James Comey used to be the director of the FBI. He ran afoul of 47 years ago, when he didn’t help cover up The Felon’s ties to Russia, Russia, Russia enough. Obviously, the two men don’t much like each other. Comey posted on Instagram: “cool shell formation on my beach walk” under a picture of seashells that appeared to form the shapes for “86 47.” Now MAGA is outraged, claiming Comey is threatening The Drumpfster’s life. Apparently, somewhere along the way, “86” has gained an additional meaning, at least for the moment: to kill. Who knew? I didn’t.

If you asked me what it meant to “86” something, I would tell you it means to toss it out or throw it away. I LOVE the idea of throwing him out, but I mean impeach him. I imagine that’s what Comey meant, too. But now Comey is being investigated by the DHS and the Secret Service for threatening 47’s life. Thought police on patrol. So much for MAGA freedom.

Look, I get it. MAGA needs a win. They need something. Ever since this boob took office they’ve been on the defensive. During the campaign, 47 promised them everything. He was going to work miracles. He had all the answers. He would solve every problem America ever had and he would do it on day one. It would be easy, he said. No, he didn’t want to tip his hand by telling anyone any of his plans but trust him, he said, he had the answers. Turns out? He didn’t.

The left kept pointing out that he couldn’t do the things he was promising. The solutions just weren’t that simple. These issues were difficult and it was going to take more than a magic wand or wishful thinking to fix the problems. MAGA was left to choose between the promises of a madman and the warnings of the left. Of course, there WAS no choice. Donny said it, they believe it, that settles it.

So far, with the exception of his promise to be cruel to brown people, his major campaign promises have fallen by the wayside. Yes, he has offered up excuses and “explanations,” none of which hold water with even the slightest scrutiny but MAGA won’t check. Still, very little, if anything, he promised has come to pass.

Now he’s about to take away health care from millions of Americans so that he and a handful of others can have a tax break. MAGA has been told the $880 billion the GOP is gutting from Medicaid is all fraud, waste, and abuse. They’re determined to believe it, but it isn’t true. It’s money the government provided to help make health care more affordable. Now the GOP wants to take that away. Nearly 11 million Americans will lose health care coverage so a small handful of billionaires can have even more money they don’t need.

Up to five trillion dollars he’s adding to the national debt, depending on the source one uses. Lower income people will have a higher tax burden. Some of the tax breaks lower income people get will increase, temporarily, but will “sunset” after a few years. Several of the tax breaks people used to rely on will be eliminated resulting in a net increase of the tax burden. Work-a-day Joes get less so billionaires can have more. It’s kind of a theme.

MAGA knows it. They won’t admit it. Hell, they’ll even argue about it, but they know it. MAGA is very definitely the abused spouse. It doesn’t matter WHAT he does to them, they just stay. So when they got a chance to pounce on even the possibility that Comey might have, maybe, if you squint and look at it from exactly this angle, threatened the life of The Felon? It’s like a breath of fresh air. Finally, something they can “celebrate” and pretend to outraged about. Just ignore the fact that it’s made up. Enjoy the moment…

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Is the plane a White Elephant? I think the very worst part about this whole flying bribe story is that the plane is inefficient and old. The Qataris have been trying to offload that plane for years, now. It was listed for sale in 2020. No one wants it. It’s too expensive to operate. It’s too expensive to maintain. It’s SO big, it can’t land at just any old airport capable of accommodating other 747’s. That means limited access.

And that’s while the old plane is just sitting there, unused. If they gave it to 47, it would have to be stripped down to the metal to check for bugs, then it would have to be upgraded to the standard of Air Force One. The President is supposed to have a job to do, even in the air. The fact that this guy doesn’t DO the job doesn’t cancel out the need to outfit the plane properly.

People are out there debating whether or not he should be allowed to accept a bribe and it’s not even a good plane. Sure, it’s exactly the kind of gaudy The Drumpfster admires and finally, he’d have the big one he’s always wished for, but it’s an old and inefficient airplane. It’s not just a bad idea because it’s a bribe, it’s a bad idea because the plane, itself, isn’t even any good.

Ted Cruz came out in opposition to the bribe. Who knows where he’ll end up in the long run, but at first he said, “I’m not a fan of Qatar. I think they have a really disturbing pattern of funding theocratic lunatics who want to murder us… And that’s a real problem.” That checks. Donny is definitely a theocratic lunatic. It’s just that HIS theocracy has HIM at the front and center. He IS the golden calf.