cynical dreamer

I feel like a significant amount of well-meaning people are doing just that and I can't figure out why.

The entire Republican Party strategy for achieving what are comprehensively & wildly unpopular policy objectives now consists entirely of bypassing Article I of the Constitution through wildly illegal abuses of both Article II and Article III.

Trump and Vought are now breaking both sides of spending law. They’re illegally not spending where the law requires them to spend, and they’re illegally spending where they don’t have the money to spend.

What we have is an appropriations king.

Spending “deals” are meaningless under that setup.

That and/or they're trying to call J6 types back to action to start trouble.

I've kinda wished they would write these things to Trump instead of us. Trump communicates in public if Democrats meet him there and directly address him maybe that could put some pressure on Trump to form a coherent response.

I'm hoping that the "No Kings" rally this weekend has so many American flags flying it looks like the Fourth of July.

Watching people being brutalized by the state, secure in the knowledge that I'm safe because I don't do anything wrong. And the best part? The state can't suddenly and arbitrarily redefine what "wrong" means

I've long suspected it's as simple as they do things for money and they're not creative.

Yes, yes it is.

"...violated the crime..."

I wonder if I'm the only one who's favorite track is Chicken Bone Circuit.

Sure sure, but Hunter Biden....

When a blow-up frog is more articulate and grounded in reality than the President of the United States.

I feel my most Ron Swanson when I realize I've been acknowledging some guys for years but we've never spoken. I call one guy the judge because he just gave me judge vibes.

Probably fine

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

So much liquid.

I've made it to the Seattle hellscape.

Headed into Seattle today after a wonderful driving tour of central and northern Washington. Put about a thousand miles on the rental car.

News footage from Portland shows a calm, tranquil city. But an AI video that Stephen Miller texted to Donald Trump shows the city as a burning hellhole. The truth may lie somewhere in between.

Malicious compliance is my favorite kind of compliance.

I'm convinced they're trying to raise the "be there, will be wild" flag for their audience to show up and cause trouble.

This all sounds like they're trying to call the January 6ers back to action.

the protesters dressing up as chickens and frogs while team trump is like "these are serious terrorists destroying freedom."

i fucking love these people. well played. no notes.

I like the, you want content? we'll give you content, vibe.

Headline: Trump Has His Eyes on Nobel Prize. Will He Get It?

Adventures in framing:

Headline presenting this as a real-world question. Rather than as another sign of deepening vortex of narcissistic delusion and detachment from reality.

Oh I see Andrew Vaughn can play defense now too, that's fine.

I feel bad that I find things based on reviews, but don't typically leave any myself. Not bad enough to start I guess.

Bucket list hike complete. Heather Maple Pass Loop.