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The First Rule of Holes is that when you find yourself in one, stop digging. Steve’s Second Rule of Holes states that when your opponent is in one, send him a bigger and nicer shovel. The Progressives’ Third Rule of Holes is, if you think you’ve hit bottom then get out the dynamite.
Thatis,atleastifI’mreadingChaunceyDeVegacorrectlyinSalontoday.
DeVegalaunchedhiscolumnwithallthespittle-fleckedinvectiveexpectedbySalonreaders,remindingthemthatDonaldTrumpwill“neofascistcampaigntoendAmerica’smultiracialpluralisticdemocracyandturnthecountryintoaversionofOrban’sHungaryorPutin’sRussia,nullifytheruleoflaw,ignoreandstaintheConstitution(andespeciallytheBillofRights),makethecountryintoaWhiteChristianauthoritarianstate,betrayAmerica’salliesandfriends,takeevenmoreoftheAmericanpeople’smoneyandgiveittotherichestcorporationsandindividuals,andpullapartanalreadythreadbaresocialsafetynet.”
Takeabreaththere,Chauncey.
Afterinsistingthat“TrumpisgoingtobegivenathirdtermbecausetheConstitutionandruleoflaw
