I’m screaming at my teevee because I want to watch the Scott Pruitt hearings.  CNN is cutting in and out.  MSNBC is, too.  CSPAN is covering another hearing.

I have only one question for Scott Pruitt:  Who the hell do you think you are?

Best I can figure so far, he’s the Queen of Damn America.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has taken a tough stand against his fellow Republican Blake Farenthold.

Greg thinks Blake ought to pay back the $84,000 he scammed from the federal government, but … and here’s the grandstanding … Greg thinks Blake should give the $84,000 to Texas, not the federal government.

Do you want to know Greg’s reasoning?  Greg contends that Blake should pay for the special election that Greg called to replace him until November when there’s a regular election.

The only problem with that is that the Governor did not have to call a special election.  The Governor chose to have one solely to give Republicans one more vote in Congress between now and November, which they sure the hell don’t need in the first place.

So, the way I see it, Blake owes the federal government $84,000 and the State of Texas about a million for the special election.  And, hey, Greg Abbott should help pay for that, too.  He’s the one who wanted this damn thing.

Republicans:  we’re gonna get your money any damn way we can.

Okay, let’s drag our unwilling minds to the Pennsylvania state legislature.

Republican lawmaker Daryl Metcalfe just called a fellow legislator a “lying homosexual.”

He tells The Associated Press that he mentioned the sexual orientation of Democratic Rep. Brian Sims of Philadelphia because Sims has spoken openly about being gay, and because he believes it is “immoral behavior.”

It should be noted that Metcalfe recently “accosted another state lawmaker for repeatedly touching his arm, and suggested the man might be gay.”

Now the reason I’m bringing this up is because this story was printed in the Lufkin Daily News, which is in Louie Gohmert’s district.  I don’t think the newspaper should be giving Louie any ideas.  He’s doing just fine being a jerk all on his own.

I do have a thought, though.  I do not think that Daryl Metcalfe is gay.  But I think he wants to be.

Here’s one of those “Dirty and Proud Of It” Republican moments.

Governor Eric Greitens has got more troubles than you can put a number to.

First, there’s the affair that he to finally admitted to, but not the violence and kinky stuff.  He’s supposed to go to trial on the kinky stuff in May.

He also indicted for tampering with computer data and invasion of privacy.

The man should be on a most wanted poster and he is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at a St. Louis Area Police Chiefs Association prayer breakfast today.

Gotta admire that kind of gall.

Thanks to Deb T for the heads up.

Governor Greg Abbott has called an “emergency” special election to replace that nasty guy who still owes us $84,000, disgraced Congressvarmit Blake Farenthold.  It is set for June 30th.

The “emergency” is that all the counties in that district are “still recovering from Harvey.”  And the reason that they are still recovering from Harvey is that they had an incredible Republican jackass for a congressman who did diddle squat for them after Harvey and a horrible Governor who wanted his rump kissed before he’d help in any way.

The district is grossly gerrymandered.  In a special election there are no primaries and it’s a free for all.  Anybody who wants to can enter the race.  Whoever wins the special election has a leg-up for the November election, where they will run again, by running as the incumbent.  Look, I know – it’s crazy because the stage for the November election was set last month in the party primaries.

I’ll keep you informed because if Democrats have a decent chance to win it, I’ll be asking you to send postcards or make phone calls.

Y’all, I know there are some awful Democrats elected to office every now and then, but damn, Republicans have cornered the market.  As additional proof, I offer Republicans in Florida:

On Thursday, 71-year-old Hernando County Commissioner Nick Nicholson was arrested for charges involving prostitution.

Nicholson was arrested Thursday for one count of owning a home for the purpose of prostitution and two counts of engaging in prostitution.

To be honest, there’s not a whole lot more you wanna know about this because it’s creepy as the dickens.  It seems that Nicholson was allowing  30 year old married couple to stay at his house and eat his food as long as the wife had sex with him on Tuesdays and Saturdays.  He paid them $300 a week for the sex.

And that the police were called to the home when the married couple had a fight.  And …

Deputies reported that while in the home they found drug paraphernalia that Nicholson said belonged to his roommates. Deputies reported that Nicholson looked to be under the influence of a substance and he spoke to deputies with his genitals exposed. Deputies said they had to tell Nicholson repeatedly to cover himself.

And then local Republicans got on their high horse’s ass and announced that this is not the way Republicans should act.  But, it is.

Republicans do crap like this all the damn time.

All the damn time.

Thanks to Nico for the heads up.