Well, here we are a day before inauguration day and by now it should be pretty evident the overall intent of the coming administration is to inflict as much damage as it can on the federal government. Almost every one of the new cabinet appointees appear to have been selected specifically for that purpose. It would be difficult to decide which was the more egregious but I'd start with Betsy DeVos. Even in a group of billionaires with no previous experience in public service of any kind, she stands out as particularly destructive.
Republicans and their enablers have devoted much of the past 30 years turning Americans against their own government. Tomorrow the United States will officially be governed by the extreme right with the consent of millions of these mostly white Americans. The most lasting damage the Twitter troll will be responsible for, to my way of thinking, is likely to be done by this appointment and the extremists he'll name to the Supreme Court. Others might argue the for the coming trashing of the EPA. But, again, each nominee seems chosen specifically to wreck the government and there isn't a thing Democrats can do to stop it. What worries me most is while everyone's being misdirected by, "What'd that asshole say now", his party is going to be putting the finishing touches on a theocracy.
One other thing that the past three months should have made clear, especially if you been reading all the "I voted for Trump and here's why" or "I voted for Trump and now I'm sorry" articles, although I've only seen one of the latter - stupid white people are real easy to find.
Tonight, I'll try to enjoy the last 24 hours of America as I knew it.
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