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Trump: Murdering Renee Good was okay because "She was highly disrespectful. Law enforcement should not have to put up with this stuff." Also Trump: "Iranian patriots, KEEP PROTESTING. Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price for the senseless killing of protestors."

One part of ABC’s sniveling Kimmel statement caught my eye: “We felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive”. Someone should ask ABC execs exactly *which* comments were ill-timed and therefore (supposedly) insensitive.

Kimmel didn’t criticize Kirk at all; he criticized Trump and MAGA. They are fair game.

 Two things are at work, IMO. First, obviously, ABC was seeking to justify their cowardice. (“It wasn’t money! No, it was insensitive comments.”)

Speaker Mike Johnson, a few days ago: "Our beloved president wasn't a *friend* of Epstein. No, he only hung out with him and showed great enthusiasm in his company and sent him erotic birthday cards because he was working undercover for the FBI to expose this heinous pedophile."

Tommy #Tuberville rants that #NIL and #TransferPortal are (guess what?) the fault of Democrats: "It's a disaster in basketball and football. We do not want to turn [college sports] into minor leagues. Democrats don't care about college sports or education." Of course, the great irony here . . .

Trump is doing so many horrible things that it's difficult to rank them. But the worst is the outright rejection of judicial review with the full support of a compliant, brainwashed Congress. Everything else is terrible, but the end of judicial review would be the end.

Ultimately, Congress is the only check on the President. Even if the Supreme Court summons the fortitude to rein in Trump (no sure thing, that), only Congress and its power of impeachment can make it stick.

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Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan once said, "You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts." Between Fox News and the rest of the metastatic Right-Wing Machine, this is no longer true.

Republicans live in a make-believe world where their confused, loathsome, and pathetic orange god is a heroic colossus bestriding the world, protecting them from women and black people. Facts and common sense bounce off of Republicans.

Trump orders the military to "stop DEI", and the USAF memory-holes the heroic example of the Tuskegee Airmen. Two possibilities: 1. The generals are spinelessly bowing to the perpetual distaste Republicans have of showing non-white people in a favorable light.

Most Republicans don't care why we don't like Trump, but I have one R friend empathetic enough to ask why I dislike The Don so much. Here's what I told him. (These are just some of the high points. This could have been twice as long.)

When Nancy Pelosi's husband was attacked by a MAGA loon who bashed his head with a hammer, almost killing him, Trump JOKED ABOUT IT for weeks. Many other members of the "family values party" did so as well. And somehow you're OK with this.

Most Republicans don't care why we don't like Trump, but I have one R friend empathetic enough to ask why I dislike The Don so much. Here's what I told him. (These are just some of the high points. This could have been twice as long.)

Buried his ex-wife on one of his golf courses for a tax break meant for cemeteries. Started the scam "Trump University", promising to teach students the "secrets of success". Settled a class action lawsuit for $25 million. And you applaud his "business acumen".

Most Republicans don't care why we don't like Trump, but I have one R friend empathetic enough to ask why I dislike The Don so much. Here's what I told him. (These are just some of the high points. This could have been twice as long.)

Not surprisingly, has been accused by two dozen women of sexual assault. Accused of rape by his ex-wife. Found civilly liable for sexual assault by a jury and fined $80 million. You heard this and thought, "Yeah, I wanna vote for that guy!"

Most Republicans don't care why we don't like Trump, but I have one R friend empathetic enough to ask why I dislike The Don so much. Here's what I told him. (These are just some of the high points. This could have been twice as long.)

Stole classified documents and ignored subpoenas ordering their return. Who did he show the docs to? Did he sell them to foreign governments? We don't know. And the "national security party" doesn't care.

Most Republicans don't care why we don't like Trump, but I have one R friend empathetic enough to ask why I dislike The Don so much. Here's what I told him. (These are just some of the high points. This could have been twice as long.)

Serial adulterer. Cheated on all three of his wives. Slept with a porn star. Paid her hush money a few weeks before the 2016 election. And you and the rest of the "family values party" don't care.

Most Republicans don't care why we don't like Trump, but I have one R friend empathetic enough to ask why I dislike The Don so much. Here's what I told him. (These are just some of the high points. This could have been twice as long.)