Okay, FBI: Go Wild!

"Note to @FBI: Whatever instructions White House staff gave you, the President’s tweet...is actually (no, really I’m not kidding) an order from the President. DOJ’s legal view is that a Presidential order need not take any special form; if the President orders it, it counts."

—Ian Bassin, former White House Associate Counsel

Klobuchar Helps Reveal Kavanaugh's Inner Louse

"M.J. Hegar, a Democrat running in Texas’s Republican-leaning 31st Congressional District, said that Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar’s exchange [with Brett Kavanaugh about blackout drinking] had revealed something dark about Kavanaugh’s character.

"'You saw a disdain from him in the way he treated the female Senators, compared to how he treated the male senators,' Hegar said. 'That was distressing to me. This is someone who wants to be on the Supreme Court and deciding issues that relate to women and our freedom.'"

 

—The Washington Post, September 29, 2018

Elevator Speech.

By Sniffles

Why do we think that from this day forward, every American woman has been empowered to tell a man — a co-worker, colleague, even a boss — "Look at me when I'm talking to you"?

It sounds like something your mother would say to you when you were five years old. But women in the workplace, the public sphere and countless other venues have never felt able to express anger and frustration at the lack of respect men show them without paying a huge penalty. If they dare say stuff like that, they lose promotions, pay, even their jobs. Or they get disrespected or harassed even worse until, in rage and despair, they quit.

Until now, maybe. Because two brave citizens — women who had been sexually assaulted themselves — took it upon themselves to stick a foot in a Capitol Hill elevator door and demand acknowledgement and respect from a United States Senator.

Hey, everybody at the John F. Kennedy Library & Museum! We have your nominations for the 2019 Profile in Courage Award: Ana Maria Archila and Maria Gallagher. We cats PURR.

November Is Coming.

"Judge Kavanaugh, I listened to you talk of your life being ruined. It is not. I listened to you turn yourself into a victim. You are not. What today showed is that you clearly are a partisan and do not have the temperament for the court. Even worse, you are just a bad person."

—Fred Guttenberg, Parkland dad

The Doom Of DeSantis

By Miss Kubelik

One of the public servants we cats most admire these days is Virginia House Delegate Danica Roem (D-Manassas Park). She's famous for being openly transgender, and we think that's great — especially since she defeated a 13-term homophobic Republican pig — but we like her even more because she's completely dedicated to the minutiae of governing and improving the lives of her constituents.

Delegate Roem made the fixing horrendous traffic on Route 28, which as former Prince William County residents we've sat in for hours, a top priority of her campaign. Since taking office, she's been focused like a laser beam on it — and on other infrastructure and quality-of-life issues that make most pundits' eyes glaze over. But you know what? They're the things that really matter to everyday voters. Good on you, Danica!

Danica's polar opposite these days could be Ron DeSantis, the repugnant GOP nominee for Governor of Florida. We could call DeSantis many things — far-right, racist, xenophobe and dog whistler come to mind — but sadly for the people of the Sunshine State he couldn't care less about solving their problems. Transportation, in fact, is a good example: DeSantis recently appeared before the National Federation of Independent Business and was asked what he was going to do about Tampa Bay's epic traffic jams. "Well be rolling out a transportation policy soon," he said.

"Soon"? It's six weeks to Election Day. This guy is lame. And his campaign operation is getting poor marks, too. No wonder Democrat Andrew Gillum is up in the polls.

So, does the national GOP cut DeSantis loose? Unlikely: Even if DeSantis slides into irrelevance by mid-October, they can't triage him off the funding list for fear it would damage their Senatorial candidate, Rick Scott. So they'll have to keep throwing good money after bad.

The best of all possible worlds. We cats PURR.

Winston Churchill Was Right.

By Baxter

"Madam, all babies look like me," Britain's wartime Prime Minister is alleged to have said. Whether it's just an amusing anecdote or not, this photo from the UN General Assembly seems to confirm it.

That's New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, with her partner Clarke Gayford and their three-month-old daughter Neve — the first infant to hang out at a General Assembly. We think that's pretty cool, assuming that she didn't cry or kick up a fuss. (Apparently she didn't.)

Someone who probably would not be pleased by all this would be Donald Trump, who — at all times, but especially this week — is not known to be friendly to the rights, well-being and interests of women. We're sure Trump was disgusted to imagine that, somewhere in that building, Prime Minister Ardern was either pumping breast milk or actually breastfeeding the baby.

