Grifters gonna grift. News at 11.

So apparently we’ve reached the “arresting judges” phase of our speed run to failed-state status.

“He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. [...] He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. [...] For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world […]”

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

Don’t look at me, I voted for the black lady who didn’t want to burn down our economy.

"Any jackass can kick a barn down. But it takes a carpenter to build one.” -President Lyndon B. Johnson.

kakistocracy (n): a government that is ruled by the least suitable, able, or experienced people in a state or country
-Merriam-Webster

"A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims, but accomplices." -George Orwell.