Criminals aren’t always the brightest bulbs on the marquee, but even the least savvy of these fiends do what they can to cover their tracks. The ambulatory TruckNutz who planned the Jan. 6 Capitol coup, on the other hand? They’re like if Jeff Dahmer showed up at the church basement potluck with a seven-layer salad, and one of the layers was just feet.

The latest agitator under the microscope is Ali Alexander, the founder of the Trumpian “Stop the Steal” movement and one of the key figures behind the Big Lie and its big holiday.

Even better? He remembers having “a few conversations” with Rep. Paul Gosar and a text exchange with Rep. Mo Brooks, two of Donald Trump’s lappiest lapdogs, prior to the events of Jan. 6. And he also spoke directly with Rep. Andy Biggs. Hmm. Lots of “upstanding” citizens were up to their goofy necks in this egregious shit, huh?

POLITICO:

The panel hasn’t formally requested testimony from any of the GOP lawmakers yet but has continued to ask witnesses about Gosar, Biggs, Brooks and Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), who helped push a strategy to use the Department of Justice to promote the fraud claims.

I feel like the world has been turned on its head just a bit. Didn’t we used to hold elected members of Congress to higher standards than we do random dipshits who are trying to overthrow free and fair elections for funsies?

In that video, by the way, Alexander stated that “we four schemed to put maximum pressure on Congress while they were voting.”

“Schemed.”

Jesus Donkey-Surfin’ Christ, why are these assholes still in Congress?

The fact that 147 members of Congress voted—in a highly undemocratic, deviant, and dangerous publicity stunt—to overturn a free and fair election is bad enough. But some of them apparently thought their efforts would yield their intended rotten fruit. That’s way beyond the pale. Forget about Congress. Why are they still walking free?

One dude who might be asking that same question today is actor Jay Johnston, who was recently 86’d from the animated Fox comedy Bob’s Burgers, for his far less high-profile role in Donald Trump’s bumblefuck putsch.

The Daily Beast:

According to two people familiar with the matter, top staff at the long-running animated sitcom Bob’s Burgers are no longer allowing Johnston to voice his recurring character—Jimmy Pesto Sr.—on the critically lauded Fox show. One of the sources described it as a “ban.” The other individual familiar with the matter described the situation similarly, adding that the Bob’s Burgers cast and crew, as well as Fox, were not looking to make “a big deal” about the current blacklisting of the apparent insurrection-attendee.

Oops …

It’s a fair cop, but why the fuck is the guy who incited the riot doing barmy interviews on national TV and touring with fellow (alleged) sexual assaulter Bill O’Reilly, instead of languishing on Garbage Island like the pariah he is? Trump, Gosar, Brooks, Biggs, et al., need to be canceled, posthaste. Instead, they’re lauded by the GOP’s increasingly feral base. That is bonkers Magoo, man.

I have very little sympathy for folks like Ali Alexander and Jay Johnston, but they’re patsies and stooges in Donald Trump’s grand plan to prevent his ego from suffering anything as uncomfy as a paper cut. And as we all know, the future of American democracy is far less important to Trump than his delicate feelings.

So, yeah, let’s put the screws to these bit players, but if the real sinners have no reason to squeal in the end, I fear we will have learned nothing at all. And our country will be in for a world of hurt.

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