It’s weird, I know, but I kind of “get” where Paramount is coming from. In one sense, they’re as much a victim of Donny’s cruel regime as any of the rest of us. I don’t even approve of the constant, ongoing consolidation in ownership of media. Hell, that’s part of what got us into this mess in the first place – corrupted airwaves. But if that IS the current paradigm – and it is – then Paramount is just doing what the other corporations have been doing for quite some time: merging.

I think they’re wrong to cancel Colbert, but I suspect THEY think they’re wrong to cancel Colbert. These people are greedy, not stupid. One does NOT kill off their cash cow blithely. They just have no choice. If you’re doing big business and you want to make a deal, you’ve got to get 47’s beak a little wet and, just for good measure, punish one of Donny’s enemies. Sure, it’s corruption at its worst but that’s the way MAGA wants things and that’s the way things are.

I didn’t realize “drain the swamp” was only the precursor to refilling it with fresh and revitalized swamp juice and a whole new generation of new and improved swamp monsters. Thanks, MAGA…

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Look, I get this. We’re all starting to voice, in private conversation, thoughts I can’t legally write in this space. Americans want Donny out and, increasingly, we don’t care how. This Epstein thing seemed to be a possibility. MAGA got mad at 47 right along with better Americans and the pressure has built and remained. It really IS his own doing. HE is the one who promised, and promised, and promised, AND promised to release the Epstein files, exposing all of the rich and powerful men who think statutory rape is an awesome way to demonstrate their untouchable status.

Then Elon says the Drumpfster is in the files and suddenly the Drumpfster won’t release them. He released parts everybody had seen before so, really, a re-release, then declared it a done deal. He has suggested he might release some bits that don’t really relate to the public interest but based on everything everybody knows about the guy, there’s little to no doubt that Elon wasn’t wrong. Donny IS in those files. Probably a LOT. So Donny said no.

This is a common sense thing. The best way – the ONLY way – to prove he isn’t in the files is to release the files. He adamantly will not release the files. IF he could prove his innocence by releasing the files but won’t? Is there some other reason possible?

MAGA is all in a dither about it. Some have burned their MAGA hats. Some have publicly declared they will no longer bend the knee to him. Some have said some pretty harsh words about him. As this scene has played out, Americans have been joining in. It SEEMED like this might be an opportunity to maybe get through to a MAGA with some actual facts. It certainly IS uncomfortable for 47.

In the end, I suspect MAGA is going to remain disappointed in him on this one, but realize he’s still their Precious and they’ll stick by his side. They’re not trying to decide if they should renounce him. They’re trying to find a way to accept that he is a pedophile and continue to stand with him. Remember, this is the crowd that killed their own parents during Covid just to ensure he got the political “win.”

They’ve already accepted and approved of the fact that he’s a rapist so how much harder is it going to be to just add the word “statutory” and keep on keeping on? That was the whole point of chipping away at MAGA morality over the last 40+ years. Hell, they can buy new hats…

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Donny seems to be having tremendous success cornering the market in coal. It helps that nobody is trying to stop him or even compete with him. Every intelligent person on the planet knows that renewables are the future, so of course Donny’s all in on fossil fuels. Why go forward when you can go backwards, right?

Just to make sure it’s the dumbest possible move, he’s ALSO doing everything he can to eliminate renewable energy technologies from the US. Leave that to all of the other countries. Let THEM be “stuck” with the advantages while the US continues to be mired in the muck of coal…

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I keep seeing stories about how the budget shows a surplus month over month. Sure it does. The government stopped paying it’s bills. ANYBODY can have a lovely balance sheet if they don’t pay their bills – for a short while. But at some point, the lights get shut off and no water flows from the faucets.

Right now, we’re in the “put it back in the mailbox” stage, but pretty soon? It’s going to be lights out…

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Color me disappointed, but not surprised, that the toady Congress voted to claw back money from PBS. Donny doesn’t see the value in PBS. He doesn’t watch it, the words are too big. The US is quickly running out of valid, non-partisan sources of information. That’s not an accident. Donny said he loves the poorly educated and he wants the entire country to be as dumb as him.

This MAGA Congress is so servile it’s disgusting. Even when they KNOW they’re doing wrong, they do it. They KNOW they’re attacking their own constituents and they KNOW there might be a backlash so they’re preparing to gerrymander Texas in an effort to keep their phony-baloney jobs. (Dear MAGA, the previous sentence was a lesson in they’re, there, and their. You’re welcome.)

After the revolution, our new Constitution needs to specify that congressional districts need to be as close to square-shaped as possible. Gerrymandering is an affront to democracy…