When you are under investigation for multiple crimes including narcotics use, hiring escorts, and human sex trafficking minors, you can go one of two ways: You can turns the state’s evidence and hope your punishment will be mitigated as a result, the way that Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz’s old buddy Joel Greenberg is doing; or you can lean into your denial of reality like a truly unrepentant narcissist, and hope that the corrupt world you’ve had a privileged position in your whole life retains its structure and releases you. Gaetz has chosen the latter. Gaetz has never had to reckon for his bad behaviors as a result of having a very wealthy and politically powerful father and does not plan on doing anything different now. And like most of the new breed of GOP politician these days, Gaetz’s entire policy platform consists of performing racist and seditious theater while hoping that if and possibly when fascists take over, he won’t end up against the wall. On Thursday, Gaetz went to Newsmax to speak with fellow angry bloviator Grant Stinchfield.  Gaetz came on to talk about the “double standard” in our justice system. No, not the actual double standard in our justice system, but a make-it-up one. Guess what it is? These Jan. 6 insurrectionists, like the QAnon mascot Jacob Chansley, are being persecuted by Democrats.  Read more