Normally, I wait until December is almost up to post an image that I feel best describes the year. I know that it’s only August, but the contest is over, we already have a winner.

Here it is:

I would have imagined that when Donald Trump went in for his mugshot, he’d put on a wide grin, as if to reassure the MAGA crowd that things are going to work out, and there’s no need to worry. Instead, we get a determined scowl, which means business. Speaking for me, I’d like to see that on a T-shirt. It’s probably already a thing.

Things are really turning up. For the first time, the lackeys of the current administration have arrested the previous president, and it was over something as petty as questioning the results of an election. Which was something that Hillary Clinton has done, but as we all know, this is a two-tier justice system.

To make matters worse, Trump’s lawyers are being charged as well, which has a disturbing chilling effect and sends a message that the Democrat-controlled system is going to come after you if you come to the defense of this person who is outside the cabal.

While the latest development is alarming, it goes to show that the woke elements of the Democrat establishment is growing increasingly insecure. As history has shown us again and again, when a dictator’s grip starts slipping, they become increasingly artless and indelicate in their methods.

The fact is, as much establishment power as the woke has held, they are losing the culture war, and it is becoming increasingly evident to ordinary people. The signs are hard to miss. Have a white-pill block:

The Biden administration’s approval rating plummeted in light of the botched Afghanistan withdraw. The boycott against Bud Light has been highly successful, and the brand is just about destroyed. A similar boycott against Target has proven the point that pushing sexual perversity on children can result in a company’s stock plummeting, and going woke can actually be a violation of fiduciary duties. Starbucks started taking down pride decorations in the middle of pride month, while trying to be quiet about it. The hit single “Rich Men North of Richmond” has debuted at #1 of the Billboard Top 100, and is already widely considered “the protest song of this generation”. Parents have taken notice that sexual perversity is being foisted upon children through the education system, resulting in pushback. Vanguard has ditched ESG. George Soros has lost billions of dollars in investments. High school senior males are tending conservative over liberal by nearly two-to-one and are entering the voting population. Roe v Wade and Affirmative Action have both been struck down by the Supreme Court. Twitter, now called X, is now privately-owned by a free speech advocate.

And there’s more. And by the looks of it, it’s going to keep going, as the left-wing establishment continues to lose control. And as they lose control, they’ll continue to make increasingly-desperate moves, abusing the power that’s slipping away from them.

Things continue to get more interesting.