Trump lies about his enemies’ mental states and physical health in a continuous stream as long as those lies serve his purposes, whatever those are.  Well, karma turned on him yesterday, this time self inflicted.  Here’s how the story has evolved:

Remember last November when Trump made a rushed and unexpected trip to Walter Reed Hospital?  The trip was not scheduled, and he was accompanied by the White House physician.  We asked about the trip, a spokesman said the trip was for preliminary tests before Trump’s annual physical.  We all knew THAT was a lie, but no one really figured out the real reason.  Well, now we know and it’s not good; for Trump I mean.  Here’s how the story is playing out…

Yesterday a new book titled Trump v. The United States by NY Times reporter Michael Schmidt was published.  It is an investigative look at the chaos of the Trump WH and how he is actually threatening the very survival of democracy in the US.  In the book, though, Schmidt mentions that during said November trip to Walter Reed, Pence was put on standby to take over in case Trump needed to be put under anesthesia for a surgical procedure.  That story had not been picked up by any major news agency, and then Trump tweeted this:

So, Trump denies reports that he had a series of mini strokes, when, in fact NO ONE WAS REPORTING THAT.  Maggie Haberman of the NY Times then tweeted:

So, Trump, frantic to kill any story that happens to be true about his health, actually outed himself.  As you would expect, the Twitterverse exploded, and one doctor even gave a plausible argument that Trump is actually displaying signs that he has had a stroke:

The fact that Trump has had a series of strokes explains a LOT of his physical issues including slurring of words, his difficulty walking down the ramp at West Point, and trouble drinking water with one hand.  Everyone in the United States (except for Trumpists) know Trump is in terrible physical condition.  He is at least 40 pounds overweight, he eats junk food every day, and even had to ride a golf cart during a walk of world leaders during a G7 meeting in 2017.  The possibility that he’s had a series of strokes explains all of those unanswered questions about Trump’s health.

Karma is a bitch, to be sure.

A year ago, we introduced you to William and Kecia Pollock.  They run a group of scam Super PACs out of their home in Las Vegas.  The millions of dollars they were raising in the name of children with leukemia, breast cancer victims, police and firefighters – much of which they simply kept for themselves – attracted a great deal of negative publicity.  William Pollock recently lost his job as a La Vegas police officer.

He took a major beating in the news over the scammed money.

Their lawyer evidently told them that unless they actually followed through on their claims and made independent expenditures supporting candidates they could be prosecuted for mail and wire fraud.

So two of their scam PACs have begun making independent expenditures supporting a candidate who shares their values:  Donald Trump.

The Police Officers Defense Alliance

and

The Firefighters Alliance

It’s a Scamfest!

Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen for the head up.

Okay, so have you been wondering why Mitch McConnell has been blocking $25 billion in funding for USPS for 105 days, I have some candy for your curiosity.

Harold Cook, the funniest man in Texas, found some more good stuff.

Dang he caught us. And I just ordered a very fetching new black uniform off of Amazon too. Drats. https://t.co/f9BQs2UHRq

— Harold Cook (@HCookAustin) September 1, 2020

Okay, okay, it was actually people on their way to a Batman convention. Isn’t that Batman’s slogan, “people in the dark shadows of the night controlling crap and stuff?”

Or …

From now until election day, every declarative statement I make will be followed by, “I can’t reveal anymore because it’s under investigation.” Like, you know, “I need to get a bid on painting my house and I can’t reveal anymore because it’s under investigation.” I’m cool.

Your thoughts on who the thugs dressed in black are?  I mean, outside of Trump’s imagination.

Just let him keep talking, Laura.

President Donald Trump on Monday likened police officers who commit acts of brutality to golfers who “choke” and miss a 3-foot putt, resisting the real-time efforts of a conservative cable news ally to steer him away from the comparison.

When a golfer chokes, the ball is still okay.

The golfer loses a bet with his fellow players.

When a policeman chokes … well, George Floyd.

strange that i didn't hear about this on fox & friends, where i get my morning dose of news https://t.co/gdOJEEtAYX

— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) September 1, 2020

Now go to Google and ask “men who were choked by police.”

Last night I heard that more police have been killed by Coronavirus than killed in the line of duty.

Thanks to Steven for the heads up.

The Department of Health and Human Services just put out a $250 million contract to an ad agency to “defeat despair and inspire hope” about the Coronavirus.

The vast majority of the money will be spent between now and January.  Oh my.

Needless to say, the Department of Health and Human Services is in chaos.

Last Friday, Hahn removed the FDA’s top communications official, a political appointee, after only two weeks on the job and HHS ended a contract with a communications consultant close to Hahn. As part of the reasoning for severing the contract, chief of staff Brian Harrison pointed to HHS’ history of canceling outside contracts for personal communications consulting.

The revolving door of pubic service under Trump.

And the money.  All the money and all we got to show for it is some rich friends of Trump, kids in cages, and a boon to the funeral industry.