Aw, crap. Do you know what today is? It’s the first Monday in October. That means the Roberts Supremely Corrupt, Kangaroo Court re-convenes and starts issuing more of those “transformative rulings” they’ve been making. When it comes to these guys, “transformative” is a euphemism for “bullshit…”

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“His city is a war zone and he’s lying so that criminals can go in there and destroy people’s lives.” (I added the emphasis.) That’s a claim by dog-killer Kristi Noem, and it’s a dumb one. Just think about it for one second. Noem is claiming that the mayor of Chicago, Illinois, Brandon Johnson, WANTS criminals in his city to destroy people’s lives. IF that makes sense to you, you probably require constant supervision.

Mayors don’t want crime in their cities. There are probably some who oppose crime unless they, themselves, are the beneficiaries of the crime, but most mayors are not beneficiaries of street crime. Noem insisted on Fox Not-News that residents supported the government intervention. I’d guess that if you beat the bushes hard enough, you might find a handful that do. But millions, billions, and kajillions do not. (Hey, this ‘making-up-numbers-as-you-go-along’ thing, like the cons do, is kinda fun!) Kajillions. Who knew?

Meanwhile, US District Judge Karin Immergut, (a Trump appointee, no less) has temporarily blocked deployment of any national guard troops to Oregon. The judge seems to be using the logic that saying a city is a war zone does not, in fact, render the city a war zone. It turns out, a couple of hippies standing around with protest signs in front of ICEhole headquarters doesn’t constitute a war zone…

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Speaking of protests, I saw a group of Jews, led by a couple of Rabbis, marching in protest against the actions of the Israeli government in Gaza. It’s going to be quite the laugh when the morons in the White House try to label this group anti-Semitic…

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Hey, I learned a new word today. Despite all of the chaos going on around us, now is probably a good time to remember that Donald Trump was best friends with Jeffrey Epstein for something like fifteen years. The evidence is still sketchy but from what I can see, Donny didn’t just participate with Jeffrey as a “beneficiary” of the child sex trafficking, he was part of the scheme.

Since the whole goal was to have sex with girls under the age of eighteen, everybody has been calling 47 a pedophile. It’s the word we know. It turns out, Donny is more likely an Epheophile. Ephebophilia is the primary sexual interest in mid-to-late adolescents, generally ages 15 to 19. That sounds more like his preferred target group, mid-to-late adolescents…

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Last week, Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Penn.) cornered MAGA Mike the Johnson in a hallway and this exchange took place:
Dean: “The President is unhinged.”
Johnson: “A lot of folks on your side are, too. I don’t control him.”
Dean: “Oh, my God, please. That performance in front of the generals…”
Johnson: “I didn’t see it.”

“A lot of folks on your side are, too,” is Whataboutism that accidentally tells the truth. MAGA Mike knows the President’s (or in this case, The First Felon’s) mind isn’t working right. He doesn’t care. Then he tries to dismiss the insanity during the speech to the assembled generals with a blithe, “I didn’t see it?” Well you should have, Mike. You should be paying very close attention to what your madman is doing.

You might have heard when he mentioned to a reporter, later, that he’ll be largely protected by his corrupt court’s immunity ruling – but you won’t, Mike. Clearly, you’re protecting him, but are you protecting yourself, Mike? He thinks about himself and his future. You might want to give a little thought to your own, Mike. History WILL remember your name…

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Ah, yes, about the shutdown. Democrats are fighting for the return of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that help people pay skyrocketing premiums for health insurance. The cons are just, “No.” Well, that’s not right. They DO have their lie, “Dems want to give health care to illegals.” But they KNOW that’s a lie. They know the Dems aren’t trying to give health insurance to illegals.

Besides, undocumented people CAN get health care and they do – at hospital emergency rooms where it’s illegal to turn anybody away, and for vastly more expensive care. Sure, it’s stupid but the cons are in charge so “stupid” is the order of the day.

So, here’s the catch about this shutdown. Let’s pretend the cons suddenly, for some reason, decide to get reasonable and do the right thing and return the subsidies. Now the left and the right have a deal in place and the legislation passes. How does one stop the grifter in the White House from just stealing the money, instead?

Despite the actual words written in the actual US Constitution, the way-high court has decided the Constitution is quaint, but not intended to constrain the worst impulses of his troubled mind. They’ve decided that if 47 wants to withhold money Congress has approved, he should be able to do that. So even if Dems and cons come together on an agreement, how do they get 47 to honor the thing?

That’s always the challenge when one is dealing with con-men and grifters, isn’t it? When a person won’t honor an agreement, it’s like there’s no agreement at all…

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“Why is FoxNews and Peter Doocy putting on Democratic Senator Mark Kelly to talk about, totally unabated or challenged, healthcare?”
“Fox should either get on board or get off board…”
“They refuse to put up polls that correctly show me at 65% in Popularity…”

Those are actual quotes posted on social media in one post, by one guy. I’ll just let you guess which one. “Totally unabated or challenged?” It sounds like he’s trying to use big words he doesn’t fully understand. “…get on board or get off board?” Yeah, that’s a thing people say, except that it isn’t. “65%” in Popularity? In what world? Which poll? I suspect it’s the “In Donny’s mind” poll. The only polls I see say his popularity hovers just above the MAGA line, 30-35%. Even at that, I’d say there are several MAGA, out there, who won’t confess doubt to pollsters, but will among themselves.

Speaking of which, I’ve learned something about life in Nazi Germany. The people DID know Hitler was a babbling buffoon and they, likely, DID say so to each other, in private. I base that on conversations I have with like-minded people about MAGA and Donny. It’s nice to get historical insights. I just wish it hadn’t come at the expense of the nation I loved…