I’m not sure which direction I’m going in the California Governor’s race. I know which direction I’m NOT going: Republican. Steve Hilton has received Trump’s blessing. That’s good enough for me. Hilton couldn’t get MY vote if he were the only candidate running. I don’t support trump’s toadies, I’ve never supported trump’s toadies, and I’m not about to start supporting a trump toady now.

The other Republican, Chad Bianco, started seizing ballots in an effort to prove a recent special election might have been tainted somehow. That’s clearly a MAGA mind. He called it a “very, very basic, normal investigation.” The state Supreme Court called it a violation and made him stop. Now Bianco knows that “We’re never going to know if our elections are secure.” Yeah, Chad? Is that because Bozos like you keep seizing the ballots and insisting cheating is rampant, Chad? Screw you, Chad.

I don’t trust billionaire Tom Steyer. In fairness, I rarely trust billionaire candidates who fund their own campaigns. The dude made his money with a hedge fund that invested in some really nasty, unsavory things. Then he separated himself from the company and started investing his own money to combat some of those same nasty, unsavory things. Is that Scrooge, having found the true meaning of Christmas or was it Hitler, building the Autobahn to curry favor with a people he later destroyed?

I like Katie Porter. She’s smart. When she was in Congress, she was a very effective fighter. She’s a bit of a numbers wonk, but that’s not a bad thing. At least she knows what she’s talking about, unlike some Presidents we suffer today. But she was filmed being angry with one of her employees and has now been smeared as abusive to her staff. A woman who gets angry? Unforgivable.

During a recent debate, she gave Gavin Newsom a “B” on his handling of the homeless problem. That’s pretty generous, if you ask me. I think she felt she couldn’t “dis” the current Democrat but she certainly couldn’t endorse his tactics on homelessness, so she went with a “B.” I like Newsom but even I wouldn’t give him anything higher than a begrudging “D-.”

In fairness to Newsom, it’s not his fault. There’s ONE answer to the housing problem in California: stop Wall Street from buying single family homes and force them to divest in those they hold now. Newsom didn’t do that, but nobody else will, either. I mean, really, who’s going to tell Wall Street they can’t steal some money from ANY area of American life, right?

Anyway, that leaves former health secretary and California attorney general Xavier Becerra and San Jose mayor, Matt Mahan. Becerra has a record of standing up to 47 and can already work the hallways of the state legislature. Mahan is Mayor of a big city but is that the same as a big state? Hard to say.

I think I’m looking for the Democratic candidate that promises to shut down that stupid, effing kinda-fast train project. I think there’s truth in the notion that one-party rule can lead to problems but the Republicans have shot themselves in the foot on that. Republicans have collectively lost – no, it’s worse than that. They’ve voluntarily surrendered their minds. I won’t, I can’t, support that.

I’d better figure this out pretty quickly. The election is coming. The primary is a short time away and there’s a real risk that only Republicans might end up on the final ballot. We absolutely, positively don’t want that. So help me out, here. Who do you like, and why? Inquiring minds want to know…

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It’s late at night. You’re sleeping soundly in your bed, dreaming of Sugar Plum Fairies or whatever. Meanwhile, there’s a madman who can’t sleep, typing frantically away at his phone’s keyboard. Posting. Posting. ‘Schumer should resign.’ ‘Let’s ignore the 2020 election results.’ Posting. ‘Obama committed treason.’ (No details added.) ‘Hillary committed treason.’ (Again, no details.) Posting. Obsessing. ‘End the filibuster.’ Then, it looked like he was done.

But he wasn’t. About 90 minutes later, he started up again. This was just Thursday night. He did the same on Wednesday night, too. He posts memes. He posts rants. He posts wishes and hopes and always, always wishes and hopes for harm to someone he doesn’t like. His posts are random and disconnected, just like his thinking.

There’s plenty of reason to believe he has lost his battle with dementia. That’s a sad enough situation for anyone, but it’s downright dangerous for the President of the United States. The people around him, though, won’t do anything about it. He’s the source of their power right now. The result of him staying up all night shit-posting anything and everything is that old Pee-paw falls asleep during meetings when he’s supposed to be paying attention. He’s a terrible, terrible President…

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Cons like to speak all the time about crime in blue states. A recent study has determined that the city with the highest murder rate in the country is St. Louis, Missouri. You know, red Missouri. Hmm, it’s almost like everything they say is just made up on the spot. I guess it IS easier to “get your facts straight” when you just make ’em up as you go along…

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It’s not looking too much, to me, like a so-called cease-fire will hold in Lebanon. Netanyahu’s idea of a cease-fire is, “You guys stop shooting, but we’re not going to, k?” Generally, it is NOT ‘k.’ Gaza seems to have honored their cease-fire with several hundred dead Palestinians to show for it, the result of Israeli soldiers continuing to shoot.

Now Israel has exercised the same tactic in Lebanon. It was only a few hours after 47 declared an extension to the cease-fire in the region. Netanyahu’s response to Donny’s announcement, “Wanna bet?” Hezbollah has decried the whole cease-fire thing as “meaningless,” and that seems an accurate summary…

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TACO gonna TACO, I guess. 47 had his toady DOJ launch an “investigation” into Jerome Powell. He was trying to pressure Powell into retiring or, at least, to reduce interest rates. Powell and the Fed board set the rates based on economic conditions. Donny wants to set them base on whims. ONE of those two positions has a solid basis – and it ain’t “whims.”

Powell’s term comes to an end naturally on May 15. All President Pedo had to do was wait and he could order his new toady Fed Chair to do what he wants – throwing the entire world economy into a tailspin as the credibility of the dollar collapses. But no. Powell didn’t do as Donny demanded so Donny was angry. And, of course, he’s always stupid. Stupid and angry are a bad combination. This was no different.

It looked like a battle was gearing up between Powell and the Drumpfster. But a Republican named Thom Tillis (NC) blocked Donny’s choice of replacement, Keven Warsh, until the DOJ dropped it’s “investigation” of Powell. Yesterday, they did. I mention it because it’s a Republican that took a stand against Donny’s tantrum and that still feels new, to me, Republicans standing up to trump…