it’s another busy day here in the CatBox. Store to Door will deliver my groceries late this morning, and I’ll have to unpack and put them away. WWWendy comes this evening to de-stink the rancid TomCat. We have lots of chores to do. Poor Wendy just had another death in her family, a niece (not the one that fills in for her taking care of me). Please remember her and her family in your thoughts, wishes, and/or prayers.
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Short Takes:
From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Donald Trump Appears To Be Changing His Mind On Mueller Report Release
Could it be that the Fuhrer bought Barr’s BS, until Barr tipped him off that it really is BS? RESIST!!
From The Hill: The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to authorize a subpoena to compel the Justice Department to hand over special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report to Congress.
The committee voted 24-17 along party lines to approve a resolution authorizing subpoenas for Mueller’s report, including accompanying exhibits and other attachments, as well as its underlying evidence, at a business meeting Wednesday morning. The resolution also authorizes the committee’s Democratic chairman to subpoena testimony related to the special counsel’s report.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said he would give Attorney General William Barr time to produce the final, unredacted report to Congress before issuing the subpoena, however he did not provide a timeline on when that would happen.
Yesterday would be a good time to issue the subpoena to Barf Bag Barr [R-Trump’s Ass]. RESIST!!
From Washington Post: Pete Buttigieg wants to abolish the electoral college. Sen. Elizabeth Warren hopes to ban gerrymandering. Sen. Cory Booker talks about limiting terms for Supreme Court justices. Beto O’Rourke is weighing an expansion of the high court.
The Democratic presidential hopefuls, prodded by a frustrated base, are pushing fundamental changes to the American political system. Aimed at changing how presidents are chosen and laws are passed, the proposals go beyond typical campaign issues such as health care and taxes to challenge the basic rules of American democracy.
Many of those ideas face long odds against enactment. But the conversation speaks volumes about the state of the Democratic Party in the age of Trump, reflecting a sentiment in the party that the system has stopped working fairly — a grievance once voiced more often by conservatives, including President Trump.
These are all good ideas, and they should be discussed, but they are long term goals that many voters will see as pie in the sky. Without ignoring those issues, we need to put kitchen table issues in the front seat. RESIST!!
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5:10 Knot as hard as it looked
Potential action alert: “Expecting Barr to miss the (4/2) deadline (to satisfy Nadler’s subpoena), advocacy groups—including MoveOn, Common Cause, Public Citizen, and Stand Up America—are planning demonstrations throughout the country to demand that all of Mueller’s findings be made public.”
Find an event near you
New Randy Rainbow!
MSNBC – I told you Orange Judas missed the part of the memo that said the report DID NOT EXONERATE him. Unfortunately, someone must have told him what that meant.
Hill – D’oh! He already GAVE him time. He gave him till April 2. See the action alert above in this comment.
WaPo – Of course, whatever the rules are at any given moment, Democrats will follow them and Republicans won’t. So it does make sense to get the rules to be as foolproof as possible. I agree they are good ideas, with the possible exception of the term limits for the Supremes. I’ve never seen term limits work in the Democrats’ favor yet.
Cartoon – Yes. Sigh.
Thanks for a wonderful Randy 🌈, Joanne. Betsy DeVos deserves such a vitriolic parody, if not more.
Thanks for the 🌈.
MSNBC: Word of the day today, is subpoenas!! Can’t believe the blatant disregard and disrespect to not showing/handing over the report.
Hill: SAA.
WP: I think having an open dialog is important, so that Dems see what’s on the table, and where to go from here. We have some very good candidates, and I wish them all the best.
Cartoon: Such a kind, wonderful man, and a moving speaker.
*Joanne, RR is a phenom in his own right. Love him, and oh! his songs!!! His mama must be proud. I would be!!
Sorry to read about Wendy, my deepest sympathies/condolences to her and her family. Hope that you have a good rest of your day, take good care, and Thanks, Tom.
*This just in: dt- “Oranges in the Report.” “You miss complete sentences, don’t you.?” ~ Obama ~
2. “Hillary isn’t even running, and they are still chanting ‘lock her up’, while everyone around DT is actually getting locked up.” ~ Daryle I. ~
The Hill: A good first step, but we need to keep up the momentum. The general public has the right to see the entirety of the Mueller report, unedited and uncensored. Then we can decide what – if anything – in it we can use against the Cheat-oh.
WP: It’s good to see variety in the choice for the Democratic 2020 Presidential nominee, but too many rings around Rosie will never get Rosie a ring. We need to weed out the centrists and corporate Democ-RATS, and put our support behind a genuine Progressive.
MSNBC: Drumphy changes his mind (he has a mind?) whenever the mood strikes him, or…when he goes into defense-of-lies mode! Yes, i expect that TC, your spin is the accurate one.
Hill: The committee may need to grab Barr by the cujones!
WaPo: These all seem like good ideas, to me. I just hope the Dems can avoid fighting over their particular favorites, and, thus, not splinter the demos.
‘Toon: What a loss!
MSNBC: What a flipping idiot.States he wants us to see it one time and now he’s asking why? Oranges?? Must be thinking of the the jumpers colors they wear in prison
Hill: Hope they slap them with multiple subpoenas. Sick of them getting around doing what he/they are asked for, just like his taxes, he still hasn’t released them either.
WaPo: Sounds good to me. I just wish they would stop talking about doing these things and get them taken care of. Otherwise they tend to be like tRump and drift off onto another matters and never get things done.The Democrats need to be marching forward full speed and get things back on some sort of track again in a positive direction.
Cartoon: We always lose the good ones, but they will always be remembered.
Give my condolences to Wendy and her family. They will be in my prayers.
4:16 Up at 4 AM and a six-hour trip to pick up hubby behind me, I don’t know why I even bothered.
MSNBC: Before Democrats in Congress get their hands on the full, unredacted report, Drumpf will have flip-flopped at least half a dozen more times. Does anyone really expect a change in strategy from a man who can’t discern between oranges and origins?
TH: Good, the subpoena got through. But it would have been better if House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler would have set a deadline for issuing it. Get it over with, the hardest battle over the contents of the report is yet to be fought.
WP: Fundamental changes to the American political system are good talking points, but put hot issues such as healthcare and education first, otherwise the candidates will lose touch with their Democratic base. Yes, the political system is rotten to the core, but unless Democrats win the 2020 election, those talking points will never be more than that: talking points. Find a topic relevant to the daily lives of your voters to differentiate yourself from the rest, presidential wannabe.
Cartoon: There should have been many more.
So sorry about another death in your family, Wendy. You are in my thoughts.
Give Wendy my condolences on her recent loss. (And maybe a hug … if those are even still allowed anymore.)
There’s not ONE idea in the WaPo article that isn’t an excellent proposal.
Will deliver the 🤗.
Thanks and busy hugs to all.