While the Country Drowns, J.D. Vance Rides the River Like a King
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Let’s talk about power.
Let’s talk about what happens when a man who already has too much of it thinks he’s entitled to even more — not for justice, not for peace, not for the people — but for the shallow thrill of convenience.
Vice President J.D. Vance just reminded this country what corruption looks like when it wears a fresh haircut and pretends to be “for the working man.” The truth is, this man’s hands are nowhere near calloused — and his heart sure as hell isn’t near the suffering of everyday people. No, his heart is somewhere on the Little Miami River, floating smugly in a kayak above water levels that were artificially raised by government engineers — because Vance couldn’t let his birthday float on regular river conditions like the rest of us.
According to a bombshell report in The Guardian, the U.S. Secret Service made a request on Vance’s behalf — one that reeks of abuse, privilege, and shameless self-interest. They asked the Army Corps of Engineers to increase the water flow to “support safe navigation” for his security detail. But don’t get it twisted. This wasn’t about national security. This wasn’t about safety. This was about giving an overfed official the perfect kayaking trip on his birthday, like a Roman emperor ordering up a custom ocean.
And make no mistake — this wasn’t just about a kayak.
It was about a man with national power treating a public water system like it was his personal resort. It was about a government official weaponizing the machinery of state to serve a moment of leisure for himself — while the very same administration he serves guts essential services and calls it “fiscal responsibility.”
You want to know what real hypocrisy looks like?
It looks like J.D. Vance celebrating his birthday in a perfectly manipulated river while families across this country are watching their National Parks decay, their infrastructure collapse, and their vacation plans disappear under the weight of government cutbacks. Cutbacks he supports. Cuts that hit the poor and middle-class while he splashes around in a river no one else could afford to reshape.
Let that sink in.
While your kid’s favorite campsite is closed because of “budget constraints,” J.D. Vance is celebrating with custom water levels like he’s the damn Pharaoh of Ohio. And the only reason he could do it is because he’s part of a political machine that feeds on loyalty, silences dissent, and rewards those who toe the line — not with policies that help people, but with privileges that mock them.
This is the game they’re playing.
They starve the public, then feast in plain sight. They cut healthcare, housing, education — then turn around and use federal agencies as their concierge service. They preach about “draining the swamp,” but what they’re really doing is rerouting the river so they can float above the rest of us.
Let’s not sugarcoat this.
Ethics experts — real ones, not party hacks — are calling it what it is: a disgrace, a misuse of power, and a slap in the face to every American who can’t call up the Army Corps of Engineers and say, “Hey, make my weekend a little more comfortable.” Richard Painter, a former ethics lawyer under George W. Bush, said it straight: “Pretty outrageous.” And Norman Eisen, President Obama’s former ethics czar, didn’t flinch either. He said even considering a request like this would have been a hard “no.” Because public servants are not supposed to take from the public. They’re supposed to serve it.
But that idea doesn’t live in the hearts of people like J.D. Vance.
Not anymore.
This man built his career on the illusion of struggle. He sold a story of hardship and bootstraps — a calculated tale meant to make people think he understood their pain. But the second he got a taste of real power, he turned into exactly what he used to pretend to hate: a smug elitist making the system dance for him while the rest of us are told to tighten our belts.
This is MAGA in its purest form — not about freedom, not about country, not about helping anyone. It’s about turning government into a kingdom. It’s about gutting the safety net while padding their own lifestyles with every last dollar of public trust they can grab. They lie. They take. They live high while the people they claim to fight for scrape by with less every year.
And if you're not furious yet — you’re not paying attention.
Because this story isn’t just about one river in Ohio. It’s about the whole damn tide of corruption washing over this country. It’s about the entitled few turning public resources into private playgrounds. It’s about the daily insult of watching working-class families lose access to everything from public pools to libraries — while the men at the top kayak through custom currents like the laws were written for them alone.
But here’s what they don’t understand:
The river always remembers.
And when the people finally rise, they won’t be asking for ideal kayaking conditions. They’ll be asking who sold out the public trust for a birthday party. They’ll be asking why the men who scream the loudest about “fiscal waste” are always first in line when it’s time to spend taxpayer money on themselves.
So to J.D. Vance — enjoy your birthday.
Because the river might’ve been raised for you this time, but tides turn.
And the people aren’t stupid. We see you. We remember you.
And we’ll deal with you the right way — the democratic way — come election day.
Trump supporters were not tagged. This post was not written for you. I’m not here to address the cult today.
Love always,
Santiago D.C. Maria
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