Books of revelations?

This morning, I've seen several reports concerning former so-called precedent Whuzzatsmell that were more encouraging than discouraging:

• The criminal trial that's underway was originally referred to as the hush money trial, but it's now becoming clearer that the case is really about stealing the 2016 election.
• Whuzzatsmell is in trouble in Pennsylvania, a state he probably must win to have a chance. In the PA primary yesterday, Nikki Haley, whose name was still on the ballot though she ended her campaign weeks ago, received roughly 17 percent of the vote. This is additional proof that Don Old's MAGA support is eroding.
• The Secret Service is apparently ready to coordinate with correction facility administrators on plans to protect Whuzzatsmell if he's locked up for continued violations of gag orders (or jury verdicts).
• The election that Joe won was definitely not rigged. The election that Whuzzatsmell won was the rigged election.
  

Seeing Some Improvement

As a nice change of pace, not all of today's news is depressing.

Useless Alabama dipshit Tommy Tuberville has finally relinquished his position as main Senate obstructionist.

Major news media organizations (New York Times and Washington Post) are beginning to focus on the threat to American democracy posed by Donald Blunderbuss instead of covering him as just another Republican politician.

At least one House MAGA moron has publicly admitted the Biden impeachment movement in the House is a stunt being staged to give Blunderbuss some ammo in next year's campaign debates.

Gymbo Jordan should be mopping floors as a custodian instead of doing of what he's doing, which is making himself look foolish. 

Q NOTES # K+20: Friday PM Comedy

Any time Dumold Pudd or any other prominent MAGA Monkeys are taking it up the posterior orifice, it's good for a laugh and makes my day a little better. The latest examples are as follows: 

• Sean Hannity was finally forced to be truthful in a deposition, and he boldly admitted that he NEVER believed any of that horse shit about the 2020 election being stolen by fraudulent methods, not for one second. Now the other MAGA Monkeys are turning against his ass.
• All those IRS income tax returns that Pudd desperately tried to conceal so long (at least six years worth, from 2015-2020) are now available to the public for casual examination. 
• Speaking of Pudd, he's now threatening to run in 2024 as a third party candidate if he isn't the MAGA Monkey party's nominee. This is almost certainly more ridiculous bullshit meant to frighten people he needs more than they need him. Even so, it's something nice to think about: If Pudd siphoned off 25 percent of the MAGA Monkey vote, the only candidate who could win the election would be the Democrat.
  

Q NOTES # 920: Where It Hurts

New York AG Letitia James has landed a massive kick where it really hurts to the Waste of Shit and his rotten spawn with a $250,000,000 civil lawsuit, not to mention potential criminal referrals for fraud and other financial crimes. Read about it here.

It may take time to know for sure, but being destroyed financially might be worse than prison for the Waste of Shit and members of his organized crime family. 

The party once known as Republican (R) was more or less monolithic until a few years ago, with a lot of marching in lockstep and uniform support of a disgusting but clear agenda. The agenda now has been stripped down to this: complete loyalty to the Waste of Shit, and unequivocal support for whatever he's thinking at the moment.

It seems to be getting harder to keep everybody on the same page when the agenda mainly exists in the depraved mind of a sociopath, and can change by the hour. The best interests of America would be served if the whole trumplickan clusterfuck disintegrated in the mushroom clouds of two historic electoral defeats (in 2022 and 2024).

Update 12:02 AM: The Don Hole dances down a bunny trail to his private Fantasyland.

Q NOTES # 897: Monday News, Briefly

Hey, lady judge appointed by the waste of shit, take your special master plan and stick it where the sun never shines. 

In 2020, the feds warned Facebook about Russian propaganda that misrepresented facts about Hunter Biden. Facebook responded by exercising caution, so naturally the waste of shit wants (a) to be reinstated, or (b) a brand new election held immediately. The real issue here is whether the waste of shit is (a) incredibly stupid, or (b) criminally insane, or (c) both. He'll say or do anything to attract media attention, so (c) is the correct answer.

The waste of shit (and mini-waste of shit Lindsey Graham) are spreading the word: If Donny Docs is indicted on espionage charges, his followers will stage violent riots in protest. We may as well have about 1,000 or so bulldozers ready to scoop up any MAGA monkeys who are rioting because it appears indictment is inevitable.

Q NOTES # 891: More of the Same Stuff

Let's face facts: If wasting the time of courts and judges with silly chickenshit lawsuits was appropriately punished as a felony, Dimwit Donnie Docs would have been in prison for at least two years already.

The waste of shit has a basic repertoire of stunts he's been using for years, and some of them worked for him when he was only shopping real estate or playing a business tycoon on a TV reality show (i.e., was someone that most people ignored most of the time). After he dove headfirst into the pool of national politics, his constant repetition of the same old stunts soon became tiresome.

