Just in case you were wondering if this could get any weirder … oh dear lord, it certainly can.

Michael Avenatti was hit with two separate indictments on Wednesday in New York for his alleged extortion of Nike and for allegedly defrauding his former client, adult-film star Stormy Daniels.

He says he’s innocent.

They all do.

US District Judge Edgardo Ramos has just ruled that Deutsche Bank can turn over Trump’s personal financial records to Congress.  Trump’s lawyers had argued that the subpoenas had no “legislative purpose” which is the latest bullshit claim to stonewall the House and obstruct justice.  Judge Ramos said no to that.  It’s not a good week for His Orangeness.

Donald Trump abruptly cancelled an infrastructure meeting with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer this morning, whining that Nancy was mean to him by saying he was involved in a cover-up.

Now get this Trump logic:

“Instead of walking in happily to a meeting, I walk in to look at people who said I was doing a coverup,” Trump said, adding that he can’t work on infrastructure “under these circumstances.”

Now I’m trying to remember all the names Trump has called Nancy and Chuck.  Let’s see -“High Tax, High-Crime Nancy Pelosi” and “MS-13 Lover Nancy Pelosi” and “Head Clown Chuck Schumer” come to mind right away.  They can work under those circumstances because they know that Trump is lying.

Trump must be pretty sure that Pelosi isn’t.

Beside that, who the hell is he hurting?

Pelosi said Democrats had been prepared to deliver a signature accomplishment to Trump at a time when the nation’s roads, bridges, airports and other infrastructure are ailing.

“He just took a pass, and it just makes me wonder why he did,” Pelosi said.

We can’t have nice things because you hurt his tiny little snowflake feelings, Nancy.

And there’s this.  The presidential pout.

Deb T sent us a scan of her Grandmother’s cookbook.

From Vanity Fair.

Where does one buy a $91 million rabbit?

So, once you recover from the headline and read the story, you discover that Robert Mnuchin, Steve’s father, brought a piece of art by Jeff Koons to give to a hedge fund manager, Steve Cohen.

It’s like the biggest damn silver rabbit you’ve ever seen and it looks like balloons, and it’s worth $91 million. At least it was yesterday but now that people have found out it’s not like a real rabbit who can talk or something very cool like that, the price has probably dropped a little.

But, hey, you can buy it as a refrigerator magnet for a mere $249.

And then to add to my head spinning, Steve Mnuchin’s dad thinks Donald Trump is a dick.

He was near tears when asked about his son Steve and refused to comment about their relationship. But friends said that he is in an impossible predicament, conflicted over his sense of duty about being a loyal father and his concern as a citizen that President Trump is bad for America.

Hey, Robert, your son’s a dick, too.

Thanks to Bryan for the heads up.

Well, it appears that Mr. Barr, the Attorney General Trump’s lawyer, has decided that there’s a limit to the contempt he’s willing to hold.

The Justice Department is trying to stave off an “enforcement action” against Attorney General William Barr this week, making a rare offer to have the House Intelligence Committee review materials from special counsel Robert Mueller’s report if House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff agrees to back down.

So the Senate committee gets to see the materials from the Mueller report.

Chairman Schiff agreed to back-off the contempt citation if he gets what he wants.

Dude, Trump’s gonna flip.

Thanks to SGray for the heads up.

He’s upset, so he turned on his Twitter machine.

That’s exactly how I feel.  I feel totally harassed by this president, and I thank him for admitting it.