Democracy's Expiration Date

The passage of time is weird.

Time is driven by our perception.

Albert Einstein articulated this by saying if you sit on a hot stove for a minute, it feels like an hour and if you talk to a pretty girl for an hour, it feels like a minute.  

Does 2023 feel like it's not that long ago? Or does it feel like an eternity ago?

This time two years ago, Republicans were playing a game of chicken with the Federal budget, positively livid on getting their way to cut taxes for the rich and slash the safety net for the poor and President Biden saying he would not sign such legislation. 

Now, Republicans are fucking kamikaze pilots orgasmically thrilled they will get to cut taxes for the rich and slash the safety net for the poor and Li'l Donnie Trump just as giddy as a little boy on Christmas morning that he gets to sign the damn thing. 

Even though the people who are mostly likely to be hurt by this so called "One Big Beautiful Bill" are the fucking morons in primarily Republican districts who voted for shit for brains Trump in the first goddam place! 

It's hard to think of 2023 as that long ago when the Republican Party is still out to fuck their constituents the same way.

But it also seems so long ago because in the intervening 6 months since Trump was inexplicably inaugurated for an unforgivable 2nd time, so much has been done to push American democracy past it's expiration date.  

The Supreme Court essentially gave Trump carte blanche to push ahead with his agenda to end birthright citizenship, a right embedded in the very Constitution that Trump swore to uphold but uses as toilet paper on his fat ass on a daily basis. 

Trump launched an attack on another country with no approval from Congress.  The Republicans in the House and Senate are fully prepared to abdicate their responsibilities in deference to Der Fuehrer.   

Trump has entire apparatus in place around him to insists that the attack on Iran was the absolute best thing ever and was 1000% successful even in the face of fact that day otherwise. Why should we expect Republicans to stand up to Donald Trump when FACTS do not stand a chance.  

Currently Congress is pushing through a bill that the American people do not like and do not want and do not need because one man said it needs to pass to appease his ego and greed and cruelty.  

As we arrive on this last day of June and the halfway point of this year, I fear democracy in the United State is past our expiration date.