by Stan Natchez
2012
Boston MFA
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
This August I have been reminded of many things that happened in this month: Woodstock, Rocky Horror premiere, and Cheap Thrills released. It’s ancient history for most. For me it’s my youth and coming of age.
Other things are afoot now. The Republican cult can not get out from under the lies of the orange one. Laura Ingraham has said maybe it’s time to let him go and find someone else who embodies the MAGA ideals. What? What ideals? Racism? Homophobia? Untruths? What is she talking about? Who cares?
The raid at Mira-Lago has raised fears that the FBI agents involved may be targeted. The changing claims and threats by the right keep spinning as the truth grinds on. First, it was an unprovoked search; until it was revealed that every attempt had been made to get the documents by other means. Then it was “release the information.” Ignoring the fact that The Donald could do that whenever he wanted. Then the AG said okay. He went to court to get the okay. The search warrant was released and folks were pretty stunned by what they were after. Like, you know, super top secret stuff, like nuclear secrets.
Others have gone to jail for years for possessing one such document, but boxes of it? Now some are claiming the ex-pres declassified it before leaving office. I like the picture of the TOP-SECRET stamp with a black sharpie bubble in front of the left side of the stamp and the word “not” inside. There all done.
Now the Trump lawyers want the underlying affidavit released. This so they can target the witnesses and the agents I’d guess.
Apparently, the Secret Service was not involved in the search. They were only informed that the FBI was coming in. Of course the right wingers are claiming that the FBI is a liberal bastion of I forget what. You know that almost all white male conservative organization – yeah, right.
Now the CFO of the Trump organization after getting a year reprieve from doing anything has agreed to something and will get five months in prison. That’s all?
Lindsay Graham has been told he has to go to Georgia to testify. But he was just doing his Senatorial duty! You know calling up a Secretary of State in a state where he isn’t representing those people and trying to get that Secretary to change the vote outcome. Just a normal day at the office.
Rudy has to testify too. He claims he is too frail to fly. Yet he has tickets to Rome and he can’t make it down to Georgia? The judge told him to take the train or an Uber. There ya go Rudy – problem solved. Oh and by the way you are now a target of the investigation. Have a nice day.
Sarah Palin is running for Congress in her beloved Alaska. Unfortunately, she hasn’t been there much as she’s been trying to be a reality TV has-been.
Liz Chaney will probably loose her primary today. Why? Only 16% of the folks in Wyoming who would vote in the Republican primary believe Biden won the election. Her opponent is deep deep into the fake election nonsense, and the people of Wyoming believe it!
Trump could be in trouble for all those documents that are top secret. It’s a no-no under the Espionage Act. Rand Paul has a solution – repeal the act. Where’s my black Sharpie?
The excuses the Right (stretch of the imagination) has been so ridiculous.
As someone else put it a “raid” is when they don’t tell you they are coming. If you have been asked to return the said documents many times but ignored the requests then they can enter to take back the documents that in truth belong to the US citizens. Of course Rand Paul would repeal the act. He couldn’t even pass his optometrist board exam so he created his own board and of course he passed. I cannot believe we are putting up with this BS. I wishI could sue the Right for causing my CVS.
I just looked at the date “August 17, 2022 at 12:12 am. Actually it is August 16 at 5:15pm.