Oh, this is gonna be fun, y’all.

Trump is coming to El Paso to give a campaign speech.  Beto O’Rourke said, “By golly, that’s the same time I’m leading a parade through downtown and then wind up at a rally of our own.  What a coincidence!”

And then, just for fun, a Go Fund Me page raised more than enough money to rent the Trump baby and bring it to El Paso to embarrass Trump.  They are going to put it at the border patrol station where Trump will be visiting.

Trump, O’Rourke, and Giant Balloon. That officially makes it a three ring circus.

If anybody hears about any live coverage, please let us know.

Thanks to Lisbeth for the heads up.

Okay, this is the definition of dumber than bean dip.

AMI (the National Enquirer) up and decides to extort the richest man in the world, if not the universe.  When was the exact point in time that they decided that would work? One of the very cool benefits about having $137 billion dollars is that you become unembarrassable. You can write stuff all over public bathroom walls about somebody with $137 billion and it won’t change one single thing about their lives.

And let’s face it – The National Enquirer is the bathroom wall of journalism.

I would not mess with this man. He is very powerful. Hell, this man, with a whim all on his own, can make sure that you never enjoy free shipping for rest of your life.  Are you nuts?

If you’re not watching Matt Whitaker on the electric teevee, march your butt over to the couch and grab the remote.

If you want to talk about the Imperial Presidency, this is all the proof you need.  He is a total jerk and trusting him would be a major mistake.

First five minutes in he was already getting booed.

Take a deep breath.  Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee are begging Democrats not to subpoena Trump’s tax returns even though they used raw power to go after Barack Obama.

Get this crapola.

“Transparency in our government is enormously important, but must be undertaken with appropriate care,” Reps. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) wrote in a Thursday letter to Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.).

Brady says we should “come together” for a “thoughtful solution.”

There’s a hearing on Thursday and I will tell you one damn thing: Republicans better show up with more than beg and a promise to be “thoughtful.”  They claim that Democrats are “weaponizing” the tax code. Oh hell yeah. Trump helped roll back the Obama restrictions against pay day lenders today and there – right there – is weaponizing usury laws.

You can breath out now.

I think I’m falling in love with Michelle Lujan Grisham, the new Democratic Governor of New Mexico.

A few days ago, she announced that she would withdraw National Guard Troops from the border. After Trump’s SOTU, she went further …

She elaborated during a news conference on Wednesday. “I’m not going to participate, nor do I think it’s appropriate in any shape or fashion to use the National Guard to attempt to militarize the border where we’re dealing with asylum seekers who their constitutional rights continue to be breached,” Lujan Grisham said, according to CNN.

Elections have consequences.  Grisham replaced Republican Susana Martinez.

And as a reminder, she tweeted a former campaign video of what she thinks about Trump’s wall.

You go, Girl.

Thanks to Epp for the heads up.

Well, you can hit your timer button now.  It lasted 16 hours.  Although I have to admit, that’s probably a record for Trump.

And then talking about his speech last night, Trump opined …

“It was very important, I think, for me to get up and say some powerful words and some loving words and some words of compromise. The speech, I think, has been well received,” he said.

But not important enough to mean any of it.

Trump’s idea of compromise is: “I get to do something and you get to like it.”