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Words Written 50 Years Ago Sound Familiar

A huge, blind excitement fills the streets.  The Republicans have come to power in a land tortured by unemployment, embittered by loss of control at the southern border, demoralized by political weakness.  Perhaps this will be the new beginning.  Most people think MAGA a little absurd here, too obsessive there.  But perhaps the time for thinking is over.  Trump did not seize power.  He was offered it just as his relevance was declining.  The politicians who made Trump argued, We are hiring him.  Their figurehead was the ancient Mitch McConnell.  Republicans and Democrats tried to take Trump coolly.  This wouldn’t last, they said.  Never-Trump conservatives took comfort from the fact that McConnell, still head of the Senate, was known to despise the vulgar little reality T.V. star.

With mock solemnity, Trump and his lieutenants walked to the Capitol for ceremonial Inauguration Day.  MAGA’s strength had been built up by revolutionary violence.  They had never imagined that they could take office legally.  When protesters took to the streets, Trump seized his chance to suspend all civil liberties.  His followers could hardly believe their luck.  The old GOP, the symbol of apparent continuity, presided as they turned office into power by acts of sham legality.  When Congress voted to allow Trump to govern with impunity, the GOP leadership made no comment.  The legal president marched irresistibly into the role of the legal dictator.  Trump proclaimed the new America, and meant it to last a thousand years. 

The new America began to round up its enemies — Democrats, Independents, impertinent journalists, even disloyal Republican deputies.  They bullied more than they murdered.  From the first moment, Trump unleashed his promised campaign against minorities.  MAGA organized boycotts of minority-owned shops.  The real point was to encourage the American people to think and act bigoted as a matter of course.  The outside world was horrified, but there were those, including many American minorities who thought the anti-minorities campaign the work of MAGA extremists, something Trump would put a stop to when he felt more secure.

There was to be a cultural revolution, too.  American culture would be purged of the progressive taint.  Books flew into the fire.  Many of those who flung them were students and teachers.  And, as the sparks rose, the intellectuals fled — writers and scientists — to give their talents to Western Europe.  A hundred years before the German-Jewish poet Heine, whose books now went into the fire, had warned:  “Where one burns books, there one eventually burns people.”

Does the above sound familiar? (Actually, I doubt it does to idiot Americans because the average moron living in this country doesn’t understand history, not to mention that these words, the original of which I used as a base, were written 50 years ago. And we all know for the benighted youth and the vast majority of adults out there that five decades ago is ancient history and before the time of TikTok; therefore, in essence, history has not begun yet, for if it’s not in people’s timeline, then it — whatever it is — never happened.) Below is the original version from episode one of “The World at War” (BBC, 1973). Narration by Sir Lawrence Olivier.

A huge, blind excitement fills the streets. The National Socialists have come to power in a land tortured by unemployment, embittered by loss of territory, demoralised by political weakness. Perhaps this will be the new beginning. Most people think the Nazis a little absurd here, too obsessive there. But perhaps the time for thinking is over. Adolf Hitler did not seize power. He was offered it just as his voting strength was declining. The politicians who made Hitler chancellor argued, We are hiring him. Their figurehead was the ancient President von Hindenburg. Communists and Socialists tried to take Hitler coolly. This wouldn’t last, they said. Conservative anti-Nazis took comfort from the fact that their old war leader Hindenburg, still head of state, was known to despise the vulgar little corporal.

With mock solemnity, Hitler and his lieutenants walked to the ceremonial opening of parliament. The party’s strength had been built up by revolutionary violence. They had never imagined that they could take office legally. When the old Reichstag building was mysteriously gutted by fire, Hitler seized his chance to suspend all civil liberties. His followers could hardly believe their luck. The old Hindenburg, the symbol of apparent continuity, presided as they turned office into power by acts of sham legality. ln March, when the Reichstag voted to allow Hitler to govern without parliament, Hindenburg made no comment. The legal chancellor marched irresistibly into the role of the legal dictator. Hitler proclaimed the new Germany, and meant it to last a thousand years.

The new Germany began to round up its enemies — Communists, Socialists, impertinent journalists, even Reichstag deputies. They bullied more than they murdered. From the first moment, Hitler unleashed his promised campaign against the Jews. The SA organised boycotts of Jewish-owned shops. The real point was to encourage the German people to think and act anti-Semitic as a matter of course. The outside world was horrified, but there were those, including many German Jews, who thought the anti-Jewish campaign the work of Nazi extremists-something Herr Hitler would put a stop to when he felt more secure.

