Yankee Doodle Dud

It would not surprise me if Republicans replaced The Star Spangled Banner with There’s a Sucker Born Every Minute.

This annoying showtune is certainly more symbolic of the state of our nation at this point.

You see, the Big Old Ugly Fuck Off Bill (or whatever it’s called) will inevitably be the law of the land soon. And Trump’s voters are among those who will suffer the most.

I won’t go into the specifics of this monstrosity, except to note that about 17 million Americans will lose their health insurance, and our transformation into a police state will be more or less complete.

Even Republicans hate this, but they always fall in line, even if it means total disaster for the nation.

Here’s a summary of this catastrophe, which I will quote at length:

“Congress has done a lot of dumb shit over the years, but this bill—if and when it becomes law—might just be the dumbest. The whole process of passing it has been surreal and serves as a metaphor for the Trump-era Republican Party. No one is asking for it. Other than preventing a tax increase, it doesn’t achieve a single long-standing conservative policy goal. No one campaigned on these ideas, and the public is screaming that they hate the bill. It’s bad policy, worse politics—and yet Republicans march onward because Donald Trump wants a 'win.' Not a substantive win. Not even a political win. Just a win for the sake of a win. That’s the only rationale. There’s no further consideration for why this bill should be passed or what happens when it does. They do it because Trump wants it—even though he has no idea why he wants it, or what’s in it."

Here's more on what this law will do:

“As bad as you might have heard the bill is, in reality, it’s actually worse. Americans will die needlessly, millions of others will see their quality of life crater, and their children will face a future of needless suffering and diminished opportunities. Piece by piece, Republicans in Congress are chipping away at the policies and institutions that not only have defined America, but also have allowed it to become the world’s true economic powerhouse. It’s not often a great power chooses to willingly shoot itself and do untold damage to its future. But this is precisely what is happening on Capitol Hill right now.”

So this Independence Day, let’s dwell on the irony that Americans have elected a president who gleefully refers to himself as a king, admits that he wants to be a dictator, and executes autocratic orders with state-sanctioned impunity.

And now that king will deliver a crushing blow to America that no foreign country could ever manage.

Have a happy Independence Day. It may be the last one that we recognize.