SCOTUS: Elections Matter

From Vox, “On Monday night, the Supreme Court handed down a deeply alarming decision that suggests that the Court’s Republican majority is about to cut away one of the few parts of the Voting Rights Act that it hasn’t already gutted or killed. The immediate impact of the Court’s 5-4 decision in Merrill v. Milligan is that Alabama’s new congressional maps, a three-judge panel that includes two Trump appointees determined to be an illegal racial gerrymander, will take effect in the 2022 election. Under those maps, only one of the state’s seven districts — or 14 percent of the US House seats — has a real shot of electing a Black lawmaker. African Americans make up about 27 percent of the state’s population. … The bottom line is that Merrill — even in its temporary form — is a disaster for voting rights. It suggests that the Court is going to escalate its assault on the Voting Rights Act — and on voting rights more broadly. And it suggests that even exceedingly weak legal arguments offered by red states have a very good shot of prevailing in this Supreme Court [emphasis added].”

I don’t know where to begin with this topic (again) besides, I told you so — elections have consequences, f***tards. And RBG said it perfectly in her Shelby v. Holder descent, “Volumes of evidence supported Congress’ de­termination that the prospect of retrogression was real. Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.” Of course, this was in reaction to SCOTUS eliminating the state preclearance requirements in the Voting Rights Act. The majority basically said states no longer need prior approval from the DOJ before enacting changes to voting rights procedures that discriminate against minorities because the problem had been fixed. In short, the conservative justices no longer saw discrimination in elections, which is why RBG provided the quoted analogy in her opinion. Preclearance was working! Congratulations! So, SCOTUS decided to scrap it because it was outdated (and working). That was the first — widely predicted — assault on voting rights for everyone.

Fast forward to today, and a more conservative SCOTUS is about to eliminate the rest of the Voting Rights Act. Do not be fooled by those justices who claim this recent decision does not address the merits of the case. They said the same thing about the anti-abortion law in Texas. Even though abortions are a protected right across the land, SCOTUS has allowed the law to stand while throwing it back to lower courts for further consideration. Thus, “The justices also left S.B. 8 in place while the case continues in the lower courts, even though it conflicts with current Supreme Court precedent establishing a constitutional right to an abortion up until the point at which the fetus can survive outside the womb.” Do you see a pattern here? SCOTUS has been clearly signaling their ultimate intentions by refusing injunctions whereby intervention should typically allow the status quo to remain or a lower court decision to take effect in particular to protect individuals’ rights. Injunctive relief is supposed to be the “first, do no harm” of jurisprudence. Instead, we now have a SCOTUS that defers to eliminating or restricting peoples’ rights first and then revisits the central legal issue later — at some point, maybe — when they get around to it.

As I have been screaming for well over a year now at the f***tards of America, elections have consequences. Fear not, though! SCOTUS is about to make sure elections no longer matter as they start restricting Americans’ right to vote just at the moment when conservatives can preserve their political power and the Court can safely impose their conservative values and will over America for the next 20 to 30 years. I blame dumbass Democrats because they never made judges an election issue priority. Oh, well. It’s too late, morons. The damage is done and will continue. Democrats will never learn. I guess they can go back to important issues like “Defund the Police,” which will further drive more voters to the RepubliKKKlan Party. Kill me now! I give up! Welcome to stupid America!

‘The NFL always wins’

Axios writes, “America is obsessed with football — a love affair that has allowed the NFL to tighten its already-firm grip on our culture despite mounting scandals. … From brain injuries to toxic workplaces to racism allegations, the NFL is no stranger to outrage. Then Sunday arrives, and all is seemingly forgiven. … The NFL has arguably never been more entertaining than it was this season, delivering unrivaled parity, a record number of close games and thrilling playoff drama. … ‘The NFL doesn’t care about your concerns, because the NFL doesn’t have to,’ as NYT’s Kurt Streeter put it — not as long as viewership, revenue and franchise values continue to outpace every other sports league on Earth [emphasis added].”

I read this article and it says everything about America! Why America’s stupid cannot be undone. Why RepubliKKKlans and MAGA morons will always win. Why America never learns. Why America keeps repeating its mistakes. Why America’s democracy is dead. All because people are more concerned about being entertained than any issue that matters. Oh, well. If you want to understand the level and pervasiveness of American dysfunction, then simply track NFL ratings. Thank God election day does not fall on Sunday or Monday, lest no one would vote because everyone’s too busy watching games. Welcome to stupid America. Stupid is as stupid does. And we do stupid here better than anyone.

