Welcome Back to Pottersville: Gotham City Digest: Expanded edition

(He'll finally let loose on Election Night.)

Wherever there was a hot spot in the Civil Rights struggle, John Lewis was there putting his life on the line. Whether it was on the buses as an original Freedom Rider in '61, marching with Dr. King in Washington in '63, at the Woolworth's lunch counters or on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in '65, John Lewis never thought about his own safety.
Trump insulted him repeatedly, as he had with virtually all the Black Congressional Caucus (Lewis, Cummings, Waters, Frederica Wilson, etc). That'll be part of his legacy. And, as with Elijah Cummings, Trumpie the Klown had to be shamed into ordering the flags to be flown at half mast.

Of course he ignored John Lewis' death. It wasn't like he was a white, right wing game show host.

Trump is a caricature of what right wingers want.

The confederate flag has become Trump's windmill.

"But even if the call may have been therapeutic, staffers say the network has since then made barely any progress on confronting its own racism."

CNN's Chris Cuomo conducted an in-depth interview with Msry Trump and it was somewhat revealing.

Speaking of which...

Why was Jason Miller on CNN last Saturday? He was fired by the administration and, after knocking up his girlfriend, tried to slip an abortion pill in her drink.

“One of these advisers said the president* is ‘not really working this anymore. He doesn’t want to be distracted by it. He’s not calling and asking about data. He’s not worried about cases'." - WH staffer

What, me worry?

So, according to the WSJ, companies accused of running Ponzi schemes and got millions in PPP bucks anyway merely have "troubled pasts."

It'd be political suicide, plain & simple. Plus it could blow back and energize a base that thrives on victimhood.

Moving Bush's and Clinton's portraits to a storage room? I literally can't imagine a more childish or petty man.

"This isn't Communist China." Uh, yes it is.

C'mon, you KNEW some white Republican asshole would do this. It was literally inevitable. We all knew Rubio's an intellectual flyweight but even so, he and that idiot from Alaska will never live this down.

Wilbur Ross landed in the hospital. If this mendacious pack of rabid, upholstered assclowns says it's not COVID-19, it's COVID-19.

So, of course Lady G had to go on Fox and whitemansplain to other white people what the Civil Rights struggle was all about.

Tell me again about how the GOP is post racial?

Meme intermission.

Fear the Combover. (Tip o' the tinfoil hat to Longtime Reader, Stan Banos.)

This is how Dolly Parton's "Jolene" would've sounded 700 years ago.

Fat, sweaty conspiracy theorist screaming about birth certificates, mail in ballots and cancer-causing windmills calls top epidemiologist "alarmist."

"...two beautiful World Wars..."

A glimpse into a much-needed future.

If anyone had any lingering hopes that Trump was still sane and competent, this interview with Chris Wallace should disabuse them of that notion.

Wallace: "In 2021 or 2025, how will you come to regard your presidency?"
Trumpie the Klown: "I'd say I was treated very unfairly."

"I think you're fake news."

But he'll gladly sit for his 92nd interview on Fox.

He. Is. Trying. To. Kill. Us. All.

Hitler would've done exactly the same thing that Kemp's trying to do with Mayor Bottoms.

In case you were wondering why police are strangely unaccountable for their actions, blame police unions, the only ones in this country that seem to have any teeth.

We've now finally strayed on the set of IDIOCRACY and we're there to stay. Kanye wore a bullet-proof vest and had people removed for whispering, demanding he wanted "Order." Yeah, this will go far.

Portland, Oregon residents have finally fucking had it, as they should. They set fire to the PPA building, the Portland police union.

What the hell is our country turning into? Please send good vibes to Judge Salas' family. Her husband is in very critical condition and her son died.

You almost have to admire the shamelessness and sheer cluelessness of women like this. (Tip o' the tinfoil hat to Constant Reader CC.)

I'm sorry, WHAT?

THIS... is my definition of a public servant. Rock on, Maxine

Because he's a fucking moron, Kanye's missed the South Carolina ballot deadline, a state in which over half the voters are black. Sometimes you just need to cry it out.

Tan suit alert, DEFCON 4. Wait, make it 5, as it's a second hand sack suit from Goodwill.

We are so doomed.

Remember the 6th and final episode of THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA when at the end of the Lindbergh administration, government thugs were patrolling the streets and randomly rounding up citizens (Jews) and there was violence in those streets? You know, when the administration finally showed its true colors and agenda all along? Now read this.

Your Karen o' the day.

“It’s going to be Sean Hannity from here on out, ladies.”

Looking at Portland, I fully believe Trump's using 1984 as a playbook.

Your Brad o' the day. And finally...

Trump stiffing towns and cities is finally starting to catch up to him. Now, Duval County can't even provide adequate security for the RNC convention next month.