The latest insurrectionist to be sent to prison claimed in his defense that he believed the cop he beat with a flagpole was Antifa. As if that was a reasonable excuse. Thankfully, that went nowhere.

Women flocked to see the Barbie movie, so naturally Republican men hate it and say it’s “woke.” It would be silly if it weren’t so sad. Actually, it is silly. And stupid.

I misspoke. It was Alabama that defied the Supreme Court. Freudian slip I guess.😮

So Texas is defying the Supreme Court ruling on redistricting. Now what? Does DOJ step in? Has a state ever done this before and gotten away with it?

RIP, Tony Bennett. You’ll be missed.

@LnzyHou $2.79? Wow!

@ByLeslieMonteiro And air-condition the entire ballpark? Yikes.

@ByLeslieMonteiro But they don’t play baseball in the winter, so, on sunny, hot days, the roof, I’m sure, will be open.

@GrazingintheGrass I predict, even if Trump were convicted of a crime worthy of prison time, he won’t spend a day behind bars. He’ll pay a hefty fine, promise never to run for office again, and make a public apology for the crimes he committed. You heard it here first, folks. Of course, if he gets elected president, all bets are off.

It just occurred to me. Why should this classified documents case be complicated? The government deemed the documents classified. Trump took them. What difference does it make what was in those documents (legally)? Why does the defense need to go over all those documents? What? They plan on claiming the documents weren’t classified? The government - that Trump ran for four years - said they were. And he had no right to take them anyway! Aargh!

I don’t want to hear how “well-respected” this or that lawyer representing Trump is. Uh, duh. Remember Barr and Durham? They were “well-respected” too.

Most classified documents cases take a long time. Add in the special circumstances of a former President defendant, and there’s no way Jack Smith’s prosecution goes to trial before the election.

@thedisasterautist Their good will is long gone, so keeping up the grain exports would have no upside for Putin.

@ByLeslieMonteiro You know as well as I that refitting/replacing aging stadia usually involves a financial arrangement with the city. iLooks like Oakland didn’t want to throw good money after bad. I wonder how popular baseball will be in Vegas during the hot summer. Florida’s teams have the same attendance problem.

@TheresaVermont Are you okay?

Okay, people, show biz writers and Hollywood actors are on strike. Only one thing to do now with your spare time - read books! And (shameless self-promotion), I just happen to have written some you might enjoy.

Good for you, Rory! McIlroy said he’d retire before being forced to play for LIV golf.

@LnzyHou I’m going to make twice-baked potatoes with a salad for tonight’s dinner. I’m not waiting either!

First the writers, and now the actors are going on strike. Yikes! There won’t be anything new to watch while I sit in my air-conditioned living room procrastinating over writing another chapter of my WIP.