Remember that back in June, Trump caved on his cruel and illegal policy of separating children from their parents on the border.  Even though many kids remain separated , the stated strategy of tearing families apart was reversed.  Well, just now, Trump caved again, agreeing to a short term continuing resolution to reopen the government, and it doesn’t include money for his idiotic wall.  What changed?  Public opinion really did start turning as television reports of weeping federal employees hit the air waves.  Then Christopher Wray, director of the FBI, spoke out to all of his employees about how angry he is over the shutdown; the commandant of the Coast Guard spoke out publicly in opposition, and then, the FAA ordered a ground stop this morning at La Guardia airport in New York citing a shortage of controllers to safely move aircraft through our airspace.  Apparently, this was the straw that broke the camel’s back, and the tsunami of opposition to his shutdown FINALLY got through the orange ferret sitting on his head.  And he caved.

Trump is now right back to where he was two weeks before Christmas except that millions of Americans have been injured from his folly and his poll numbers are lower if that was even possible.  Oh, and he lied about how so many federal employees wanted him to keep going on the shutdown which is outrageous.  His “deal” to reopen government is only for 3 weeks.  We’ll see what the Dems do.

The funny thing? Trump did get his wall, and her name is Nancy Pelosi.

It’s starting to happen.  The air traffic control system is breaking down because of Trump’s shutdown for nothing.  LaGuardia was ground stopped completely due to shortage of controllers, and Newark, JFK, and Philadelphia are experiencing significant delays.

I predict the government shutdown will be over this weekend, a huge loss for Trump and his supporters.

My friends – it is well worth your time to watch the whole thing.  Senator Michael Bennet shook the walls.

Give yourself a gift and listen to it all.

It will move your soul.

And here’s the deal. Trump hardly even knows him.

The White House insists the charges of lying to congressional investigators and witness tampering ‘don’t have anything to do with the president.’

So this is what Rudy was all blabbering about on teevee the other night. He knew this was coming.

Mueller has shot down a lot of witches in his witch hunt but this one made the loudest splat sound when it hit the pavement.

Update #1

Newspaper story address:  Click here for the Austin American Statesman.

Update #2

Alex Jones steals Roger Stones’ plea for money – you can watch it right here.  It’s

After Stone made his plea, Jones abruptly hijacked his fundraising pitch and said that InfoWars is in dire need of more money given all of the money it has to pay out to cover its legal expenses related to things like the defamation suit filed by parents of children who were killed in the Sandy Hook massacre.

 

I promised a report from yesterday so here goes – Little Bubba and his partner Bill won every motion they submitted yesterday and have been granted an opportunity to take a deposition from Alex Jones sometime in March. No, that won’t be open to the public but transcripts (and maybe even video) will be made public.

Jones’ lawyer is a mess.  All I could think is a that this may be the one guy in America who makes Rudy Giuliani look snappy. He comes into the courtroom dragging giant briefcases on wheels, another briefcase over his shoulder and several zipper cases strapped to the handle of the big wheeled brief case.  All we could figure is that he’s got phone books just in case somebody needs a phone number in the tri-county area. Nobody has attempted to carry the New York Pubic Library into a courtroom in years, especially for a damn hearing.

Lil’ Bubba and Bill each have laptops and a legal pad, and they share an iPad. Most law firms have gone paperless.  They have all the knowledge of the world at their fingertips.

It was a good day in court.  Then we went to celebrate.

Bill and Lil’ Bubba at El Mercado in Austin

Lil Bubba talking to a reporter

Hint:  Electrical wire is not like a garden hose.