One of his reliable standbys has been management by chaos, and since the waste of shit is the de facto manager of the Trumplickan party, it's no surprise that things are chaotic among the bottom feeders.

A question that's raised frequently wherever liberals congregate? That would be "Is Donny Docs really the Antichrist?" 

The short answer would be "No, he's much, much worse than that."

The waste of shit's life just isn't as much fun without the ability to abuse executive privilege any more. Let's talk about some crimes involving espionage.

Thinking those happy thoughts again, are we?

Q NOTES # 794: Mid-Week Mumbling

Well, that was quick. Maddie Cawthorn lost in the N.C. primary yesterday, and won't be returning to Congress in 2023. Good riddance to that worthless fart.

Every time some deranged right-wing terrorist commits a politically-motivated felony (shooting spree, bombing, etc), some Trumplickan nitwits start looking for the TV cameras and microphones to vehemently protest the politicization of a tragedy by liberals. Their bullshit is totally predictable.

Updated 12:42 PM Thursday: In the PA Trumplickan primary, the Oz lead is dwindling, bringing Donnie Dump forth to demand the vote-counting be terminated while Oz is still ahead.

Q NOTES # 766: Twenty Questions? Maybe.

First question: Why are Trumplicans so terrified by public school education and many of the books in public school libraries?

Second question: Speaking of Trumplicans, why is it customary to say cleaning up or cleaning out, but not cleaning down or cleaning in? This question occurred to me when I concluded that since Trumplicans can never be cleaned up, they need to be cleaned out.

Third question: How many things will Empty Greene say she cannot believe in the next two days? She's not taking the lawsuit against her very well.

Q NOTES # 712: Frosty Friday

Another day of miserably cold weather is keeping me indoors where it's warmer, and there isn't much good news in the places where I look to find it. One headline informs me that Joe has settled on his first nominee for a seat on the Supreme Court. Another says that several DA's in Texas have announced they won't comply with the latest bullshit directive issued by pathetic weakling Greg a Butt (with assistance of indicted felon/AG Kenny Boy Paxton), intended to make life difficult for transgender children and their families.

Trumpunklicans are lining up behind the fat mental case with hair the color of dried snot in publicly supporting Putin and Russia against the United States. The list of anti-American Putin admirers includes the prime time talking heads at Fox News (Carlson in particular), plus Mike (Maniac) Flynn, Rafael (Turd) Cruz, Mike (Porky) Pompeo, Steve (Slob) Bannon. and more of the usual suspects.

Trumpunklican politicians and TV personalities make their living off of mental defectives, or are mental defectives themselves, or both.

The latest feeble argument from Trumpunklicans is largely based on a silly assertion that Russia wouldn't have invaded Ukraine if Pudd had won instead of Joe in 2020. Those who paid attention understand that Pudd spent four years as so-called precedent (sic) doing everything possible to expedite Putin's foreign policy agenda, and is at least an active Russian asset. If he was in the White House, Pudd would still be facilitating Putin's effort to make Russian domination of the world a reality, short of grabbing a machine gun and helmet himself (and maybe even that too).

Q NOTES # 655: Short Cuts 83

Thoughts for the next-to-last day of the year: There's no reason Rand Paul should hold any position in federal or state government. He's worthless, but he's not as repulsive as that skank Empty Greene.

In case anyone has forgotten about the stunning depths of Trumplican stupidity, keep in mind that those worthless assholes believe they're making a convincing argument that Joe is responsible for the most recent surge in COVID cases. Their underlying assumption seems to be that the rest of us are as stupid and depraved as they are.

Q NOTES # 639: Short Cuts 81

With only the information that's currently available about the who, what, when, where, why and how of the coup attempt being investigated by the House select committee, we've already satisfied the "beyond a reasonable doubt" requirement necessary for the guilty verdicts.

Let's face facts. None of this bullshit happens if Cheez Dick quietly concedes Joe's victory as soon as all the networks call it on 11/13/2020.

Q NOTES # 613: Short Cuts 75

Dim Doohickey has been ridiculed for several years because he kept promising a beautiful infrastructure bill would be passed soon, maybe next week. Of course, he didn't actually have any beautiful bills of any kind, just more TV reality show crap for the entertainment of the dullest, densest human trash on earth. 

Now Joe has gotten a massive infrastructure bill passed, and a lot of voters are happy, even some in red states. Joe's bill was passed with several (R) votes in the House. In effect, people who are supposed to be loyal Trumplicans did something that makes Joe more popular, making Doohickey look ridiculous again. Want to guess who has piss yellow hair and is super pissed off at a certain member of the House from West Virginia?

Even Rupert Murdoch realizes the transformation of Republicans into Trumplicans (with no agenda except catering to Doohickey's whims, fantasies and obsessions) isn't healthy for the party's future.

