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This has been the map for so, so many years And I don’t think they are going to like the outcome.

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It's worthwhile to pause and consider there's (at least a pretense of) a Republican primary going on. None of the other candidates played any role here except for Trump. Even for the brief period you had Emmer as Speaker Designate he went straight to seeking Agent Orange's endorsement. They're clearing the way for his nomination. Whatever influence he's lost within the party he's regaining.

Once the Republican convention rolls around red MAGA caps strapped so tight they restrict blood and oxygen flow to brain will be part of the mandatory dress code.

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"Agent Orange"!!! 😂

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Something fun I noticed: Johnson is a Creationist, the 10'000 year-old Earth kind. Even helped Ken Ham and AiG's eyesore of a museum. So long as the Democrat spin doctors actually try there's no end to anchors they can put around the Republican party.

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Mike Johnson is who Trump picked a while back. They just had to make it look like they were truly floundering, so nobody would suspect that this nazi p o s was their plan all along.

Bet me.

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Rick, I’ve been reading your newsletter for only a short time, but I’m so grateful that I found it. This is among the best, if not the very best, adjective filled description of the republican party I’ve ever read. The fact that Johnson does not look or behave like a “mouth breathing jadrool” is what makes him so dangerous. This was truly a terrible day, ending now with another tragic mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. I hope that the American public got a taste of what is going to continue ad infinitum if they foolishly vote these pathetic excuses for representatives back into office.

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You know, I sometimes have to remind myself that these GOP congress critters didn't just decide to become attention whores because they like it, they're attention whores because it gets them (re)elected. Marjorie Australopithecus Greene is apparently very popular in her district. So rather than reserve my vast distaste for these attention whores, I will remind myself that the real problem is that voters seem to like 'em. And once we have voters who think that re-electing people like this is a good idea, what hope is there? Those voters are lost to reason, to democracy, to fairness. They're entitled assholes whose child-like understanding of the world is killing the country.

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"... child-like understanding of the world is killing the country."

And they blame us for it.

I think the Democrats need to become Paul Neuman's Butch Cassedy character in The Sundance Kid; when he says to Harvey Logan, "We better discuss the rules first."

"Rules? There's no rules in a knife fight."

(Kicks him in the nuts)

"Well, if there aint' going to be any rules, let's get the fight started."

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The special touch of the religion.... it’s the cover for their evil and sadly too many people cannot see the TV preacher quality in this snake. The other special moment was his posse telling the press to “shut up” when asking a legitimate question regarding the election.

Terrible day for democracy and America.

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Oct 26, 2023Liked by Rick Wilson

Horrible.

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Oct 26, 2023Liked by Rick Wilson

I hate that the mainstream media will book Johnson on their shows. This, as you said, will normalize his extreme views. Additionally, it gives outs to the so called “moderates” because of their willingness to bury the hatchet with MAGA members. It’s a win-win for Trump, MAGA, and the “moderates”. I think additional aid to Ukraine is off the table. I also fully expect a government shutdown in 3 weeks.

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I'd bet actual money one of the first to have Maga Mike will be the disgraceful Meet The Depress' Kristen Welker.

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There’s talk of the crazies giving him some leeway on spending but I’ll believe it when I see it.

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Based on your earlier Substack post today on Germany, I am not optimistic.

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Oct 25, 2023Liked by Rick Wilson

..I feel like doing a bit of window licking my damn self. A horror show... And may I say ..the more Mr .Magoo in Brooks Brothers they look like....the more freighting they usually are.

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Oct 25, 2023·edited Oct 25, 2023Liked by Rick Wilson

You basically called it. They may have choked on Gym Jordan, but they rolled over for the Nazi With Good Hair. Also, he wears a jacket.

So Ukraine is fucked, the government will shut down and god knows how much other damage these lemmings will inflict because they're too busy generating soundbites to actually do something.

And many of them are popular in their districts! No wonder they don't believe in evolution - too many counterexamples....

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So what do we do now? I confess I am as exhausted as this dumb conference. I (almost) have no fight left in me. I know that is what they want...for us to give up, but honestly, I don't know how much longer I can take this shit. It is 13 months to the election and another 2 months after that for the damage to continue. Please tell us our best options to stay in the game.

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Maybe Andy Beshear wiping the floor with a MAGA boot licker Daniel Cameron in a couple weeks in deep red KY will give you some renewed hope. I know it will help my mental state.

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I’ll write something up.

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Please write. I need more ideas.

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Oct 25, 2023Liked by Rick Wilson

It’s pathetic but not surprising.

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Oct 25, 2023Liked by Rick Wilson

So, now what?

The media will normalize this nightmare (apparently they don't believe that a party that is openly contemptuous of the press will impact their futures in any way).

More people are getting their news from online sources that range from uninformed to grotesque propaganda.

The proliferation of third parties adds noise to the fraught mix.

I continue to be sickened that Americans view 2024 as anything other than a 1-issue vote to save democracy, up and down the ballot.

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Oct 25, 2023Liked by Rick Wilson

Literally a binary choice. Everything else is noise. Do you want to live in an autocracy or a democracy. FULL STOP.

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As I tell folks…well, EVERY DAY.

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A very large swathe of otherwise sane Americans don't seem able to connect the dots.

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A. Too dumb to see?

B. Simply not paying attention

C. Blinded by Far Right Propaganda Machine

D. All of the Above

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D

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Oct 25, 2023Liked by Rick Wilson

By new favorite RWism: “mouthbreathing jadrool. Utterly delicious.

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Oct 25, 2023Liked by Rick Wilson

Trumpy Insurrectionist AND Handmaids Tale True Believer. Nice character combo.

Good luck NY GOP Biden District morons!

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