There was to be a cultural revolution, too. German culture would be purged of the Jewish-Bolshevist taint. Books flew into the fire. Many of those who flung them were students and teachers. And, as the sparks rose, the intellectuals fled — writers and scientists — to give their talents to Western Europe and America. A hundred years before the German-Jewish poet, Heine, whose books now went into the fire, had warned: “Where one burns books, there one eventually burns people.”

The World at War (BBC, 1973)

All I did was swap out the nouns and other minor wording to make them relevant to today, but the connotations are exactly the same. I originally completed this exercise nearly seven years ago when traitor trump first came into power — before his complete takeover of the RepuliKKKlan Party — and not much in the passages’ meaning has changed. Indeed, if the ease with which this description of a horrific past can be re-applied to the present doesn’t terrify you, then we’re in even worse trouble than I thought. The question remains: Did what I write five years ago better describe the past or what is yet to come? Welcome to stupid (fascist) America! We are so f***ed. And no one cares! Mark my words, morons!

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Can’t Make This Sh*t Up!

So, let me see if I can get into the mind of the average f***tard American correctly. All things being equal, Americans prefer RepubliKKKlans over Democrats. Despite the booming economy and stock market under Biden; despite Biden’s legislative wins; despite Biden’s leadership on the world stage; and despite the leader of the RepubliKKKlan Party being indicted multiple times at the state and the federal levels; despite traitor trump’s impeachments and leading an insurrection against our democracy; despite his blatant and careless mishandling of our nation’s most sensitive secrets; despite RepubliKKKlans rolling back women’s rights to bodily autonomy; despite traitor trump proudly claiming credit for ending Roe and calling for punishment against women getting abortions; despite RepubliKKKlan politicians in states and in the Congress intent on banning abortions without exceptions across the country; despite RepubliKKKlans’ clear mismanagement of the House that has brought us to the brink of defaulting on our debt and shutting down the government — and it could still happen under their “leadership”; despite RepubliKKKlans’ inability to select a Speacker of the House for weeks, a first in American history; despite traitor trump’s threat (promise) to end ObamaCare; despite RepubliKKKlans and traitor trump cozying up to dictators; despite RepubliKKKlans’ and traitor trump’s promise to sacrifice Ukraine to Russian imperialism; despite traitor trump flat-out telling the country that he intends to become a dictator on day one while RepubliKKKlans condone his proclamation by their silence and denials; despite all these things and more, morons of American want RepubliKKKlans to have greater control! F***tard Americans want that party in charge again! Un-f***ing-believable! Whatever! I give up! Americans are too f***ing G.D. stupid to keep their democracy. And it’s apparent that Americans really don’t f***ing care about democracy at home and elsewhere on the planet. I can’t anymore. I just f***ing can’t with this sh*t-for-brains country. Welcome to stupid America! The stupid cannot be reversed, and the country cannot be saved from itself!

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Infant Mortality Up in Texas

From an article on CNN from July 2023 that caught my eye, “Texas’ abortion restrictions – some of the strictest in the country – may be fueling a sudden spike in infant mortality as women are forced to carry nonviable pregnancies to term. Some 2,200 infants died in Texas in 2022 – an increase of 227 deaths, or 11.5%, over the previous year, according to preliminary infant mortality data from the Texas Department of State Health Services that CNN obtained through a public records request. Infant deaths caused by severe genetic and birth defects rose by 21.6%. That spike reversed a nearly decade-long decline. Between 2014 and 2021, infant deaths had fallen by nearly 15%. … The increase in deaths could partly be explained by the fact that more babies are being born in Texas. One recent report found that in the final nine months of 2022, the state saw nearly 10,000 more births than expected prior to its abortion ban – an estimated 3% increase.”

Oh, well! This is what f***tards of America wanted. This is what our “great” nation has become: A place proud to have an increasing infant mortality rate in one of the largest states! How f***ing embarrassing. Only in a RepubliKKKlan America! Only RepubliKKKlans demand that women carry to term babies that have a zero percent chance of viability. Only RepubliKKKlans demand that families bear the added medical expenses of delivering a baby, only having to watch their baby inevitably die, which probably incurs additional expense as doctors are forced to provide some measure of life-saving and palliative care. Only in Texas must people be forced to accept the extra cost of giving birth to a D.O.A. baby. Yup! Only in Texas. But this is what people want. This is what they voted for! Again, oh, well. I certainly don’t care. People can always move to another state that actually treats women equally, but they won’t because I think deep down inside, the women of Texas want to be dominated. I have yet to see a political uprising of women protesting in the streets. And I don’t mean small, sporadic protests here and there; I mean large, sustained civil disobedience protests ala the Civil Rights Movement. Why has there been such apathy from Texans? Because abortion rights are always someone else’s problem. How many f***ing times must I say it before people believe me? Other people simply don’t care.

