Today during Trump’s WH briefing campaign rally he threatened to use a never used presidential power to adjourn Congress.  He threatened this so he could ram through dozens of recess appointments with weirdos and incompetents.  Recall that Congress started never recessing as a tool to keep Barack Obama from doing recess appointments.  Also recall that Obama went to the Supreme Court to get a ruling on that practice…he lost.  Anyone want to bet that the Roberts Court will rule the same against Trump?  I wouldn’t hold my breath since we now live in Trumpland.

American rule of law is dead.

I know I’ve been distracted for the past two days.

The Texas Democratic Party filed a lawsuit against Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over their edict that Texans who are afraid that voting during the Corona Virus might hurt them could not vote by mail. They had to vote in person, deadly virus or not.

In short, they want to be Wisconsin.

Abbott and Paxton, who as our friend Glen Maxey testified at the hearing today, are not medical experts, stood proud and sent the their team into the court to say screw health and safety. They say Betty should go vote in person so she can bring the virus home to grandma and her children.

Because of Corona, we were able to watch the hearing because everybody except the judge was testifying at home. Yes, Glen wore a coat and tie for the first time in a decade.  I did not ask him if he was wearing proper pants because proper is not a word in Glen’s vocabulary.

A big thank you to the Texas Democratic Party, who sponsored this lawsuit, and Austin Attorney Chad Dunn, the best expert on Texas Election Law in the damn country.

Now this is just step one.  Surely, Abbott and Paxton will use tax money to appeal this to the 3rd Court of Appeals and then to the Supreme Court because it’s no money out of their pockets.

The bottom line is this:  We have to pay for Abbott and Paxton will appeal to the 3rd Court and it will probably go to the Supremes, costing Texans more money.

In other words, we have to pay for Abbott and Paxton to try to kill us.

Ain’t that the craps?  Remember Wisconsin and throw those sumbitches out of office, too.

Trump is holding up people’s checks for a few days so that his signature can appear on the checks.

All the more reason to get direct deposit.

The unprecedented decision, finalized late Monday, means that when recipients open the $1,200 paper checks the IRS is scheduled to begin sending to 70 million Americans in coming days, “President Donald J. Trump” will appear on the left side of the payment.

It’s not his money, dammit.

Some little kid in America may go to bed hungry tonight because Trump’s name has to be printed on the check.  Families are waiting for that money.

No wonder he thinks he’s king. He has plenty of people telling him that he is.

Trump is on national television now, blaming the WHO for his incompetence and has ordered the US government to cut off funding to it.  That’s right, folks, Trump, who sat on his fat ass from December to the middle of March playing golf and holding rallies, is now desperately trying to rewrite history to shift blame for his gross negligence onto the media, China, and the WHO.

God save us.  We’ve got nothing left.

In these troubling times, it’s good to know that some things are sacred in Florida.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) declared professional wrestling among the essential businesses like grocery stores and pharmacies that can stay open despite coronavirus-related restrictions statewide, the Miami Herald reports

“I think initially there was a review that was done and they were not initially deemed an essential business. With some conversation with the governor’s office regarding the governor’s [stay-at-home] order, they were deemed an essential business,” [Orange County Mayor Jerry] Demings said. “Therefore, they were allowed to remain open.”

Gee, we no longer have to wonder why they love Trump in Florida – he’s to politics what professional wrestling is to Olympic sports.

Who wants to bet that the “conversation with the governor’s office” involved the passing of envelopes filled with money?

He’s now openly threatening Democratic Governors.

Seriously.  Does he know that people are dying? Does someone have the nerve to tell him?

Thanks so much, Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham for keeping this guy in power.  When the bill comes due, may God have mercy on your souls.  These guys can’t claim that they know not what what they do. They damn well know and they don’t give a crap.