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T L Mills's avatar

You have a gift for written imagery that would be difficult to match! Thank you for the amusement and chuckles I got from your descriptions (the bit about the vibe in the current WH being akin to dinner with the Skeksis was obscure but totally priceless!) and the photos of Vance's sartorial "fails" were also worth the read!!!

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I Hate this Timeline's avatar

This piece left out Vance's Usha problem. I expect her to be gone in the not too distant future.

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T L Mills's avatar

I'm expecting her to boot that useless piece of fake hillbilly garbage out her and her children's lives, any time now.

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ludus's avatar

Crabs in a bucket!

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T L Mills's avatar

Skeksis!!! You had to watch the "The Dark Crystal" which came out in 1982...but the scene of the banquet with a group of Skeksis was unforgettable!

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Way Left of Center's avatar

"...they are going to lie face-down in the dirt and start clawing their way to Hell so they can be there to nod at his next edict."

MILK-NOSE

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Tom's avatar

With my best George Takei inflection, "Ooooh my!"

Trump should have them dress up in professional wrestling attire and throw the three of them into the ring together, complete with a folding chair.

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Rad's avatar

Your two posts this morning are a brilliant outline of all the piece-parts we have been trying to sift through the past many months. Thank you!

I have posted a link to your pieces on my blog.

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Rad's avatar

This is an absolutely fantastic breakdown of "what happens next". It jibes with what I have read, researched, witnessed.

I don't think it will come to a "Big Beautiful Obituary" first (LOVE that thought), I think it will be more a "removal from power" thing, probably sooner than later.

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RRJKR's avatar

JD heard that high water was expected. Beardo!

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Resource NW's avatar

I saw Thunderdome referenced, Any one go for Evita yet?

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Tessie's avatar

"Miller pairs his amsirahc with a simmering malevolence that scares the feeble into making poor decisions."

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I like to pair mine with a platter of brie and seasonal fruits, perhaps a few almonds.

Oh, no, wait.

That's Armagnac.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Ali. It's been a while since we had a guest post, and I love it. Looking forward to Part II.

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Kelly Miller's avatar

M hm he

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John Boyd's avatar

Why, why, why do people ascribe the shit that is happening to the mind of a man who has always been stupid and is now in obvious mental decline?

The Christian Nationalist Fascists in the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society are the Dr. Evil of the extermination of democracy playing out before our eyes.

Trump is just the shit-filled diaper racist face that was needed to gain the trust of the double digit IQ mob needed to grab the political power that the Tea Party failed to achieve.

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Parakeetist's avatar

The Bible is not the law in this country.

The Consitution is.

Who said even these Christians speak for all Christianity?

I'm waiting...

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Peter T Hooper's avatar

Every time I look at a photo of Miller I can’t help seeing a target. As much as I despise the other Trump lackeys (and the Big Round Orange Head himself), I don’t think of them this way.

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diogenez's avatar

This is beautifully written.

Thank you.

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Timberjack's avatar

I wouldn't dismiss Don Jr. You know that little coke slut wants daddy's job, and you know what? I could absolutely see at least part of the cult clamping on to Jr. after biology takes its course with pops. I could see the right wing propa-media anoint him as the successor because he's got the name. Sure, he doesn't have the same je ne sais quoi as pops, but he's a pretty good troll.

As far as Miller and Vought...well, if there's ever another J6 - maybe once enough of the MAGA base is unemployed and starving after the economy finally gives way - I could see the mob being real interested in finding those two, and the outcome would be very, very ugly for them.

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