Today is the last day of the worst part of the heat wave with 96° forecast.  I slept poorly and feel very tired.  Yesterday the tech did a great job on my power chair!  I’m out $330, but the chair is whisper quiet, and I no longer have to hide from neighbors.  Tonight is a WWWendy night.  That’s a good thing, because the TomCat is in desperate need of destinking.  Hump Day Hugs to all.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:04 (average 4:52). To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Trump Admin Looks To Eject Medically Vulnerable Immigrant Kids

Dear Mon and Dad. Here’s our gift to you. Your kid’s going to die. Love, the Republican Reich. RESIST!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Robert Reich: 9 Ways to Stay Sane During the Primaries

Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. Just remember, when the primaries are over, vote against the Reich on the right, the Republican Reich! Vote Blue, No Matter Who! RESIST!!

From Raw Story: In a video posted to Facebook this Tuesday morning, a Mississippi voter showed what appeared to be a glitch in a voting machine being used for the state’s GOP governor primary runoff, the Clarion Ledger reports.

In the video [Facebook delinked] posted by Sally Kate Walker, the voting machine’s touch screen changed the selection from Republican candidate Bill Waller Jr. to his opponent and fellow Republican Tate Reeves.

The two are in a GOP primary run-off to face Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood in the November general election.

Republicans are just practicing for 11/2020. RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!

It’s a muggy day, here at the shiny new CatBox.  We have Heat and Fire Warnings through Wed.  Tomorrow I may have only an Open Thread.  It depends on how much I get done before the power chair tech arrives and how long it takes him to finish fixing mine.  OGIM Hugs!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:42 (average 4:15).  To do it. click here.  How did you do?

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Pics from the Shiny New CatBox:

The last one shows the handles on my throne and how hard I have to fight to hold myself down after two  days of chili.

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Elizabeth Warren Channel): Gun violence in America

Liz is spot-on. There are no simple solutions. She will need lots of plans for that. To implement them, we must remove Republican Ammosexuals from power. RESIST!!

From YouTube (Full Frontal Channel): Full Frontal Rewind: Trump’s Henchmen Pt. 1

Barf Bag Bundle Alert!!

Smellyanne, Mad Miller, the pseudo-Pences?… Dang! What’s left for Part 2? I can’t wait! RESIST!!

From NY Times: Joe Arpaio, a former sheriff in Arizona who built a national reputation as an immigration hard-liner, said on Sunday that he would run again for his old office, the latest turn in a long and polarizing career that included a conviction for criminal contempt, a pardon from President Trump and an unsuccessful bid last year for a Senate seat.

Mr. Arpaio, a Republican, was first elected sheriff in 1992 and was defeated by a Democrat in 2016. If elected in 2020, it would be his seventh term in office.

In a word… NOOOOOOOOOO!! RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!

It’s a quiet day here in the shiny new CatBox.  I learned that the parts for my power chair will arrive Monday, so the tech is coming back to fix it on Tuesday morning.  It will be nice to drive down the hallway without getting dirty looks from the neighbors.  Please expect no more than a Personal Update tomorrow.  It’s a WWWendy day, and as usual, we have lots to do.  Weekend Hugs!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:28 (average 5:41).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Chris Hayes On The Inception Of White Terrorism In America

Although most of those here at PP know, these things, this a part of US history and current events that few people understand. All have a civic duty to do so and to teach those who don’t. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Animals – We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

From Daily Kos: Two thing have to happen in the 2020 election: a Democratic president and the end to Mitch McConnell’s Senate leadership. He makes that clear in an op-ed in The New York Times Thursday. He explains how he destroyed the Senate as an institution and installed “Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Brett Kavanaugh and 43 new lifetime circuit judges—the most ever at this point in a presidency,” to own the libs. Literally. This is the follow up to that sentence: “The consequences of taking Senator Reid’s advice will haunt liberals for decades.”

He’s throwing down the gauntlet to all the Democratic presidential and Senate candidates, threatening all-out war if they have the temerity to break his iron grip on the Senate by getting rid of  the legislative filibuster. He throws some stuff in about the sanctity of the Senate as an institution, even invoking Madison and Jefferson. But it’s clear that this is about raw power. His raw power.

Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch [R-KY] has made it clear that we need to do four things: keep the House, win the White House, win the Senate, and nuke the filibastards.  RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!

It’s another busy day here in the shiny new CatBox.  Later, Store to Door delivers groceries, which I get to put away.  Cherry season is over.  Now the cherries I get can be found in Garcia.  This evening, WWWendy comes to destink the TomCat and do chores.  Yesterday, the power chair tech diagnosed shot bearings in both front wheels.  The rear wheels are the drive wheels.  They had to order the parts and will return as soon as they come in.  I thought the chair was about to fall apart, but it’s just so noisy that it even bothers neighbors on the way to the elevator.  Squeaky Hugs!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:27 (average 8:58).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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From YouTube (Parody Project Channel): ACT NATURALLY – A Parody

Barf Bag Alert!!

Dang, Don! When you assault us with a grotesque image like that, don’t we deserve a Barf Bag Alert!!? RESIST!!

From YouTube (Full Frontal Channel): Full Frontal Rewind: Gun Control (36 min.)

Sam could not be more spot-on! RESIST!!

From Daily Kos: It’s unclear exactly how big the Log Cabin Republicans group is, but it’s now down by a couple following the resignation of two members over the gay conservative group’s pathetic endorsement of Trump 2020. “It saddens me greatly to say that today, I am ending my association with Log Cabin Republicans, an organization I’ve been heavily involved with for the last decade—including serving as president of the D.C. chapter for three years,” Robert Turner wrote in a Facebook post.

“But for me, there’s no more fight left,” he continued. “The national board’s endorsement of Trump, and their subsequent and hollow WaPo op-ed, is a step too far. And this leaves me sad.” There’s a lot about this that’s sad, but it’s all self-inflicted, because the group didn’t have to endorse Trump, or anyone for that matter. The group sat out 2016 and could have decided to do the same again in 2020, but jumped on the Trump Train even though the car plainly reads “no gays allowed” on the outside.

Turner wasn’t alone either, following the resignation of another member, Jennifer Horn, over the group’s endorsement. “There is no world where I can sit down at the dining room table and explain to my children that I just endorsed Donald Trump for president,” she told The Washington Post. “It is contrary to everything that I have ever taught them about what it means to be a good, decent, principled member of society.”

The leaders of the Log Cabin Republicans are as nuts as their Fuhrer. the members should move their cabin out of the Republican Party. RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!