Okay, just when you think that Louie Gohmert is the world champion goofy politician, along comes Missouri and blow us out of the water.

Please meet Steve West, who won the Republican primary for the state house in Missouri.  Steve has a bit of problem with some people.

Missouri Republican who won a primary for state representative on Tuesday has a history of making anti-Semitic and racially insensitive comments, reported the Kansas City Star.

In 2017,  West told a radio show that “looking back in history, unfortunately, Hitler was right about what was taking place in Germany. And who was behind it.”

Kinda make you wonder who he beat in the primary.  A guy with a boil on his nose and an I Love Jane Fonda bumper sticker?

Thanks to Deb T for the heads up.

Okay, so you already know about about Republican Chris Collins being arrested for insider trading with stocks called Innate Immunotherapeutics.

My favorite part was when a CNN legal analyst called it “dumbest insider trading crime” he’d ever seen. I mean, that’s saying something considering that his competition for that title is Martha Stewart.

Now here comes the fun blow back.

Mullins

Oklahoma Republican Rep. Markwayne Mullin, has had the bad news fairy visit his bank account. Mullen’s financial report in January of 2017 said he had between $100,000 and $250,00 in Innate stock, no doubt recommended by his fellow congressman. But, bless his heart. Yesterday, he filed his financial report and, oops, that stock is now worth $1,000 to $15,000.

And it’s not like Mullins didn’t totally deserve something like this happening.

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

UPDATE.  Holy cow, Markwayne is really having a very bad day.

The House Ethics Committee announced Friday that Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) will have to repay $40,000 to his family plumbing business following a roughly five-year investigation.

Damn, I bet he’s glad it’s Friday.

I gotta tell you that the Federal Elections Commission does not jack around.  They are kinda like the IRS in that respect.

But, there’s a job at the FEC that I want.  It’s the job where the person opens the mail and decides it a PAC has a proper name.  It can be a PAC that’s up to no good, but it has to be named properly.

For example:

They were not amused by a PAC named: ZILLIONAIRE EMPRESS DANIELLE HUSSER BERHANE and they even threatened to file felony charges against her for her wanton act of disrespect. She’s a zillionaire, guys, so why should she fret over your silly threats?  Plus, she has a damn website so she’s gotta be legit.

And then there was this one.  I could be wrong about this because it’s the Trump administration and Lord only knows what the rules are now, but I don’t think the Treasurer of the Treasury Department can have a political PAC.  However, since Rosa is the actual Treasure of the united States, I kinda suspect somebody is jacking around.

But we’re not finished yet, because there’s this one.

On second thought, maybe we are finished.

You’ll be happy to know that Heathcliff has a tweeter account.  He’s @ChopkinkyKinky‘s I know you’re shocked to hear that.

And lastly, I think this one was filed by Ted Cruz because he thinks all campaign finance laws are not applicable to him.

Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen who does have a sense of humor.

I’ve got a new fundraising doohickey thing going on.  It’s some deep data for our local candidates and a good bunch they are.

Click here if this kind of stuff interests you.

(I will fix the donate button to go here when I get a few minutes.)

The New York Magazine asks ….

Yeah, no kidding.

And their bottom line?

It has been frequently noted that the president is molding the party in his nationalist, populist, authoritarian image. He is likewise molding its governing class after his own personal business ethos.

Thanks to Steve for the heads up.

Houston has a congressional race that’s flippable.  The congressroach who we need to take down is Republican John Culberson.

His Democratic opponent is a wonder.  Her name is Lizzy Fletcher and she is one badass Texas woman.

Culbertson is a good ole boy, a Trump supporter, and slicker than snot on a doorknob.  Honey, he’s so crooked that when he dies, we’ll have to screw him in the ground.

Well, the tables just got tilted a little.  Okay, maybe tilted is too tame a word.  An elephant shot from a nuclear submarine landed on one end.

You’ve heard already that Republican Congressman Chris Collins  was arrested for insider trading this morning.

Well, guess who is tighter than skin on a sausage with Collins?

Our boy Culbertson.

Rep. John Culberson (R-TX): The Texas Republican claimed he heard about Innate from media reports, but as the Houston Chronicle noted, it’s not clear which. At the time of his purchase, Innate was described as “a tiny pharmaceutical company from Australia that has no approved drugs and no backing from flashy venture capital firms.” The Chronicle pointed out that Culberson’s past investment history does not square with his purchase of biotech stocks and his opponent, a research physician, has wondered what led Culberson to invest, “since at the time he bought it in January there had been no published research articles or significant clinical trial updates on the drug, known as MIS416.”

And, just to add the cherry on top, another Texas Republican Congressman is being looked at.

Somebody pass the popcorn and the champagne.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.