There’s a nasty civil war going in in Sudan, where the ethnic Arabs are slaughtering the ethnic Africans in what looks an awful lot like genocide.. Nobody elsewhere seems to be protest marching for or against either side. I’m not sure, but I think there might be a First World bias in our media.
There’s another civil war going on in the House of Representatives, where even his fellow Republicans have noticed what a monumental tool Matt Gaetz is. That’s why George Santos might not be the only Republican defenestrated following an ethics committee report.
Another Republican hemorrhoid on the asshole of the body politic, Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania (BTW, York, Pa., is the right up there with the most racist places in the entire USA, including the deep south), has both parties looking to replace him.
Why do people assume that in a dog-eat-dog world, they’ll be the ones doing the eating instead of being eaten? Don’t they understand that shitfaced assholes like Trump and Ron DeSantis will use them like toilet paper no matter how loyal they are? Here’s an example. DeSantis hired a guy named Peter Antonacci to serve as the chief of his “election fraud unit.” He attended a meeting with about a dozen people in DeSantis’ office in September 2022. When it ended he left the room and collapsed in a hallway of an apparent heart attack. The 74-year-old lay there dying for 24 minutes before anybody noticed or came to help, by which point he was dead. DeSantis covered this up until a FOIA request by the Florida Bulldog revealed what happened. It’s all on the security tape.
Why does Donald Trump have such a loyal following? Because he doesn’t market himself like a politician. As this story notes, “A MAGA bumper sticker often isn’t simply a statement of loyalty; it’s a cultural signifier of community much like the dancing bear bumper sticker is for a Grateful Dead fan.” I’m not sure there’s much crossover between those two communities, though.
The floor’s yours.