Happy Friday, everyone. Let's all try to ignore Benedict Donald's trip to Texas today, secure in the knowledge that questions about authorities' failure to send alerts about the Guadalupe River floods — and Puppy Killer Noem's fatal stranglehold on FEMA — will not go away. Mary Trump has the best take on her uncle's visit:
"He appeared genuinely baffled by the magnitude of the disaster — as though natural catastrophes of this scale have never happened before. It's a tactic," she declared. "He's setting the stage to deflect responsibility." Absolutely!
True to Trumpy form, here are some more GOP antics that got our attention this week:
Joni Ernst's Senate career may be on life support — In response to questions about healthcare cuts at a recent town hall, Ernst infamously said, "We're all going to die." Maybe her time in the Senate will, too. Rumors abound that she's considering not running in 2026, even though she's gone through the motions of putting a campaign together. At this point, we cats are not sure whether Ernst dropping out will be a net positive or a net negative. A lot will depend on whether Benedict Donald weighs in with a primary endorsement, or whether he lets Iowa Republicans fight it out.
MAGA is probably not divorcing Ken Paxton — The lazy corporate media immediately jumped to speculate whether Texas State Senator Angela Paxton filing for divorce from her corrupt, duplicitous, adulterous husband Ken would damage his candidacy for next year's Republican Senate race. Please. Not only has the despicable Ken banked impressive fundraising totals against the hapless John Cornyn, but the divorce brouhaha will surely redound to his benefit in a GOP primary. The MAGA base, including its women, hate women. 'Nuff said.
Bedtime for Bongino? — Right-wing podcaster Dan Bongino, who was recently (and ridiculously) installed as Deputy Director of the FBI, whined a month or so ago about how hard his job was and how much he hated it. Now he's threatened to resign over Pam Bondi's decision to quash the Epstein files. Oh, come on, Dan. We know this is just the excuse you were looking for to check out. (Still, if you want to publicly fight with Trump's DOJ, don't let us get in your way.)
Team Leo steps up to the plate — Who would have thought that the scandal-ridden Catholic Church would be the prime antagonist to Trumpism? (After all, many priests and Donald have shared an attraction to minors, right?) But newly installed Pope Leo is repositioning the church to defend the powerless. Priests and nuns are escorting migrants to immigration court. The bishop in LA is excusing parishioners from mass. Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami has denounced Concentration Camp Donald on Alligator Alley. Gosh! Someone's punching back!
Folks, we won't try to soft-pedal anything — the state of the country is pretty bad. But developments like this give us hope. Maybe our dream that the Trumpsters will collapse under the weight of their own idiocy is not unfounded. We cats cross our paws, and we PURR.
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