The Party of Fox

Yesterday's illegal and ill-considered storming of a secure facility in the Capitol achieved very little in any meaningful terms.  The witness was finally allowed to testify, they beclowned themselves and there is a possibility of serious repercussions.  At the very least, they should lose their security clearances.

Why did they do it?  To play something on Fox about impeachment that wasn't directly damaging to the president. Trump knew about it.  Cameras were there (including those on their phones, which - again - illegal) and it was entirely pitched to maximize the visuals.  They clearly expected to be arrested so they could make the risible comparison of themselves to MLK.

Also yesterday, Almost A Real Boy Mark Zuckerberg was dragged back and forth across another House hearing room by Katie Porter and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over Facebook's brazen stands on spreading lies and how they treat their workers. The two are clearly linked as the Right builds up an information ecosystem that is divorced from reality.  Shep Smith is gone from Fox and whatever attempt they made to report real news is likely right behind him. 

Trump's idiocy was on display last night when he promised to "build that wall" in Colorado.  The crowd cheered.  This is the level of rank stupidity and ignorance that we are dealing with, and it will get worse as the Right retreats into their informational safe spaces where Trump is a uniquely successful president in getting stuff done.  They honestly believe his agenda has matched people like FDR or LBJ or even Reagan.  Trump has passed a massive, regressive, unpopular tax cut and stuffed unqualified, reactionary judges on the bench.  As far as "positive" accomplishments, that's pretty much it. But in the informational biome of Fox News, he's Caesar Augustus combined with Christ.

We know part of how this will end.  Trump will leave office in disgrace, either by election or impeachment and removal (the latter is no longer impossible), at which point Fox and RW Wurlitzer will turn on him, then ignore him. 

These people are high on their own bullshit and they are taking the country with them.