They’re Coming for the Gays!

According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Does the next director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services need to be a Christian? That is the question after Gov. Mike Parson said in a statement Tuesday that he would only choose someone for the job who shared the ‘same Christian values’ as him.” Parson defined such values as, “‘Christian values, family values, and love for this nation.’” And there it is, coded as usual in the terms of “family values,” which means anti-gay, anti-trans, anti-marriage equality. This is an especially dangerous litmus test for someone who would serve as the director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. This would be the same person who applies his “Christian values” to discriminate against gays to promote conversation therapy, deny transition services and information, restrict HIV testing and treatment, along with other essential services the LGBTQ community — in particular the most vulnerable among them — needs and deserves. Mark my words, f***tards. These stories are so subtle that they are constantly overlooked, but they always point in the same direction. Christian (evangelical) theocracy is slowly weaving its way into the corners and crevasses of the states and the nation. Red states are getting redder and more religious even though the country more generally is getting less religious, but that never stopped RepubliKKKlans from imposing their minority morals on the majority. Don’t think it will stop with harassing the gays; they’re just first on the list. Once they’re done with them, then they’ll come for you!

Moreover, pretty soon SCOTUS will start issuing opinions that feel far more religious in their deliberation than in the past. They are about to rule on the power and prominence of religion itself in the nation via a First Amendment case before them this term, as they look to weaken the separation between church and state regarding school tuition assistance nonetheless. Pretty soon your tax dollars will be going to religious schools in the form of tuition assistance because Lord knows we should be forced to help parents pay for their children to go to religious institutions to become indoctrinated in religious bigotry. These religious places don’t have to pay taxes but they sure are eager to have their hands out for my tax dollars. I expected nothing less. But there is a larger issue with this case before SCOTUS. Do local schools as battlegrounds sound familiar? School boards? Books in school libraries? School curriculum? Don’t say gay? It’s all related. I keep warning you people. There is a reason SCOTUS is taking up these hot bottom issues. There is a reason why books, curricula, and gay issues are all suddenly at the forefront of the culture war. RepubliKKKlans, MAGA morons, evil evangelicals are emboldened and they know they are winning. Mark my words.

Change is coming, and you’re not going to like it, but you’ll be stuck with it for the rest of your lives because no one cares about the justices that sit on the highest, most consequential court in the land until it’s too late. And to think all this happened because America elected a con artist to be the president, who then selected one-third of the justices on SCOTUS, pushing it to a supermajority of conservatives who are eager to roll back decades of progress. One of those nominations was duly owed to Obama but denied by RepubliKKKlans. One would think this outrage should have inflamed voters and pushed them to the polls. Oh, wait. It did. For RepubliKKKlans. Oh, well. Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it. Welcome to stupid America! Like I’ve said countless times: You cannot undo the stupid!

Matemos Nazis!

Literal brownshirts in America are unafraid and making their way into the mainstream because traitor trump, MAGA morons, RepubliKKKlans, evil evangelicals, and QAnon crazies are making Nazism cool again. Un-f***ing-believable. Wake up, people! They are coming for you and our democracy, and the country is asleep at the wheel. These people should never be allowed to remain (alive) in America. They are vermin that must be exterminated. They’re easy to spot. Look for fat people wearing brownshirts who resemble giant rat turds. Welcome to stupid America!

‘Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud’ — ‘Walls Closing In’

Ugh! These seem to be the new “trendy” catchphrases for MSM and exasperated dumbass Democrats who keep trying to convince Americans that traitor trump is somehow getting himself into legal trouble, especially after his most recent Nuremberg-style hate rally in Texas where he said out loud that he would pardon all the January 6 insurrectionists and demanded more insurrections if the law comes after him. God! Just f***ing kill me now with this B.S.!