And as a final thought, how many of the 10,000 more babies born in Texas will end up in poverty? These are the long-term consequences of abortion bans. Women and families are being forced to have babies they can’t afford and otherwise would have been terminated early into the pregnancy. Of course, these adverse effects won’t be felt for a couple of years as statistics begin to catch up with reality. So, Texas will be known for increasing infant mortality rates and worsening child poverty. Fan-f***ing-tastic. How utterly American! As usual with RepubliKKKlans, they love the fetus and hate the child. Oh, well. I guess I may be convinced otherwise when I see women rising up in the streets to re-claim their bodily autonomy, but I’m not going to hold my breath. Only in stupid America! I expected noting less.

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I Just Assumed…

According to The Hill, “Congress has approved legislation that would prevent any president from withdrawing the United States from NATO without approval from the Senate or an Act of Congress. The measure, spearheaded by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), was included in the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which passed out of the House on Thursday and is expected to be signed by President Biden. The provision underscores Congress’s commitment to the NATO alliance that was a target of former President Trump’s ire during his term in office. The alliance has taken on revitalized importance under Biden, especially since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.”

Wait! Whaaaaa?!?! I just assumed that a president could not withdraw from a treaty unilaterally when two-thirds of the Senate must ratify all treaties; Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution reads, in part: “He [the President] shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur.” I said as much (incorrectly) in a previous post. (Yes, I admit when I’m wrong, and perhaps I should have researched my misunderstanding first.) So, I Googled my query and found out that President Carter unilaterally withdrew from the Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty as part of normalizing relations with China. Unbelievable! How can this be?!?! You know, I thought America was founded on the notion of not having a king, yet the president seems to acquire more and more kingly power with each passing era. I can’t believe the Founding Fathers would have been so careless as to require significant buy-in from the Senate before a president could enter into international treaties yet leave the mechanism to exit one entirely unchecked. Maybe I should not be that surprised since many Founding Fathers were actually copacetic with the notion of an American king because why not? Christ!

Moreover, it is pretty clear that a majority of Democrats and RepubliKKKlans take traitor trump’s threats to leave NATO seriously if they felt the need to enact legislation to prevent him from doing so. Yet, these same RepubliKKKlans will vote for him next year, knowing the danger he brings to our democracy and the world. Traitor trump may have been prevented from technically existing NATO — assuming RepubliKKKlans don’t pass legislation to reverse course during his next term when traitor trump demands they do so — but he could still decide not to act when required by the tenets of the treaty (Article 5) thereby leaving the organization in effect. Last I checked, Congress can’t force the commander-in-chief to command. And RepubliKKKlans will not impeach him over his failure to live up to the treaty’s requirements. In the end, traitor trump will simply ignore the spirit of the compact.

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The End Is Here!

Hot off the presses! Look, f***tards, the end of America is already here; morons of America just haven’t realized it yet. I’ve been saying this for years — years! Biden is merely the intermission to the end of our democracy, and all the polls point in that direction. This Morning Consult poll is yet another bit of evidence. I don’t have access to the crosstabs of this new poll, but reporting covered on MSNBC highlights the same grim story: Biden is losing the youth and minority vote, which were key to his election win. And third-party candidates (RFK, West, and Stein) are hurting Biden more than traitor trump. And so much for abortion rights being a driving force, as dumbass Democrats keep (incorrectly) predicting. Make no mistake, abortion will be illegal everywhere when traitor trump wins, but no one cares. That’s the first right people will lose under total RepubliKKKlan control starting in 2025. This is just one hot-button culture war issue that these polls indicate voters are willing to ignore. Again, no one cares! And how many times must I say it? How many times? Abortion rights are always someone else’s problem.

