Okay, yesterday was hot, in more ways then one. Our temps hit 97 (F) and the sun was bold and bright. We are under a heat advisory until Wednesday, when storms are predicted to move across the area. We had a similar prediction last week, and we did get a lot of rain from a storm overnight, but the head stayed. This is the kind of summer I remember from my youth, though I do believe it's hotter now.
Yesterday was a vacation day for me so I could attend a memorial service, and I didn't go. I was expecting my neighbor from across the street to text me a reminder, and she didn't, and I had no idea where it was going to take place, so I stayed home and read.
And I also ate tons of food yesterday. For some reason, I had a voracious appetite. The results were obvious when I stepped on the scale this morning.
Does everybody remember when Trump thought this was funny?
Remember when Trump joked about Paul Pelosi being attacked by a hammer? Republicans, themselves, thought that was pretty damn funny. They all joked about it... until the video came out and then we got crickets from them.
On January 5, 2024, after a shooting at an Iowa school that killed one child and injured several, he said this:
“It’s just horrible – so surprising to see it here. But we have to get over it. We have to move forward.”*
And back in 2023, at an address to the NRA, he talked about gun violence and who was really to blame:
the long history of deadly school shootings in the US is “not a gun problem”. He instead blamed the issue on Democrats, mental health issues, marijuana and the transgender community.*
Yesterday, a 20 year-old Republican with an AR-15 style rifle tried to assassinate him. One of his cultists told NBC news that Trump was now a martyr, and the he was guaranteed to win the election. If he were more of a sympathetic person, that might be true, but he is renowned for his attacks on his opponents. He will not use this to garner sympathy, but will use it to attack everyone and everything he sees standing in his way. This changes nothing. Republicans have a convention starting tomorrow, and I would be surprised if there were not more violence there. I am reminded of the Democrat convention in Chicago in 1968. Those riots cost the Democrats so much. Republicans have been setting themselves up for this for a long time. Trump is the harbinger of death for the Republican party.
* from The Guardian