I will cut right to the point: AG Garland is never going to prosecute traitor trump. I say this constantly! It’s just not going to happen — ever — morons. Mark my words. And if it does happen by some miracle of God then the traitor will declare his run for president the next day in which case he becomes the hot potato that would immediately halt any investigations because that’s just how f***ing G.D. weak and worthless Garland is. He would rather maintain the appearance of DOJ independence and fairness at the risk of traitor trump — wait for it — wait for it — getting away with everything as usual. The only reason traitor trump is stirring up controversy at these rallies is because he literally has nothing better to do and he can get away with it. He’s bored and he’s losing the spotlight, so he just wants to remain relevant and popular. His lashing out has nothing to do with feelings of the “walls closing in” on him. The moron is bored and wants attention. Plain and simple. Not to mention, he has to keep the rabble entertained because this is a country of “entertain me!” f***tards!

For years, MSM and dumbass Democrats have been talking about this, that, or the other is finally going to catch up with traitor trump. Surely, he can’t get away with this, that, or the other. For years they’ve been saying the day will come and for years they’ve been wrong! In fact, his whole life has been one long chain of getting away with this, that, or the other. Lawsuits, bankruptcies, failed business ventures, failed casinos, stealing from his charities, failed marriages, infidelity, sexual misconduct, grabbing women by the p*ssy. Today is no different. The Mueller report went nowhere. Two impeachments were defeated. The twin New York investigations have stalled even after the release of his taxes which were supposed to be the holy grail that would undo him. Weisselberg was supposed to crack and turn on traitor trump. Not! Still waiting! The Georgia investigation into his election interference is “heating up” allegedly. But don’t be fooled. This too will eventually stall. And I have heard absolutely no mention anywhere of this little tidbit: But I do hope people realize the Georgia investigation is a case at the county level, which means when the time comes — if the case against traitor trump gets too close — the state can step in and quash it. As for the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection — the mother of all investigations into traitor trump — that will also go nowhere. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. People don’t care. To be sure, the committee will deliver a very thorough and powerful report, but there will be no smoking gun, which the public demands to capture their attention because American’s are too f***ing busy blaming Biden for the price of gas and their favorite health food — bacon. Once again, must I remind morons of America that the House can only investigate! Oh, sure they can recommend or make criminal referrals to DOJ, but we all know what AG Garland will do — nothing. We’re still waiting for him to do something with the House’s criminal contempt referral of Mark Meadows. It’s been six f***ing weeks and Garland has done nothing! Unless and until traitor trump actually confesses to ordering the G.D. code red, then he’s untouchable. Untouchable! Mark my words, f***tards!

And don’t believe these recent polls showing a traitor trump slump. A Washington Post article goes into these recent polls, but the piece’s tagline says it all: “There are signs that some Republicans are less positive about him since the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol. But his base holds firm, and that might be all he needs if he seeks the GOP nomination in 2024.” They basically defeat the entire purpose of the article with the first sentence. That just goes to show they don’t believe what they’ve written either. Neither should you. All these polls are worthless once traitor trump jumps into the race. Then all bets are off. Once in, he’ll consolidate support around himself, and his diehard RepubliKKKlan, evil evangelical, QAnon, and MAGA moron base will support him without question. He is going to sail through the nomination process because the man is bored and his candidacy is the only thing that will keep the law off his back! Welcome to stupid America! A country too stupid to survive. Oh, well!

You Get a Pardon!

Wow! Did I not call this just a couple of weeks ago (see Not So Fast)? In fact, this is not the first time. Over a year ago I said as much about traitor trump pardons. And right on cue, as if traitor trump were reading my blog, according to The Hill, “Former President Donald Trump said during a rally in Texas on Saturday that he would consider pardoning those charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, saying he would treat them ‘fairly’ if he were reelected. At Saturday’s rally in Conroe, Tex., Trump said, ‘If I run, and if I win, we will treat those people from Jan. 6 fairly.’ ‘And if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons,’ he continued. ‘Because they are being treated so unfairly.’” Of course, my prediction that traitor trump would want to pardon the insurrectionists is no great intellectual feat. It was only a logical supposition. The real trick is to come off as being authoritative and prescient before anyone else does. And I don’t recall anyone from the MSM or elsewhere — that I’ve read or seen — making a similar prediction going back as early as I had — the day after the January 6 insurrection. (Granted, I thought he would issue a blanket pardon walking out the door. He almost did!) And it’s not a matter of if or who or when traitor trump pardons. It is definitely yes and it is all of them and it is as soon as possible. I’ve long ago learned that conservative political criminals in America always get away with everything because RepubliKKKlans demand it and dumbass Democrats let them! Welcome to stupid America. Nothing ever changes.