And if I have to hear one more f***ing G.D. dumbass Democratic politician or liberal commentator try to play down all these polls that keep telling the same story, then I’m going to lose my f***ing G.D. mind. Typical liberals who want to bury their heads in the sand by discounting the polls. It is equally infuriating that these same moronic liberals point to one or two polls that show Biden besting trump while discounting dozens of polls showing the opposite. Funny how they want to ignore unfavorable polls as being unreliable, yet favorable polls for Biden are trustworthy. It is akin to sticking their fingers in their ears and chanting, “I can’t hear you!” Un-f***ing-believable. Dumbass Democrats need to wake the f*** up and understand that Biden is going to lose at this rate. And while the polls may not be precise, they all say the same thing. (Liberals constantly point to the failure of polls to predict races in the past, notably the margin of victory by RepubliKKKlans in the House last year, but the polls accurately predict Democrats would lose control — that part of the narrative idiot progressive commentators ignore. And once again, only dumbass Democrats think they’ve won because they lost by less! Kill me now!) Also, let me clarify something while I’m at it: Traitor trump will never win a majority of the vote, and it’s possible he may not win a plurality of the national vote. Sadly, winning the popular vote is not how our f***ed-up system works. All traitor trump needs is a few thousand more votes in three swing states to win the election. And as I have also been saying, it’s not Biden who will be the demise of his own election; it’s all the third-party candidates. Their absence in the 2020 election helped Biden win; their re-emergence in 2024 will be the end of Biden and our democracy because this sh*t-for-brains country can’t think straight or vote accordingly. It is absolutely conceivable traitor trump wins by attaining no more than 40 to 45 percent of the national vote. Wow! Trying governing over a country where 60 percent don’t want you. But fear not! Dictators do it all the time! Oh, well.

Progressives will kill our democracy because they’re mad at Biden, so they’ll show him by voting third-party or by staying home. People’s third-party vote is a vote for traitor trump. And a failure to vote is a vote for traitor trump. Full stop! But whatever. No one cares! I guess morons of America think traitor trump will be better for minorities (e.g., Palestinians and Muslims). Good luck with that, f***tards! Given all that people know (or should know) about traitor trump, they’re willing to reelect him. I can’t help the stupid anymore. So, get ready, f***tards! Our democracy is history; we’re in the countdown to the end. Mark my words, morons! Americans get the government they deserve and desire, and people want to throw away democracy in favor of a dictator con man. Welcome to stupid America! At best, a civil war is coming to regain our democracy. At worst, people capitulate. You heard it here first! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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A New Closing High for the Dow Jones Industrial!

If it’s a day that ends in “y,” then I woke up in the dumbest f***ing country on the planet because I live in stupid f***ing hell! According to CBS News, “The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to close at more than 37,000 points for the first time as investors applauded a statement from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday that it could cut its benchmark interest rate next year. The blue-chip index jumped 512 points, or 1.4%, to end the day at 37,090, topping its prior peak of 36,799 in early 2023. The broader S&P 500 rose 1.4% and is within 1.9% of its own record. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite added 1.4%. Fed officials also left their short-term rate unchanged for a third straight meeting amid signs that their aggressive push to subdue inflation is working. With the price spikes that slammed Americans during the pandemic now receding in earnest, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said in a news conference that the federal funds rate is projected to fall to 4.6% by the end of next year, from its current range of 5.25% to 5.5%.”

Once again! Biden is f***ing up this economy left, right, and center! I can’t believe people keep failing to apprehend this. Clearly, everything sucks in this economy. Just ask stock investors! They can’t stop bidding up stock prices. Oh, wait! This new high-water mark evinces one more paradox that I’m at a loss to explain with reason, which leaves the only remaining possibility: Americans are a bunch of f***tards. At this point, given all the evidence and economic news, it is the only rational explanation. I have consistently said that the average American moron judges the whole of the economy based on their feelings and scant economic evidence, that “evidence” usually being gas prices and their 401K balance. Well, now we have more proof that this sh*t-for-brains country seems to be ignoring all economic and fiscal measures and sticking strictly with their distorted feelings as the beacon of rationality. All things being equal (i.e., people did not touch their retirement funds), any average person (or, more importantly, voter) should be able to look at their 401K balance objectively and conclude it’s never been higher. (I did, and it is.)

