Reality Roundup
They told you in school about freedom / But when you try to be free they never let ya / They said, “It’s easy, nothing to it” / And now the army’s out to get ya /
Sixty-nine America in terminal stasis / The air’s so thick it’s like drowning in molasses / I’m sick and tired of paying these dues / And I’m finally getting hip to the American ruse.
Yeah, but I can see the chickens coming home to roost / Young people everywhere are gonna cook their goose / Lots of kids are working to get rid of these blues / ‘Cause everybody’s sick of the American ruse.
Nobody said it better than the MC5.
Wayne Kramer, 1948-2024.
The Subject Was the Constitution
New York Times:
No, Nikki Haley, the Constitution Does Not Say That
This is the latest line of “reasoning” by insurrectionists and secessionists: The Constitution is not a document that binds the states together in law; it is a “compact” between the states and the federal government and the feds are now breaking that “compact.” Watch Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis run with this. And Haley, who’s from South Carolina, the first state to secede from the union, knows exactly how untruthful she’s being.
Learning Disabilities
Daily Kos:
Trump’s Role in Throwing Kari Lake on the Trash Heap
This is yet another lesson in Trump’s concept of loyalty. “Worship me and give me your money and I will decide when to dump you unpaid for your efforts on my behalf.” It is the first, second and third rule of Trumpville.
Honestly, why can’t Kari Lake get that through her head? Oh, I know why.
There’s a famous meme that goes like this: A man is repeatedly hitting himself on the head with a hammer. Another man asks him, naturally, why he keeps doing that. “Because it feels so good when I stop!” the man says.
The Headline You Never, Ever Expected to See in Your Lifetime (or Anyone’s)
Forbes:
DOD Confirms: Taylor Swift Is Not A Pentagon Asset (And Travis Kelce Probably Isn’t, Either)
Daily Kos:
Pentagon confirms Taylor Swift is not being used for covert deep state operations
Department spokesperson Sabrina Singh told Politico, “We know all too well the dangers of conspiracy theories, so to set the record straight—Taylor Swift is not part of a DOD psychological operation. Period.”
Deep breaths, folks. In comparison, Flat Earthers sound like they actually might make some sense.
Method Acting
Daily Kos:
Rep. Matt Gaetz wants to force House GOP to take a Trump loyalty test
Huffington Post:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Storms Out Of Hearing As Dem Lawmaker Puts Her On Blast
None of this about governing the country. It’s not even about “politics.” It’s performance art.
Don’t Take Away My Freedom to Get Killed
Daily Kos:
GOP congressman rants about car windshields being too safe
The rant by Rep. Chip Roy (Brainless-TX) was about government regulations that determine safety standards in cars (or anything else) because they make cars too expensive and hard to drive. He obviously never heard of the Corvair.
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