Why, lookie here who’s sassy talking now.

Not only, Graham claims, is Rudy Giuliani within half an inch of getting dirt on Biden from the Russians, he also says the Justice Department is “receiving information coming out of the Ukraine, from Rudy.”  While I tend to suspect it’s the same sources who had proof that Obama was born in Kenya, you gotta remember that all they wanted in the first place was an announcement that Biden was being investigated, not that anything ever came of it.

Graham toddled himself on the Sunday morning news program with an even bigger splash.

No, seriously, he said that.

He announced that Attorney General Barr has “created a process” where Rudy Giuliani can feed Biden dirt from Ukrainian sources directly to the DOJ, and the DOJ will then check it out.

Good Lord, half the Trump administration has already gone to jail.  And I think more are just waiting.

The Mississippi Mess from last Friday is becoming ten pounds of Republican embezzlement in a five pound bag.

It’s going federal now.  Well, at least until Bill Barr finds out about it and changes the investigation to Democrats who willfully breathed free air in Mississippi.

So it turns out that the nonprofit at the center of the Mississippi embezzlement scandal got millions of dollars in federal funds.  The federal grant money doubled in 2018 – after Senator Cindy Hyde Smith was appointed to the Senate, which is beginning to look kinda fishy.

In 2017, records show nearly $13 million in federal grant money flowed into the coffers of the Mississippi Community Education Center, the nonprofit organization used as the vehicle for a massive conspiracy and embezzlement scheme.

That grant money doubled in 2018 to nearly $27 million.

It’s unclear how much of that was actually utilized as intended, to help the poorest Mississippians in difficult times of need.

I’m betting none of it. At least as long as a Trump supporting Republican was holding the checkbook.

That old scheme – take from the poor and give to the rich.

Six fancy pants people were arrested in Mississippi for scamming what is suspected to be multi millions of dollars from state programs intended to help the poorest among us.

Two of those arrested were embezzling taxpayers’ money to give it to Republican politicians.

Dr. Nancy New, owner and Director of the Mississippi Community Education Center (MCEC) and New Learning, Inc. and her son Zach New, Assistant Executive Director of MCEC, were helping Republicans run for the House and the Senate.

Some of the money they stole went to —

Nancy’s son, Zach, works at …. New Summit Schools.

Two others stole money from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families fund to send a third one to a high falutin’ drug rehab center in California. They said he was teaching a drug rehab program for youth in Mississippi while he was actually in California soaking up the sunshine at his own rehab center.

They took other millions for their personal use and the use of their personal businesses.

The newly elected Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens said …

“The Hinds County District Attorney’s Office looks forward to working with the State Auditor Shad White and his dedicated team to end public corruption in Mississippi,” said Owens. “The misuse of government funds designed for families in need will not be tolerated by our office and those who break the law will be prosecuted to the fullest extent possible.”

Owens worked at the Southern Poverty Law Center before being elected DA so I suspect he’s fully prepared to go hunting for bear.

Honey, these entitled people stole so much money that authorities are still tracking it all down.

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

Come to find out, Trump had 10 million fewer viewers for this State of the Union than he did last year. It was a drop of 21% from last year.

The 37.7 million who watched Obama during his reelection year in 2012 slightly topped Trump at the same point in his presidency, Nielsen said.

So, Obama keeps the record for the speech before reelection.  And the largest crowd at the inauguration.

Just thought you’d want to know.

This morning at the annual prayer breakfast, Trump went after Pelosi and Romney, or should I say put their heads on a pike (outraged much Collins and Murkowski?).  He denounced them by chastising them “for invoking religion during the impeachment proceedings.” He proclaimed —

“I don’t like people who use their faith as justification for doing what they know is wrong. Nor do I like people who say, ‘I pray for you,’ when they know that’s not so.”

Holy damn crap with a communion wafer on top.

Trump would never, ever, for any reason whatsoever invoke religion.

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There’s hundreds more.

Dance, Irony, Dance!

Well, we saw it coming, but it’s good to know at least one sane person is in the GOP.

Alert Trump for silly Twitter name.

And I heard this morning that Senator Doug Jones was voting guilty, too.  That’s a relief.  I worry about that boy.