The 2025 Horse Race

Based on the Kentucky Derby

I'm at a casino in Vegas. It's a Saturday and I'm pretty fucked up. Inside the MGM Grand and all the T.V.s are tuned to a horse race.

My boss, Bill Owens, retired last week. He left and then I was downsized. Fired from my job reporting the news. It's a task I didn't take lightly.

I have five hundred bucks on the favorite. The horse’s name is Journalism. I have faith in Journalism. I'm not a gambling man but these are not normal times.

A president that wants to be king throws his power around, and is currently suing our company for reporting the news. That's why Bill retired. Suppressing his voice and his stories. Censorship.

A bell rings. The horses take off with their brutal force. Citizen Bull is in the lead.

The Freedom of the Press.

Journalism pulls ahead in the final turn!

The First Amendment.

Sovereignty catches up on the outside! Journalism and Sovereignty are neck and neck!

The people petition.

Sovereignty wins. Sovereignty rules all.