#1450

Okay, so straight up here: if you think that the fractious realpolitik under Obama was motivated by anything other than racism–you’re a racist.

What were the prevailing faux scandals during that administration? Obama being a Muslim/not an American Citizen? (I.e. notions that were categorically repudiated throughout his tenure?) HRC’s response to Benghazi–in which how many hours of Senate testimony were heard and which the FBI investigated only to determine that nothing criminal occurred?

Basically, all they’ve got is that time Michelle Obama invited the rapper Common to the White House for a poetry event? The current administration colludes with Russia and invites Russians to the White House and conservatives a like–whatevs, at least this one isn’t black?

We have the House which conducted something in excess of 50 procedural votes to express their displeasure with the Affordable Care Act. (These votes did nothing but waste tax payers time and funds and creating gridlock.)

Oh and remember how Paul Ryan and his ilk were everywhere pissing about how the ACA was being ramrodded through after months of testimony and public debate? And then the House with an iron fisted GOP majority passes a repeal bill that’s DOA in the Senate and the Senate then decides to write one bill in secret–which fails spectacularly and another bill that they essentially wrote over a lunch break which also fails spectacularly.

So conservatives are not only racists, they are hypocrites–because they are fine with what the expressed objection to when it was against their stated interest but fine when it’s for it. Dems aren’t exactly pristine at this but there is more of a respect for precedent and the rule of law on the left. No one with a fraction of a brain can argue any differently at this point.

So what else… 45 tweeted that trans folk can no longer serve in the military because medical treatment for transition is too expensive–of course, overlooking the fact that the military spends 10x more on Viagra than it does on medical care for trans service people. (Also fuck the military, I’m not a fan. But for a president to say that trans people don’t belong is an effort to normalize hatred and bigotry against trans folk. It’s why I’m afraid to wear a dress outside and when I do dress as femme as I dare, I still get menaced by muscled cismen on subway platforms.)

The DoJ–in the same week–noted that LGBTQ folks are not protected by federal workplace discrimination protections. (Thus if you are openly gay and work for the federal government, you can be fired.) They also want to make it harder for students attending colleges to report rape/sexual assault. And with a complete straight face, Jeff Beauregard Racist Fuckface Sessions opened an investigation on whether or not affirmative action represents reverse racism. (Reverse racism which is not a real thing and never has been a real thing, ever.)

Oh yeah, and North Korea can now launch tactical nuclear strikes that could reach every major US city except Washington D.C. Yes, granted: they do not currently have a small enough warhead to fit those missiles. And yes, they probably haven’t figured out how to get their missile to navigate atmospheric re-entry; but those are all things that they’ll have ironed out within a year.

This is our world now. And I’m completely overlooking the fact of how things are rapidly degenerating in Venezuela.