Today’s Big Stuff 6.10.22

June 10, 2022

Today’s Big Stuff 6.10.22

Happy Friday. There are 151 days until the midterm elections. Trump did that sh*t, Elise endorsed a Nazi-lover and the religious right is really freaking us out. 

Be advised: We thought we used up all our cuss words last night. We were wrong. Really fucking wrong.

Note: Well, Sexy Patriots, did you hear us? Did you hear us howl when the Jan. 6 committee dropped Ivanka on our asses? Maybe it was more of a yelp than a howl, but it shook the walls. And so did the committee last night. Seriously. That shit was hot. And we got to pondering why we felt it in our goddamn bones so much. 

Basically what we came up with is that the world is polluted with Trumpian bullshit and last night was a blast of pure unfiltered truth like we ain’t had in way too long. The villains got a taste of justice. It was gripping. It was compelling. It was about fucking time. Ivanka! Jared! Jason Miller! Oh dear god we wanted to give Trump his twitter account back for one night just to watch him burst into flames of rage and diarrhea. We were waiting for the committee to find that little kid from the lawmower meme to talk about how Trump asked him to put on a goat horn helmet and attack the Capitol. It was straight-up much-needed long-overdue truth, and we were fucking starving for it. We live in a world where yesterday alone there was another mass shooting and Britney Spears’s ex-husband broke into her house to try and stop her wedding…

Yeah, so like we were saying, things are fucked up. Like REALLY fucked up. But last night we got a taste of truth. We got a reminder of what truth sounds like. We got a reminder that accountability is still within reach. And we got a reminder that the response to the terrorist attack of Jan. 6, 2021 is not over by a damn sight. Thank you to the members of the committee for delivering that response. And a shitload of much-needed truth. 

Note two: Also, Officer Edwards is a damn hero, and we are so fucking happy to be on the side that is celebrating her instead of the side wishing she’d just shut the hell up. 

Note three: LOL. The Ivanka stuff got better. This morning Trump went on something called Truth Social to say that his daughter crush had “long since checked out” and didn’t know anything about the election results. Is there a way to roll all of this up and smoke it? More: CNN

Note four: Did y’all have the same emotional response to that video we did last night? Holy shit! It was like we were living that day all over again. 

Note five: Here’s what the domestic terrorist propagandists were doing instead.

Note six: So remember in Seinfeld when that lady said she got gonorrhea from riding on a tractor. Well someone turned that into an actual lawsuit it seems. More: CBS News

Note seven: Consumer prices were up 1 percent in May. Most of it is we’re getting our asses spanked at the gas pump, but it’s still an ugly economic headwind to be facing and a lot of people are hurting. More: NBC News

Note eight: Ya know, we have always liked Green Day. This looks like a sequel to “American Idiot.”

Note nine: Brian Sicknick’s brothers were on CNN dropping some truth this morning. They want to see Trump held accountable. So do we. Was Merrick watching last night? More: CNN

Note 10: The super corrupt asshole from the Trump administration — sorry, we’ll be way more specific — Ryan Zinke is probably going back to Congress. Because those red states that are supposed to be real America are corrupt as hell. More: CNN

Note 11: In kinda shocking news the Supreme Court didn’t block the counting of undated mail-in ballots in a Pennsylvania race. You’ll never guess who dissented. More: CNN

Note 12: Hahahahaha. The shit-eating scumbag who owns OAN tweeted yesterday that he’d heard Elon was asking about buying his garbage “news” station. But apparently even Elon ain’t that dumb. More: Huff Post

Note 13: Btw, in case you didn’t see it, Kevin McCarthy blamed you for Jan. 6.

Note 14: Which House Republicans asked for pardons? The suspense is fucking killing us. 

Note 15: Bennie Thompson gave us goosebumps. Well done, Mr. Chairman. 

Note 16: How great is this ad from Sen. Rev. Warnock?

Note 17: It’s never gonna stop being weird saying this, but goddamn Liz Cheney did a great job.

Note 18: Well, SPs, it was actually kind of a slow news day other than the hearings about the attack on our democracy. So we’re gonna move along, knock out the news section and get this weekend started. We love y’all, and we’ll see you Monday. 

Traitor

So Trump definitely caused the attack on the Capitol. The Jan. 6 committee did a fantastic job of laying out exactly how he called the Proud Boys to Washington. It was a conspiracy to overturn an election. It was violent and bloody. And it was caused by the president of the United States. We don’t have much to add other than what we’ve already covered, but it is definitely worth noting that before the hearing began, Trump put out a statement calling that awful day “the greatest movement in the history of our country.” There are three more hearings scheduled for next week on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. 

Elise’s Nazi

After the number three House Republican endorsed New York scumbag Carl Paladino, video emerged of Paladino saying America needs a leader like Hitler. That’s what he said. That’s how he said it. And as he backpedaled like a motherfucker yesterday, Elise said the statement had been taken out of context. But she didn’t say how. Because it wasn’t. And she endorsed a Nazi-loving piece of shit because she’s a Nazi-loving piece of shit.

Scary shit

So the religious right has gone full Taliban on us. And the Republican Party’s cutesy “groomer” and CRT attack lines have inspired a whole new wave of violent hatred. Take this sick fuck in Texas who said he wants to line up every gay person and shoot them in the back of the head. Bet this is a Ted Cruz supporter. This is why we can’t get tired. This is why we can’t give up. Because these fuckers want to shape our future, and we can’t have that. 

Today’s clips

The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international air travelers to the U.S. take a COVID-19 test within a day before boarding their flights, easing one of the last remaining government mandates meant to contain the spread of the coronavirus. More: Huff Post

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