Think that politics are disgusting these days? Take it from us, it all started going downhill with Ronald Reagan. The guy kicked off his 1980 Presidential campaign in Philadelphia, Mississippi, a wink and a nod to the folks we now call Trumpsters, QAnons and white supremacists. (A trio of 1964 Freedom Riders were murdered there.) For a more complete discussion of Reagan's many perfidies, click here.
But we won't dwell on Ronnie beyond wishing him a happy (dead) 110th birthday. Here are a few other thoughts that are occupying us this afternoon.
Is there anything more ironic than a pro-life Republican busted for child porn?
Why do we think that Jamie Raskin and the House managers are going to share this graphic of January 6 smartphone locations at Benedict Donald's impeachment trial this week? It's like watching a swarm of locusts move from the Ellipse to Capitol Hill. Amazing!
It's also fun (and disgusting) that the right wingers pushing Trump's Big Lie only care about money. They're good with destroying our democratic system, but when it comes to losing billions from a voting-machine lawsuit, they instantly fold. Exhibit A: FOX "News" canning Lou Dobbs last night. Now that's a cancel culture we can get behind.
Finally, two members of the League of Women Voters pushed back on our recent op-ed (actually it was more of a "top"-ed) in the Albany Times-Union about the need to redistrict Elise Stefanik for her vote to cancel 81 million votes. Apparently, redistricting is not nice. We cats say, tough. The Republicans abandoned their oaths to the Constitution and voted to overturn a fair election. This is war. We cats HISS.
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