I watched the entire damn hearing yesterday. I could have just watched the afternoon.

Our freshmen females on the committee gave me hope for democracy.

First, compare our 12 women against the two Republican woman on the committee.  No, don’t. It’s really kinda unfair because Republican women don’t live on the same planet that we do.

Second, the last three women on our team did not come to play.  They knew what they wanted and they knew how to get it.  Trump Republicans, much to their chagrin, surely are realizing that young women of color are going to leave them in a heap of whimpering deflated bravado.

Third, as long as Jim Jordan is leading Republicans, they will remain the party of people you really want to stick your foot out and trip while people are watching them. He’s the junior high school schoolyard bully.

I hope you had as much fun as I did yesterday.

I’ve got my coffee, my iPad, and enough wine and chocolate to get me through the day.

Please feel free to share your preparations and what you enjoy when the big show begins.

Matt Gaetz is a 36 year old second term congressvarmint from Florida who is determined to lower this whole Presidential term to the lowest common denominator.  He’s a slug with a Twitter account..

He sends a heads up to Michael Cohen.

And if that doesn’t work, we have Pantageli’s brother from Sicily accompanying me to your hearing.

Good Lord, Cohen is going to prison for the rest of his life. Do you really think you can intimidate a guy like Cohen with some indiscretions? And the irony that it’s coming from a Trump supporter is all glittery with silly.

So, Trump, this is your idea of draining the swamp?

Thanks to Deb T for the heads up.

Y’all Okay, so I learned that they celebrate Black History Month in East Texas.  They held it at a planation.

No, I’m not kidding.

I guess Dr Ben Carson was booked so they got the only other Black Republican they know – Allen West – to come speak.

The newspaper article says that West read Booker T Washington’s “Cast Down Your Bucket” speech, “a speech that became known as the Atlantic Compromise speech.”

I think they mean Atlanta Compromise, but West is the one with the Ph.D. so what do I know.  If you’re not familiar with the Atlanta Compromise it was the worst damn deal ever made.  It said blacks would not ask for the right to vote, they would not retaliate against racist behavior, they would tolerate segregation and discrimination, that they would receive free basic education, education would be limited to vocational or industrial training, liberal arts education would be prohibited.

Hold on, West said he picked that speech because “it’s about triumph of the individual spirit.”

Forehead, meet tabletop.

I accidentally deleted a mess of emails and then I forgot who sent me this story so whoever sent it remind me.

This morning over at the Twitter farm, a Republican congressthingy from California was protesting the rush of getting Trump’s emergency off the face of the planet —

You got amendments or something, Honey?  You want to add a farm bill to it? A few more adjectives?

Thanks to SGray for the heads up.

Adam Schiff and words.

To my Republican colleagues: When the president attacked the independence of the Justice Department by intervening in a case in which he is implicated, you did not speak out. When he attacked the press as the enemy of the people, you again were silent. When he targeted the judiciary, labeling judges and decisions he didn’t like as illegitimate, we heard not a word. And now he comes for Congress, the first branch of government, seeking to strip it of its greatest power, that of the purse.

Many of you have acknowledged your deep misgivings about the president in quiet conversations over the past two years. You have bemoaned his lack of decency, character and integrity. You have deplored his fundamental inability to tell the truth. But for reasons that are all too easy to comprehend, you have chosen to keep your misgivings and your rising alarm private.

You know, Republicans used to hate The Imperial Presidency and I’m certain they will go right back to hating it as soon as there’s a Democrat in the office.  You know, just like a national debt – it depends on who is spending the money.

Thanks to Adam Schiff for reminding them.