Putin-Gate

Dan Coats was a right-wing Republican senator from Indiana (twice) before Trump appointed him Director of National Intelligence. He had a reputation of taking his orders from leadership and not being very independent or making any waves-- perfect for a Trumpanzee looking for enablers.

Yesterday, Skip went over how Carnival revelers the world over are poking fun at Señor Trumpanzee.

If you didn't learn by now that Trump's most overwhelming psychological trait is projection, you haven't been paying attention. Wikipedia: "Psychological projection is a theory in psychology in which humans defend themselves against their own unconscious impulses or qualities (both positive and negative) by denying their existence in themselves while attributing them to others.

-by NoahMaster and puppet. Two men who will do absolutely anything to enrich themselves at the expense of the country they live in. One is an absolute dictator. The other one is a dictator wannabe who has accepted the aid of the other.Meanwhile, what does the Master have planned for our elections this year and in 2020? If Putin didn't manage to get as far as hacking voting machines in 2016, you can bet your life that he will try later this year.

-by NoahObviously, the Republican Party has taken gerrymandering way, way too far! We know that most politicians of every stripe will take money from just about anyone who offers it. Sometimes those offers run counter to the laws in our legal system (even if that seems not to matter).

So what about that stupid Nunes memo? What a joke!

There have been whispers out of the White House that Trumpanzee wants to get rid of the oil guy he appointed Secretary of State and put Mike Pompeo, the CIA chief, in his place.

Devin Nunes' Central Valley congressional district (CA-22) begins north of Clovis and Fresno and it's northern and eastern suburbs beyond the airport. The district meanders down through Dinuba and Visalia and ends just south of Tulare. It's a pretty red district-- McCain and Romney both beat Obama (respectively 56-43% and 57-42%) and in 2016 Trump beat Clinton 52.1% to 42.6%.

Thursday, McClatchy ran a pretty eye-popping piece by Peter Stone and Greg Gordon, FBI investigating whether Russian money went to NRA to help Trump. The jist of it was that Alexander Torshin, the deputy governor of Russia’s central bank-- a Putin crony-- was illegally funneling cash to the Trump campaign via the NRA.

Tuesday I was in a hospital waiting room with a TV tuned to CNN when Bannon waddled into a closed door congressional hearing. I noticed that "Sloppy Steve" was wearing a coat and tie. I didn't know he owned a tie. Maybe he borrowed one.