Brewery offers free beer all day when Trump dies

[kan...@aol.com]

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2026/01/brewery-offering-free-beer-all-day-long-the-day-donald-trump-dies.html

I'm not totally approving; but I understand the sentiment. 

But trolling the MAGA's isn't necessarily a bad thing. 

The brewery has gotten a fair amount of publicity on Fox and other conservative sites. They're laughing all the way to the cash register. 

[GMoney]

Meh...when Trump either passes on or his presidency fades into history....the millions and millions of Americans who somehow support his brand of xenophobia, racism and fascism will still be around...passing that along to their children.  Maybe a little more quietly, or perhaps continuing to feel emboldened by the legitimacy that his presidency gave to such sentiments. 

This is an American problem, not a Trump problem, and it's not going away anytime soon. 

So uh....pass me a beer.  

[kan...@aol.com]

G,  you're so often right about things. I hope that you're wrong here. Trump certainly is a cult figure. So was Hitler, Castro, every North Korean "dear leader" for decades. Some have faded into the past; others have passed their cult status  onto others. The NK"s do it by inheritance. But that's a real cult, mixed in with divine features.  Castro hasn't had that kind of charisma. Trump has kids; but they're really not imbued with Dad's......whatever. And no current Republican seems ready to lead the cult. 

However, you're right that much of MAGA's traits have been around for........forever, especially that which we find distasteful. But Trump seems to have helped the genie escape the lamp. Can it be put back in? Never. Can it be gradually be forced back under a rock? Hoping so. 

A feature of Trump's time in office has been the emergence of fringe ideas into the mainstream. Now not every Republican or MAGA-ite is a racist, homophobic, misogynist Neanderthal. Many are; and they'll always be around. Hoping that they can be forced back under the rocks from which they used to reside. The Klan will wear  hoods and gather in fields at night to burn crosses. Militia boys will gather and train in northern Idaho. Let them. But don't apply for jobs working for ICE and bringing thuggery into our lives. 

The Republican pary used to be populated by all kinds of decent, reasonable, intelligent people. But for the most part they've been driven away, labeled as RINO's. Now they're somewhere in the wilderness, reluctant Democrats, , Libertarians (sort of), Independents, or just disaffected folks looking for a political home. In their new reality they don't have the political strength to articulate their message. Too bad; it has merit. It's not my message; but it's a good one for Americans to hear and work with. 

Much of this is true with Democrats. Many have been painted with the "not liberal enough" brush. And so the reasonable messages that used to define both parties get drowned out by voices that used to occupy the fringes. IMO, Democrats are WAY closer to being where they belong. Most of the fringe thinking stays on the fringe. Republicans have really let the entire camel into the tent. And IMO Trump does have a lot to do with that. His current admin is driven by nothing more than repetitive messaging. Competence is a trait no longer considered necessary. Just articulate the message, rinse, repeat. Very Goebbels-esque.