Preston MacDougall<p>Even though the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> cult is derived from the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/TeaParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeaParty</span></a> movement of imagined ‘patriots’, the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/PoorlyEducated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoorlyEducated</span></a> morons don’t seem to even know that the eponymous Boston Tea Party was started by actual patriots who were angry that *their* ‘Mad <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/King" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>King</span></a> ‘ had foolishly levied <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> on tea imported to the British Colonies, thus TAXING them without representation in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a>.</p><p>And speaking of no ‘representation’, has anyone seen our ‘checks and balances’ lately? <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.bedfordgazette.com/editorial/from-the-boston-tea-party-to-today-s-targeted-tariffs-what-happened/article_6141669e-2763-11ef-b177-d7aea3bf3cbc.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bedfordgazette.com/editorial/f</span><span class="invisible">rom-the-boston-tea-party-to-today-s-targeted-tariffs-what-happened/article_6141669e-2763-11ef-b177-d7aea3bf3cbc.html</span></a></p>