How long will it be before he tells UN Ambassador Nikki Haley to either get that prohibited or the US won’t pay its dues? We cats HISS.

The New Red Panda

By Zamboni

When we're feeling overwhelmed or depressed by the news, we cats often turn to red pandas — 'cuz they're so darn cute, they give us a pick-me-up. But lately, the news has been so terrible that we think even red pandas might not be able to provide the needed relief.

Never fear! We've found the perfect substitute: Beto O'Rourke, leaving last week's Texas Senate debate, air drumming to The Who.

Did Ted Cruz have nearly as much fun on his ride home? We cats think not, and we PURR.

And It's Not Even Monday.

What will tomorrow bring? Who knows? One thing we're sure of: The Chief Justice of the United States is giving holy hell to Grassley, McConnell, and maybe even Trump, right now — demanding to be relieved of Kavanaugh because he knows the Roberts Court's legacy will go up in flames. We cats PURR.

A Whole New Take On Family Values

What Dr. Ford Should Do

By Sniffles

Christine Blasey Ford and her attorneys have handled the whole Kavanaugh nightmare so deftly that we cats hesitate to pile on with advice. But we've had a light-bulb moment over our furry heads, and we hope she doesn't mind if we share it.

First, let us say right off the bat: The terms that Charles Grassley and his all-male Republican colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee have proposed for Dr. Ford's testimony next week have been insulting in the extreme. Nevertheless, we hope she meets today's deadline and agrees to show up on Wednesday.

Then, when she does, she should do The Full Ginsburg. And then some.

Go on MSNBC, CNN, NBC Nightly News, the Today Show, The View (yesss!!), Christiane Amanpour's new show on PBS, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning — everything. And then next weekend do all the Sunday shows, Colbert, John Oliver, The Daily Show and Kimmel. Make it a double-triple-quadruple Ginsburg.

Kavanaugh won't be able to match that. No SCOTUS nominee does media tours, but this one, in particular, can't — because people a lot less friendly than Sean Hannity will ask him excruciating questions.

Is it fair that Dr. Ford should have to put herself through all this? Absolutely not. But we have confidence she could pull it off, and its impact would be immense. And it would make us cats PURR.

Sticker Shock

We cats understand that this bumper sticker is in the approval queue at Café Press. We'll keep checking, because we want about a zillion of them. In the meantime, we PURR.

Blunder Bus.

By Miss Kubelik

WTF? Brett Kavanaugh is not running for office. He's been nominated for a seat on the Supreme Court, a position in which the Founders would expect him to interpret the law, completely separate from partisan politics. So if this photo doesn't perfectly express the depths to which the Trumpsters have brought us, we don't know what does.

But you'll also notice that an intrepid PhotoShopper has had a little fun with it. (For more droll takes on these idiots, click here.) We cats HISS and PURR at the same time.

Food For Thought

By Baxter

Okay, let us cats say this right off the bat: This will never happen. It'll never happen because we all know why Benedict Donald is defending Brett Kavanaugh to the death. It's all about wanting that "get out of jail free" card when Robert Mueller corners him on the game board.

(Oh, and abortion.)

So allow us to repeat: This will never happen. But just take a second to imagine if it did.

Imagine if Kavanaugh ends up going down in flames and Trump has to pick another nominee. What if he picked Merrick Garland? As we all know, the guy's still available.

And then everyone's heads would explode.

Take Trump's base first: This would probably be the one thing that would make them turn against him. (See "abortion," above.) But when has Trump ever really, truly cared about them? They have no power, no influence, no money, no tanning beds, no teeth. Trump knows he owes his position to Vladimir Putin, the free coverage the media gave him, and the Electoral College — more than all the yahoos in red MAGA hats.

And what about everyone else? — Republicans and Democrats in Congress, Mike Pence? Heck, Mike Pence would have to resign. (That would be a good thing.) Meanwhile, it would totally take the sword out of the Democrats' hands, help right the sinking ship that's the US Senate, and probably stop a lot of the Blue Wave's momentum.

But more than anything, as a completely unexpected, Gerald-Ford-heal-the-nation-type move, it would be stunning, breathtaking, history-book-busting. Trump might not vault to the top of the "best Presidents" lists, but he would certainly move out of last place.

