Here's your Hate of the Union open thread

I'm not going to be watching The Criminal celebrate the full capitulation of the U.S. Congress tonight, and you don't have to either. That's not to say that there won't be news from it; there's a nontrivial chance that Trump could announce military strikes on Canada. Or Denmark. Or Waffle House. He might declare a state of emergency and announce that anyone who doesn't own a Cybertruck by this time next year will be sent to Guantanamo Bay. He might get so enraged by Democrats not sufficiently applauding him that he orders their arrest, or he might announce on the spot that he's pardoning himself for all crimes, turning the presidency over to Elon Musk and his medicine cabinet, and bolt.

But if anything happens, someone else will let us know. I don't plan on watching a fascist hatefest in which all of America's most corrupt legislators fervently applaud Dear Leader as he boasts about being above all laws and unstoppable by the courts. Not gonna be a part of that.

Something good might happen too, of course. There's actually a good chance The Criminal will never make it to the podium; the spit of a hundred lawmakers licking his shoes could make his soles so slick he slips and falls halfway down the aisle, breaking his hip. Perhaps everyone in the building could contract ebola. Perhaps the four horsemen of the apocalypse will appear in the balcony, and declare that they are way too old to deal with any of Trump's shit. If any of those things happen, we'll also find out pretty quick.

Do you plan on watching a sneering criminal boast about the destruction of the rule of law? Here's your open thread to talk about it.

Do you plan on not watching? Here's your open thread to talk about anything and everything else instead.