Jun.09

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This Week in Schadenfreude: And It Feels So Good

If we had taken the first headline to its logical conclusion, this would have followed "Re-Indicted." That would not have been apropos for that item, but it does work for this one, we would say.

As you may have heard, there are quite a few people who do not like Donald Trump. This disdain may be rooted in any or all of the following:

• His habit of stiffing small contractors and other business partners who lack the resources to fight back
• His longstanding, not-so-casual, racism, starting with discriminating against tenants of color in the 1970s
• His willingness to mock people based on gender, disability, physical appearance, etc.
• His general disdain for the military, and for those who served with distinction, like John McCain
• His braggadocio about pu**y grabbing
• His actual, jury-affirmed pu**y grabbing
• His constant lies
• His not-co-casual grift
• His unwillingness to put the good of anything or anyone ahead of himself, even once
• His participation in an effort to overturn a presidential election

This is not an exhaustive list, of course, the point is just that Trump has earned a lot of enmity in his life. And so, it's no surprise that his second indictment (and counting) resulted in much celebration yesterday.

We actually had a different story all cued up for this space, but we felt we could not ignore the 800-pound-orangutan in the room, namely the tidal wave of schadenfreude that was released yesterday in the late afternoon. To that end, we present a baker's dozen worth of memes that were widely circulated on social media yesterday:

1. Sharknado:

2. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) will love this one:

3. Democratic schadenfreude, Part I:

4. Democratic schadenfreude, Part II:

5. Democratic schadenfreude, Part III:

6. This one has something of an Andy Warhol feel to it:

7. Gazing into the crystal ball:

8. That kompromat isn't so valuable any more:

9. Now you know what a senator's press operation looks like:

10. Something to brag about:

11. This will soon be on t-shirts, if it's not already:

12. Simple, but effective:

13. Ibid.:

Not every reader of this site was pleased to hear about Trump's indictment, but probably 99.99% of you were. If you're in that 99.99%, this "This Week in Schadenfreude" entry is for you. (Z)