My head is spinning.  How come Hope Hicks is on Air Force One? She’s a federal witness.

Is there some tampering going on?  Oh hell, if he can tweet witness tampering, why not just do it on the runway?  I mean, why try to hide it now?

Y’all, I just found out what QAnon is. That’s some weird bucket of whacky.

And if you didn’t see Charles Blow on Bill Maher, try to find it somewhere because he tipped the bucket and Republican crazy is spattering everywhere.

Some mornings I think I must have had a stroke last night and I no longer know the meaning of words.

I guess it might help if I knew who Steven Seagal is. Okay, I vaguely know who he is.  He’s a movie star kick boxer, right? And he’s gonna make me feel better about Russia where they openly kill journalist and have no right to a fair trial.

Good luck with that.

First you turn on the light …

… and then they scatter.

Infowars podcasts produced by right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones were removed from Apple’s iTunes and its Podcast app on Sunday.

In a statement to BuzzFeed News, Apple confirmed that the podcasts were removed for violating its guidelines on hate speech. Five of the six podcasts that Infowars creates will no longer be available for download or streaming, including the daily Alex Jones Show podcast.

What a great way to start a Monday morning!

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.

Who testified before congress that the meeting was only about adoption?

His wonderful son.

Look, CNN is not fake news.  I just occasionally, but not often, have a different interpretation of the facts than they do and this is one of those times.

President Donald Trump is concerned about whether his son Donald Trump Jr. might have exposure in the special counsel’s Russia investigation, leading to his increasingly frenzied public agitation over Robert Mueller, sources close to the White House tell CNN.

The article tends to go toward the feeling that Trump cares about his family.

Trump does not give a flip about anybody but Trump and you can paint that on the side of the barn.

The only reason Trump cares about Junior is that Junior knows all the dirt and can bury him.

I honestly believe that Trump would never do what Jared’s dad did and take the fall for his son.  Trump would sacrifice them all as long as a room full of hillbillies will scream at reporters and clap for him.  And Putin love him.  He neeeeeds Putin’s love.

I’m sorry I have a crappy attitude on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, but the Astros don’t play until 3:00  so I’ve got time to cheer up!

… Alfredo says this is a Big Stinkin’ Deal. I believe him.

This might not be the end of dark money in politics but it’s a damn outstanding start.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) won a stunning court decision.

In a major defeat for secret money in politics, a judge ruled that dark money groups that spend at least $250 in independent expenditures—a key type of political ad—must report every contributor who gave at least $200 in the past year as well as those who give to finance independent expenditures generally, throwing out an illegal three decades old regulation that was used to avoid disclosure and changing the legal landscape for political spending.

The fun part of this is that the decision stems from a court case in 2012 against Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS over its failure to disclose donors.

So if you have some wine left over from last night, now’s the time to give a toast to the good guys!

Thanks to Alfredo for the coffee and chat this morning.