We all know how Benedict Donald likes attention. But since he fears Robert Mueller's investigation more, we'll simply say again: This will never happen. We cats HISS.

Kavanaugh Out? Ask The Ump.

By Zamboni

The plot thickens: Brett Kavanaugh's accuser refuses to testify unless the FBI reopens the background check on the Trump Administration's ewy SCOTUS nominee.

It's a high-stakes move, and we've already seen and heard speculation that the White House will refuse, with Republicans in Congress then allowing the Kavanaugh nomination to move forward. "Done deal," in other words —at which point we cats could envision a deeply discredited justice parking himself on the Supreme Court and inspiring even more suspicion and distrust of a previously admired institution.

How would John Roberts feel about that?

We're thinking, not great. Roberts is not our favorite person in the world, but he seems to care at least a little bit about the integrity of the institution over which he presides. Or put it another way: We bet he cares a lot about how the Roberts Court goes down in history.

So what conversations, if any, is John Roberts having with Republicans behind the scenes? If this SCOTUS sh*tstorm keeps going (and we don't see it ending any time soon), would he go to Kavanaugh and tell him to withdraw? Would he even go so far as to call a half-dozen Republican Senators and tell them that this nominee is not welcome?

Roberts famously said he envisioned himself as an umpire on the Court, calling balls and strikes. The question remains whether behind the scenes, he's playing — or thinking about playing — some unprecedented hardball. We cats HISS.

(UPDATE, Sept. 19: We assume Chief Justice Roberts reads The Washington Post. So we're very interested in David von Drehle's column urging Kavanaugh to withdraw: "A decision to confirm Kavanaugh under these circumstances portends further damage to the already battered credibility of the Supreme Court." Is von Drehle's number on Roberts's phone? Inquiring minds want to know!)

And It's Only Monday

By Sniffles

Team Trumpster has had to deal with so many crises for so long now that we're expecting many of them will suffer shorter lifespans from all the stress. (Gee, couldn't happen to a nicer group of people.)

This week (and yes, see our headline, above), on top of yesterday's Kavanaugh Calamity, the White House and Republicans who are desperately trying to figure out how they can hold on to Congress have just endured another blow: There's no way for indicted GOP New York Congressman Chris Collins to get off the ballot this November.

Which means that the only hope now for Republicans to keep this heretofore safe seat is for Collins to win — and then resign, forcing Govenror Cuomo to call a special election.

But how safe is that seat when the incumbent is a securities fraudster? Will the RNC and RCCC and various leadership PACs and the New York Republican Party all have to put money and effort into this race so they can run a clean candidate after November 6? How will it look for them to be putting trillions of dollars into electing a crook? How do Paul Ryan, Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise spin that?

So here's what Democrats should say: Support us, and you get the candidate you’re voting for. If you vote for Collins you can be assured of one thing: Your candidate will NOT be seated by the next Congress. And if Collins wins, that means New York will have to pay for an unnecessary special election, just to allow Republicans to continue to rig elections and avoid the judgment of the people. We cats HISS.

Valiant Hurricane Florence Evacuee Rescues Future Blogger

For more great reporting on how people are working together to save animals in North Carolina, click here.

Sometimes, No Matter How Well You Prepare, You Know You're Still Gonna Get A Beating

By Miss Kubelik

Will Benedict Donald be able to resist tweeting about Christine Ford tomorrow morning? We doubt it. He is hardly a paragon of self-discipline, despite reports that aides have been gently suggesting that he say nothing "for fear that he would only inflame the situation."

Republicans, prepare to be inflamed. We're talking about a guy who just got flipped on by Paul Manafort, so restraint isn't in the cards.

Ms. Ford, however, did exercise restraint. She's apparently been sitting on this knowledge not just for years (to the detriment of her mental health, to say the least), but certainly since the execrable Brett Kavanaugh was nominated and even before then. Knowing he was on the list of SCOTUS candidates, she contacted her member of Congress, Senator Feinstein and an attorney who specialized in harassment cases. She obtained her therapist's notes (dating back six years) and even submitted to a polygraph. ("No deception indicated.")

In short, she lined up her ducks in the neatest possible row — and still was looking for a way not to have to speak out.

