Fraught For The Day

So Long, And Thanks For All The Fascism

June 23, 2022

Arizona’s Ratpublican Speaker of the House Rusty Bowers, who twice voted for Turmp, then refused to break his oath in order to do Turmp’s illegal bidding, especially in the absence of any evidence whatsoever. Bowers provided essential and riveting testimony of the constant pressure applied by Rudy Giuliani and Turmp himself. This pressure morphed into a tsunami of threats by MAGAts against Bowers and his family, and his neighbors. His neighbors? 

Bowers testified that, “You are asking me to do something that is counter to my oath…and it is a tenet of my faith that the Constitution is divinely inspired.” Could have done without that last bit, since it is patently untrue (among other things), but at least he stood up to American history’s most horrendous bully when it mattered, and testified to it under oath.

Just so we’re clear about the breadth and depth of Bowers’s devotion to the divinely-inspired Constitution and his unshakeable mission to protect said Constitution against “all enemies foreign and domestic,” Bowers later told reporters, “If he is the nominee, if he was up against Biden, I'd vote for him again.” These people are fucked in the head, and because of that, we are fucked, body and soul. Just so we’re clear then, the guy who used the Constitution to wipe his ass, and tried to overthrow what Bowers sees as our divinely-inspired government, he would vote for THAT GUY again. In a heartbeat. 

Following up on yesterday’s post, recent polling found that Americans trust Ratpublicans more than Democrats on the economy. Reflecting on just how frighteningly idiotic this is and how this history-unmaking stupidity will affect the upcoming mid-term elections (not to mention climate crisis, democracy and the global IQ), I can think of only one thing to say: it has been an honor and a pleasure knowing all of you.

Freak out…

I mean, Peace Out.

This has been your Paying Attention™ Fraught For The Day.

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