I suppose this is all Biden’s “fault” because the opinion polls sure do suggest as much. So, I guess that theory of mine is blown out of the water; retirement balances don’t matter after all. Apparently, they did under traitor trump. Of course, he never let you forget it — admittedly a savvy marketing tactic. I’m sure Biden will mention this new market achievement once or maybe twice at most. Never underestimate dumbass Democrats’ ability to f*** up a good political opportunity. Biden should be touting these record market highs daily, but he won’t because the guy is still lost in the belief that moronic Americans can “figure it out” (i.e., the good news) themselves. He’ll probably be reluctant to take credit for the Dow’s new high because the president has nothing to do with market vicissitudes, and he’s absolutely correct, but moronic Americans don’t understand this. Hell, they think Biden has his figure on the “higher inflation, please” button sitting on the Resolute Desk. Oh, sure, I get it. “Bidenomics” messaging failed, but that probably had more to do with how the message was conveyed; when Biden has to hold rallies or White House staff must conduct MSM interviews with long-winded explanations of how well the Biden economy is working, then you’re losing. They failed the K.I.S.S. method of salesmanship, which traitor trump mastered because — well — because he’s a simpleton and his MAGA moron followers are all f***tards. Biden should be out there daily — just like traitor trump was — saying the market is higher, 401Ks are higher, and gas prices are lower. If you say it often enough and long enough, then morons (a.k.a. Americans) will eventually believe it. Forget about describing what roads and bridges are being fixed in someone else’s state or town; no one cares. It’s all about “What have you done for me lately?” Nothing more, nothing less. Eh, none of this matters because I fear Americans have reached a new threshold of stupidity, and there is no turning back to rationality or intelligence. Welcome to stupid America! No one cares!

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Impeaching Biden ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

According to CNN, “House Republicans are expected to vote Wednesday on their resolution to formalize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden as their investigation reaches a critical juncture and right-wing pressure grows. … At least one Republican lawmaker though is not solidly behind the vote to formalize the inquiry. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado, who has been an outspoken critic of his party’s inquiry into the president, said Tuesday, ‘I’m leaning no.’ But even as the majority of House Republicans rally around the inquiry vote, GOP leadership has made a point to indicate that formalizing the inquiry does not mean impeaching the president is inevitable, even as pressure within the party and among the Republican base grows.”

Make no mistake, f***tards. This is pure political retribution conducted at the behest of traitor trump. This is all part of his revenge tour/next administration. Full stop! I’m surprised it took this long. I predicted RepubliKKKlans would impeach Biden the second they took over the House majority, and right on cue, they’re getting to this point. And don’t believe these f***tard RepubliKKKlans who now support formalizing an “inquiry.” They claim an inquiry is not the same as (nor necessarily leads to) impeachment. That is a lie. If they caved on voting for an investigation, then they’ll fold when it comes to backing a bogus impeachment vote. This is all for show and to politically level the playing field with traitor trump and other RepubliKKKlans. All they need to do is get one impeachment on Biden for RepubliKKKlans and MAGA morons to claim: “Look, both are corrupt.” And guess what? It will work because Americans are morons! RepubliKKKlans understand the simplistic thinking of this sh*t-for-brains country. Impeachments all around play right into the “thinking” of Americans that all the parties are awful, corrupt, and feckless. So, it doesn’t matter who they vote for because nothing matters. This is when RepubliKKKlans swoop in to make the argument that if both parties suck, then you may as well vote for them because ‘Murica! It is this appeal to Americans’ amygdala that works every f***ing time, especially for conservative and conservative-leaning (i.e., Independents, who will decide the next president) voters.

But there is also the predictable lack of response from the Democratic side, who will no doubt shrug their shoulders in some form of surrender to this frustrated political payback when they should be outraged. This impeachment should rial up the Democratic base, but it won’t because dumbass Democrats are weak and apathetic about everything that really matters. Oh, well. RepubliKKKlans always seem to outflank Democrats, and dumbass Democrats let them. Welcome to stupid America. Nothing matters!

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Rewarding North Korea, but of Course

According to Politico, “Donald Trump is considering a plan to let North Korea keep its nuclear weapons and offer its regime financial incentives to stop making new bombs, according to three people briefed on his thinking. The move would mark a sharp departure from his past stance on the issue and a shift toward accommodating the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, with whom Trump developed an unusually friendly relationship during his time in office. Trump, however, may be prepared to give up on even attempting to convince Kim to dismantle his country’s nuclear weapons if he wins another term in 2024. At least part of his motivation, the people said, would be to avoid wasting time on what he sees as futile arms talks — and focus instead on the larger task of competing with China. One of the ideas Trump is weighing, according to the people briefed on it, would involve enticing North Korea to freeze its nuclear program and stop developing new weapons, in exchange for relief from economic sanctions and some other form of aid. It would also require the creation of a verification to ensure North Korea keeps its word, the people said [emphasis added].”

