The Mad King strikes at our hearts
Trump committed acts of war against Iran to distract us from his impeachment. Now the Iranians have struck Americans. What will the Mad King do next?
Reasons not to impeach Trump
Listening to the impeachment vote in the House, I hear a lot of reasons not to impeach Trump. Acting dreadfully is appalling, but it is not impeachable. We need to be scrupulously honest, especially when the impeachment charges are so damning.
Trump’s Crimes are Undisputed
Republicans subject us to mind-numbing impeachment nonsense: the process sucks, the witnesses are unreliable, “Dems are SO UNFAIR!”, yadda, yadda. But they haven’t coughed up anything to show the charges aren’t true. That’s what ‘undisputed’ means.
Republican Parasitic Memes Limit our Minds
: Republicans use parasitic memes to limit dissent and even discussion. They design political memes to block questions, forstalling any deeper or nuanced communication. But changing the public understanding down to memes damages all of us.
Does the far-right want to hurt women?
To honor the International day condemning Violence Against Women, Spain’s far-right Vox party called for repealing existing anti-violence laws. Like U.S. Republicans, they see men hurting women as an important part of their cultural heritage.
Devin Nunes bedtime stories
Devin Nunes does his best to repeat the ludicrous Republican story defending Trump. Trouble is, all Nunes has are howlers. Worse, Nunes is trying to spin an entire narrative out of hot air and spit.
Democrats are better at governance Republicans
Democrats are simply better than Republicans at governing. Republicans are full of empty talk; Democrats keep the trains running. Democrats create new systems that we love; Republicans can’t pay the bills on time. And the economy and the stock market do better under Democrats. Why do the rich vote Republican?
Why don’t Republicans have exculpatory witnesses?
As the Impeachment hearings get underway, I’m watching the Republicans. They spend half their time in tentative legal counterarguments and half pontificating on nonsense. Both were a thin gruel of out-of-scope conspiracies and straight-up lying. Why don’t Republicans have counterarguments or exculpatory witnesses? They can’t find anyone to speak in their behalf.
Trump and Congress: Dad’s abusing Mom again
What’s impeachment about? Dad stole the military money Mom gave him for the Ukraine kid, they blackmailed the kid into lying about Mom. When Mom caught him, Dad lied about it and hid all the papers. Now all he does is scream at Mom and yell insults at anyone who doesn’t believe she had it coming.
Republicans are the party of bad faith
Republicans live in bad faith. Democrats and the media keep worrying about the GOP reaction to this or that. Stop worrying. They’ll lie. Everything they do is in bad faith. It’s who they are.
Trump wants another government shutdown?
Trump may try another government shutdown to get his metaphorical Wall made real. Why? It hasn’t worked out well in the past for either party. I go through the past shutdowns for entertainment. Did you know there’s one where everyone just forgot?
Consequences for Bad Things
There need to be consequences for doing bad things. If there aren’t, the rule of law fails. But Republicans refuse to correct President Trump in anything. That approach doesn’t work for children; it’s especially bad with a man without internal checks or balances. Trump will compulsively search out the things we hold dear and try to wreck them with a hot, quenchless anger.
Republicans defend the morally indefensible
Will Republicans ever admit the truth? President Donald Trump is morally indefensible. He’s a self-destructive narcissist who compulsively violates laws and norms. Republicans normally attack someone like Trump reflexively. Instead, because he’s one of them, he gets a free pass. Worse, the Republican party, already out of control, follow him off that cliff. They know they’re killing their party for a generation, but they can’t stop.
Who will be the voice of conservatives now that the GOP is disgraced?
Think about the Republican party’s future. Suppose the corrupt Trump administration ends peacefully instead of a Republican coup. The GOP already showed they would burn America down before they’d relinquish power. They bet their future on America falling before the check comes due. What will they do if we’re still a democracy in a year?
“No quid pro quo” becomes another crime
Trump is being impeached because he asked a foreign power for a personal benefit. Republicans counter there was no quid pro quo, which is a separate offense, and a deliberate distraction. And a lie, it turns out. It’s hard not to take satisfaction at how the Republicans, dealers in bad faith, were so quickly caught out in this particular lie.
Protect the Kurds; Turkey is attacking
America urgently needs to stop Turkey’s massacre in Syria and protect the Kurds. Turkey started bombing Syrian (military and civilian areas) yesterday, and this morning, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed to have killed hundreds of people, and he’s probably under-counting the civilian deaths. This is a stain on everything America holds dear.
White Supremacy is the Incel Revolution
White Supremacy is the Incel Rebellion wrapped in racist clothing. The only weird part is that nobody notices. Male frustration fuels almost everything in men’s lives, big to small. It is what underpins the suicide-murderers. And yet men never see that as a motive or give it any credit. It’s the frustration that drives half of racism, and most of what powers the Republican party. I just want to scream.
Why America has so much domestic terrorism
American media loves to ask about domestic terrorism as if it’s a insoluble mystery, even though no other industrialized country is close. The New York Times reprinted: “What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings?” His research takes simple numbers (guns per capita, total guns vs. mass shooters, etc.) and shows us the obvious answers.