do or die

Well, that was his first mistake, one supposes....

...you have the next White House Press Secretary...

Like say, allowing actual witnesses at Trump's impeachment trial....

Watching the Republican party ......reminds me of the 1937 conference of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union, during a round of applause to honor Joseph Stalin Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn described the surreal scene in The Gulag Archipelago: “The applause went on—six, seven, eight minutes! They were done for! Their goose was cooked! They couldn’t stop now till they collapsed with heart attacks! At the rear of the hall, which was crowded, they could of course cheat a bit, clap less frequently, less vigorously, not so eagerly…Nine minutes! Ten!…Insanity! To the last man! With make-believe enthusiasm on their faces, looking at each other with faint hope, the district leaders were just going to go on and on applauding till they fell where they stood, till they were carried out of the hall on stretchers.” At last, after eleven minutes of non-stop clapping, the director of a paper factory finally decided enough was enough. He stopped clapping and sat down—a miracle! “To a man, everyone else stopped dead and sat down.” That same night, the director of the paper factory was arrested and sent to prison for ten years. Authorities came up with some official reason for his sentence, but during his interrogation, he was told: “Don’t ever be the first to stop applauding!”

If that doesn't work, Chuck can always send yet another letter.....

I dunno. Read plenty of heroic posts, where real patriots pound their keyboard, brag about their in-house arsenals, and bellow threats in an impressive manner, indeed.....

“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” 1984, George Orwell

Sure, it is a quandary for some of them. Well, Boo hoo. This is what you get when you actively sell out to chase votes from the alt-right and religious right. Aiding and abetting Trump has pretty well stripped the GOP of any dignity, decency or honesty, that existed there, in the past. It's not just Trump that has to be taken down, at this point.

GOP Sen. Murkowski 'struggling' with whether to vote for Trump https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/501139-murkowski-praises-mattis-statement-as-true-and-honest-says-shes-struggling With the number of GOP seats, up for grabs in November.....more than a few incumbent Senators, will have to struggle with staying stuck to the Trump tar baby....

....and the Southeastern US...

So where is all this actual Antifa evidence? As opposed to the actual news reports coming out, about some right wing groups....

Before: "We are going to appoint 'Mad Dog' Mattis as our secretary of defense. But we're not announcing it until Monday so don't tell anybody," Trump said at his rally, adding later, ""He's our best. They say he's the closest thing to Gen. George Patton that we have and it's about time." General Mattis is a strong, highly dignified man.

WARNING: The content below, is not satire or a misprint. White House compares Trump's church visit to Churchill https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/500977-white-house-compares-trumps-church-visit-to-churchill Wrote a couple of papers on Churchill, many moons ago. Still trying to keep my eyes from rolling. Funny, back when Trump was looking for yet another WH Press Secretary ........was wondering just what kind of person would take on that job Well, watching Kayleigh McEnany, for a while.....now I know.

Trump initially tried to register to vote in Florida with Washington, DC address: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/500944-trump-initially-tried-to-register-to-vote-in-florida-with-washington

We all should have seen this coming.... Trump claims he visited bunker briefly during the day to 'inspect' it https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/500882-trump-claims-he-visited-bunker-briefly-during-the-day-to-inspect-it Reminds me of General McClellan "changing his base" during the Civil War

The ratings were terrific.

“I didn’t watch it closely enough to know,” Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) told reporters. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said as he entered a closed-door caucus lunch that he “didn’t really see it.” Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), asked about it as he left the lunch, told reporters that he had been “reading.” And Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) added as he left that he didn’t “follow” Monday night’s protest in front of the White House. Others, including Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), said they were running late for a weekly Senate Republican lunch while some didn't respond to questions at all as they entered the caucus meeting. The treatment of protesters near the White House did not come up during the party’s closed-door lunch, according Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.). And asked if he was “comfortable” with the “scene” near the White House, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) didn’t directly address if he supported the decision to remove protesters. McConnell also sidestepped a question on if he thought Trump was providing the right kind of leadership in response to the protests, telling reporters: "I'm not going to critique other people's performances. I can speak for myself, and I just have.” Pathetic.

Attorney General for Life.....

Number of GOP Senators said today, they couldn't comment on the Trump photo op and the protesters....because they "hadn't seen the video" yet.

Trump claims he has done more for black community than any president since Lincoln https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/500744-trump-claims-he-has-done-more-for-black-community-than-any-president This could be a tough sell. Somehow think that most African Americans do not doff their hat or utter hosannas, when Trump goes by..... ps....for them, the phrase "law and order" has always had a special coded meaning.....

You will die. You will suffer! Sincerely, Col. Saito Imperial Japanese Army

Blown up...

Historically, both the alt-right and the religious right have shared certain "values" You can also add the "economic nationalists" of the Steve Bannon ilk. White "victimization" narratives Bigotry Racism Antidemocratic and authoritarian impulses Xenophobic and isolationist thought These "ideals" used to stay somewhat at the fringes of American political thought. The GOP (even with some sympathies for this line of thought) used to at least keep most of this at arms length, in order to pursue electoral success. Now there is a President who has actually enabled this stuff to come out into the mainstream, and essentially hi-jack the Republican party. Trump is willing to use and abuse any tool - judicial, legislative, or executive.....to hold and expand his power. The failure of House and Senate Republicans to put up any resistance to all of this is simply epic. (and in terms of future democratic norms, totally inane and down right stupid) The dangers of this approach, are becoming more glaringly apparent, by the day..... Only solution is to dump Trump and send GOP legislators into the hinterland, for quite a long time.

Flip side about my post, where the Bishop criticizes Trump for his bible stunt. Headline from my friends at Gateway Pundit: Unhinged Episcopal Bishop Calls in to CNN to Trash President Trump for Holding Bible without Her Permission — SAYS NOTHING ABOUT CRIMINALS WHO TORCHED CHURCH!

Trump was holding that bible, upside down. Kinda symbolic.