NBC News has broken the story that Trump was personally warned by counterintelligence agents of the FBI in JULY of 2016 that the Russians would try to infiltrate his campaign.  He and senior campaign officials were told to communicate to the FBI about ANY attempt by the Russians to contact them.  There is NO evidence that any Trump official did so.  Instead of taking the warning, Trump cronies were actively communicating with the Russians on multiple levels.

Wanna know why Trump lawyers went off the deep end this weekend with the panicked letter to Congress?  Wanna know whey they wrote Congress instead of Mueller?  How about why Trump’s lawyers didn’t file a lawsuit stopping Mueller from using the GSA provided emails?

Welp, here ya’ go.  Trump provided transition team emails to Mueller.  They just didn’t provide ALL of them.  That’s a crime.  Being reported this morning, it appears the famous leaked email of KT McFarland’s claiming that Russia threw the election to Trump was withheld by the Trump team, and acquired from another source.

Tick, Tick, Tick

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Okay, by now everybody has heard that the Trump administration has banned 7 words.

Remember the George Carlin routine about 7 dirty words you can’t say on tv?  Well, Trump has the same thing, except they aren’t dirty words. They are words he either can’t pronounce or define.

In a 90-minute briefing on Thursday, policy analysts at the nation’s leading public health institute were presented with the menu of seven banned words, an analyst told the paper. On the list: “diversity,” “fetus,” “transgender,” “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “science-based” and “evidence-based.”

Well, actually there are more than 7.  Through the miracle of modern big time beauty salon journalism, I have obtained a list of the other words Trump wants to ban next week.

Orange monkey face
Doofus
Weird son in law
Putin
Please don’t look at your daughter that way
Puppet
Bad barber
Russian
Collusion
Steve Mnuchin’s wife
The name Robert

Also, the use of the words Trump, Russian prostitutes, and urine all the same sentence will result in a $20 billion fine to be paid to an off shore account held under the name “Not Donald Trump, Okay?”

Also under consideration: WTF

We met our goal three days before deadline and Glen Maxey is in Isla Mujeres celebrating.  For the first time ever, Texas Democrats are sending ballot by mail applications to every known Democrat over the age of 65.  Thanks to you, we were able to cover the entire state.  For the first time ever.

Ballots by mail are good for one full year, so we’ve got a handle on this.

The applications are pre-populated and marked for a Democratic primary ballot so Republicans won’t use them in case they get their grubby hands on them.  They are also coded, so we will know who sent their’s back and who hasn’t yet.

I am leaving the donate button up in case somebody gets extra special nice with a cherry on top and wants to donate to help Hazel Lundy’s phone banking team start calling in late January to remind people to fill out the application and mail it back.  Hazel hires Democrats who need some extra work and trains them to be phone bankers. She pays them $10 an hour plus a hot meal to make calls from her home.

I will also be creating online phone banking for people outside of Texas who want to help make calls.

The last of the Thank You postcards go out tonight.  See, I got it done by Christmas this time!  There were 165 of them and I did them a dozen at a time, so if I missed you, let me know.

This right here is Bubba and Glen at the courthouse in Johnson City all decorated up for Christmas last weekend.  The courthouse is decorated, not Don and Glen.  We’ve tried as hard as we can, but they don’t look any better with decorations.

And this is the last I heard from Glen —

I’m sure there’s a story but I don’t wanna know.  Seriously, Glen, shuddup.

Thank you again, Guys.

A couple of weeks ago, I told you about Colorado Republican State Representative Lori Saine getting arrested at the Denver airport with a gun in her handbag.

Nothing is going to happen to her because, you know how it is, she simply “forgot” it was there.

A Colorado prosecutor says no charges will be filed against a state lawmaker arrested at Denver International Airport after security screening found a loaded handgun in her bag.

Boulder District Attorney Stanley Garnett’s office announced the decision on Thursday. The statement says state Rep. Lori Saine told Denver Police on Dec. 5 she “totally forgot” about the gun but refused to be interviewed and requested an attorney.

So, Ms. Saine has a Get Out of Jail Free card in Boulder.

Okay, so there’s another option.

Denver District Attorney Beth McCann announced Monday that the Boulder office would review the case. McCann, a former lawmaker, said she and Saine had worked closely together.

Okay, don’t place any bets on her getting any charges there.

I have a true story.

I have a friend who, years ago, got himself elected constable in my hometown.  “Does this mean I finally get to starting fixing stubborn traffic lights with my .22?” I excitedly asked him.  He said, “NO.”  Unduly loudly, I thought.  He then hauled my butt up on the election night stage and announced to his deputies, “If you see this woman driving around, you have probable cause to stop her and check her trunk for weapons of mass destruction.  You know, like an egg beater, pancake mix or really anything to do with cooking. And, rifles.”

Just to keep the fun going, at his first fundraiser I won the first auction which was, of course, a .22 rifle. I asked, “Constable, this rifle has a very long barrel and I am a very short woman, so would it be okay if I …” He did not have to say NO that loudly.  I can hear plenty good.

Damn, I get sad when I remember how fun politics used to be.  Ike turned out to be damn fine constable and I miss him every day.

I told you that story to let you know that not everybody gets special privileges. I got a ticket for an expired inspection sticker on my car while it was parked in his parking lot.  I had come to bring his wife some Christmas cookies. And I got a damn ticket. It is only because I am a fine Christian woman of great moral courage that I didn’t take it to court and swear in front of God and my Momma that he hired dyslexic deputies and my inspection sticker was fine.  And, NO, he did not tear up the ticket, but he did eat all the damn cookies.

It used to be fun. It did.