I wrote about this in today’s newsletter, but I wanted to follow up:
I’ve long ago stopped trying to explain what fetid brainworm transformed Wisconsin’s senior senator into a gibbering conspiracist. So, yes. I apologize for everything. And don’t ask me what happened to that fuqqing guy, because I honestly don’t know.
Of course, I'm willing to admit that I could have been wrong all along, but I remember when Ron Johnson was not the freakish crackpot he has become. Unfortunately, he is not alone — and the list of the crazed and twisted is long and depressing.
Someday, I hope that someone will take a serious, deep dive into the question of how many brains have been broken during the Trump era…
Until then, remember that you are not the crazy ones.
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Bonus Tuesday dog
Eli, five years ago today.
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