America: 100 Percent Enriched Uranium -Ists

From The Hill, “The majority of Americans who participated in a new poll want President Biden to consider ‘all possible nominees’ following the president’s commitment to nominate a Black woman to the high court. An ABC News/Ipsos poll out Sunday showed that 76 percent of Americans wanted the president to consider ‘all possible nominees’ while just 23 percent wanted him to only consider Black women for the nomination.”

I am disappointed, but not the least bit surprised by the poll’s findings. If the nation’s ever-enduring racism and misogyny could be described in terms of its nuclear destructiveness to society, then America would be 100 percent enriched weapons-grade uranium racist and sexist! Clearly, I’m in the 23 percent cohort, but that’s only because I’m less of a moron than the rest of the population. First of all, any one of the purported Black women on the shortlist of candidates is eminently qualified by their institutional pedigree alone. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is a twice Harvard graduate (undergraduate and law school); California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger is a Harvard and Yale graduate; Judge J. Michelle Childs of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina is a University of South Carolina School of Law graduate and Duke graduate with a Masters of Laws — granted not Havard or Yale — but she holds four degrees. All these people — and no doubt anyone Biden nominates — will be cream of the crop. Anyone who thinks otherwise is just a racist and a sexist.

Second, SCOTUS should — no, must — better reflect the composition of America, which means the lived experiences a Black woman would bring to the Court makes that person even more qualified than any other race or sex notwithstanding their educational background or lack thereof. It is clearly a missing constituency from the Court. So, when Faux News and all the other RepubliKKKlan and MAGA moron racists start b*tching about how Biden is using race and sex to pick the next SCOTUS justice, then I say, you’re f***ing G.D. right he is. He should. Currently, we have a majority of old white straight men on the conservative side of the Court determining the fate of a decidedly less and less white majority population. And last I checked women make up more than 50 percent of the population; that is just a biological fact — a biological necessity. Therefore, you better f***ing believe Biden should bring balance to the Court even if it doesn’t ultimately change the voting majority. To deny this urgent and necessary leveling of the composition of SCOTUS makes you a racist and a sexist, which is why I am not surprised that 76 percent of America fails to understand this imperative, for there is still racism and sexism everywhere, even amongst our own ranks.

One might think Biden’s nomination of a Black woman to SCOTUS would be a RepubliKKKlan freebie; they can show their fake support of a minority, knowing that such an appointment would not impact the overall conservative supermajority. Nonetheless, since RepubliKKKlans are first and foremost racists, they can’t wait to smear and hate on any Biden pick of a superior Black woman. We can take these -isms and -ists out of our language and aspirations, but we can’t take it out of the nation’s soul, apparently. Welcome to stupid America!

Tucker Carlson, Leader of America’s Fifth Column?

According to Axios, “Republicans running in high-profile primary races aren’t racing to defend Ukraine against a possible Russian invasion. They’re settling on a different line of attack: Blame Biden, not Putin. … Leery of the base, they are avoiding — and in some cases, rejecting — the tough-on-Russia rhetoric that once defined the Republican Party. GOP operatives working in 2022 primary races tell Axios they worry they’ll alienate the base if they push to commit American resources to Ukraine or deploy U.S. troops to eastern Europe. … The second [observable shift in the GOP] is a more recent warming towards Russia — initiated by the party’s most powerful figure, Donald Trump. … The number of Republicans calling Russia a friend or ally rose sharply from 2014-18 — from 22% to 40%.”

Let me be absolutely crystal clear about one thing: Each and every RepubliKKKlan, without a single exception, is a traitor if they side with Russia. Full! F***ing! Stop! And they should be immediately shot for treason. The GOP is full of Russia-lovers and America-haters. They love autocracy and hate democracy. They are all traitors and enemies of the people. That’s really all I have to say on the subject because the sentiment speaks for itself! Long live the democratic United States of America! Death to our enemies, foreign and domestic!

We’re Going to War!