Why? Because she knew that the Trumpsters and the trolls would make her life a living hell, which they've already started with gusto.

We cats send Christine Ford good thoughts, hoping that they'll help her be strong and resolute in the coming days. And of course we PURR.

Tidbits And Cat Treats: Big Storm Friday Edition

By Baxter

There are multiple storms brewing today — with some already passed, like yesterday's New York primary. We cats are starting to settle in for a pleasant evening of jazz, but before we do that we have a few thoughts.

We were not surprised that Andrew Cuomo squished Cynthia Nixon for Governor of New York. His victory was tempered by the ousting of the IDC Democrats from the state Senate, which makes us happy all around. Andrew needs some checks, and maybe the progressives who beat the IDCers will provide that. And our vote was confirmed by Nixon's sour-grapes concession. Sorry, Cynthia, but in our opinion when more people go to the polls, it's a good thing.

Paul Manafort is cooperating with the Mueller investigation. We assume this is good for America and bad for Donald Trump. (Apologies for the redundancy.) We will refrain from cheering, however, until we get more of an idea of what that cooperation entails. The American system of justice can be a real nail-biter. It's not a sporting event.

Sorry, but you can't get 65 women who weren't raped by Brett Kavanaugh to sign a letter overnight. The Republicans clearly knew about the allegations ages ago. Disgusting.

Finally, Hurricane Florence is bearing down on the Carolinas, but yesterday Donald Trump decided to cast the deaths of 3,000 Americans in Hurricane Maria as a Democratic conspiracy instead. Trump is obviously barely human. Our condolences go out to the families of the Maria deceased. They deserved so much better in so many ways. And so do the rest of us (Trump voters excluded). We cats HISS.

Watch Out For That Red Wave! (Not.)

By Zamboni

Donald Trump keeps harping on a nonexistent "red wave," which is not only silly but derelict of him. He needs to be worrying instead about the 83-footer that was recently recorded in Hurricane Florence. (But maybe he's too busy diverting money to ICE from FEMA and the Coast Guard.)

But okay, "red wave." It's pretty amazing that the Trumpsters continue to push that narrative when we've been inundated with headlines about how the Senate is now in play.

Mitch McConnell is worried. Democrats are well in the hunt in Arizona, Nevada, Tennessee and even, as we all know from the GOP panicking, Texas. While we don't know how North Dakota, Missouri and Montana are shaking out, we wouldn't be surprised if Fightin' Joe Manchin is removed from the endangered Democratic incumbent list by October 1. (He is basing his campaign on healthcare, a smart move considering that West Virginia has the highest adult obesity rate in the country.)

Which allegedly endangered Democrat will drop off that list after Manchin? Indiana's Joe Donnelly? Like Manchin, Donnelly is facing a relatively weak opponent who emerged from a hotly contested GOP primary. It's unclear how many Republican voters will be motivated to turn out in the face of Trump's bad poll numbers, Robert Mueller's investigation, the "Anonymous" op-ed and Bob Woodward's book.

So long story short, color that red wave blue. In our humble opinion, it's been building ever since Trump's disastrous Helsinki press conference, when clear-thinking Americans of every stripe suddenly grasped the meaning of the nickname "Benedict Donald." We cats HISS and PURR.

(IMAGE: The New York Times)

The Difference Between "Tyranny" And "Terror"

By Sniffles

Today we cats were very grateful that on September 11, we didn't have a loved one on United 93. Not just for the obvious reasons, but because we think a double-fist-pump is probably inappropriate when one arrives for a memorial honoring that doomed flight's valiant dead.

So yes, people are commenting on ths a lot. Also on Benedict Donald's first tweet of the day, which wasn't about the terrorist attacks or the nearly 3,000 people who died — it was about himself, and how victim-y he's feeling about the investigations swirling around him.

People are also sharing the audio of Trump's tasteless observation on TV 17 years ago that — with the destruction of the Twin Towers — he now had the tallest building in Lower Manhattan.

Awful behavior all around. But our attention today was grabbed by something else: Trump's claim in his oddly (for him) subdued speech that the US would "never, ever submit to tyranny."

That line sent us to the good folks at Merriam-Webster. A tyranny, they tell us, is an oppressive power, especially when exerted by a government. It is also a government in which absolute power is vested in a single ruler.

