Well, lookey here – Trey Gowdy, who dragged out the Benghazi investigation of Hillary Clinton for years and wasted millions of taxpayers dollars, used $150,000 more taxpayer dollars to settle a discrimination claim against him from a former employee.  Yes, this is the same Trey Gowdy who joined in with other goons in Congress to attack the FBI for…wait for it…corruption.  Maybe the FBI should take this opportunity to investigate Gowdy, eh?

That sucker is headed to trial in New York before the midterms and the judge has strongly hinted that Trump will be called to testify.

It’s a goat rodeo.  Honey, you could give a two year old some finger-paints and make far less mess than the Trump Foundation, even if you were having the two year old paint on hundred dollar bills.

The New Yorker has a very interesting take on the trial and it appears that the evidence is heavily weighted on the side of the Trump family being a crime syndicate.

On Tuesday, the judge in the case, Saliann Scarpulla, made a series of comments and rulings from the bench that hinted—well, all but screamed—that she believes the Trump family has done some very bad things.

Trump’s lawyers asked the judge to postpone the trial until after the midterms and she … oh dear God, bless her heart … laughed.

During Tuesday’s hearing, the Trump Foundation’s lawyer, Alan Futerfas, asked that the trial not commence in October, because it was so close to the midterms. Judge Scarpulla laughed in response, did not change the trial date, and hinted that she is likely to require the President to testify.

Okay, so I know none of this will change the mind of any Trump supporter. They will believe Trump took the money to give to Jesus in secret.  At best, it will give a boost to Democratic turnout, and we’re gonna need it.

Thanks to Sandy for the heads up.

Okay, the New York Times yesterday published an article about all the damn angst among top level Democrats over the direction of our party.

Holy damn crap, y’all.  There’s hand wringing and couch fainting over this among the Democratic party leaders.

I’m serious. Get a bowl full of this  —-

The pitched battle looming over the Supreme Court, along with a jolt to the Democratic leadership at the ballot box last Tuesday, is threatening to shatter the already fragile architecture of the Democratic Party, as an activist rebellion on the left and a lurch to the right in Washington propels the party toward a moment of extraordinary conflict and forced reinvention.

What the hell is there to decide?  Let me see … Move to the right where all the heads in Washington DeeCee appear to be heading, or reactivate the Democratic base by reclaiming our party principles of a strong middle class, women’s rights, social equality, and public education?  Gosh, what a tough decision.

When did we become the fat cats?

When three major Supreme Court decisions this week took away strong unions, severely limited free speech over a woman’s choice about pregnancy, and legitimizing racism with a travel ban, the Democratic Party is still conflicted about whether or not to hand Trump another Supreme Court pick?

Even with the information that Kennedy’s son may be indicted over Trump-Russia illegal loans?  What the damn hell is wrong with our leaders? Does Russian have pee tapes of them, too?

At a strategy session held over lunch last week, Senate Democrats settled on a careful strategy for the coming Supreme Court confirmation battle. They would drop their demands that Republicans not appoint a replacement for Mr. Kennedy until after the midterm elections, senators decided, and instead would highlight the threat to abortion rights and health care to try to mobilize opposition to Mr. Trump’s appointment.

Meanwhile, 600 women were arrested for protesting separating parents and children on the border and in my hometown of Houston, thousands of people braved a damn sandstorm to protest.

Look, the protests didn’t win the war but I’ll be damned if the party of Harry Truman and Franklin Roosevelt is gonna died begging for mercy on our knees.

Dick Durban has decided that we should not fight a fight we can’t win over Trump’s right to nominate a new member of the Supreme Court after Trump probably extorted a justice to resign so he could get the court to let off the Trump family and friends from turning us into a oligarchy.

Oh hell, no.  You stand in front of the tank, Dick.  You lay your body down on the railroad tracks.  What the hell does Dick Durban think The Resistance means? Does he think we’re just playing little girlfriend games?

I will tell you what the Democratic Party needs — leaders who have more guts than gall.

Okay, I’m gonna put a damp cloth on my head and rue the day we did not elect Keith Ellison as chair of the DNC.

You remember the story about the uncivil fellow who paid for the billboard on I-40 in the Panhandle telling “liberals” to keep driving and leave the state…Well, said billboard has been papered over after a nationwide brouhaha that arose after the photo went viral.  (We’ll take at least partial credit for our participation in that activity.)  Here’s what it looked like:

Here’s what it looks like now:

In response to the hateful billboard, a GoFundMe appeal raised over $4,000 to establish this billboard that’s gone up on I-40 in Amarillo.

That’s more like it.