I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE THINK THIS!

Yyyyyyyyep. That’d be my worry.

The estimable Alex Pareene:

My issue is this: the Tea Party led to the the ascension of populist dipshits (and I mean dipshits to a degree that used to be seen as absurd), with little understanding of how government actually works, as elected by clamoring dipshits (see above) with little understanding of how government actually works.

Actually it’s more like ‘HD will fire anyone who tries to unionize and most of their employees really can’t afford to lose their jobs.’ It’s not a ‘dying at the barricades’ type thing, it’s a ‘my family needs dinner’ type thing.

The responses on Twitter are pretty damn good but I think my favorite reply was courtesy of Mr. Fuck:

All anyone wants is an end to loopholes and universal background checks. Registration would be great, but that would be further down the road if we got background checks. Nobody wants to take anyone’s guns away, but conservatives don’t understand nuance, so everything they argue is guns for everyone with no…

What’s wrong with furious masturbation? This is outrageous.

I think “White” should be the center “free space.”

Children keep dying so their parents can own deadly toys that make them feel safe.

If only Texas had extremely loose gun laws that allowed everyone to easily access and openly carry guns, then they’re could have lots of good guys with guns to stop the bad guy with a gun here.

Also Also she hasn’t done much except fuck over minorities.

True, but in general he tends to get pissed at people who embarrass themselves as often as Betsy does, regardless of their position, and will lash out.

Also, Trump couldn’t give less of a shit about education, so who cares what DeVos does?

“discussing possible replacements for Nielsen if she leaves,” including Energy Secretary Rick Perry

Anyone notice how, despite her numerous embarrassments and fuck ups that often make the headlines, that Betsy DeVos has remained unscathed from Trump’s fury and there hasn’t been the slightest hint of her being fired?

“According to Quartz, the White House is “discussing possible replacements for Nielsen if she leaves,” including Energy Secretary Rick Perry”

Yeah. If there’s one upside to the Trump administration, it is that I have learned the difference between “grifter” and “grafter”. Grifters are showy, ostentatious snake oil peddlers or monorail salesmen (Trump; Ivanka; Bannon; Conway, Huckabee Sanders). Grafters are more subtle, working their cons behind the scenes…