There are no factories in the US that make televisions any more.  There is one factory, Element Electronics, that assembles mass market televisions from imported Chinese parts, but that will come to a grinding halt in October.  The company simply cannot survive in Trump’s trade war where their made in China parts are now being heavily taxed.  During the campaign he complained that “we don’t make televisions in the US anymore”;  well, now we don’t even assemble them in the US.  Once closed down, it is very difficult for a company to come back on line.

All of this winning is sure doing a lot of damage.

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.

Well, well, well …

Republicans declared victory late Tuesday in a still-unresolved race for a solidly red congressional district in Ohio, a contest that exposed growing concern over the vulnerabilities in President Trump’s governing coalition.

Okay, so none the Enemies of the People, like CBS, CNN, The New York Times, and NPR, are calling the race.  Hell, even the Only Friend of the People, FOX News, hasn’t called it.

I do, however, suspect the Kremlin did.  After all, they have more access to the results than even the Ohio Secretary of State.