Well, well, well.  We thought he wouldn’t come, but … maybe. But only if he doesn’t look fat.

Will he throw out the first pitch?

They’ve got to dress me up in a lot of heavy armor — I’ll look too heavy,” he responded when a reporter asked him about whether he would take the mound. Trump appeared to be making a reference to a bulletproof vest that presidents sometimes are required to wear by Secret Service when they are amid large crowds.

Yeah, that’s the o n l y reason. He can throw a 95 mph fast ball. Believe  him, he can.

UPDATE:

I know Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen and I seems overly concerned about the fake PACs who raise tax free money for political candidates and issues.  Mainly, it just hacks us off because it encourages distrust in the system.

Not very often, but sometimes something is done to help stop it.

Scott B. Mackenzie ran up to 50 scam PACs over the years from 2011 to 2018.  He joined Ronald Reagan’s presidential campaign in Los Angeles in 1979 as deputy treasurer, and he moved to Washington, D.C., in 1980. He remained active in Republican politics, and while I fully and completely support Republicans scamming other Republicans, it’s also very nice to see one get caught.

Mackenzie, who lives in Arlington, Virginia, was arraigned in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria. He faces a maximum of five years in prison, a fine of $250,000 and restitution of $172,200, according to court documents. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 21. His lawyer could not immediately be reached for comment.

Y’all, this guy even scammed for veteran causes.

On the upside, maybe he’d fundraise for Matt Gaetz next time.

CNN says that Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe told them that Democrats have “what amounts to not just a smoking gun, but a smoking Howitzer” against President Trump.

Said Tribe: “This is just the most transparently clear abuse of power and an impeachable offense that I can remember in the history of the United States and I studied it pretty thoroughly, This makes the Nixon situation looks silly by comparison, this is way more serious.”

Personally, I think what we have right now is so powerful that it could jump-start a nuclear powered submarine.

Sooooo … by all means, Matt Gaetz, come bring your boy club to do another riot in that “particularly weird” way you have.

So, the Dallas Morning News (behind a paywall) ran this headline ….

Stunning. I’m pretty sure he doesn’t understand the purpose of the United States military.  I mean, should we get out of Hitler’s way because he was intent on killing people?  Or maybe withdraw Union troops because Robert E Lee really, really wants to keep his slaves and somebody could get hurt over this.

Several years ago, Cornyn ran a commercial in which he called himself Big Bad John.  He dropped the commercial when everybody started making fun of it because John Cornyn is a wimp.  Now he’s a wimp willing to twist himself into looking like a basket of wire coat hangers – just to please Donald Trump and insult the United States men and women in uniform.

Good Lord!  Even Ted Cruz isn’t supporting Trump on this, and Ted Cruz is a gutless weenie.

But Cornyn surpasses even that.

Asked if he was satisfied with Trump’s latest moves, lifting sanctions on Turkey and declaring victory after last week’s withdrawal, Cornyn was cautious: “This thing changes pretty quickly, and we need for this to play out a little bit to have some clarity.”

So how many Kurds have been killed so far so John can get some “clarity”?

The upside – lots of Dems are running in the primary and one of them is MJ Hegar  and she’s a genuine combat veteran hero.

WashPost on Republican invasion of hearing room this morning says,  “A shouting match ensued between Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and some Democrats in the room as Schiff left to consult with the Sergeant at Arms, according to Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.), who witnessed the scene.”

Now, Honey, I would pay cash money to see that.  Please tell me there’s a recording of it.

UPDATE —

It was the Jos. A. Banks riot.

A group of House Republicans stormed into a secure room at the Capitol on Wednesday where the latest witness in the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry was set to testify, shutting down the proceedings.

Not to be confused with the Brooks Brothers riot.

I just flat haven’t been writing about the Texas Legislature near enough.  Darlin’, they are a mess.

Here’s the short version.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ embattled GOP House speaker announced Tuesday that he won’t seek re-election after a growing number of Republicans called for his resignation following the release of a secretly recorded conversation in which he sought help to oust members of his own caucus in 2020 and used foul language to disparage Democrats.

The decision by Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen comes less than a week after the release of the hourlong tape that sparked among the biggest political scandal in the state in years. Bonnen’s retreat puts Republicans’ fragile dominance of the state Legislature further at stake.

Okay, that’s just the surface.  The secret conversation was recorded by a far rightwing group who wanted press passes (they are in no way members of the actual press) so they could be on the floor of the Texas House when votes were taken.

Bonnen made a Donald Trump deal with them – if they’d help him get rid of some Republican members of the  legislature he didn’t like, he’d get them press passes.

The longer story is that he said that Donald Trump “is killing us” in urban and suburban districts, called a Republican female lawmaker “vile,” and called a Democratic state representative “gay.”

The fight has been going on for several months but Bonnen took his sweet time to announce he wasn’t running again.

So once again we see what petty self-righteous people Republicans can be.

“After much prayer, consultation, and thoughtful consideration with my family, it is clear that I can no longer seek re-election as State Representative of District 25, and subsequently, as Speaker of the House,” Bonnen said in the statement.

Yeah, right.  A little late for the prayers and thoughtful consideration, ya think?

Thanks to everybody for the heads up. And Steve for the reminder.