mental health break, once again

but also some stuff about Donny’s daddy

friends,

it has now been three weeks since the passing of my wife Claudia.

continuing to write these daily posts has been for me an essential part of my grieving process. but every now and then, the profound sadness of it all becomes a little too overwhelming — and so today I must grant myself another day off.

let me once again take a moment to say thank you to the thousands of people who have posted, commented, private messaged, texted, and phoned to offer condolences. I love you all. I am blessed to be surrounded by an amazing, caring community.

thank you for hanging in there with me. see you tomorrow.

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but wait, before I take off — this wouldn’t be a real post unless it had some serious Donnyloathing in it, so here we go.

Donny is in bad need of his own very long mental health break right now. a couple of days ago, Sundowning Grandpa Befuddlepants held one of his tiresome dog-and-pony shows in the Oval Bordello, and his Emotional Support World Leader for the day was Fred Mertz.

no, wait. not that Fred Mertz. I meant to say Friedrich Merz, the Chancellor of Germany.

anyway, there Donny was, in the middle of doing some piss-baby bellyaching about how the UK was being so unfair to him, when he made the stunning admission that he’s always had a special affinity for Germany, because that’s where his father was born.

I shit you not.

“my father was born — he knows all about my father — my father was born there. these are places you automatically very— very feel warmly about.”

bzzzt! wrong answer. how the fuck does Donny not remember that his tyrant Klansman father was born in the Bronx, in 1905? it was Donny’s draft-dodging, brothel-operating grandfather Friedrich Drumpf who had been born and raised in Bavaria.

how fricasseed is what remains of Preznit Fuckwit’s brain right now?

this impaired numbskull is currently mismanaging multiple foreign policy crises, and at the same time tanking the world’s economy. he’s in command of a nuclear arsenal, all while being so demented that he can no longer remember that his father and his grandfather were two different people.

and, once again, the worthless scribblers of the corporate-controlled press just stand there like useless lumps.

it would be hilarious if it weren’t so bone-chillingly horrifying.

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let’s go out on a positive note.

during Congressional hearings over the last two days, Democrats and Republicans have been using ICE Barbie as a chew toy — and it’s been fucking glorious to watch.

Jared Moskowitz wearing a ‘Justice for Cricket’ button on his lapel was particularly delicious.

but the one clip I want to highlight is that of Vermont Rep. Becca Balint angrily ripping Little Miss Hair Extensions several new ones, and reminding her that even though she may think she’s above the law, she is most certainly not.

“I want you to know Americans will get accountability for the damage you have done. the lawlessness of aspects of DHS. for killing innocent Americans, for terrorizing children. they will get accountability. and you are the secretary of DHS — for now. and you think you're immune from accountability, but I promise you this: one day he is not going to be president anymore. he is not going to be in charge. and when that day comes, we will still be here. and we will still be seeking accountability. and in hearings like this, we are going to continue to prove your guilt.”

fuck yeah. ‘accountability’ is the messaging Democrats absolutely have to use in the midterm elections.

all these lawless fuckwads must face accountability for their multiple crimes.

it’s a winning message. you know it, and I know it.

someday this war’s gonna end.

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thanks again for hanging in there with me. see you tomorrow.

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here’s your daily reminder that I can be found on Blue Sky at this link.

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this is going to be my closing message for the foreseeable future:

practice self-care. do what you need to do to keep sane. if that means you need to disengage with my daily posts for a while, I get it. this community of ours will still be here when you return.

to all the people who have signed on in the days since the election, welcome aboard. settle in as we all try to deal with the shitfuckery that’s ahead of us.

we are all in this together, and we are all here for each other.