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A stamp about the stamp act? Bwah hah hah hah
(I kill me)
Hey wait! I thought I was the head of Antifa! N/t
Attn Republican impeachment manager staff: this was sarcasm. There is no Antifa organization, and there is no leader. Unless you include the agents provocateurs. I suggest you contact the Mercers to get a line on them.
What will they tell their grandchildren?
Current US Senators have kids, and grandkids, and great grandkids who will learn about George Washington, Paul Revere, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, and other hero’s of the American story. They will be taught American values. Lots of it they will just absorb from the ether, no matter what they hear from the family or in school.
They will eventually hear and wonder about that President who was in office when dad or granddad was in office. They’ll be able to review all of the information about his two impeachments.They’ll wonder how did dad or granddad respond? How did they vote when all the evidence—available in graphic detail from beginning to end on YouTube or whatever-was presented?
No matter what side of the political aisle you are, its pretty clear that the Democratic impeachment managers proved their case that Trump deserved to be found guilty. It will be even more stark for the next generation of internet kids. When they find out how Republican dad, or grandad, or great grandad voted, what will they think?
Tell me, Repblican Senator, who do you want your kids, your grandkids, your great grandkids to think you are? A hero? Or a villain.
I think the current Republican Senators know this. And they’re betting that in the next election, they’ll take back the Presidency and both houses, by voter suppression and gerrymandering, if nothing else. And they suppose that they’ll do so well in the new non-democratic America, and pass down to their progeny such a bountiful legacy, that this Trump-second-impeachment kerfuffel won’t matter at all to the next direct generations. Te winner, after all, gets to write the history.
I think that the current Republican Senators know they are voting to enable the next Republican/Trumpist demagogue. I think that they look forward to the increase of their own fortunes under the rule of the new order. They simply don’t care about democracy. They see government as a way to power and riches. They know that at this moment, their hands are on the levers.
Think about it. They, like you and me, cant help but be a little jealous of the lives of those who have more money or power than we do. I’d like a new car more frequently. I’d like to be able to upgrade my TV. Senators subconsciously (at least) wish they had a jet, the way George Clooney does, wish they had a private island, the way Richard Branson does. Had a massive compound in Florida, like Trump does. So they can’t help but think that using the tools at their disposal to get there is all right. Letting Trump off the hook is one of those tools.
Make no mistake, when Republican Senators vote to let Trump off the hook, they are voting to enable the transition from a democratic republic to a Hitlerian authoritarianism with themselves in positions of privilege, power, and wealth.
It’s that bad.
No means test for Covid relief!
I heard Jen Psaki at the press briefing going on right now imply that there will be an upper limit on income of $75,000 in order to get a Covid relief check. I’d just like to point out that in the San Francisco Bay Area there are many, many people working two or three jobs in order to earn enough to live in the area. Lots of them make $75,000 and still struggle. $75,000. Might sound like a lot. In many places it simply isn’t and House Democrats should understand that.
In addition, a means test requires a whole bureaucracy that itself costs money. A means test is unlikely to save enough to pay for it.
It’s a bad idea all around.
Sunday night. Rachell's not on.
Ever had one of those heavy weeks that flowed hard into a Sunday where you got up early, worked late, and got home tired, grabbed a beer, turned on the TV and Rachel’s on and you just know the shit has hit the fan. Again.
This ain’t one of those Sundays. Beer. Chips. No Rachel. All’ss right with the world.
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