History comes at you fast in Trump 2.0. Kind of leaves you breathless, your head spinning, you nauseated, and you wondering what to focus on. The Editor’s Floor at Ye Olde Blogge is lined with some great ideas that could be blog articles, social media posts, and snarky observations. Here we try to publish some of them just so they are not completely lost. Some of these have gotten a bit longer than intended. It is my sincerest wish that you enjoy them for their amusing presentation and cringe worthy content.
New Litmus Test
In some astonishing and eye-opening reporting in a time of astonishing and eye-opening events, we learn that Kash Patel declared to his FBI department heads in their first meeting after his appointment, “I don’t read.”
El Grand Narcisista famously doesn’t read, Maddog Greene and Boobert both complained about being expected to read documents as long as ten pages in a day. One assumes that Pam “$20,000 Same As In Town” Bondi reads because she has a law degree and license, one has to wonder about Krisiti Cosplay Noem and even RFK, Jr.
Perhaps we need a litmus test for our elected and appointed government officials. Perhaps they should all not only be able to read but actually read when it is required and needed.
Don’t Call Me A Liar
I LOVE this video clip of Pam “$20,000 Same As In Town” Bondi decrying being called out for either her incompetence or down right duplicity. I know, buffering, but still, it is well worth the wait.
I love her attempt to hide behind, “It was BEFORE I was confirmed,” as if she has no compelling interest to understand important cases that occurred before she assumed office.
The Lesson for Bondi and the Rest of Us
The lesson from this questioning is clear. When you’re being lied to, call it out in no uncertain terms. And, if you don’t like being called a liar, maybe, try not lying.
The Noem Corollary to Try Not Lying
If Bondi is disingenuous, the Noem is just plain clueless. Can you imagine. The woman has no pride or shame. It is all self-aggrandizing ego with her. Look how good I look in my plastic surgery and cosplaying outfits! Look how tough I sound holding my guns and calling people names. I’m getting my millions, bitches, so bite me, amirite?
Social Media: Yes, and… Versus Yes, but…
Social Media stands the improv trope, “Yes, and…” on its head. In improv when someone starts a bit, you go along with it by adding to it. The purpose is to keep the bit moving forward instead of tussling over what you’re doing. It helps keep the sketch coherent and promotes synergy. Often, even a “bad” idea can be rescued by exrending it into something funny.
In social media, ir isn’t yes and, though, it is yes, but. It’s purpose is to upstage, humiliate, and create controversy all in the hopes of producing likes, shares, and follows. There is no attempt to build. It is only destruction for the purpose of self aggrandizement.
The Dumbroe Doctrine
Whether Trump’s misadventures in hemispheric hegemony are an attempt to distract from the Epstein files, fulfill some obligation he has to Putin, or extend his grift to oil and mineral extraction both remains to be seen and mayhaps doesn’t matter.
First, notice how diffuse our attention is now. We have five major controversies to be outraged over and worried about:
- The Epstein files and their release
- The expiration of the ACA subsidies
- The murder of Renee Good by ICE and the continuing ICE roundups of undocumented people and legal people alike.
- The bumbling “invasion” of Venezuela
- The dismantling of NATO and the international rules based world order by threatening Greenland
Which ones have the least amount of energy around them? Epstein and the ACA subsidies. While it doesn’t mean that we can’t pressure them on both issues, it demonstrates the effectiveness of Trump’s distract and delay tactics.
History Repeats Itself
Let me know what you think about these items and perhaps supply some of your own in the comments!
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The Psy of Life 
I like the idea of a test….civics and reading scores….Blondi is a joke she will bend over for Donny anytime and anywhere….Noem kills puppies that is all I need to know. Minneapolis is why we have the 2nd amendment….let’s use it. chuq
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RE: Litmus Test – How about we make them take the SAT and achieve some minimum score, on paper, not online, and without a cell phone.
Noem was admitting (probably accidentally) that they don’t want us to trust the government, or anybody else. POST-TRUTH — and, everybody informing on everybody like in East Germany comes easy when nobody trusts anybody.
At least in 1928 the Republicans promised a whole chicken, and now it’s just one piece. Inflation?
Maybe 5 Calls aren’t enough?
Considering the latest horror out of Minneapolis, and the multiple videos coming just hours after the event showing the ICE version to be a complete fabrication and lie, I have to wonder: Do those ICE Goons not understand that all those watchers are recording, or are they so sure of their own immunity that they don’t care. Also, this last one is an old, old script. Cops pile on somebody. Somebody shouts, “GUN”. Bang bang.
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