Democracy, Not Dictators

Millions of people are taking part anti-Trump Hands Off protests today. Here are the crowds in Washington, DC, New York City, St. Paul, Minnesota, and — wait for it — Salt Lake City, Utah. We cats PURR.

Paws Off!

One of the best aspects of a national day of protest is enjoying the demonstrators' clever signs. Today's Hands Off rallies are still underway, but we didn't want to wait to share some of the ones we liked best.

You can draw a straight line from Tuesday's election results to this — more than 1,200 demonstrations across the country, including all 50 state capitals. Americans are mad. We cats PURR.

"This Is A Crisis Of Our National Character"

 

It's been a brutal day. For a pick-me-up, let's revisit the highlights of Cory Booker's record-breaking marathon Senate speech this week on the evils of the Trump Administration. Take it as inspiration for tomorrow's Hands Off demonstrations nationwide. We cats PURR.

"With You, All Roads Lead To Putin"

By Zamboni

People everywhere today are asking why Benedict Donald seems hellbent on intentionally crashing the US economy — not to mention gutting the federal government, firing experts, defying judges, intimidating law firms, threatening Canada and Greenland, abandoning Ukraine, endangering national security, etc., etc., etc.

To us, it's so clear. In fact, Nancy Pelosi said it almost five years ago. After all this time and all these outrages, why doesn't anyone in the media connect the dots? We cats HISS.

Elon Gets Cheesed

By Baxter

We cats started our Tuesday catching up with the weekend news out of Louisiana, where voters resoundingly rejected four constitutional amendments championed by their right-wing Governor, Jeff Landry (winner of the 2025 Most Punchable Face Contest). Amendment 2's tax overhaul was particularly toxic — even rural and evangelical voters went against that one, because they feared it could lead to levies on churches. It was all pretty embarrassing for Landry, who was hoping to slide the changes in under the radar, and who predictably blamed woke leftist Soros Democrats. (Nothing's ever their fault.)

On the heels of that yummy news nugget came the revolt in the House of Representatives, where nine Republicans teamed up with Democrats against a proxy-voting rule change. Preacher of the House Mike "Mike" Johnson was so peeved he sent the members home for the rest of the week — sparking ridicule from Democrats, and a cat fight between House leadership and Anna Paulina Luna (who is a nutcase, but who managed to be right on this issue on behalf of her fellow new-mom colleagues). A Johnson hissy-fit! How ignominious.

Our first thought was: Please, don't let these be the only humiliations that Republicans suffer today.

Somebody must have been listening, because then, results rolled in from the special elections in FL-01 and FL-6, plus the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court. The GOP may have held the two Florida districts, but their vastly reduced (i.e., halved) margins of "victory" must have alarm bells ringing in Trump World. (Our candidate in FL-01, Gay Valimont, even flipped ruby-red Escambia County blue. Unheard of.)

Equally if not more important was Wisconsin, where voters gave Elon Musk a magnificent smackdown and kept a liberal majority on their Supreme Court. It's going to make a huge difference for fair maps, and maybe even add a couple of Democratic seats in this heavily Republican-gerrymandered state. And you'll never guess why Musk was so intent on rigging the Court for himself: In 2024, he applied to the Wisconsin DOT to open four Tesla dealerships there. The DOT denied it, because there's a state law that bars carmakers from selling directly to consumers. Naturally, Musk filed a lawsuit to challenge the decision — and it's due to come up before the state Supreme Court. It gets pretty interesting when you peel back the onion, yes?

(A thoroughly miffed Musk later tried to claim the Court race didn't matter as much as a voter ID law, which passed. But nobody's fooled. Wisconsin already has a voter ID law on the books. Lame!)

All in all, yesterday was the best day we Democrats — and the country — have had in a long time. And that doesn't even count Cory Booker. We cats salute him and the voters, and we PURR.

He Did It.

 

Throw The Booker At 'Em

By Sniffles

Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey has been speaking on the floor of the Senate for 19 hours now, and he's still going. You can watch him live here. You leave him a thank-you message at his Capitol Hill Senate office by calling (202) 224-3224. (We've already done it.)

