The Rat In The Trap

'It was a PERFECT CALL': Trump lashes out before Brad Raffensperger's House testimonyhttps://t.co/BJT0vWLhCT

— Raw Story (@RawStory) June 19, 2022

 Trump kicked off the morning by posting on Truth Social," The highly partisan Unselects are trying to create a FAKE narrative, for whatever reason but only with evil intention, that 'He (me) knew he lost the Election.' This is completely false. I felt the Election was RIGGED & STOLLEN, have from the very beginning, & have only gotten stronger in that belief with time & large amounts of additional evidence and proof. In my mind I have, & HAVE HAD, NO QUESTION, and MANY people would be willing to so attest, but the Unselects don’t want to hear them……" and then adding, "I am leading in every poll, by a lot, and the Democrats are doing everything they can to change that, even if it’s another Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, Mueller Scam, Impeachment waste of time, or whatever. The same lying people saying the same kind of thing. I only want to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

Have I mentioned before that Trump has no experience with criminal investigations?

 He then wrote, "My phone call to the Georgia Secretary of State, with many other people, including numerous lawyers, knowingly on the line, was absolutely PERFECT and appropriate. YES, it was a PERFECT CALL (and so was the second call for which the Washington Post was forced to do a major, and somewhat embarrassing, retraction). Thank you!"

He concluded his rant by adding, "I have sooo many witnesses to everything good, but the highly partisan and one sided Unselect Committee of political hacks has not interest in hearing or seeing them. This Witch Hunt could all be ended quickly if they did!"

He reminds me of my one criminal defendant client, a felon found in possession of a shotgun.  He swore it was not his gun (it wasn't).  But the law refers to "possession," not "ownership."  His "defense" was worthless; and it was all he had.

Trump never had a right to ask for more votes, or for a favorable recount.  He refuses to understand that, but that's not a legal defense.  I think he knows that, too.  It’s why he keeps getting LOUDER!

And while we're on the subject of Truth Social:

Mehmet Oz made the first ‘Juneteenth’ post on Truth Social on the left, where he said America was great because of our “freedoms, unity, and equality.” It wasn’t well received. He then deleted, then reposted the second one on the right, taking out the word “equality.” pic.twitter.com/TpnlfIPNV4

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) June 19, 2022

Where only certain "truths" are social; and old times there are not forgotten. In fact, they are wished for, desperately.  

That spins us out to the lunatic fringe, which is now a part of Congress (well, it is a representative government):

Georgia @RepMTG blamed transgender people for the tampon shortage hitting the United States, saying it's "probably because men are buying tampons."

https://t.co/pUSDQ9PcOT

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) June 15, 2022

I think even the Washington Examiner is having trouble with that one.

Marge Greene says there is now a tampon shortage in the country because the Biden Admin is putting them in men’s bathrooms for trans people. pic.twitter.com/6bmkBMaOvU

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) June 13, 2022

Is she that dumb, or does she think she's the female Bill Maher?

And finally, in "Where We Are Certainly Going:"

Another great moment in the final days of civilization... pic.twitter.com/pdtJTgYfMS

— Reginald D Hunter (@reginalddhunter) June 18, 2022

I dribble about that well (or did, when I had a basketball as part of The American Suburban Boy's Kit), but I've never shot that well. And is it racist that the robot is black? I kinda think it is. 

So, a step forward, and a step backwards, in one. O brave new world, that has such creatures in it! Yet the future seems oddly familiar....