Boy, he started running from this pretty quickly, didn’t he? (If you’re one of my subscribers and you don’t see this picture in your email feed, would you please let me know? I hear some people aren’t getting the photos when I use them. If you’re not seeing it, it’s that picture of the Drumpfster pretending to be Jesus.)

HE posted this to his social media account. A handful of MAGA “Christian” Nationalists, of course, just thought it was beautiful. ACTUAL Christians, though? The word they used for this was ‘blasphemy.’ One definition of blasphemy is ‘irreverent or impious action or expression in regard to something considered inviolable or sacrosanct.’ Here’s another, ‘Contemptuous or profane speech or action concerning God or a sacred entity.’ I’d say blasphemy is the perfect word for this bullshit.

Once the backlash ignited, he went all TACO. He told a reporter he’s supposed to look like a doctor. Uh-huh. Do we see a stethoscope? Then he pulled the picture and pretended he doesn’t know what you’re talking about. Really, it’s disgusting. I’m not even religious and I wouldn’t do something like this. It IS, absolutely, disrespectful. I really, really don’t like this guy…

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It often seems, to me, like anytime Donald Dork “messes up,” someone already-rich makes money. That’s curious, isn’t it? The most recent is his illegal war-that’s-not-a-war in Iran. Not only are weapons manufacturers having a great time, his war has disrupted oil supply chains around the world. This creates both an actual need AND a convenient excuse to raise gas prices at the pump, which the gasoline companies are always happy to do, and have done.

According to an article in the Guardian, the major oil companies stand to take home an extra $234 billion dollars by the end of this year, so long as Donny can keep the price of a barrel of oil hovering at $100 dollars each. His blockade blockade can very likely do that nicely. Yeah, people make money under this regime. It just seems to always be the people who already have money and don’t need any more and not the people who could really use an infusion of cash…

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“What they have done is engage in this act of economic terrorism against the entire world. As the President showed, two can play at that game.” That’s a quote from Jarringly Dumb Vance. He likely doesn’t realize it, but he just admitted that the President – or in this case, Donny – is engaged in an act of economic terrorism against the entire world…

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I liked Eric Swalwell. I did. I thought he was probably a good guy. I was wrong. Damn. He IS a good politician. But, really, what a dumbass. I’ll tell you the truth, I can see some high school kid making an error in judgement, misreading a situation or making a dumb, crude joke. High school dudes can be really dumb. But grown men? A politician?

Politicians are extra vulnerable to public perception. Even the hint of a scandal can end a career. Look at Swalwell. (Don’t look at Donny. His base is immoral and LOVES his scandals.) From the time this story broke until he resigned was a matter of days. He didn’t know that taking his junk out around a female staffer with whom he had only enjoyed a professional relationship previously might cause him a political problem?

His was a bit of a non-denial denial. “There’s no way I did THOSE things, but, I have to admit, I did these things.” Uh-huh. The “these things” part of that statement means you lose anyway. “Sure, I had sex with them, but it wasn’t sexual assault,” is never going to play well with your spouse – nor your constituents. The Dems were quick to dump Swalwell. I presume they’re trying to show the cons how to handle sexual predators like Donald Trump. I understand the GOP won’t care what the Dems do…

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Do you remember when Donald Trump incited his followers to attack the Capitol building in an effort to overturn an election? It was January 6th, 2021. They followed his advice and attacked. Much damage was done. Several people died. Congress went into hiding for a short time. It was an ugly, embarrassing-to-be-an-American day.

Then Donny lied about it. MAGA media picked up the lie and put in on a repeating loop. MAGA rank and file started wandering around parroting the words they’d been conditioned to use. “No attack.” “Day of love.” The posturing became a political flashpoint and before long, you couldn’t find a MAGA who would admit the attempted insurrection was an attempted insurrection. Then? Just to make the point? Donny pardoned the J6 attackers. They got out of jail free.

Several of these fine, upstanding people have gone back to jail since. These were not the best and the brightest in the first place. Many of them were right where they belonged when they were sitting in the clink. In my view, every crime committed by a pardoned J6er is on Donald Trump’s head. He didn’t care if these were good people or bad. He didn’t care if they belonged in jail or not. He ONLY cared about political optics.

Now there are two children out there, sexually molested by a pardoned J6er, that can only have been sexually molested by that J6er because Donny let the son-of-a-bitch out of jail for political reasons. He’s just the latest in a long line of criminals, marauders, perverts, and pedophiles Donny let out of prison. That’s not hyperbole. Many of these guys are back to prison or on trial right now preparing to head back. Thanks, Donny.

I only mention it to highlight the fact that trying to force one’s fantasy alternate reality on actual reality always comes with real-world consequences. Donny corrupted one moment in time for politics. Those kids will pay for that for the rest of their lives…

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Closely related to that, 47 is about to kick off a campaign move to try and convince people things aren’t expensive after all. He’s heading to Nevada and Arizona so he can tell everybody to ignore their own reality. Disregard anything you learn when you, say, stop at a gas pump or go grocery shopping and replace it with his preferred vision.

“Everything is affordable,” he says. “You are getting very sleepy. You are under my control. When I snap my fingers, you’ll believe. Keep your eyes on the watch.” <Snap!> “Everything is affordable. Prices are down. You’ve never paid less for gas.”

Apparently, the GOP is becoming concerned with the price of, well, everything, really. It’s not related to concerns for you, the squeezed consumer. Instead, it’s all about elections and keeping their own phony-baloney jobs. The GOP cares about making rich people richer. Period. Full stop. They’ll pay lip service to affordability until the ballots are cast but they won’t care when they’re talking and they won’t care later, when it’s time to address the problems…