Back when Joe Biden was Vice President, one of our favorite amusements was watching C-SPAN on the day he swore all the Senators in. He was funny, warm and welcoming (to everybody, we might add). He clearly loved the Senate, and his job.
The next few days should bring another wonderful "welcome to the Senate" moment, when Vice President Kamala Harris swears in Laphonza Butler to succeed the late Dianne Feinstein. Many congratulations to California Governor Gavin Newsom for a brilliant appointment — and here are some other fun things we're watching during this first week in October.
Benedict Donald sure had a crabby day in his civil fraud trial today. He was fidgety, annoyed, turning colors, and finger-wagging, both inside and outside the courtroom. He bitched about New York Attorney General Letitia James and, inexplicably, whinged about the presiding judge. (Handy reminder: Trump asked for a bench trial. Or let's just say that his stupid attorney neglected to check the "Yes, we want a jury" box on the form she filed.) And this was just the first day! There's probably not enough popcorn in the world to get us through this.
Meanwhile, down in Georgia, it looks like Bernard Kerik is flipping for DA Fani Willis. At least, he wants immunity. And that's on top of co-defendant Scott Hall cutting a deal to plead guilty and testify. The Willis walls are closing in, aren't they?
Over on Capitol Hill, the shenanigans continue. MAGAts like Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene are just furious at the hapless Speaker McCarthy for relying on Democrats and a handful of semi-reasonable Republicans to keep the government open this weekend. At first today, it seemed like Gaetz was waffling on his commitment to try to throw Kev out of the speakership. But now he's filed his motion to vacate. What were we just saying about popcorn?
The Jimmy Carter 99 celebrations were everything we hoped they would be. And since the government didn't shut down, folks got to enjoy a second day of 99-cent admission, with cake, games and birthday-card-making, at The Carter Center in Atlanta. Best thing about it: Jimmy and Rosalynn were around to hear about it. P.S. Can we get one of those Jimmy Carter 99 baseball caps?
We'll close on a slightly down note. It should be bigger news that at their phony impeachment "inquiry" last week, Republicans presented fabricated evidence — which Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez immediately called them out on. Is it possible that politics and government are so suffused with Trumpian nutbaggery that this is not a scandal? Apparently the answer is yes. We cats HISS.
UPDATE: A reminder from a canny tweep that Trump's outrage about not getting a jury trial is all performance art. "He intentionally wanted to avoid a jury. He is a well-established con man in
New York.
His legacy of discrimination, filing for bankruptcies and stiffing contractors is known to all." Thoughts and prayers for Alina Habba, not.
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