The Most Repulsive Aspect of the Cult of Trump
The meme here suggests something that is very hard to deny about American politics: Republican congresspeople are begging for support from the only person in American history since Benedict Arnold who tried to overthrow the nation.
It’s hard to imagine that Trump’s support doesn’t come at a price, of course, i.e., that they, in turn, pledge to thwart the efforts of Congress and the Justice Department to prosecute the former president on any of an array of criminal charges.
Most Americans are wondering why they wake up each morning to essentially no news from the January 6th Committee. Perhaps we need to look no further.
I wish I could say that this quote here from Pat Robertson was simply manufactured for its shock value. 
When we see memes like this, unless we know the people who created them, we never really know what they mean.
This guy makes a good point.
Psychology Today reports: About one in four people choose to remain child-free, and surveys show they’re just as satisfied with their lives as parents are. The major difference: How they are judged by others.
Progressives in the United States, in general, wish they could fashion their country after Northern Europe. Scandinavians pay slightly higher taxes, but they have governments that work for all the people, not just the rich.
It’s nice to have parks in otherwise densely packed cities, but their absence isn’t ruining the planet.
Fittingly, Donald Trump appointed Scott Pruitt, career oil and gas lobbyist, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt, rejects the scientific consensus on climate change, and describes himself as a “leading advocate against the EPA’s activist agenda,” promptly went to work dismantling as much regulation as possible. 
I had a talk earlier today with an old friend who brought up the idea of letting the deep red states secede from the union.
Mark Meadows has been removed from North Carolina’s voter roll as state officials investigate allegations that he committed voter fraud in the 2020 election.