While we don't doubt that it exerted a form of tyranny over the minds of its highjackers, and that Osama bin Laden* was its unquestioned leader, al-Qaeda was not a government. It was and is a terrorist organization. So we must take issue with Trump's use of "tyranny," even though we know he was just parroting Republican talking points and is too stupid and lazy to ever look it up.

One more thing: A "tyranny" sounds like Vladimir Putin's Russia to us. So we'd say that our nation has, under Trump, definitely already submitted. We cats HISS.

*Finally brought to justice by President Obama. Just sayin'.

The New Zealand Herald, September 11, 2018

It's Tuesday afternoon in New Zealand right now. They may be on the other side of the world, but they have us to a "T."

Somebody In Pennsylvania, Please Track Down This License Plate

By Miss Kubelik

We cats usually shy away from spreading the haters' propaganda, but this one is so bad — and the license plate is so clearly visible — that we just had to share.

Aside from our hope that this driver gets some sort of ticket — for driving around with unsecured cargo in his flatbed, maybe? — we take solace in our belief that his days of bold racism are desperate and numbered. (And what's with the multiple exclamation marks after "Stand"? Why do these Trumpsters and right wingers never write correct English?) We cats HISS.

Angst In The Old Dominion

By Baxter

All journalism is important, but local news is especially so. Most people get their news from local outlets, whether TV, radio or newspapers. And this article from The Winchester Star in Virginia gives you a pretty good idea of what it's like to be a Republican these days — at the grass roots.

Snuggled in the northwest corner of the Commonwealth on the border of West Virginia, Winchester is home to, apparently, a great many restive Republicans — folks with "R" after their names who are mighty uncomfortable with the antics of Benedict Donald and his despicable Congressional enablers.

They don't love Trump, they dislike their Senate nominee, Corey Stewart, and they frantically worry that their entire brand is tainted. "I’m afraid [Trump] is going to take down Barbara Comstock," said a local GOP party official.

Oh, gosh, we cats are waiting with glee for that day. Right now, with Congresswoman Comstock running behind Democratic candidate Jennifer Wexton by 10 points, we expect we won't be disappointed.

Bottom line: This article demonstrates exactly what has happened in Northern Virginia. Loudon and Prince William Counties were once reliably red buffers against blue Alexandria and Arlington and purple Fairfax. Now, Fairfax is blue, and Loudon and Prince William are purple-turning-blue. What with the wildly unpopular positions the Republican Party is taking these days, we cats don't see that trend reversing any time soon. And we PURR.

Bad Times

By Zamboni

#Plaidshirtguy kind of sums up Benedict Donald's week, don'tcha think?

This young man ended up being ejected from the Trump rally in Montana last night, because — not being an acolyte — he kept making the kinds of faces that the Trump advance team didn't approve of. Maybe they should have done a better job of vetting the folks who stand behind the sociopath at his "shows"? This is political/logistical malpractice.

But should we be surprised, knowing what a mess the Trumpsters have made of things? Sure, they "won" the election in 2016, but it's become clearer and clearer that that one victory relied on Russian cyberterrorism and money — which, combined, drove 77,000 votes in three battleground states to decide the Electoral College. Since then, there hasn't been a whole lot of "winning" going on.

Another case in point: Trump's SCOTUS nominee, who seemed a slam-dunk at the beginning of the week, appears much less sure now. Meanwhile, President Queeg is hell-bent on finding the Quisling who ate the strawberries wrote the New York Times op-ed piece. And Donald Jr.'s hunting buddy is dead! Wildlife everywhere are celebrating.

Finally, Nike is popping the champagne, since their online sales jumped 31 percent after their Colin Kaepernick ad campaign debuted. You know, it's only in a wave year that the suffering political party experiences this much bad luck — and we haven't even begun to discuss the House ratings changes yet. We cats PURR.

Shared By Fred Guttenberg, Parkland Dad

Bring It, Indeed

By Sniffles

How's your week going? If you're not a Trumpster, we'd say pretty well, by comparison.

