Governor Greg Abbott has called an “emergency” special election to replace that nasty guy who still owes us $84,000, disgraced Congressvarmit Blake Farenthold.  It is set for June 30th.

The “emergency” is that all the counties in that district are “still recovering from Harvey.”  And the reason that they are still recovering from Harvey is that they had an incredible Republican jackass for a congressman who did diddle squat for them after Harvey and a horrible Governor who wanted his rump kissed before he’d help in any way.

The district is grossly gerrymandered.  In a special election there are no primaries and it’s a free for all.  Anybody who wants to can enter the race.  Whoever wins the special election has a leg-up for the November election, where they will run again, by running as the incumbent.  Look, I know – it’s crazy because the stage for the November election was set last month in the party primaries.

I’ll keep you informed because if Democrats have a decent chance to win it, I’ll be asking you to send postcards or make phone calls.

Y’all, I know there are some awful Democrats elected to office every now and then, but damn, Republicans have cornered the market.  As additional proof, I offer Republicans in Florida:

On Thursday, 71-year-old Hernando County Commissioner Nick Nicholson was arrested for charges involving prostitution.

Nicholson was arrested Thursday for one count of owning a home for the purpose of prostitution and two counts of engaging in prostitution.

To be honest, there’s not a whole lot more you wanna know about this because it’s creepy as the dickens.  It seems that Nicholson was allowing  30 year old married couple to stay at his house and eat his food as long as the wife had sex with him on Tuesdays and Saturdays.  He paid them $300 a week for the sex.

And that the police were called to the home when the married couple had a fight.  And …

Deputies reported that while in the home they found drug paraphernalia that Nicholson said belonged to his roommates. Deputies reported that Nicholson looked to be under the influence of a substance and he spoke to deputies with his genitals exposed. Deputies said they had to tell Nicholson repeatedly to cover himself.

And then local Republicans got on their high horse’s ass and announced that this is not the way Republicans should act.  But, it is.

Republicans do crap like this all the damn time.

All the damn time.

Thanks to Nico for the heads up.

No.  Don’t do that.

Ya think Macron would wipe hamburger grease Trump’s tie?  No, he would not.  Because he was not raised in a barn.

In the “I don’t think that’s what that means” department.

At the local library as two older women were on their way to a Daughters of the War of 1812 meeting.  Can’t help but overhear this conversation because they were not whispering in the library.

“I am so disappointed because the rapture didn’t happen yesterday.  A man on Facebook who is usually right about his predictions said the Rapture was going to be yesterday.  It wasn’t. (Her friend nods in agreement.)  I am so disappointed.

“I am just sick of this fake news stuff,” she concluded.

Can you even imagine?  Fake news on Facebook about the rapture?

I just looked it up.  Apparently even Fox News carried it.

I have just one burning question:  What does one wear to bed if one thinks the rapture might come during the night?

I want you to met Foster Friess, a conservative megadonor who lives in Wyoming.

Foster has just announced that he wants to run to Governor of Wyoming, even though he doesn’t know much about many of the issues.  However, he has an explanation for that.

But Friess explained that he still needed to learn a lot more about the issues facing the state because his hometown paper, the Jackson Hole News & Guide, had not done a good job informing its readers. Friess argues the paper “is very left-wing so they give a perspective on what some of the issues are—but we hear about the grizzlies, we hear about the coal issue.”

Damn shame that only one newspaper is allowed in Wyoming.

He also want to return civility to politics, but his first act toward this lofty goal was not to be so civil.  Or smart. He missed the smart goal.

Friess used a state party convention luncheon to call for a return to “civility” in American politics. He then suggested that Barack Obama had funneled money intended to mitigate global warming to cousins in a foreign country Friess didn’t know how to pronounce, adding, “Zoowanatou … it’s some little country I’ve never been.”

Well Honey, if you have’t been there, it probably doesn’t even have name.

Thanks to SGray for the heads up.

Remember the Navy doctor who thought Trump was just about the finest specimen of human maleness he’d ever seen?

And then Trump appointed him to be head of Veteran’s Affairs even though Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson had no management experience?

Well, there may be some problems.

Committee members have been told about allegations related to improper conduct in various stages of his career, two sources said.

The sources say the committee is in talks to delay Wednesday’s confirmation hearing as they try to figure out the allegations.

It appears to be a bi-partisan thing.  They want to know if these allegations are true.

On top of that …

A White House official told CNN that Trump was pleased with Jackson’s performance in an extended grilling by reporters in January over the President’s health and cognitive fitness.

… and a few people wonder if being able to defend the Presidents obvious wackiness is the major consideration to appointing someone to head the VA.

Apparently under this administration, it is.