By now we’ve all seen the video. Trump lies about the California vote count and reporter Kristin Welker asks him for evidence. He offers up the only actual evidence he has: he can just look at it and see. Welker pointed out that, no, he can’t. When someone accuses someone else of a crime, they need evidence. He got all petulant and told her she was crooked or stupid. Then he bravely ran away.

But that’s a simplification. Once his rant started, it really ran. He lied, she asked for evidence. That was it. That was enough to send him off on a tangent. “Your elections in this country, you’re like a Third World country. Your elections are crooked!” Then it got good to him. “And you’re crooked, and ‘Meet the Press’ is crooked. And so is ABC and CBS and CNN.”
Welker tried to intervene, “But Mr. President…”

“You’re one-sided, crooked networks,” the snowflake continued, face reddening. But now that his rage-tantrum was going full steam, he knew he needed to run away or she’d just keep asking questions. “Right, let’s call it quits cause I’ve had enough.” Then he turns back to Welker and says, “Thank you, darling. Have a good time.” Welker pointed out that she had traveled all the way to Wisconsin to talk to him. He chastised her a bit more. Then he stormed out. Out of control fury – because she asked him for evidence of his assertion that the California election is rigged.

I don’t care who you are, MAGA or no, it doesn’t matter. When you level a charge, shouldn’t you be able to support it? Doesn’t it take more than just, “That’s the way I see it?” How many times can he fool MAGA with the same old, hackneyed playbook? I guess we’re going to find out because that’s what he has left to try and discredit the elections before November.

He’s doing everything he can to prevent fair elections but courts and political opposition keep interfering. So this same, tired, old lie is what he has left. Now he’s running around perpetuating yet another fraud on the American people. But Welker had the right answer and it remains the right answer. Bring the evidence or S.T.F.U.

Oh, hey, since we’re here, do you know who disagrees with Cadet Bone Spurs about rigged elections in California? Steve Hilton, the GOP candidate who won a spot in the November general election. You know, the guy endorsed by the Drumpfster? Well, he was, I guess. Now that he has publicly disagreed with 47, I’m sure Donny thinks Hilton is crooked or stupid…

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Our lying National Disgrace went to Game 3 of the NBA finals between the Knicks and the Spurs. Obviously, there’s going to be a ‘Presidential shot,’ and someone decided that best time would be during the National Anthem. On cue, Donny was shown on the Jumbotron for eight seconds. The moment people saw him, the boos and jeers burst out – so loudly one couldn’t even hear the National Anthem. I felt kind of badly for the guy singing. He’s getting a moment, but nobody got to hear it because of the visceral hatred America feels for the Grifter-in-Chief.

The television camera stayed on 47 longer than the Jumbotron, though. After eight solid seconds of ear-splitting booing and jeering, the image on the Jumbotron changed to show Knicks players and the audience started cheering their team. MAGA media will edit that video to show the dumbass (a lot of people don’t know “dumb” has a ‘b’ in it!) standing while the crowd cheers. But the crowd was cheering the Knicks, not 47. The crowd booed 47 – clearly, roundly, and loudly…

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They’re always the Washington Generals, aren’t they? The Dems, I mean. They may not lose, but they sure try. The entire country sees Republicans (wait, are you writing about Dems or cons?) as… I’ll go with “problematic,” these days. Coming out as spineless toadies to a senile dotard was a bold move. Stupid, probably, but bold. In particular, Susan Collins of Maine is a dedicated loyalist.

She occasionally says things in the press that pretend that maybe, just maybe, she’s going to stand up to trump – but, by and large, she doesn’t. Susan Collins should be easy to beat in a campaign right now. She should be vulnerable. So the Dems searched far and wide for a candidate that can appeal to the masses and maybe displace Collins – and they found Graham Platner.

Platner’s got some baggage. The campaign is positioned to dismiss all of it as struggling with PTSD after serving three tours with the Marines in Iraq and another with the Army in Afghanistan. It could be true. People go through things in life. Most of the accusations revolve around tough-guy talk, alcohol abuse, and other kind of normal reactions to PTSD.

The worst charge comes from an ex-girlfriend. She has insider information, but she’s also a known conservative operative. Platner flatly denies her accusations. But then, he would, wouldn’t he? It’s hard to say. They’re both motivated to see things their own way. But Platner has acknowledged his PTSD and said he didn’t seek treatment until 2017. One assumes PTSD therapy is not a one-and-done kind of deal.

I can understand bad behavior from a struggling person. These days, he has Bernie Sanders endorsement. He says the right things. His (you choose) excuses/explanations for his earlier poor behavior are plausible. In my mind, the real question is, in all of Maine, you couldn’t find a single relatable Democrat who doesn’t have such baggage?

On the other hand, trump. That human failure has set the moral bar SO low, Platner looks like a choir boy by comparison. There are some things against Platner, yes, but nothing like sexual assault, fraud, grifting or any of the other serious crimes people ignore about 47. And Platner DOES benefit from the PTSD excuse/explanation. Cadet Bone Spurs certainly knows nothing of that. I guess I’m onboard with the ‘don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good’ logic.

He’s doing well in the race so I guess the voters of Maine have decided to overlook his struggles. OR, they hate Susan Collins so much, they’d vote in a ham sandwich instead of her. I don’t really care which. We hear it with every election: this is the most important election of your life. Sadly, we’re actually AT that election this year, with the mid-terms. Who would ever have guessed that mid-terms, the also-rans of elections, would determine the fate of a nation?

If sanity wins, we, the people stand a chance – a chance – of saving the nation without violence. If the One Percent’s MAGA wins? Economic insecurity, social upheaval, likely more wars, and ongoing master classes in corruption will result, and that’s just the start. Sooner or later, there will be blood shed. (That’s a prediction, not a threat.) This election is as high-stakes as it gets…