First woke up to her in La Belle Noiseuse. Lovely.
The fash frolics proceed apace. Tubby’s apparently so mad that his prosecutor won’t file false charges of mortgage fraud against a prosecutor who dared convict him that he’s trying to get the poor schmo fired. As people knew in the ages before representative democracy (to which era we seem to be returning), nothing but total capitulation pleases a tyrant.
Tubby also forced his own idiot lawyers to file a suit against the New York Times for “disparaging Mr. Trump’s reputation as a successful businessman” that was so absurd a judge immediately pitched it back at them and told them to do better. (Bet there’ll be more tantrums over that!)
And we got testimony in Congress from the fired CDC head further showing that Garglin’ Bob Kennedy’s out of his goddamn mind (“He called CDC the most corrupt federal agency in the world, emphasized that CDC employees were horrible people. He said that CDC employees were killing children and they don't care”) which may explain why he’s trying to kill us all. (Just kidding, it’s eugenics, but he is nuts.)
The big story is Jimmy Kimmel, and how Trump’ FCC cats-paw Brendan Carr muscled ABC to fire him for displeasing Tubby. (“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” said this servant of the people.) Carr not only admitted this but bragged about it.
Unlike some of their depredations, this one’s getting around, and some of the minions are trying to cover for it; Erick Erickson, for example, claims there is “no proof” that what happened actually happened, and that Kimmel was actually fired for poor ratings. Nonetheless he later admits that “Republicans are cheering on the targeting of ABC and Kimmel” and even talks, hilariously, about how to “de-escalate American politics.” (I wouldn’t know but I guess writing’s easier when you don’t have to think about what you’re saying.) Ted Cruz also tries to have it both ways -- it’s great the enemy of the Leader has been silenced but oooo Big Gummint Overreach woo woo woo. That’s the kind of evasive action that gets you CNN headlines.
In short they know normal people -- as opposed to the fash freaks with whom they surround themselves -- don’t like government censorship, so they’re throwing extra layers of bullshit on top of it. Given Tubby’s ratings I doubt it’s gonna work. Since his current mode is to screech and flail when challenged, and that he has taken to actually saying out that loud people are not allowed to make fun of him, there’s a good chance he’ll try something even more totalitarian in the near future. So, uh, heads-up! (I warned Roy Edroso Breaks It Down readers a year ago that this is how things would go in MAGA II: The Wrath of Tubby, so I suggest you heed my counsel.)
The Kimmel thing is more rotten fruit of the Charlie Kirk assassination. Like I said last week, Kirk was a human hate-speech dispenser, as is evident from the fact that his votaries scrupulously avoid quoting his actual Greatest Hits as they ululate over his martyrdom and try to crybully everyone into either calling him a saint or keeping their mouths shut, and get people who are insufficiently mournful fired (a fitting tribute, as trying to get people kicked out of their jobs was one of Kirk’s enthusiasms).
While I’m sure there are people in his inner circle who mourn him, most of these assholes obviously take his demise as an opportunity to play victim vicariously and thus disguise their viciousness and totalitarianism while still engaging in that viciousness and totalitarianism. It’s what you’d expect from people who are always yapping about “virtue signaling” -- they really think virtue is nothing but a signal, never having experienced it first-hand, and expect they can just perform it like a Jedi mind trick. Not sure that’s working, either, though.
Anyway, on to the Roy Edroso Breaks It Down freebies! #1 is Bolt Upright and the Received Opinion Decision Desk trying to report on CK without being allowed to tell viewers what he believed; and #2 is about a new Democratic consultancy absolutely committed to committing to nothing at all, as is the style these days, alas.
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