Texas called a special legislative session to make gender rules about which bathroom I can use.  Bad enough.

But, Missouri beat us.  Seriously.

Missouri Republican State Representative (do your cringing now) Mike Moon is a big abortion opponent, and abortion is on the agenda for their special session.

Mike is a creepy looking guy who is far too concerned about abortion in the creepiest way possible.

To demonstrate that he wants to “get to the heart of the matter” about abortion, Moon filmed himself beheading a chicken and then taking its heart out, all the while discussing crap like “God gave us dominion over his creatures.” You can see it by clicking here, but (thankfully) they also offer a written transcript.

Now all this chicken massacre is going on while the rest of the legislature is calling for a special investigation of the Governor on ethics charges.

Missouri legislative motto:  We’re kinda busy right now but we do have chicken for lunch.

Thanks to Deb for the heads up.

Okay dokey – here is the place you can post links / information / opinions about the Jeff Sessions testimony.

I have to be away from my computer later this afternoon but I can approve your comments on my cell phone when I check it.

This will be fun!

Donald Trump just blocked Vote Vets on Twitter.

Several years ago, I got an email from General Wesley Clark asking me to donate to Vote Vets.  I give a small donation each month.  I have never been sorry because they do good stuff.

Can you even imagine if President Barack Obama had done that?  Can Ivanka Trump even imagine?

If Trump’s Tweets are indeed official policy, then maybe this blocking crap needs to stop.  Right, Supremes?

Vote Vets.  He blocked Vote Vets.

Thanks to Deb for the heads up.

Trump’s First Cabinet Meeting —

Y’all, I consider this his eulogy and it’s real sweet of him to get that behind us so we don’t have to sit around thinking of nice things to say about him after he leaves.

Groveling is not a pretty sight.  Rick Perry spoke thusly —

“Mr. President, an honor to be on the team,” Perry told Trump, a man he branded as a “cancer on conservatism” when he ran against him for the GOP presidential nomination. “This last week, I had the great privilege to represent America in China at the Green Energy Ministerial. Good timing. They needed to hear why America was stepping away from the Paris Accord and they did. And that America is not stepping back but we’re stepping into place and sending some messages that we’re still going to be leaders in the world when it comes to the climate, but we’re not going to be held hostage to some executive order that was ill thought out.

“So my hat’s off to you for taking that stand,” Perry told the president who rescued him from a Round Top retiree’s life. “And for sending a clear message around the world that America is going to continue to lead in the area of energy.”

Oh Lord, ” … And that America is not stepping back but we’re stepping into place and sending some messages that we’re still going to be leaders,” the one person in the world who understood that was Donald Trump.

Front page of the Houston Chronicle this morning: Budget Cuts

This ain’t gonna improve none at all.

Despite a two-year budget of $2.4 billion, the Texas Department of Public Safety, with little notice, has reduced office hours at 11 of the state’s busiest driver’s license offices and plans to lay off more than 100 full-time employees to deal with a $21 million funding crunch.

The statewide police agency’s primary function is to patrol state highways and issue driver’s licenses, but in recent years has spent hundreds of millions on security operations along the 1,200-mile border with Mexico.

That ain’t your job, DPS.  Patrolling the border is Donald Trump’s job.

The last time I renewed my driver’s license, I had to go in person. I had to wait in line for 3 hours. Now it’s going to get worse. Yippee!

Thank you, Republicans.

Newt is back again, y’all.  He’s doing the Twitter thing, too.

May 17, 2017

26 days later on June 12, 2017

Rethinking Made Easy: people only have integrity and honesty if they side with Dear Leader Trump and his groveling toady Newt.

Thanks to Bryan for the heads up.