Last week, I had several people email me or send me DMs saying my blog was too short, and they wanted a full rage post. This one is long. Grab a coffee…

Well, Misfits, here we are. If you had "President of the United States turns White House lawn into a Tesla dealership" on your 2025 Malicious Bingo Card, go ahead and mark that one off and know you are the Bingo WINNER forever. Because apparently, federal property is just another playground for billionaires who can’t figure out why no one wants to buy their ugly-ass, glitchy, self-driving death traps. (no shade if you own a Tesla, I’m just mad and venting. I also don’t condone anyone causing damage to someone’s personal property- that’s ridiculous and bad behavior.)

And that’s just the latest episode in this ongoing dystopian series. I was just talking to Joe (my husband) and I was like, if writers would have written this script as anything other than a comedy, no network would pick it up because it is not believable.

This administration is running a government like a narcissistic X-husband that you went back to even though you know the chaos your ex brought into your life. It is classic gaslighting. The firing federal workers , getting slapped on the wrist by a judge, and then pretending none of it ever happened? Oh, you lost your livelihood? Your health insurance? Your ability to feed your family? Oopsie! Our bad! Come on back to work and act like we didn’t just play Russian Roulette with your entire life.

Meanwhile, we’re out here instigating tariff wars like it’s some kind of international Monopoly game, driving down stock prices so the ultra-rich can scoop them up on clearance. The economy crashes, regular people suffer, and then the same people who broke it get to parade around as “saviors” when it miraculously rebounds…along with their bank accounts. But, we’re not in a recession right? I spoke a little on a rage post that Bobbi is still editing (I think she scheduled that post for Monday) about empathy. I can’t wrap my head around the lack of empathy people have. There are people in my own neighborhood that think the only way to fix our government (yes, I agree both sides are broken) is to burn it to the ground and take the 99% with it. We will hurt for a couple months, then it will magically get better? My neighbor Jenn and I are already talking about getting some chickens and figuring out how to hide them from the HOA. We both started our gardens and are in talks of buying a cow to share.

It is not just the conspiracy tinfoil hat people that are prepping. We all need to prepare. I’m making tough choices in my business right now to save money for the recession that is coming (or is already here). I refuse to lay off a single member of my team. People think the Blue states are a safe place?

And if planning for a 'surprise' recession isn’t infuriating enough, let’s talk about what’s happening right here in my own damn state.

Rebecca Burke: Detained for Dog-Walking

Meet Rebecca Burke, a 28-year-old British backpacker who made the colossal mistake of coming to the U.S. on holiday. Rebecca was on a four-month backpacking trip, legally staying with host families, occasionally walking their dog or doing small chores in exchange for accommodation. Totally normal. Totally fine. Except… suddenly it wasn’t.

When she tried to cross from Canada into Washington state, she was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) because apparently, walking a dog in exchange for a couch to crash on now counts as illegal labor.

So instead of getting to explore the Pacific Northwest, she’s sitting in an ICE detention center in Tacoma, Washington, eating rice and potatoes, and fighting to get access to an attorney. For walking a dog. Look up the videos on TikTok . you can hear the heartbreak and helplessness in her dad’s voice. I am so curious if she will expose the US ICE detention prison camps and how this administration is going to spin her conditions. Maybe that will wake people up at how the US is treating immigrants if it comes from a white person??? But hey...immigrants broke the law right, they deserve to be treated like animals. 

And if that’s happening right here in my supposedly safe, blue state, tell me again how none of this could happen to the rest of us.

Because last time I checked, when a government starts going after the small stuff like detaining backpackers, revoking visas for petty reasons, cutting food, housing, and medical benefits, it’s never about rules. It’s about power. And what happens when that power sets its sights on people who resist?

Which brings me to… why I made these NEW labels.

Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum / Infused with Resistance in a World Gone Gilead

I redesigned this label and it is back! If The Handmaid’s Tale was supposed to be a cautionary tale and not a damn to-do list, someone really should’ve made that clearer. Because the way things are going, soon married women will lose their right to vote. Side Note: I’m too mouthy to be a Martha. I’m heading to the mines or the wall. (and yes, this has me a little scared, but I promise my fear is smaller than my rage!)

Men Always Find The Audacity / Infused with More Confidence Than Competence

You know how the economy is currently being yo-yo’d by people who wouldn’t pass a basic ethics test? Yeah. This one’s for them. From billionaires who think they’re gods to dudes who explain my own business to me at my own store, men will always have audacity in stock, even when everything else is sold out.

Tough Times Don’t Last, But Tough Women Do – Infused with Unapologetic Confidence & A Little Bit of Rage

Because while the powerful play their games, the rest of us? We survive. We hustle. We rage. And we get up every day knowing damn well that if the system won’t save us, we’ll save each other. Light this when you need a reminder that history isn’t written by the cowards who try to erase us—it’s written by the ones who refuse to disappear. I hope you all have a Jenn to plant your Victory Gardens with and have late-night porch talks after the trumpster fire issues another Executive Order.

The Exhaustion of Explaining Basic Human Rights… Again – Infused with Crayons & Flashcards

Oh, you don’t understand why human rights matter? You think we should “debate” our empathy like I am the weak one for caring about people I don’t know? Let me grab some flashcards and a box of crayons so I can break it down at your level. This candle is dedicated to every person who has wasted precious brain cells explaining basic decency to people who just don’t want to get it.

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Final Thoughts (Before I Get Sent to the Wall)

I know. I sound mad. Because I am. But here’s the thing, I’m also not too scared to be loud about it (just a little scared). Because silence doesn’t protect us. The only way to make change is for more people to get loud.

And I swear to the Universe if one more person accuses me of getting my news from TikTok or tells me to research something, Bitch….I even watch Fox News so I can be prepared for the stupidity. I read the executive orders, and I understand my Constitution. I literally, and I shit you not, had to explain to a grown-ass man the three branches of our government, and that Trump doesn’t have a fraction of the power to make laws. THAT’S literally the point of the control. He is trying to become the single source of Power, stripping the other branches of their power, so he can become king!

So, if you need me, I’ll be in my fully feminist, fully malicious, fully prepared bunker…aka, my shop…pouring candles, resisting bullshit, and probably making more labels that will piss the Right people off.

Stay Malicious, Lacie

The four new labels just dropped, and for launch week, they’re only $18.00 (that’s $4 off). I’ve revamped our Handmaid’s Tale inspired label, updated Men Will Always Find the Audacity, and added two brand-new ones you don’t want to miss (shown above).

I know times are tough, and non-essentials might not be at the top of the list, but if you love what we do and want to support us, engaging with our posts on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, or TikTok makes a huge difference. I’m still getting hit with the algorithmic nonsense that happens when you mention The T word, so every comment, like, and share helps keep us visible.

Also, Bobbi has full creative control over our socials now, and she’s running with it. Stay tuned, things are about to get interesting!!!

Thank you all & Stay Malicious,
Lacie