This is the honest to goodness truth.

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They are performing The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Dallas was not alone.  Boston got nasty emails, too.

The Lenox company has received roughly 40 such messages, including one that wished the theater “the worst possible life you could have and hope you all get sick and die.” At Shakespeare Dallas, executive and artistic director Raphael Parry says his company has received about 80 messages, including threats of rape, death, and wishes that the theater’s staff is “sent to ISIS to be killed with real knives.”

By the way, this is not the first time the play has used contemporary figures as Caesar or Antony. And, obviously these people don’t know what happened after Caesar was assassinated.  This is not a pro-assassination play.

Yeah, you should know that I’m shaking my damn head as I type this.

Remember when Republicans were calling for more civility after last week’s shooting of a Republican congressman?

Remember when Charlie Brown would try to kick the football and Lucy would pull it up at the last minute?

Yeah, the Lucy Republican strikes again …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh7ZiddrkmI

The Atlanta Journal Constitution covers the story.

Seattle is giving voters four vouchers worth $25 each in a publicly financed municipal election.  It’s hope, y’all.

When elections can be bought by corporations, a publicly financed campaign is a game changer.

“For us it really is about creating a new pathway for participation,” says Alissa Haslam, executive director of the Win/Win Network, a progressive Seattle coalition that led the initiative campaign. Haslam says organizers were “shocked” that they won the ballot initiative by such a large margin, particularly since it included a property tax increase that will generate $30 million over ten years to underwrite the vouchers.

It is cheaper to pay for an election this way than to have to pay the mark-up city vendors charge for all the campaign money they have to give candidates.  If a concrete company has to give city council members a large campaign donation to get their vote on a contract, that cost is passed along to you in higher taxes anyway.  At least this way, you get to decide who gets the campaign money instead of a cement company in another city.

Most importantly, it totally screws the Koch brothers.

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

Sir, your lawyer’s lawyer is on line 2.

Yeah. It really is happening.

So the lesson here is – if you have ever touched or met Donald Trump, or know someone who has, you might need to hire a lawyer.  Now. Before all the good ones are gone.

As customer Deb says, “it’s almost like one of those Russian nesting dolls.”

Thanks to Deb T for the heads up.

Okay, I am sort of ashamed to say this but … I know lots of lawyers.  However, they are a worthless lot of writ twits because not even one of them can explain to me what this means.

“Americans should exercise caution before accepting as true any stories attributed to anonymous ‘officials,’ particularly when they do not identify the country — let alone the branch of agency of government — with which the alleged sources supposedly are affiliated. Americans should be skeptical about anonymous allegations. The Department of Justice has a long established policy to neither confirm nor deny such allegations.”

That’s Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein explaining God only knows what.

One lawyer suggested that it mean that Rosenstein can take presidential dictation very well.

Remember how Trump said he would hire the best people? Well, he never actually said best for who.

Lynne Patton has been appointed to oversee the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Region II, which includes New York and New Jersey, where she’ll oversee distribution of billions of taxpayer dollars.

Who is Lynne Patton?  Honey, she’s a party planner for the Trump family who even oversaw Eric Trump’s wedding.

“Responsible for organizing, executing and assisting with upscale events and celebrity golf tournaments,” her LinkedIn profile says. “Handle celebrity talent acquisition for various marketing projects, philanthropic events and golf tournaments.”

Region II oversees payments of HUD funds to properties owned by . . . are you ready for this? Trump and Kushner.

I got the best frauds. And the best liars too.

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