Koch-Sucker Award

David Remnick's recent review of Trump's first 100 days includes an excellent and succinct assessment of the man's "low character" where I might prefer "flaming degeneracy" but it's still well executed. Donald's dumpster-fire presidency was contrastingly well defended, however, by Bill Johnson, congressman from an arm-pit area of the increasingly desperate and downtrodden state of Ohio, in a radio interview.

Who's fault is the descent of places like Johnson's gerrymandered, economically disadvantaged district into sad irrelevancy? The fault of Republicans, whose continued kowtowing to the super-rich has resulted in a death spiral and tax-break induced decay for anyone south of the median income-line--meaning, of course, nearly everyone in Bill's depressed district, the interests of which he stubbornly refuses to promote. 

Trump and his submissive cohorts in Congress (like Bill) continue to try to fawningly slash taxes on rich citizens. Bill, for this impressive display of depraved indifference to decency and on-your-knees obeisance I bestow unto you this month's Kochsucker Award, the highest honor available to degraded, obsequious public servants. You wear your knee pads well. Onward, sir, to depriving your constituents of healthcare.