According to CNN, “Planned Russian naval exercises within Ireland’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) are ‘not welcome’ or ‘wanted right now,’ Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister has said, as tensions between Russia and the West continue to simmer over fears that Moscow is planning an invasion of Ukraine. Russian naval exercises are due to take place in early February, approximately 240 kilometers (149 miles) off Ireland’s southwest coast, Simon Coveney said in a statement late Sunday. The area is in Ireland’s EEZ but not its territorial waters.” That’s odd. But why off the coast of Ireland of all places?

Rewind a couple of years. From The Irish Post, “Russian agents have been sent to Ireland to inspect undersea cables which connect the United States to Europe. … The cables in question are underwater fiber-optic cables which carry internet signals from North America to Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe. … Ireland acts as a landing point for thirteen of these cables, and the Times are reporting that agents from the GRU – Russia’s military intelligence agency – have been sent to Ireland to map their locations. … There are fears that Russian agents are monitoring the cables so that they can be tapped, altered and even cut in times of conflict. … It’s estimated that around 97% of all intercontinental data is transferred through these cables [emphasis added].”

Add to this all of Russia’s cyberattacks on the U.S. and European countries. None of this is coincidental. In isolation, all these “micro” incidents spread out over years and across the globe may seem unrelated and trivial, but I think it is part of a grander Putin plan. I think Russia has been preparing for years, which means any invasion into Ukraine is just the beginning of something larger. Do not underestimate the seriousness of Russia’s moves. The time is right. The world is distracted with COVID and America is particularly distracted with figuring out if we want to keep our democracy or not. Putin’s fifth column is already hard at work in America; it’s called the RepubliKKKlan Party and Faux News. I fear there is far more going on here. We are headed for some disastrous encounters, which could easily spiral out of control. It’s just a gut feeling; I’ve been known to be wrong on occasion. But I have a very bad feeling about this! I also had a bad feeling about COVID in January 2020 before all hell broke loose, though back then my bad feeling wasn’t bad enough. Yikes!

Schumer: A Disastrous Leader — Shame!

According to Alternet, “Drawing on reporting in Politico and Business Insider, Quay explains, ‘(Schumer’s) failure to reach a compromise with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to pass the Build Back Better bill and his decision to force a vote on President Biden’s already doomed voting rights agenda, several Democratic staffers told Politico, highlighted divisions in the party at a time when Democrats are in danger of losing their already razor-thin majority…. Schumer turned Sens. Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) into scapegoats, staffers argued, subjecting his fellow Democrats (to) the ire that ought to have been directed toward Republicans.’ … A senior House Democratic aide, presumably interviewed on condition of anonymity, told Politico, ‘Leadership 101 is even if you don’t get someone today, you’re going to need them tomorrow. The level of malpractice is stunning. BBB is a once-in-a-ten-year opportunity, and we fucked it up.’” I’ve never been a fan of Schumer; he’s always been a weak player, and I cringed during every Senate floor speech where his strongest words of rebuke to RepubliKKKlan skullduggery was “shame!” Oh, my f***ing God! Really? “Shame?” “Shame on them,” Schumer would exclaim. Wow! Truly, truly milquetoast. What a f***ing G.D. joke. RepubliKKKlans have no shame. Did he really think he was landing any political punches or making a point? Pelosi has bigger balls than Schumer.

So, not only is Schumer weak in his speaking, but he is weak in his actions. The latest demonstration of his feebleness was the disastrous and failed voting rights bill. The only thing Schumer proved is that he knows how to bring up a bill to showcase his complete incompetence. He claimed he wanted to put everyone on the record, to make them vote against voting rights as if those casting a no vote would be shamed into changing their minds. No one cares and no one will remember who voted against the bill. All they will remember is Democrats failed to pass it. When the leader of Senate dumbass Democrats relies on “shame” as the cornerstone of whipping his caucus votes, then what else does one expect to happen? Thankfully, I think Sinema and Manchin have thick skins, so they’ll roll with the punches. But if dumbass Democrats think there is anyone else in all of West Virginia that can keep the one and only Democratic seat in the state delegation, then by all means back that person. But guess what? There isn’t one. Thus, we have to live with Manchin and all the power he wields, or as Manchin, himself repeatedly tells leadership: Elect more Democrats! Truly! My God! We are so f***ing screwed! I just can’t deal with the weakness and the stupidity anymore. Welcome to stupid America! P.S. Democrats, don’t f*** up the SCOTUS nomination! Seriously!