Oh, I Think We Can

I think our frame of reference for what's normal and what's extraordinary has been so damaged by the last 7 years that we can't grasp how grave and astounding all of this is.

— BrandenburgTestHat (@Popehat) June 28, 2022

Even FoxNews is gobsmacked.

Fox News's Bret Baier describes Hutchinson's testimony as "stunning" and "compelling" pic.twitter.com/aBoJ2h43MK

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 28, 2022

On the other, other, satirical hand:

US treason hearings blasted for partisanship, as only Republican witnesses are called.

— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) June 28, 2022

I am a little curious about how much "good graces in Trumpworld" are worth, even in the "Trumpworld" market. Because Trump's loyalty all runs one way, and he can turn you into a liar and leaker who he never knew at the drop of a hat.

I am a little concerned that our frame of reference for reality in the West Wing is Hollywood Mafia movies.

Ken From 2012: what kind of things will we be lawsplaining in the distant future of 2022?

Ken from 2022: "What are the elements of assault on a Secret Service agent if it's the President doing it?"

Ken from 2012: Fine, be an asshole and don't tell me.

— BrandenburgTestHat (@Popehat) June 28, 2022

Well, that's just because the future is impossible to predict! I still want my goddamned flying car!

Suggesting the enormity and seriousness of the situation, this marks the first time @jaketapper has said "fucking" on the air since Monday afternoonhttps://t.co/szbQnPRq0n

— BrandenburgTestHat (@Popehat) June 28, 2022

Alright, that is a frame of reference shift I did NOT see coming!

With one each in Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana, that makes at least *three* U.S. House districts that lower courts have ruled had to be "majority-minority" districts under the Voting Rights Act (and likely Democratic), but that won't be in the 2022 midterms thanks to #SCOTUS. https://t.co/TDiA8Fln8f

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) June 28, 2022

The real change in frame is the death of the Voting Rights Act; all we're doing now is waiting for the funeral, expected shortly. 15th Amendment, we hardly knew ye (some amendments are more sacred than others).