Has anybody informed Donald Trump, Jr., that he has the right to remain silent?

Damn, son.  Shut the hell up.

Fran, our foreign correspondent in Washington State sent us this report last night —

How afraid are you of having more women in leadership roles and elected office? I’m not. But there are people who must be downright terrified.

Last night, I went to an Emerge Washington training in my little purple bubble on the west end of my very red county. The library meeting room was full of women, mostly in the 30-40 year old range, with a few of us dependable oldies thrown in. It was wonderful to behold. My heart leapt with joy at the sight of so many young women interested in public office and how to get there. (Definition: Young to me is if they are young enough to be my daughter. Sometimes I forget and think I’m still 40.)

And then I saw them. One couldn’t miss two old white guys, one with a MAGA hat, sitting in the FRONT ROW. Are you kidding me???? Who would do that? Well, I did recognize one of them. It was the County GOP Chairman. He was the one in the MAGA hat. He lives on a small ranch about 30 miles east along State Hwy 14, and had the biggest Trump sign in the county that stayed up well past the expiration date. Next to him was his tea party patriot side kick. I know that because they actually signed in, and the sidekick’s email address was Patriot@…

The presenter was an incredibly poised young woman who is a veteran of Sen. Maria Cantwell’s campaigns, and is planning a run for State Legislature herself. She spoke eloquently about how to run a successful campaign, how to prepare yourself for the job you want, and how to engage a team to help you get there. She never ONCE looked at these two men, just off to her left. She never missed a beat. Totally unflappable. Must have been disappointing to these two. What a sad life you must have to drive half an hour in the pouring rain on a dark 2 lane highway to crash a progressive women’s political training.

That is how terrified they are. And it makes me smile.

Me, too, Fran. Me, too.  And I think you need to send us a picture next time so we can offer a nationwide warning that these guys are attending Democratic women’s meeting to grab them by the … well, you know.

“The latest attacks on the FBI and Department of Justice serve no American interests – no party’s, no president’s, only Putin’s.”

John McCain

Did Trump even read the memo?  I mean, you gotta admit that when he said the memo says there will be six more weeks of winter, you did have suspicions.

I’m reading it right after lunch.

Okay, I read it.  Nunes released his memo —-

Remember a couple of weeks ago when Michele Bachmann said she was considering running for senate, and that she was praying on it asking for God’s direction?

I think some very funny Democrats did this.  But, I could be wrong.  It could have been God.

Thanks to Claudia for the heads up.

Yesterday, the Trump administration announced that it would like to guarantee an Ebola outbreak in the US this year.  As we all know, Ebola is a highly contagious and deadly disease.  During the last African outbreak, the US lead the way with other OECD countries to fund prevention, treatment, and screening at the source to protect our own shores.  We only had one actual case of Ebola and a couple of American doctors treated here who had contracted the disease in Africa.

Welp, ol’ Trumpie thinks all that disease prevention stuff is a waste of money, and to make it easier for Ebola to reach our shores next time, he’s just slashed 80 PERCENT of disease outbreak prevention spending from the CDC’s budget.  Isn’t that just a fine idea?  Yeah, I think the same thing.

MAKE AMERICA SICK AGAIN!

Fox News Host Jesse Watters takes the Grand Prize.

He was on Hannity’s show and they were discussing what Hannity calls the pee-pee tape, a subject Hannity seems not only obsessed on, but also a tad too comfortable talking about. You know, like he has some area of expertise.

Anyway, Watters says he knows the pee-pee tape is not true.  And how does he know?

You kinda have to prepare yourself for his answer.  So, take a deep breath.

Watters explains …

“And you know it’s not true because if someone pees in the bed, where are you going to sleep?” interjected Watters. “Where are you going to sleep?”

The other guest, Democrat Jessica Tarlov, does a double take, pauses for a minute looking at Watters to see if there’s any sign of life, and responds, “I don’t think he’s having a sleepover with them.”

Watters insisted, “It’s obviously not true, that doesn’t make any sense.”

Tarlov looks at him like he’s a first grader. “I think it’s transactional,” said Tarlov. “I don’t think it’s a cuddlefest.”

Don’t you wonder if he and his wife have hot sleep?

Aren’t you glad you know me?  Otherwise this event would have totally escaped your world.

Thanks to Bubba for the heads up.