May 23, 2022
Victoria! Victoria! Victoria… Victoria Day! David Waldman and Greg Dworkin celebrate an undying monarchy, but mostly Canadians’ embrace of all the summer they can get.
Allegheny County election officials are sorting through 1,900 provisional and mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania, and neither Mehmet Oz nor David McCormick feel like calling any vote fake. That’s strange, considering at least 357 sitting Republican legislators in battleground states have used the power of their office to discredit or try to overturn the 2020 presidential election. These Republicans owe their careers to calling votes fake. Where would Doug Mastriano or Kathy Barnette’s election campaigns be without election denial? 10th Justice of the Supreme Court, Ginni Thomas certainly wouldn’t have her clout without this issue.
On the other hand, as sure as Jesus guns babies, White Christian nationalists would probably still be up to something, and it would probably involve diddling youngsters and banning abortions. Of course, conservatives aren’t that limited in their goals. They also plan to kill and terrorize those they aren’t able to suppress or segregate. Donald Trump isn’t bothered by these complexities and just calls for civil war.
In Ukraine, they are smart enough to not give concessions to Russia and strong enough to not give in. Russians however are taking it on the chin, and some of them give up on moose and squirrel for good.
President Joe Biden supports Japan becoming a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council.
A vaccine might be finally arriving for young kids, as somewhat less COVID has been hitting the fan lately. We still have idiots to worry about, although unfortunately they are never the only ones harmed.
The Capitol attack panel will hold six public hearings to pin January 6 securely to Donald Trump. Ken Paxton is only 59 but might get to become very old before justice ever catches up to him.