Lots of news to grab attention today. The former Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, Republican Geoff Duncan, has endorsed President Biden for re-election in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution op-ed. "Speaker" Mike Johnson declared he wasn't going anywhere (just wait until November, Mikey). And of course, Stormy Daniels withstood a tough cross-examination in Benedict Donald's criminal trial.
Daniels returns to the stand on Thursday, but already there are glimmers that Trump isn't handling any of this well. Judge Merchan had to warn his legal team — again — about his behavior: "I understand that your client is upset at this point, but he is cursing audibly and he is shaking his head visually and that’s contemptuous. It has the potential to intimidate the witness and the jury can see that." Any bet on how quickly Donald will violate the gag order over the next 36 hours?
Meanwhile, far from the drama in Manhattan or from the 2024 Presidential campaign, we cats did our civic duty today.
Our county has a public schools election on May 21, with voters casting ballots for the annual budget and for members of the school board. We cats won't be in town that day, but we knew it was an important election. Why? Because good schools support the quality of life in our community. Also, there's a real Trumpy nutjob running for the school board, and we had to vote against him.
This required some effort. First, we had to research the other candidates (we picked out two Democrats and a less-crazy Republican incumbent who could help edge the nutjob out). Then we had to figure out whether we should vote by mail or absentee. Once absentee became the answer, our next step was to figure out where the public schools' district office was, and when they were open, so we could get a ballot. Once we got there, we had to get past a ton of security — locked doors, cameras, buzzers — no doubt thanks to the ever-present threat of active shooters. Way to go, NRA.
Long story short, we cast our ballots, and everything was fine. But we wondered how many voters would try to overcome those many hurdles to keep Trumpsters and other idiots out of local office.
So here's our request. Every election is important, from President and Congress all the way down to school boards, planning, zoning and waterworks. However things work in your city or town, please don't miss a single vote. That will make us cats PURR.
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