Martin Shkreli is a punk.

So, he’s out on $5 million bail for a felony securities fraud conviction, coupled with a misdemeanor of just being a dirtbag.  He’s awaiting his January 16th sentencing hearing.

Meanwhile, with little to occupy his time, he took to social media and wrote:

“The Clinton Foundation is willing to KILL to protect its secrets. So on HRC’s book tour, try to grab a hair from her. I must confirm the sequences I have. Will pay $5,000 per hair obtained from Hillary Clinton.”

That alarmed the Secret Service and the judge in Shkreli’s case, who revoked his bail and sent his happy butt to jail.

Shkreli’s lawyers, who should have to show their bar card and some manner of proof that they are actually human, argued that Shkreli’s statement was protected by the First Amendment.

The defense insisted it was merely a tasteless joke comparable to some of President Donald Trump’s derisive comments.

Nice example, guys.

The judge, who has actually read the First Amendment upon occasion, saw it differently.

“This is not protected by the First Amendment,” the judge said. “… There’s a risk that somebody may take him up on it.”

I will have a nicer weekend knowing that this little Pharma Bro punk is in jail.

… is that is a stoopid name for anything.

I suspect calling it Medicare for All is a little better but we need something snappy.

How ’bout:  All Donut and No Hole

Okay, get to work.  We need a better name!

Okay, we are starting a list of every Democrat who has signed on to single payer.

Elizabeth Warren
Bernie Sanders
Kamala Harris
Al Franken
Kirsten Gillibrand
Cory Booker
Sheldon Whitehouse
Brian Schatz
Tammy Baldwin
Jeff Merkley
Richard Blumenthal

Okay, who am I missing?  I’m gonna update this as needed.

I am told that in the House John Conyers Jr.’s bill has 113 co-sponsors.

… they are certainly in the majority.

Oklahoma state Sen. Ralph Shortey is facing numerous charges from Moore police after he was caught in a Super 8 Motel room with a minor boy.

And here Ralph is with Donald Junior.

Shortey was the state chair of President Donald Trump’s campaign during the primary elections.

“I am proud and honored to have been tapped as Chairman of the campaign for Oklahoma,” Shortey wrote on his Facebook Sept. 2015, according to The Lost Ogle. “We are very excited for the opportunity to have Mr. Trump here,” he said announcing a rally for Trump at the Oklahoma State Fair.

Y’all, it’s Oklahoma.

Edith “Edie” Windsor is gloriously raising hell in heaven today.

Edie was a gifted and brilliant mathematician who worked on the ground floor of IBM’s development of the Univac.  As a child, she lived through the depression and saw her family lose their home and their business.  Although physically tiny, Edie was larger than life.  Edie was also gay.

She is the Windsor in United States v. Windsor, where she overturned Section 3 of DOMA on a 5-4 decision, allowing surviving spouses in same-sex marriages the same tax benefits as allowed in any other marriage in America.

This is Edie in June of this year, at 88 years old, at the DC Pride Parade.

She is a genuine American hero and lived a life of courage, fortitude, and joy.

I hope there is another Edie Windsor born today because we need another one.

Pride.

Schertz, Texas, (think San Antonio suburbs) City Council member Robin Thompson, who is a Republican primary voter, thought it would be oh so funny to post a false meme on his Facebook page to indicate that Antifa and Black Lives Matter groups did nothing to help with Hurricane Harvey recovery.

The meme was not only false but some folks in Schertz thought it was racist.

Thompson was outraged, outraged I tell you.  To no one’s surprised, he balled up.

Thompson, who is running for re-election in November, insisted the post was not intended to be racist — although he admits he’s been accused of racism in the past.

“Tonight marks the fourth time in my life that I have been called ‘racist,” Thompson told City Council on Thursday.

Okay, so admitting this has happened before, and that you’re edging up on being a serial racist, probably does help your cause very much.

But, Thompson went on rolling and sealed the deal.  Attempting to prove to his fellow council members that he is not, no way, a racist, he explained that he used to work with a church in Georgia.

“I was called in by the leaders of the church, and forgive the language I am going to use, but it was exactly what was said to me — ‘We are firing you because you are encouraging n***ers to use our bathrooms and drink our water,” Thompson said.

Slam dunk, buddy.

That word just rolled off your lips way too easy.

Thanks to SGray for the heads up.