As JJ has been reporting, the WH “integrity commission” has been rebuffed by over 20 states which refuse to provide the information demanded by Kris Kobach, who is vice-chair of the commission and happens to be Kansas’ secretary of state.  In a hilarious and ironic head-spinner, Kobach has now announced to himself that Kansas won’t be providing the last 4 digits of all Kansas voters’ social security numbers.

Since Cheeto Jesus attacked the other states refusing to provide the information, I’m wondering if ol’ Kris will fall out of favor and go on the LONG list of the to-be insulted twitter victims instead.  LOL.

Okay, the official White House statement on the Election Integrity Commission:

Nice.

Donald Trump calling something “distinguished” means he squirted some gold spray paint on it.  This is a man who thinks Carter Page is distinguished.  The last thing he said was distinguished was Trump University.  These guys are bozos trying to keep Americans from voting.

This tweet reminds me.  Tax returns.  What’s Trump trying to hide?

The Washington Post is reporting this morning that the head of Trump’s so-called Voter Fraud Commission has made a request of every state’s voter file so he can give it to the Russians.  Okay, okay, I just made up that last part.

“The chair of President Trump’s Election Integrity Commission has penned a letter to all 50 states requesting their full voter-roll data, including the name, address, date of birth, party affiliation, last four Social Security number digits and voting history back to 2006 of potentially every voter in the state.”

He says he’s going to make all this information available to the public.

I don’t know how they do it in other states, but in Texas, we don’t have to give our social security number to register to vote.  In Texas, voting records are public information, but you need certain information to access them.  Here’s how my county does it.  And Texas has laws about how that information can be used.

I’m gonna try real hard to think of a way this information would be important to anyone in the federal government except for voter suppression.

Nope, can’t do it.

Now, close your eyes for a minute and ask yourself what would happen if all registered firearms lists had to be released to the public.  Yeah, that’s the sound of hell breaking.

The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events selects art works to place around the city for their Year of Public Art program.

In 2013, Chicago-based artist Scott Reeder made a sculpture and has loaned it to the city for the display.  Seriously, he made it in 2013.

Lord, I love art.

Yeah, it says REAL FAKE in big gold letters.

I love art, y’all.

Thanks to S Gray for the heads up.

If you voted for Donald Trump, read this; then find one of these in your house:

Then, look long and hard. YOUR guy is the problem.  YOUR guy is the “fake”.  YOUR guy is a disgusting misogynist pig who incites the worst behaviors in his supporters, embarrasses us daily on the world stage, is weirdly obsessed with himself, women’s appearance, and blood.  YOUR guy has singlehandedly turned the entire US government into a circus.

THIS is YOUR fault.  You can blame no one else.  Own it.

Pete Olson is my own personal congressvarmint.  I don’t talk about him much because he’s furniture. No, seriously, he does nothing in Congress and can only rarely be identified from his desk.

But, he’s gotten a little feisty lately.  He took his little anti-choice self and went on the electric radio to announce that he shouldn’t have to pay for pre-natal care health insurance because he can’t get pregnant.  In fact ….

Olson laughed about it and said, “We have what’s called an X chromosome . . . which means we can’t have a baby. Why do we have to pay for that coverage we can’t use?”

Well, wait a minute.  Didn’t you use it as a fetus?

And secondly, an X chromosome doesn’t make you a man, and apparently a suit and a seat in congress doesn’t either.  Honey, it’s the Y chromosome, but I’m perfectly okay with whatever he wants it to be.  Maybe he marches in the Chromosome Pride Parade and there’s nothing wrong with that.