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Dear Diary,
I am so angry that I just tried to kick a can, slipped on it, fell on my ass and smashed my phone. You know how sometimes shit just escalates? Luckily no one saw. Well, a bus-load of Gitmo-bound illegals did, but theyβve had their phones confiscated for security reasons, so Iβm safe there. But really, sometimes it feels like the universe is out to get you. Teach you a lesson. I know, I know β there are people worse off than meβ¦ but really, is there? When you look at it objectively, I think most people would agree that my life is pretty hard.
Somehow β honestly, God knows how β a scummy loser Billy No-Mates so-called βjournalistβ, a leftie liberal woke pronoun-bothering MAGA-hating peddler of fake news, sneaked his way into my Signal group chat about bombing Yemen. Itβs actually kind of impressive when you think about it β he must have, what, hacked Signal?! Which is meant to be impossible. Thatβs the whole point of the app. Itβs supposedly as secure as secure can be. Itβs βencryptedβ, for fuckβs sake. Iβve asked Elon, the National Security Council and the White House Counselβs Office to investigate this egregious security breach. Weβll probably have to shut the app down.
Meanwhile though, so-called Jeffrey Goldberg (do we even know if thatβs his real name?) is insisting that he was βinvitedβ into the chat, which is just a flat-out and, quite frankly, embarrassing lie. I had tried to invite my buddy Juggernaut (JG for short), who is a proper nerd about defense stuff, but he says he never got the invite and is fuming. Anyway, the audacity of this Goldberg loser π He should be arrested for treason. (Thatβs actually a great idea β Iβll look into it.) Instead, Iβm getting all this shit for βrevealing war plansβ. AS IF I WOULD DO THAT. AS IF I WOULD BE THAT STUPID. They werenβt βplansβ. They were βarrangementsβ. War arrangements.
Itβs a hoax. The whole thing is a hoax orchestrated by the deep state π΅οΈββοΈ
The boss agreed to bring forward his world-changing, history-making tariff announcement to try to quell the noise (#AmericaFirst #blessed). He really has our backs on this β and it did help for a bit. The βfree pressβ (or whatβs left of them #suckers) mostly ran with tariff headlines yesterdayβ¦ but the Dems wonβt let this go. Dear Leader says that no one cares about the Dems anymore, theyβll soon fall into line and we just have to ride it out. And I believe him. I guess. But itβs all sooooo unfair.
Damn β enough of this. Iβm whining like a childless cat lady. I need to man up.
Deny. Defend. Deflect. Deny. Defend. Deflect. Deny. Defend. Deflect. Deny. Defend. Deflect. Deny. Defend. Deflect. Deny. Defend. Deflect. Deny. Defend. Deflect. Deny. Defend. Deflect. Deny. Defend. Deflect. Deny. Defend. Deflect. Deny. Defend. Deflect.
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My sister-in-law was around last night and asked, βWouldnβt it be easier if you just said βhands up, it was a mistake and weβll fix it. Lessons learned, etcβ.β Er, hello, you DISGUSTING SOCIALIST. Thanks for showing your true colours. Iβve quietly dropped her name to Elon and asked if he can get one of his private detectives to dig up some dirt. Enjoy El Salvador, Debbie! βοΈ
All of this righteous anger fuels my spirit. It gives me the same feeling that I used to get from cocaine coffee β an intense buzzing in the chest that makes me feel a bit breathless. My doctor says that feeling is actually a heart murmur caused by stress, but sheβs a woman so sheβll be anti-DEIβd soon. Anyway, onwards and upwards. If we keep on insisting (because itβs the TRUTH) that it didnβt happen, that it doesn't mean what they think it means, and that itβs actually all the so-called journalistβs fault (and hell, also his wifeβs, because why not?), it will blow over. People are exhausted. The biggest thing Iβve learned in the two months Iβve been doing this job (one I am over-qualified for, if weβre honest) is that people want to believe us. They want to trust us. They want to feel secure in the knowledge that the structures that keep society from crumbling are in the right hands ππ
Ha! The right hands! I didnβt even mean to say that. Jeez, sometimes I really impress myself. Thanks, Diary. I needed this. Journaling does help. My therapist was right. Great. Iβm off to shout at my son for not being good enough at sports. Bye.
Just One More Thing
Hi, this is me β Jo β now. Actually, perhaps I donβt need to differentiate between the two voices as the one above really resonates with me. Weβre basically the same person. (This was pretty much an extract from my own diary ππ¬π§π³π±π₯) However, I do want to say that if you feel like youβre going mad and that weβre all being gaslit on a global scale β youβre right. We are. Itβs hypernormalisation at its finest. We have truly fallen through the looking glass. And itβs not just in the US, itβs everywhere β e.g. Israel, the UKβs Labour party seemingly becoming more Tory than the Tories, and the total apathy regarding Turkeyβs current march to authoritarianism. Stay strong and try not to despair. They are banking on our exhaustion. As long as we keep calling bullshit, there is hope π€
*Exceedingly modest reminder that I have written eight bestselling mental-health books which have been translated into dozens of languages. Iβve also written a book about the TV show Friends which would make a delightful gift for any Friends obsessives. All are available to buy online or at your local bookshop.