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This resentful, perpetually aggrieved toddler with toy envy going on seems accurate to me. I know MAGA and MAGA-adjacent folks on a personal level. Heck, they like me! This psychological space is where they come from, with an odd spontaneity without prompting. They love to point out things they see as unfair, such as student loan forgiveness. It has nothing to do with them, will not impact their condition at all, but they would rather see others continue to struggle.

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MILLIONS of people FLOODING across our southern border, and how, exactly, has this made your life more difficult? Are you the Mayor of Chicago?

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In fact, they may be making your life easier, or at least cheaper. Do you like fruits and vegetables, for example? And in border state suburbia, it sure looks like most everybody’s yard and pool and kids and home improvement project is being handled by The Illegals.

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Well, if they're fixing my roof right at this very moment, they're OK. Once my roof is fixed, they better get the fuck out or I'm calling ICE on them.

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"Immediately after my roof is fixed (but before they've had a chance to invoice me), I'm calling ICE on them."

is what you meant to say, Shirley.

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One Weird Trick that gets you a free roof.

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It's funny how some imaginary impact (based on what? Statistics and lies?) can carry so much weight!

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The power of imaginary numbers! I should have known a self-absorbed asshole like Trump would be a master of them, we don't call 'em "i" for nothin'.

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I s'pose...

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