The one thing that brightened-up Robert Mueller yesterday was his firm belief that Russians interfered with the election in 2018 and they are preparing to do it in 2020.

Meanwhile, Republicans are refusing to do anything about it.  Other than encouraging it to happen again, of course.  They say that God made Trump president, not the Russians.  Nope.

So, following Mueller’s testimony they voted down another bill to look into the problem.  They called this one “overly broad,” which is kinda like they’ve been saying before.

This is the third bill they have voted down, including one by Republican Tom Cotten and Democrat Ron Wyden “that would allow the Senate Sergeant at Arms to provide voluntary cybersecurity assistance for personal accounts and devices of senators and staff.”

Voluntary.  In the list of things to do about Russian interference, that ranks three levels below being on alert for a couple name Boris and Natasha looking for a squirrel.  But, no, they’d vote the down, too.

All it’s gonna take is for the Russians to help one Democrat – anywhere in America – to win.  I don’t care if it’s a constable in Pennysquat, Mississippi, that’s all it’s gonna take.

We were all outraged when Trump spoke to the Hitler Youth Turning Point USA Youth Conference earlier this week when he falsely asserted that Article II of the Constitution allowed him to “do anything I want,” and spouted a three course menu of other lies.  It was one of those events staged to whip up the crowd and provide sound bites for Fox Noise to broadcast in a continuous stream, but it ended up causing rising derision and laughter.

What’s causing the laughter?  There was one little detail in the visuals projected onstage that no one noticed until it was too late – it was the presidential seal that Trump loves to liberally splash around (and attach to the cheesy crap that he sells on the side).  But the seal projected on the screen behind him onstage was not the actual presidential seal. Have a look:

Look closer:

The seal had been doctored with the eagle from the Russian seal, the arrows replaced by golf clubs, and the olive branch replaced with a wad of cash.  The “e pluribus unum” ribbon has been replaced by “45 es un titere,” which is Spanish for 45 is a puppet.”  For reference, here’s the Washington Post’s side by side comparison with the Russian seal:

The seal is being sold on T shirts by a merchant that calls itself “One Term Donnie“, which is pretty funny by itself.  Combine that with some absolute genius who engineered getting it projected right behind His Orangeness, this imagery is not only hilarious, it’s perfect.  This seal precisely illustrate’s Trump’s total devotion to his Russian handlers, his love of golf and his drive for ill-gotten cash.

Turning Point USA is frantically trying to find the person who did this.  When they find him/her, rather than being punished, they should be awarded the Nobel price for brilliance and bravery.  Oh, and I bet the person who dropped the ball on this at the WH is already fired.

LOL.

Click here to see the big one.

In case you missed it, the man passing with his back to the camera is Mitch McConnell.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.

Okay, so you know where I’ll be today.  I will be sitting in front of the teevee this morning wondering which Republican can be the most outrageous.  Remember: the House Judiciary committee has Louie Golmert, Jim Jordan, and Matt Gaetz so it’s going to be  close race.

And then this afternoon, I will see the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Hearing.  That will star Devin Nunes.

Please feel free to comment – I’ll check at least hourly to approve comments and will make a few of my own.

Last week, the Department of Homeland Security targeted 2,105 people who had received final deportation orders but had not reported to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers for deportation.

We won.

Of the 2,015 migrants targeted, they arrested 35.

The acting director of ICE blames the publicity surrounding the raid, which allowed migrants to know their rights or to hide.  He wants you to know, “You didn’t hear ICE talking about it before the operation was taking place.”  In other words, “Thanks, Donald Trump.”

Can you even imagine what that raid cost us?  Wasted.

I guess I don’t love America because I want to abolish ICE. It is cruel, ineffective, and far too costly.  Formed in 2003 under George Dubya, it has been about as effective as his presidency was.  We dumped him, now dump ICE.

Remember when Pence quickly cancelled a trip to New Hampshire while airborne on Air Force 2 to return the DeeCee and everybody was worried that we were going to war or semi-thrilled that Trump resigned?

Well, we found out why he returned.

He cancelled the trip because he didn’t want to meet with somebody in New Hampshire who was fixing to be arrested for drug trafficking heroin.

Or as it is known in the Trump White House, Tuesday.