By Miss Kubelik
Today is Martin Luther King's actual birthday — not Monday, which is Martin Luther King Day Observed. Dr. King has been gone for more than 50 years, but it's pretty stunning, and depressing, how relevant his words remain today.
"We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free-market capitalism for the poor," he said. How true. We blame Republicans, because that's their mantra in a nutshell.
Among all the screaming headlines today about GOP and cop complicity in the January 6 insurrection, mounting daily deaths from the coronavirus, and the Administration lying about vaccine reserves, it's kind of comforting to see capitalism hard at work to punish the Trumpsters. Like the myriad corporations that are cutting off contributions to Congress members who voted to overturn the election. Or the many Trump staffers who are finding it tough to even get interviews for new jobs. Couldn't happen to nicer people.
Now, here's the latest: Dominion, the voting machine company, has gone totally badass on Trumpsters who are trashing its reputation. You may have heard about the suit for $1.3 billion that the company has brought against uber-Trumpy nutcase Sidney Powell — who, the company avers, has severely damaged its reputation. (And Dominion intends to take it to trial — delicious!) But the suit against Powell is not the only one. Looks like Dominion's been going after all sorts of right-wing idiots. And one of them has just folded in a big, big way.
The editor of the fascist website American Thinker just admitted that their Dominion allegations are total crap. "[Our] statements are completely false and have no basis in fact. Industry experts and public officials alike have confirmed that Dominion conducted itself appropriately, and that there is simply no evidence to support these claims. It was wrong for us to publish these false statements. We apologize to Dominion for all of the harm this caused them and their employees."
How fabulous is that? Well, here's more: Dominion has also sent letters to FOX "News," OANN and Newsmax, informing them of their intention to pursue legal remedies for the damage they've caused. Stand by to see if these outlets are similarly brought to their knees.
Money talks, doesn't it? Usually, the big-bucks folks aren't on the side of the American people, but when it comes to managing the fallout from Trump, it appears they are. If Dr. King were around today, he'd be 92, and we think he'd get a good laugh out of it all. We cats PURR.
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