Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press

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Heads up.

The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has subpoenaed the Trump Organization to turn over documents, including some related to Russia, according to two people briefed on the matter. It is the first known instance of the special counsel demanding documents directly related to President Trump’s businesses, bringing the investigation closer to the president.

This means the investigation will drag on for several more months but if that will  bring us closer to finding all of the players, it takes what it takes.

And on a completely other subject.  Russians are trying to attend the Texas Democratic Convention. Read what Glen Maxey says about it.

And since news is breaking faster than I can fix it, here’s another story about Russians and our electric grid.

Well, I’ll be damned.  Truth snuck up behind Trump and blindsided him upside the head.

In a fundraising speech Wednesday, President Trump admitted once and for all that he just makes stuff up. The man who has racked up more than 2,000 false and misleading claims as president said he insisted to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that United States runs a trade deficit with Canada — despite having “no idea” whether that was the case. (Surprise! It’s not.)

I mean, it’s not like Trudeau couldn’t pull out his phone, go to wiki, and know for a damn fact that Trump was wrong.  It’s not like other foreign leaders don’t know who they owe money to or the importance of creating markets.

You know how Trump says that others countries are laughing at us?  He’s right and this is why.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.

Okay, here’s your must-read of the year.  I can’t even begin to explain it but I’ll try.

Heimbach

The leader of a neo-nazi group, Matthew Heimbach, got caught making whoopee with his spokesman’s wife while he’s married to the spokesman’s stepdaughter.  The spokesman, Matt Parrott, in an amazing moment of self-awareness, called it a “white trash circus.”

That doesn’t even begin to tell the story.  There are tidbits to this story that you do not want to miss.

For example …

Parrott stood on a box outside the trailer and watched Heimbach and Jessica have sex inside, according to a police report. When the box broke under Parrott’s weight, he entered the trailer to confront them. Heimbach allegedly choked him and chased him into a house, where Parrott threw a chair at him. Heimbach hit back, choking him into unconsciousness, according to the police report.

When he woke up he fled to a Walmart to call police.  What did you expect, Starbucks?

Oh yeah, they all listed their occupation as White Nationalists.

The spokesman resigned and is apparently looking for a job where he can stand on a sturdy box to watch people do some mattress trashing.

Thanks to Sarah for the heads up.

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And, no, I would not like to have one of your yummy looking cookies.

Good decision, guys.

It happened again.

A teacher who is also a reserve police officer trained in firearm use accidentally discharged a gun Tuesday at Seaside High School in Monterey County, Calif., during a class devoted to public safety. A male student was reported to have sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

This clearly is not the answer.  March, kids, march!