Somebody please take a telephone message for Jim Jordan. George Clooney called. He’s making a documentary series about the abuse at Ohio State University.
Jim might want to put on his suit coat because there might be some things he needs to cover up and that’s a start.
Thanks to Mari for the heads up.
Written by Nick Caraway
It seemed too good to be true. I’d like to think if we are anything around here it is fair. Late last week there were numerous reports circulating around the interwebs and one of them was a so-called fundraising letter from Ted Cruz complaining about the “cancel culture” and “socialist travel agenda” forcing him to return from his trip to Mexico.
As it turns out, snopes.com came back and said that letter was false. Apparently, someone made it up as a brilliant example of satire. Of course, the problem is two-fold. First, satire is becoming way too realistic these days. People were fooled because Cruz would be dumb enough to treat this recent scandal as a fund-raising opportunity.
Kudos to JJ and Jefe for not jumping on that piece of satire as truth. We may not be nice all the time, but at least we are fair. The second point is the one that sticks in my craw. Cancel culture. Calling out that jackass is not cancel culture. It’s public shaming. I’m not even sure there is such a thing as cancel culture but there has been public shaming around for centuries at least.
We can ignore the fact that AOC and Beto did more for Texas even though they don’t hold elected office in Texas. No one is really giving John Cornyn a hard time because no one really knows what he did or didn’t do behind the scenes. Any mother is an expert on shaming and Cruz just got another lesson. You can’t abandon your neighbors and not suffer any blowback.
Nick
The Supreme Court’s one sentence ruling was issued without comment or noted dissent, which means there likely was no dissent.
They now go to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, who is investigating Trump.
Trump is gonna spend more time in court than your average judge. Not only does he have Vance, he’s got defamation lawsuits from two women, a fraud lawsuit from Mary rump, an investigation by the DC attorney general for Trump’s ole in the January 6th insurrection, and two investigations for Trump’s actions in Georgia.
So if you want to send him a Happy Days lunchbox to take to court with him, that would be nice.
Well, the Ted Cruz story gets bumped back to the front page.
In explaining his disastrous Cancún trip, Sen. Ted Cruz failed to mention his college roommate also was along for the visit.
- Axios has learned Cruz (R-Texas) invited David Panton, his former roommate at Princeton and Harvard Law, to join the family getaway.
- An aide tells Axios the senator extended the invitation only after the Cruz family planned the vacation last Tuesday.
- Panton accepted, and flew to Mexico.
The bottom line: Panton stayed at the Ritz-Carlton, while Cruz schlepped home.
I wake up every morning wondering what is going to be added next to Cruz’s lies about the trip.
I’m waiting for his daughter’s and wife to admit that they begged him to stay home in the first place.
Or that his seat upgrade was denied because he wasn’t wearing pants.
How did he think he was going to get away with all these lies? Oh. Yeah. I forgot. Trump.
Trump is scheduled to speak at CPAC this week, says CBS News. Can you even imagine the rage he brings to the podium?
Supposedly, Trump will discuss “the future of the Republican Party and conservative movement, and sharply criticize President Biden’s immigration policies.” However, we all know he’s going to discuss himself.
CPAC is always held in Maryland but this year they moved it to Florida to get around Corona lockdowns. It’s another super spreader by a real super spit-spreader.
I’m not going to watch. Since Trump left office, I’ve gotten both by vaccines and a much better night’s rest. Last week, it was 42 degrees in my house with no electricity and no water. It was still better than the best day of the Trump president.
Headline: Republicans Dump Trump, Find New Favored Presidential Candidate –
I’ll let you discover it yourself.
Hey, it’s a step up from Trump.
Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen for the heads up.