You will be delighted to know that Rachel Maddow did it.

MSNBC has been experiencing a dramatic rise in ratings, finishing the first quarter of 2018 as the only cable news network to grow compared to Q1 2017: MSNBC ratings were up 30%, while both Fox News and CNN experienced declines.

The March ratings results suggest Fox News’ unrivaled status as the dominant force in cable news may be facing one of the strongest challenges in years.

This is good news for good news.

To tell you the truth, I discovered Rachel when I went out and bought a satellite radio just so I could listen to her on Air America.  Marc Maron also had an extremely funny show on Air America.

Okay, so here’s the deal.

A woman walks to to Ted Cruz in a public place and asks him a pertinent question.  And all manner of nastiness breaks loose.

It went like this:

TEXAN: I just want to read what I want to ask. I’m a woman over 50, who has seven active pre-existing conditions. I’m not counting being female, and a survivor of abuse. I purchase my individual policy on the Health Insurance Exchange. If you force me into a high-risk pool, you will either bankrupt me or kill me. I take your threats of medical aggression personally and seriously; and I can assure you, I’m not the only Texan who does. My question is: Will you pledge to submit to a DNA test, to prove that you’re human?

TED CRUZ: Well, Ma’am, thank you for that. One of the great things about our democratic system is that we can treat each other with respect and civility.

TEXAN: Is that a yes or a no?

TED CRUZ: Ma’am, if you want to engage in insults, that’s your prerogative but I’m not going to reciprocate.

TEXAN: It’s a yes-or-no question.

TED CRUZ: Thank you for being here, Ma’am.

TEXAN: It’s a yes-or-no question.

TED CRUZ: Thank you for being here.

How civil and respectful is it to sentence someone to death?

For you people from foreign states:  Ted Cruz’s species of origin has become a major topic in Texas which includes, of course, teeshirts with “Is Ted Cruz Human?” printed on them.  Several writers have tried their damnest to prove it one way or another.  And there’s this.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.

Well, I am certain that this is merely coincidence, but here’s how this happened.

EPA Chief Scott Pruitt, who is a Trump Best Leader, has come under fire recently for a bunch of stuff including slapping Trump in the face for overruling the decision to give enormous pay raises to two of his Oklahoma friends by giving them raises with a little trick maneuvering.

On Fox News, Pruitt denied that he knew anything about it.

Pruitt denied his knowledge of the raises in an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, and said the appropriate person who had signed off on the raises would be dealt with.

The very next day, Samantha Dravis, the senior counsel and associate administrator in EPA’s Office of Policy, resigned.

The source described the relationship between Pruitt and Dravis as a close friendship, saying the aide was Pruitt’s “best friend” and someone he had dinner with “several times every week.”

Also, come to find out, she is the former girlfriend of Rob Porter and she was the one who made the call to Don McGahn about the abuse complaints by Porter’s two ex-wives.

You know, swampy things.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.

Hop on over to OutSmart and Enjoy!  Feel free to comment over there.  They are nice people.  Ignore that crazy Republican guy who stalks me.

I’m going to the baseball game today.  You won’t see much of me here today because it’s a day game.

However, between innings, I will be reading my phone to see if I can figure out what Mueller means when he says that Trump isn’t a criminal target.  That means they don’t have enough proof to target him in a criminal investigation.  But that he is the “subject” of an investigation.

Please let me tell you how perfectly damn awful Trump’s cabinet is.

They are so damn awful that they make Rick Perry look good.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry once called for abolishing the agency he now runs — though he forgot its name. His biggest policy initiative of the past year went down in resounding defeat. And he was photographed in a bear hug with a coal magnate seeking a special break from the White House.

But that still makes the former Texas governor a success by the standards of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, where several of his peers have been swimming against a flood of ethical and spending scandals.

Y’all, this is Governor Oops.  This guy could not remember the name of the agency he now heads and when he finally did remember the name, it wanted to abolish it.

I’m not saying that Rick Perry is stupid.  I’m just saying that he has real bad luck when it comes to thinking.

But, he’s the Champion of Good Government when compared to the rest of the Trump administration.

Damn, y’all.  That’s damn awful.

Thanks to Bryan for the heads up.

I’m beginning to think that Scott Pruitt is fireproof.

President Trump called EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt on Monday night and told him “Keep your head up. Keep fighting. We got your back,” according to an administration official.

Chief of Staff John Kelly followed up on Tuesday morning and they talked about the President’s call and Kelly reinforced the President’s message.

I am amused that Kelly has to call people back after they talked to Trump because, bless his heart, Trump doesn’t even know the name of the place where he holds the Easter Egg Hunt.

I guess if you’re keeping big oil happy, raping the environment, and God only know what else at the “room” he rents from an oil lobbyist, you’ve got yourself some that “job security” that no one else has at the place with no name.

Here’s the latest.  All this kissy face from Trump and Kelly came after Pruitt bypassed the administration to give enormous raises to two hires who came with him from Oklahoma.  Everyone thought this slap in the face would jeopardize Pruitt’s job.

Nope. Not in the least.

What’s it gonna take?

Thanks to Henry for the heads up.