I say this as someone who’s been to the dentist (or will it be the one who exists?)

November 2021

“Chris Christie has appeared on-air to promote his book Republican Rescue, casting himself as some sort of straight shooter when it comes to the 2020 election. Christie was one of the first prominent GOP figures to endorse Trump in 2016, and advised him on debate prep during the 2020 election. I guess at this point, any Republican who’s willing to say the election wasn’t stolen deserves a shred of credit, which tells you just how far the GOP has fallen. Why are we taking Chris Christie, of all people, seriously? He stood by this obviously monstrous man for years, and he still refuses to say whether he’d support Trump again in 2024. Asked by CNN’s Dana Bash if he would support the former president in 2024, Christie answered: ‘Let’s see what happens when he does, and let’s see who he is, and what he says, and how he conducts himself.’ Oh yes, let’s see which Donald Trump will show up. Will it be the well-spoken and serious statesman, or will it be the one who exists?” —Seth Meyers

“Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona, became the first lawmaker in more than a decade to be censured by the House this week for tweeting an anime video depicting him killing progressive Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Seeing something like this from Paul Gosar is not surprising because over the years, Gosar has made a name for himself as possibly the most controversial person in all of Congress, which is actually impressive, when you think about it. Formerly a dentist, a profession he frequently invokes for no reason, Gosar ran for Congress as part of the Tea Party movement in 2010. And it turns out there was one part that Gosar did bring to Congress: teeth whitening. Except instead of whitening teeth, he’s trying to whiten America. Gosar, whose five siblings publicly opposed his run for office, has been known to associate with anti-Muslim and white nationalist hate groups. Someone this awful, they shouldn’t be running anything in government. And I don’t say this as a talkshow host. I say this as someone who’s been to the dentist.” —Trevor Noah

https://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-magisterial-collection.html 

“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night of the Earth 

and Orwell’s 1984.”