Miller Time!

In a desperate attempt to distract the general public from his treasonous conspiracy with Russia, involving most of his cabinet, the NRA and large parts of the Republican party, the so-called president of the United States tweeted this:

To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!”

All caps makes you look sincere, doesn't it? (No.)

Threatening another country with war just to create headlines? Bad idea. Fortunately, this threat wasn't issued by a real president, but by Donald Trump, who is completely  out of gas since several months. The message doesn't even appear to be from Trump. The spelling is correct, and the grammar is beyond that of a fifth grader. This tweet appears to have been posted by Stephen Miller, the racist fascist thug whispering poison in Trump's ear. Try reading it while imagining Miller's huge forehead and creepy eyes. Makes sense, doesn't it?

Emma Gonzalez For President

Emma Gonzalez, a high school girl who escaped the Florida school massacre with her life, is Donald Trump's worst nightmare. Smart, verbal, strong, female and of Latin American heritage, she is his opposite in every respect, and a formidable adversary. In just a few sentences spoken to the press, she effectively annihilated him, and suggested we deal with the illegitimate and dysfunctional president by ignoring him. For the narcissist Trump, that's the ultimate horror. Without attention from others, he withers away.

Pity he makes such great documentary drama at the moment. It's hard to look away from the messiest presidential train wreck in history, and it's hard not to comment on it. But for Emma, I will try. I hope she gets into politics. Her voice was a beacon of common sense, clarity and honesty that lit up the day, even against the grim reality of the recent mass shooting.

"Case Closed"

Because the first round of indictments against Russians in the election rigging scandal didn't explicitly state that the outcome of the election was altered nor that they collaborated with any of the people around Trump, he took to Twitter to claim that he had been cleared of suspicion and that we're done. Nothing to see here. His exact choice of words was "case closed".

That is, of course, not the case. There's plenty to see here, and a lot more is coming very soon. Robert Mueller and his team are going to make Trump eat those words.
Dtarting today, I'm having the popcorn ready.

Dead Man Walking

Suddenly, it's all over. With yesterday's announcements that a number of Russian nationals and some Russian organizations were involved in rigging the election for Donald Trump, there is no doubt that Donald Trump is a willing and knowing Russian puppet. Trump himself is if course shouting about how the indictments, which are now just one step away from incriminating Trump and his close advisors, actually vindicate him and show that he did nothing wrong. Of course, he is delusional. Like a headless chicken, he runs around, flapping and making random noises, but soon enough it's bound to register even in his slow, stupid and severely addled mind: his failed attempt at an illegitimate presidency is dead, and he has lost all political power as well as all credibility.

Two Flies In One SWAT

The FBI is investigating the NRA for laundering Russian money to make donations to the GOP. If they find any grounds for the allegations, it will be a very big deal indeed. The NRA could be barred from making any political contributions in the future, and the GOP could be sanctioned or even disbanded for violating US election laws.


Could this be the demise of the Republican party, or the NRA, or perhaps both?

West Winging It

The White House is losing people at an alarming rate, and they are having trouble finding new candidates to fill the vacancies. Exacerbating the problem is their initial reluctance to hire enough people in the first place, with many deputy positions within the administration left unstaffed since Trump took office. The result is as evident as it was predictable: a White House in chaos, struggling to stay on top of even the most important issues. There is no plan, just a daily panic and madness. Balls are dropped, contradicting messages are released, scandals are created around the incompetent people in Trump's orbit, most every official White House statement is a shameless and transparent lie, and the big, ugly ghost of Russia is always lurking in the background.

The West Wing is looking more like the Wild West Wing for each passing day. This is not a healthy way of running a government.

Exodus

All across the US, Republicans are quitting and withdrawing from the mid-term elections in 2018. Most people expect it to be a severely uphill battle for the party, with Democrats set to engage voters like never before and Republicans considerably less eager to vote for a party that is turning hard right and alienating its more moderate sympathizers, not to mention that they are hampered by the most inept president in modern history. Facing a humiliating defeat, Republican senators and representatives choose to drop out of the race instead of running for re-election.

Experienced lawmakers see the writing on the wall. If you are a Republican and have a brain, it's time to leave.