If you’ve been around this website for the previous few years you KNOW I’ve been pointing out the republican “deficit hawks” will return to Congress as soon as there’s another democrat in the “White House.” Well, we’re seeing that prediction playing out in “real time” as we draw closer to the day when individual 1 will have to be dragged out of the residence he’s now defiling. Democrats have been pushing for much more substantial support for “we the people” since last May and, of course, Moscow Mitch has been the one standing in the way. Of course, he’s got a bunch of rich, mean, thoughtless republicans who’ve been going along all the way, including the two republicans running for the two seats in the runoffs in Georgia, those who sold (and bought) stock soon after hearing of the coronavirus pandemic (and before their constituents knew about it). So, somehow McConnell agreed to a “watered down” version of the Covid-19 relief legislation which will be sending most of us middle class Americans $600 which I DON’T need, BUT that is much too little (and possibly too late) for about 20 MILLION Americans who’ve been out of work since last March.
Tonight, Bernie Sanders is filibustering the Senate’s ability to override the VETO of the Defense Appropriation Act which was vetoed by individual 1 – the first time in 60 years the bill has hit a “snag” and Mr. Sanders has vowed to keep up the filibuster until McConnell agrees to allow the House bill which, in agreement with our IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING president, calls for $2000 per American’s with an income of less than $75,000. Of course, that defense bill is something which would cause McConnell nightmares if it were not to pass and it would be kind of the “icing on the cake” as to our dysfunctional Congress. When the House passes something with a 2/3 MAJORITY, and 78% of Americans support it, but McConnell is all which stands in the way – well, that’s where we are (and have been) in America. (OK, I wrote this a few days ago and, surprise surprise, the defense bill has been passed and no $2000 checks) This is a “marker” for Joe Biden who seems to think he’s going to be able to work with republicans.
Tell that to Josh Hawley, the Junior Senator from Missouri who is planning to “object” to Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory on January 6th, causing a bit of confusion as Biden crosses the last obstacle to the inauguration ceremony. Of course, his “objection” will be fruitless because the House will not go along with this anti-democratic “play” even if the Senate would – which is also unlikely. So, why would he do this? OK, I know this will surprise you, but add one more right wing potential fascist to the line which is forming from republicans who want to be the nominee in 2024. Only in America. I hope Mr. Hawley gets a “scarlet letter” embedded on his forehead – short of that, I hope those of us who are thankful the nightmare of the last four years is soon to be over do NOT forget. I’ve already put Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Tom Cotton, along with the 126 members of the House who joined the fascist Texas lawsuit intended to overturn our election on the “do NOT forget” list. (Yes, time moves fast in America, now the group of SEDITIOUS republican Senators numbers 13 and there are supposedly well over 100 in the House. OMG, America is teetering on 3rd world status)
These republicans continue with this anti-American behavior because the members of the cult continue going along with it. I wrote the other day about all the people who are now switching from Fox “news” to “Newsmax” and the STUPID stuff which continues to flow from their mouths, but eventually, people are going to realize they’ve been hoodwinked and they’ll be falling off the “wagon.” This is why I’ve been supporting the “Lincoln Project” – a bunch of (mostly) former republicans who are part of the “conservatives” who helped vote individual 1 out of office.
Speaking of STUPID “stuff” coming out of someone’s mouth, how about individual 1’s call to the Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger just a few days ago now. In that call our IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING president committed another three or four FELONIES which, I’m sure, he believes he will “get away” with because democrats don’t have the spine to hold him accountable. I’m sure he’s planning to “pardon himself” which has been reported many times over the past couple of years, but the constitutional experts I’ve listened to (plus my reading of the constitution) have universally said a president (even an IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING president) can NOT pardon himself! Legal theory has been clear for over 500 years – you CAN’T be a judge in your own case!
That being said, I’m sure the members of individual 1’s cult could care less. They don’t care about any of the incompetence we’ve seen for the past four years. They don’t care about the racism – the ones who support individual 1 and say, incredulously to any one who would ask, “I’m not a racist,” they either ignore or don’t care about all the “dog whistle” racist ginning up of the right wing militias across this nation by individual 1. I have one acquaintance who supports individual 1 who said to me, “He’s the last chance we have for a conservative in the “White House.” (my quotes) I said, “you need to stop watching Fox “news.” Of course, he denied watching Fox although subsequently in the conversation he referred to Fox’s lead propagandist as “Sean.” There’s a lot of ignorance in this nation – much of it willful.
And, individual 1 just isn’t going to stop. Whether it’s that his narcissism is so acute he feels a need to dominate the headlines EVERY day, or if, as I’ve suspected, it’s the mob boss in him attempting to prevent the obvious – that he’s a LOSER, or BOTH – it’s just going to keep coming at us for another 15 days and who knows how outrageous will be his actions. Last night, in a rambling speech in Georgia – which was mostly about his own grievances – he inferred that Mike Pense will “come through for us.” Of course, he was suggesting Pense has the power to overthrow the “will of the people” on January 6th when the Congress will affirm the results of the Electoral College. (Despite the efforts of the republican SEDITION caucus) Pense has NO power to do anything which would determine who won the November election.
Of course, if you’ve been listening carefully to the words coming from the mouth of our IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING president, you would have heard him suggest there are “other ways” we can accomplish our goals “but, hopefully we won’t need them.” Here’s what I believe that means: I believe individual 1 is going to attempt to follow the advice of Mike Flynn and call out the military after declaring “martial law.” I’ve been writing about the need to vote republicans into the history books for over 10 years! They just keep providing more proof I’ve been correct!
Not only has individual 1 been ignoring the FACT a once in a century pandemic has engulfed our nation (and, is getting worse by the day) and his supporters don’t care – there will be over 400,000 dead Americans from the virus by the day individual 1 is out of office on January 20th and it will take MONTHS for the Biden administration to get it under control. And, individual 1’s supporters won’t care. The republican Senate has BLOCKED aid to all those who’ve been affected by the pandemic – people who are without money, food, power, and who knows what else – and individual 1’s supporters don’t care. Our IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING president has been doing the bidding of Vladimir Putin for the past four years, including ignoring Russian bounties on our troops in Afghanistan, his supporters don’t care.
Individual 1 has (credibly) LIED something like 250,000 times to “we the people” since taking office back in 2017. That REALLY bothers me, but his supporters don’t care. I have watched him at rallies on several occasions when I KNOW he’s LYING through his teeth to his (uneducated voters) and they cheer him on. Let me tell you, people like him – the organized crime types – will just keep getting worse as long as they are allowed to violate the laws with impunity – in this case LYING with impunity. This is why it is so IMPERATIVE this thug faces accountability once he’s no longer protected by the OLC memo written back in the days of “Watergate.” (And, by the way, in that same “memo” was a “memo” from the OLC stating a “president can NOT pardon himself”)
Final Thought: I’m going to publish this rant without re-reading and editing because, well, that’s what I often do. It’s not how I taught my sixth graders – I’ll re-read it later. (I’ve got to go to the doctor) Today is the runoff election in Georgia and, obviously, I hope the democrats win, but I believe that’s a real longshot despite “we the people” will be much better off without Moscow Mitch in charge of the Senate. Let’s hope the republican Secretary of State remains vigilent despite individual 1’s attacks and threats and lets hope neither he or the other republican officials in Georgia are the victims of any violence should the democrats win these runoff elections. (And, it’s possible only one of the democrats might win)