I have written about this phenomenon in the past. The best way that I can express the experience is by quoting from Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven.

Initially, I considered using the adage “peas in a pod.” It was cute but didn’t express my feelings.

Peas in a pod

I pondered on. How could I express the feelings that were whirling around in my head? It was after midnight, and I was eager to convey my thoughts in an article. Then it happened. I thought of the expression “birds of a feather flock together.” It took a few nanoseconds before this picture came to mind.

Birds of a feather flock together

It expresses some of my feelings but in a funny manner. Therefore, I was forced to go back to the drawing board of my mind. Finally, I found the expression I was looking for: “as thick as thieves.”

That phrase expresses precisely what I needed. That term is a bit outdated since it goes back two centuries to the not-so-merry Old England. Thieves learned to steal, lie, and use the masses for their own gain.

Stealing

Brothels

Not much has changed over the years. The phrase “thick as thieves” varies over the decades regarding places, activities, dress, and what they lie about. For example, Trump, the twice-impeached, four-times indicted, once-convicted found guilty of 34 felonies, and defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll won $5 million, is the president-elect and is the head of titular head of the thieves.

The head thief nominated Matt Gaetz as Attorney General, who has a litany of claims dealing with drugs and having sex with a minor in his background. And he’s going to head the Justice Department?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was nominated as the head of HHS. Kennedy and Trump are both anti-vaxxers. Additionally, Kennedy claims that two deaths in Samoa were due to measles vaccines, which wasn’t the cause. Also, Kennedy wants to stop fluoridating drinking water.

Trump nominated Pete Hegseth as the head of the Defense Department. He was the co-host of Fox & Friends Weekends and served in the military. Also, a woman accused him of sexual assault. His Fox News lawyer denies that Hegseth settled the case merely to put the case behind him. Besides, the woman was “visibly intoxicated.”

Kristi Noem was nominated for Secretary of Homeland Security. She claims that she met Kim Jong Un in North Korea. She also wrote a book in which she shot and killed her 14-month-old dog named Cricket, who wasn’t trainable. Noem continued her killing spree by shooting the family goat after shooting her dog. She claims that her goat was “nasty and mean.”

This is Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven.