The Kaiser of Chaos threw a Great Gatsby themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago last week. Most of the pictures I’ve seen show the ugly presidential mug so I’m using an image from Baz Luhrmann’s 2013 version of The Great Gatsby. Looks like more fun than hanging out with Donald, Melania, and their sycophants.

Someone at the Florida White House thought the party theme was clever and original. Wrong: Roaring Twenties themed parties are commonplace on the Real Housewives franchise. The theme, however, was on point: Rich people frolicking while SNAP benefits went away only to return in a diminished form yesterday. Consider the partial benefits restoration crumbs from the MAGA cake.

Repeat after me: Let them eat MAGA cake.

I’m not the only one to think of the QOTD after hearing about the MAGA Halloween hoedown in Florida. It comes from the last chapter of The Great Gatsby:

Fitzgerald, who drank himself to death, has long been used as a cautionary tale. The Insult Comedian may be a teetotaler but he’s drunk on power. As a result, America is on a MAGA bender right now. As Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald knew, after this sort of drunk there’s always a hangover. Once again, Democrats will have to clean up a mess left behind by Republicans. This MAGA mess is even worse than the messes cleaned up in 1993, 2009, and 2021. They can’t help themselves: Careless people are clueless as well as careless.

Repeat after me: Let them eat MAGA cake.

The last word goes to Sarah Vaughan: