The Lords of Bakersfield

Raffey
11 min readJul 24, 2023

If the hearts of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris should stop beating, Kevin McCarthy will be President — it’s a constitutional guarantee.

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If you’re wondering why you would care what happens in the middle of dumb-fuck nowhere, the reason is simple. If the hearts of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris should stop beating, Kevin McCarthy will be President — it’s a constitutional guarantee. If Kevin McCarthy and Marjorie Taylor Greene waltzing around the oval office doesn’t concern you, I don’t know what does.

Witch Hunt — sound familiar? Pizzagate — remember that? Pedophile rings, Satanic cults, child trafficking — ring a bell? Jeffrey Epstein — spring to mind? Corruption — strike a chord? Armed militias, Jan-6 — anybody? Lock her up — who can forget that? Deep state — sound familiar?

Kern County elites perfected this playbook 40 years ago, and Kevin McCarthy took it with him to Washington DC. I think it high time to remember that WTF happens in Kern County, California, does not stay there.

Caution: if you need a trigger warning, stop reading now.

If sunlight is the best disinfectant, let the telling begin.

It’s November 9, 2021, and The Kern County Board of Supervisors agenda includes another “closed-session” meeting on another Lords of Bakersfield lawsuit. County taxpayers have already…

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Raffey

Rural America is my home. I serve diner, gourmet, seven course, and homecooked thoughts — but spare me chain food served on thoughtless trains of thought.