Senate Republicans, who literally have nothing to do because Trump does it all for them, tackled one of the most important issues of our time. These are life or death times and Republicans knew that spending time on this vital issue could be what saves America:  they removed the measure demanding that candidates who are offered help or assistance from a foreign country report it.

Phew! I’ll sleep better tonight.  Wait, wait, I didn’t mean me, I meant Putin will sleep better tonight.

A measure requiring presidential campaigns to report any attempts by foreign entities interfering in U.S. elections was stripped by Senate Republicans as a condition of passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in a “backroom deal” Sen. Mark Warner, D-VA., said Tuesday.

I don’t know, y’all.  Now Trump is saying he’ll veto the same bill if we change the names of military bases from the currently honored traitors to true American heroes.

Call their bluff and stop all this Support The Troops crapola that Republicans think they own.

Thanks to Kary for the heads up.

Kayleigh McEnany promised that she would not lie.

“This president is the most informed person on Planet Earth in terms of the threats that we face.”

— White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, at a press briefing today.

Is anybody keeping score?

Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick is a damn hoot.  I mean, here’s some guy who couldn’t run a Jiffy Lube trying like the dickens to run Texas.  In Texas, the lt. governor has more power than the governor. Also in Texas, both of them have the same combined IQ as the speed limit.

You probably remember Dan as the guy who said we older folks should be glad to die of the virus to save the Texas economy.  He said he would, and then, of damn course, he didn’t do it.

Yesterday, in a fit of intelligence envy, we got to watch Dan Patrick say he was no longer going to take the advice of Dr. Anthony Fauci.  Whaaaaat? Huh? Translate that in English, please.  Dan Patrick has never taken the advice of Dr. Fauci. Never.

Dr. Fauci says not to open up Texas while we are on an upswing. Dan says, “Open Texas! Especially the bars!”

So we open up the bars and restaurants and – oh shock! – the needle goes off the charts. And we kill a bunch of people, but not Dan.

Dan says …

“Locking down doesn’t work! If it did, those two states [California and New York] would be doing better than Texas. Fauci said today that he’s concerned about states like Texas that skipped over certain things. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about! We haven’t skipped over anything. The only thing I’m skipping over is listening to him. … He has been wrong every time on every issue. I don’t need his advice anymore.”

Yeah, well, I don’t think Fauci wants Dan’s advice either.

Dan skipped over the part that said don’t kill people.

Y’all, I have a blister on my forehead from banging my head on the table.

Oh, you’re gonna love this.

After Texas bars opened and threw Texas into pandemic plague proportions, Governor Doofus decides to close them again.  You know, like removing matches after the damn house has burned down.

So, what to bars do? They sue to governor.  Dudes, y’all were the ones who got an abundance of people sick because you weren’t following the rules of opening in stages.

Here’s the lawsuit in a PDF.  I hope both sides lose.

Hey, good luck trying to kill everybody in Texas.

Well, duh.

But they stay with him and they defend him because they don’t want to be called silly names on Twitter.

• Trump behaved in a “near-sadistic” manner toward German Chancellor Angela Merkel as well as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s predecessor, Theresa May, according to one source. Several other sources confirmed the detail to CNN as well.

No shock here.

Look, he knew about Putin putting a cash bounty on US soldiers. No amount of delusion or excuses can overcome that.

I’m starting to believe the pee tapes are real.  Melania demanded changes to her prenuptial before agreeing to move to Washington. I’m thinking the pee tape would give her more money than he has.

Hey, it’s as good a reason as any.