Q NOTES # 598: Short Cuts 70

Demoralized Democrats don't definitely dictate doom. Maybe it's too soon to open a vein, after the disappointment in Virginia last night. There are Democrats who won't vote if Dimito Assolini isn't on the ballot, even if one of his trained lap monkeys is.

If every person who voted strictly on the basis of their fear and stupidity was disqualified, Democrats would win every election by 98.6 % to 1.4 %.

It may take a little time to sink in, but the only notable Trumplican win yesterday was the lap monkey (Youngkin) taking the VA governorship, which he accomplished by overtly putting as much distance as possible between himself and Dimito Assolini. What are the ramifications for future elections, and Asolini's domination?

What I really want to see is this: Most Trumplican politicians, including some in the reddest of the red states, putting miles of space between themselves and Assolini. How would The Big Crapper react to a distinct message that nobody wants or needs him anymore? I think it would be must-watch entertainment.

Q NOTES # 582: Short Cuts 66

Hullabaloo @ why we need to be reminded once or twice per week that America's crawling with christian dominion extremists. They're everywhere, and their principal goals make them enemies of U.S. democracy and freedom. Every election for the next two decades (or more) needs to be primarily about ensuring that none of these assholes ever win any seat at any level of government. 

More @ Hullabaloo regarding urination and why it's back in the news this week. If there's any lesson the last few years have taught me, it's that nothing is so depraved that Assolini would never be capable of doing it. With him and his most faithful followers, there's no such thing as finally scraping the bottom of the barrel.   

Politicus USA @ Hmmm... apparently there's some video. Former guy Donnie Doohickey was delighted with the size of the terrorist mob on January 6th.

Q NOTES # 576: Short Cuts 63

Online news pages today are filled with bad news about so much bad news in the news. The same media outlets that consistently portrayed what was going on in Assolini's White House and Moscow Mitch's Senate as merely normal politics are now full of gloom and doom about a steep decline in Joe's approval rating, among other things.

First of all, the numbers don't lie: The recently updated national Basic Stupidity Rate establishes that at least 47.4 percent of American voters are dumber than dirt. The same worthless assholes who believe Assolini was exactly what America needed will never look favorably upon anything Joe does. When his approval was in the 53 percent range a few months ago, things were about as good as they were gonna get for Joe.

Second of all, Joe has been catching too much hell for his effort to clean up messes left for him in Afghanistan by the former guy (and ignored by the media). Finally, there are too many red states that will happily prolong the COVID pandemic if it will keep Joe's approval rating below 49 percent.

There are matters presently being heated over low flames that may cause a significant shift in the national mood when they start to boil: the 1/6 committee investigation, the Biden legislative agenda, and the prosecution of Assolini for all sorts of criminal activity. There are plenty of people who despise Trumplicans who are getting edgy waiting for major stuff to start happening. I know this because I'm one of them.

Bannon blowing off a subpoena issued by the 1/6 committee? Manchin and Sinema stalling the Biden agenda in the Senate? Prolonged investigation of Assolini's financial crimes in New York? Red state assholes like Greg A-Butt and Rafael (Ted) Cruz in general? It's a miracle that I'm as happy as I am (which is, not so much).

Q NOTES # 570: Short Cuts 60

I read this thing @ Crooks and Liars about zany shenanigans taking place in Idaho, and it made me pause and wonder: Are there any red states that aren't controlled by hardcore right-wing lunatics and/or mental defectives?

Bookmarked for future reference @ electoral-vote.com: There's a lot of posturing and performance art, particularly on the Trumplican side, concerning the debt ceiling. How will this all play out, and will we survive? Moscow Mitch thinks that wrecking the economy now will be politically advantageous for Trumplicans next year? Apparently.

Is there any goddamned reason why Herschel Walker is qualified to serve in the U.S. Senate? The fact that Herschel and Dummito Assolini go way, way back to the days of the failed United States Football League (early 1980's) doesn't count as a qualification.

No surprise that Dummito Assolini is back to hugs and kisses for his Pence puppy. He needs the media to be focused on anything other than the investigation of his attempted coup on 1/6.

These day, the motto of the Trumplican Party is "Misinformed and damned proud of it." It's staggering to see how much worse these people have gotten after four years of a so-called precedent (sic) who turned the office into an around-the-clock TV reality show, with chaos and total bullshit being essential to produce good ratings.

Q NOTES # 556: Short Cuts 52

Former guy Donnie Dump and pillow pusher Mike Lindell get press coverage every time they make a statement that's an obvious lie. Since they both thrive on being in the media spotlight, there's no incentive to tell the truth. Lindell has revised his bullshit prediction repeatedly; his newest version is that the Supreme Court will probably throw Joe out of the White House in November, and replace him with the Dumpster, based on evidence that only Mike Lindell can provide. He's promising the court will vote 9-0 to hear the case he wants to present.

