Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.<\/p>\n
The focus this time: The normalization of madness.<\/p>\n
First, a little mood music:<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"> Carrying on\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5372\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/EaglewithFlag.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"176\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"> Apparently harassing a sitting United States Senator over fear said Senator might vote for a Supreme Court nominee that might not support a pro-abortion agenda without restriction by <em>sending them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/32619\/abortion-crazies-flood-susan-collins-office-coat-paul-bois\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">coat hangers<\/a><\/em> is a thing now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The self-defeating left in action: showering Susan Collins with coat hangers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yizm33k8o9\">pic.twitter.com\/yizm33k8o9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>— Adrian Vermeule (@avermeule) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/avermeule\/status\/1013039670161301505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"> That this is being sent to Sen. Collins (R-ME), who is openly in favor of legal abortion, is beyond absurd… but perhaps not as absurd as Richard W. Painter, a U.S. Senate candidate from Minnesota!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The circumstances of Justice Kennedy\u2019s resignation must be investigated by the Senate Judiciary Committee before any replacement is considered. The Constitution does not give Trump the power to use underhanded means to induce Supreme Court resignations.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S6m5oLg9mV\">https:\/\/t.co\/S6m5oLg9mV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RWPUSA\/status\/1013113057353125894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--> Weimar 2.0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is the craziest portland vid<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kAMVG9o6q5\">pic.twitter.com\/kAMVG9o6q5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>— crispr (@Crisprtek) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Crisprtek\/status\/1013249462330945536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"> But the real new hotness is threatening people with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2018\/06\/29\/decapitated-animal-left-on-front-porch-of-dhs-officials-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">headless animal carcass<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The Department of Homeland Security is warning employees of a ‘sharp increase in the overall number of general threats’ against them after a senior DHS official found a headless animal carcass left on his front porch, said an official with knowledge of the incident.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"> TTFN.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Crazy: Coathangers, Mobs, and Decapitation\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The focus this time: The normalization of madness.\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/EaglewithFlag.gif\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on. 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