As we talked about earlier, Trump posed with an unread Bible in front of St. John’s Chapel this evening. He did that after directing DC police and military to gas peaceful protestors so he could pose for the cameras.
Fuck you, Don.
In an interview with ABC News today, Bill Barr said Trump’s tweets are making it “impossible to do my job,” and that he won’t be bullied into doing anything. He also said, “I think it’s time to stop the tweeting about Department of Justice criminal cases,” and that he’s prepared for any consequences of crossing Trump. He continued saying he can’t do his job with a continuous background of commentary from Trump on criminal cases.
It’s a rare split from His Orangeness; Barr’s sudden reversal is just one sign of the chaos at DOJ and the FBI that Trump has created. A mutiny is certainly underway and Barr had to step in.
A little ray of sunshine in the dark abyss of Trump corruption.
Oh, and a message to Ted Cruz and John Cornyn…This is all on you.
Michael Wolff’s new book is dominating the airwaves and has all week. Except on Fox Noise, of course. The release date of the book was moved up to today, and Trumpland is doing everything it can do to increase sales, including threatening the author and his publisher as well as slandering everyone who spoke ill of Trump. Steve Bannon, the Darth Vader of political strategy, has been renamed Sloppy Steve by His Orangeness. Amongst all this firestorm, other news has been announced today, and the timing is just a little coinkydink:
The FBI has announced that it has reopened an investigation of the Clinton Foundation. This comes after months of Trump screaming about “Crooked Hillary”, and demanding the FBI investigate what’s already been investigated ad nauseam. Word got out today of the investigation, apparently leaked by, you guessed it, congressional Republicans. Second, Senate Republicans have made the very first criminal referral in connection to the Russia interference investigations against…wait for it…Christopher Steele, the retired British intelligence agent who wrote the famous dossier about Trump’s relationship with the Russians. That’s right, folks…the VERY FIRST CRIMINAL REFERRAL from Republicans in the Trump-Russia investigation is against the guy trying to expose Trump’s collusion with the Russians.
The fact that these two announcements come on the same day as the release of Fire and Fury is, like I said already, purely a coninkydink. Nothing to see here…move along.
The Washington Post is reporting this morning that several sources have said that Trump and his attorneys are investigating his powers to pardon his staff, his family, and even himself. That’s right, folks, the President of the United States, SIX MONTHS INTO HIS TERM, is already trying to figure out how to get out 
of criminal charges that are surely forthcoming. At the same time, his talking heads, lead by his Chief Bloviator, Newt Gingrich, are already trying to discredit special prosecutor Bob Mueller and his team of high powered lawyers.
Now, I understand that I’m just a dumb bread baker and beer brewer from Way-the-Hell-Down-in-Texas, but I’m just recalling what my Old Man taught me when I was a mere sprite working with him in his wood shop – he said to me, “Those who scream the loudest are the most guilty.” – or at least something like that. That lesson certainly applies here. Trump who is a career huckster and liar knows deep-down that there is one truth…he and his family are guilty as hell, and he KNOWS he’s going to get caught – Bigly.
Greg Gianforte, who body slammed a reporter on earlier this week for asking a question he didn’t like, was just elected to represent the stupid state of Montana. Another criminal takes a seat in the People’s House. Facts and common decency no longer count in this country.
I can’t think of anything funny to say.