Read between the lines: Traitor trump is prepared to give North Korea a free pass because he’s in love with dictators, and wants to make America in the image of Russia and China (and North Korea without the poverty). Make no mistake, f***tards. These authoritarian regimes are models for traitor trump; they are the city on the shining hill he wants America to emulate. And he can’t let these paragons of dictatorship falter, so he has to support them; right now, Kim of North Korea needs the most help. Traitor trump is already signaling to his chum that he’s got Kim’s back when he returns to the White House. As with everything traitor trump does, it will be the worst deal for America. He’ll declare through his usual lying and bloviating to the sh*t-for-brains population of America that he single-handedly disarmed North Korea, and morons of America will believe him when, in fact, taxpayers are going to be paying North Korea for promises they’ll break on day one. Just like every other agreement America has tried with North Korea over the decades, the Kims have broken every one. A “deal” with traitor trump will be no different except to say that dictators worldwide are going to be laughing at him and us for being so gullible.

And this whole befriending Kim as a means to counter China is also a lie. If anything, traitor trump is likely jealous that Xi has a closer “friendship” with Kim than he does. Again, traitor trump may talk tough with China, but deep down, his admiration for Xi outweighs his criticism. His China invectives are all show for the MAGA moron base. Traitor trump is going to throw South Korea and Taiwan under the bus the second he gets into office. Mark my words! But this is stupid f***ing America — a country too stupid to care. How many times must I say it? Americans don’t want a democracy, and they definitely don’t care about defending democracy elsewhere on the planet.

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Texas Abortion Ban Exceptions: None

Texas Supreme Court basically says there are no exceptions to the abortion ban. It is difficult to take their ruling seriously as their arguments are inherently contradictory, but this is what people wanted when they vote for RepubliKKKlans, election after election, time after time. This is what they elected RepubliKKKlans to do, and they’re doing it with what, I assume, is barely a peep from the electorate. I don’t have access to Texas newscasts, but I’m guessing this is a news story that most morons are tuning out, and the rest are simply shrugging their shoulders while thinking to themselves, “Glad it’s not me!” — yet. I’ve quoted key passages below.

Only a doctor can exercise “reasonable medical judgment” to decide whether a pregnant woman “has a life-threatening physical condition,” making an abortion necessary to save her life or to save her from “a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function.” If a doctor, using her “reasonable medical judgment,” decides that a pregnant woman has such a condition, then the exception applies, and Texas law does not prohibit the abortion. … Some difficulties in pregnancy, however, even serious ones, do not pose the heightened risks to the mother the exception encompasses.

A woman who meets the medical-necessity exception need not seek a court order to obtain an abortion. Under the law, it is a doctor who must decide that a woman is suffering from a life-threatening condition during a pregnancy, raising the necessity for an abortion to save her life or to prevent impairment of a major bodily function. The law leaves to physicians—not judges—both the discretion and the responsibility to exercise their reasonable medical judgment, given the unique facts and circumstances of each patient.

Though the statute affords physicians discretion, it requires more than a doctor’s mere subjective belief. By requiring the doctor to exercise “reasonable medical judgment,” the Legislature determined that the medical judgment involved must meet an objective standard. Dr. Karsan asserted that she has a “good faith belief” that Ms. Cox meets the exception’s requirements. Certainly, a doctor cannot exercise “reasonable medical judgment” if she does not hold her judgment in good faith. But the statute requires that judgment be a “reasonable medical” judgment, and Dr. Karsan has not asserted that her “good faith belief” about Ms. Cox’s condition meets that standard. Judges do not have the authority to expand the statutory exception to reach abortions that do not fall within its text under the guise of interpreting it. The trial court erred in applying a different, lower standard instead of requiring reasonable medical judgment.

The exception does not hold a doctor to medical certainty, nor does it cover only adverse results that will happen immediately absent an abortion, nor does it ask the doctor to wait until the mother is within an inch of death or her bodily impairment is fully manifest or practically irreversible. The exception does not mandate that a doctor in a true emergency await consultation with other doctors who may not be available. Rather, the exception is predicated on a doctor’s acting within the zone of reasonable medical judgment, which is what doctors do every day. An exercise of reasonable medical judgment does not mean that every doctor would reach the same conclusion.

