Okay, if you’re keeping score at home, add Charlie Dent.

Last September Dent said he was not going to seek re-election but would finish his current term.

Nope.

In an interview with CNN, anchor John Berman said, “This congressman here, no fan of the president, basically saying I can’t take anymore of this. I‘m leaving earlier than I thought.”

It’s that bad.

It really is.

Thanks to SGray for the heads up.

This has nothing to do with politics, but …

Four baboons escaped from their outdoor enclosure at the Texas Biomedical Research Center in San Antonio.  They used a barrel to climb over a fence and took off.  One returned immediately but the three others thought it was Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and danced naked down the streets of San Antonio.

While that could be amusing for local residents, what was not amusing is that the monkeys were being chased by people in biomedical gear, something your average household member does not own.

The research center said the dystopian outfits were for “the baboon’s protection” since they can catch human diseases. Yeah, okay. I don’t suspect people should be too worried, but I’ve read Michael Creighton novels and this is how they all start.

The three amigo baboons were captured and returned to the facility unhurt, but the barrel got put in the time-out corner.

Cohen had to release the names of his clients.

#3 – Sean Hannity!

A lawyer for Cohen at the Monday hearing said that Cohen performed secret legal work for Hannity.

“We have been friends a long time. I have sought legal advice from Michael,” Hannity said in response to being revealed as Cohen’s third client, according to a Wall Street Journal reporter.

Reminder:

Cohen’s other two clients in recent years are President Donald Trump and Elliot Broidy, a Republican fundraiser. Cohen negotiated non-disclosure agreements with Trump and Broidy’s alleged mistresses.

Several people have sent me this sign for Republican candidate, Phillip Wight.

Yeah, Phillip is running for county commissioner in North Carolina.  Once the word got out that some people were upset by the sign, Phillip said …

“I have no words for that,” he said. “I’m not that guy. If you want to go in that direction, anybody who knows me knows I’m not a racist. I hate to even use that word. I don’t care about the color of your skin, I don’t care about your gender, I don’t care about your politics, or your religion.”

Really?  Well, he’s running in the Republican primary so you’d think he’s care about my politics and if he doesn’t care about my gender, he’s apt to follow me into the wrong bathroom.  And I imagine Phillip might not care about my religions, just so long it’s Christianity.

But during Mr. Wight’s 15 minutes of fame, he also wants you to know …

What he does care about, he says, is elected officials raising taxes, violating rights and bypassing the Constitution.

He said his priorities are loving God, his family and supporting the Second Amendment at all costs, but the 50-year-old small business owner and confessed Rodney Dangerfield fan also said he’s “an equal opportunity offender when it comes to jokes” and that the thought of using the slogan had crossed his mind during previous campaigns.

Y’all, I think he does care about my politics.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.

Remember the photo Sarah Sanders took of Mike Pence being two places at once?

Well, she finally got around to fixing it.

This.  This is what happens.

I do not even know where to start telling you this story.  You just need to read it.  Front page of the Houston Chronicle.

Paul Pressler is a Southern Baptist deacon, a stalwart in the Republican Party, an elected judge on the Texas Court of Appeals, and a member of a fancy Houston law firm.  He sexually preyed on young men and got away with it for a thirty year period.

Jared Woodfill, former Harris County (think Houston) Republican Party Chairman (until 2014) is accused of helping Pressler cover up his horrifying behavior.

This stained glass window depicting Paul and Nancy Pressler is among a series of artwork immortalizing leaders of the Southern Baptist Conservative Resurgence in a 3,500-seat chapel at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary dedicated in 2011. (Photo/Don Young Glass Studio)

By the way, Dr. Frank Page, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, retired late last month for having a “morally inappropriate relationship.”  Y’all stay away from Southern Baptists.