It is beyond dispiriting, to the point of apoplexy, that Trump and his rogues’ gallery of fellow travelers are trying to pass off political violence as being predominantly on the Left. Conveniently, the DOJ (under the Stepford-AG Pam “Pom-Pom” Bondi) has recently removed from its website a decades-long analysis published in 2024 by the National Institute of Justice that reached exactly the opposite conclusion on domestic terrorism: “Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far left or radical Islamist extremists.” You won’t see that quote on TRUTH SOCIAL. This is yet another false pretext by Trump, Inc. to stifle dissent and is every bit as bogus as the extortion of universities over antisemitism (which clearly exists, as does prejudice against Palestinians, people of color, women, Muslims, LGBT, etc…. another day we will address the absurdly obtuse comments by Jerry Seinfeld equating “Free Palestine” with the KKK). The key is to note how selective he/they are in their outrage. Blood-curdling rage for Charlie Kirk’s murder but barely a whimper (and even a few utterly vile jokes from Utah’s Republican Senator Mike Lee) for an elected official, speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, Melissa Hortman, and her husband. But when you view yourself as president of only half the country, what more can you really expect? And please let us not forget that Barack Obama once wore a TAN SUIT, of all things. I mean, WTF, Obama?!!
Remind me again whose blood-thirsty rioters were screaming, “HANG MIKE PENCE!” Remind me again who was exhorting supporters at his own rally to chant about Hillary Clinton, “LOCK HER UP!” Remind me again whose followers marched under torchlight in Charlottesville chanting, “JEWS WILL NOT REPLACE US!” and who in the aftermath found a sudden paroxysm of equipoise in claiming their were “VERY FINE PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES!” Remind me again which president calls the free press “THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!” Remind me again who recently accused Barack Obama of “TREASON!” (yet can you commit actual treason against America if you are secretly from Kenya?). Remind me again which side was promising “SECOND AMENDMENT REMEDIES!” Remind me again who referred to immigrants from south of our border collectively as “MEXICAN RAPISTS!” Remind me again which side portrayed Haitians living in Ohio as “STEALING AND EATING DOGS!” and which candidate in a presidential debate amplified that false and bigoted claim. Remind me again who initiated the complete and utter fabrication that is “STOP THE STEAL!” which led directly to the January 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol that resulted in several deaths. And now Trump is attempting to revise that history by pardoning all the offenders (found guilty in court by their peers) and making Ashli Babbitt a martyr to his lost cause. But the enduring truth is that she, and those police officers, would all still be alive but for his craven, selfish fucking lie. Trump alone bears ALL of the responsibility for those tragic deaths, and no amount of gas-lighting counter-narrative will ever change that. And notice also that Trump and his sycophantic goons are not calling for equanimity and national healing. There will be no reaching across the aisle for compromise and mutual gain. They are out for revenge and repression and total domination of their opposition, which has plainly been the lyin’, cheatin’, stealin’ and pussy-grabbin’ Trump brand since the Roy Cohn era. This isn’t a pivot so much as a massive amplification. But like all things Trump, it is doomed to failure. That’s the one thing we in America have come to rely on…
And to close, lest anyone take exception with the acerbic tone of this post, let’s give the final word to the right-wing pundit and provocateur Charlie Kirk, whose sad and tragic killing has initiated an equally sad and misguided canonization. More opportunist and troll than conservative thought leader, what he did was to put the lipstick on the proverbial pig and to smear sugary frosting on a cake made of cow pies and shards of glass. But don’t take my word for it, take his:
(July 24, 2023) “Joe Biden is a bumbling dementia-filled Alzheimer’s corrupt tyrant (that doesn’t even make grammatical sense, BTW) who should honestly be put in prison and/or given the death penalty for his crimes against America.”
Yeah, this is the one guy who should be lying in state and have a glorious bust in our hallowed US Capitol. By all fucking means, please do. And given some of his flagrantly racist and sexist public statements, maybe they could have a life-size statue of him in a circle-jerk with John C. Calhoun, George (Fucking) Wallace, and Nathan Bedford Forrest. Hell, make it a great streaming fountain in celebration of the many faces (and disgraces) of MAGA, past and present. I’d pay to see that shit!
And if somehow you’re reading all this Pam Bondi and/or JD Vance and/or Kash Patel and you don’t approve of it… then you can just GO FUCK YOURSELVES!!!
Great Exudations 