Wow, so much news to cackle about! Considering we're less than four weeks out from midterm elections that are supposed to cause everybody heartburn, we cats found much to amuse us today. Let's dive right in.
Benedict Donald is having a run of bad luck: The January 6 Committee reconvened with damning new evidence and subpoenaed him in a unanimous vote, the Supreme Court told him to take a hike in the stolen-documents case, New York AG Tish James caught him trying to create another Trump Organization, and he has to sit for a deposition next week in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case. Oh, and a staffer has changed his testimony about moving those boxes of purloined papers at Mar-a-Lago. Sweet!
As for the Committee itself, it showed amazing footage of Congressional leaders' evacuation on January 6, and Twitter proceeded to explode with admiration for — cover your ears, MAGAts — Nancy Pelosi. Even while she was being rushed to safety from the mob, she was calmly working the phones to make sure the election certification wouldn't be postponed. What did Ernest Hemingway say about grace under pressure?
Meanwhile, for the second time in exactly a month, Charles, the new Queen of England, has made us laugh out loud. The first time was when he was in Northern Ireland, being fussy with a fountain pen. Now, it's the hapless PM's first audience with the monarch, at which she received a less-than-enthusiastic welcome. "So you've come back again?" Charles asked Liz Truss. "Dear, oh dear." Are we the only ones in the world who think this reign is going to be hilarious? Please say we aren't.
One 2022 Senate race that's flying under the radar is the Mike Lee-Evan McMullin match-up in Utah. McMullin is an Independent who has pledged not to caucus with the Republicans if he wins, so Democrats decided against fielding a candidate to avoid splitting the vote. Trumpster Lee has gone from a lazy but comfortable lead to a borderline squeaker: four points, with one poll putting McMullin on top. Whispers are that the GOP could maybe, actually lose this one. Lee must agree, because he was on TV this week begging Willard "Mitt" Romney for his help. Poor Mike. "How simply frightful! How humiliating! How delightful!"
So, a pretty swell day. And even more to look forward to: Steve Bannon will be sentenced for contempt of Congress on October 21. Benedict Donald should take note, since Bannon was convicted of blowing off a Congressional subpoena. We cats PURR.
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