The week 1 summary has spilled over to a second day. My favorite bit about week 1 was the Cassidy Hutchinson incident. Ms. Hutchinson is a rather attractive woman. She is young and she worked in Trump’s first maladministration. Apparently, the lecherous old men, rapists, sexual assailants, philanderers, and other stalwarts of the GOP spent time hitting on her, trying to arrange for sexual favors.

The GOP is planning a revenge tour against people who did the right thing. People investigated Trump’s crimes. Now Trump plans to harass those people to “get even.” It’s not like he has anything more important to do. Ms. Hutchinson had been a loyal MAGA, working only a few steps from the Oval Office. She was disgusted by the events of January 6th. Her loyalty to the United States overrode her loyalty to Trump, an unforgivable sin in MAGAland. She testified honestly to the J6 committee and now MAGA hates her. (They just hate truth, in general. It almost always harms their position.)

As they ramped up efforts to harass her, they were going to subpoena her electronics, so they could “get the details” of all those pretend messages where the Dems were supposedly “coaching” her to say bad things about The Felon. Then, in an unexpected move, MAGA Mike the Johnson stepped in and convinced the GOP that they should NOT subpoena her electronics. Apparently, she has LOTS of messages from LOTS of GOPerverts who were trying to sex her up – and they don’t want those messages made public, so they had to stand down, chastened.

Now I want to know what’s on her phone! What are the messages? Who sent them? MAGA Mike seems to have some detailed knowledge on the topic. Was HE hitting on Hutchinson, too? (Did his son get the warning?) They were willing to engage in revenge porn against Hunter Biden. Why are they suddenly so shy about their own attempts to get laid being made pubic? Let’s continue to shine a light on the ethics and behavior of the leaders of the GOPerverts. Whose wives should be angry? Just how disgusting ARE these guys?

Sadly, she can’t reveal them. The threat of revelation is the only thing that’s going to protect her, now. But on the up side, the threat of revelation will protect her – for now…

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The brown person round-up is already having the effect it was supposed to have. Brown people are terrified to be seen these days. It’s also having an unintended consequence that was predictable – and predicted. Brown people are hiding. They’re not coming out. They’re not going to work.

Sure, it’s a good time, pretending brown people might be the source of all human problems, but in real life, brown people do a LOT of the work other people don’t. Back when we were declaring SOME people “essential workers?” Those who HAD to keep working, even if it threatened their health because those jobs (unlike most white collar jobs) just couldn’t be suspended? Yeah, LOTS of those folks are brown.

Now, thanks to 47’s Heritage Foundation policy, they either won’t come out and go to work, or they DO come out and get arrested and deported. Either way, nobody is picking crops. Nobody is cleaning buildings. Nobody is showing up to building sites. In short, nobody is doing that same “essential” work.

Nice job, MAGA. You thought you were voting for cheaper eggs, which, by the way, have now hit a record high price. Now your whole LIFE is about to become significantly more expensive. Bigotry ain’t cheap…

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47 has this trait that just drives me crazy. I mean, he has LOTS of traits that drive me crazy but this one, in particular is just mind-boggling. Okay, maybe the mind-boggling part is that it’s SO apparent but MAGA just keeps falling for it, over and over. No matter what the situation, no matter what the word, no matter what the details, no matter how recently something happened, The Felon always, always, ALWAYS pretends he’s already an expert and knows everything there is to know about it. (Keyword: pretends.) Then he makes some grand pronouncement on the topic and that’s that.

And see, that’s the problem. There’s no shame in not knowing something, especially something new – unless one is deeply, desperately insecure. I think it’s why mental health experts tend to classify him as a psychopathic narcissist. He can never confess – to himself, I think – that there’s anything he doesn’t already know. It’s a trait you see in most three year olds trying to show they’re “big kids.”

On any topic, a layman (or a fool) is immediately recognizable to an expert. 47 talks about things he doesn’t understand, then, because he’s SO deeply insecure, he cannot confess he may have been mistaken. No matter how ridiculous his initial pronouncement proves to be over time, he sticks to whatever stupidity puked from his mouth in the moment.

I can’t speak to why he doesn’t just keep his mouth shut for a minute. It’s an old saying. ‘It’s better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.’ The fact that he thinks he’s proving himself smart, or competent, or even capable? No. He’s just removing all doubt…

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Steve Bannon railing against Elon Musk reminds me of… well, it reminds me of me, railing against 47. Just because I’m right doesn’t mean anybody is paying attention. Bannon recently said Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, should sit Musk down and “sort it out immediately” before he does something that interferes with the president’s agenda.

Isn’t that funny? Bannon, apparently, still hasn’t received the memo. Bannon, apparently, still thinks Trump gives two figs about MAGA and what MAGA wants. Bannon hasn’t realized: Musk’s desires ARE “Trump’s agenda.” The Heritage Foundation has written the orders. Musk bought the White House for him. MAGA can only bring votes and he doesn’t NEED votes anymore. 47 will help Musk, not MAGA. MAGA can pound sand.

To be sure, he’ll never TELL them to eff off. He still wants them to buy his cheap, foreign-made and overpriced junk. And they will, too. That guy could offer his farts in a jar for $99.95 each, two for only $300.00, and these guys would be lining up to buy the two-fart set.
“Two for $300.00 dollars? Well, that’s a DEAL!”
“Uh, you could just buy two of the single farts and save $100.00.”
“But this is a SET. Libtard.”
“Yeah, I’m feeling really dumb…”

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Boy, the NFL is sure trying to push back against their obvious favoritism of Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. I guess they’re afraid that people knowing they’re directing outcomes might affect the betting line. (Hey, I remember when people argued Big Time Wrestling was real, too.)

Their problem? MILLIONS of people who know the game watch, week in and week out, as Mahomes and the Chiefs get very helpful calls from the officials. People who played and excelled in the NFL are vocally groaning with the bad calls. It has gotten to the point where people (except fans of the team, of course) have to WORK to pretend Kansas City isn’t receiving favorable officiating.

I saw a list, probably put out by a Kansas City fan, showing how other Quarterbacks get more roughing the passer calls than Mahomes. But it’s not the NUMBER of calls that matter. It’s when they happen that make the difference. KC will get the call to keep a drive alive. KC’s opponents will have drives killed by bad calls. There might only be one or two bad calls an entire game but if they come at the right time, for the “right” team, they make a difference. And they always seem to come at the right time for Kansas City…

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Hey, is it at all possible that when 47 SAYS ‘tariffs,’ he MEANS ‘sanctions?’ I mean, despite the reverence of MAGA, he’s really kinda dumb and it’s possible he doesn’t know the difference…