You asked for it so here it is.  Glen and I are raising money for the Ballot by Mail program.

Click the button up in the header that says DONATE and get started making a real difference in Texas.  Glen has promised to dance on the table again this year if we reach our $10,000 goal.

And remember, every penny you donate goes directly to the actual program – there’s no overhead and Glen and I volunteer our time for this.

Go pick yourself an orphan county.

This is personal, but some of you asked to know how it went.  It was lovely.

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Thank you for your support and thank Ben for not dropping the Bible. He was very proud of himself for that.

Donald Trump went to the World Series last night.  He was not invited at any time to throw out the first pitch or to sit in the owner’s box.  And he wore a suit. Who wears a suit to a baseball game.  Who does that?

His entry into the stadium was not announced.  They waited until about the third inning, when they traditionally show the military and veterans in attendance, to show him on the big screen sitting in the stadium.

He was booed.  Loudly.  The boos were followed by chants of “Lock him up.” Two or three large banners – one directly behind home plate – were unfurled in the crowd that said “Veterans For Impeachment.”

All over the internet machine today, there are pictures and movies of Trump waving broadly to the crowd until he realizes he’s not being cheered, but booed.  I will not take away your opportunity to find those for yourself because exploring is half the fun.  Google Trump booed.  And enjoy yourself.

You knew it was going to happen – after wrecking millions of Americans’ quiet Sunday morning with an almost hour long display of boasting and lying, the truth about the raid is coming out.  The truth is that the Pentagon has been planning a raid to kill the ISIS leader since last summer after the Kurds had captured one of his wives and a courier who talked.  Those detailed plans were completely disrupted with Trump’s sudden pullout of Kurdish territory allowing Turkey, Russia, and Assad’s forces to rush in.

Rather than wait and risk Trump stupidly pulling everyone else out, a risky night raid by Delta Force was hurriedly put together.  Also, in spite of Trump abandoning the Kurds, they continued to assist US forces prepare for the raid.  They got lucky and got Al Baghdadi in spite of Trump’s incompetence, not because of his leadership.  Oh, and all the dramatic account of hearing Baghdadi’s screaming and crying that he heard on the feed?  That’s a lie, too.  No other person has confirmed that, and, as JJ pointed out, Trump was on the golf course during the raid, not in the situation room.

Are we great yet?

Former White House photographer Peter Souza used the time stamp on Trump’s official photo of the raid to determine … it is staged.

Another hint:  they all couldn’t agree where to look.  By the way, Trump was on the golf course when the raid happened.

People are teasing him again.

Thanks to Kary for the heads up.

John Kelly, Trump’s former Chief of Staff, said that he told Trump “not to hire a replacement who wouldn’t tell him the truth or that he would be impeached.”

And that’s probably true because current Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney practically bragged that Trump extorted a foreign government to screw up United States elections.

But the best part of this story is that White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham, had an answer.

 “I worked with John Kelly, and he was totally unequipped to handle the genius of our great President.”

They say she said it with a straight face. I wouldn’t know because I’ve never seen her.