Just brilliant:
Ain’t it the truth? My God, what a year. And it’s ending at a real low point. Unemployment insurance ran out on Christmas and Donald Trump is having a pout and spending his days on the golf course instead of signing the badly needed extension. His refusal to sign it is supposedly because he wants to give people more relief money and cut the “pork” from the omnibus appropriations bill. Obviously, he could have raised these objections before the bill was agreed upon but he has been spending every minute plotting with lunatics over his election loss.
So, we are looking at a government shutdown and massive hardship among vast numbers of people because of the horrific pandemic which, by the way, has claimed over 330,000 lives and counting and is still raging all over the country.
I suspect that Trump thinks he is negotiating with Republicans to vote against the pro-forma certification of the election on January 6th and hand the presidency to him. He has long said that the way he does a deal is to walk into a room and look across the table, say “Fuck You” and walk back out. I doubt he actually did that. But he may think that he can hold the government and the American people hostage with these two vital bills and blackmail the congress into letting him win the presidency
Obviously, this is delusional. Nearly insane. But that’s where we are.
You didn’t think this year would end calmly, did you?
The Happy Hollandaise fundraiser goes through the end of the year so if you’re of a mind to kick in a little something below or at the snail mail address on the sidebar, I would be most grateful.
cheers,
digby