The Democratic governor of Kentucky ordered all school districts in the state to require masks. The Republican legislature then repealed the governor's mask mandate. Since the repeal, all but six of the 171 school districts have reinstated mask mandates. This suggests that Kentucky might not be as hopelessly fucked up as sending Moscow Mitch and Rand Paul to the U.S. Senate would indicate. Certainly not as fucked up as Texas. (summary of report in Washington Post daily electronic newsletter).

Anti-vax yahoos continue to get infected and fill up hospital beds, including some who are well-known celebrities in certain right-wing yahoo social circles. It seems like this would motivate more of the anti-vaxxers to go ahead and get the damn shots. Instead, it seems like many of them would rather get sick, maybe die, than betray the MAGA cult. An article @ Daily Kos today offers a hint regarding what's going on here. This is a key excerpt:

 "...it's been very important for Republicans to differentiate this pandemic disease from all the others, because this was the pandemic disease that was allowed to kill a half million Americans under the bored watch of an incompetent pathological liar the party had hitched its entire reputation to." 

As much as anything I've read, that explains why Trumplicans continue to treat COVID like it's no big deal. Remember when the Dump told them COVID would go away on its own? Maybe Mike Pence believed that shit, like he apparently believes Donny Nacho will sit by quietly while Mike runs for the White House in '24.

Donny Nacho lives by the motto, "Tell 'em lies as long as they'll pay to hear 'em." Another motto: "When in doubt, try filing another lawsuit."

Q NOTES # 546: Short Cuts 48

For more years than I want to admit, I spent too much time finding reasons to hate Gov. George W. Bush, and later, President George W. Bush. The last five years of being bombarded every day by Donnie Dump's insanity, corruption, incompetence, ignorance, or sheer evil has caused me to moderate my assessment of Bush 43. His 9/11 statement that foreign terrorists and domestic terrorists have things in common was perceptive and timely.

Everything we need to know about Deranged Donnie is captured @ Juanita Jean's blog in a post about about how the fat, worthless degenerate spent the day on the twentieth anniversary of 9/11. If you guessed he tried to make everything mainly about himself and his grievances, congratulations.

Update 6:44 PM Monday 9/13: Now Deranged Donny is trying to sell America on the idea that his followers are balking at COVID vaccinations because they don't trust Joe. The four years this huge snot bubble spent in the White House was about as close as the United States has come to Nazi Germany in my lifetime. Compared to Deranged Donny, Joe's the most trustworthy human being alive today.

Q NOTES # 535: Short Cuts 42

Speaking strictly for myself, the Taliban in Afghanistan doesn't worry me nearly as much as the version in the United States. In today's news there are reports about an extremely radical law enacted by the Texas Taliban to abolish abortion, and a move by the Supreme Court that allows the Texas law to take effect. Then there are other reports that the U.S. white supremacy lunatics (who are proof that there's nothing supreme about white people) like what the Taliban achieved in Afghanistan so much, they'll use it as a model for the civil war they want here.

At least two of the RepubliQAns wasting oxygen in the House, McCarthy and Empty Greene, are making idle threats again. They're vowing to exact revenge if telecom companies turn over records to the 1/6 Committee which prove they were ass-deep in criminal insurrection.

Q NOTES # 516: Short Cuts 32

Anyone paying attention to the news these days understands the country is in bad shape and things are getting worse. The COVID pandemic, climate change, and attacks on our American democracy are major problems, but it's impossible to find more than a few RepubliQAns who are willing to do anything that would improve the situation. 

In fact, if you're facing a major crisis and really want things to get even more fucked up, just call in a group of Texas (R) politicians, and tell them to work on solutions.

Updated 2:22 PM Friday 13 August: With a single move, The Handmaid has stunned the wretched Trump Lump Nation.

RepubliQAn members of the U.S. House only need to win a primary in a gerrymandered district tailored to protect their incumbency, so they can generally be as lowdown, rotten and worthless as they choose to be, since their reelection is virtually a sure thing. On the other hand, RepubliQAn members of the U.S. Senate must win statewide elections, meaning that if most of the voters in their state are in the decent human being category, their options are limited. Eventually, they need to walk a thin line to avoid completely alienating large numbers of the decent human beings. In a party in which most of the dependable voters worship a fat stinking turd like the former guy, this poses a dilemma. How do you appeal to the decent humans without alienating the turd worshipers? And vice versa?  

Apparently Ron Bloom was appointed by the former guy to be chairman of the U.S. Postal Service board of governors because Bloom's as corrupt as all the other former guy appointees, trumping the fact he's a Democrat. 

Final update: It's 11:52 PM on Friday, August 13th, and Joe is still the president. The fat stinking turd has missed another deadline for reinstatement.