By Baxter
Really satisfying news today: In its continuing reversals of ignorant, hateful, gratuitously cruel, or just plain stupid Trump policies, the Biden Administration has decreed that yes, US embassies can indeed fly the Pride flag if they so choose. Hooray! Now, can our diplomatic corps get back to dealing with serious international issues — instead of being forced to hate on LGBTQ folks?
As if that weren't enough, though, this delicious story about a January 6 insurrectionist will have us laughing all through the weekend. It seems that one of the Trumpy rioters, feeling lusty after storming the Capitol, bragged about his exploits to a woman on the dating app Bumbler. "I made it all the way into Statuary Hall!" Robert Chapman told his potential date, and went on to boast about the media interviews he did.
The woman replied, "We are not a match." And then she called police. When the FBI identified him on video from Insurrection Day, they closed in. Chapman goes on trial May 19.
We love this so much. Sure, you can laugh about how stupid the guy was to brag on a dating app, and to put a Capitol riot photo on his Face Thing profile, et cetera. But what truly impresses us is the swift precision with which the woman extricated herself from the conversation. It was so brutal that Chapman was left with nothing to say except "I suppose not."
Words are powerful — and when you use just a few at a time, straight to the point, they can really cut. Or, in this case, castrate a clueless Trumpster. We cats PURR.
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