The Firehose

 The revelations that the very top of the Department of Justice helped plan a child separation policy that was designed to abuse children...should be a big deal. When the history of Trumpistan is written, Adam Serwer will be its muse. The Trump Maladministration is fundamentally about hatred and cruelty towards people who are not white and support Trump.

Trump's reckless and incompetent non-response to Covid fits into this pattern. As long as it was primarily poor people of color or people in Democratic controlled states dying of the disease, they didn't care. Now that karma has thrust itself into the cramped hallways and offices of the West Wing...now suddenly they care.

In the past ten days we have the following revelations: Trump is a massive tax cheat and likely in hock to overseas lenders; he owes hundreds of millions of dollars to people unknown to us. Trump's debate performance cemented his reputation as a petulant toddler trying to bully his way past reality. The First Lady hates Christmas. Trump got Covid and created a superspreader event so that he could ram through Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court (against the majority of American's wishes). Trump's doctors lied and obfuscated about his medical condition. Trump jeopardized the health of his Secret Service details so his could stroke his damaged ego by driving by his cultists. He then returned to the White House to potentially infect more people so that he could appear strong on TV and told people to ignore the virus. His DOJ engaged in kidnapping. He walked away from necessary Covid-relief legislation which imperils the economy even further, then tried to walk back, because he's in a steroidal haze. 

I'm sure I'm forgetting something. 

Polling since the tax revelations/debate/Covid have been disastrous for Trump and Republicans. While polls that show Biden winning Florida by 11 points or Pennsylvania by 13 are almost certainly wrong, they are definitely capturing something.  Apparently the gender gap they are seeing is "historic."

It is tough to drink from the firehose of scandal here in Trumpistan. With just a small bit of luck, we won't be here very much longer. As of now, the electoral gap is too big to steal. But there's four weeks to go...keep fighting.