'White Trash Losers 'R Us'
"Oof, so many fails. An abject purge from the Kennedy Center, a tatty Iran deal, a brackish Reflecting Pool. And at the People’s House, pay-per-view bloodsport rife with jingoism, fireworks, flyovers, honor guards for Nazi thugs, grift vast and brazen, the crass smear of an iconic woman in the name of 'a permission structure made visible' emboldening 'the worst people in the world.' The result: 'The cringiest collapse of a nation in real time.' "
"For many appalled observers, the grotesque state of the Republic (if you can keep it) summoned the tawdry antics of President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho in Mike Judge’s infamous Idiocracy - 'Welcome to AOL Time Warner Taco Bell US Government Long Distance,' 'Welcome to Costco. I love you' - the portrait of a dystopian American future after 'mankind became stupider at a frightening rate.' His deranged, AR-15-wielding State of the Union: 'I know shit’s bad right now, with all the starvin’, and the dust storms, and we’re running outta french fries and burrito coverings. But I got a solution. We got this guy Not Sure, and he’s so smart, he’s gonna fix everything in a week.' "
"And so to a pricey Iran 'deal' maybe (or not) ending an inept illegal war that fails on all fronts - military, political, economic, moral - and strengthens Iran’s hand as a regional power. Where are we, asks retired Major General Paul Eaton after 'a war with no plan, no strategy, no achievable objective, no definition of what victory even looked like, and no plan for day 2.' His response: 'Thirteen dead. Years of lost readiness. Higher prices in every American home. All to arrive back at the starting line, weaker than when we left it.' Meanwhile, the cost of his fucking ballroom that nobody asked for has soared 50% to $600 million, more than half to be paid by us, not imaginary 'generous American patriots.' "
"In another weekend fail, symbolic but gratifying, hundreds of real patriots gathered - and thousands watched a livestream - to see the vile name stripped from the Kennedy Center after US District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled it illegal. Alas, the crowd waited all day and night in humid heat - bearing flags, 'You’re No JFK' signs, hope to see 'a horrible scar' vanquished - only for Friday’s midnight deadline to come and go as workers built endless scaffolding and Center lackeys filed last-ditch appeals. Rumors flew, chants grew - 'TAKE IT DOWN,' 'Rest in Shame,' 'Tear down that wall,' 'More Cow Bell' - as drag queen Tara Hoot blew bubbles and Rep. Joyce Beatty declared, to cheers, 'We cannot be silenced.' "
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