Recently, America’s credit rating was downgraded. Do you know why? Republicans. (They, of course, blame the Democrats. That’s supposed to fool us…) Specifically, Republican refusal to work out a debt limit deal. For them it’s always a game of brinkmanship. No, that’s not quite right. It’s always a game of brinkmanship when a Democrat is in the White House. If a Republican was in the White House, they’d pass the debt ceiling increase easily and quickly. That’s not hyperbole. We’ve SEEN them do it over and over. But put a Democrat in the White House and listen to the Freedumb Caucus howl.

Invariably, it’s because the Republicans want Congress to do something stupid or dangerous. Sometimes, it’s just a stunt so they can go home and impress their “base” with how much they hate America. And, oh, hey, look…they’re at it again! Oh, and, hey, it’s the same idiots – every time. This whole far right, “I refuse to learn anything, ever!” thing is getting quite old, wouldn’t you say? I’m just going to say this: if you don’t understand how government works, and you don’t even WANT to understand how government works, you shouldn’t be in government. But there they are, thrashing America’s credit rating.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the House Freedumb Caucus. Several of these massively over-paid, under-worked, bought-and-paid-for congress critters are convinced a government shutdown would be no big deal. They’ve been convinced each time they’ve crashed the government. Their shutdowns hurt people and the nation but – and this is key – the shutdowns don’t hurt the Freedumb Caucus members at all. By now, we all know the rules of far right MAGA cons: if it isn’t about them, they don’t care.

The far right want to abandon Ukraine. This is STILL because they’re in thrall to Putin. They LOVE that guy. Their attraction to killers and thieves is fascinating, isn’t it? US support of Ukraine makes it harder for Putin to try to rebuild the old Soviet Union, and we all know how much the cons love the Soviet Un, no, wait, that can’t be right. But, there they are, supporting Putin, anyway.

Some of them also want to try to save Donnie during the debt ceiling fight. By now, everybody knows Trump is going to prison – unless someone can step in and subvert the process. So, several of the far-right, America-hating Freedumb Caucus are trying to do exactly that. They don’t actually have that power but, hey, what do they know? They want to tie the debt ceiling to defunding Jack Smith. Suddenly, the GOP is ALL FOR defunding law enforcement. It’s their standard position on everything: whatever is contrarian and hurts the most people, that’s where they’re at…

Their story is always the same: they’re not going to add to the national debt by raising the debt ceiling. MAGA cons buy it. Everyone else knows how it works. In short, the national debt has already been raised. That was the budget discussions. This is just the agreement to PAY for that which we have already spent. The question isn’t “Should we spend that much?” The question is, “Do we pay our bills?” Far right cons like the answer, “Um…maybe. Maybe not.” That’s always great for a credit rating. Try getting a loan on the comment that, hey, maybe you’ll pay it, maybe you won’t.

A Nebraska GOP representative named Don Bacon (no relation) said of the far rights tactics, “It’s not realistic. This theory that you’ve got to have 100% of what you want and if you don’t get 100%, you’ll take zero – it’s not the way it works.”

I’ll tell you this: A Republican who gets it? He must have been saved by the Bacon…

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Mark Meadows doesn’t get to go to Federal Court. He wanted to. He tried to. There’s a rule called Federal Removal. If a Federal employee was doing his Federal job when he is accused of a State crime, he can get his trial removed to a Federal court under certain conditions. Meadows tried to pretend that he was “just doing his job” in helping the trumpster try to overthrow the government. The courts saw things differently (read: realistically). The courts acknowledge that he may have been doing his job while he committed his crimes but the crime part, was NOT part of his job. So? No. Sorry, Mark, you have to stay in State court. The consensus seems to be the ruling demonstrates the likelihood of others (sexual predator Donald J. Trump, for example) being removed, as well: nil.

I continue to NOT be a lawyer. I didn’t really understand why the removal was so important to them. I’m under the impression that nothing really changes except the building the trial occurs in. Same prosecutor, same laws, different building. So what? Faster path to Robert’s corrupt Supremely Kangaroo Court? Maybe. They’re not supposed to take cases outside of legal interpretations but one never knows what these corrupt cons will do. So, I tried to find out – and now I know. Cameras. That seems to be the big concern.

Cameras are not allowed in Federal Courts. People are forced to rely on reports from people in the room (often accompanied by courtroom drawings.) Georgia state law is different, though. In Georgia, cameras are not only allowed, they’re common. Georgia sees it as a matter of “public trial.” The public has a right to know so, here, watch it yourself. Awesome. But that’s the core of the problem for the cons, right now.

How much harder is it going to be for Fox Not-News to misrepresent what happened when there is a FLOOD of video all over the web showing what actually happened? In order for cons to maintain their willful ignorance, they’re going to have to log off of the internet completely. That, or risk stumbling over video after video proving their support for a criminal traitor. For them? It’s absolutely must-NOT-see TV. (I’ll be glued to the set…)

Of course, the disinformation machine that is the conservative media bubble will simply not show any of the video from the trial. They’ll mention it, sure, but nothing concrete. “Trump was in court again today. Oh, those DemocRATS! Moving on…” Many of the cons will, simply, never see the video. Unless YOU help.

FLOOD your social media pages with clips and cuts from the trial. If they come to visit, they’ll be inundated with truth, evidence, and facts. (They know this, too. You likely won’t hear from them for awhile as they keep a low profile in an effort to avoid learning anything.) There’s no need to cop an attitude while doing so. You’re not trying to beat them up. You’re trying to help. You’re trying to bring a little sunshine to their darkness. You’re spreading the good word.

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The next time you hear a con pretending that what happened at the Capitol on J6 was just a “normal but unauthorized tour of the building,” ask them this: Are you suggesting that, in order to see into the Senate chamber, “normal” tourists are asked to climb through a smashed out window, knowing there’s a man with a gun on the other side who has promised to shoot the first person to climb through? Hell, I’m surprised ANYBODY would take THAT tour.

But that’s how Ashli Babbitt died, trying to climb through a smashed out window. You know, like ANY normal, standard tour…