Party like it's 1861, Part 1

Will Republicans finally manage to destroy their party--and the country?

What happens to America if Donald Trump, who seems hellbent on tearing the country apart—is the GOP nominee for president in 2024, while facing charges of espionage?

It looks like there’s a fair chance that’s just what may happen.

“Federal prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of a summer 2021 meeting at former President Trump’s Bedminster golf club in NJ, in which Trump acknowledges he held onto a classified Pentagon document about a potential attack on Iran, multiple sources told CNN, undercutting his argument that he declassified everything.

The recording indicates he understood he retained classified material after leaving office, according to multiple sources familiar with the investigation. Trump’s recorded comments suggest he’d like to share the information, but he’s aware of limitations on his ability post-presidency to declassify records, two of the sources said. “

Hmm.. bad enough—but who was in this meeting? Well, it turns out, it was two randos writing a biography of Trump former chief of staff, Mark Meadows —and a young Trump employee named Margo Martin, about whom we know little, except she looks a lot like a younger Melania—who recorded it all on her laptop. Did they have security clearance? Hahahaha. Why would Trumpsky care about trivial crap like national security when he’s busy swinging his tiny dick to these folks, and how many others? Golf buddies? hotel guests, housekeeping staff? Russian assets, Saudi princes?

There was that gift of $2 billion to his son-in-law, Jarad Kushner from Saudi Prince Mohammad bin Salmen—remind me, what was that for, again?

According to Ryan Goodman, former Special Counsel to the Department of Defense:

“Make no mistake. This is squarely an Espionage Act case. It is not simply an ‘obstruction’ case. There is now every reason to expect former President Trump will be charged under 18 USC 793(e) of the Espionage Act. The law fits his reported conduct like a hand in glove.”

Trump is currently facing many a legal problem. In addition to the above, there are the 34 class E felonies he was charged with last month in relation to a hush money payment to escort Stormy Daniels, made during the 2016 election. Rounding things out is a DOJ probe of the violent January 6 insurrection and the plot to overturn the 2020 election, as well as a Fulton County investigation into Trump’s efforts to goose the election in Georgia, both of which also have the potential to lead to criminal charges. But he has a plan to make himself feel better about all of this: fire everyone who investigated him.

Rolling Stone reports that, in recent months, the not-at-all authoritarian ex-president has asked close advisers if “we know” the names of the Justice Department staffers and senior FBI agents who have worked on the federal probes involving him. And, spoiler alert, it’s because he plans, if re-elected, to have the DOJ “quickly” and “immediately” get rid of the officials and agents who worked on his federal probes. Did anyone say “purge”? Ever hear of a guy named Stalin?

But of course, some suggest that all this, and even charges of espionage would not hurt, and could help, Trump win the election— among them Michael Steele, former chairperson of the Republican National Committee.

“It is Milwaukee, the summer of 2024. And Donald Trump, who is a convicted felon out of New York, steps from behind the podium [at the Republican National Convention], pulls up his pants leg, shows the ankle bracelet and says, “I wear this as a badge of honor. I wear this for you. For you.”

The crowd would go f***ing out of their minds. “Boom. You know, it erupts. It erupts. Women and children passed out weeping. Yeah. Yes. They’re weeping. That’s exactly what happens. ..

And that’s what our media and our political class still don’t get about the man in front of them. After all this time, they still don’t understand that…”

And the only other gop potus wannabe even within hailing distance in the polls is Mike Dukakis, in the center here. Oh, did I say Mike Dukakis, the hapless potus candidate who lost the ‘84 election in a landslide? I meant Ron DeSantis, the doofus meatball who eats pudding with his fingers. He looks so happy campaigning, he might cry.

His campaign slogan is… this is not a joke. Well okay, it is a joke, but not on purpose.

It costs four times as much to insure a house in Florida than any other state, for one thing, because Florida is becoming one great dismal swamp. Ask yourself, does Texas, California, Montana, New Hampshire, Georgia or any other state, want to be Florida? This man is not a winner.

So? What would it say to every sane population on the planet, if the US elected a president—again—who was guilty of trying to overthrow the government, while simultaneously smearing the country with ketchup, slime, and stupid?

What kind of lunatic Lalaland would DO that?