I don’t know…a mass uprising that lets Congressional Republicans know that if they don’t start representing all of their constituents and hold Trump et al accountable for their corruption they are going to get the bum’s rush en masse, a kind of #Occupy movement except with real leadership and teeth? I don’t see that happening, though; do you?
We certainly can’t rely on Nancy Pelosi, performatively tearing up an opponent’s speech while quietly passing insider information to her husband to make profitable trades, or Chuck Schumer, assuring us that he’s really going to write an extra-stern letter once Trump’s polling drops below some arbitrary threshold. These people are way too invested in the existing system to ever really challenge it even as it is on fire. The handful of actual contrarian voices are being marginalized and drowned out. If I could grant superpowers, I’d give Liz Warren some Lady Hulk serum, Tammy Duckworth an a War Machine suit, AOC a pair of Glocks and some shock-sticks, and Sheldon Whitehouse a battleaxe forged from the heart of a dying star, but unfortunately I don’t think we’re going to punch our way to a good ending.
But hey, next week Trump is going to host his second favorite war criminal on American soil to negotiate a “peace settlement” with the aggrieved party absent, so everything is coming up Milhouse, right? With Trump’s famous deal-making skills we’ll probably end up selling Alaska back to Russia at a discount and paying a bullshit restocking fee in the process.
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