{"id":3494,"date":"2019-12-19T13:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T17:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lineriderpress.com\/headlinepoetry\/?p=3494"},"modified":"2019-12-22T15:59:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T19:59:47","slug":"breaking-news-merry-impeachmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lineriderpress.com\/headlinepoetry\/2019\/12\/19\/breaking-news-merry-impeachmas\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS! Merry Impeachmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>by Alexander Manzoni, Regular Contributor<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yesterday, The House pass\u2019d Articles of Impeachment.<br \/>\nTrouble for Trump\u2014\u00a0<em>on the horizon.<\/em><br \/>\nThe time between\u00a0<em>now and then\u00a0<\/em>feels long.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\nBut don\u2019t worry!<\/p>\n<p>Santa\u2019s got a present for you,<br \/>\nnot a lump of coal dug out<br \/>\nfrom the bottom of his boots:<br \/>\nbut\u00a0<em>a bag of subpoenas.<\/em><br \/>\nThe most\u00a0<em>TREMENDOUS\u00a0<\/em>subpoenas there\u00a0<em>ever<\/em> were.<br \/>\nWhat? You don\u2019t\u00a0<em>enjoy\u00a0<\/em>the gift?<br \/>\nWell then,\u00a0<em>leave.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Leave this country.<br \/>\nLeave this place.<br \/>\nDepart, bringing with you your horrific influence\u2014<br \/>\nbring it to another land,\u00a0<em>preferably Russia.<\/em><br \/>\nMake\u00a0<em>THEM\u00a0<\/em>deal with you,\u00a0<em>EVERY DAY\u00a0<\/em>of their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Some people\u00a0<em>are tired.\u00a0<\/em>We are\u00a0<em>sick\u00a0<\/em>of watching our society\u00a0<em>crumble<\/em><br \/>\ndue to the writ and words of demagogues, oligarchs, corporations, evangelicals, uber-conservative oil magnates &amp; billionaires (the liberal ones aren\u2019t\u00a0<em>much better<\/em>), the racist people down the street who say, \u201cI\u2019M NOT RACIST. I LOVE THAT ONE BLACK GUY FROM GOOD TIMES!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re racist, of course. Trump was\u00a0<em>your president<\/em>: manipulating the mind states of those unfamiliar with the governmental process.\u00a0<em>It was EASY\u00a0<\/em>(for him).<\/p>\n<p>Now, let us make it\u00a0<em>NOT EASY\u00a0<\/em>(for him).<br \/>\nMay we drum the scum out of the White House,<br \/>\n<em>OFF\u00a0<\/em>the presidential\u00a0<em>TWITTER PAGE,\u00a0<u>FOREVER<\/u>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We still need 2\/3rds of the senators to vote \u201cImpeach &amp; remove\u201d.<br \/>\nBut, until then, we\u2019ll take our victory and bring it, nail it up upon the walls of Amerian history:<br \/>\n<strong><em>WORST PRESIDENT EVER.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And if you love him, I\u00a0<em>seem to\u00a0<\/em>understand\u00a0<em>why<\/em>:<br \/>\nhe appeals to those with loud mouths, who speaketh without thought.<br \/>\nRacists who love tequila.<br \/>\nAssholes who want to build a wall<br \/>\n<em>and\u00a0<\/em>hire illegal help around the house: to have someone\u00a0<em>to abuse and boss around<\/em><br \/>\n<em>LIKE SLAVES.<\/em><br \/>\nPeople who want to say the N word.<br \/>\nPeople who think they are entitled to a life that others are not.<br \/>\nPeople who believe if you\u2019re poor than<br \/>\n<em>GOD MADE IT SO,<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><em>SO<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0YOU\u00a0<u>DESERVE<\/u> WHAT YOU GOT\u2014<\/em><br \/>\n<em>YOUR LOT, IN LIFE.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Time to cut the cord.<br \/>\nWhere\u2019s the knife?<br \/>\nWe shall leave these lost souls behind\u2014<br \/>\nleave them\u00a0<em>adrift<\/em> on a desert island.<br \/>\nHey, Republicans: the ocean will provide you with<br \/>\n<em>all the walls you have EVER so desired.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>MERRY IMPEACHMAS!!!!!!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">Photo by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@bill_oxford?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Bill Oxford<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/judge-gavel?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Alexander Manzoni, Regular Contributor |<br \/>\nSanta\u2019s got a present for you,<br \/>\nnot a lump of coal dug out<br \/>\nfrom the bottom of his boots:<br \/>\nbut\u00a0a bag of subpoenas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":3496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"BREAKING NEWS! 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