‘Today Is a Lulzy Day’ - A Clown Show Roundup
2016’s illegitimate president was arrested today, and the American people are very f**king funny. Enjoy some lulz before the sturm und drang
I decided to finally finish watching my boyfriend Paul Meurisse in George Lautner’s The Eye of the Monocle while mentally prepping my next serious Bette report, but the lulz started coming in fast and furious.
Beginning with President Jackie Singh sending me her Benny Hill version of a MAGA woman getting hoisted by her own petard.
I felt the best way I could be of service to Bette’s community in this hour of infamy - what Bette community member Greg Olear called ‘Trump Arraignment Syndrome’ of which I have an acute case - was to share with you the lulz before the sturm und drang.
Yes, I am engaging in shadenfreude, and I encourage you to do same. By 2 pm, I will be back fighting the fascist network, which never sleeps. But for this one hour, I am celebrating the humor of the American people.
In Jackie’s video above, I learned something profound - the MAGA hat’s real purpose is to hide roots. I get it, hair maintenance is expensive.
In no particular order, my favorite lulz of the hour:
President Jackie Singh - a cybersecurity expert who served as the Biden campaign’s lead threat analyst - also sent me this gem:
This young gentleman went to the trouble of sewing his own patriotic trousers:
Turns out, Michael Picard is a civil rights activist and wickedly effective troll at Trump rallies, however, today he is known by his Trump Arraignment Syndrome nickname of ‘Sideboob Flagpants.’
Actor Michael Rapaport is now the official New York City spokesperson and greeter for all authoritarian right figures in America, and here he speaks on behalf of every decent American, when he greets Marjorie Traitor Greene:
His greeting of Trump’s arrival - in which he made piggy noises - was a healing moment for all who refused to be gaslighted since 2015.
I, too, engaged in being ribald and distasteful on the internet today.
I also gleefully updated my ‘witch hunt’ thread from 2019 - where I keep an ongoing list of the felonious monsters in Trump’s orbit - to include the fact that Trump has now been officially arrested and joined his felonious brethren.
After seven years of full-throated attempts to discredit me online because I have the gumption to expose and fight the fascist network, I feel I have earned a few celebratory lulz. I mean, seriously.
And speaking of lulz, check this thread out:
It’s like my Oligerks satire, except with brilliant illustrations.
As my podcast partner and network technologist HiFi says:
Revel in the laughter, let the dopamine flow like wine, for today is a lulzy day.
But remember, this is but a battle, and the war isn’t over.
Slava Ukraine. Slava America. Slava Democracy.
This just in: it’s indictment reading time.
Love you guys,
Heidi 💘🇺🇸🤘🏼
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***Enjoy Marieme’s version of Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’***
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