Given that the slim Republican majority in the United States House of Representatives has finally achieved their wildest dream and succeeded in impeaching Secretary of Homeland Security* Alejandro Mayorkas, can we expect them to buckle down to doing the few useful tasks the House has, like, oh, making sure the government's not going to start kiting checks† and helping to prevent Ukraine falling to Russia?
The last time we tried ignoring the Bear, we stumbled our way into a generation-long Cold War that nearly went hot multiple times -- and that was in the hands of leaders who had already been though a World War and understood the stakes. The current crop of Chief Executives and contenders has never been shot at in battle (or, come to think of it, anywhere else), and I'm just a little worried they haven't all fully grasped that global thermonuclear war is a game you can only win by not playing. It only takes one to spoil the fun for everybody, everywhere.
Secretary Mayorkas's impeachment has moved on to the Senate for trial, where it will fail. There's no question about it: the Democrats have the majority there and the dude's not going to be removed from office. So what was the point, really? Couldn't House Republicans have held a press conference instead, with charts and graphs and guest speakers? And then passed the saving on to us -- or even Ukraine!
Don't hold your breath. It's stopped being actual governance and become more of an art form. A performance. They'll be writhing through the audience for tips next, just like strippers or drag queens. Look out for loose sequins and stray glitter!
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* I still don't like the name of the department; it reeks of IngSoc and bullshit. If you become what you pretend to be, wouldn't it be better named The Department of Not Getting Caught With Our Pants Down, Again?
† It's a U. S. tradition dating back to the Revolutionary War, but personally, I don't think it's worth a Continental.
Perhaps rename DHS Department of National Insecurity?
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