Holy Crap! Rachel just read part of an Opinion column in the NYT by Fusion GPS

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26. I just read the entire piece. What will it take to MOVE those goddamned R's in Congress?

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Because each day the Republicans sit on this powder keg, the more TNT gets packed into it. It's time for a reckoning with that gaggle of assholes. WHAT will get their attention and galvanize them into action? Or are they merely the duplicitous, craven, hyper-partisan, steal-shit-in-the-middle-of-the-night criminal-enablers we've always taken them to be?

The Republicans have allowed Trump and Co. to weave an entire alternate reality that's utterly detached from genuine events that are actually happening in measurable time and space. Nothing factual issues from Trump's mouth. From bragging and boasting, to promising walls and deportation, to what his family really does, to how he spends his days, to his occasional rally -- EVERYTHING ranges from untrue to out-and-out LIES. His base knows it and they don't care; his just saying things like "build the wall" and other racist crap fills them with delight. It's enough for them. They now belong to a cult, with their own "news" sources, delivered to all the usual pundits and talking heads, and with their leader who informs them, "I alone can fix it."

With each passing day, I blame Trump less (he's frankly insane, and exhibits some serious cognitive decline) and the Congressional Repubs more-- they are the ones who are allowing the Mar-A-Lago-Shit-Show to proceed unfettered. They are the ones massaging his orange butt with velvet during (and well after) the recent post-tax-bill-passage love-fest. They all sounded like they had major cases of Stockholm Syndrome.