At this point, Booker appears to be on the way to breaking Strom Thurmond's record filibuster of 24 hours, when he railed against the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Of course, there are so many Trump outrages that Cory will probably need twice as much time as Thurmond's to list them all. Great work, CB. We cats PURR.

Fine And Foolish

By Hubie and Bertie

The jokes are flying thick and fast about tomorrow's Election Day falling on April Fool's. Goodness knows, there are plenty of fools around these days in politics, government and public affairs. So, so many. But tomorrow is another opportunity to vote them out — or at least, send a message.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court race is top of mind, and not just because every time we see the name of the Trumpy Republican candidate, we think it's "Schlemiel." (Seems about right.) It's because the Tesla Turd is pouring a ton of money into the state. Hey, last we checked, paying people to vote was illegal. But anyway.

Two special elections in Florida are also getting a lot of attention. One is for Matt Gaetz's former seat in FL-01. Forget it, everybody. We have a great candidate, but we're not going to win that one. The other is for Mike "Signalgate" Waltz's former seat in FL-06. That one's interesting, and the GOP is officially fretting over it. Here's how The Hill, which is not typically friendly to Democrats, put it: "Republicans Look to Avert Humiliation in Florida Special Election."

Reasons? Nobody expected the Democratic contender, Josh Weil, to be able to raise zillions of dollars. He's a schoolteacher, for heaven's sake! And Republicans were undoubtedly surprised to see an internal poll from the GOP firm Fabrizio Ward that put Weil over their icky candidate, Randy Fine, by three points. Sure, it's only one poll, but this is a Trump +30 district. Pretty amazing.

So, going into Tuesday, here's our take.

In FL-06, any victory that Republicans notch by less than 15 percentage points will be a win for us. A victory by less than 10 percent? A big win for us. Less than five? HUGE. (And yes, Weil could out-and-out snag the seat, which we'd be thrilled to see. But don't count on it.)

In FL-01, a Republican win of less than 65 percent of the vote will be a loss for them. By less than 60 percent, a big loss. By less than 55 percent... well, as The Hill might say, HUMILIATING.

Keep your eye on what veterans and seniors do — that'll be key in both districts. Paws are crossed! We cats PURR.

Want.

This cap is all the rage in Greenland. And maybe beyond. (There's a Canadian version, too). We cats PURR.

Tidtbits And Cat Treats: Trump's Very Bad Week Edition

By Miss Kubelik

It can't be good for the Trumpsters when rumor has it that the Republicans are in trouble in FL-06. It appears that Josh Weil, the Democratic Congressional candidate, is trailing within the margin of error to the repulsive Republican candidate, Randy Fine. This much is clear: If the GOP were sure of a cakewalk, maybe Benedict Donald wouldn't have yanked Elise "Elsie" Stefanik's nomination to be Ambassador to the UN. And it seems a cakewalk they will not get.

That's just one story that broke in the last few days that made for a bad week for MAGA. How terrible was it? Let us count the ways:

1. Signalgate, of course. We have to assume it's not good that people are wondering if the Secretary of Defense was drunk when he ordered airstrikes on Yemen. How long will Hegseth last? People are already posting his photo next to the now-familiar Liz Truss head of lettuce.

2. On top of Signalgate, news broke that Team Trump left their Venmo and other online information public. Goodness gracious, but Russia and China must be having a field day.

3. JD Vance's visit to Greenland was an utter shitshow.

4. Benedict Donald had to go hat in hand to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for a phone conversation. It happened today — after which Carney said Trump respected Canadian sovereignty during the call.  "Perhaps there was a different impression before about how strong Canada really is," he said. For his part, Trump indicated that he and Carney would speak after the federal election. Whoops, guess that means Donald thinks the Liberals are going to win, yes?

5. Neil Drabkin, the Conservative candidate for the NDG-Westmount riding in Montreal, has asserted that his federal leader Pierre Poilievre has the respect of "people close to Trump." Wow, what a death knell. Or, as our favorite Montreal journalist put it, "Neil Drabkin, you screeching fool. You just let the cat out of the bag. PP and the Cons are just stand-ins for Trump and Musk, waiting to do their bidding."

6. Musk has been forced to stop bribing people to vote in Wisconsin. 

Finally, let's remind ourselves again that an Executive Order is not a law. Governing by EO is a sign of weakness, not of strength. We cats PURR.