I make no bones about the anger and despondency overwhelming every waking and too many of the restless-sleeping moments of my life. Since the 2010 midterms, when the batshit crazy Tea Party, (can you spell Koch brothers?), infiltrated, then dismantled the process of cogent thought by any Republican politician, the fear of losing American democracy has been palpable.  Why was it any surprise that a brainless boob would move into the Oval Office to diddle while D. C. burned?  I am still daily flummoxed that it’s happening, blatantly, loudly and unashamedly in televised plain sight and is cheered on by throngs of mesmerized minions as they march themselves giddily to slaughter.  Huh?

Just a recap of the week…in case John Oliver can’t fit some of this shit into his woefully too short half hour:

• The Supreme Court, (now comprised of about 25% sexual abusers), is firmly set to uphold Citizens United to assure that the foxes will continue their uneven-handed watch over the hen house.Hardly anything else matters after that.
• Hurricane Michael devasted parts of Florida and Georgia while President Needy was out cheerleading himself at several “please, love me!” rallies.
• Nikki Haley gave notice that she’s leaving her UN post. I hoped, because she was finally too embarrassed to continue, but nooooooo.She is simply not horrible enough to uphold American values like: climate change, (especially the planet-ending kind that all those stupid UN scientists are talking about), is a liberal hoax; or arms sales are certainly more important than giving a crap about chopping up Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate while his fiancé waited in the car; or defending locking thousands of immigrant children in cages…indefinitely; or embracing every cockamamie despot while abandoning our allies around the world.  I’m thinking she took her lead from that ‘hidden genius’, Jared Kushner, who wants to replace her with his second cousin, Shlomo, whose credentials include being able to spell UN…from memory.
• The White House suspended daily press briefings, which at first seemed outrageous, but it does gift the press corps an extra 45 minutes a day when they don’t have to pretend to engage with Sarah Huckleberry Sanders’ bullshit.
• Two Texas Polls: Do You Like Ted Cruz? – YES – .013% NO – 99.947%, Will You Vote for Cruz or O’Rourke for Senate? – CRUZ – 54%  O’Rourke – 45%, (Fuck you, Texas!)
• In a show of complete transparency, Trump will sorta, kinda answer a few take-home questions from Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller…that should clear everything up.
• And this overheard directive from the President to his personal secretary, “Hold all my calls and tell any world leaders waiting in the lobby to chill.  I’m tied up indefinitely with my BFF, rap genius pal, Kanye and some guy they say is James Brown…I swear I heard he died.  Anyway, KW is going to blow about twenty minutes of smoke up my ass and then we’re going shopping for a new hydrogen plane.  I’m thinking, Hindenburg II would be a catchy name…see if anyone’s used it before.  Oh, and Kanye needs a six pack of Red Bull and a red cape with a yellow ‘S’.”