(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . What A Week! [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-22 There are no consequences for the Trumpster. Trump keeps trying to assure himself of that as reality threatens him with death by a thousand cutting pleas. Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell have both plead guilty and have agreed to testify truthfully about the defendants in Georgia's RICO case. Since I do not have weak olfactory receptors or a stomach strong enough to tolerate what is being served up by the Fox disinformation factory, I do not know how anyone at Fox is reacting to those pleas. Still I cannot help amusing myself by imagining Sean (insanity) Hannity babbling about Cheesy and Sleazy rolling over on Trump. Hannity is probably also claiming that Judge Arthur Engoron is violating Trump's right to free speech by threatening Trump with incarceration and sanctioning Trump $5,000 for violating the gag order. It seems that Hannity is not afraid of someone yelling fire in a crowded theater, or more likely, he is more afraid of someone yelling “you're fired” if he does not feed the beasts enough crap to keep attracting them. In regard to the Republican members congress, the headline should probably be “What A Weak...! It is difficult to imagine anyone weaker than the eighty some odd Republican members of congress who during a private meeting voted against making Jim Jordan the speaker of the house and then voted for Jordan in the public vote taken on the house floor. Miraculously twenty or so Republican representatives have apparently strapped on prosthetic spinal columns and are standing up to the fascist MAGAts by voting against Jordan when it counts. I would like to say that those Republicans who are standing up grew a spine, but that remains to be seen. We still do not have a functioning congress, and those twenty some odd members who opposed Jordan have the power fix that if working with the Democrats for the good of the nation is not a spine too far! Not A Clue! The one thing that has been far too evident for too long is that the base MAGAs do not have a clue. They honestly do not know that supporting Jim Jordan, the cowardly wrestling coach who refused to do anything to protect his students from a sexually abusive team doctor, the congressman who wants to ban all abortions without exception, the congressman who opposes social security and medicare, the dullard who opposes aiding Ukraine, is likely to cost their party congressional seats. But I guess if you are a fascist you believe the leader will rid you of the need to hold those pesky elections, and that you can demonstrate the need to install the great leader now by forcing our country to board the crazy train to dysfunction junction. It is a playbook that has worked for despots in other countries, but this is America. As a candidate I would salivate at the prospect of running against this dysfunctional Republican congress in general, and tail gunner Jim Jordan in particular. Most Americans are smart enough to agree with the guy who says you do not have to burn down the house to get rid of the termites. Americans are also protective of their reproductive rights and earned benefits programs. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/22/2200954/-What-A-Week?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/