Nice

 If one day you click on this link and you see a blank space it could very well be that the Gestapo has come for me. At last. After all these years and all these blog posts, I am certain that there is something in there for the Secret Police to find offense. There are, for better or worse, plenty of folks ahead of me for the MAGA Police to scoop up ahead of me, but regrettably it feels like the walls are closing in.

This past week the convicted felon who is currently making a mockery of our system of government and justice declared a new threat to his new society: Rosie O'Donnell. He referred to Ms. O'Donnell as "a threat to humanity" and said he was "seriously considering revoking her American citizenship. 

A couple of things here: First of all, I wasn't aware that Rosie O'Donnell was not American born and raised, not that this is something that would stand in the way of the former game show host's draconian measures for making America "great" again. I had forgotten that she had moved to Ireland shortly after the 2024 election. Because of the results of the 2024 election. She was born in New York, just a few months before I entered the world via Colorado. Her parents had emigrated to these shores from Ireland, so her path to Irish citizenship is a pretty straightforward one. 

The second bit is the sudden interest in revoking individual's citizenship by the (checks notes) President of the United States. To be certain, this is an individual who does not shy away from hyperbole, but "threat to humanity?" The woman that once proudly bore the nickname "Queen of Nice" while she hosted her own talk show in the late 1990s? 

Well, she wasn't always that nice to the former game show host. Back when he was still just a slumlord who got his own TV show, Rosie took issue with his "moral authority." This was back in 2006 when she was a regular on The View. Over the past two decades, these two have not had a chance to make any significant inroads in their relationship. To wit, Ms. O'Donnell responded to the adjudicated rapist upon hearing that he was considering revoking her citizenship:  “The president of the usa has always hated the fact that i see him for who he is – a criminal con man sexual abusing liar out to harm our nation to serve himself – this is why i moved to ireland – he is a dangerous old soulless man with dementia who lacks empathy compassion and basic humanity- i stand in direct opposition all he represents- so do millions of others – u gonna deport all who stand against ur evil tendencies – ur a bad joke who cant form a coherent sentence.” The creative spelling and capitalization comes from the Instagram post she used to return volley. 

I confess that my personal feud with the Orange Oligarch does not go back as far as Rosie's, but now that I have put out reminders of just how little she thinks of him on top of my own firmly established disdain, I can only hope that the masked agents knock on the door before busting it down.