Pete Buttigieg is a Rhodes Scholar and graduate of both Harvard and Oxford. He served his country in Afghanistan, as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and Navy Reserves.

Yet, 13 United States Senators voted against him being on the cabinet.

Blackburn
Cassidy
Cotton
Cruz
Hagerty
Hawley
Lankford
Marshall
Rubio
Scott (FL)
Scott (SC)
Shelby
Tuberville
Not Voting: Toomey

These are the same senators who voted to approve Betsy DeVoss and Ben Carson.

I have a question for you.  Why would this person think they deserve this?

One of the rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 is asking a federal court to let her leave the country so she can make the most of a Mexican vacation she booked prior to the insurrection https://t.co/KrRAFUnwbZ

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 2, 2021

Cudd is the owner of a Midland, Texas, flower shop, and she told the court that the trip is “a work-related bonding retreat for employees and their spouses.”

An FBI affidavit alleged that Cudd was one of a number of rioters who broke into the Capitol and paraded around the rotunda. The government claims Cudd published a Facebook video after the riot in which she said, “We did break down the Nancy Pelosi’s office door” [sic] and claimed to have no regrets about her actions. “F* yes, I am proud of my actions. I f*ing charged the Capitol today with patriots today.”

Now that is audacity.

Thanks to Kary for the heads up.

I was fixing to tell you that I had been indisposed this morning because I have decided that when when all the behind-closed-doors books come out about the Trump presidency, I’m going to have to rent a beach house for a month with a hammock underneath on the breezeway and read my butt silly.

I was coming here to tell you not to miss Axios today because when I think of the fun we all missed by not being able to watch … oh dear, it just doesn’t seem fair.

And then I discover that El Jefe beat me to it.

Honey, it is frightful and delightful at the same time.  Get a cup of coffee and read it.

And if you’ve already read it, check out how a 72 year old retired nurse in Michigan almost got herself virtually shot by a Proud Boy supporter.

Be watching for the Juanita Jean Beach House Rental Fund in the coming month.  Or if you’re armpit deep in snow, be my rental agent and look for a (2 bedroom 2 bath or more) beach house on a beach or close enough to hear the surf, anywhere from Bolivar peninsula to Corpus Christi. Bolivar for the seclusion, Galveston and Rockport for the food, and Corpus Christi for the rowdy friends.  Anywhere will do because my rowdy friends have cars.

Don’t forget to read the Axios.

The AXIOS team has done it again, this time led by Jonathan Swan, telling the tale of the craziness in the WH in Trump’s waning days of infesting the Oval Office.  It’s a stomach turning must read, full of quoted expletives.  Key quote: “When Rudy Giuliani is the voice of reason, you know the meeting’s not going well.”

Save America is Trump’s PAC to keep himself viable or to buy airplane tickets to Russia for his family and Rudy Giuliani.

It’s surprising how little money is in it considering Trump’s pre-election fundraising.  And that was with the benefit of deceptive advertising. In mid-December, it was reported …

Over the past few weeks, President Donald Trump has been imploring his supporters to donate to the “Georgia Election Fund” to support Republicans in the two upcoming Georgia Senate runoffs. The plea has been part of Trump’s massive post-election fundraising effort, much of which has been going to Trump’s new political action committee, Save America.

I’m not saying that syphoning off that money cost Republicans the election in Georgia, but it sure didn’t help one little bit.

In the [fundraising letter’s] fine print, the letter breaks down the distribution of funds as follows: 25% of each contribution goes to the RNC, and 75% of each contribution first goes to Save America, up to $5,000, with the rest of the 75% going to the Trump campaign, up to $2,800 for an individual donor and $5,000 for a PAC donor.

My hedge fund and I say this is their heyday and it’s all downhill from here.

The road to saving America ends at Trump’s butt.

Willie sent me this and I thought I’d share it with you because it’s cute.

I believe Anderson Cooper built a Jewish Space laser on a socialist dare.