Nov. 12th, 2021: -DJT is asked to comment on Jan. 6th rioters screaming “hang Mike Pence!”: "It's common sense… It's common sense that you're supposed to protect. How can you—if you know a vote is fraudulent, right?—how can you pass on a fraudulent vote to Congress? How can you do that?"

Nov. 11th, 2021: -San Francisco police officer Jack Nice dies of COVID while on leave for failing to meet the SFPS’s vaccination requirement -Dr. Christopher Foley, who criticized mask-wearing and spread false information about a COVID vaccine, dies of COVID

Nov. 10th, 2021: -DJT appeals yesterday’s opinion that he cannot protect his WH records from the House Jan. 6th Select Committee investigation -A Newsmax host complains that "being gay, I mean, it's almost like a full-time job" for Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg

Nov. 9th, 2021, 2/2: -VP Pence, his aides, and staff were locked out of their offices in the Capitol complex during the riot because their access badges had been deactivated the morning of the attack

Nov. 9th, 2021, 1/2 -The House GOP is discussing whether to strip committee assignments from the members who voted for the bipartisan infrastructure bill

Nov. 8th, 2021: -A California man who is on the FBI’s Most Wanted List for allegedly attacking police during the Jan. 6th Capitol riot is claiming asylum in the former Soviet republic of Belarus

One year ago today: -DJT has yet to sign the ethics agreement necessary to begin presidential transition. The deadline was Sept. 1st. Signing the agreement would limit his acceptance of campaign contributions and he would need to name all donors

One year ago today: -Google searches for "move to Canada" spiked 1,270% on Wednesday. Searches for moving to Australia and New Zealand rose by 820% and 2,000% respectively

This presidency should have been a podcast.

Nov. 7th, 2021: -NYT: “Americans Are Flush With Cash and Jobs. They Also Think the Economy is Awful” -A California middle school removes a history teacher who told her students DJT is still president

One year ago today: From WSJ’s Terrie Warren: “Out this morning: Wages are up 4.6% from a year ago. The economy grew 2.8% 233,000 jobs in October. This is the most robust economy in the history of the US!”

Nov. 6th, 2021: -The FBI raids the home of Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe, as part of an investigation into a diary stolen from JRB’s daughter, Ashley Biden -Senate candidate Josh Mandel (R-OH): “My personal feeling is there’s no such thing as separation of church and state”

Again, what if the Democrats promised they would no longer run candidates who would reach the age of eighty during their term? Just a suggestion.

Nov. 5th, 2021: -Retiring Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH) has a warning for his fellow Republicans: DJT will try to steal the next election -Incoming Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R-VA) seventeen-year-old son twice attempted to vote illegally in last week’s election

So now there are a lot of Republicans in the House who know they won't be keeping their jobs next year. Maybe blindly following Mike Johnson won't look so good this morning.

Well, yeah, but Joe Biden is still old.

I will never believe Trump won in 2024.

Give a big blue wave to everyone fleeing NYC!

Feeling some scars from last year healing tonight. Blue wave for the win!

Nov. 4th, 2021: -Jenna Ryan, who took part in the Jan. 6th riot and tweeted afterward “Definitely not going to jail. Sorry I have blonde hair white skin a great job a great future and I’m not going to jail. Sorry to rain on your hater parade. I did nothing wrong” is sentenced to sixty days in jail

Nov. 3rd, 2021: -Senate candidate J.D. Vance (R-OH), speaking at the National Conservatism Conference: “The professors are the enemy” -At least eight state and local officials who took part in the Jan. 6th riot won their elections yesterday

Washington Post Opinion, Nov. 3rd, 2024: “Calm down. We’ll be fine no matter who wins”

Nov. 2nd, 2021: -Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) criticizes Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for taking paternity leave: “I delivered one of my children in the front seat of my truck. Because, as a mom of four, we got things to do. (con't)

Nov. 1st, 2021: -There is a large crowd of QAnon believers forming at the AT&T Discovery Plaza in downtown Dallas. A QAnon theory claims JFK Jr. will reappear and make a big announcement at Dealey Plaza by the grassy knoll sometime tomorrow

Family connection to White House remodeling. My Great-Grandmother was friends with Mrs. Truman. When the Lincoln bedroom was remodeled, Mrs. Truman gave her a rug.

