By Michael Woyton
It’s difficult to follow the news, both nationally and internationally, and not constantly mutter “what the hell is going on?”
Last weekend, eight children, all under the age of 11, were massacred and two women critically wounded in Shreveport, Louisiana, by a man with a gun and it barely was a top news item for a hot minute.
For someone who thought that, surely, 20 children and six adults being slaughtered in Newtown, Connecticut, would make a difference in the gun-control conversation, I don’t know if this country has just become inured to mass gun violence or if there’s something more afoot.
Is it perhaps because a 34-times-convicted felon and adjudicated rapist living in the White House while constantly posting outrageous things on social media continues to try to break our spirits?
You know the guy. His recent “thoughts” have become stranger and stranger, from threatening to wipe an entire nation of people off the face of the earth to Frank Sinatra singing, “And now, the end is near / And so I face the final curtain.” A person can wish.
You also know the guy’s “guys.”
Of course, the less said about the incredibly incompetent and thoroughly unlikable Shady Vance the better, but the “guys” include a secretary of health who doesn’t believe in science, but will cut off the penis a dead raccoon to take it home to “study.”
They also include an FBI director who, according to The Atlantic, has had trouble waking up after serious imbibing to the detriment of his law enforcement duties and even had a reporter investigated by his agency for writing about his girlfriend.
The “guys” also include a supposedly alcohol-abstaining, heavily tattooed former weekend talk show host who believes that we are fighting a holy war but can’t seem to win said war while firing top leadership during said holy war.
The “guys” previously included women who were forced to resigned: an attorney general, because she didn’t prosecute the boss’ enemies fast enough, who was replaced by a man; a homeland security secretary, who made self-promotional videos and oversaw the deaths of civilian protesters and was replaced by a man; and a labor secretary, who was accused of abuse of power, having an affair with a subordinate and drinking on the job and will likely be replaced with a man.
More drinking allegations? Jeez, combine the def sec, the FBI director, the labor sec and toss in the United States attorney for D.C. and no wonder the joke going around is that the president has a Liquor Cabinet.
Because a fish rots from the head, let’s go back to the man himself.
president donald j. felon* still says that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
Whether he really really believes that or it’s all part of his dementia is anyone’s guess.
But his belief/delusion is reinforced by those around him.
Pretty much anyone he appoints who has to be OK’d by the Senate are asked, in one form or another, who won the 2020 presidential election.
Not one of them will outright say that Joe Biden won. It’s all “this body certified Joe Biden” or they flat out refuse to answer.
That makes the golfer-in-chief happy and solidifies in what is left of his mind what he thinks is the correct answer.
And then on Wednesday, the orange mayor of Mar-a-Lago posted on his ironically named Truth Social that the vote over redistricting in Virginia Tuesday was “A RIGGED ELECTION.”
He said that “All day long Republicans were winning,” even though the polls didn’t close until 7 p.m. which was when the votes could actually show who was winning or losing.
After actually admitting that his most recent election was “very close to a 50-50 split” — he usually says he won in a landslide — the president said, “As everyone knows, I am an extraordinarily brilliant person” … OK … I’ll wait for y’all to stop laughing …
If you’ve collected yourselves, here is the wording of the Virginia ballot question:
“Question: Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to allow the General Assembly to temporarily adopt new congressional districts to restore fairness in the upcoming elections, while ensuring Virginia’s standard redistricting process resumes for all future redistricting after the 2030 census?”
We’ve all seen poorly worded ballot questions, but this one really is pretty straight-forward — especially if you’re an extraordinarily brilliant person.
Maybe it’s time for another cognitive exam?
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Speaking of the Epstein files, at least acting Attorney General Blanche is by definition “temporary.”
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* I’m following what the wannabe king declared on social media that he will only refer to the Supreme Court in lowercase because he has a complete lack of respect for them after the illegal tariffs ruling.
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