First, Fled Cruz got stampeded during the Covid bill negotiations.  He kept insisting that the bill would allow undocumented immigrants to get funds. He was repeatedly told by everyone that it would not.

And then it got worse …

Literally about a dozen senators are standing, pacing around the back of the room at any given time. Several others look like they're about to fall asleep. We're nearing the end, and these senators are Ready.

— Grace Segers (@Grace_Segers) March 6, 2021

But that wasn’t all that there was to his day.

The Princeton Debate Club bitch slapped him.

Princeton University’s American Whig-Cliosophic Society voted to rescind the James Madison Award for Distinguished Public Service awarded to Cruz, a member of the Class of 1992.

It was the first time that the society voted to take back the award, according to the Daily Princetonian, which first reported the decision.

Geeezzz … being kicked out the Princeton Debate Society – that right there’s gonna leave a mark.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.

So, they finally finished reading Ron Johnson’s demand of reading of Covid relief bill.

Then Republicans got ready for 20 hours of debate for each side. They had their speeches all planned out and everything. But, then …

“They finished in the middle of the night and in the end, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat from the state of Maryland, rose to ask for some consent to restart this debate beginning at 9 a.m. today in the U.S. Senate,” she said.

Van Hollen asked for 3 hours of debate instead of twenty hours.

And … Johnson was not there to object.

So … it was adopted and now Republicans have 3 hours of debate time instead of 20.

Way to stompin’ go, Ron Johnson! You have just screwed yourself, sir. How proud you must be.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.

A Republican state lawmaker in Arizona proved why they just don’t get it.

Trying desperately to make the point that mask are not needed, Joseph Chaplik said on the floor of the legislature —

“The HIV that was going to [lead to] the global destruction of human bodies with AIDS, we heard about that in the ’80s,” he said. “Yet no masks were required.”

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I guess I’m wondering where he thinks we want him to wear a mask.

Clueless.  Just clueless.

Thanks to Carl for the heads up.

Sub headline in Idaho newspaper: Idaho Republican State Representative Karey Hanks said she has “done some research” and said face masks can cause injuries to “even our souls.”

Yeah, she doesn’t want to wear a mask and there ain’t no stopping her research.

So, when questioned about her findings, she admits that the Mayo Clinic says it’s safe the wear a mask, but Karey insists that it causes anxiety by reminding us, “after all, people are wearing them to avoid getting sick or others sick.”

Which seems like there would be more anxiety if you weren’t wearing one, but Karey didn’t have any research on that.

And then …

For the damage to “our souls,” there’s no good way to measure that. Maybe the grief and anxiety of getting loved ones sick with COVID-19 could be the best barometer to measure it.

Which, of course, has nothing to do with a mask, and would only get worse without one.

So, maybe the headline should read, “Karey Hanks does research and discovers it’s safe to wear a face mask.”

Let’s introduce her to Greg Abbott.

Okay, I get it – some crazy people are threatening to take over the capitol today. So, we shut the place down? I dunno. Is that what Tip O’Neill or Lyndon Johnson would do?  Oh hell no.

Think about it, we have a bunch of veterans in congress who probably could secure a window or maybe a short hallway on their own. Additionally, we have all the branches of the military and from what I hear, that’s a lot of men and women with guns and crap. Damn, we’ve even got a space force which ought to be good for something other than providing a distraction and snickers with their Star Trek uniforms.

I’m thinking I’d stay and just arrest their butts.

I think I’m getting real tired of them setting the agenda and running things.

I dunno, maybe the good guys have more information than I do but if that same group is coming back with flags, stick, and bear spray, I think we can take them and send them to Guantanamo.