That's because Benedict Donald and his hapless minions are fighting wars today on multiple fronts: against Bob Woodward, The New York Times, maybe Dan Coats, John McCain (even though he's been dead for a couple of weeks), and one another (who knows what knives they're sticking in each other's backs as they try to smoke out The Times's op-ed writer?). And that's not even counting the badass Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy Klobuchar, Dianne Feinstein and Maisie Hirono, in particular, have come out loaded for bear at these Kavanaugh hearings — which we didn't think could get any worse for the GOP than the Brettster turning his back on a Parkland dad. And now Booker has released "committee confidential" emails that clearly demonstrate what a fraud not just Kavanaugh but the entire process is. (On the scale of outrageous violations of Senate norms, how does this document release compare to giving a yearlong middle finger to a highly qualified, duly nominated candidate for a vacant seat on the Supreme Court? Just asking.)

John Cornyn, who never fails to make our skin crawl, sternly tried to warn Booker that releasing the emails could result in his expulsion from the Senate. Oh, the sight of a Southern white man lecturing a New Jerseyite of color! Booker's response was nearly perfect, lacking only the addendum "mofo."

Our main thought at the moment? That the Republicans weren't ready for any of this. They expected their little Kavanaugh ruse — an echo of the "balls and strikes" testimony of John Roberts — to work, and they expected the Democrats to roll over. They obviously had no idea that our folks were scheming so effectively with Chuck Schumer over the Labor Day weekend. To be fair, neither did we. We cats PURR.

This Is What Happens When You Have A Farmer With No Law Degree Running The Senate Judiciary Committee

By Miss Kubelik

The Kavanaugh circus oops, hearings started today. We cats stand behind our belief that America cannot ever have a Supreme Court justice named "Brett." But aside from that, why do we think things didn't go well for the Trumpsters today? (We say "Trumpsters" instead of "Republicans," because until Jeff Flake or Bob Corker or Susan Collins goes Independent and caucuses with the Democrats, they are all Trump's stooges.)

Anyway, today was a clusterf---. Was it because Judiciary Chair Charles Grassley never got control? Or because the Democratic members not only protested eloquently, they staged a full-scale, strategic assault on the hapless Grassley and his President's execrable nominee? Or maybe it was this moment — an encounter that will live in infamy, when Kavanaugh refused to shake the hand of Fred Guttenberg, the grieving (and vocal) Parkland dad.

And that doesn't even get into the protesters who made noise and rattled the Republicans (particularly Grassley and Orrin Hatch), and were hauled off to the hoosegow for disruption and tweeting about it.

Here's our take: Democratic candidates should be getting all this into an ad, stat. And as for the bumbling Chuck Grassley, let's just say Bruce Braley was right. We cats HISS.

UPDATE, September 5 — Joe Scarborough weighs in on the snub and challenges right-wing nutcases: "Please, please, get on your blog this morning and defend that lack of humanity, because you’re pro-life. Please, come at me. Attack me with your stupid words, because you’re pro-life. Why don’t you just get sucked down into this drain of this inhumane Trump world that we live in right now in politics?"

Tidbits And Cat Treats: People Being Stupid Edition

By Baxter

Did you know that according to the AP, John McCain's caisson made its way yesterday to the Senator's Annapolis "burial sight"? Neither did we. It's just one of the many examples of human stupidity we've run across recently. Here, for your Labor Day non-enjoyment, are more.

Trump idiot Sam Nunberg is mad that Jared and Ivanka got bad seats at McCain's Washington service this weekend. "I find it contemptible that the McCain family couldn't seat them in a better, more respectable section," he bleated. "More respectable"? WHUT? It's the National Cathedral. Are there non-respectable places to sit in church?

We also wonder why Jared and Ivanka, Orthodox Jews that they are, were able to attend a Christian service on a Saturday and ride in a car to get there. (We assume Joe Lieberman had dispensation from his rabbi, since he didn't ask Al Gore to deliver his eulogy for him.)

As for the Republican hypocrites on the Hill, this column says it all.

White supremacists have wasted no time fielding racist robocalls against Florida Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum. We're not exactly surprised, but — they've resorted to minstrelsy? Oh, please. Does anyone under the age of 80 even know what that is?

Finally, thanks, anti-vaxxers: Cases of the measles just broke a decade's-old record in Florida. We don't know anything quite as stupid as gullible parents who eat up anti-government talking points based on a long-discredited study. This is what happens when right wingers, especially those led by a corrupt former healthcare executive, run things. It's Republican "pro-life" in action. We cats HISS.

A Special Tribute From The Queen Of England To The Queen Of Soul

Okay, this is probably really white, but we cats approve.