Another noble mind o'erthrown

 Yesterday Jeffrey Clark, former high-ranking official in the Trump Justice Department, responded on Twitter or X or whatever it is this morning to his indictment in Fulton County, Georgia:

"Today witches, spiritists, mediums, those with spirit animals, and Ukrainian NPCs resumed their attacks on me."

I had to look up NPC -- it means "non-player character," a metaphor to describe someone perceived as lacking independent thought.  Listen, I just do what Pyewacket tells me.  We never discuss Ukraine.

I've read it a few times and I'm still confused.  If Clark is a victim of a WITCH HUNT!! why are witches and "spiritists" attacking him?  Why "resumed"?  Has he suffered a head injury?  Can that be the basis for a defense in Georgia?  Is he just calling Fani Willis a witch?  If so, it's the least of her worries.

Mark Meadows offers another defense just as intriguing as prefrontal trauma:  When he facilitated Trump's calls to strongarm Georgia election officials and twisted some arms himself, he was acting in his official capacity as White House Chief of Staff and therefore should have his case removed to federal court where, he fondly hopes, his eventual conviction will be cancelled by Trump's eventual election.  There's actually a hearing scheduled about this.  Since Meadows faced no consequences for registering to vote from a trailer in North Carolina, he might feel lucky again.

Abigail Jo Shry of Alvin, Texas, was first out of the gate, leaving a voicemail calling Judge Tanya Chutkan a "stupid slave" and adding, "If Trump doesn't get elected in 2024 we are coming to kill you."  Shry seems to believe the judge has control over the electoral process.  She was arrested for transmitting a threat via interstate commerce -- these last few years have been quite a legal education -- and because she has done this kind of thing before.  Meanwhile the Trumpanzees have begun threatening the grand jurors who indicted Clark, Trump and the rest because their names appear in the indictment.  That is, if you consider this threatening:  "we're about ready to go Turner Diaries on these treasonous n----- fucks."  Some would say they're just exercising their right of free speech.  They seem very curious about the ethnic and religious backgrounds of the grand jurors and what political contributions they have made.  

In general, those who threaten don't act.  They're basement-dwelling cowards who hope the threat will be enough.  Criminals from Manson to McVeigh didn't call to say they were coming.  

Unsave the date:  Trump's legal advisers are begging him not to reveal his "Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable REPORT on the Presidential Election Fraud which took place in Georgia."  (I've read eighteenth century novels with shorter titles.)  They seem to have persuaded him that he can only harm himself, the one argument likely to get his attention.  Besides, he has another problem.  Fox News -- yes, in spite of everything he just can't quit them -- keeps using a photo he considers unflattering.  "Especially the big 'orange' one with my chin pulled way back.  They think they are getting away with something, they're not.  And then they want me to debate!  The coloring, distortions, everything are just so bad.  They must sit and look at 100 different shots, and then take the 10 absolute worst.  My staff has even complained about it..." and so on.  He thinks the right photo makes him look like a young Robert Redford.  Only Jon McNaughton has captured the Real Trump.

Even McNaughton can't make Melania look life-like.