What does "Q" mean to you? To us, it's one of our favorite characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation. (See John de Lancie, above. We cats knew his real-life dad, but that's a whole 'nuther story.)
Today, it's all about QAnon, the "deep state" conspiracy mongers whom cable news and other media discovered lurking at Donald Drumpf's rally in Tampa last night. Wait — we take that back: They weren't "lurking," they were front and center, screaming approval at Drumpf's standard spewings, and hurling threats and obscene gestures at the press.
And of course, reporters like Jim Acosta from CNN and columnists like Margaret Sullivan at The Washington Post are appalled. Well, join the club, kids. What took you so long?
Can it be possible that the press is just now figuring out that the dark forces tapped and marshaled by Trump are dangerous? The Trumpsters' aggression was on full display throughout the presidential campaign, egged on by the candidate. Not only that, but Vladimir Putin, whom Trump so fervently admires, assassinates journalists. How many reporters have to get shot in elevators before people like Acosta and his ilk wake up and smell the coffee?
"I’m very worried that the hostility whipped up by Trump and some in conservative media will result in somebody getting hurt," Acosta tweeted last night, brow very furrowed, we're sure. Where was he when Trump supporters were pushing and punching black people in 2016? Jim, you are white and clueless. We cats HISS.
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