yesterday was a pretty fucking good day all around

let's celebrate 5 very good things that happened on Tuesday

Trump in court wasn’t the only good thing that happened yesterday. Tuesday was a metric fuck-ton of good news. let me count the ways.

1. Citizen Trump gets treated like the common criminal he is

no more pomp and circumstance for this rotting old gasbag. no deference. no red carpet. private citizen Donald Trump had to sit in a cramped, dingy courtroom like any common criminal, sulking and scowling while 34 felony charges were read out loud.

mad props to the guy who let the door swing shut on Donny’s big stupid pumpkin face. is a Congressional Medal of Honor too much to ask?

ABC News @ABC

BREAKING: Pres. Trump enters courtroom for arraignment hearing. abcn.ws/40EvnDf

and when you’re a private citizen, no one gives a fuck about your dumb unofficial pretend motorcade.

Jeff Tiedrich @itsJeffTiedrich

need a good laugh? Donald Trump's big stupid motorcade is now stuck in traffic on the FDR Drive

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2. Congresswoman Sporkfoot gets run the fuck out of town

while Trump was getting his come-uppance, semi-professional party clown Marjorie Three Toes Greene made good on her threat to make a complete ass of herself.

Marge showed up at a lower Manhattan street corner, bleated incoherently into a faulty megaphone and was immediately drowned out by a larger crowd of counter-protesters. this went on for about three minutes, a which point Her Sporkness gave up, got back in her rented car and high-tailed it out of town.

BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan

Marjorie Taylor Greene was hounded out of NYC today with authentic Bronx cheer from @MichaelRapaport. LEGEND.🔥😎🔥

sad.

also, this happened:

Grant Stern @grantstern

Easy rider.

so, all around, a good day in New York.

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3. Appeals Court tells Mark Meadows to go shit in his hat

tough shit, Mark. go testify.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the Department of Justice Tuesday in ordering testimony from former chief of staff Mark Meadows and other top Trump White House staffers in the DOJ’s Jan. 6 investigation.

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4. Janet Protasiewicz gets elected to the Wisconsin State Supreme Court

this one is huge, folks. this tips the balance of the Wisconsin Supreme Court to the left, which is very good news regarding pending cases on abortion and voter supression and redistricting.

The New York Times @nytimes

Wisconsin voters elected the liberal candidate Janet Protasiewicz to the State Supreme Court, upending the state's political direction and flipping majority control from conservatives, The AP reported. Protasiewicz ran on her support of abortion rights. nyti.ms/3UqjsqJ

and this is the fuckface she defeated. check out this graceless fucking sore loser.

The Recount @therecount

“I wish that in a circumstance like this I would be able to concede to a worthy opponent. But I do not have a worthy opponent.” — Former Justice Daniel Kelly delivers a fiery speech, calling WI Justice-elect Janet Protasiewicz “beneath contempt” and a “serial liar.”

5. Brandon Johnson is elected Mayor of Chicago

and finally, a good guy who was virtually unknown came out of nowhere to defeat yet another wingnut shithead.

The New York Times @nytimes

Brandon Johnson, a county commissioner and teachers’ union organizer who called for an expansion of social programs in Chicago, as well as new taxes, was elected mayor of the third-largest city in the U.S. on Tuesday. nyti.ms/3zDGBMo

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so there you have it, from start to finish it was a very good day. we don’t get a lot of them, so let’s all savor the moment and then let’s get back to fighting the good fight.

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