other aspect of this thought was to then take the personal time I was reclaiming through this process and apply it to more creative endeavors.
This series, for example!
1461 Days of Ignoring The Trump Administration began. “Day 1” went viral on TikTok, so now I am in until 2029, right?!
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