Truth is Irrelevant: Thomas M. Crooks, a registered Republican tried to kill Trump, and Republicans blamed President Joe Biden

I see this kid with his obvious surgically 
repaired Hairlip.  Read the stories that he 
was mercilessly bullied and see everything
Republicans promise Future Americans.

A registered Republican, young white male gun nut, wearing clothing from an obscure hard right gun humping Youtube channel tried to shoot Trump and Republicans blamed President Joe Biden.  Including the newly minted Vice President Jefferson Davis (J.D.) Vance.

We are living in a post-Truth world and have been for some time now.  Long before Karl Rove uttered his derisive comment in 2003 about the "reality-based community" and how Republicans simply create their own realities, Republicans realized they could gain political power by simply lying.

They've been doing for 50 years now, since Nixon was forced to reign and Republicans decided they would never let that happen again and would absolutely, at every turn, place their Party and their pursuit of power above Country at each and every turn.  It was a slow process at first, but now Republicans, as a whole, do nothing but Lie.

Since, then we've had absolutely monstrous Republican administrations and Congress.  Ronnie Raygun's criminal Iran-Contra affair, Newt Gingrich's Contract on America, George W(orst Ever) warcrimes in Iraq and Afghanistan and then the utter temerity of Republicans under Obama's Presidency making claims "We had no terrorist attacks under President Bush".

The Corporate Media, for their part has played a disastrous role, as they have taken the position that BothSides are too blame for everything and if a Republican lies and a Democrat tells the truth it's their solemn duty to present both sides of the argument as equally valid.  Worse still, when Republicans engage in a non-stop Gish Gallop of lies, as Traitor Trump did in the debate, the Corporate Media believes it is their somber responsibility to present those lies as factual.  Truth is Irrelevant.

Trump being a master conman recognized the conservative voting base was ripe to be plucked by just the right Grifter.  And so Trump simply walked up to conservatives and told them to be their worst selves, took credit for everything, and declared everything he did was the Greatest.  As a corollary to this he threatened violence and death against anyone who opposed him.  At first some Republicans were against Trump whom they saw as too vulgar but, as Republicans became aware of the spell Trump cast upon rightwingers they embraced him fully and jettisoned all the so-called beliefs, morals, and principles they had paid lip service too for years but, in reality never embodied.

On the Left, everyone knows in response to Ronnie Raygun's criminal Regime Democrats adopted the Clintonian Third Way, which worked to build a conservative Democratic Party but, one that had a definitive shelf-life as conservatives began to realize instead of voting third way they could have raw bloody racism which fulfilled their hatred of the other in a way the broad coalition of minorities who comprise the Democratic Party could not.  Meanwhile, disaffected Progressives and The Left (more broadly) declared if Democrats merely passed legislation that helped people, the people would vote for them.  But, that's not how voting works.  The left also proclaimed that good economic policies from elected Democrats would result in poor and rural white people voting for them instead of against their own economic interests.  And yet again that is not how voting works.

The ACA (Obamacare) wasn't good enough.  Joe Biden capped the price of Insulin, eliminated Student Debt, got us out of Afghanistan, ended the Drone program protected Unions, passed Infrastructure bills and it didn't matter because, again, Truth is Irrelevant. 

What the Left never understood was white people in voting for increasingly fascist Republicans and increasingly racist Republicans and increasingly plutocratic Republicans were voting for what they wanted.  Republican voters want a bigoted, rich, racist asshole who stomps on people.  Trump is exactly that.  For 50 years, they've been taught their enemies were the immigrants, the gays, feminists, the snotty elitist liberals, and that's exactly who they hate and exactly who they want rounded up and executed.

Trump and the Project 2025 promises exactly this.

All that matters is the Narrative.  Trump saw this, which is why he takes credit for everything even while he's done Nothing.  I assume the 2024 RNC will be similar to the 2004 one, in which Republicans stood up and declared anyone opposed to George W. Bush loves Saddam Hussein, Al Qaeda and 9/11 while they shamelessly waved the bloody shirt.  The bloodied Face of Trump will be everywhere and Republicans will declare anyone who doesn't support Trump loves assassinations (oh and Joe Biden was responsible for the white male, registered Republican wearing obscure conservative gun nut apparel), Truth is Irrelevant.

Revenge of the Thin Blue Line 44: Thomas M. Crooks and the Police Officer who backed down and how God (and hand-picked Federal Judge Aileen Cannon) saved Traitor Trump

"You think a gun makes you a tough guy?  It's when the other guy has a gun and he pulls his out then we see who the real tough guy is..."  - A Bronx Tale (1993) 

So, I've been steering clear of the Corporate Media circus surrounding Trump's near miss but I came across an AP article which had the following passage;

A local law enforcement officer climbed to the roof and found Crooks, who pointed the rifle at the officer. The officer retreated down the ladder, and the gunman quickly fired toward Trump, the officials said. That’s when U.S. Secret Service gunmen shot him, the officials said. 

Whomever this Officer is, I hope he's got a ready bag prepared and has contacted his Union Rep and gotten legal advice because this LEO is about to find out how quickly the MAGA Mob can turn on Police Officers who they view as turncoats.  Based just on that passage, I'm not going to adjudicate the Officer a coward, say he froze in the moment, or was just happily walking around complacent but, in hindsight, it appears to be he came upon one of those No Shit moments of truth every thinking Officer contemplates, perhaps dreads, and has to steel themselves up to act decisively and... did not.

Whatever the actual truth of that moment, a split second before the shooting started I feel pity for that man because his life, no matter what the outcome, is over.

But, more importantly than the Near Miss is the breaking news Trump continues to win as disreputable Aileen Cannon has dismissed the charges against Trump after sitting on them for months to delay, delay, delay.  Perhaps, Cannon seeing that Trump is protected by the Hand of Providence decided she cannot thwart the Will of God.  Understand Republicans don't give a shit about Rule of Law now, not that they ever did.  The Republicans plan on keeping the trappings of democracy and the Rule of Law whilst they embark on a murderous campaign to reshape America into the White Power Evangelical Nation of Terror.

Like, everything Republicans espouse the so-called vaunted Rule of Law was just another cudgel to bash the left and dupe the normies.

This is a Dark Summer indeed.  Everything appears to be breaking in favor of the Fascists and Traitor Trump.  But, that's not Divine Providence as Republicans would have their base of rightwing drones believe but a 50 year campaign to subvert, infiltrate, and undermine the American Democratic Republic and replace it with a NeoConfederate Theocratic Dictatorship.  We, still have the power to stop Trump's election but, I'm certain morale and spirits are low amongst Democrats and Liberals, the only solace I take today is that maybe Trump is living in fear right now.  

And while I don't want Trump to get over it, if he is living in fear the rest of his miserable life well that could be bad for Us because a scared Trump with Power means pogroms and orders to round-up and liquidate everyone who scares him.