If I could draw, I’d draw them all sitting in a jail cell wearing prison stripes and grumpy expressions, shouting in unison “But her emails!”

“can I accept this gift from this person?” 

The most scandal ridden administration in American history cancels ethics training.

I take an ethics and security course every year too, mandated by my global tech company. It actually makes me feel slightly better about the giant corp I work for.

Every year, I have to take federally mandated anti-corruption and anti-bribery training because of my job. Why don’t these assholes?

Normally, we gauge presidencies by the apparent physical toll they’ve taken on presidents themselves over the course of four or eight years. I’m certainly gauging this one by the emotional toll it’s taken on me in mere weeks.

“...we’re talking about national security and the totalitarian ideologies that drive the groups that threaten America.”

He ordered that the pipelines to be made of American steel. The problem is, they’re already manufactured and shipped.....from China. They’ve been sitting out in the open waiting to be put together. So that’s one promise he already has to break but we’ll see if the journalists even bother to fact check that one. Or if…

...not to mention that he was caterwauling all Faux Noise yesterday about the “...generals failed Ryan Owens...”

If the Democrats (and yes, I’m a Democrat,) had any brains at all, we would start screaming “Unify Us!” at the top of our lungs. Trump has no ideology, only feelings. If we were smart, we would plead for him to bring us together, since we are clearly the majority.

The speech was hot garbage. No specifics, just more empty campaign slogans, except he didn’t scream, call anyone a name, or act like an unhinged lunatic so the press is falling all over themselves praising his speech. The media falls in line every single time even though Trump treats them like something that he…

Is he actually doing that? Are there flunkies there clapping? Not watching so, not sure.

Paid adoring fans. I wish the camera would go back to John Lewis.

Magically delicious!

An eye-opening look into the power of hindsight is The Fog Of War.

In their interactions since Obama’s election and inauguration and since, it looks like GWB and Laura Bush have legit respect for the Obamas. I also get the feeling that no matter your party, being President of the U.S. as well as First Lady is such a crazy, singular experience that it’s easy to bond with those who’ve…

I would also just toss out there (again not defending him) that he was the Governor of Texas. He was at least proximate to actual governance going on, and had at least some vague awareness of how it was done, unlike Trump.

MORGAN FREEMAN FOR POTUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think you may be on to something...

I’m so sorry. I get it — I cut off the Asshat almost 20 years ago and Smother more than a year ago (after two years of limited contact, after several years of minimal, after years of none) because both are toxic and abusive in their own ways. My siblings kept Asshat at a distance for most of their adult lives, and…