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So Much Stupid, So Little Time

March 8, 2021

What passed for reality between June 16, 2015 and January 20, 2021 was unlike anything we have seen in this country in our lifetime. The last administration may have provided ludicrous, redundant tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, who just happen to be almost exclusively white males, but it taxed the fuck out of most of us. Economically, emotionally, and physically. I think I am suffering from Post Turmp Stress Disorder: There are still times when I start twitching for a moment when I hear the words “The president said…”

As usual, the latest prediction/delusion from the all-powerful Q failed to materialize spectacularly. For some reason the Earth did not swallow up Joe Biden and Donald Turmp was not inaugurated on March 4th. Next up for Q-anon – mixing up some cocktails for the return of the Hale-Bopp Comet.

Kill The Bill

When last we met, multi-millionaire senator Ron “Undaunted Dumbass” Johnson (R-WTF) was poised to exercise his right as both senator and fucking asshole to have senate clerks read aloud the 628-page COVID-19 relief package – the American Rescue Plan Act – on a mostly empty senate floor. Johnson, having invoked this idiotic stunt, was required to personally sit through the entire proceeding. This stunning and futile gesture wasted the nation’s time from around 3:20 p.m. Thursday to just past 2:00 a.m. on Friday.

Ron Johnson cuts off his own nuts as the bill prevailed

Johnson, the most delusional senator currently serving, if not of all time, who repeatedly reads conspiracy theories, and Russian propaganda into the record, insisted on this fruitless exercise because he wanted the American people to see just how horrible this rescue package was. Needless to say, just shy of no one witnessed this latest Ratpublican assault on poor and middle class Americans, democracy and common sense. It would not be surprising to learn that Johnson was ignorant of (among countless other things) the fact that 79% of the American public, including 60% of Republicans, view Biden’s proposal favorably. Probably because they desperately need the help this bill provides in order to survive. Did you hear that Joe Manchin?

Manchin caused debate on the literally life-saving legislation (which stands to cut child poverty in half) to come to a grinding halt for nine hours on Friday while he decided whether or not to screw his fellow Democrats and the American public who elected Biden and Democrats generally because of the promise of passing legislation like the American Rescue Plan Act and side with Mitch Fucking McConnell and the racist, classist, fascist Ratpublicans, who have proven more and more with each passing day, that they absolutely despise people of color, people of low economic standing, and democracy.

Funny thing, once the reading ended and Johnson left the floor, Democrats jumped in and changed the time allotted for debate on the bill from 20 hours to three. And there were no Ratpublicans there to object, so the change will stand. So, in the end Johnson instead of delaying the inevitable passage of the bill by eleven hours, managed to speed the process up by six hours.

In the end, Manchin’s indecent indecision managed to get Ratpublicans their six hours (plus three more) of time wasting before finally siding with his own party, so I guess he can at least feel proud about that. And as everyone in Washington, DC knew all along, the bill made it through the Senate. Not one single Ratpublican, neither in the Senate or the House voted with 76% of Americans to pass Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act. Fuck ‘em all.

Millionaires Murder Minimum Wage

In addition to Manchin, six other Democrats (plus Independent Angus King) voted against raising the federal minimum wage to the recommended and still paltry $15/hour (which would be raised incrementally, making all of this even more pathetic). Considering how many hours a week these people actually do the people’s work, it would be great to see how well they would survive on $7.25/hour – the federal minimum wage since 2009, which is worth about $8.84 today. Unfortunately, this increase is smaller than the inflation rate during that time, so that $7.25 is actually worth around $6.00. Two-thirds of Americans, none of whom are millionaires, favor the raise. See the net worth of the eight Dem senators who voted against raising the minimum wage:

Sinema, not yet a millionaire, but senators “earn” $174,000/yr

One More Stupid Fucking Thing

Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-Nazi Germany), at the tender age of 25 is already a true Ratpublican. He appears to have been a serial sexual assaulter, has lied about practically every aspect of his life story, and loves him some Nazis. Cawthorn went on a pilgrimage to Adolph Hitler’s (yes, that Adolph Hitler) mountain retreat – the Eagle’s Nest in 2017. He posted several gleeful and triumphant selfies on Instagram, referring to Hitler as the Fuhrer (including the umlaut which takes more effort than I am willing exert): “The vacation house of the Fuhrer. Seeing the Eagles Nest has been on my bucket list for awhile (sic). It did not disappoint.” I don’t even have a bucket list, but if I did, guess what would not be on it. Cawthorn later insisted, “I’m not a Nazi. I’m not a white supremacist.” Nuff said. He did not mention if some of his best friends were Nazis.

What a lucky motherfucking sonofabitch, living out his Nazi dream

The new Ratpublican wunderkind promised that his first act after being sworn in would “be to object to the Electoral College certification of the 2020 election.” A few weeks before the Capitol insurrection, Cawthorn told an audience, “Get on the phone, call your congressman, and feel free – you can lightly threaten them.” I must have missed that part of the First Amendment. Madison Cawthorn, another great self-proclaimed Nazi patriot. Someone should look into the voting irregularities that got him elected.

I. Mangrey reporting. Happy International Women's Day