I read a Washington Post headline so filled with GOP brainworms, it nearly ate my mind. Our modern media pats themselves on the back as ‘woke,’ but that’s self-congratulatory claptrap. They still swallow Republican attack-memes unquestioningly and spit them back at us.
Now we know: the official GOP policy is to do nothing about COVID. They tout “herd immunity,” that, at a minimum, means two hundred million Americans getting COVID-19 and suffering the short- and long-term consequences, and millions dying. And even then, herd immunity might not work
It’s a core American ideal that every American should vote. The founders felt that each of us voting in our personal interests creates a democracy in everyone’s interests. Under Jim Crow, we jailed black people and stripped their voting rights. Why keep enforcing racist nonsense? Let everyone vote.
We’re reposting the FindAClearTruth video about Trump’s speech in Tulsa. It’s long, rambling, petty, disjointed, and ultimately hilarious. I hate the term at the end, but I was laughing out loud anyway. I think this is art.
Forget about police violence for a second. When we depend on fines & penalties to pay the bills, the institutional roots of racism are baked into the Justice system. We are directly responsible, but we can fix it, too.
Anyone promising the old normal is lying. We can’t go back, not ever and especially not soon. The COVID-19 pandemic has already changed how we work, how we eat, how we socialize, sports, shopping, restaurants, travel, parties, weddings, funerals, everything. It’s silly to pretend otherwise. The oligarchs are liars willing to spend your lives for their comfort.
Our Republican leaders fail us. They cling to their pretense of strong defense, but they only want guns and bombs. Disease, a well-known threat vector, confounds them. In a pandemic, national defense means healthcare. But that’s like climate change: heretical to orthodox Republicans. They elevate ideology over reality.
If nothing else, the pandemic confirms that Donald Trump has been the worst President in recent history and that the Republican Party cannot lead or govern. The GOP has become the party of corruption and self-dealing, led by a narcissistic madman. Vile patriots and false prophets, they embody bad faith in every sense.