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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Sunday, August 23, 2020

The Trump Crime Family

 Looking at the slate of speakers for this week's Republican National Convention and while it appears to be a moving target (I think Steve Bannon's slot was removed) it consists mostly of Trump family members. There are rumors of Trump speaking every night, which should be....fun? Melania will be giving Michelle Obama's speech again, so you could watch that. Junior, Eric, somehow Tiffany, Ivanka naturally, I would guess Kushner. Some of the other Trump spouses culled from Fox News, Lara Trump and Kimberly Guilfoyle will likely speak. Among elected Republicans, we will Pence, of course. Mitch McConnell might submit some recorded remarks, Nikki Haley is positioning herself for 2024 and Joni Ernst will self-immolate on the Trump Pyre. Kevin McCarthy, Tim Scott...The list is...something.

One family member who won't appear is obviously Mary Trump, but I think we can now count out Trump's sister, whom Mary Trump secretly recorded telling us - again - all the stuff we already know about Trump. It was his sister who levelled the charge that Trump had someone take the SAT for him. 

It's depressing how many people close to Trump keep telling us what an awful person he is, yet 35% of Americans will vote for him no matter what. No matter the bounties on US troops, the sabotage of Ben Franklin's post office, the corruption, the indifference to Covid deaths, the ignorance...it's staggering.

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