What did you do on Monday? I did quite a few things, and none of them involved watching the Inauguration. Like Michelle Obama, I felt I could miss it. I did enjoy the Lauren Sanchez memes, I don’t care what Gen Z says, you cannot wear a bustier anywhere. I would be in absolute shock that the vast majority of our Democratic leaders thought that showing up to peacefully hand the keys to this wanna be fascist… again… was a good idea but if they had any balls we wouldn’t be in this situation in the first place. At least they can finally let Joe Biden’s corpse rest in peace.
In a move that only a Republican would make, as soon as Trump was sworn in he made quick and decisive action, fulfilling his campaign promises without a thought to what the critics would say. He signed a flurry of executive orders and of course I read all of them. The funniest was the “People Over Fish” order, some nonsense about Southern California choosing fish over making sure people have water. The least funny were the “Let’s Drill the Shit Out of Alaska” order and the “Hey Let’s Pull Out of the World Health Organization Because There Wasn’t A Giant Global Pandemic the Last Time I Was in Office” order. The most expected were the many, many orders related to immigration. The most worrying were the many, many, many orders relating to government staffing. As usual, people will ignore the least shiny orders that will inevitably do the most damage.
All I know is that if he comes for the National Parks I’m going to war.
We are definitely, absolutely, in for a terrible four to four hundred years. We are also getting exactly what we deserve. “Liberals” should have grown a pair a good sixty years ago when McConnel made it very clear that he was going to reshape this country whether we liked it or not. And he did. Not alone, certainly, but Dems didn’t bother to build our own ALEC either like every liberal wonk has been drunkenly demanding since before I was born. As for WHO and the 90 day foreign aid freeze, Europe should have started pulling their own weight a long time ago rather than counting on us to pay for everything from every stray bag of rice to their own militaries while doing nothing but talk about how much they hate us. The only Executive Order I wish I’d seen is the one pulling out of NATO. How they didn’t start planning for this after the first Trump administration I will never know. Yes I will… they’re letting the Nazis take over their countries too.
Speaking of Nazis… seriously go to hell Elon Musk.
This is by no means the end of America. Most countries have survived fascism, despots, or the end of their empires and lived to tell the tale. We will be different after this, certainly. But we will survive. If there is anything Americans are good at, it’s fighting for what we believe in. My hope is that each devastating order, each Nazi salute, each Congressional failure will gird our loins and remind us that this country belongs to us, not them. Not unless we let them have it. This is not a permanent state of being unless we do nothing. And doing nothing would be un-American.
Choose the Bear
Today’s episode features a man who has never been capable of doing nothing, my wonderful friend Ross Morales-Rocketto. You may know Ross as the founder of Run For Something, one of my favorite organizations. Now, he’s on a mission to save men. LOLGOODLUCK. But seriously, we need someone to do it and Ross is one of only 3 and a half men I would trust with the job. Find the episode wherever you find your podcasts or HERE on Apple or HERE on Amazon.
What to do with yourself
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Severance (Apple TV)- SEVERANCE IS BACK BABY! I have been on the edge of my seat for three years and the first episode did not disappoint. I have nothing but questions. Will I get answers? Not enough! But I’ll be happy about it anyways.
Jon Stewart’s take on the Inauguration
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Bloom, Larkin Poe- LP has a new album coming out tomorrow! I haven’t heard it but it’s Larkin Poe so it’s bound to be amazing.
Kaitlyn’s Baby (Podcast)- There are con artists and then there are whatever is going on with this person. Who pretends to be pregnant to mess with doulas???