
Distraction Alert!
The thing is, all Trump wanted was something to do that would nail him into the driver’s seat on the Fourth of July, Independence Day, to make up for his birthday parade failure.
That big ugly bill—whatever its full monstrosity ends up being—will probably actually take some time to reach street-level impact. First comes the signing ritual, then the chest-thumping ritual, and then the media-baiting ritual.
After that, the bureaucratic gears begin to creak — with some resistance — into slow motion, and only then do the real-world effects start showing up in people’s mailboxes, wallets, courtrooms, or classrooms, and at that point, it’s too late.
The immediate fallout? Like you said—protests, talking heads shouting into the void, maybe some emergency fundraising emails (“WE MUST RESIST!!”), and a ton of hot takes on social media. The usual fireworks. Then nothing. Again. Continue reading →