- A note about my trip tomorrow to Austin;
- How Mike Johnson characterizes Republicans as “rugged individualists,” yet who can still not get along to solve actual problems;
- How Trump’s policies would increase inflation, and his fans haven’t noticed;
- More about Republicans’ avocation of violence;
- Short takes: David Barton and how myth becomes history; are rural voters more progressive than we think?; immigrants, democracy, dying young, and facists.
I could have mentioned yesterday that I am, in fact, headed to Austin TX tomorrow, Thursday, for the first time since Larry died, to go through his house. There was some complication about getting his actual Death Certificate (the Justice of the Peace in Hays County, which provides coroner services, somehow didn’t connect with the mortuary that took care of his body) so I am not as far along with “settling his affairs” like bank accounts as I’d hoped. But it’s in progress.
Meanwhile, for today, another batch of two or three days’ worth of posts about what the MAGA crazies are up to. After today, probably no posts for the next four days.
This is the most curious.
Joe.My.God, 24 Apr 2024: Johnson: Democrats Are “Collectivists And Socialists” But Republicans Are “Principled Rugged Individualists”