Headline from the Hill.

Yeah, I know exactly how that feels.

“An ‘extremely credible source’ has called my office and told me that @BarackObama’s birth certificate is a fraud,” Trump tweeted in August 2012.

“I think President Obama has been the most ignorant president in our history. His views of the world as he says don’t jibe and the world is a mess.” Trump,  July, 2016.

“He has been a disaster as a president. He will go down as one of the worst presidents in the history of our country. It is a mess.”  Trump, August of 2016

“No, I meant he’s [Obama] the founder of ISIS. I do. He was the most valuable player. I give him the most valuable player award.”  Trump, August of 2016

“I want him to show his birth certificate. … There’s something on that birth certificate that he doesn’t like.” — Trump on “The View” on March 23, 2011.

“I think he’s [Obama]  a threat to our country,” Trump said on a radio show, November 2015.

“You know, people cannot believe that President Obama is acting the way he acts and can’t even mention the words radical Islamic terrorism. There’s something going on — it’s inconceivable. There’s something going on.” Trump, June, 2016

“I think he’s the worst president maybe in the history of our country,” said Trump on Fox News.  August 2016

Since impeaching Trump is going slower than a snail pulling a cruise ship, it becomes more important whether or not Susan Collins decides she is going to run for Governor of Maine.

She says she will make a decision this Friday, which means she’s made a decision and will announce it Friday.

“Collins, among the most moderate GOP senators, has been a thorn in President Donald Trump’s side… But were she elected, her departure from the Senate would be a sharp blow to Republicans because without Collins, the seat would become much more difficult to keep out of Democratic hands in 2020.”

Taking back the senate would be better than recess in heaven.  We can play Republican and refuse any Trump nominees for the court or even federal judges.  We need to win three seats because we can’t count on Joe Minchin for diddle squat.

Send Susan Collins an email and remind her that Maine needs a sane governor.

You’ve heard of Occam’s Razor, yes?  The principle is based on a theory from Franciscan friar William of Ockham, who lived in 14th Century England.  His principle is quoted as, “Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily.”  Translated into modern language, the theory was restated to, “…when you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is the better.”  The principle has been applied to theory for  centuries.

Welp, there’s now a theory that has been postulated, first popularized by Josh Marshall of TPM during the 2016 election.  The theory is dubbed Trump’s Razor.  The principle is this – “ascertain the stupidest possible scenario that can be reconciled with the available facts”; in other words, when Trump or his brood do or say something, the stupidest scenario that explains the statement is the true one.

Case in point (among dozens):  “…calm before the storm.”  Trump couldn’t resist shooting off his mouth during a dinner with military personnel.  He stupidly blurted out the “calm before the storm” comment, and then doubled, tripled, and quadrupled down.  Utilizing Trump’s razor, the statement was simply stupid, and he couldn’t bring himself (as usual) to back away from it.

The fact is, Rex Tillerson is correct – Trump is a fucking moron.  (Sorry, Momma) He simply has no self control; no sense of decency, no empathy.  If he thinks something, no matter how idiotic, he just blurts it out.  When cornered, and pressured to explain himself, he doubles down and says something even more stupid.

Trump’s razor is true –  a reliable tool to analyze Trump’s proclamations.  Whenever he says something, especially when it gets national attention, Trump’s razor is a correct predictor.  He’s just simply stupid and shallow.  He’s not in a 3 dimensional chess game – he’s just hoping to get two scoops of ice cream for dessert.

Okay, folks, Kary who is now living in Spain wants you to see this.

The Brookings Institute is way ahead of you.

“Our review of the facts and the law leads us to the view that the president likely obstructed justice. Should that conclusion be borne out, we believe he will be held to account under one or another of the vehicles we have outlined, for no one is above the law in our system.”

Everybody I know has sent me this link so I spent most of the morning reading it and asking lawyerly questions to lawyers I know.

It is well worth a read.  There is certainly enough evidence for an indictment now.

Y’all, I am scared of this guy.

It appears to be 0 – 1.

Last night a student at Texas Tech killed a police officer in the police station and escaped still carrying a weapon onto campus.

He was apprehended about an hour later.

It’s now so common place that it barely makes the news.