Just got overflown by the Israelis.

My aunts took me trick-or-treating the first time, in Los Angeles. Instead of "trick or treat!" I apparently told Charlton Heston "I'll have a scotch and soda."

Oct. 31st, 2021: -Senate candidate Everett Stern (R-PA) says he was approached earlier this year by representatives of disgraced former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s “Patriot Caucus” to “gather intelligence” on Senators, Judges and Congressman (con't)

Oct. 30th, 2021: -A woman at a Traverse City School Board meeting: “Satan’s agenda is behind this. Masks don’t work and neither do vaccines. It’s destroying and killing. You want to program children to turn in their parents. Right now, there are classrooms in the US that are teaching cannibalism”

So Trump tries to write something, can't, then he has to wait for someone to come finish typing the message. This seems to be a pattern. So what part of the brain is it that's gone missing?

Oct. 29th, 2021: -Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-NY), member of the House Jan. 6th Select Committee, won’t seek reelection in 2024 -The USSC allows Maine’s vaccine mandate to stand, refusing a request for religious exemptions. Justices Gorsuch, Thomas, and Alito dissent

We've made it to National Chocolate Day. Proceed as the way opens.

Oct. 28th, 2021: -Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) blames his wife for the fact that he wore a bulletproof vest to DJT’s Jan. 6th rally -Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods admits to contacting members of Congress regarding the the reconciliation bill

I don't believe Trump had an MRI because you have to be still for more than thirty seconds. Must have been a CT.

Oct. 27th, 2021: -Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-GA) invested $50K in DJT’s new social media platform -NYT: “Democrats Hammer Out Novel Plan to Tax Billionaires and Corporate Giants” -A lawsuit by Southwest Airlines pilots protesting a federal vaccine mandate is dismissed

What company actually tore down the East Wing? What architects and builders are working with Trump on his ballroom? Anybody? Anybody?

Oct. 26th, 2021: -The judge in vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse's trial says lawyers cannot call the people he killed “victims.” Rittenhouse killed two and wounded another with an AR-15-style weapon. The judge says "victim" is too "loaded" but will let lawyers call them "rioters, looters or arsonists"

Your Democracy Minute I live in a small town on Kauai that is basically two golf courses, two big hotels, and enough houses to fill in the gaps. When we vote for the town council, there are maybe 1,200 votes held by the residents and 540 held by the dominant hotel. Last time we voted, (con't)

Oct. 25th, 2021: -A Jan. 6th riot organizer says Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) helped plan and gave them “several assurances” about a “blanket pardon” from DJT to encourage them to carry out their plans

A very clever friend of mine said we need to stop calling it Trump's ballroom and start calling it his throne room.

Oct. 24th, 2021: -One of DJT’s picks for the Senate, Sean Parnell (R-PA), is undergoing a divorce and custody battle. Documents show his estranged wife has taken out two protective orders against him -Fox News’ Neil Cavuto begs his audience to get vaccinated

Let's play a game. What will Trump build when he tears down the West Wing?

One frustration is how my few remaining MAGA friends on Facebook go silent when Trump does something like, oh, tear down part of the White House. Unavailable for comment.

Oct. 23rd, 2021: -Former DJT attorney John Eastman tells undercover journalist Lauren Windsor he believes his memo to overturn the 2020 election is valid and should have been followed -Fox News’ Chris Wallace: "Jen Psaki is one of the best press secretaries ever"

Eleven years ago I remodeled my house. They cut it in half and tore down the front. I almost mentioned the other day they hadn't made control cuts in the East Wing of the White House. I should have realized then it meant it was all coming down. Watching my own house demolished was less upsetting.