Just when you thought that it can’t possibly get worse, Don Blankenship decides to run in the Republican primary to be the person who faces off against Joe Manchin for the senate in West Virginia.

You’ll recall Blankenship as spending time in a federal prison when one of Massey Energy’s mines (where he was CEO) killed 29 miners.  On May 10th he will celebrate the one year anniversary of his release from prison.

It seems like criminal convictions are a requirement to run as a Republican.

You know, I liked English, the language of Shakespeare. I really beginning to miss it.

Mot of y’all will remember Jade Helm, a army training operation that every damn nut job in Texas was convinced was a cover for Obama coming to take our guns and put us all in re-education camps.  They stormed city council meets and went to the State Capitol to scream and holler.

It was the end of the damn world, y’all.

They even got governor Greg Abbott to send out the Texas State Guard to monitor the army to make sure they didn’t sneak around stealing guns.

Oh Good Lord.  Even the day after the training was over and everything was okay, the nuts said it would have happened if they hadn’t been watching. And, you know, scaring crap outta each other and emptying the food shelves of Walmart.

Well, this is gonna make you so happy.

Austin, TX – Yesterday, Former NSA and CIA Director Michael Hayden revealed that Jade Helm 15 was a test-run of the first Russian disinformation campaign.

The former NSA and CIA Director reveals that Russia engaged in information warfare to convince Texans that Jade Helm 15 was an Obama planned military exercise to round up political dissidents. The story drew massive controversy as Texas Governor Abbott lent credence to conspiracy theorists by calling in the Texas National Guard to monitor our own U.S. Military.

Y’all, I personally know some of the idiots who were convinced that Obama was gonna use the military to take our guns.  And, for your entertainment value, the internet machine is filled with pictures.

They got pranked.  By Russia.

And the head dope?  Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott.

We’re gonna enjoy this.

 Thanks to Kyle for the heads up.

Here’s everything I know now because this is a breaking story.

President Trump‘s personal lawyer Michael Cohen had his phones wiretapped by federal investigators, according to a new report by NBC News.

The report, citing one source with direct knowledge, said at least one call between the White House and a phone line associated with Cohen was intercepted.

According to NBC News, it is unclear how long the phone had been wiretapped or when it was authorized, but sources tell the outlet that it was in place leading up to an FBI raid on Cohen’s home and office last month.

I hope it was juicy.

And there’s this:

This is not going to end well.

Scott Pruitt has decided that he needs an EPA branch office in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, even though the regional EPA offices for Oklahoma are located in Dallas.

In an email, Mr. Jackson [a Pruitt staffer] directed EPA staff to identify proposed new office space in Tulsa that included a conference room, secure parking, would be able to accommodate 24/7 security and included a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) for secure communications.

No moat?

That’s my problem with Pruitt – he thinks he’s James Damn Bond.

When we start needing EPA bunkers, that’s scary.  Does he know something we don’t know?  Is he storing food in these bunkers?

Yesterday, Paul Ryan, who was in Beverly Hills, California, at the annual Milken Institute Global Conference, warned of some real dire stuff.

Should Republicans lose control of either the House or Senate, “you’ll have gridlock, you’ll have subpoenas,” with the whole legislative system “shutting down,” Ryan said.

Mr. Ryan, please allow me to introduce you to Devin Nunes.

Second, isn’t that exactly what Trump campaigned on.  I mean, hell cowboy, that was the one campaign promise he kept.

Third, that doesn’t seem to be a such a bad idea considering Trump continues to select our judicial system with all the intelligence and selectivity that he used for every damn cabinet member.

Fourth, oh hell, there’s about twenty reasons but I’ve gotta stop what I’m doing just like everybody else in DeeCee to see what the hell Trump’s tweeting about now.

I certainly hope that Rudy Giuliani is working pro bono.

I can’t imagine anyone setting themselves on fire right there on Sean Hannity and getting paid for it.

I am wondering if Fox News is bringing down Trump for us.