PJM: President Trump declared a national emergency over the novel coronavirus on March 13, 2020. As the crisis evolved throughout 2020, many governors took that football and ran it as far down the field as they could, implementing ever more severe restrictions on their states as they declared their own state emergencies. As COVID-19 lockdowns spread across the states, they began to take on an appearance of permanence, despite questionable results in slowing the pandemic’s spread. The populace, often scared into submission, mostly complied out of a fear of the unknown.
This gave those governors a taste of power heretofore resisted by the American public, and many of them found the sensation intoxicating. Even more intoxicating was the willingness to accept the new normal.
As more despotic governors declare more states of emergency without legislative approval or oversight, or even a light at the end of the tunnel, it seemed the light bulb went on for the far left. We could finally rid the United States of that pesky republican form of government once and for all and install direct democracy. This led me to believe that these permanent temporary lockdowns would soon become a dry run for national emergency after national emergency—like climate change—that would create fun new normals ad infinitum.
Enter Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and Rep. Earl Blumenauer.
(You may be forgiven for not having any idea who that third guy is. Blumenauer represents Portland, Ore., in Congress. He’s inhabited the swamp for a couple of decades and, like other Oregon representatives, has mastered the art of avoiding notice, which is why he hitched himself to AOC and The Squad in an effort to gain traction.) more
Childish Nonsense. I feel like we are being governed by nine year old kids.
Come and get me when the sane people start pushing back on this silliness.
I’m waiting for the idiots to decree that we must wear our underwear on the outside in order for the Biden Skid-Mark Czar to be able to do random checks of every loyal citizen.
We ALL knew this shit was coming.
However….That DOES NOT make it acceptable.
@mickey moussaoui:
Nine year old kids with weapons of mass destruction.
Eat a giant bag of cock rotten dicks.
We’ve lost.
Fraudulent election, same for future elections.
Brain-addled “POTUS”.
Far left-driven change.
Open borders.
More dead babies worldwide.
Increased inflation, interest rates, and taxes inbound.
Back to spending for global government, climate bullshit.
Government by executive orders, no constitutional balance of powers.
Zero pushback from RNC.
Gotta hand it to them. They’ve run the table on us, and are just getting started.
Welcome to groundhog day…again.
Pfft climate change
We all know the real national emergency is rampant stupidity.
“climate emergency” is you are an atheist or brain dead. Shakespeare well defined it as a tempest in a teapot.
I think I’m going to puke…
Does this mean I can buy the Obamboozler’s beachfront property for a measely mil or less…
on a 30 year mortgage?
@mickey moussaoui — Hey, about those nine year old kids: I hear there are some cages down in Texas…
The asswipes wanting to take over this country are hoping beyond hope to totally discourage those of us that want to save it.
DON’T give up.
NO 🖕😠🖕s given.
BURN a tire for Greta. 😡
Like Wow man, make a light in the universe…
Set fire to a Prog of your choice.
How can the revolutions and evolutions of the Sun be a national emergency?
The only REAL national emergency is the stolen election and the totalitarian infestation of what was our government.
Sometimes a strong disinfectant is needed.
izlamo delenda est …
Those of us setting in the middle of this cold snowmageddon (-5, Mt)are hoping for some immediate global warming. We were having a mild winter till Joey Biteme took office… it’s Joe’s fault, he has somehow pissed off the climate gods, but democrats piss off everybody.