Defying GOP's Wet Dream of One Party Rule of U.S. Government

"The party of Lincoln and Liberty was transmogrified into the party of hairy-backed swamp developers and corporate shills, faith-based economists, fundamentalist bullies with Bibles, Christians of convenience, freelance racists, misanthropic frat boys, shrieking midgets of AM radio, tax cheats, nihilists in golf pants, brownshirts in pinstripes, sweatshop tycoons, hacks, fakirs, aggressive dorks, Lamborghini libertarians, people who believe Neil Armstrong’s moonwalk was filmed in Roswell, New Mexico, little honkers out to diminish the rest of us, Newt’s evil spawn and their Etch-A-Sketch president, a dull and rigid man suspicious of the free flow of information and of secular institutions, whose philosophy is a jumble of badly sutured body parts trying to walk. Republicans: The No.1 reason the rest of the world thinks we’re deaf, dumb and dangerous."

--Garrison Keillor, "We’re Not in Lake Wobegon Anymore"

August 26, 2004

Citizens

 * 1) Senate confirmation hearing for AG-nominee Jeff Sessions interrupted by hecklers, KKK attendees
 * 2) Protester booted from Sessions confirmation for laughing at idea he treats 'all people equally'
 * 3) Most of the 230 rioters arrested in Washington D.C. following Donald Trump's inauguration will be charged with felony rioting, which carries a punishment of up to 10 years in jail and $25k fine
 * 4) Petition on Whitehouse.gov calling for Trump to release his tax returns has 250,000 signatures. That means he's got to release them, right?
 * 5) A half-dozen reporters have been arrested and hit with felony riot charges (possible 10 years, $25,000) for filming the unrest during Trump's inauguration
 * 6) Trump's unpresidented meltdown proves protest works
 * 7) Grab your lab coat: scientists are planning a March on DC
 * 8) Scientists yesterday: We need to march on Washington. Scientists today: fark it, let's run for office

Juggalos

 * 1) First, Donald Trump awoke the fury of women, who marched on DC. Then he angered scientists enough to organize their own March. But now...now...he has awoken the fury of the Juggalos

Rogue websites

 * 1) Social media postings from the official US Department of Defense accounts sometimes provide an important window into a person's #mentalhealth. Know what to look for
 * 2) Badlands National Park Twitter account goes rogue, starts tweeting scientific facts about climate change in defiance of President Trump
 * 3) Official Death Valley National Park feed now rogue, posting about Japanese internment camps. This is in addition to resistance from Badlands and @AltNatParkSer
 * 4) NASA has decided to make all the scientific research it funds absolutely free and available online. I wonder what brought this on. Hmm, I guess We'll never know

Resignations

 * 1) Entire State Department senior management team resigns
 * 2) Trump: "The Border Patrol endorses me." US Border Patrol Chief: "Hasta la vista"

Ignoring direct orders

 * 1) USDA tells its employees to GBTW and ignore President Trump, who is clearly an idiot