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The irony and the hypocrisy of this ruling are laid out near the beginning of the order when the justices glibly claim, “Only a doctor can exercise ‘reasonable medical judgment’ to decide whether a pregnant woman ‘has a life-threatening physical condition,’ making an abortion necessary to save her life or to save her from ‘a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function’ [emphasis added].” Then, these RepubliKKKlan justices spend the following pages explaining why their judgment is better than the doctor’s. They didn’t like the decision of the plaintiff’s doctor, who recommended an abortion, so they simply claimed her determination was not reasonable while simultaneously reassuring other doctors that they are the only ones capable of making medical decisions as long as it does not disconform to what the justices might rule on the matter later. Do these Texas Supreme Court justices actually think doctors can feel supported or confident in their decisions, given the high court’s blatant hypocrisy? Of course, not! But that’s the point. These RepubliKKKlan judges say — with a wink — only doctors can decide when an abortion is a medical exception. I promise no doctor will make any decision on performing an abortion, realizing the Texas Supreme Court could rule differently later. In short, there are no such things as exceptions, despite what the courts and law say. And that is precisely the way Texans want it! Oh, well. More women need to die, and then maybe something will change, but I doubt it. People get the government they deserve and desire, which is a judge second-guessing the decisions made between a patient and their doctor! This is what a dying country — figuratively and literally — looks like. Welcome to stupid America. Exactly what I expected.

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Americans Don’t Want a Democracy, F***tards

According to CNN, “Former President Donald Trump has the upper hand over President Joe Biden in two critical battleground states – Michigan and Georgia – with broad majorities in both states holding negative views of the sitting president’s job performance, policy positions and sharpness, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS. In Georgia, a state Biden carried by a very narrow margin in 2020, registered voters say they prefer Trump (49%) over Biden (44%) for the presidency in a two-way hypothetical matchup. In Michigan, which Biden won by a wider margin, Trump has 50% support to Biden’s 40%, with 10% saying they wouldn’t support either candidate even after being asked which way they lean. In both Michigan and Georgia, the share of voters who say they wouldn’t support either candidate is at least as large as the margin between Biden and Trump.”

Americans are just too f***ing stupid to save their democracy. Full stop! I don’t know how many times I have to repeat myself before people start to believe me. Not only are Americans too stupid to save their democracy, but I’m not sure Americans really want to live in a democracy anymore. If these polls are any indicator, then Americans are ready to re-elect an avowed dictator wannabe as president. What could possibly go wrong? Of course, the true irony of idiot Americans favoring traitor trump over Biden is the fact that capitalism does not flourish well under authoritarian rule. This sh*t-for-brains country thinks that by returning traitor trump to the White House, then the economy will return to those “booming” days under his “leadership.” Nothing could be further from the truth, but you can’t convince morons of America of this. I’m not sure what part of an unstable government — engendered by traitor trump intent on spending the next four years of his term seeking revenge on his enemies, which, mind you, is half the f***ing country — people think is going to be conducive to a thriving economy.

Moreover, what do these f***tard Americans think traitor trump — the grifter-in-chief — is going to do to make their lives better? To be sure, traitor trump spent most of his first term spinning his wheels, trying to grasp the nature of the job and politics. Only in the last year of his presidency did he comprehend how to wield ultimate power. He’ll hit the ground running in his second term, not to improve an already booming economy under Biden, but to steal wealth from the country and Americans! Think Putin, who has been grifting and stealing from the Russian economy for decades. That is the blueprint for traitor trump. But whatever. Morons of America cannot be convinced. Right on cue, sh*t-for-brains voters snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. As I have said over and over and over again, f***tard voters elect Democrats to fix the economic mess left behind by RepubliKKKlans (witness: Clinton, post-Bush I; Obama, post-Bush II; Biden, post-traitor trump) only to switch back to RepubliKKKlans when Democrats haven’t repaired the mess fast enough or failed to improve the economy to people’s impossibly high level of satisfaction. It never f***ing fails — every f***ing time. And the polls are showing the same whipsaw vicissitudes of American voters! I can’t. I just f***ing can’t with this supremely stupid country anymore. Too f***ing stupid to survive, populated by a citizenry that would instead give up its democracy for a few extra dollars in their wallet. I give up. Welcome to stupid America!