Tidbits And Cat Treats: Things Are Bad, But Could Be Worse, Edition

By Miss Kubelik

So much going on in the news these days — the usual firehose, actually. But here are the stories that got our attention today.

Larry the Cat, feline guardsman of No. 10 Downing Street, has turned 19. That's an advanced age for our species, so we hope that the Labour government has prepared a succession plan for when (God forbid) Larry crosses the Rainbow Bridge. In the meantime, Nico Carney, "Purr Minister" of Canada, has convened a birthday celebration at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa. (They're probably also saluting PM Mark Carney's end run around Benedict Donald with his trade trip to China. Ha!)

The Trumpsters are trying to intimidate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey with "criminal investigations" against them. If only they would put half the effort into defending the Constitution, right? It seems that Walz and Frey are undeterred — as they should be. Why do we think that the only people benefiting from all this nonsense are lawyers?

Abigail Spanberger has been sworn in as Virginia's first woman Governor. This is a great day — not just because it's the end of the era of fleecy-vest asshole Glenn Youngkin, but because Spanberger sprang immediately out of the gate by: 1) telling multiple Trumpy members of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors to resign, and 2) presiding over the redistricting of the Commonwealth CDs to cut Republicans down to one seat. Spanberger is a centrist, national-security Democrat, but she will brook no GOP bullshit. Love it!

Finally, did you know that Denmark's sovereignty over Greenland was reaffirmed in a post-9/11 agreement back in 2004?

Yes! The Igaliku Agreement recognized Greenland's Home Rule government as a partner in matters of defense, solidifying Danish control while also granting Greenlanders more say in US military activities. You know who was President then? Yep, it was George W. "Smirky" Bush — and it would be nice if he would step out and say something about Benedict Donald today. But since Bush was the Worst Person Who's Ever Lived before Trump was, perhaps we can't expect him to behave like a statesman? We cats HISS.