Tidbits And Cat Treats: Ides Of March Edition

By Zamboni

This is a very busy time of year for us, but the news never takes a day off. So here are some of the stories and events that are grabbing our attention tonight.

You can't put a lot of stock into social media, but if you follow the right people and have a talent for reading between the lines, you might have noticed lately that a Trump indictment is coming. Soon, in fact. Like, maybe next week. In a development that would have surprised folks just a few months ago, it appears that the first batter up in the Indict Benedict Donald slugfest will be Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan DA, for the Stormy Daniels payoff. He may beat Fani Willis in Georgia, who must present her special grand jury evidence on election tampering to a regular grand jury — which, in fact, she's doing now. Bringing up the rear is DOJ for January 6 and the stolen classified documents.

Look, none of us knows what is really going on. That's because the American system of justice, as difficult as it is sometimes to believe, is built on the rights of defendants. So much is kept secret. It's maddening to have to wait for breaking news, but take it from us, this is the way it has to be. As they say, you don't want to aim at the king and miss.

Meanwhile, the detestable Jenna Ellis, who swears that she never lied about 2020 voting fraud, has just sworn under oath that she lied about 2020 voting fraud. Wait, what?

And where are all the right wingers making fun of Mitch McConnell's fall last night? You know how brutal they are whenever President Biden trips going up some airplane stairs or tumbles off his bike. Then again, Biden knows how to fall without giving himself a concussion.

Speaking of Biden, how excellent that he's throwing down the gauntlet to the Republicans by introducing a budget that will make them blanch — as long as the press makes it clear in its headlines and stories that Biden is proposing taxes on the rich. So far, some in the media are disappointing us. Sadly, we can't say we're surprised.

Finally, we're loving how the Dominion court filings are pulling the curtain back on the hypocrisy and money-grubbing that is Fox "News." But how do we inform Fox viewers about these developments, since the network they slavishly watch is not covering the duplicitous emails of Rupert Murdoch, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity? (Especially Carlson, who needs to be deported somewhere.) 

Here's an idea for a not-as-famous-as-The-Lincoln-Project PAC: Please produce some ads with a voice-over talent who sounds like Sam Elliott — or who maybe is Sam Elliott — explaining the whole Fox-Dominion story. Then, run them on local coverage of NASCAR. See the commercial spot above for inspiration. We cats PURR.