Trump Says he’ll be Reinstated in August

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Some people inject hardcore drugs, others throw themselves out of planes, but I like to read the latest crazy from the Q conspiracists. And I do regret calling them “crazy,” because crazy implies they can and should be helped. I don’t know that I believe the Q conspiracists deserve anything but prison sentences since January 6th. But, here we are.

There’s a bit of a smorgasbord to choose from here. Or maybe one of those hashtag goals charcuterie boards one sees on pinterest. Do you want cured meat? Do you want olives? Maybe a cube of cheese. Take your pick! For instance, there had been a whole conspiracy about how actually Joe Biden was just the President of a corporation represented by gold rimmed flags and actually Trump was gonna def totes be inaugurated secretly-not-secretly as the cross-our-fingers-for-realsies President on March 4th.

And if I’m honest, I kinda loved that theory because it was as if a first grader read the Constitution and Amendments and then was tasked with setting up government all on their own without any help. It was just such a “oh sweetie, you tried,” moment. What’s happening is Washington was inaugurated in the first instance on April 30th, but the Constitution dictates (prior to the 20th Amendment) that the…